OBSERVATORY · SPRING ISSUE

THE CALENDAR

SIXTH-SCALE FIGURE RELEASE CALENDAR

Good things look small from far away. Give them a moment.— 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 MAY· 13

reveals dated to May 2016 · MAY 2016 → 30 MAY 2016

RELEASED IN MAY· 0

releases confirmed by dated evidence dated to May 2016
No release confirmed by dated evidence dated to May 2016 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

10 dated to a day · 3 more this month without a day, on the shelf below · tap a day to open it
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Hong Kong Police Special Duties Unit (SDU) assault team leader
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Ellen Ripley
10
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Kamen Rider Kuuga (Ultimate Form) +1
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Officer A. Lewis (Side Story)
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Scarlet Witch
31

ALSO IN MAY 2016

3 figures without a set day
1ANNOUNCED
Rose Tyler

BCDW0085 · Doctor Who

MAY 2016

2ANNOUNCED
Rose Tyler

BCDW0086 · Doctor Who

MAY 2016

3ANNOUNCED
Yoda

MMS369 · Star Wars

MAY 2016

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.