A few days ago we shared with you Hasbro’s Star Wars Fan Choice Poll announcement. Now that all the votes have been collected, and the dust has settled, it is time to announce which figure will be getting the Vintage Carded treatment!
The winner of the Hasbro Star Wars Fan Choice Poll is none other than…
Doctor Aphra!
Doctor Aphra’s co-creator Kieron Gillen, had this to say about the news of the impending figure…
“I’m of a generation that some of my earliest memories are of Star Wars figures and the magic herein, the idea that someone Salvador [Larroca] and I made up is going to be one of those, immortal in plastic, feels all kind of magical.”
Look for the new figure to debut sometime in 2018. Now if we can only get that Aphra, BT-1, and 0-0-0 3-pack that I am dying to have…
About Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection Action Figures:
The Vintage Collection first hit on April 3rd, 2010 with a German Jedi-Con exclusive convention 2-pack, which featured Star Wars Bounty Hunters 4-Lom and Zuckuss. A few months later the basic figure assortment was available on store shelves in the United States.
For The Vintage Collection Hasbro brought back the much loved packaging-style from the original line of Kenner Star Wars figures. The line consisted of Star Wars figures from all six movies and the expanded universe.
