2020 TVC 3.75" Carbonized Collection

[Jeff]

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 ).

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)
Cara Dune
Remnant Stormtrooper
Imperial Death Trooper

[Rob]

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?

[Jeff]

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.

[GrandMoffNick]

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.

[Rob]

Thanks Jeff...

I'll take the pre-order for now and then if they become available with something else before they ship...

[Rob]

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.

[Jedi Idej]

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.

[Jeff]

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.   

[Rob]

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.

[Nicklab]

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. 

[Jesse James]

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

[JediJman]

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. 

[Darth_Anton]

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.

[Matt_Fury]

I like these, but I will not lose any sleep if I don't get them.

[Jedi Idej]

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.