OBSERVATORY · SPRING ISSUE

THE CALENDAR

SIXTH-SCALE FIGURE RELEASE CALENDAR

Wave at the delivery van for me.— 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· 35

reveals dated to May 2023 · MAY 2023 → 30 MAY 2023

RELEASED IN MAY· 8

releases confirmed by dated evidence dated to May 2023 · MAY 2023 → MAY 2023

EXPECTED IN Q4 2026· 172

promises falling in Q4 2026 · OCT 2026 → DEC 2026

THE PINBOARD‹›TODAYMINE sign in

31 dated to a day · 13 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
Groot
4
Darth Sidious +2
5
6
7
Magic Four Destroyer (Doctor Doom)
8
Harley Quinn
9
Lady of Space and Time (Ciri)
10
11
Rocket and Cosmo
12
13
14
15
16
Maid Girls Frontline (Eliza)
17
18
Star-Lord
19
Devil Moli
20
21
22
23
Oda Nobunaga (Hunting Version)
24
Miles Morales
25
Batman (Modern Suit)
26
27
28
29
Year of Wood Hunter
30
Li Xingyun
31

ALSO IN MAY 2023

13 figures without a set day
1RELEASED
Battle Droid (Geonosis)

MMS649 · Star Wars

MAY 2023

2RELEASED
Captain Jonathan Archer

ENT-ARCHER · Star Trek

MAY 2023

3RELEASED
Carnage

MMS620 · Marvel

MAY 2023

4RELEASED
Clone Trooper Jesse

TMS064 · Star Wars

MAY 2023

5RELEASED
Luke Skywalker

DX22 · Star Wars

MAY 2023

6RELEASED
Patrick Bateman

IQSS-01 · Movies & TV

MAY 2023

7RELEASED
Purge Trooper

TMS081 · Star Wars

MAY 2023

8RELEASED
Yelena

MMS622 · Marvel

MAY 2023

9ANNOUNCED
Chocolate Man (Willy Wonka)

MAT018 · Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

MAY 2023

10ANNOUNCED
Dwarf (Oompa Loompa)

MAT018B · Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

MAY 2023

11ANNOUNCED
PLA Navy Marine Corps Combat Diver

78073 · Military

MAY 2023

12ANNOUNCED
Shin Masked Rider

3Z04880W0 · Shin Masked Rider Sixth Scale Figure by Threezero · Kamen Rider

MAY 2023

13ANNOUNCED
Shin Masked Rider

3Z04900W0 · Shin Masked Rider Sixth Scale Figure by Threezero · Kamen Rider

MAY 2023

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.