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Did Hasbro alert you that the Sail was on the way or did it just show up?
It just showed up at the house with no email notice or anything - box return label was from Cartamundi in East Longmeadow, MA (which is Hasbro's old card/game facility that Cartamundi bought from them in 2015).
Got an update from Hasbro today on my message to them about my bad Jabba and Yak Face. They are working on procuring replacement parts and packaging. If/when they do so, they will send me replacements. But there is no timetable and ymmv
I got a similar message today on my request for a replacement sail (my barge came with a janky sail). They'll send out a replacement sail once they have the replacement parts available.
Update - I received the new sail from Hasbro.
They sent me a new orange sail, but not the plastic ribs that go with it. Instructions were to take the ribs off the old sail and use them with the new one... but that's when I learned that all those plastic ribs were cut to fit at the factory for each sail to be sure they fit snug. I thought they'd be a standard size, but I guess they are custom cut to fit any imperfections in the way the sails were sewn.
As a result of each sail being ever so slightly different, only maybe half of the ribs fit on the new sail. The other half were all too long (by 1-2mm). The 'long' ribs bowed up and didn't lay flat when I tried to get the sail on the frame so I had to trim them. Long story short, after a bit of trial and error, it all worked out and my barge finally has two sails.
this really is more interesting to me than the barge.
I sent them an e-mail describing how I did not receive my sail barge....they replied stating that I never ordered one. Details, details, details.
I may try to work our lighting as well and put it all on the same switch.
Huttin' ain't easy.
I bought one of those recordable sound chips and recorded 80seconds of the swanky Max Rebo pimp music from the Barge scene. It brings a tear to my eye.
I cracked mine open to get the yak face out for this buyer... the Yak Face had a curved, super thin crease along the top right of the card, and the card had some curve to it as well - I sent him pictures and am waiting to find out if he still wants it.
My Jabba was fine - no cleft palate, no two-right-hands... all normal. Barge looks good too, I have to crack open all the pieces and get them on it tonight.
Just realized I dont have an extra Wooof or Nysad to display on this thing. Trying to decide if Hasbro will rerelease those or if I should pull the eBay trigger. They aren't cheap. Hell, Nysad isn't even listed. Nothing on Tungori either.
Was any more said about these at Toy Fair?
No. There were some rumors that some overseas retailers have them on their product lists but no one has started taking any pre-orders or anything yet.There was an unidentified R2-D2 on the shelf with the other TVC figures.
That is VC149 R2-D2 that they announced at 2018 MCM Comic-Con London. Pretty basic R2 for the Vintage Collection $13 price tag sadly.
