{"id":5344,"date":"2015-08-13T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2015-08-14T10:22:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:22:16","slug":"insight-on-hasbros-the-force-awakens-boba-fett-figure-with-jakku-accessory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/collectibles\/insight-on-hasbros-the-force-awakens-boba-fett-figure-with-jakku-accessory\/","title":{"rendered":"Insight on Hasbro's \"The Force Awakens\" Boba Fett Figure with \"Armor Up\" Accessory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In advance of &#8220;Star Wars Friday,&#8221; which is September 4, all of the upcoming Hasbro &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; figures accidentally ended up on shelves at a Walmart in Ohio. Photos were taken, which are all over the Internet today, and some even were scalped on eBay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3958\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/e7-packaging-boba-fett-spotted-early.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/e7-packaging-boba-fett-spotted-early.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Boba Fett with &quot;Removable&quot; Jakku Armor (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Boba Fett with &quot;Removable&quot; Jakku Armor (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve figured out so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Figure is a re-pack of the &#8220;Empire&#8221; Boba Fett in Hasbro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/bounty\/toys\/saga-legends\/saga-legends-boba-fett-2013\/\">Saga Legends<\/a> line, originally released in 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike the Saga Legends figure, this comes with an accessory specific to &#8220;The Force Awakens.&#8221; It appears to be related to Jakku, a new planet with a big battle in &#8220;The Force Awakens.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Boba Fett is among other &#8220;classic&#8221; figures in the line, like Darth Vader and &#8220;Bespin&#8221; Luke Skywalker.<\/li>\n<li>There is no &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; text under the Star Wars logo as there is with the other Episode VII characters, which is the same on the other &#8220;classic&#8221; figures in this line. (Thanks to BFFC fan Darth_Hound on Twitter for this insight!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All together, this does not mean Boba Fett appears in Episode VII, at least based on these clues alone. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fett-fact-check\/star-wars-episode-7\/\">Fett Fact Check on Episode VII<\/a> for all of the rumors there.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobafettfanclub\/photos\/a.10150541609422244.435704.23276402243\/10153586521962244\/?type=1\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook post<\/a> about this for a lively discussion with fans, which helped inform this post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: Here&#8217;s more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3962\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-front.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-front.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging Boba Fett, Front (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging Boba Fett, Front (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3965\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-0.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging Boba Fett, Back (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging Boba Fett, Back (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>He also appears on the backs of these cards:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3964\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3963\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-2.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3961\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-3.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"externalMultimedia\" style=\"\"><div class=\"externalMultimediaImage id\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/multimedia\/galleries\/3960\/\" target=\"_parent\" class=\"\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/640x640\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/tn\/1280x1280\/multimedia\/galleries\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/tfa-boba-fett-back-4.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) \"><p style=\"font-size:1em; font-color:inherit\">Hasbro &quot;The Force Awakens&quot; Packaging, Back with Boba Fett (2015) <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>All photos by Shawn Shepherd. Shared on the STAR WARS: Anything &amp; Everything group on Facebook, then by Tony Madjawa Deida on the Star Wars Mega Fan Group on Facebook, where we first heard about this.<\/p>\n<p>(Helmet nod to Matt Booker for the heads up and JediHunter66 for the first tweets.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In advance of &#8220;Star Wars Friday,&#8221; which is September 4, all of the upcoming Hasbro &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; figures accidentally...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}