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Messages - Muftak

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Sim Aloo is going to be the last one isn’t he.

I really think he has a much better chance based on sheer notoriety at this point than an updated POTF Anakin Skywalker. At least Sim Aloo is still in the movie.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: Disney's R2-RN8W
« on: May 10, 2021, 09:50 AM »
I went in on this droid shipped for $28 last week too, and I pretty much never get the Disney droids. I think I have only gone in on Chopper and the Depot 5-pack previously. This one is something special, I feel.

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But as Jeff stated, now ya wait for the other shoe to drop.

I may be misremembering things, but didn't Jayson find these three (The "Triangle" wave) had already arrived in the US, like two weeks ago? Hopefully they ironed out the problems of having WalMart do preorders before they have product in hand and accounted for, which seems to be where the TVC exclusives have been getting screwed up all the way back to Island Rey, and finally came to a head with the Incinerator Trooper.

Not shipping something already in their warehouse until September sounds like a good recipe to get them lost, though...

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Did they specifically say that the Death Star Droid was the TLC sculpt?  I missed some things during the livestream.

They specifically said it was an updated paint job on a previously released figure.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« on: May 4, 2021, 11:40 AM »
I didn't miss news on Target CW figs did I?

None today. I believe YakFace stated yesterday there will be a Target Father's Day display for them and that they were slated to up for presale closer to June.

426
Good grief. 

Any word yet on if they're doing 20 versions again?

They specifically said the limbs head and body will be randomly colored and will not match each other (but that the rocket will match another piece and the gun is always black.)

You can assume there will be several variations at least of the thousands of combinations possible. And be grateful that Vader stopped at only as many versions as they did.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: NFL / Star Wars Mashup
« on: April 20, 2021, 09:28 PM »
It could've worked...the Bears should be Ewoks, not Imperials..! 49ers are droids (but Chargers are Power Droids!) and the Falcons are obvious...

at least Green Bay Luke is wearing his Hoth gear.

("Green Bay Luke"...better not say that too loud or take this much further, Hasbro will show up with their easy repaint philosophy and give us a bunch of nonsensical figures for $5 more than regular retail.)

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Gaming Greats Line
« on: April 10, 2021, 09:36 AM »
Don't mistake this observation about the Gaming Greats sub-line as a complaint.  But is anyone else puzzled about why Hasbro would offer two TVC trooper figures from Jedi - Fallen Order?  I'm asking that because Hasbro has yet to take on the main character in the game, Cal Kestis, in the 3.75" scale.  I think that these releases would lead you to believe that a 3.75" version of Cal Kestis might be coming in the near future.  But having these trooper villains and not the central protagonist for them to oppose seems a little strange.

The current team doesn't look at this sort of thing at all, to them these figures are widgets and are completely interchangeable. If you want to talk about main characters, look at the line-up for Episode 9 figures. We got one main hero (two if you count Poe, but he was not in his movie outfit so I tend to not include that.) No main villains. Some army builders, some fanboy designs.

From a widget POV the Purge Trooper gets priority over Cal Kestis because there are several easy repaint/repack/reuse opportunities for the tooling. And the other is a retool already.

There is no intended world-building with the current TVC line. They struggle so hard with that (looking at Leia and Lando coming out over a year after their Carbon Freeze playset dropped.)

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Thanks!  I'm now looking for 3.75" action figures that look like tourists!

I used a bunch of Jurassic Park/Jurassic World figures (plus Elliott and Gertie) for my Batuu Droid Depot display...


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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Black Series Comic Packs
« on: March 18, 2021, 11:09 AM »
-Carnor Jax  (Star Wars:  Crimson Empire)

Except they accidentally made Kir Kanos instead.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Rumors
« on: March 13, 2021, 02:26 PM »
The Tonnika sisters aren't happening. It doesn't matter which was going to be the worst issue--likeness rights, the galaxy's oldest profession, what have you--Hasbro has absolutely no incentive to even open that can of worms.

Not when there are hundreds of characters waiting in the "to be made" line with absolutely nothing standing in the way except the drip-drip-drip supply line. They will never run out of other issue-free options to make, so the one with potential issues isn't ever going to even have the conversation of whether they should or not.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: February 20, 2021, 10:26 AM »
Found some of the concepts Mike drew up...


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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: February 17, 2021, 02:13 PM »
Don't stop there at Death Star Hallways... 

Did you ever see the sketches Mike Rex (speedermike when he used to post here) did for some Jabba's Palace Adventure Set-inspired playset concepts last year?

I'd buy 'em all!

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I'll plop some money down for Paploo...I missed the Saga version and the secondary market is unreasonable.

If I see an AT-ST Driver and his face is printed correctly in place I might bite.

Leia's poncho is too poofy. I bought the 5POA one with the molded poncho and that one will continue to do for me. I took the poncho off the TSVC version to serve as General Leia, and I don't feel like spending $14 for that with a new head, since it isn't that great of a figure.

I don't do Clone Wars either, so those figures are a pass.

Bespin Lando needs to be a ground-up brand-new figure. And my TVSC IG-88 fell apart over the years, so I am not looking forward to that figure either. I bought one of the Clone Wars IG droids to fill that gap a year ago.

So, yeah, I'll get Paploo I guess.

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Did they mention what goes for sale today at noon central?

Just Clone Wars Ahsoka and Maul for TVC today. Not exclusives.

The livestream was enlightening. They opened with Patrick acknowledging that the ball was dropped on some preorders recently, without calling out any retailers or items. He said they will reevaluate how early they offer preorders on some items from now on. Not long after, they revealed three new ROTJ TVC figures that will be exclusive to WalMart, and said preorders will be posted later. So if you take that all into consideration, they are aware that the preorder experience at WalMart was hurting the brand, and are attempting to correct it.

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