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Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« on: February 15, 2024, 12:59 PM »
Looks like the pipelined exclusive 4 pack is about to drop for preorder.

Here's the link.

Pre-order window opens at 1 pm EST today.  Nice heads up from Hasbro on this!


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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2024, 01:26 PM »
I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this. 

Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?

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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2024, 01:48 PM »
I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this. 

Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?

The pipeline announcement was during the livestream a few weeks ago.  As far as new figures, The Ahsoka is a repack (no big deal, it's a great figure) and the droids are supposed to be a new sculpt...but they look like Build-A-Droid type figures from the photo.  Hard to tell though.
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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2024, 02:46 PM »
I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this. 

From the 1/23 Hasbro Pulse Star Wars fanstream.


Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?

Ahsoka - repack/repaint of VC202 sculpt
R7-A7 - repaint/repack of the BAD sculpt figure from "Celebrate the Saga" Jedi Order 4-pack
RG-G1 (G-G) - 1st time release; BAD sculpt repaint
CH-33P (Cheep) - 1st time release; kitbash using VC304 Chopper with a new dome/leg/parts
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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2024, 03:04 PM »
$70?! Considering all of their other multipacks have gone to clearance, I'm just going to start with 1 and maybe even cancel it. Nice looking droids though.
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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2024, 03:17 PM »
$70?!

I'd have preferred a white-box troop builder 4-pack style release for $55-60, but $70 is the price you pay for the "carded figures in a box" gimmick.  Just be glad it wasn't $80 like the Jabba Goon carded 4-pack was?

It is tempting to wait it out though as the Amazon TBB 4-pack and OWK 3-pack both hit clearance prices 30-50% off at times.

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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2024, 03:20 PM »
$70?! Considering all of their other multipacks have gone to clearance, I'm just going to start with 1 and maybe even cancel it. Nice looking droids though.

Oof.  I've got so, so many astromech droids.  I love them, but do I need to pay $70 for two new ones?

I think I'll try and wait for clearance on this too.

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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2024, 04:35 PM »
Some images of the pack, just so we have them here:




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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2024, 05:28 PM »
I usually just preorder right away and pay full price to make it easy, but I’m tempted to wait on this one and get it for $35 or $40 later.  Doesn’t seem like good value to me at all.

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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2024, 09:29 AM »
Doesn’t seem like good value to me at all.

I paid ~$30 in 2020 for the 5POA CTS Jedi Order 4-Pack just to get the BAD R7-A7 figure the first time.  I guess it's only fitting that I'm paying $70 to get the BAD G-G and kitbash Cheep ($35 each) this time.   ::)
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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2024, 04:19 PM »
I really like the character lineup.  But the sticker shock is serious.  I think it's because one figure is clearly a reissue, and the droids are smaller figures.  That creates a perception issue - the astromech droids are smaller, and they are not newly tooled figures except for a couple of domes.  So, the price per figure breaks down to $17.50 each.  It's not that far off from the $16.99 MSRP for TVC figures, but the perception issues are real.

I ordered 2 of these sets.  And looking back at the history of these sets?  I think I might modify my order and cancel one, and order a second down the line when the price is a bit less daunting.
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Re: Amazon 2024 TVC Escape from Order 66 4-Pack
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2024, 09:39 AM »
Yeah I definitely need this but 100% waiting for a sale. That price is nuts.
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