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Well of the Souls / Re: Recent Purchases
« on: May 12, 2008, 02:20 AM »
Picked up another Ugha Warrior and a Raiders Indy (stumbled on one with a good paint job on its head).

The Warrior is my third, I definitely want at least one more to put around the temple playset when it comes out.

I grabbed the Indy because I want a Raiders Indy that I can dedicate to displaying with the Cargo Truck - right now I have him hanging off of the grill. Looks pretty cool. They did a really great job with the Cargo Truck.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Recent Purchases
« on: May 10, 2008, 02:38 PM »
Picked up another German w/Motorcycle Dlx and one more Russian Soldier yesterday at TRU. Wish I had known about the TRU coupon... oh well..

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: May 8, 2008, 10:44 PM »


This just CAN'T be the head the figure will have when it's released. Sorry if this is tasteless, but that looks like Luke's "special" twin brother, Doof Skywalker, the oxygen supply to his umbilical cord was cut off when Vader force choked Padme. *UGH*


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Well of the Souls / Re: What kind of displays are you seeing?
« on: May 7, 2008, 02:22 PM »
I would have to say that for the most part, the displays I have been seeing are pretty pathetic.

I'm glad that the stores really didn't seem to over-order. So perhaps they will come away from the situation looking that the movies lines and see that Indy is indeed a popular line.

For example, I was in TRU this morning when they opened, the Indy stuff is with Batman, Iron Man, Hulk and Prince Caspian stuff - meanwhile the Speed Racer junk takes up the marquee area across from these displays. The rest of the movie lines are fully stocked - plenty of things to choose from.

The Indy space on the other hand had the following: 2x Indy w/Bazooka, 1x Mutt w/Sword, 1x Mutt w/Snake, Deluxe Indy w/Temple Pitfall, a 12" Mutt Williams and the Role Playing Whip. That's it. No vehicles, no figures other than the ones I list. Nothing. Two days ago, this space was filled with product.

I'm really glad to see the line selling well - I really don't want anything to jeopardize the ToD wave.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Recent 30AC Purchases
« on: May 7, 2008, 11:13 AM »
Picked up two Large Wing White TIEs at TRU and one each of the TRU battle packs (STAP Attack & Hoth Patrol)

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Well of the Souls / Re: Hasbro Hidden Relic Pack-Ins
« on: May 6, 2008, 10:55 PM »
Anybody buying her and not want that relic?

Unfortunately for me, the primary reason I kept the individually carded Marion was because of the Staff of Ra Headpiece doo-dad.

Of all of the things they did for this initial launch of the Indy line, the Marion situation is the one that has me the most disappointed.

I think the individually carded figure should have been Marion in the White Dress and then the 2-pack could have been Marion in the outfit she wore in Cairo. That way, you'd actually WANT both Marion figures.

Oh well, hopefully they'll get to that version of Marion in the next RotLA wave they do.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Recent 30AC Purchases
« on: May 6, 2008, 04:59 AM »
Finally was able to add the Saga Legends Fan Choice Wave to my Collection, picked up the following:

3x Shadow Stormtrooper
3x Utapau Shadow Trooper
3x Covert Ops Trooper
2x Zev Senesca
1x Commander Neyo

I really didn't need a Neyo to open, I picked up four opener sets of the Saleucami battle pack from last year so there wasn't any need to grab him again. I mostly scored the figures I did to finish out the number of Gold and Black Chrome EU coins for my albums.

So now if I can just find one of the Saga Legends Sandtroopers w/a Black Pauldron, I can finally put the carded TAC/Saga Legends line to rest.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Recent Purchases
« on: May 5, 2008, 09:07 PM »
Irina Spalko
Ugha Warrior
Cemetery Warrior
Russian Soldier

Glad to finally have an Irina Figure!

So now for me it's just down to grabbing the rest of the army builders I want until regular and deluxe Wave 3 figures hit.

Have there been any reports of the Jungle Cutter being found?

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Well of the Souls / Re: Hasbro 3.75" Deluxe Figures
« on: May 5, 2008, 06:29 PM »
The Indy w/Horse figure is definitely your best bet in terms of getting a good Indy figure.

If you can't use the spare Indy figure in a diorama or display, then I'd return the Temple Trap set.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Spoiled by Star Wars?
« on: May 4, 2008, 11:30 PM »
I have all but one of the KotCS figures - I like them all just as much as I like the RotLA wave. I think I'll appreciate them even more after I've seen the movie.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Vintage Kenner Playsets
« on: May 4, 2008, 11:21 PM »
Hasbro confirmed this at Toy Fair.  None of the Kenner tools/molds for Indy exist, so anything that they do in this new line will have to be new... 

Thanks Jeff - sorry if this has already been discussed.

That is a real shame that those molds don't exist anymore. No wonder they just didn't re-release the Tanis Map Room set in the Deluxe Line.

Not to sound like I'm bragging, but now I REALLY am glad I've kept these three sets all these years.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Spoiled by Star Wars?
« on: May 4, 2008, 11:17 PM »
It really seems like that was the way it was designed to play out... they left some "iconic" versions from the Kenner days for that next RotLA wave.

I really hope that turns out to be true - it would be a shame if the modern Indy line didn't see at least a Toht and regular version of Belloq. Heck if you go over to the wishlist thread, I think they should also include the highest ranking German officer too just to complete the trio of bad-guys who opened the Ark and paid the price with their lives. The German Mechanic seems like a no-brainer too just simply because that fight scene is so iconic. The German Soldier disguise Indy figure should be easy to make - they just need to put a fedora-less Indy head on the German Soldier figure body. I could see them skipping on the Marion in White Dress figure, but hopefully they won't.

I really want to have faith in Hasbro to keep this thing running into next year, but I really don't know if it will pan out the way that so many collectors seem to be "hating" on this line - paint aps, sculpts, boring characters, etc, etc, etc.   :-\

I really don't understand all of the hatred. Granted I had to really dig through all of the figures on the pegs to find a set of the figures I was happy with, but once I got them home and opened them up, I no longer questioned whether or not I should even be collecting this line. I don't think the character choices have been particularly "boring" - I just think that some of the choices could have been a bit better. For me one simple change that would have made a HUGE difference would have been to release the German Mechanic figure in Wave 1 and just have the German Soldiers only available as the Deluxe 2-pack.

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Well of the Souls / Vintage Kenner Playsets
« on: May 4, 2008, 10:53 PM »
I decided to dig out my vintage Kenner Raiders toys today.

I really wasn't interested in the figures, I was really looking for the old Kenner playsets. I always liked the Well of Souls and Map Room sets when I was a kid, so I wanted to have them to display with my new Hasbro figures.

I have to say, even though the paint apps on these sets could be better, I think it's a real shame that Hasbro didn't consider re-releasing the Well of Souls set as part of the new line - 'cause this playset still holds up pretty well and if I didn't already have it, I think I would definitely be looking to pick one up on eBay.

In case you're not familiar with the Kenner Well of Souls playset, you can check out a pretty nice photo gallery of it, courtesy of CoolToyReview.com.

The next set that I wanted to take a look at again was the Map Room playset. The map of Tanis could have totally been included with the Dessert Robe Disguise Indy figure (as opposed to the Ark) - it would have also been an opportunity for Hasbro to produce a nice looking Staff of Ra. The Ark of the Covenant could have instead been packed with a Ceremony Belloq figure and then a remake of the vintage Belloq figure could have been in the regular line (but I digress). So now I've basically taken that exact playset and replaced the Indy it came with, with the new Deluxe Indy w/Ark figure. Just like with the Well of Souls set, if I didn't already have this, I would definitely want to pick it up on eBay, here's a link to the photo gallery from CoolToyReview.com.

I also pulled out my mostly complete Cairo Streets set (I'm missing one of the baskets and some of the fruit). This set is the weakest of the three, but since I wanted to have something in a little scene with the Cairo streets figures, I figured this set is better than nothing. A better color and paint application on the cart itself would probably help the set a lot - I could see them re-releasing this set packed with a couple of those Cairo Henchman figures to help it sell better, but w/o the lure of getting some army builders, I can't really see the value in this set. Here's the link to the photo gallery from CoolToyReview.com.

So what does everyone think? I think re-releasing the Well of Souls and Tanis Map Room sets in the new line should be a no-brainer for Hasbro. I think a modern paint application to both of these sets would be all they would need to bring them into sync with the new line. The Well of Souls set could easily fit into a box that is the same size as the Truck and Troop Car. Since they already released the Map Room Indy figure, they probably missed the boat with releasing the Tanis Map Room set as an accessory for a deluxe figure, perhaps they could release it with a Cairo version of Belloq, even though Belloq didn't actually go into the map room, perhaps they could pack it with Belloq, the correct length Staff of Ra with the real head-piece and a wrong height staff with poor recreation of the head-piece so you could re-create a scene that was described in the movie but took place off-camera.

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Well of the Souls / Re: Spoiled by Star Wars?
« on: May 4, 2008, 10:07 PM »
I tend to agree. I dont see this line lasting more than this year and next. I just hope it lasts long enough for Toht.

Totally - I'm hoping that the fifth wave will be another Raiders themed wave and will include new versions of the other five vintage Raiders figures from back in the 80s: Toht, Rene Belloq, Indy in German Soldier Disguise, German Mechanic and Marion in White Dress.

As long as they remake the entire Kenner Raiders line, I will be content with the modern line and view any other figures that come out as a bonus.


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Well of the Souls / Re: Hasbro 3.75" Indy Wishlists
« on: May 4, 2008, 03:53 PM »
You're my hero just for putting that on your list. I think a 1:18 scale Elephant would be waaayyyy too cool. The Rancor  could use something big to eat.

Well - besides the Elephants, the cars in the chase scene and the airplane, the Temple of Doom is pretty light on vehicles in comparison to RotLA and LC.

I would think an Elephant for Hasbro would be a no-brainer since both Willie and Indy rode one so some collectors might be compelled to get two.

Now that I think about it, a baby elephant w/Short Round might make for a pretty cool deluxe figure if they could fit it in the packaging.

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