Hasbro and Diamond Celebrate the Return of Star Wars to Marvel Comics...


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To celebrate the return of Star Wars comic books to Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys and Diamond Comic Distributors have created a unique Star Wars #1 PREVIEWS Exclusive Toy Fair Edition, a special variant that will be limited to 10,000 copies.

Created completely from Hasbro 6-inch Star Wars Black action figures, the variant photo cover depicts Darth Vader during an audience with Emperor Palpatine, flanked by Imperial Stormtroopers with three fan-favorite bounty hunters – IG-88, Boba Fett and Bossk – in the background.

The impressive tableau was staged on a physical, scaled throne room set with actual lighting, and with no computer-generated enhancements under the direction of Hasbro’s Star Wars product team. (In other words, there really are nearly 50 individual Stormtrooper Black figures on this cover!) This should make the variant a must-have for any action figure fan who wants to mark the start of a new era for Star Wars comics.

Star Wars, comic book and toy fans can pre-order their own copy of the Star Wars #1 PREVIEWS Exclusive Variant from their local comic book specialty shop now to ensure their copy when it releases January 13, 2015. The final cut-off date to pre-order is December 15th, making it critical for fans who want the limited edition to get it before time runs out.

“We wanted to commemorate this event in a very special way,” said Executive Director of Sales, Mike Schimmel. “We had a great concept for the cover, and when we brought it to Hasbro’s Star Wars team, they enthusiastically jumped at the chance to recreate the cover with real action figures.

“We thank Hasbro for working with us to create this amazing variant cover, which is Diamond’s first-ever Toy Fair-exclusive comic, and one that we’re sure will be treasured by every Star Wars fan who is fortunate enough to obtain this limited edition.”


Source: Diamond


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Beautiful!

I always get confused now that I found out that there is not only a 6" scale Star Wars Black line but also a 3 3/4" Black line too.

So are we talking 50 of the li'l figgies or the 6" ones?

I wish that Hasbro would also put out some diorama components scaled for the 6" line too, like maybe the back wall panels with that destinctively Star Wars universe-style light grating or the light-up consoles or things like that.

It's great that they've made a 6" line, now how about more goodies to create a play/display environment for them too?

I think it is confusing as well. I actually mentioned this to Hasbro's Star Wars brand team last year when the Black series debuted, saying that having the 3 3/4" AND 6" figures under the the same Black Series banner is, well, confusing. That fans now have to add scale when talking about the line(s). 6" I can understand - those are premium and thus fitting for the premium "Black" label. The 3 3/4", while nice, aren't what I would consider premium figures.

The comic cover figures are the 6 inch from what I can tell; IG-88, Bossk and Emperor being new 2015 releases.

Yes, and where I find it especially confusing is when shopping online on places like ebay or online toystores etc.

Many sellers do not seem to realize the Black line comes in 2 different scales and so they don't say anything about the size in their listing. There were a few times when I thought "wow, that's a great price for this fig!", only to discover just in the nick of time before placing a bid that it was for one of the little figs. (Actually that's how I first learned there even WAS a 3 3/4" Black line too)

I hope Hasbro can resolve this issue.