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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Black Series 6" Holocomm Collection
« on: October 4, 2023, 02:06 PM »
Its a heckuva lot more interesting than chrome repaint and holiday versions, but I'm going to continue passing on most 6" figures. 

You would think they would have started with figures that were actually shown as holograms - Leia, Emperor, Maul, etc.  Their choices seem pretty random - Han, Axe Woves??

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: October 4, 2023, 01:23 PM »
Quote from: P-Siddy on October  4, 2023, 12:16 PM
Quote from: tmanthegreat on October  4, 2023, 01:13 AM
Well that was an interesting episode tonight! Really wish this season wasn’t only 8 episodes though…

I agree with this sentiment.  I felt that there wasn't much fear for Thrawn to die since he essentially just showed up in the series and is a main baddie.  With the way the Star Wars live action shows have been doing cross-overs, I feel Thrawn's plot will be resolved in an Endgame kind of way (isn't there a movie to come out?).
Maybe there needed to be one more episode... at least to flesh out what Baylan and Shin were doing instead of a quick montage of all the key players in the series at the end.  I was disappointed in their brief screentime because I enjoyed Baylan's story so far (and I'm not sure if we'll ever know the end of it now that Ray's passed) and was curious to see where Shin's path lies (is it still with Thrawn as Baylan suggested, even though she was left behind?).  I'm looking forward to see more of Ezra.  I enjoyed his character (humor and all).

Totally agree.

The Baylan/Shin stories needed more meat to them.  Are we supposed to be worried about what Baylan is doing when we don't have the faintest idea what he is up to?  Why does Shin's character even exist if she is just going to be stuck in the other galaxy? She could have easily have been an Inquisitor if they needed another lightsaber wielding baddy.

I think the series has been decent - not great and not bad.  The Baylan part is probably the biggest head scratcher.

One other thing I was surprised that didn't transpire was getting Zeb involved.  I thought he might have come along with Carson's squad and then joined up with Hera, but even Hera didn't have much of a role.  Maybe it'll come in season 2 or in some other related series

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: October 4, 2023, 09:07 AM »
Quote from: Nicklab on October  4, 2023, 07:31 AM
I think the "crates" are more likely to be caskets.  And that's because the place they were taken from was referred to as catacombs by Thrawn.  That's a ritual burial place.

I was kind of thinking the same thing after the zombie troopers respawned.  Maybe these are some kind of super-zombies that will be reanimated by the night sisters.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: October 2, 2023, 03:48 PM »
Quote from: Nicklab on September 29, 2023, 12:59 PM
The mystery remains about what is in those caskets that are being loaded on the Chimaera.  Dead Night Sisters?  Ysalamiri?  Or something more sinister?

At first I thought it was Ysalamiri, but why would they need hundreds of crates of them when there are only a handful of Jedi?

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: September 22, 2023, 05:10 PM »
Quote from: Nicklab on September 22, 2023, 04:56 PM
But I was definitely struck by how much an older Ezra looks like his father.

My daughter asked why he looks like Jesus.  :P

Definitely seemed like he was a hippie living in a turtle shell camper on the side of the road.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 Hasbro Pulse Con TVC Reveals
« on: September 22, 2023, 09:52 AM »
Ahsoka TVC figures would be sweet, but I still want a full set of main characters from Andor.  That has a second season coming (supposedly in August 2024) and I sure hope they put a lot more creative energy in to those figures before too long.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Pulse 2023 TBOBF Throne Room Playset
« on: September 21, 2023, 03:40 PM »
Mine just landed on my doorstep.  That is a much larger box than expected.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: September 20, 2023, 12:49 PM »
Speculation on what is in the cases that Thrawn's team was loading in to the Star Destroyer?  I'm not sure they'll do ysalamiri in this version of the story, but that is my only guess at this point.

Thrawn was really dismissive of Baylan and Shin, and any role they may play going forward, so I'm not sure what he thinks of Jedi.

I'm also unsure what to think of the fact that Ezra seemed to be living so close to all the action.  He didn't seem to be hiding all that well, and it doesn't seem like Thrawn to just let him be and not hunt him down.  I'll be also interested in how they might explain how Ezra survived on the Star Destroyer during their hyperspace flight and then managed to leave the Star Destroyer when they arrived.  Maybe Ezra and Thrawn reached some kind of agreement, or Thrawn didn't want to kill him as he might be their only way back with the Purrgil?

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: September 20, 2023, 08:47 AM »
Quote from: Rob on September 19, 2023, 11:33 PM
Another home run tonight.

My daughter grumbled that it was a bit slow.  I agree that there wasn't much action, but the plot got moved forward which she doesn't always appreciate.

There are only two episodes to go and tons of potential ways they might wrap this up or just end it.  Thoughts on what happens?

My speculation is that Thrawn and everyone ends up back in the "normal" galaxy and Thrawn becomes a baddie for everyone to deal with in The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and any other off-shoots they do (Rangers, etc.).  I don't think he is killed/captured, but escapes.  Although based on the actor Ray Stevenson's death I'm going to assume they've written in a death scene for him.  I'm assuming that Baylan dies and Shin lives and stays with Thrawn so we can have lightsaber battles.  Either that or the Nightsisters keep creating Inquisitor type foes.


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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: September 19, 2023, 02:08 PM »
I've never bought from Stan Solo or any of the 3rd party companies, but with Stan Solo's pre-order for the Tonnika sisters happening, and the fact that Hasbro probably won't ever make these, I think I'm going to pull the trigger.

What are people's recommendation on the best way and time to get these?  Just pre-order them from the UK (42 pounds each) and pay shipping, or try and buy them elsewhere?


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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC OWK Obi-Wan & Battle Damage Vader 2-Pack
« on: September 19, 2023, 01:37 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on September 19, 2023, 01:05 PM
To me, this feels a LOT more like Hasbro knows the TVC crowd will still be there to buy figures 12-18 months after a show but there is a much greater need to "strike while the iron is hot" in the Black Series stuff. 

I think Hasbro has said this in a way about 6" collectors.  I believe they characterize 6" purchasers as more impulse driven, I like that and want one for my desk, which is why I think you see so many Christmas decos, video game figures, and other random items that might be more curiosities.  Obviously there are still the hardcore fans that buy a bunch of these too.

I do wish Hasbro got their **** together on TVC.  Collectors will buy these whenever they get made, but if they want a successful retail product at Target and Wal-Mart, it sure would help if they came out with a full wave of figures pretty close to the release of a new title.  Adam Pawlus had some recent commentary on this on his site that was pretty good.  I get Disney wanting to hold back wildly surprising characters like Grogu from Hasbro's radar, but when you've got main characters in teasers six months ahead of time there has got to be a way to close that gap between premier and toy release.  Sprinkling a figure here and there over the following two years is not going to make for a successful line at retail.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2023 Droid Factory / Chandrila Star Line / Galactic Cruiser D3-09
« on: September 17, 2023, 11:42 AM »
Let's hope the people at Disney making the decisions on closing the hotel didn't tell the product managers / factory in a timely manner and there is still a pile of them on a boat still working its way through the distribution system that will get dumped at ShopDisney or some other place.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2022 Droid Factory SK-620 (Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser)
« on: September 17, 2023, 09:55 AM »
Just picked this guy up on eBay for $50 shipped.  I'm still hoping D3-09 gets dumped in volume somewhere so I can get him for a reasonable price.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC OWK Obi-Wan & Battle Damage Vader 2-Pack
« on: September 15, 2023, 10:17 AM »
Real artists and creative people cost money.  Why work hard when you can mail it in?  All you need is some unpaid interns and Google and you've saved yourself a bunch of money and effort. 

I'm sure Hasbro has fired all the artists they got when the bought Galoob, but I remember some of the MicroMachines playset boxes as being fantastic works of art.  I whish Hasbro spent 1/100th of the effort on packaging artwork that some of the people did back in the heyday.


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TV-9D9 / Re: Lando (Disney+)
« on: September 14, 2023, 04:13 PM »
I hope it works out too, but honestly if they weren't happy with the Solo movie, I'm not sure how they'll ever be happy with a Lando movie. 

I'll be honest, Lando is a B character in the Star Wars universe and I think whatever they do would likely work a lot better as a series than a movie where there are much higher expectations.

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