New Core Set spotted/leaked - NO PICS.

[Mr Mystery]

Morning.

Bit of a brouhaha about this, as it seems to have been spotted through unofficial channels. To save BoLs a wrist slap or worse from The Power That Be, I shan't copy any of the pics I've found (though Dakka has them, and Dakka isn't my favourite place. Won't link either, because paranoia).

In short?

New X-Wing, two new TIE Fighters.

From the very little you can see from them.....the new X-Wing has a Boost action added, BB-8 is available as an upgrade droid, and it looks like there's a new category of upgrade card.

New Asteroid shapes as well.

Seriously folks - respect the BoLS and refrain from posting pics, lest we land our glorious site owners in the Rancor Pit.

[0rph3u5]

My Hoax-sense is tiggling...

There are some things that don't make sense with this "leak" (from the source to the design of the "product" shown) - the only thing that speaks for this "leak" is the timing (FFG's must be recieving prototypes now if they want/have to make the movie tie-in release window)


That there are unassigned catalogue numbers in the current FFG X-Wing lineup is undisputed, same goes for the comments at GenCon that FFG has something lined-up for the movie ... but I am sceptical that this is it

For the record, I would be thrilled about a new starter

[Mr Mystery]

Pics very much suggest not a hoax.

Still not happy to share them on here though! They can currently be viewed on Dakkadakka - I'm sorry for any mental scarring in advance.

[energongoodie]

Looks legit to me

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Same, looks totally legit.

[Mr Mystery]

Pic is incredibly blurry, but I think the X-Wing has 3 Hull and 3 Shields, making it quite the beast......but it is very, very blurry so I may be wrong.

[Erik Setzer]

Looks pretty legit, and it makes perfect sense. Might not be a complete replacement for the original, could just be an alternate starter, but it would make zero sense not to make a starter that's tied into the new movies.

[Bigred]

Apparently September 4th is the date licensees can start to unveil thier Episode VII products. So look for a bunch of Hasbro, LEGO, and maybe even FFG stuff to drop then.

I bet that starter set drops officially in about 2 weeks.

[Mr Mystery]

There was a countdown clock in Toys'r'Us the other day when I was there for research purposes and not buying toys. Definitely research purposes. To research porpoises. Because we must know the purpose of the porpoise. And not buying toys. Not me. Oh no. Porpoise research purposes only.......



I think they bought it....

[Mr Mystery]

Not sure the Poe Dameron one is quite right - because that's what Focus does for you anyways?