OBSERVATORY · WINTER ISSUE

THE CALENDAR

SIXTH-SCALE FIGURE RELEASE CALENDAR

Brought snacks? Good thinking. Some of these arrive fashionably late.— 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 DECEMBER· 17

reveals dated to December 2022 · DEC 2022 → 30 DEC 2022

RELEASED IN DECEMBER· 1

releases confirmed by dated evidence dated to December 2022 · DEC 2022 → DEC 2022

EXPECTED IN Q4 2026· 172

promises falling in Q4 2026 · OCT 2026 → DEC 2026

THE PINBOARD‹›TODAYMINE sign in

15 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
Year of Wood Hunter
5
Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
6
7
King of Pop (Michael Jackson)
8
9
10
11
12
13
Commander Spock
14
15
The Governor
16
Spider-Man (New Red & Blue Suit)
17
Wenwu (Suit Version)
18
19
20
21
22
23
Mantis
24
Kamen Rider Saber (Brave Dragon)
25
26
27
28
29
30
Mace Windu
31

ALSO IN DECEMBER 2022

3 figures without a set day
1RELEASED
The Mandalorian & Grogu

TMS052 · Star Wars

DEC 2022

2ANNOUNCED
Horror Girl (Tomie)

SET085 · Tomie · Horror

DEC 2022

3ANNOUNCED
Night Vigilante 2.0 (Nightwing)

SST-051 · Nightwing) · DC

DEC 2022

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.