I think the demographics might be a part of the situation.  But with TVC as well as past lines the Original Trilogy is really well represented.  Aside from ultimate versions of the main characters (see the whole "Make the Mains" movement), it's getting difficult to come up with something truly new and exciting for the OT.  Hasbro's just not going anywhere near as deep with background characters as they did before 2013.  Things that seem important there now is the whole Finish the 96 concept, and I see an increasing amount of discussion around making things like a TVC Momaw Nadon so that Hasbro can get closer to having all of those original 20 back characters on a Star Wars card.

What I can see from the standpoint of the social media centered community is that Clone Wars presents some fresh territory with a lot of characters that just haven't been made in a realistic form before.  If the budget for the TVC line wasn't so tight we almost certainly would have gotten Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress a long time ago.  We're only just getting Count Dooku coming up in TVC in the next few months, and it's been at least 13 years since Hasbro made the last really good Dooku.

And on the flipside, the demand for Sequel Trilogy figures remains pretty low.  And I think we can all get a good sense of why sentiments have developed that way.  I see a lot more demand for figures from the Disney+ series, ROGUE ONE and even SOLO than the ST.  Again, it's because of how little it's all been covered in comparison with the OT.

Where I do think the OT is going to thrive in the near term is with the Imperial officers.  Hasbro is going to run that into the ground really fast!  So I expect figures like Admiral Ozzel and General Veers to get delivered sooner rather than later.

Silly me!  It's such an obvious choice, after all.

My Krennic order arrived from Amazon today.  Oh, it's beautiful!  The resemblance to Ben Mendelsohn is remarkable.  And I'm wondering where Hasbro will go next with the Imperial Officer buck.  Because we all know how much they like to drive some things into the ground.

I got a notification that Hera is on the way from Amazon.  In light of what happened with Krennic?  I'm not holding my breath.

IIRC submissions of Top Ten lists are open until midnight this Friday night.

It's actually a different team organizing this particular poll.  March Madness is administered by the guys that run the SWTVC Instagram page.  This new poll is being run by the guys from BanthaSkull.  I think they saw the heat that March Madness generated, and they wanted to offer a different take/approach to this particular poll.  They also got a number of the top sites / social media pages to help promote this, including Yakface, Bossk's Bounty, the SW The Vintage Collection Facebook group and the SWTVC IG page.  Hasbro is almost certainly going to take notice since I know they have been keeping track of March Madness.

This was my Top Ten.  Almost all of them came from the Top 25 that I submitted for the March Madness poll.  I was pleasantly surprised to get 5 characters from that list made or revealed since that poll launched.  This was what I submitted for the LFS poll:

Palpatine - Office Duel / Jedi Arrest - ROTS
Han Solo - Takodana - TFA
Senator Amidala - Declaration of the Empire - ROTS
Baze Malbus - RO
Admiral Raddus - RO
Jedi Temple Guard - TCW
Asajj Ventress - TCW
Dedra Meero - ANDOR
Luthen Rael - ANDOR
Bannis Keeg - ANH

The folks over at BanthaSkull.com are running a new Vintage Collection figure poll.  It's called Last Figure Standing.  The format is similar to the vote-off format of TV reality shows.  The goal is to try to find genuine consensus within the TVC collecting community over what may be the most wanted new figure in The Vintage Collection.

Collectors are being invited to submit their own Top Ten lists for consideration in the poll.  The Top Ten characters from those submissions will be offered up to the community in the vote-off format until it works its way down to the Last Figure Standing.

Check it out here:  https://www.banthaskull.com/story/news-launching-last-figure-standing-a-vintage-collection-fan-even

Jayson has a new post saying the 4” scale is not a new scale, that what we call 3.75” and this 4” are both the same 1:18.

I generally don’t doubt him.  I guess I’ll wait and see if they feel like they fit later and go from there.

I've got the GotG Epic Heroes figures.  They do not come across as substantially larger than Star Wars TVC figures at all.  I'm going to have to take some comparison photos to illustrate any differences.

Generally, I think people are getting hung up about 1/4 inch.  I think for the purpose of talking about a figure line whole numbers are probably the easiest way to communicate that.  Talking about 1:18 scale or 1:12 scale or whatever else isn't helpful for most people.  And with The Vintage Collection there's a pretty wide range of figure heights from character to character.  I would say the sky is most certainly not falling here.

If this line can bring us some new items quickly?  Along with some vehicles that might not make the cut in TVC?  Go for it!  I think this could be a great way for Hasbro to deliver the Pirate Snub Fighters from TM season 3, or the fighters seen in AHSOKA without it breaking the bank.  Does anyone here think those are an immediate priority for a TVC vehicle?  I think they're low on the list there.  But they could work in a medium vehicle line with a lower price point.