I'm kinda disappointed in the stands. I liked the coins, but that's me... The Pack-in is irrelevant ultimately so whatever, as long as prices don't go up. Bummed on the Hoth Rebel answer slightly... Was hoping for more info there.
In other Q&A news though, GalacticHunter asked a doozey about playsets and seemingly Sideshow spilled the beans that Hasbro's in talks with them about doing 3.75"-ish scaled playsets/environments for the figures. That's promising for the playset camp of course, but in terms of cost I cannot imagine they'll be cheap unless they're produced in a fairly efficient manner and lack complexity.
Given the cost of SSC's 12 inch figs, I'm NOT lloking forward to their pricing for playsets. And you just know it's going to be a mad freakin' rush for them to and they'll all be exclusive. SSC while doing decent work is one of the last I would want to do playsets. Based almost entirely on the exclusive crap (then the expected high price second). Just make ONE kind of set-not one that has an exclusive piece then another that doesn't.
That's going to piss me off to no end.
While some will say, I should be glad that there is even hope that playsets will be made, to me, not at the cost of being able to get them redily or having to pay through the nose for them.
I sure as hell hope they consider modular pieces, non exclusives and make them in decent numbers.
Playsets MUST be retail things, NOT internet sales. Kids must get a chacne at these too (meaning their parents to buy them for them). Having sales of playsets just through the internet would be a travesty to the youngin's as well as the many of fans who do not or WILL not buy from the net.