Hasbro ENDING their Plastic Free Packaging

Join John and Jay as they talk about the week in toy news! Hasbro subtly announced that they would revert to plastic window based packaging later this year and into 2024. They also announced a bunch of new Star Wars and Indiana Jones toys at Star Wars Celebration. Mattel’s next MOTU Origins Creations exclusive was revealed , He-Skeletor will go live on 4/11. Super7 revealed their next wave of GI Joe Ultimates figures. We’ll try to stump john, all of that and more on this Easter edition of Toy Geeks!

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Preorders Open for Star Wars Krrsatan & Jedi Academy Luke Skywalker

This week’s two new Mando Mania-related figures – Star Wars: The Black Series Krrsatan and Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Luke Skywalker (Jedi Academy) are now available for preorder on all of the usual places, including Hasbro Pulse’s website and our affiliate Entertainment Earth, which also has a case of 8. Images in the gallery below! Click here to […]

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Star Wars: The Black Series Krrsantan Revealed

CBR.com has an exclusive reveal of Star Wars: The Black Series Krrsatan, the Wookie bounty hunter from The Book of Boba Fett. This 6-inch deluxe figure has a detailed sculpt, multiple points of articulation, and comes with his bounty hunter blaster rifle. Pre-orders begin Wednesday, April 5 at 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s MSRP is set at $39.99 […]

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Mando Mania: First Look at Star Wars Black Series Pyke Soldier

This week’s big Mando Mania reveal from StarWars.com is a Star Wars Black Series 6-Inch Pyke Soldier. Pre-orders begin Wednesday, March 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s MSRP is set at $24.99. You can preorder this figure through our affiliate Entertainment Earth through this link. Click here to check out the rest of Week 5’s Mando Mania […]

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Hasbro Presales: Vintage Collection Cade Bane, Black Series Luke & Grogu

Pre-orders are open for three new Hasbro Pulse Star Wars items: The Vintage Collection Cade Bane, The Black Series Luke Skywalker & Grogu, and Ahsoka Tano’s White Lightsaber. Check out the descriptions, pictures, and links on where to purchase them below. If you use our Entertainment Earth affiliates links, you can get free shipping on orders […]

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Mando Mania: First Look at Cade Bane

This week’s big Mando Mania reveal from StarWars.com is Cade Bane, from Hasbro Star Wars: The Vintage Collection. This 3.75-inch figure is based off of the Duros bounty hunter who’s made appearances in Disney+’s The Bad Batch, The Book of Boba Fett, and Clone Wars. Pre-orders begin tomorrow, March 23, at 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s MSRP is […]

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Hasbro Star Wars May the 4th Fan First Predictions!

Join Jay and John in sharing your predictions as well as their own for this upcoming Fan First Wednesday event for May the 4th. The Hasbro Star Wars team has not impressed the collecting community as of late. Will this be their chance to turn things around, or continue the frustration? Join the live discussion ahead of the big event!

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Worst Black Series Figure Ever? Hasbro Botches Black Krrsantan

Join Jay with special guest Ryan Doell from YHS’s Toy Anxiety as they break down one of the laziest and most awful looking repaints the Star Wars Hasbro team has put out: The repainted Chewbacca, Black Krrsantan.

Ryan has been claiming for a while the Black Series is dead, this figure may well have put another nail in that coffin. Join us for a live (and lively) discussion!

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