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Star Wars Brand Team Q&A at SDCC
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In case you missed it, Agustin and I had fun interview with members of Hasbro’s Star Wars Brand Team at SDCC. Check out Brandon (Marketing), Chris (Design), and Eric (Design) go through the reveals with us while we leveraged the Battle On Geonosis free poster handed out by the team at the con. They have…
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Headed to SDCC 2026
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Agustin and I and are headed to San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and will be in attendance Thursday – Saturday. We are honored for the invite to Hasbro’s SDCC Brand Preview and will be covering their Star Wars Brand Team Panel including all reveals and will attempt to livestream it. We will also be conducting…
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Mandalorian & Grogu Hasbro Product Mailer
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Coming off the heels of just seeing the new film, Hasbro sent me an awesome product mailer packed with items from The Mandalorian & Grogu across multiple lines. I went live in the Star Wars The Vintage Collection Facebook group to unbox the mailer and a couple of the figures inside — check it out…
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John Miko’s March Madness ’26 Top 25 Most Wanted, Well Sort Of…
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Here’s my 25 most wanted. Submit your Top 25 here! I’ll be honest, I have a love/hate relationship with this. I also have a love/hate with picking a top 10 for Last Figure Standing. 25 just means more and more revisions and I hate to think about how much time I put into this, especially…
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The Gamorrean Guard Target Exclusive Brings it’s 4th “Release” in 3.75
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What could be the collector favorite release from TVC 1.0 (2010-2012), and still holds up today, received its second release during TVC 2.0 (2018-Present). It was released at least 4 times during TVC 1.0 as it was carried forward every major year of that TVC era. In 2014, during The Black Series 3.75″ line, it…
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John Miko’s Last Figure Standing 10 Most Wanted
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This is always a tough mental exercise and I’m never fully satisfied with my list. I can easily list 50 figures I desperately want in the line, so whittling it down to 10 becomes an exercise in overchoice. It’s like being asked what my last meal would be; hopefully it would be a 10-course meal.…
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HasLab Gunship Funded and Coleman Unlocked!
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Old man Miko being 900 years old had to rest for a few days to recover from the 5 hour and 16 minute livestream Monday night. We didn’t produce content for a few days but had pictures in waiting depending on which tiers backed. When I say we that’s really just me, it just sounds…
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HasLab Gunship Event at RedFive Toys & Collectibles
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This past Saturday was the HasLab Gunship Event at RedFive Toys and Collectibles in East Longmeadow Massachusetts. Steve Evans (Senior Design Director for Marvel & Star Wars) and Chris Reiff (Associate Principal Designer for Star Wars) from Hasbro came to RedFive with THE LAAT/i HasLab prototype.
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What is The Vintage Collection?
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I’d like to take a moment and discuss Hasbro’s The Vintage Collection (TVC) line and breakdown the expression and what it’s purpose is. From Hasbro Pulse’s TVC main page they state: Celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with premium 3.75-inch scale figures and vehicles from…
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TVC Insights – Mid-Year Check In 2025
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With what we have and what we know I thought I’d reflect on the year so far as we pass the half-year mark. Below are some high-level insights for where we stand now and compared to last year’s total. While we’re at 67 figures, there were 68 total for 2024. This year has a lot…