Hmmm, no...  We talk all that stuff over, so I'd know if something had come up but I think everyone digs having Fritz over.  Probably wishes we saw more of him actually.

I'll check and see what's up, but I'm sure someone a little more in-the-know than I will know how to check into this faster.  I'm pretty slow at this stuff yet, haha.

Tell Fritz if you're talking to him though that we'll look into it and hopefully he'll be back in here soon if this is just a glitch on our end of some kind.  We've not been having any problems around here lately though with anyone so Fritz didn't do anything.

GF's kids got that figure, and I really didn't realize how bad it was till I saw it opened.  They hated it too, and the thing's post bent so it was pretty well broke right away.  A terrible figure really.  I don't think the Deluxe line was a big flop though for ROTS, I really do think there's more than just the two Vaders that were good.

Like Yoda with Cancel is good for what it is...  Not in the film and all, it's still a unique figure, and pretty big for $10.  The Stass w/BARC was great too I thought.  I wish Hasbro would resculpt the Speederbike and put it out with a new Super Articulated Biker Scout (and clear stand for the bike so it "hovers").

I also thought the Spider Droid was a marked improvement, and while the Crab Droid wasn't the best for detail, it's a BIG ASS figure, no doubt.  Really nice in that regard.  Too big for the one most clearly seen in the film (that the Clone stands on) but I guess either bigger ones are BARELY visible in ROTS or the EU's made up that there are various sizes but the droids are all the same "style" and look, just bigger with bigger bite.

The Vulture Droids, Clones, Obi/Droid, and the Palpatine were all the sets I wasn't wild about though.  I think Vulture Droids could've used a resculpt personally, and the others I just didn't like or hadn't liked the first time I saw them. 

Yup, that's Hasbro's plan of action.   It's that same strategy they've been running with since...  oh...  the beginning.

Leigh it was tough to find a good "sexy" pic of her considering the times...  Monroe was much easier.

Both rank high on my hotness list and I always kind of had a thing for Monroe after seeing Some Like It Hot as a budding studboy.  Hey, nobody said they had to be alive, and those were two very natural beauties.

rather than by them with, yep, the rebel fleet trooper

Sucks.

Oh man...  That's a priceless read Bill, thanks.  Rough news for that guy though, he'll be lucky to survive the week especially if there's no repeal from the exchange.

Wish I knew man.   Hard to say if they care or not.  I have gotten the impression over the years now that some do, some don't...  Some would say we should be happy with them as they are while others would say that "yeah, I wish we could have done this or that differently".  At least that's the impression I've gotten from them.

I think sets like this shouldn't skimp really though.  You're looking at $20 retail plus the fact that these are sculpts that really can be re-used many times diminishing their fixed costs tremendously over time...  Don't skimp and just re-use these things for years.

I'd be fine seeing the Evolutions Anakin(s) carded throughout the life of this line, seriously.  Same with VOTC figures...  Little tweaks here and there to them would even be appreciated by me.  I'd re-buy VOTC Han if they thew in a headset, and extra set of hands with painted gloves, know what I mean?   Or I'd re-buy VOTC Leia if she had a removable plastic hood up and down.

But yeah, I'd even dig seeing the Evolutions Clone sculpts re-used just so they could put more Clones out there...  Why not, ya know?  A good way to cut those costs they needed for start-up that are fixed while still making a snazzy profit and helping out collectors.  You got good relations, you got diminished cost, you got higher profit...  How much more logical can one get?  I'd buy the Sandtrooper in any number of colors.  Hell I'd take an EU one with the Yellow Pauldron with the Railgun from the Kyle Katarn figure.  Instant EU Dark Forces Stormtrooper man!

Paint that AOTC Clone up in every nicely battledamaged flavor, I'll buy them all...  If they could figure out how, you could even throw a Kama on him, a helmet with a range finder, and I'd buy some ARC's.

I'd buy these figures just as they were in the packs though.  I'd love getting more E2 Clone Pilots, more White grunts, and a variety of E3 Clone Commanders/Troopers too.  Seems like a winning situation to re-release this stuff!

Sorry for the long-winded pro-re-elease rant.