Mine arrived today, and was in the white Hasbro shipping box.  The inside (vinty) box was in ok shape, kind of bunged up on the one end.  I don't plan on keeping it boxed, but I do keep the vintage boxes, and I suppose it is in good enough shape for that.  Still love this packaging, haven't opened it to check out the actual ship yet.

Yeah, these sure seem dead in the water.  I can't say I've paid super close attention to them since the first couple weeks, but I can't say much of it is moving.  Even the Movie Masters has primarily been pegs full of Zods for awhile now.  Never saw Faora either, but did grab the regular Supes and armored Zod.

I saw the Avengers Assemble stuff like Scott posted above at our Target in the past week or so as well.  I did pick up a Cap just to see what they were like.  I was able to find one with a much better paintjob than the one Scott posted, but they really aren't anything to write home about.  Pretty simplified figures, similar to what we've seen with Spidey and Iron Man already.  I think there is only the "Big 4" Avengers available in this "All Star" line, but from what I've heard/read the other Avengers line (with the more Marvel Universe styled figures) is considerably better.  I haven't seen any of those at retail, although I think they were available at Amazon at one time.

It might just depend on the WM, from store to store.  I know our local one skips a lot of the "collector" type stuff.  They never carry Marvel Legends, Marvel Universe, DCU or any of that.  Mainly just the "kids" lines or movie focused stuff.  That's ok I guess, the less I have to go there, the better .

Got a chance to open the figures I picked up from this wave today, well done.  It is a strange wave, because it seems like all of the figures are very well done (I was particularly surprised by the Anakin), but it just isn't all that exciting for some reason.  I don't know if it is because of so many re-dos, or if it is due to the wait, or what.  Plus, I'm a person who usually likes seeing resculpts of the main characters - so it isn't that.  I didn't get the entire wave, but what I did get (Luke, Biggs, Scout, Anakin, Padme, and Vader) were all great - just didn't generate a lot of excitement.  I have to say though, of what we've seen of the first three waves of this line, I think Vizam is the most exciting figure to me.

As a side note, our Target reset this week as well, and filled the pegs with a fresh case of TPM revisions.  There was a Vader and Hoth Luke included in there, but otherwise more TPM stuff staring back.  The pegs are even labeled "SW Vintage" still.

Opened my set of these today, and I have to say I like them quite a bit.  Like others have said, these would feel like a pretty good deal at about $15.  $20 still seems a little high - they are great figures, but I don't see that they are higher quality than Marvel Legends at $15.  I'm pretty sure I'm hooked for the time being, at least on the OT figures.  The 3 3/4" stuff is still the bread and butter, and I hope it never goes away (collector styled or just in general), but these are pretty nice.

I think part of it is the excitement of looking forward to each character again, similar to when POTF2 began.  Now we can have that anticipation for Darth Vader, Han, Chewie, etc. and not think "wow, another Vader" like we sort of do with the 3 3/4" line.  As has been noted elsewhere, they're not perfect (and a little too high priced), but I look at this sort of a nice alternative for someone like me who admires the Sideshow line, but can't afford it.  Larger "collector" figures for someone on more of a budget.

I do think this line is going to be pretty popular though, just have a feeling.  Like I said, 3 3/4" is still the base of the SW line in my book, and always will be...but this offers a nice jumping in point for people new to Star Wars, or returning.  Plus the fact that it has been said they are shooting for no more than 16 figures a year (four waves of four I'm guessing), and that is about right for the release pace I think.  Anyways, I like them a lot.  I have Luke and R2 posed right next to our computer here, and they look pretty nice together.  Can't wait for Wave 2.

New Thor: The Dark World trailer:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/07/watch-the-new-thor-the-dark-world-trailer

I have to admit, I've felt a little bit of fatigue at times as well.  Like Rob mentioned, the prospect of all that could be coming a few years down the road is a little daunting.  I'm actually pretty excited at the notion of new movies (and the toys that come with them), but honestly, our office (which is where my collection is allowed to be) is already pretty much at capacity.  I'm going to have to either dump some stuff, pack a bunch away, or make a lot more money and get a bigger house if I want to continue collecting like this.

I even noticed a change the other day while at TRU.  They had the entire new wave of Black Series figures on the pegs.  In the past, particularly after this gigantic drought we've experienced this year, I probably would have grabbed them all.  This time, I only got a few, and even those I hesitated on a bit.  Some of it may be the lack of newness, but even looking at the next couple of waves beyond that I don't think I'll be getting much more than half of those waves either.  We'll see I guess.

I still get the most excited about OT figures, so I'd be sad to see those go away in a couple of years (if that happens).  Then again, I think we can all admit that we've really had a good run of these things too, and have a lot of it covered.  I'm always a fan of simplification with the Star Wars brand and lines, so the prospect of multiple lines isn't really appealing to me, although I do understand it.  Right now, the prospect of having a new movie line each year, the Rebels line, the 6" line, and possibly another 3 3/4" line (depending on what they do with "collector" figures and the current Legends format, not to mention Mission Series), and you're starting to look at half an aisle of SW figures at the stores.  I wish things could work like the old vintage days, but things have changed too much since then.