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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Saga '02-'04 => Topic started by: SilverZ on March 13, 2003, 01:48 AM
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I'm sitting here trying to digest the new pics (and avoid doing status reports for work) and I looked at the side-by-side shots of Yoda/Chian and Wat Tambor, and a thought occurred:
Could we being seeing a transition of '03 cards from the current design to something new mid-line, like the orange to green cards in POTF2?
Just to recap, there was the wave of POTF2 figures that briefly appeared on orange cards, only to quickly move to green cards weeks later, causing a rarity of the original cards.
Could this happen with the '03 figures? I'm starting to think there's a possibility we can see the already release Saga figures (starting with Tyrannus and Obi) repackaged in updated '03 cards. Just a thought for us carded collectors to ponder.
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I saw the new card there as well, and I'm really hoping the transition cards DON'T come to fruition on the earlier figures, though they very well might. This is now giving us FOUR different cardbacks in the same calendar year - 3 for Saga alone!
Those new Saga cards are due to hit when the Clone Wars line gets released which is supposed to happen sometime around the beginning of Fall. Hopefully they'll just keep the previous stuff on the 2nd Saga card version as those figures continue to ship, and keep the later, newer figures just on the 3rd Saga card versions, and continue to ship both.
Hasbro did report at the show today that both the Ephant Mon and the Imperial Officers would continue to ship throughout 2003, so therein lies your best examples to see what happens, I'm sure. Oh, the woes of carded collecting...
Some more good news coming out of the show today from Hasbro is that they are supposedly NOT going to be making ANYTHING different about the rehash figures like Leia, Han, Maul, etc., and that includes any fancy new bases. All they said that would be different is the inclusion of a clear, oval plastic figure stand just like the ones that recently came out in the POTJ Sandtrooper 4-packs. That's it. Loose collectors can breathe a sigh of relief there... They did intimate that more rehashes were on the way though, and that they'd try to hit some of the harder to find figures too!
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If I was a carded collector I could see the frustrations with transition cards. It is not a fun thing. If they do happen to have transition cards I hope you all the best in acquiring the ones you want for your collections.
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This is very frustrating to me. First, I am not finding new Saga where I live and now this. So many new awesome toys, and not being able to obtain them at retail (the fun thing- hunting).
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I sorta understand the reason tomake new cards, for change, for difrenciating betweeen the lines. But I wish they could stick with one design like the current saga line and leave it. but either way I'm gonna get stuff no matter what the package looks like. Ipoen my stuff but save the packages (filling my attic with fire hazards :P)
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I thought up this scheme:
I think Wave 15 (Luke et al) is the last case before the split to Saga/Clone Wars. I'm not sure if all Saga will then be Collection 2 on the new cards and the last two Waves with Luke, Vader, Snowtrooper, Padme, Wat and Coleman will be on transition cards (new cards) when the newest figures (Emperor, Faytonni, BEq etc) are released. Or will they be on New Cards by the time the Han Wave is released and Yoda and crew will be the last ones on the old cards
Time will tell I guess, the Wat Tambor mock up makes me think that will be case A and that there w
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This would make, what, the 3rd card change in a years time? :P
I'm not too keen on the new "white starburst" cards with the nameplate on the side. Is that going to be exclusive to the Clone Wars line? I'm passing on it anyway.
Ohhh..the woes of the carded collector.
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cool site jango fettish, but something wouldn't download. Do you have actual images or just the list of things? ANyway, very cool looking site :)
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nah, we already have transition, but in the form of saga 2003 cvards, with the starburst in the middle... :)
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cool site jango fettish, but something wouldn't download. Do you have actual images or just the list of things? ANyway, very cool looking site :)
Thanks! I have pictures of everything, it's just a matter of loading them and converting pics to links. It's a work in progress, more or less. I'm going to debut it when I get my dot.com going.
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Cory, would you be interested in having your website hosted at JediDefender? We provide full hosting service for a very fair price. JediDefender.net (http://www.jedidefender.net) has more details. :)
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Wrong link there Chris - you got the .com version. ;)
Here's the .net link with the web hosting info:
http://www.jedidefender.net/ (http://www.jedidefender.net/)
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Doh! Fixed, I am so prone to typing http://www.jedidefender.com that I can't keep it straight from other things. Always on my toes with Matt Colman around! ;D
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Chris, I'm going to have to ask you to please try to stay on topic here. This post is about the '03 transition cards, do you have anything to contribute on that topic? :o ;D ;) :-X
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Matt! How dare you berate your boss like that!? :o
Chris, actually, I would be interested, because as I said, I want to get the pictures up and go ahead and debut it as a dot.com.
What would the address be anyway? Mail me with details, perhaps we can work something out.
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Cory, will do.
Matt, I'm going to get my belt.... be right back. ;) :-X ;)
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Matt! How dare you berate your boss like that!? :o
Just doin' my job... ;D
Matt, I'm going to get my belt.... be right back.
Speaking of which: Chris, I'm going to have to also ask you to please refrain from threatening other members with physical violence, even if they're just your staff members. This type of action will not be tolerated here at JD. Consider this your second warning. Don't make us have to ban our own Administrator. Think about how embarrassing that would be for you... Thank you for your understanding in this matter. ;D ;)
Now move along... Move along...
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So... Does anyone else have any thoughts on the potential transition cards... :)
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Actually, it seems that we're getting transition cards right now. The SAGA card has definitely changed for this year, and it seems to me that they'll be very shortlived since we're going to the Clone Wars packaging and new SAGA style packaging that was shown at the media event.
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can someone (jedimac) post some pics of the different cards we have coming up? I collect carded, and I'm very scared... WHERE IS MY BLANKIE!!!!
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can someone (jedimac) post some pics of the different cards we have coming up? I collect carded, and I'm very scared... WHERE IS MY BLANKIE!!!!
I'll see what I can do about posting some reference/comparison shots for you, but for now you might want to check out our thread that discusses the recent Hasbro showing, where you can get a peek at the 2 new cards that will be coming up later this year - the Clone Wars card and the all-NEW (third) Saga card.
So yes, technically we've already had one transition in the Saga card, starting with the first figures released in 2003 (Dooku/Padme/Tusken, etc.). Prior to that we had the other Saga card that ran for a good 8 months, and recently concluded with the Eeth Koth/Teebo/RFT/IO wave. So the question really, is will some of the figures over the next several months on the 2nd Saga card (Jedi Luke/Vader/Snowtrooper), wind up getting RE-CARDED once more later in the year when we change to the THIRD different Saga card...
Of course anyone who collects carded (and is a completist) is really praying that doesn't occur - otherwise they'll have to get the same figure on two different cards, just like the recent Eeth Koth and Teebo, which are the identical figures released previously on POTJ cards...
Did that make any sense at all? Or did I just confuse matter further...? I'll try to throw some pictures in here later.
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it made complete sense. the whole situation disturbes me. that's all i can say about it. I'm disturbed ::)