Author Topic: Galaxy of Adventures 3.75" Basic Figures  (Read 12635 times)

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2018, 02:47 AM »
What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2018, 06:36 AM »
I get the figures for Resistance being more time consuming to produce but yeah it is insane there is no merchandise to push the show yet. I feel like there's a big gift buying holiday coming up too......
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2018, 08:59 AM »
What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2018, 12:09 PM »
What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.

Well, to be fair the Resistance stuff is 100% new sculpts and these are just new packaging.  I imagine it's much easier/faster to get new stuff out if you're just creating new packaging for old sculpts.  The other factor is that these GOA figures are a new line/sku that are being launched as an exclusive (Walmart) first. 

For the Resistance stuff, which is part of the regular basic figure line, I can't imagine a buyer like Target was too excited about the idea of stocking a THIRD basic figure line next to the unsold TLJ and SOLO 3.75" lines (and the expensive TVC stuff too).  Maybe it is better to let Christmas clearance kill those lines then launch the Resistance 3.75" stuff fresh in Spring?

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2018, 12:47 PM »
I think Hasbro is reserving a majority of their action figure/vehicle tooling budget for late 2019 for Episode IX. Seems that this is the usual M.O. between films - heavy on the repacks and cheaper/higher margin products [Star Wars Command, Fighter Pods/Microforce, now repacks (for TVC), GOA, and reissues for TBS (Archive).]
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2018, 02:55 PM »
Good points and logic Jeff and Jayson...  I’m more annoyed the Solo crew is only NOW getting out.  I feel like this should’ve been wave one of that line at this point haha.  The Resistance toon in general seems to be kind of low key compared to Rebels and its push.  It’s not a bad show though at all.
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #21 on: January 8, 2019, 12:42 AM »
Found WAVE 2 this morning in addition to finding a complete case of Resistance Wave 1 figures - they were sitting on the shelf in this little display case that I'm sure was packed with the wave. Since I bought all of the Wave 2 tubes leaving just 2x of Vader and 2x Chewie, when I went to the self-checkout, I asked the attendant if I could have it and since it was Walmart, she didn't care, so now I have a nice little display for my MIP Galaxy of Adventure figures.  ;D

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2019, 02:49 PM »
I stopped by the local Walmart store this morning and noticed something.  They had wave 1 of the Galaxy of Adventure line in stock.  Not in any significant quantity, but they were there.  The most notable thing I took from seeing these?  The Galaxy of Adventure line looks like a COMPLETE AFTERTHOUGHT.  The tubes were shoved all the way to the back of the shelf and were not a point of focus at all.  It's almost as if Hasbro offered these purely for the purpose of killing the 3.75" action figure line.
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2019, 04:18 PM »
Why does what Walmart did with them have anything to do with Hasbro?
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2019, 11:47 AM »
I think the packaging is very weird for these.  They come in a case of twelve, on two trays or six, in tubes that can be hung from pegs as well.   

I've seen these both stacked on a shelf in their trays and hung on pegs.

Hanging them on pegs seems to not work very well because stores only have a peg devoted to these, and the cylindrical design doesn't allow for more than four figures on a peg at a time.  If they were flat carded figures you could fit a lot more.  Granted stores could do multiple pegs closer together, but I've yet to see that.

These don't seem to naturally fit on a shelf either since shelf space seems to be reserved for larger items, so I can see how Wal-Mart shoved these in a strange spot.

I wonder if these were originally designed for some other retail location (Walgreens?) where they could sit in a checkout aisle or something.  Or maybe they gave this design opportunity to an intern who did something visually different, but impractical from a sales channel perspective.

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2019, 01:29 PM »
All fine points Dave.

Isn't this a short lived line to push the cartoon shorts? Just think maybe killing the 3.75 line as this as the evidence might be hyperbole
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2019, 01:44 PM »
My point about "killing the 3.75" line" was really about the marketing.  Sure, there are the animated shorts.  Those are interesting.  But the merchandising and marketing of this line is NOT well done. 

There has barely been any advertising.  I've only seen these at WalMart.  Has anyone seen them at another retailer?  I've heard about them being put into bins, seen them pushed to the back of shelves, and the product isn't that visible in the packaging.  The only thing that gives me some hope regarding the future of this line (and 5POA 3.75" figures) is the fact that they retooled Force Link figures to release them in this line without the chips.
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2019, 02:15 PM »
Target has them on a couple pegs with their new set
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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2019, 04:17 PM »
The POP displays will look so much better at Ollie's than the purple Hasbro boxes. >:D

And seriously, the whole product looks designed to be a Five Below display. I like the design all around (except for so much recently rehashed product,) I can't wait to adapt it to a neat display. I don't think I would buy more than the Vader and Stormtrooper of what's been shown because I have the rest (or already decided not to buy them.)

As far as "Why Galaxy of Adventures at all?" my theory is this was the beginning of a Disney work-around for using the OT material while Fox had the rights...but when they began the process of acquiring Fox that project became a dead-end, and the idea got dumped in its present form as a space filler for the non-movie Christmas.

The more I see them, the more I can believe that by fall the line will become the 6" 5POA at $10. We will certainly find out at Toy Fair if that's the case.

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Re: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventure Basic Figures
« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2019, 03:08 PM »
Target has them on a couple pegs with their new set

I was freaked out seeing these there because I assumed these were WM exclusives
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