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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Q&A Sessions
« on: April 15, 2009, 02:38 PM »
Hasbro has stated that they do assortments rather than individual skus for figures because their customers (the big retailers) only want to deal with assortments, not a large number of individual figs.  (which presumably would have to be packed and shipped separately, and be a nightmare for the distribution chain)

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Modern Classifieds / WTB: Astromech BADs
« on: April 14, 2009, 04:47 PM »
Hey guys, I am looking to buy assorted parts to the following BADs for a project I am working on:

R5-A2 - Legs

R4-D6 - All parts

$2.50/piece.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Q&A Sessions
« on: April 14, 2009, 01:13 PM »
My point is less that the various astrodroids seen so far are such prominent characters, than that they are an easy and cheap way to flesh out the line a bit.  With 4-figure waves that almost invariably including a core character or two, astro repaints, like clone repaints, are a great way to get more variety on the pegs and maximize sales of a hot property, while not increasing expenses by adding to the tooling budget.  And kids really do love astrodroids!

BP's would be a perfect way of doing this - I suggested a Shadow Squadron or Blue Squadron set to coincide with the upcoming Y-Wing release, but Hasbro explicitly shot that down in a Q&A, saying that while some of those pilots were coming, no droids were planned. 

Besides Kit's R6-H5, we've seen Ahsoka's R7-A7 pretty prominently in the Ryloth trilogy in both her Jedi Fighter and a Y-Wing, and since both of those vehicles are coming, you'd think it'd be smart to get that droid on a peg or at least in a 2-pack with Ahsoka.  Plo Koon's R7-F5 was seen in the Malevolence arc, and besides all the other Shadow Squadron astros, the Green R5 unit has shown up three times now, which should defintely make him peg worthy.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Q&A Sessions
« on: April 14, 2009, 11:34 AM »
The CW line is also packed more heavily with core characters and troops, while the realistic has far too many lame (as in not action oriented) figures like the Oraganas, Yarna, etc. 

I think Legacy and Legends should be merged, and the film themed waves done away with.  Getting more core characters from the OT in there would help as well, as I never see Luke, Han, Chewie, or a Fett on the pegs anymore. 

Oh, and how about some single carded astrodroids!  Goldie is selling great, and it would be so freaking cheap to keep repainting a droid as almost a running change to keep them in circulation (astromechs never pegwarm!)

Actually, that idea would work really well for the CW.  Take a solid Clone Trooper sculpt and keep it in continual release with only his color/name changing.  The cardback could even stay the same, with just a different sticker slapped on the front to indicate his new info.  This would work well for astromechs and battledroids as well, as we have seen at least a dozen of each in unique paint during the first season (and will presumably see as many more in the second.)

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: General Vehicle Discussion Thread
« on: April 13, 2009, 05:07 PM »
I like the CW fighters that are coming out - the jedi fighters are great toys, and I'm totally pumped about the upcoming Y-Wing.  But I am completely dismayed that Hasbro is not releasing either BP or 2-pack tie-ins for the vehicles (Ahsoka/R7-A7 for her fighter, Shadow Squadron BP for the Y-WIng), or even a pack-in exclusive astromech for the Y-Wing.  At nearly $70, they could surely repaint one little droid for that.  Actually, their entire explicit disinterest in making more droids for all the droid-socket vehicles coming out (Including the ARC) is bizarre to me.  They expect people to put Goldie in all their ships? 

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Who Is Not Buying?
« on: April 13, 2009, 04:03 PM »
They just said in a Q&A that they have no plans for any more astrodroids in the CW line.  This is one of the stupidest things I have heard, with the frequecy and prominence of the droids in a number of episodes (Ahsoka's R7-A7, Kit Fisto's R6-H5, the shadow squadron droids and that Skate Park promo R5), especially in relationship to the Jedi Fighters and Y-Wing they have coming out!  What, kids are supposed to put Goldie in all of their ships?  These droids are almost entirely straight repaints, so would be a super cheap way to flesh out a wave, and their colorfulness would surely stand out on the pegs. 

Personally, I'd like to see the Droid Factory concept go Clone Wars.  Kids love collecting things, and I think they could really go for assembling those different astromechs or battledroids.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Q&A Sessions
« on: April 13, 2009, 11:22 AM »
With their comment on cutting the number of upcoming "100% collector-focused figures" I wonder if they are rapidly trying to figure out how to cut Wilrow to one per case and (hopefully) cut Malakili all together.  The kids are really wanting *action* figures these days.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal-Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: April 8, 2009, 03:06 PM »
I've had a lot of people ask me about these so far, (I guess the Darktrooper is pretty popular!) but I don't want to make any promises until I actually get these.  I'm not sure what parts I'll need by then, or even how many parts I'll have.  I may just pick up some of the droids loose if as many people are going to be getting the sets for the DT parts as I'm starting to believe.

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Those battledroids would make great BAD fodder. 

There are a lot of astromechs I'd like to see made:
 
Ahsoka's R7-A7 (Ryloth trilogy),

Plo Koon's R7-F5 (Malevolence trilogy),

The green R5, orange R2, and red & blue R2 from Shadow Squadron (Malevolence trilogy).

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal-Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: April 3, 2009, 11:30 AM »
I'm getting at least 3 of the 2 packs as I want the droids, but don't know what a darktrooper is and have no interest in getting one, so will be trading away the parts, preferably for astromech BAD parts.  If someone wants to cut a deal, let me know!

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Legacy Wave 5 - A New Hope
« on: April 2, 2009, 05:21 PM »
I *finally* found this wave and must say that the jawa/droid pack is awesome!  The droid is huge and is a steal carded as a 2-pack.  (single carded ewok, anyone?)

They could have released this as one of those WM Droid Factory 2-packs for $11 and I would have happily bought it.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal-Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: April 2, 2009, 05:18 PM »
Well, if the picture they put up of this guy at TF is not just a total distortion, it looks like he could be almost twice as tall as a regular figure.   :o

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The Legacy Collection / Re: TLC "Scramble on Yavin" Battle Pack
« on: April 2, 2009, 05:16 PM »
Sal, could you up me to 2 droids?  My research has found that besides being in Red Leader's X-Wing, this R5 unit was also onboard a Y-Wing in the hangar on Yavin, and is actually spotted on the first Death Star as well.  R5-K6 could have just really got around, but I'm going with there were more than just one R5 unit painted with this scheme.


Also, I am looking for cheap shipping - bubble wrap and padded envelop or something regular mail.  I'm in Phoenix so maybe you could give me a rough estimate on that end?

Thanks!

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Q&A Sessions
« on: March 24, 2009, 02:24 PM »
Looks like Hasbro confirmed to SWAN that the last 4 astromech BADs of the year are going to be R5-H6 & R3-O1, and R4-P44 & R3-A2.

Also saw that Hasbro acknowledged that the R2 that's coming with Wedge's X-Wing does not match the one that is seen onscreen, but that it is the deco requested by Lucasfilm.  Too bad about that.  I'm going to call it his ESB droid, and hold out hope that they are able to revisit Wedge's astro in a 2-pack or something in the future so I can get his Yavin droid with the bright red dome.

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1. Red dome Coruscant R2:


2. R4-T8 outside Dex's Diner.  Different than R4-A22 (has blue stripes).

3. R5-H6 Coruscant outside Outlander Club.

4. Yellow dome Dex's Diner R3

5. Jedi Hangar R4 (cut scene)


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