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Star Wars: The Black Series Archive Collection Wave 1 Official Photos

Posted on December 18, 2018 at 10:38 am by Joe Moore under Star Wars Toy News

The Star Wars: The Black Series Archive Collection is a series of reissues of popular Black Series 6″ Scale Figures, all in new carded packaging. While these are mostly the same, the non-helmeted characters look to use Hasbro’s upgraded digital face painting technique that we’ve seen on the last few waves of Black Series figures. The images, courtesy of Yakface.com, features in and out of packaging images of Series 1. Included are:

  • Luke Skywalker – Pilot
  • Boba Fett
  • Bossk
  • IG-88

The (likely) next wave will include Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and the Biker Scout. Pre-orders should go live on January 1st for the first wave. See the images after the jump.

Discuss on the Toyark Forums› Views: 6252 › Credit: yakface.com

› Companies: Hasbro › Characters: Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, IG-88, Bossk › Scale: 6 Inch › Sub-Line: Black Series

Star Wars: The Black Series Archive Collection Wave 1 Official Photos - Additional Images

Black Series Archive Boba Fett 1
Black Series Archive Boba Fett 2
Black Series Archive Bossk 1
Black Series Archive Bossk 2
Black Series Archive IG 88 1
Black Series Archive IG 88 2
Black Series Archive Luke Skywalker 1
Black Series Archive Luke Skywalker 2
Black Series Archive Wave 1

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    12-18-2018, 08:37 AM

    Star Wars: The Black Series Archive Collection Wave 1 Official Photos

  2. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    12-18-2018, 09:28 AM

    Sweeeeeeet! Now i dont have to pay ungodly, ricockulous scalper prices for fett, iggy and bossk.

  3. Gunathar's Avatar Gunathar says

    12-18-2018, 09:37 AM

    'Tis the season for miracles...

    THANK YOU Hasbro for re-releasing these AND implementing that new face tech.

    *bows low and gives wallet*

  4. dukefett's Avatar dukefett says

    12-18-2018, 10:53 AM

    Does Luke look weird to anyone? I was going to upgrade my original with the face printing one but it just looks odd. Like he's wearing makeup.

  5. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    12-18-2018, 11:07 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dukefett View Post
    Does Luke look weird to anyone? I was going to upgrade my original with the face printing one but it just looks odd. Like he's wearing makeup.
    The photo itself seems to be a little washed out. The in-package pic comes off a bit better for Luke.

  6. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    12-18-2018, 11:21 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dukefett View Post
    Does Luke look weird to anyone? I was going to upgrade my original with the face printing one but it just looks odd. Like he's wearing makeup.
    Hes tryin out the goth look.

  7. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    12-18-2018, 12:46 PM

    Yeah pretty soon he'll be wearing all black and lashing out at his dad but I'm sure it'll pass when he gets older.

  8. QuasiMort's Avatar QuasiMort says

    12-18-2018, 12:57 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dukefett View Post
    Does Luke look weird to anyone? I was going to upgrade my original with the face printing one but it just looks odd. Like he's wearing makeup.
    OMG! That head would be perfect on the Star Wars Holiday Special Luke if they ever decided to make one...



    Total make-up department fail!

  9. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    12-18-2018, 01:35 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by QuasiMort View Post
    OMG! That head would be perfect on the Star Wars Holiday Special Luke if they ever decided to make one...



    Total make-up department fail!
    Without a Bea arthur fig its pointless.

  10. EvilMonkeyPope's Avatar EvilMonkeyPope says

    12-18-2018, 04:46 PM

    When will they do Fett in ROTJ colors?

  11. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    12-18-2018, 05:14 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilMonkeyPope View Post
    When will they do Fett in ROTJ colors?
    Or christmas special colors?

  12. deecee4's Avatar deecee4 says

    12-18-2018, 05:43 PM

    I'd be down for a Fett in Kenner colors.

  13. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    12-18-2018, 06:47 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilMonkeyPope View Post
    When will they do Fett in ROTJ colors?
    I've wondered how they haven't yet. Probably the reason we haven't gotten one so easily yet is because there would be a solid amount of new sculpting needed, it's easy to overlook but his costume did change a little more beyond the different colors.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nitelife View Post
    Or christmas special colors?
    Hell yeah. The 30th Anniversary Collection 3.75" Holiday Special Boba Fett came out great.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by deecee4 View Post
    I'd be down for a Fett in Kenner colors.
    Also a cool idea, but the weird color repaints that I think would be a bit more fun and stand-out would be to get the figures repainted in their original Marvel comics colors sort of like what Hasbro was doing when they introduced the comic-packs to the 3.75" line.

  14. User897's Avatar User897 says

    12-18-2018, 11:55 PM

    These new pics of Luke don't look AS bad, but still bad. I don't understand why HasBLO is calling this line "Archive" when they're updating, and ruining, some of these figures. If I ever happen to see one in person, I'll reserve final judgement until then. So far, the "upgrades" leave a lot to be desired, which will drive the secondary market prices up on the original figures even more. "Archive" was a case where straight repacks would have been welcome. Oh well.

  15. Mister D has no avatar! Mister D says

    12-19-2018, 06:32 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by User897 View Post
    These new pics of Luke don't look AS bad, but still bad. I don't understand why HasBLO is calling this line "Archive" when they're updating, and ruining, some of these figures. If I ever happen to see one in person, I'll reserve final judgement until then. So far, the "upgrades" leave a lot to be desired, which will drive the secondary market prices up on the original figures even more. "Archive" was a case where straight repacks would have been welcome. Oh well.
    Ruining is in the eye of the beholder, but changes are made to keep completists on the hook. #conspiracy

  16. Morgan's Avatar Morgan says

    12-19-2018, 11:37 AM

    The Luke sculpt keeps getting better. This is a big step up from the initial "bodybuilder" Luke from 1995.

    Good work all around.

  17. dukefett's Avatar dukefett says

    12-19-2018, 12:07 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by User897 View Post
    These new pics of Luke don't look AS bad, but still bad. I don't understand why HasBLO is calling this line "Archive" when they're updating, and ruining, some of these figures. If I ever happen to see one in person, I'll reserve final judgement until then. So far, the "upgrades" leave a lot to be desired, which will drive the secondary market prices up on the original figures even more. "Archive" was a case where straight repacks would have been welcome. Oh well.
    What else has changed besides Luke getting the face print?

  18. User897's Avatar User897 says

    12-19-2018, 05:37 PM

    Off the top of my head, HasBLO also "updated" the paint on IG-88, which was not needed and pissed some folks off. I'm lucky to have the first release, which, even though I know it's comparing real life to images, I think looks much better. I'm not sure of any other changes, but if there are, someone will bring them up, lol. Archive should not have such drastic changes, but whatever. HasBLO's gonna HasBLO.

  19. Trivial Psychic's Avatar Trivial Psychic says

    12-19-2018, 06:27 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by User897 View Post
    These new pics of Luke don't look AS bad, but still bad. I don't understand why HasBLO is calling this line "Archive" when they're updating, and ruining, some of these figures. If I ever happen to see one in person, I'll reserve final judgement until then. So far, the "upgrades" leave a lot to be desired, which will drive the secondary market prices up on the original figures even more. "Archive" was a case where straight repacks would have been welcome. Oh well.

    I can't really see how they are ruining anything here. I hate re-releases as much as the next guy, but if anything they are doing many of us a service by re-releasing these guys, because some of them were difficult if not impossible to find in retail when they launched. I ran into Pilot Luke all but one time in stores, and NEVER saw the other three. The upgrades to these also have been really minimal from what I can tell. Outside the face printing, the color differences so far are fairly minute and the sculpts are identical. Maybe they can fix the plastic quality that the original IG-88 had with the warped legs that caused him standing issues several of us had.

    I don't think this is gonna drive the prices up on the original figures at all either. If anything, it's gonna cause them to drop. The only way they will go up is if some sucker completionist gets baited into it. If you need proof of this, just look at the secondary market on several Marvel Legends con exclusives that have been re-released over the past year or two. Several, if not all have dropped drastically in price...and while you will see one or two on ebay priced ridiculously high, most have dropped because a toy realistically is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and when there are cheaper alternatives out there of essentially the same product, people will most often go with the cheaper one.

  20. t1dc's Avatar t1dc says

    12-19-2018, 07:57 PM

    where's a good place to get these at retail pricing? only seeing some ebay presale gouging going on right now.

  21. jwyss234's Avatar jwyss234 says

    12-19-2018, 08:19 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by t1dc View Post
    where's a good place to get these at retail pricing? only seeing some ebay presale gouging going on right now.
    Preorders offically start on January 1st. Yakface has the DPCI and SKU numbers up if you’d like to use Brickseek to find them at retail.

  22. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    12-19-2018, 09:53 PM

    Apparently someone in California already found these at Target.

  23. jwyss234's Avatar jwyss234 says

    12-20-2018, 02:37 PM

    Dorkside and BBTS have the figures up for preorder right now.

  24. t1dc's Avatar t1dc says

    12-20-2018, 03:08 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jwyss234 View Post
    Dorkside and BBTS have the figures up for preorder right now.
    thanks. saw the yak skus as well. figure I'll give brickseek a try closer to street date instead of forking over an extra $10 to BBTS right now.

  25. dukefett's Avatar dukefett says

    12-20-2018, 03:28 PM

    Yeah there's almost zero reason to pay retail for SW Black Series figures. I waited and waited and got the Death Star Trooper and Range Troopers for $7 from Amazon.

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