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Title: Cantina Sets String - Sets 1 / 2 ....3 anyone?
Post by: hansolo_506 on August 11, 2004, 05:39 PM
A patron of RS found the first Cantina at his local K-Mart today.  LET THE STAMPEDE BEGIN!!!!!

Get your barkeeps, evil doctors and insects NOW!!!!!!!!

WALK DONT RUN!!!!

(He stated it appeared they were packed four to a case.)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 11, 2004, 06:26 PM
Yep, three reports from SoCal JD'ers in the last hour as well.  Definitely hitting, so keep your eyes peeled!  $19.99 each...
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 11, 2004, 07:47 PM
OOOoooo goody.  A new Cantina alien, an improved Doc, and an improved Wuher.

I can't wait.  Wave 2 though...  :(  Bleh.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Diddly on August 11, 2004, 08:25 PM
Wow, too bad all the K-Marts here are closed. ::) :(
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Morgbug on August 11, 2004, 10:32 PM
I'll be needing help on this one, no Kmarts here :-\
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 11, 2004, 11:25 PM
My financial situation's in the toilet at the moment, but I'm goiong to TRY to help who I can as much as I can, and with so many of you NOT having K-Marts I doubt I'm able to make much of a dent.

I'm sure others will put forth the effort if they have the ability.

KM's a big player here yet, so I'll do my best to help and let you know when/if I nab any extra sets and I'll cruise the "I need help with these" posts and offer them up in the order I see 'em.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: SilverZ on August 12, 2004, 12:14 AM
Yep, I'm on the hunt as well for extras, as I'm casing out a Kmart just around the corner from me that hasn't recieved them yet. I've found my needed two today and will try to grab more as I find them.

I just have this bad feeling that these won't hang around long simply because of Kmart, who I can't imagine ordering quantities that will risk sitting on their shelves -  the cheap, broke ghetto that they are.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 12:57 AM
Yep, I'm on the hunt as well for extras...

Ditto.  Found one extra (smashed) set, but unfortunately my local K-Mart had already sold out of them.  The two that Patty found earlier today had both been squished a bit as well, where the two front corners/edges are visibly squashed just a little.  So I'm 0 for 3 in the mint department so far...   :-\

I'll keep hunting for extras for the gang here too, and will give a shout out if I come up with anything...

Not digging the paint jobs on these very much though.  Went a little overboard in some places.  Wuher's sporting a serious goatee now too.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 12, 2004, 01:14 AM
Remember openers for those damaged.  I'm an opener and will take anything I can find personally, and even the extra damaged stuff just to help out the minty's out there.

Took a damaged VOTC the other day just because it was gonna sit, I could tell.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: MetalJedi on August 12, 2004, 01:47 AM
I'll keep my eyes out at my local KM. Openers and minty. I still havent found one. Yet.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jim on August 12, 2004, 08:25 AM
I will be hitting 2 on the way home tonight.  If I get extras, I will post and shoot me a PM ;)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: DSJ™ on August 12, 2004, 08:34 AM
Anyone that get an extra thats in real good condition, you know where to find me.  ;)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Mister Skeezler on August 12, 2004, 11:35 AM
Anyone that can get an extra that's in crappy condition (as far as packaging) you know where to find me!  ;D
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: CHEWIE on August 12, 2004, 12:28 PM
Anyone that can get an extra that's in crappy condition (as far as packaging) you know where to find me!  ;D

Going to hit Kmart on the way home Lando.  If I can grab and extra, it's yours!

 :P
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Mister Skeezler on August 12, 2004, 12:52 PM
Thanks Justin!  ;D
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 12, 2004, 06:08 PM
Nothing here in Pitt yet.  Soon though I hope.  Soon...
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jim on August 12, 2004, 07:15 PM
Hit two on the way home.  Nada.  Although, there were labels on the shelves for them. Either missed em or are not out in the east yet.  Will check again tomorrow. 
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 11:27 PM
Found 3 more of these on the way home tonight - all SMASHED.  Apparently this is a serious problem with these sets.  No idea what's going on with the case packing of these, or the handling, or what, but every one I've seen looks like it had a fat ass cow sit down on the top of it.

Anyway, I snagged 'em in case any of the openers here need 'em.  Just LMK.  Dave, I've gotchya.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: jokabofe on August 12, 2004, 11:40 PM
Dave, I've gotchya.

you da man... but you know that already  ;D
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 13, 2004, 12:16 AM
Matt, if ya wind up with an extra, I may take it off your hands unless someone from somewhere sans K-Marts needs it.

You know me...  I'll take crushed boxes usually. :)

This is a set I'm definitely not wanting to miss out on, and hopefully they arrive in Pitt soon.  I'm keeping my eyes open.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 13, 2004, 02:01 PM
Yeah, I've kinda got you on that list too Jess, but was going to hold out for a little bit, in hopes that you might be able to find one out there yourself, so you don't have to pay shipping charges on this one.  Sucks that I found these the day AFTER I sent your package out...   >:(  Otherwise, I could've just tossed one in there with the rest of your loot.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: CHEWIE on August 13, 2004, 02:07 PM
Thanks Justin!  ;D

No luck yesterday.  Hit both Kmarts in the area and all they had was an empty shelf spot for them.

 :P
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 13, 2004, 10:15 PM
SCORE!

Went this evening to grocery shop and hopped off at KM too, and low and behold they just started putting them out.  They're abut $21 a set (yikes).

I got two perfectly mint ones, and that was it.

Now, I'm gonna hope they just hadn't put out stuff yet...  They had boxes lying around yet to put things up so I'll be looking for extras.  I think there might have been more there.

I don't have the $ at this exact moment, but I'm gonna try for at least one next week.  I should have some $ coming in from stuff I unloaded.  I'll try to help one of you guys out if I can then.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Scott on August 15, 2004, 12:46 AM
Really glad people are getting these I was able to score a loose set off of eBay for around $30 total
 
I'm wondering if the preorders I had with Brian's Toys so long ago are being honored on this new set?
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 15, 2004, 02:21 AM
That's a good Q.  It's, more or less, what the pre-order was for, but in different packaging.  What if yu just pre-ordered one figure though?  Hah!  :)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Ben on August 15, 2004, 10:08 PM
Still have yet to see this, but I don't think I'm in any hurry to buy it anyway. I was kinda wishing these were released with the bars like the Wal-Mart exclusives so I'd only have to buy Kitik, but it's good to get the figure anyway.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Darby on August 15, 2004, 10:42 PM
I think I'm going to pass on this.  Not sure yet though.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jeff on August 16, 2004, 10:28 PM
I guess there is an additional positive for this cantina set #1 being released:
Now you complete-ists can pick up your Saga Carded Set... cheaper!

I've noticed that with the confirmation of Cantina Scene #1 box sets hitting stores, the eBay price of the Saga carded versions are dropping from $150 to as low as $35!

$35 BIN Kitik (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2476&item=5915109874)

Jeff
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 17, 2004, 02:15 AM
Yeah...  Wow those are major pricedrops.

I kinda laugh at people who paniced on this one, ya know?  I talked to some comic-book guy at the local toy show during comic-con earlier this year, and he bragged about getting a set and claiming they cost him "$100" or so...  Went on abut how these would easily cost $500 for a set.

Guess not.

A personal note on these...

What's up with their A) Lips (if they have them, and namely Wuher), and B) the fact that everyone looks like they were cleaning out what must be the most plugged toilet in Mos Eisly?

I guess this answers the age-old SW question of: "What color is alien poop?"

It's all brown judging by Wuher.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 17, 2004, 04:28 AM
Found 3 more of these on the way home tonight - all SMASHED.  Apparently this is a serious problem with these sets...

Well, I'm pleased to report that this isn't necessarily always the case, as I found 3 more sets tonight, all pretty mint.  Very relieved I am...

Paint jobs still suck though.   :P
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jeff on August 19, 2004, 01:54 PM
Got my Mantis today...

Sweet.  Nice to finally have these figures to fill out my Cantina scene(s)!

Found a nice one with really good packaging and paint job.  Wuhers lips almost look normal.   :P

Jeff
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on August 30, 2004, 05:20 PM
So these seem to have dried up...  This anyone else's experience?  I haven't seen extras to nab for anyone or I would.  I'm gonna check some KM's closer to the city after school a day this week.  See what I can maybe find there... 

My KM's out here are all dried up on the Cantina set though.  They came and went FAST.  I'm glad I didn't hesitate to hit them early and often now.

Are they disappearing out in Cali too?
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on August 30, 2004, 05:41 PM
Haven't seen them out here since that initial week that they hit, but I do still have a few extras if anyone still needs 'em...  I know MetalJedi found a set out here this weekend though, so it sounds like they're still trickling out just a bit.

Still bummed that we're only getting 2 new and exciting aliens out of the 6 total figures in these two sets.  Plus 3 more in the ensuing Cantina wave, fortunately, though several of my favorites will sadly still be MIA (Hem Dazon, Bom Vimdin, Elis Herlot/Givins, Braniac & Tonnika Sisters/yeah right).  Don't really feel like waiting all the way 'til 2006 for them either...   :-\

After Hasbro polishes off the first 4 of those, then they can knock off CZ-3 and Wioslea and I'll die a happy man!   8)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: jadesfire on August 30, 2004, 07:45 PM
I just found them while we were downstate.  They must of had at least eight or so in one store alone.  So far, in the Upper Peninsula, they have yet to surface. 

All I want now are the Tonnika sisters, and since hell froze over last year, my question is-WHERE ARE THEY????????
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jesse James on September 1, 2004, 11:20 PM
They restocked here sometime this week...  There's a TON of the set now, so if someone winds up needing one get ahold of me.  I'm able to pick one up for someone SURE they want one.

Seems like demand's pretty satiated at this point though?   :-\
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Scott on September 13, 2004, 10:27 AM
Sounds like the Second set will be making its way stateside here in a few weeks
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Force Guy on September 14, 2004, 10:54 PM
I took a trip to El Paso last week and finally scored my mantissa mantis.  All the K-Marts closed here in San Antonio.  Kitik is great and so is the Doc.  Big improvement (IMO).  Wuher, on the other hand, sucks.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: SilverZ on September 23, 2004, 06:27 PM
Put up some pics of Zutton from Scene 2 in the Toy Reviews section:

(http://members.aol.com/jareedo/zut_bar.jpg)

More in this thread. (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5397.0)

He's pretty... blah.
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Scott on September 24, 2004, 09:09 AM
So, is Zutton worth the $20?  Man I find it soooo hard to stomach paying that much for an EU character.  I like the height difference and the Silver boots though
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jeff on September 24, 2004, 09:15 AM
Hmmm...

Thanks for the pics!

I was kind of excited hen news of this pack broke, but now, with the re-hashed rehash that is Ponda and Flashback Obi-Wan.... well, I'm not so sure.  Also, buying this set will bring my "cantina bar section" total to NINE.  It's now too long for anything really, even breaking some chunks off for the Outlander Nightclub.

Guess I'll have to see it in person before I decide whether Zutton is worth the $20.99 that K-Mart is charging for these here.  :-\

Jeff
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: SilverZ on September 24, 2004, 03:29 PM
I'd say, honestly, it's not worth the twenty bucks unless you're a completist guy like me. It's a tough price to swallow just to get a kitbashed figure. He's a neat idea but there needed to be another unique figure in the pack to keep it from feeling like a ripoff.  :-\
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: JediMAC on September 30, 2004, 02:38 PM
This **** is insanse...

Star Wars OTC Cantina 3-pack AFA U-95 Amazing ! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2476&item=5921879277&rd=1) - $104

Star Wars OTC Cantina 3-Pack #2 AFA U-95 Blue Snag (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2476&item=5921879283&rd=1) - $128

 ::)

EDIT:  Interesting, but I just noticed they were both Cloud City auctions.  They've definitely got their AFA followers...   :-\
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: DSJ™ on September 30, 2004, 03:24 PM
Thats crazy.  ::)
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Darth Broem on October 7, 2004, 06:43 PM
I just got my Kitik set this past weekend so I came to visit this thread again.  Wow!  I can not believe people paid over $100 for these sets.  Don't get me wrong.  I love my Kitik figure and I like Wuher and the bar set.  I am very grateful to have it.  I will even consider buying the other one for a blue Snaggletooth.  But man oh man these sets are not worth anything over $25.  LOL! 

I wonder what the rationale is with those people?
Title: Re: GET YOUR MANTIS NOW!~!!! Cantina showing up
Post by: Jim on October 7, 2004, 07:01 PM
Being a Kmart exclusive, I was intially worried about these since they showed up once and vanished.  Thanks to Matty he scored me a set.  The two stores near me now have at least 8-12 of these things that have been gathering dust for about 2-3 weeks now.  This makes me wonder if set 2 may not get ordered near me due to these others still sitting.  The set sucks but I'm a sucker for that blue Snag. 
Title: Re: Cantina Sets String - Sets 1 / 2 ....3 anyone?
Post by: hansolo_506 on October 9, 2004, 05:05 PM
So what's everyone's take on the matter???  You think we are ever going to see the "U" to complete the bar?  I know there are rumors rampant, but in reality, do you think H will ever really do the collectors justice and favor us with the "U"? :-[
Title: Re: Cantina Sets String - Sets 1 / 2 ....3 anyone?
Post by: Force Guy on October 9, 2004, 06:44 PM
I think it's very possible.  Of course, if they make another Cantina set, you can bet we'll get 3 more resculpts (2 lame resculpts and one semi-decent rehash).   :-\
Title: Re: Cantina Sets String - Sets 1 / 2 ....3 anyone?
Post by: JediMAC on October 20, 2004, 11:34 PM
Came across Wave 2 of the Cantina sets tonight, and a ****load of them at that.  At least 20 altogether, which was cool 'cause I got to pick and choose all the mintiest ones of the bunch for me and a few pals...

So they're definitely out there now, so start your hunting!   8)