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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:52 PM »I really like that Thrawn!
I was surprised Hasbro didn't include him in the Ahsoka retro wave!
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I was surprised Hasbro didn't include him in the Ahsoka retro wave!
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:51 PM »I think the Holo Jedi he refers to are the glow-in-the-dark Jedi Ghost 3-pack that Stan Solo sells.
Oh yeah, right. I do have those. I'd just forgotten about them. I'd say the quality is similar.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 12:57 PM »It is somewhat humorous that someone else is making the money off of Krahn's designs. I would have to guess these are better than whomever did the make good wave of these that I believe were 3D printed. I would have to inspect these in person to give a final opinion, but it looks like Krahn could have had something here if he just didn't screw everything up horribly.
I guess the best comparisons you could make would be putting the Rebel Trooper and Holo Leia side by side with SS's RT and holo Jedi.
The one thing that got me to preorder this wave was the look of the x-wing pilots (like if Kenner had made these, it looks like they just tweaked the x-wing Luke a bit) and the Beru (which feels to me like if this had existed back in the 70's, it was what was used for the Hasbro Beru way back in the flashback wave).
Too bad this all fell apart because it looks like a nice wave of customs.
I'm not sure what the Holo Jedi you're referring to is, but I did take a comparison photo of the various Fleet Troopers a few months ago...
Left is SLC, middle is PCF, right is SS:
The quality on these new SLC lost-wave figures is as good as I could have hoped for. They do feel well produced.
As for the pilot legs, someone did a pretty good dive into what they seem to be made of over on Rebelscum... that discussion starts here: https://forum.rebelscum.com/threads/3-75-professionally-made-kenner-style-customs-repros-discussion.1147498/page-68#post-20807464
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 16, 2025, 12:53 PM »
Yeah I'd agree with you Jeff.
Some of them are close and kind of okay, some of them are outright ridiculous (when compared to TVC I mean).
But they seem to be getting a little closer on scale with some (Vader) and are adding limited articulation. I wonder if they're evolving it to fit a little bit more.
I'm only collecting them because the couple of times I've skipped things I wasn't sure of, I regretted it later. I figure it'll be easier to give them to a niece or nephew later if I change my mind than to track them all down.
Some of them are close and kind of okay, some of them are outright ridiculous (when compared to TVC I mean).
But they seem to be getting a little closer on scale with some (Vader) and are adding limited articulation. I wonder if they're evolving it to fit a little bit more.
I'm only collecting them because the couple of times I've skipped things I wasn't sure of, I regretted it later. I figure it'll be easier to give them to a niece or nephew later if I change my mind than to track them all down.
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 16, 2025, 10:12 AM »
The biggest problem to me still is the 0.25” difference in intended scale.
If Hasbro just made them 3.75” they’d have at least slotted in more seamlessly with the rest of the line despite the lesser sculpts.
If Hasbro just made them 3.75” they’d have at least slotted in more seamlessly with the rest of the line despite the lesser sculpts.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: RUMOR - 2025 TVC Troop Builder Snowtrooper 4-Pack
« on: April 15, 2025, 03:19 PM »
I feel like I need to return a few of the individually carded ones I bought now that we know about this... They'll certainly be more cost effective to buy in the 4-Pack.
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 15, 2025, 01:19 PM »
More stuff that I don't think has been posted here yet...
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 15, 2025, 12:56 PM »
The mail just arrived... I'm waiting on Owen, the Orange Sandtrooper, and Beru's Milk Jug and then I'm done:
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 11, 2025, 03:10 PM »
As I remember it there weren't any real consequences... he probably made hundreds of thousands of dollars doing it too.
His re-seals / customs / whatever you want to call them still sell for a decent amount on eBay and it's generally considered the right thing to do to mention it if you knowingly are selling one. Some people even collect them.
They beg a great philosophical collecting question though... he put uncirculated figures into authentic cards and bubbles. Is the date they were sealed and the machine that was used for it really the thing that gives all that stuff their value?
I'm glad I only collect loose figures.
His re-seals / customs / whatever you want to call them still sell for a decent amount on eBay and it's generally considered the right thing to do to mention it if you knowingly are selling one. Some people even collect them.
They beg a great philosophical collecting question though... he put uncirculated figures into authentic cards and bubbles. Is the date they were sealed and the machine that was used for it really the thing that gives all that stuff their value?
I'm glad I only collect loose figures.
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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2025 Disney Parks Book of Boba Fett Droid Factory 4-Pack
« on: April 11, 2025, 01:22 PM »
Yeah I don't care much about BOBF, but as a 4-pack this one looks good.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 11, 2025, 12:08 PM »
Maybe the sequel can be about the Toy Toni catastrophe with the re-sealed figures.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 11, 2025, 08:55 AM »
I’m paraphrasing but the prevailing story at Rebelscum is that he didn’t set out to screw everyone and the problems started when a shipment of figures was seized by customs. He didn’t have the capital to cover that and this led to a fight and eventual falling out with the factory. Once that happened he lost all the investment that he’d made with them for molds and then didn’t have the money to start over. It’s a generous version of events and is plausible enough. But it’s all speculation because he’s never really said what happened.
Quality-wise, the Leia was ****, but he blamed that on the factory and the other ones that got out were all pretty good as far as I can tell… Stormtrooper Han, Thrawn, the Fleet Trooper… so it’s not impossible that they were going to be good.
The quantities and prices being charged over the last two weeks would suggest scarcity, but no one really knows if they have 500 of them and prices will drop or if they have ten samples and they’re almost gone, or if they’re manufacturing them. Time will tell I guess.
Quality-wise, the Leia was ****, but he blamed that on the factory and the other ones that got out were all pretty good as far as I can tell… Stormtrooper Han, Thrawn, the Fleet Trooper… so it’s not impossible that they were going to be good.
The quantities and prices being charged over the last two weeks would suggest scarcity, but no one really knows if they have 500 of them and prices will drop or if they have ten samples and they’re almost gone, or if they’re manufacturing them. Time will tell I guess.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 10, 2025, 02:17 PM »
I don't have anything ordered with them so I haven't, but it's no surprise at all. It's only a matter of time before those deluxe prices apply to basic figures with Hasbro too. 104% tarrifs can't be absorbed.
Good on BBTS for putting it as a line item so everyone knows who's to blame. Politics as aside as I can, none of this is necessary and none of these companies or stores are going to want to take the blame for it when they start getting calls from angry customers.
Good on BBTS for putting it as a line item so everyone knows who's to blame. Politics as aside as I can, none of this is necessary and none of these companies or stores are going to want to take the blame for it when they start getting calls from angry customers.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 10, 2025, 10:52 AM »
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 10, 2025, 09:48 AM »
I will.
I had Thrawn and Han and the Fleet Trooper from before… I never bought the 13 but he was selling them for like $30 or $35 so (even though it felt gross because they should have been sent to backers) I bought them.
I think that only stuff I don’t have or haven’t bought this past week is Gold and Black Boots Tall Red Snaggletooth (I have a silver booted one), Corona R2 because it’s dumb… holo yak face because I just don’t like it…
I got Biggs and Space Man last night, I’ll add some pictures later. They really are nicely produced.
I had Thrawn and Han and the Fleet Trooper from before… I never bought the 13 but he was selling them for like $30 or $35 so (even though it felt gross because they should have been sent to backers) I bought them.
I think that only stuff I don’t have or haven’t bought this past week is Gold and Black Boots Tall Red Snaggletooth (I have a silver booted one), Corona R2 because it’s dumb… holo yak face because I just don’t like it…
I got Biggs and Space Man last night, I’ll add some pictures later. They really are nicely produced.