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The Vintage Collection / Re: Big Items of the Future!
« on: February 18, 2018, 09:48 PM »
Great review, you  just convinced me that I need at least 1-2 sets.  Which, I really can't afford right now due to the Sail Barge.  I'll guess find a way.

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Woot!  1000 backers...



...Getting to 5000 though seems really far out and I'm trying not to get my hopes up

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Glad you got yours ordered!

I personally do have credit card debt, but it's sustainable (mostly).  Sometime this year, I plan on having a pretty big Star Wars purge and that will wipe out a lot of it, and also hopefully pay for a good part of a 2019 family Disney trip.

Hey, tons of people do.  I hope it all works out nicely for you!

Thanks!

Unfortuantely, I fear the customizing market has dropped a lot (smaller group of people buying them).  I should have tried to sell a lot of customs many years ago.  Just been too lazy to do get around to it.  I plan on giving it a go though in the coming months.  I might be surprised but I am going to tempter my expectations. 

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 Vintage Collection Wave 3
« on: February 18, 2018, 06:24 PM »
I want a few of Aphra just for female custom fodder.  Don't care about the character, but like the figure a lot.

This wave should do fine.  Hopefully Cassian is just 1 per case.

I'd go with:

- RO Cassian Andor x 1
- TFA/TLJ Luke Skywalker (Jedi Master) x 2
- SOLO Imperial Range Trooper x 3
- EU Doctor Aphra x 2

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Glad you got yours ordered!

I personally do have credit card debt, but it's sustainable (mostly).  Sometime this year, I plan on having a pretty big Star Wars purge and that will wipe out a lot of it, and also hopefully pay for a good part of a 2019 family Disney trip.

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I was half a joking about the credit card thing, but half serious.  20 years ago I would have done it, in spite of it potentially opening a Pandora's box.  That's pretty much the whole deal with credit cards.  Instant gratification, prolonged debt.  Potentially prolonged satisfaction too though.  It can be a mixed bag and obviously a lot of people get themselves into trouble.

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For those that say you can't afford it, just open a zero interest credit card and pay it off in installments.

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Ok cool.  I want more scarif troops too.  Guessing they'll put him on TVC card later?

Do you think that's an all new helmet or did they reuse the Rogue One 5poa Stormtrooper helmet?

EDIT - I don't think it's the Rogue One helmet but it is close to it.  It has some sort of new circular things going on on the sides of the temple area.

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The Mimban Stormie, at least, is just a repaint with a cloth cape and new guns.  But Rey I REALLY want a couple of her.  Ugh.  She should be the basic figure and the repack should be the exclusive TVC carded one.

I am thinking the helmet looks like a new sculpt... maybe ball jointed hands too?  The black body suit under the armor looks more textured than any past figure to me, but I am not certain.

I also really am liking the Rey.  I didn't think that version of her was coming in TVC so soon.  It sucks that it's going to be exclusive.  I had a hard enough time getting any other Walmart exclusives that I wanted.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 Vintage Collection Wave 3
« on: February 17, 2018, 11:08 PM »
One of the better waves.  Cassian is impossible to get here still and getting a TVC card of him is fine by me since I liked RO so much.  The Aphra figure, whoever she is, is pretty cool looking.  She'll go into whatever random cantina display I can toss her into.  Range Trooper rocks, and Luke was pretty impossible to get here barring a massive glut of them dumped suddenly (stranger things have happened fairly regularly).

Again hope they go heavy on the troopers.

I like this wave too.  I'd guess they pack 2 of those troops per case, and hopefully later carry him forward once more?

I might be able to help you out if you're looking for extras of Cassian.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 Vintage Collection Wave 3
« on: February 17, 2018, 11:06 PM »
Aphra is missing her arm tattoos, isn't she?

Maybe because it's a hand painted prototype...

UPDATE - pic here shows the tattoo, though I dunno how accurate it is:

http://www.rebelscum.com/2018-International-Toy-Fair/Hasbro-2018-Toy-Fair-The-Vintage-Collection/image19.asp

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 Vintage Collection Wave 1
« on: February 17, 2018, 10:40 PM »
I could be wrong (and often am) but I thought that somewhere it was hinted that the e-tailers would be able to get full cases of certain figures.

As for the case ratio for standard retail, I think Snoke is 2x per case, as is the Stormtrooper.  The rest are 1 per case.  But don't hold me to that later.   :)

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Rogue One Imperial Assault Tank
« on: February 17, 2018, 10:38 PM »
Agreed, it's very pricey. 

I'll pay it of course, but it seems like a better buy to me than the Solo Falcon that's going to retail for $100.  I get they sized it down and wanted to include new electronics and all, but I can't believe that thing doesn't come with landing gear...

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Wow, you're right.  There's even a sink!  Wow.

I do feel it's pretty likely this was fleshed out years ago like Darth_Anton mentioned.  I could swear there were really strong rumors around 6-7 years ago that it was in development?   Perhaps the whole Disney merger just stopped everything as Hasbro's Star Wars business model changed, and now they are back in a positition to try this out again... it just sucks that the price is so high!  If they could find a way to make it for $300-$350, I feel it would be much more attainable to get the 5000 backers... and also I can't help but wonder, if this had come out 5 years ago, how much cheaper it could have been?

Now, if this doesn't hit the 5000 goal, I wonder what they will do.  I'd hate to see it fall short and then just cancel the whole idea. 

How much was the Mattel Castle Grayskull, like $300 from what I recall?  How many backers did it need?  I seem to recall right after it was green lighted, places like BBTS had it for pre-order.  Curious to how all that works behind the scenes...

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Rogue One Imperial Assault Tank
« on: February 17, 2018, 09:59 PM »
Agreed, it looks so cool it's almost like it's not even a Hasbro product.  It's crazy what they are capable of when they just go for it. 

Hasbro can be the simply amazing when they want to be, which is why I get so frustrated when they reduce their efforts.

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