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Collectibles => The Vintage Collection => Topic started by: Jeff on September 21, 2020, 11:22 AM
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The popular "carbonized collection" gimmick has made its way to the 3.75" line, starting with a set of figures from The Mandalorian. All of these should be going up for pre-order later today (4pm ET/1pm PT) at Walmart.com (boo, hiss Walmart :P).
If you are interested in paying $18 for fancy repaints (and a new TM cardback in the case of the Death Trooper), here are the Walmart links (Again, NOT Active/In-Stock until ~approx. 4pm ET/1PM PT):
The Mandalorian (Original Armor) (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Action-Figure/639364466)
Cara Dune (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Action-Figure/339849937)
Remnant Stormtrooper (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Action-Figure/136852804)
Imperial Death Trooper (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Action-Figure/433018206)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EicrFA9XsAAIydf.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EicrEsNXsAAJQLT.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EicrE7wXsAYjDrE.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EicrEwnXYAUKXES.jpg)
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Are these actually popular? Seems like a gimmicky double-dip cash-grab...
I also was pretty disappointed to read where Jayson said that these 4 count towards the 26 new TVC offerings that are coming...
Are they Walmart exclusive?
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Are these actually popular?
Well, the 6" Carbonized figures sold out quickly at each retailer so (right or wrong) Hasbro figured that meant they were popular enough to try it in this scale too...
Are they Walmart exclusive?
The pre-order is only Walmart for now. Not sure if they are full exclusive or just pre-order exclusive.
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Jayson has another post on Yakface that shows someone with the Mando and saying it was found at Target. It would be nice to know. I'd probably skip pre order from WM if finding them at Target is possible.
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Thanks Jeff...
I'll take the pre-order for now and then if they become available with something else before they ship...
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Well the other three were easy... but I was right there refreshing at 4:00 EST and Mando never turned from "Get in-stock alert" to "Preorder."
Edit: Never mind... a few minutes of refreshing and he showed up.
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Yeah, I didn't see the Mandalorian become available until 1:09/1:10 Pacific.
It'd be funny if bots grabbed them all only to have those orders cancelled by Walmart and figures put back in stock.
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I may have considered these but the $5 gimmick tax is too much for just a repaint.
I paid that $5 gimmick tax to get all the extra weapons on that $18 Amazon TVC "Armory Pack" Sith Trooper last year but I'm not going to pay it for a repack with a shiny paint job. :-X
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This is where Hasbro has me over a barrel. I’m a collect-em-all guy, paint variations included. I’m not a fan of this, and $18 is silly, but I’m going to go with it for now. I hope they keep it limited, but I’m expecting that not to be the case.
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They got me on these. The draw of TVC is pretty strong. And I’m really starting to believe that scarcity for this line might be helping drive demand.
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I keep looking to see if the deco interests me in a “would it look cool as a diff trooper type” kinda way and I can’t tell. Especially on the remnant trooper
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I grabbed a set of four. Tempted to grab a second set as I open just about everything now and these look so pretty carded, but I can't swing an extra $80 on stuff I probably can't display anyway.
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I, of course, will dig the slight color variance on the Imperials. I kind of get it. Trying to draw new people into the TVC line, but it's an eye roller for us. Managed 2 each.
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I like these, but I will not lose any sleep if I don't get them.
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I likely would have passed had I not blinked and missed out on the Mandalorian pre-order last December. I know there are currently 2nd-chance offerings online, and the potential of it hitting regular retail, but $14 + shipping -- for a regular! -- is more than the $18 for one carbonized.
Too bad Walmart's free shipping doesn't kick in until $35. So to capitalize on the freebie delivery, I had to get a 2nd figure. I mean, if you think about it, Walmart's practically giving away half of one figure.
And, well, 2 is already half way there, might as well get the other two.
This is the way.
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I got four emails today letting me know my pre-orders for these four dropped $0.31 each.
Yay?
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Now you can get that surgery you’d been putting off!
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Finally started to get these this week. And WalMart is shipping them all individually to me in a plastic mailer bag with ZERO padding/protection. So you can imagine how they are arriving. :(
I hate WalMart and I hate it when they have exclusives.
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It happened to me, too. I got shipping notifications that the Carbonized Cara Dune and Death Trooper were on their way. Once I saw the individual tracking numbers and that these were being sent USPS I could foresee what was coming.
The Cara Dune card looked fine. In fact I noticed that the cardstock is far more substantial on these carbonized versions than standard TVC figures. But the blister? Totally crunched. The Death Trooper blister was intact, but I saw a visible scuff on the card. And for once these were figures that I had an interest in keeping carded. So much for that!
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I saw the Dark Trooper and the Remnant Stormtrooper on the pegs at my local Walmart this weekend.
Decided to leave them.
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My Cara Dune arrived snugly in its box and the Death Trooper shipped in packaging that looks like it's for a book. Neither had any packing material but neither was damaged either.
I would normally open, but reading some instances that the paint chipped off their carbonized black series, I might leave these carded.
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Got my Deathtroopers and they all arrive in great condition. It's the thick card for sure!
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My Mandalorian and Remnant Stormtrooper arrived today. Par for the course, the blister on the Stormtrooper was crunched, no doubt because of the mailer envelope. Thankfully the Mandalorian was shipped in a box and was in the best shape of the 4.
But it’s truly ridiculous when you look at how these were handled and shipped by Walmart. I placed two orders to get the four figures. The first was with Cara Dune, the Death Trooper and the Remnant Stormtrooper. I wasn’t able to get the Mandalorian in that order. All four figures shipped from the same Walmart distribution center in Pennsylvania. The three figures that were ordered together all shipped separately. Cara Dune and the Death Trooper shipped the same day, and both in separate mailer envelopes. And the other two also shipped separately. I’m trying to figure out what kind of logic came into play with the way these shipped, but that’s probably a wasted effort.
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I'm with you Nick. I ordered all 4 figures at the same time in the same order. So far, I have received:
Cara Dune - shipped in an envelope, bent card
Stormtrooper - shipped in a small box just wide and tall enough to fit the card, card is dinged all around the edges
Deathtrooper - shipped in a large, flat rectangular box with a cardboard protective insert and air bubble packs. Dead mint
Mandalorian - still MIA
They would have saved more money just shipping these all together (didn't they all come in the same case) and I would have likely received better quality packaging and the Earth itself would have benefited from less packaging and fewer mail stops throughout the distribution. Super frustrating.
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Got my Mando yesterday and he's got an incredibly loose leg joint on his right leg. Anyone else?
I don't have high hopes of being able to exchange that with how extremely sold out they are...
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Here is my overall experience:
* Initial order 2x of all four figures, order split to the following shipments:
- Cara Dune x1 in a unpadded envelope, bubble crushed - opened this one
- Cara Dune x1 in a padded envelope, card creased
- Deathtrooper x1 in an unpadded envelope, bubble crushed - opened this
- Deathtrooper x1 in an unpadded envelope, bubble crushed, card bent - opened this
- Mando x2 in a box (by some miracle) - both arrived in good shape
- Remnant Stormtrooper x2 in a box (again, another miracle) - one in good shape, other had a notch in the cardback
* Second order 2x of Cara Dune and 2x Imperial Deathtrooper in hopes of getting MOMC versions, flagged them as gifts
- Cara Dune x2 in a box - both arrived in good condition, some scuffing on one of the bubbles
- Imperial Deathtrooper x2 in a box - both arrived in good condition
* Ordered 2x of Remnant Trooper, again, flagged them as a gift, the order was split into two shipments, one in a box and the other in a bag, bag one was crushed, so I opened it, boxed one replaced the one from the first order so I now have 2x MOMC Remnant Stormtroopers
* Ordered 2x of Mando, flagged them as gifts - both sent separately and in a bag, so flagging something as a gift does NOT guarantee a box, going to open one of these for my opener
So now that all of my orders have arrived, have:
2x of all four figures MOMC
1x of Cara and Mando open
2x of Deathtrooper and Stormtrooper open
And I have non-mint Mando and Cara to return or offer in trade to someone who is interested in having one to open... I'm sure the WalMart customer service rep at my local store is going to give me a hard time because of the condition of Mando & Cara Dune that I have to return... :-\
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How much for your opener Mando? With the bum leg on mine I'm interested in replacing him and returning my other one.
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How much for your opener Mando? With the bum leg on mine I'm interested in replacing him and returning my other one.
With tax they were $18.85 each - I wasn't charged for shipping - so essentially it would be $18.85 plus the cost of shipping to you.
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I'm game. I'll PM you.
Thanks!