While not officially confirmed by Hasbro, we have gotten multiple confirmations that a report first made by
Goodiestoyz seems to be on the mark. They reported that Hasbro plans on re-releasing the
6" Black Series Rebels figures as
fan-channel exclusives this coming August. These figures include
Ezra Bridger, Chopper (C1-10P), Ahsoka Tano, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren and
Hera Syndulla.
The reports also indicate that for the first time the final member of the Rebels team,
Zeb will be released as a deluxe figure.
It's unclear if the previously released Rebels characters will be straight up re-issues, or if there will be any modifications made to them like the implementation of Hasbro's new face print technology for the headsculpts.
While likely being primarily just re-issues, we did come up with some suggestions Hasbro might implement to differentiate these figures more from the previous ones, if Hasbro really wanted to go the extra mile.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers from the Rebels Animated Series.
For
Ezra, we would love to see an additional headsculpt featuring Ezra with the short hair he started sporing in the later seasons as well as including his green lightsaber.
With
Kanan we think it would be cool if Hasbro included an alternate blinded head with helmet.
For
Sabine, an easy addition would be including the Dark Saber which she had in her possession for a time during the show. I am sure Hasbro could then re-use it with future Mandalorian TV series figures. Hasbro could also repaint the entire figure and give us a new headsculpt to replicate the older look she had at the end of the final episode. Hasbro might need to save that look for a future Mandalorian TV series figure though.
Hera's look did change that much throughout the show making it harder to change up the figure much. In one episode she is seen wearing a A-Wing pilot outfit, however that look would likely require a completely new figure. Another option could be doing the outfit she had on at the end of the final episode. It was very similar to her previous outfit, but did have some minor differences. Maybe Hasbro could throw in Hera's kid as an added bonus mini-figure if they went that route... yeah probably not.
It would be hard to improve upon the previous
Chopper figure Hasbro gave us, but they could always repaint him with his Imperial disguise as seen in one of the episodes.
The only thing I could see added for
Ahsoka, is if they added that cloak and staff she was wearing at the end of the final episode, but again this might be something Hasbro may need to use for a future Mandarloian TV series figure.
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