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Collectibles => Kenner Retro Collection => Topic started by: Jeff on April 12, 2019, 05:35 PM
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Um... did anyone ask for this? Like, ever, in the history of fan polls or requests? ???
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3-vaOWX4AAyr74.jpg)
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WTF is that?
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It's a cheap shot at nostalgia prone fans. And it's cost to produce is super low.
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It's a cheap shot at nostalgia prone fans. And it's cost to produce is super low.
Where’s the puking emoji?
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For the acid heads in the audience?
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It looks worse in person. There is different versions too, all equally ugly. :-X
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I remember when Mattel did something similar in 2003 in the MOTU line. It failed miserably.
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whelp, don't have to worry about getting this year's SDCC exclusive.
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My twelve year old said, "Why?"
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All I can see is many, many variants. Enough to drive the hard core collectors insane.
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And for a weird looking figure, we have a weird distribution plan - sold at EE's booth at SDCC and then on Target.com after the show. (To go along with the rest of the line being Target exclusive, I guess?)
Here's the press release info -
STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION RETRO PROTOTYPE 3.75-INCH DARTH VADER Figure
(HASBRO/Ages 4 & up/Approx. Retail Price: $12.99/ Available at the Entertainment Earth Booth #2343 at Comic-Con International in San Diego)
Available at the Entertainment Earth Booth #2343 at San Diego Comic-Con and exclusively on Target.com in limited quantities following the convention.
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I already was on the fence about the whole retro line, this just does not appeal to me.
If I can get one to have as a "sample", I'll keep it carded, keep it with the other eight which I only plan on getting one of each to keep carded and that will be it, but if I miss it, I will not be disappointed.
If they make it available online as a red card exclusive, like they did the Lego Bust, which was super easy to get, and I'll get 5% off when I buy one, sure.
Since they are selling them at the EE booth, I'm kinda surprised that they aren't letting EE sell some of them online as well.
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I initially thought this was a 6” figure. It actually has more appeal to me as part of the retro 3.75” line. I will probably pick one up.
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I really want this...
...to go away.
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This reminds me of some awful Uzay bootleg from Turkey. Its so awful I might have to get one just to show people how stupid it is.
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I really want this...
...to go away.
But it is such a great looking toy...
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...for me to poop on!
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/c/c9/Triumph.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170726092101)
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Hasbro thinks its SUPER 7 now.
Looks for blind boxes and translucent sparkly Vader next.
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The blind boxes would be a great way to get rid of all of those Rose Ticos.
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Hasbro thinks its SUPER 7 now.
Looks for blind boxes and translucent sparkly Vader next.
The funny thing is, I would take a translucent sparkly Ben Kenobi without batting an eye!
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Reminder for this one since it's not a HasbroPulse item...
"Available at the Entertainment Earth Booth #2343 at San Diego Comic-Con and exclusively on Target.com in limited quantities following the convention."
Target has a placeholder (https://www.target.com/p/star-wars-darth-vader-prototype-edition-3-75-34-action-figure-sdcc-debut/-/A-76167105) on the site if you'd like to bookmark it (says available 7/21).
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Thanks Jeff. I didn't bother jumping on the Retro wave right away figuring they'd be easy to get in stores and now I'm still looking, so it'll be nice to try to be on top of this one. The only hitch for me is that I'm flying on Sunday. :-\
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Thanks Jeff. I didn't bother jumping on the Retro wave right away figuring they'd be easy to get in stores and now I'm still looking, so it'll be nice to try to be on top of this one. The only hitch for me is that I'm flying on Sunday. :-\
Also in-store starting Aug 2
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Thanks Jeff. I didn't bother jumping on the Retro wave right away figuring they'd be easy to get in stores and now I'm still looking, so it'll be nice to try to be on top of this one. The only hitch for me is that I'm flying on Sunday. :-\
Also in-store starting Aug 2
I hope that's the case, but thinking about things like the Lego Vader Bust and the Golden Girls 4-Pack... Con Exclusives that go to Trarget have a habit of disappearing quick.
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I wasn't sure about this, but the thing that finally made up my mind was thinking I might get some super funky lightsaber/cape colors that would be fun to play around with on the real figures. So now I want one, but only if it is readily available on the day. I'm not gonna go crazy chasing it or pay scalper prices later.
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I have to ask. Pete Fett, did you have a small stroke when you saw they are mixing and matching the color combos on this things limbs?
Note-I did see your post below so I see you're not really that interested, but couldn't help but think of your Droid flight.
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Why is Hasbro showing this Vader in four different color configurations? God help us all.
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Too many colorways! Damn you, Collector OCD!
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Why is Hasbro showing this Vader in four different color configurations? God help us all.
I think a lot of folks missed the note at Toy Fair that this figure would be randomly assembled so there are thousands of combinations possible. At a minimum, assuming there are only six colors (blue, yellow, green, purple, red, orange) and 7 parts (head, lightsaber, r arm, l arm, r leg, l leg, torso) that's around 46,656 combinations.
Adam Pawlus said on his twitter that Hasbro's only rule was matching colors can't be on parts next to each other, so the number is less than 46k but still a damn ton of possible configurations.
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I did miss that, and I absolutely hate it.
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I so don't get the hate. Fits in with what this is meant to be. A whatever plastics we have for each part prototype. So now everyone's will be different.
I'm acting like I wasn't a completist once with that comment, but hates a strong word.
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Think of how much this is going to drive down the price of real prototype vintage Vaders......
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I was online at the perfect time last night to refresh and refresh and refresh and........ Watch this switch from coming soon to sold out
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Yep, I saw that they were already gone this morning too. That's just how these things work now.
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I hate SW collecting now.
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Hate is wrong word for me. I Iove it. But I'm annoyed with how difficult it is for sure. I really want a Fett and it's so frustrating to look at the 100s of listings on eBay. What percentage are bought just to scalp compared to actually add to one's collection?
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The Target page no longer has the option for notifying you when it's back... do we think that means this one has run its course?
$38 is the best I see on eBay and I'm wondering if I should just do it...
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I saw it in stock this morning but blew it off because I was in a hurry. I would keep checking.
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Got my Ship-to-Store Prototype Vader order today. Mildly disappointed that the two figures ended up being identical. Oh well. I'll see if any Targets around me actually get the figure in stock and then if I can find one that's different I'll pick it up - wasn't going to go crazy with the color variants, just wanted to get two different ones to have examples of the fact that they were "random".
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Given the rules of color matching, my buddy did the math and says the number is 5040 different combinations.
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Given the rules of color matching, my buddy did the math and says the number is 5040 different combinations.
That's what I came up with as well - there are seven slots for color: head, right arm, left arm, torso, left leg, right leg, lightsaber blade. So I'm pretty sure, that means the permutations are 7! = 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 5040
But I could be mistaken though, since I think that would only apply if there were seven different colors for the parts, but there are only six - so it might actually be (6 x 6!) instead which would be 4320 permutations.
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I think that would only apply if there were seven different colors for the parts, but there are only six - so it might actually be (6 x 6!) instead which would be 4320 permutations.
4320 would be correct if we are trying to calculate Vaders with seven parts but only six colors to choose from. (like Pete said, 6! for the first six parts and then six possible colors for the seventh part).
That assumes that Hasbro's goal was one part color#1, one part color#2, one part color#3, one part color#4, one part color#5, two parts color#6. If we start seeing Vader figures with more than two parts of the same color (like the Vader figure in the press photos with two blue arms and two green legs (https://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Conventions/Star_Wars_Celebration_Chicago_2019/Hasbro/Star_Wars/Press_Images/Kenner_Retro_Collection_3.75-inch/San_Diego_Comic_Con_2019_Exclusive&image=TVC_kenner_retro_special_edition_darth_vader_loose_colors_pose.jpg&img=&tt=)) then the number of potential Vaders would be even larger.
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It should be fewer than that if they don't allow for the same color to be in adjacent spots.
I started to do a combinations and permutations calculation but I'm too far removed from this math subject to recall it correctly with the added complexity of adjacent spots. Where is a math major when you need one... ::)
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It should be fewer than that if they don't allow for the same color to be in adjacent spots.
If we assume the rules from above (one part color#1, one part color#2, one part color#3, one part color#4, one part color#5, two parts color#6) and add a rule that parts that touch can't have the same color we'd reduce 4320 by 1/6th to 3600.
Example -
Torso - six possible colors
r arm - five possible colors
l arm - four possible colors
r leg - three possible colors
l leg = two possible colors
head - one possible color
saber - five possible colors (can't match r arm)
6*5*4*3*2*1*5=3600
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Someone posted in a reddit thread that the Vader is supposed to show up in stores this weekend, do we know if that's for real or just someone talking nonsense?
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Someone posted in a reddit thread that the Vader is supposed to show up in stores this weekend
Someone posted in this thread that Vader is supposed to show up in stores this weekend -
Also in-store starting Aug 2
I'm planning to swing by Target on Friday morning with the DPCI (087-16-0870) to check things out.
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Someone posted in a reddit thread that the Vader is supposed to show up in stores this weekend
Someone posted in this thread that Vader is supposed to show up in stores this weekend -
Also in-store starting Aug 2
I'm planning to swing by Target on Friday morning with the DPCI (087-16-0870) to check things out.
Of course they did... sorry Jeff, I can't keep it all straight these days.
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For what it's worth...
I had to go to Target this afternoon so I inquired about Vader using the DPCI and they said they had 0 in stock. When they tried to check nearby stores it came up flagged as online only.
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It should be fewer than that if they don't allow for the same color to be in adjacent spots.
If we assume the rules from above (one part color#1, one part color#2, one part color#3, one part color#4, one part color#5, two parts color#6) and add a rule that parts that touch can't have the same color we'd reduce 4320 by 1/6th to 3600.
Example -
Torso - six possible colors
r arm - five possible colors
l arm - four possible colors
r leg - three possible colors
l leg = two possible colors
head - one possible color
saber - five possible colors (can't match r arm)
6*5*4*3*2*1*5=3600
This is it - well done! I totally forgot the fact that if it's say, a Red right arm, then you're definitely NOT going to get a Red Lightsaber blade in the figure. So yeah - for each Right Arm, there are only a total of five possible blade colors.
Ok - so still - with 3600 possible permutations - how on Earth, if ordered two did I end up with two identical ones?!?!!? That's not cool! >:(
The best reasoning I can think of for that to happen is that if these come in cases of six, like the Retro Collection Wave 1 figures did, each case contains 6 x of one permutation and there were a total of 3600 cases produced. That would then mean, there are a grand total of 3600 x 6 = 21,600 of these made - that seems low, but I guess in today's collecting market, that might actually be the right number.
Needless to say, I'm going to do exactly what Jeff is planning on doing, check the Target App on Friday morning, see if my store is showing as having them in stock and head over there in an attempt to score one more so I can at least have a 2nd variant and if by some miracle they show up again online in the Target app/website, I might order it again for a possible 3rd variant, but that would be it.
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The Super Target near me has reset the toy dept. No sign of a peg for this.
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I wonder which knucklehead is going to try to be the first to collect all 3,600 variants of this.
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I would've put my money on you far that one, Rob!
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My money’s on Pete! ;D
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I would've put my money on you far that one, Rob!
If it was 36, maybe.
3,600... that’s probably how many figures I have total... imagine a second room entirely full of Vader’s... shudder.
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I would be happy if I can manage to snag one carded and one to open. I'm glad I have stopped collecting for the most part. It is much easier to keep up with the action figure cover comics than trying to find actual action figures these days. At least I got the retro wave case from EE so I don't have to look for them any more.
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If it was 36, maybe.
3,600... that’s probably how many figures I have total... imagine a second room entirely full of Vader’s... shudder.
This statement right here is why I'm glad I'm not a completionist anymore!
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The packaging should also be a test shot, just random cardboard lying around the factory.
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If there really are still any true completists left, this ended their run.
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If there really are still any true completists left, this ended their run.
I’m probably about as close as anyone gets these days (I try), but what killed my perfect streak was the Disney BAD. Just too expensive for how tough it was to try to figure out what constituted a full set of those.
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My money’s on Pete! ;D
Nope, I'm crazy, but not THAT crazy, haha!
I was hoping to score somewhere between 2 and 4 variants, but that was it. I am also perfectly happy just having one.
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I wonder which knucklehead is going to try to be the first to collect all 3,600 variants of this.
There's a guy here in LA who I bet might try that. He's got the money to burn.
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In regard to the variants for the Retro Vader - it has been determined that even though there are hundreds of possible combinations, Hasbro produced only 18 variations.
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I just struck out at the downtown Chicago Target. They pulled up a list of nearby stores and of the 15 or so in the list, not a single one has the Vader.
If anyone stumbles across an extra and wouldn’t mind mailing it to me loose, I’d pay for it all and love you forever.
In regard to the variants for the Retro Vader - it has been determined that even though there are hundreds of possible combinations, Hasbro produced only 18 variations.
Well that changes everything... if there's 18 of them I'd be tempted to give it a shot.
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Tunghori has a few flavors of these if you are so inclined. Of course, no fancy packaging...
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Got my two orders of two each from Target yesterday. This time I lucked out and was able to get four unique variants, 2 with Yellow heads and 2 with Blue heads, but the rest of the parts were different thankfully - so now I have five variants in all out of the 18 total available.
I would gladly get more should I walk into a Target and actually see them or have the ability to order more from the Target website/app, but I'm definitely not going to pay $35 for each version, if all I end up are the five I have now, then so be it.
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I still haven't found one. Haven't been able to order one on Target's site... haven't found a reasonably priced one on eBay... I thought about Tunghori, but sometimes I get stuff from him that's weird, like they're production samples that got rejected or something.
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Should I just give up looking for these in store? None have ever showed up around here according to Brickseek and at this point I don’t know if they ever will.
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Should I just give up looking for these in store? None have ever showed up around here according to Brickseek and at this point I don’t know if they ever will.
I'm thinking the answer to this is "yes" - unless Target is holding back stock on these for Triple Force Friday since there really isn't going to be a lot of 3.75" product released.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the only thing we should be expecting is a single TVC wave, the Yavin 4 Luke exclusive at Walmart and the Red 5 X-Wing - considering that no 5POA figures are coming for EP9, I could see Target wanting to expand their offerings - but that would mean that someone at Target is *REALLY* paying attention, and unfortunately, we all know that they aren't.
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This is showing up on the Target app for those still looking for it. I finally managed to snag one.
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This is showing up on the Target app for those still looking for it. I finally managed to snag one.
Thanks for that notice... I just ordered a few as ship-to-store. I'm tempted to try to collect all 18, even though that's idiotic.
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This is showing up on the Target app for those still looking for it. I finally managed to snag one.
I'm tempted to try to collect all 18, even though that's idiotic.
Yes. Yes it is. That's why I may do the same. ;)
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Yes. Yes it is. That's why I may do the same. ;)
I ordered 8 of them yesterday. If I get a good variety, I think I'll keep going. If I end up with a couple doubles... I'm up for starting a trading thing here with anyone else dumb enough to try it.
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I'm up for starting a trading thing here with anyone else dumb enough to try it.
That would be me.
I put in seven orders of two each myself - and I already had six with five of them being unique. Six of my seven orders are ship-to-store and I should hopefully have them tomorrow or Thursday. The seventh order I ordered with a BluRay to get over the $25 order add-on restriction and with this order I was able to pick up another duplicate and a sixth unique version - so I have 2x Green, 2x Yellow and 2x Blue helmet versions (yeah! one third of the way there!)
I have two "extras" and unfortunately, they are both the same - Green Helmet, Yellow Torso, Red Right Arm, Purple Left Arm, Orange Right Leg, Blue Left Leg.
Obviously I'll know what I still need once I get the other 12 I have on their way to me. I have ZERO illusions that I'm going to score the remaining 12 I need to complete the set in those, but I wouldn't mind AT LEAST getting one variation of Red, Orange and Purple helmet.
My thinking is that whatever I have extra, I'll trade for variations I'm missing and/or just return them to Target.
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I should have ordered 16... but I felt bad ordering so many as it was.
If I get duplicates, I'll get them up here to see if we can all help each other out.
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I don't think I care what version I end up with. I bought two and will only keep one. I will be glad to share my color combos and be willing to swap with the completists out there if you want to pay for shipping.
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So I was able to pick up five of my orders this morning. Out of those 10, only 4 new variations that I didn't have and 6 that I already had, with one of those six being a definite return because the cardback is badly curled at the top.
I still don't have any variations with the Purple helmet.
Of the four new variations I got, it was the third Blue version I didn't have, two Red Helmet versions and an Orange helmet version.
So that brings my total up to 10 out of the 18 variations that exist.
Keeping my fingers crossed that in the remaining order I have left to get, there is at least one Purple helmet version.
Ended up with another one of those Green Helmet, Yellow Torso, Red Right Arm, Purple Left Arm, Orange Right Leg, Blue Left Leg variations in this batch of 10 as well. :-\ So now I have three extra of that variation.
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I’ll buy the extra from you if it’s not going to be too much trouble. I’m opening all these anyway, so you could chuck it in a small padded mailer without the card or bubble to keep it simple... no pressure if you’d rather not deal with mailing it.
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Glad to be hearing of conformation of duplicate figures.
Assuming that this Vader can be boiled and disassembled/reassembled, it would be interesting if someone would attempt to assemble a loose collection of every possible variant. Expensive, but certainly a feat.
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Got two of these today. Only keeping one.
Let me know if anyone wants either one and I can ship it.
Both cards are in excellent shape.
#1 - right/left from his perspective - Red head, blue torso, yellow right leg, green left leg, orange left arm, purple right arm, yellow saber
#2 - right/left from his perspective - Orange head, blue torso, green right leg, red left leg, yellow left arm, purple right arm, orange saber
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What was the point of not selling these in stores? Isn’t the whole idea of an exclusive item to drive foot traffic into your retail space? WTH?
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Okay, I'm going for all 18 now...
I should have ordered 18 when they were briefly in-stock, but it already felt excessive ordering 8, so that's what I did. Lucky me, the 8 I got didn't have any duplicates. If anyone has any extras they're willing to sell... I'm looking for all of them except these:
(Sorted by Torso color, left / right is from OUR perspective, not Vader's (who cares what he thinks))
01:
Torso: Purple
Left Arm: Yellow
Right Arm: Green
Saber: Blue
Left Leg: Orange
Right Leg: Blue
Head: Red
02:
Torso: Purple
Left Arm: Blue
Right Arm: Green
Saber: Purple
Left Leg: Red
Right Leg: Orange
Head: Yellow
03:
Torso: Yellow
Left Arm: Green
Right Arm: Blue
Saber: Red
Left Leg: Purple
Right Leg: Orange
Head: Red
04:
Torso: Yellow
Left Arm: Green
Right Arm: Red
Saber: Purple
Left Leg: Blue
Right Leg: Purple
Head: Orange
05:
Torso: Yellow
Left Arm: Red
Right Arm: Purple
Saber: Orange
Left Leg: Orange
Right Leg: Blue
Head: Green
06:
Torso: Green
Left Arm: Yellow
Right Arm: Blue
Saber: Green
Left Leg: Red
Right Leg: Purple
Head: Orange
07:
Torso: Blue
Left Arm: Purple
Right Arm: Orange
Saber: Yellow
Left Leg: Yellow
Right Leg: Green
Head: Red
08:
Torso: Blue
Left Arm: Purple
Right Arm: Yellow
Saber: Orange
Left Leg: Green
Right Leg: Red
Head: Orange
Hopefully they come back in stock again.
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What was the point of not selling these in stores? Isn’t the whole idea of an exclusive item to drive foot traffic into your retail space? WTH?
Yeah, I don't get that at all. I ordered ship to store, so they're still getting a trip out of me I guess.
Okay, I'm going for all 18 now...
I should have ordered 18 when they were briefly in-stock, but it already felt excessive ordering 8, so that's what I did. Lucky me, the 8 I got didn't have any duplicates.
That's bold. If I found these on the cheap, I'd be game for boil/popping them to get a set of Vaders all the same color (All blue parts, all red parts, etc.)
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That's bold. If I found these on the cheap, I'd be game for boil/popping them to get a set of Vaders all the same color (All blue parts, all red parts, etc.)
I actually was wondering yesterday if assembling my own out of whatever scraps I could find would be a better way to go about this, but I doubt it will be.
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So, incredibly, I've purchased 4 total Vaders and 3 are the same exact one!
I bought two in store. Both different. I just picked up the two I bought on line and not only were they identical, they were both identical to one the ones I already had. :P
So, I guess I have the 2 of the following for trade:
Blue Head
Green Body
Orange Right hand
Red Left hand
Yellow Right leg
Purple left leg
Blue Light saber
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So, incredibly, I've purchased 4 total Vaders and 3 are the same exact one!
I bought two in store. Both different. I just picked up the two I bought on line and not only were they identical, they were both identical to one the ones I already had. :P
So, I guess I have the 2 of the following for trade:
Blue Head
Green Body
Orange Right hand
Red Left hand
Yellow Right leg
Purple left leg
Blue Light saber
I'd love to trade for one of them. I've got one extra at the moment. It has:
Orange Head
Purple Saber Arm (Left when looking at it)
Orange Saber
Yellow Right Arm (Saberless Arm)
Blue Torso
Green Leg on Saber Side
Red Leg on Opposite Side
It's carded at the moment.
EDIT: This will be easier with a photo...
(https://i.imgur.com/7JMqKyC.jpg)
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Done! I'll PM ya. ;)
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Got two of these today. Only keeping one.
Let me know if anyone wants either one and I can ship it.
Both cards are in excellent shape.
#1 - right/left from his perspective - Red head, blue torso, yellow right leg, green left leg, orange left arm, purple right arm, yellow saber
#2 - right/left from his perspective - Orange head, blue torso, green right leg, red left leg, yellow left arm, purple right arm, orange saber
I will take your extra one. Really doesn't matter which variation. I'm just looking for one to keep carded and one loose. The closest I have gotten to finding these is checking the Target link every day and sometime I can get the pull down to add a figure but it says it can't ship to my zip code.
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Got two of these today. Only keeping one.
Let me know if anyone wants either one and I can ship it.
Both cards are in excellent shape.
#1 - right/left from his perspective - Red head, blue torso, yellow right leg, green left leg, orange left arm, purple right arm, yellow saber
#2 - right/left from his perspective - Orange head, blue torso, green right leg, red left leg, yellow left arm, purple right arm, orange saber
I will take your extra one. Really doesn't matter which variation. I'm just looking for one to keep carded and one loose. The closest I have gotten to finding these is checking the Target link every day and sometime I can get the pull down to add a figure but it says it can't ship to my zip code.
Sorry. sold it to Rob last week. There seem to be a few extra sloshing around on the boards here. Hopefully someone can hook you up.
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Someone at RS posted a simpler way to track these... here's the variants based entirely on helmet, torso, and lightsaber color:
[X] Blue Helmet - Green Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[ ] Blue Helmet - Purple Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[ ] Blue Helmet - Red Torso - Red Lightsaber
[ ] Green Helmet - Orange Torso - Green Lightsaber
[ ] Green Helmet - Orange Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[X] Green Helmet - Yellow Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Blue Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Green Torso - Green Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Yellow Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[ ] Purple Helmet - Green Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[ ] Purple Helmet - Orange Torso - Green Lightsaber
[ ] Purple Helmet - Red Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Blue Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Purple Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Yellow Torso - Red Lightsaber
[ ] Yellow Helmet - Blue Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[X] Yellow Helmet - Purple Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[ ] Yellow Helmet - Red Torso - Red Lightsaber
If anyone happens to have an extra of any of the ones that don't have an X in them, I'd be happy to buy them from you!
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I got an email that it's back in stock, it'll let me pick 2 from the drop down, but it won't let me buy them. :(
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I got an email that it's back in stock, it'll let me pick 2 from the drop down, but it won't let me buy them. :(
That seems typically. I generally check the link every morning and that is how it is right now. Can select two, but says it can't be delivered to my zip code and that it is out of stock in any store in my area.
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I've been able to track down 17 out of the 18 total (I'm not going to go crazy and try to track down a double set for the two different shades of green - as far as I'm concerned, Hasbro intended on there being a "green" part - if some of my green parts are dark green and others are more of a forest green, I really do not care).
Anyway, using Rob's short-hand, here's what I need:
[ ] Orange Helmet - Green Torso - Green Lightsaber
Here's what I still have to trade:
[ ] Green Helmet - Yellow Torso - Orange Lightsaber (x3)
[ ] Red Helmet - Purple Torso - Blue Lightsaber (x2)
[ ] Orange Helmet - Blue Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[ ] Yellow Helmet - Blue Torso - Yellow Lightsaber (damaged cardback)
[ ] Yellow Helmet - Red Torso - Red Lightsaber
Would prefer to conduct a trade more than selling them...
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Once you have your last trade done would you consider selling the rest?
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Halfway there:
(https://i.imgur.com/4avImoz.jpg)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWL10ZzWIAA2ut5.jpg)
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I'm worried that Hasbro is going to see that idiots like me bought 18 of this thing and start farting out prototype runs like this every year.
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I'm worried that Hasbro is going to see that idiots like me bought 18 of this thing and start farting out prototype runs like this every year.
Good point. If hasbro announces that they're going to shift from TVC to more of these prototype style figures, we're going to all come to your house and make you eat each and every variation.
(Ok not really)
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Do we know if this Vader thing is kind of over and done now or is there a chance it'll make an appearance in better quantities going forward?
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Do we know if this Vader thing is kind of over and done now or is there a chance it'll make an appearance in better quantities going forward?
I would say definitively that we absolutely do not know.
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I just bought a lot of 7 of these on eBay... so two things:
1) I'll have some extras to trade pretty soon
2) They'll be available at Target.com and will show up in every Target store in the country within a day
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I just bought a lot of 7 of these on eBay... so two things:
1) I'll have some extras to trade pretty soon
2) They'll be available at Target.com and will show up in every Target store in the country within a day
I may be interested, Rob.
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I just bought a lot of 7 of these on eBay... so two things:
1) I'll have some extras to trade pretty soon
2) They'll be available at Target.com and will show up in every Target store in the country within a day
I may be interested, Rob.
When I say trade, I mean for color variants that I'm missing... so that works if you have extras but I'm just looking to flip them one-for-one. I'll update here with what I have whenever they arrive.
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Rob and I have already traded. Putting out there that I have one duplicate and would like to trade for a different version. My duplicate version is;
Blue Head
Green Body
Orange Right hand
Red Left hand
Yellow Right leg
Purple left leg
Blue Light saber
Let me know if you wanna swap. ;)
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I may have some to swap if it helps people out. I'll check my version tonight.
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I got my 7 new ones today, and there were only 2 I didn't have. So I have 11 now, and am missing 7. I've got 5 carded extras available for trade:
HAVES:
[X] Blue Helmet - Green Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[X] Blue Helmet - Purple Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[X] Blue Helmet - Red Torso - Red Lightsaber
[X] Green Helmet - Orange Torso - Green Lightsaber
[X] Green Helmet - Orange Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[X] Green Helmet - Yellow Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Blue Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Green Torso - Green Lightsaber
[X] Orange Helmet - Yellow Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[X] Purple Helmet - Green Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[X] Purple Helmet - Orange Torso - Green Lightsaber
[/] Purple Helmet - Red Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Blue Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Purple Torso - Blue Lightsaber
[X] Red Helmet - Yellow Torso - Red Lightsaber
[X] Yellow Helmet - Blue Torso - Yellow Lightsaber
[X] Yellow Helmet - Purple Torso - Purple Lightsaber
[X] Yellow Helmet - Red Torso - Red Lightsaber
(https://i.imgur.com/dOJpN4z.jpg)
AVAILABLE TO TRADE:
[1] Orange Helmet - Blue Torso - Orange Lightsaber
[2] Red Helmet - Yellow Torso - Red Lightsaber
(https://i.imgur.com/RtjTU6A.jpg)
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Hey Rob, I think I can help you out. I only have 6 with one dupe, but it's the yellow helmet, blue torso, yellow saber version. If you want to swap, I can use your red head, purple chest, blue saber dupe. That shores up several missing pieces for me. PM me if you want to swap.
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These still aren't showing up as in stock on Targets website, but if they were, they are showing up as a dollar off on the page for them.
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If someone has a spare and is willing to ship loose to Canuckia, lmk via pm. I'd just buy one outright.
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If I end up with any extras once I finish the set and you still need one, I’ll send it your way.
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Notched another one of these off my list list last week. Thanks for the trade, Rob!
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Likewise!
How many more do you have to go?
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Likewise!
How many more do you have to go?
I might call it quits at 6. I might go for a 7th if I can find the Purple Helmet - Green Torso - Orange Lightsaber version. With that one, I'd have one of every color in almost every part. The only pieces I'd be missing are a Red Torso, Purple Right Arm, and Green Lightsaber. I'd have to buy three different Vaders to get those last three pieces and that seems unlikely unless they show up somewhere for cheap. On the other hand, there are three variations for each remaining part I'd need, so I won't close the door on it.
I'm tempted to get some extras with Yellow/Red/Blue lightsabers just for my displays of original vintage Luke/Obi/Vader's without weapons. I don't like using repro stuff, but original sabers with tips are tough to track down, so $10-12 a pop isn't all that bad.
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Finished:
(https://i.imgur.com/x9MaVsq.jpg)
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Wow!
I feel like that's begging for some sort of pop art shadow box wall-mounted display. Like just having them on the shelf isn't enough, after seeing all the work you went through for these.
I wasn't feeling this Vader, but seeing them all together is pretty fan-*******-tastic!
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Yeah, they look great Rob!
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Andy Warhol approves.
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Very cool Rob! Not a big fan of the collection of gold OT WM figures you assembled, but I like this a lot. Nice work.
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Thanks everyone... I do like them as a set of 18, but I really hope Hasbro doesn't make a habit of this.
Very cool Rob! Not a big fan of the collection of gold OT WM figures you assembled, but I like this a lot. Nice work.
I'm not a huge fan of those gold figures either, but I'm a collect-one-of-everything guy, so they're part of the (nearly) complete set.
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Congrats from me as well!
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If anyone ended up with extras that they are looking to part with, please let me know. I haven't had any luck and would love to pick up one carded and one to open.