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Originally Posted by 305Batman

Are the SWB 6-inch 40th Anniversary figures available at retail? Just found out about these.

Not yet that I've heard of and the only people that have gotten them in hand are the people who were lucky enough to get them when Hasbrotoyshop had their early access offering. April sounds like the mass release on those and I'm not seeing any reasons why retail stores wouldn't get them.

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Originally Posted by Weapon X

Even though I'm not much into the Black Series, I really want a Kylo Ren and the new Stormtrooper. Idk why, they just look really nice.

Figures like the Kylo Ren (with his helmet) and any of the troopers are what make the Black Series great. The actor likeness based figures tend to drag things down with minimal or just sloppy paint that do no favors to the figures themselves. The sculpts are there as some customizers have shown that with a pro paint job they can look awesome but Hasbro doesn't put that much effort into paint on faces. The characters in helmets though, and the few aliens/droids we've gotten in the line, are what pulled me into the new scale. They aren't Hot Toys level of course but for the msrp we're paying they look pretty great. Boba Fett, the Stormtroopers (and Sand/Snowtroopers), the TIE and AT-AT Pilots, Bossk, hell even Greedo, all the First Order troops, etc. do fantastic jobs of being 6" scale versions of what we saw in the movies and all sport probably more than enough articulation on average for what you need them to do. I mean let's be honest barely anybody (nobody really) in the OT besides Luke was doing any backflips or whatever.