I think Jayson has a K-2SO repack in his rumor list for the Fall and then Dedra is all so far for TVC. 

Sounds about right. 

One all new figure - Vel.  We have two versions of Cassian (one super lazy and inaccurate kitbash).  One re-release/kitbash clone trooper.  And now we're getting a repack.  Nice work Hasbro. 

Is it too much to ask for six or so figures from each franchise so you could have a mini-display of the key players?

Nope.  Dropping to $600, although it sounds like there is some debate about putting in a transition year with a $5000 limit.

This is gross sales, so you'll have to factor in fees, packing supplies, cost of goods, etc. to calculate profit. 

I'm selling a **** ton of Legos this year and have passed the $5k limit already.  I'm not looking forward to tax time and the dancing I may have to do as I have no interest in reporting a profit on my sales. 

I hate this new law.  I'm not doing this as a business - just doing a Star Wars garage sale online.

Agreed.  Based on the history of the Tonnikas I don't expect they'll ever get released in any form ever again.

I'm sure all the others, and probably the one that didn't fund will get recarded and made eventually (and based on past history probably released before the cantina is).

Quote from: Rob on July 23, 2024, 12:46 PM

These are dumb. 

Quote from: Ryan on July 25, 2024, 03:33 AM

These just feel lazy.

It's hard to argue against those opinions.  The rest of the wave (TVC Thrawn with a new head; yet another Ahsoka; kitbash trooper from a VG) don't exactly move the needle much either.

Have there been any fan site interviews or have we heard any commentary from Steve Evans on any of this?  I'm guessing much of this may have been started before he came back to the Star Wars franchise, but I'd be interested to know if he is going to continue the fake deluxe and excessive kitbashing that we've seen over the past few years, or if that might get scaled back for more "new" stuff.

While I hate lame kitbashes of existing figures with minor changes (Mando and Bo Katan), I do like the Shriek Hawk 4-pack where we get somewhat new figures even though there are reused parts.  I also like the Mando Judge and Mando Fleet Commander figures that likely have a lot of common parts.

I'm fine with how they've done the pack-ins for these too.  If they put someone like Moff Gideon or Mando in there it'd be really stupid. 

Although I would be even more happy if they cut the price on this by $18 and sold the figure separately, but then I buy them both anyhow.

Yeah, not the greatest, not the worst.

Overall I was left feeling mostly unsatisfied. 

I really think the story could have been a lot tighter.  There was just too much unimportant stuff going on and too many characters.  There were too many tangents that they spent a lot of time on.  If they had taken the 8 episodes and told a cleaner story I think it could have easily been 100% better.

For example, the Jedi spent the first few episodes figuring out who Mae was.  Then the Jedi were figuring out her plan and what her motives were.  Then the Jedi were trying to figure out who Qimir was (looks like he got away without any witnesses other than Vernestra sensing him).  And then in the last few episodes the writers were teasing if Qimir was really the master and what his relationship was to Vernestra.  I think they should skipped through all that backstory and spent a lot more time on Qimir, Vernestra, and the creepy dude hiding in the cave.  I know they kind of wanted to tell the Osha becoming an acolyte story, but I'm not sure I buy Osha going to the dark side with the way they told the story.

And that tracker weasel was annoying.  Can't Jedi just use the force and figure out where other Jedi are?

Right now my OT cantina setup has all of the figures made from this scene, but also the random aliens from the prequels that don't always fit in other displays. (I don't display a lot of my prequel stuff)

I know some would love to have all these guys made.  I'd be fine with that, but I'd also be fine with random aliens made from the Mandalorian, Solo, Rogue One, etc. and just stick them in the cantina.  This was half the fun of Star Wars as a kid was the wacky aliens.  I don't need them to be scene correct to put them in the cantina and add to the crowd.

So instead of having three flavors of the same character (Solomahal, Atheloe, and Ownellco with the ascot), give me totally new random aliens from the Solo bar and Sabacc scenes and I'll stick them in the Tatooine cantina. 

I know, kick me out, I'm a heretic.  I mix my different media figures together and don't care about being dogmatic about the 17 guys that they haven't made from brief snippets of Richard Pryor's comedy bit and The Holiday Special. 

Agree with most comments here.  This show is not great, but not terrible.  My daughter and I have been watching it and she thinks its fine.

I do think it was odd to revisit the destruction of the coven and not really reveal anything new.  I would have liked to see something that was clearly controversial that would leave a deep regret with the Jedi.  Sure Torbin and Sol shouldn't have gone back, but what option did Indara have to resolve the situation once Kelnacca got "possessed"?  Sure you might feel bad that it ended that way, but it didn't seem controversial.

I thought they were developing an interesting dynamic with Qimir and Oshi as she considered becoming an acolyte.  To just drop that story line completely and go back to the coven story line seemed like an odd choice.

It'll be interesting to see how they wrap this up and if they leave it totally open ended.  I guess there haven't been any statements as to if this is a one and done season or if there will be more seasons, but it doesn't appear a second season has been green lighted yet.  Maybe it'll depend on how the show does from a viewership perspective.

My recommendation would be to take the $ they're spending on this show and try something different vs. do another season of this.