Quote from: Rob on November  1, 2025, 11:24 AM

I don't think I ever saw images of those, but I have a folder of unmade things that were shown... you don't happen to have photos of those two do you?  Might be a fun thread to start...

Here is the 2nd Utai guy (from RS SDCC coverage in 2009 I think) - should have been a running change like the TLC Ugnaught but never got released -



And the Funeral Pyre Vader goes back to 2009 as well - https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=19533.0

Hasbro showed it to some Fan Sites to ask what they thought but then it never got LFL approval as I understand it.

That particular SDCC was pretty epic!  I was there, and either I or Chuck (jta) took that image of the Funeral Pyre Vader while Derryl DePriest was pitching it.  He said that this was an out of the ordinary way for them to pitch something new by going to the fans before getting licensor approval.  So they brought it to SDCC to gauge feedback from fans.  I'm guessing someone at Lucasfilm Licensing might not have been sold on the concept of the Funeral Pyre Vader, so Derryl opted to go this route.  And unfortunately it did not get approved.  And looking back now?  It would have been pretty relavent to The Force Awakens.

Curto got photos of the figures on Preview Night before the case was fully laid out.  I remember being able to walk around the floor before the doors opened because we had press badges.  The running change figures got hidden away before the floor opened.  I can't recall if both Bespin guards were there.  But you can see both Ugnaughts, and both Utai.  IIRC, there were also both of the Imperial Scanning Troopers, too.  Gradually, they were all released over the next few years - the second Scanning Trooper took the longest.  But the second Utai is still MIA.

Just a general question for all involved here:

Does anyone think there would be anywhere near the level of interest for Arleil Schous if not for being the one failed tier in the Cantina Haslab?  And does that mean a character who was effectively stricken from the Special Edition of ANH should be made as a TVC figure just because of collector FOMO?

I just cast my votes in Round 2:

Baze Malbus
Luthen Rael
Kleya Marki


While I had voted for C-3PO earlier?  I think making a statement in support of Kleya is important.  Her character really came to the forefront in season 2 of ANDOR, and Elizabeth Dulau crushed it!  And if Hasbro is going to make Luthen?  They need to make Kleya.

I figured we might get a re-release of that Maul in advance of the new animated series that's coming next year.  However, I agree about the Vader - it's boring and predictable. But then that's been the pattern with almost every figure that's been released in the 3-packs since those sets were re-introduced into the line.

One of the eliminated characters was just announced in London - The Stranger (Qimir) is coming to TVC in the wave with Padme and Shaak Ti.

Thanks for the heads up!  I hit a couple of ROSS stores last week trying to find this and the Moff Gideon's Imperial Light Cruiser playset, but no luck.

I heard a number kicked around recently about the possibility of a TVC figure dream pack as a Haslab.  And the cost per figure that I heard floated was around $35.  I don't know if that's something that I could get behind.

There are some big vehicles that I think could stand a chance, but in some cases I think they might need entertainment support.

CLONE WARS - The Twilight freighter with figures from the Clone Wars movie - Anakin, Ahsoka, Rotta, Medical droid, Rex, etc.

AHSOKA - T-6 shuttle with figures - Ahsoka in space suit; Sabine in training gear; Anakin hologram

ROTJ - Lambda class shuttle with Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia

SOLO - Lando's Falcon - figures tbd

KOTOR (serious longshot unless the game reboot is a big hit) - Ebon Hawk with Revan, Carth Onassi, T3-M4