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The Clone Wars / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: September 24, 2012, 04:23 PM »
Was lucky enough to score a lone CW18 Commander Fox this morning at my local WalMart.

So, while I would definitely like to find two more to open, if I never find this figure again, I will be okay with it since the carded Clone Wars collection for 2012 is now complete.


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Yeah - I don't think that's ever been in question Jesse - Disney licensed the molds for the parts that Hasbro already had tooled - things like the Torso, left/right/middle legs, R2/R3/R4/R5/R7 domes...

But then Disney added the R6/R8/R9 domes and their "novelty hats" to the mix.

This is also the reason why DDP says that if Hasbro were to ever release a R6/R8/R9 droid, it would be a new sculpt, now whether that is because they want a version of the dome that doesn't have the socket for the novelty hat OR if Disney paid for the tooling and doesn't want to license it back to Hasbro, remains to be seen.

To be they are definitely in the same category as the Starspeeder Ship/Playset - and since they are all scaled to the regular Hasbro line - that's good enough for me.

I kind of look at it from the same point of view as if some other company started making playsets/environments for the 3.75" line - while they aren't Hasbro products - because they are designed to work/integrate with my 3.75" Hasbro Star Wars figures, they would definitely be something I would want to buy...

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Ultimately, I wanted as a minimum:

2x each dome
3x of every other part

That was about it - obviously I have more than 3x of several parts, but when it came to the white w/yellow R2 trunk, there were only really two uses since the white/yellow R7 & R8 domes get the white w/yellow R7 trunk.

So when I was looking for a third possible use, I thought pairing it with a blue dome would look neat. That was really the extent to my thinking.


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The Clone Wars / Re: Target "Darth Maul Returns" Battle Pack
« on: September 11, 2012, 12:25 PM »
Maul only has 11 POA

You're right - my bad - I thought he had articulated wrists.

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The Clone Wars / Re: Target "Darth Maul Returns" Battle Pack
« on: September 11, 2012, 11:37 AM »
Picked up this set this morning. Really amazed with the job they did on the Nightsister and Maul.

Maul has 13 pts of articulation and the Nightsister has 14.

I have ZERO insight, but here is what I think happened:

1) Hasbro announced 19 Clone Wars figures for this year - the Maul was supposed to be in that mix
2) Originally the Savage figure in the line was going to be the armored version - there was no need to ship the shirtless version since it got so much coverage in the SotDS line
3) Hasbro had a "Sith Witch" figure in the works, was very far along in her development and was planning on putting her in the Vintage line with the "Expanded Universe" logo.

For whatever reason, the Sith Witch figure was bounced from Vintage - maybe in favor of another female action figure - like Shae Vizla and the Witch was left without a home.

So instead of just not releasing her and losing the investment put into her development, they swapped out the Savage in the main Clone Wars line, dropped the number of figures down to 18 and put all three figures together as a Battle Pack which they then shopped around as an exclusive.

Again, that's just my own personal speculation, but whatever the reason, I'm glad they did it - the Nightsister/Sith Witch figure being TVC quality makes this set a real hit.

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Gentle Giant / Re: And The Mystery Ent. Earth Exclusive Is....
« on: September 10, 2012, 01:10 AM »
I'm guessing Pawlus brilliantly convinced Hasbro & Disney to pass along a complete 63 piece set of the Disney astromech exclusives (sans hats).  $119/per.  **Pete cringes**

Haha! This made me laugh!  ;D

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The Clone Wars / Re: Target "Darth Maul Returns" Battle Pack
« on: September 6, 2012, 11:27 AM »
My Target has a shelf tag for this as well - looking forward to this set.

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So let me get this straight: your criteria for buying figures is that it simply has to have a Star Wars logo stamped on it, yes?  I guess having the buying habits of an automaton makes life more simple in the sense that you don't really need to expend any thought whatsoever in your purchases.

So because he is a completist and has made the choice to collect in that fashion, he is an automaton? I'm sorry, I don't agree with the logic you're using to make that connection.

Getting one of every figure made is just as much a collecting choice as it is to say you collect OT-based figures only or only Dark Side characters.

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The Clone Wars / Re: Wolf Pack Ultimate Gift Set
« on: September 3, 2012, 09:34 AM »
Is it a Walmart release on an online one? BBTS has this set up for preorder.

So confused....

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Retail price?

Roughly 49 2-packs x $22/pack = $1080

That's with Florida sales tax. It does not include the extra $$$ I gave the guy who helped me out and saved me from having to make another trip.

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The Clone Wars / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: September 1, 2012, 12:08 PM »
Me too...seems like store reports of finding him have dropped way off after that initial spurt. Once I find this guy I guess that's it until spring. Gonna be a weird holiday season not looking for toys, other than the Wolfpack gift set.

When it comes to Clone Wars, it's actually quite comical for it to be September 1st and this is all I need:

3x Phase II Commander Fox
3x Return of Darth Maul Battlepack (Target)
3x Wolfpack Gift Set (WalMart)
3x Class I Republic Scout Dropship (this is gonna be the hard one I think)

And that there's nothing else coming for Clone Wars before 2013....

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JTA is reporting that the BOGOHO deal does apply to the Ewok/Pilot packs too.

Ugh, I just bought mine yesterday. Would have waited and picked up an extra for my friend if I had known about this.

Take your receipt in and they will adjust it - this has happened to me before and they will just handle it like you returned them and then re-charge you out and then issue you the credit for the difference.

I did this with the TPM Vintage figures - I bought three cases worth PLUS more army builders of the Battle Droid and Naboo Trooper when I came upon the employees working about six cases of them and the very next day they had a BOGO50% sale and I was able to get them to just adjust based on the receipt, I didn't have to bring any product back into the store.

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The Clone Wars / Re: Clone Wars Wave 30 (2013 Wave 1)
« on: August 31, 2012, 03:45 PM »
When is this wave supposed to hit? February/March 2013 like the Droid Factory or earlier?

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The Clone Wars / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 31, 2012, 03:43 PM »
Scored two each of Scuba Ahsoka, Phase II Wolfe and Training SBD at the Toys R Us near where I work.

So in terms of single carded figures, I just need to find the Phase II Commander Fox and I'm done with carded Clone Wars figures for the year....  :-\

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To bad a Gorax isn't in current media - I'd totally be ok with one as tall as the Sentinel they made for the Marvel line.

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