Available for Premium Members now.

Guess I'll check back in an hour or so.

That one hour delay for the common folk is maybe the dumbest "value" I've ever seen someone try and monetize with a premium membership.  Hasbro marketing should be ashamed of their stupidity.

TVC was the main offering back in the day and retail had no other real Star Wars options, with TBS coming in to sort of compete for pegs and dollars at retail.   But I think the big change is the release of the Epic Hero line and how Hasbro / retail treats TVC vs. Epic Hero.  Combine this with Hasbro's weak management of TVC at retail (price too high for kids and soccer moms, no alignment with current media releases, assortments weird with random repacks and not enough hero or core characters) and I think you've essentially got a fan channel only sort of offering now for TVC.

I'd still like to see them change Epic Hero to be fully compatible with TVC and be 5 POA 3.75" scale.  I love the concept of a more value oriented line with lots of main characters at retail and fan oriented more expensive stuff (TVC) being more online / fan channel only. 

Now that TVC has become nearly all fan channel, I'd really like to see Hasbro embrace this mentality and forget about brick and mortar retail appeal.  This could include increasing the price, giving us fewer (no) repack/kitbashes that are lazy, and drive all new collector oriented offerings that would probably never work at retail (Andor figures, obscure cantina aliens, etc).

Anybody try these stands yet?  Do the foot pegs work any better than the Marauder stands for TVC figures?

I'm not sure how I feel about a four pack of Snowtroopers with essentially no variation beyond the rifle.  I've already got a bazillion from prior releases so I don't feel like I need to army build any more.

Maybe include an E-Web (although they probably would add $20), but it would have been nice to maybe get some weathering variations or battle damage.

I'm probably going to pass on this at full retail and consider getting it if it gets discounted.  Still not sure I need more Snowtroopers at any price.

I'm always up for more droids that are from any series.  Although I wish I had a Garza to do with my droids from Garza's Sanctuary.

I don't have access to the Sarlacc Pit, so I apologize if this shouldn't be posted here.
My question is, I had heard that Hasbro moved production into Vietnam and India. Theoretically, if tariffs are 'paused' would that mean Hasbro can avoid this 100%+ trade war, or was the Vietnam/India news more PR than actual production?

This week has been an emotional and financial rollercoaster.

You can apply for access to the Sarlacc Pit if you want to.  The default is no access, but just ask if you want access.  Its usually not too messy in there.

A couple of challenges with ever shifting tariffs and Hasbro:
- Hasbro overall has 40% of production still in China.  Its hard to tell how much of Star Wars is there vs. Nerf and other things.
- Tariffs are charged on the import date, so today there may be 100% tariffs, and next week it might be 20%, and then later in the year it could be something different.  Retailers, consumers, etc. can't easily plan around this ever shifting unknown.
- Running a business with such massive unknowns is really, really hard, and a lot of consumers won't understand what is going on.  They'll think, "I preordered this for $18.  Why am I being charged $27?  I'm getting screwed by Hasbro/BBTS, etc."  I think you may also see price guarantees like Amazon's go away, or they'll add line item "tariff passthrough charges" like BBTS.

I thought the last batch of "Tales" was the weakest of the bunch, but overall have mostly enjoyed these. 

I'd prefer that they focus in on a little more of the core supporting characters in the lore (didn't really care for Mogan's backstory and thought it was a bit uninteresting). 

The Ventress one looks a little more interesting as it appears to have something of a redemption story, but I'll be honest that I really don't have much of an interest in the backstory of Cad Bane.  I'm hopeful its well done either way.

lol, I love that we are all excited about Moroff 

Was Dedra getting Force choked? 

I'm guessing (hoping) we don't see Vader at all.  My guess is its something else fairly normal - e.g. poison, lack of oxygen (depressurization in space),  stress, etc.