OBSERVATORY · SUMMER ISSUE

THE CALENDAR

SIXTH-SCALE FIGURE RELEASE CALENDAR

The cocoa is still warm. Stay as long as you like.— HERALD VIGIL

What was just announced, what was just released, and what is coming soon, month by month, dated at exactly the precision the record proves. Nothing is guessed onto the 1st.Upcoming sixth-scale releases, new figure announcements, pre-order openings and confirmed release dates from Hot Toys, INART, Threezero, EXO-6 and every other maker in the Archive.

MAKERSbusiest this month first · grab to browse · tap to choose

EVERY MAKER THIS MONTH

THE ALMANAC

the horizon · what is coming and what just moved, at whatever width the record proves

ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST· 13

reveals dated to August 2014 · AUG 2014 → 27 AUG 2014

RELEASED IN AUGUST· 0

releases confirmed by dated evidence dated to August 2014
No release confirmed by dated evidence dated to August 2014 for this selection. A promise is not a release; see EXPECTED SOON.

EXPECTED IN Q4 2026· 172

promises falling in Q4 2026 · OCT 2026 → DEC 2026

THE PINBOARD‹›TODAYMINE sign in

12 dated to a day · 3 more this month without a day, on the shelf below · tap a day to open it
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
1
2
3
4
Iron Man Mark III
5
6
7
Arc Clone Trooper Echo (Phase II Armor)
8
Gamora
9
10
11
12
13
14
Optimus Prime (Starscream Version)
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Female Shooter (CP Camouflage)
23
24
25
26
Iron Man Mark XXXVI (Peacemaker)
27
Russian VDV (Airborne Troops) soldier (Crimea 2014 operation)
28
29
30
31

ALSO IN AUGUST 2014

3 figures without a set day
1ANNOUNCED
Alger (Diamond 2)

GK005 · Alger · Original

AUG 2014

2ANNOUNCED
Batman Arkham City

VGM18 · DC

AUG 2014

3ANNOUNCED
TARDIS

BCDW0052 · Eleventh Doctor · Doctor Who

AUG 2014

THE EPHEMERIS

Expected release windows across the horizon. Counts are what makers have said, not confirmed releases.

HEAVIEST QUARTERQ4 2026162 expected
BUSIEST MAKERHot Toys144 still ahead
STILL UNDATED172shut windows, none confirmed
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expected, still aheadwindow shut, no release recorded

The 172 windows that shut across these 3 quarters carry no confirmed release on record. In the same quarters, 275 releases were confirmed by dated evidence. A shut window is undated, not unreleased: most of those figures reached collectors and nobody wrote down when.