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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Clone Wars '08-'13 => Topic started by: Scott on June 1, 2010, 10:25 AM
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The Clone Wars Collection Wave 4
1x Captain Rex (98349)
1x Obi Wan Kenobi (98352)
1x Commander Cody (98353)
1x Grievous (battle damage) (97559)
1x Cad Bane (20955)
1x Odd Ball (20956)
1x ARF Trooper (20960)
1x Battle Droid (20961)
1x Ki-Adi Mundi (20803)
1x Flame Thrower Clone (20805)
1x R2-D2 (87664)
1x Pilot/Clone Trooper (20809)
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I wonder how this R2 will be any different from the awesome 2008 version.
And I have a feeling in my gut that Ki-Adi will come with a plastic lower skirt and non-articulated legs... as is the trend. :(
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Thanks to the toy catalog being found in the Fall 2010 Clone Wars vehicles, it looks like this wave has been confirmed:
'10 CW25 Ki-Adi Mundi
'10 CW26 Flame Thrower Clone
'10 CW27 R2-D2
'10 CW28 Clone Pilot
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I'm on board for anything Ki-Adi-Mundi.
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Pics up now of the flamethrower clone on eBay, as per Yakface. Looks pretty cool!
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Pics up now of the flamethrower clone on eBay, as per Yakface. Looks pretty cool!
Cool figure indeed. I can't help but think that the "flamethrower" accessory will be a missile launcher. Like the gatling gun from last year, it isn't awful, but I would prefer to-scale weapons like the rocket launcher that came with Trooper Jek from the WM Ambush 2-packs.
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I like the fact that we're getting a soft-goods kama right out of the gate - with the pics of the Freeco speeder w/Cold Weather Gear 501st Trooper, it makes me wish that they had just made the kama on the Cold Weather Gear Rex out of soft-goods as well.
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Another image of the Flamethrower Clone turned up in our in-box today! It's pretty nice showing some of the paint detailing well I think. Still no sign of a flamethrower accessory though, which makes you start to wonder. ???
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010CW_FlameClonetrooperLoose01_TN.jpg) (http://www.JediDefender.com)
Clicky to check him out!
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Pics at RS seem to confirm the pilot is Goji. ;D I still hope for Broadside and some of the squad Ahsoka led to untimely deaths over Ryloth, but this is cool.
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(http://www.jedidefender.com/collect92/cwwv4.jpg)
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Great pics...does anyone know if the R2 is a straight repack or not? I have heard varying theories on the Interwebz. He has been re-issued so many times I can't even tell anymore.
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Repack.
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I thought originally it was supposed to be a new R2 (I remember them mentioning a "swiss army" R2 in the CW line at some point), but from that pic it sort of just looks like a repack.
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Hmm. This wave might have hit my area. I saw that pilot today, originally thinking it was Gree. Of course it's hard to tell the waves apart due to all the repacks. ::)
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That's one great Ki-Adi Mundi figure. I'm liking all the new Jedi figures we're getting. And it's nice to see he has knee articulation - on his first TCW figure! A lotta Jedi figures get no leg articulation.
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I don't know, this one is really confounding me. From the RS pic posted today, it really seems like it might be a slightly different R2.
http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=http://www.rebelscum.com/2010/TCW_cw27_r2d2.jpg
I guess I will have to pull out one of my old ones for comparison. I don't have a good recollection of this figure.
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I think he's the same sculpt as before (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/TCW/Basic/08r2d2/IMG_8744.jpg). Or he has all the same features - third leg, rope, rockets, etc. Only difference is maybe a cleaner look to him this time (he's definitely cleaner than the 2008 version, I can't recall if the 2009 version was 'clean' or 'dirty').
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It's fun being caught up and all, but I'm about ready to start spending money on some new toys again.
Anyone have a guess as to when we'll see this wave on shelves? At SDCC they indicated September, so I am hoping that is accurate. I am thinking October is probably more likely, but that would be a bummer, becasue I would hate to see them try and squish waves 4 and 5 into Nov/Dec. Too much of a glut during the holiday season, which is the worst time to be on the Hunt.
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Anyone have a guess as to when we'll see this wave on shelves? At SDCC they indicated September, so I am hoping that is accurate. I am thinking October is probably more likely, but that would be a bummer, becasue I would hate to see them try and squish waves 4 and 5 into Nov/Dec. Too much of a glut during the holiday season, which is the worst time to be on the Hunt.
I guess I can answer my own question. According to the YAK, this wave has officially been spotted at TRU. ;D
Nothing up on their website yet, but I'll be checking my local stores tonight before the Season 3 Premiere.
Great timing!
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Be on the lookout for Clone Cash returning in this wave as well. ;)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4999883825_4367bfdc98.jpg)
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Yay for the return of Clone Cash! :D
I never had the chance to use it back in '09.
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I never, not one time ever, saw Clone Cash in any figure.
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I never, not one time ever, saw Clone Cash in any figure.
Neither did I. Until I went into a WalMart in one of the less affluent areas by me.
Practically every figure in the store had clone cash inside the bubble.
Could have been a coincidence, but I'm a skeptical person, so I doubt it.
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I was able to score Clone Cash the first time around in a TCW '09 Mace Windu and '09 Space Gear Anakin.
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I never saw any Clone Cash either, but I open very few figures, so who knows.
I came up empty looking for this wave, but I am hopeful they will show up next week to coincide with the big TRU reset.
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In one of the four figures I opened from this wave - I got one Clone Cash coupon - so that's a great start.
I'm really getting sick of these Clone Wars figure assortments. Why do they keep insisting on packing the new figures at only 1-per case? The Flamethrower Clone is gonna be a big seller and so might the Goji pilot figure.
Seems like a no-brainer to pack the two new clones in there twice. If you want to only put one R2 and Ki-Adi Mundi in there, fine, but the Clones always sell well when they're first released. Oh wait, that's right, my stores needed more Rex and Cody figures to keep the entire pegs FULL of them that were already there! :P
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The case assortments are nonsense. I'm fine with them having their Anakin and Obi Wan out the you know what, but they have the ARF trooper (not even the camo one) in nearly every assortment this fall. Really?
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The case assortments are nonsense. I'm fine with them having their Anakin and Obi Wan out the you know what, but they have the ARF trooper (not even the camo one) in nearly every assortment this fall. Really?
I know - it's insane.
In the cases with the Flamethrower Clone wave there is the white ARF Trooper. When I saw that I was like WTF? Is the only assortment with the camo version Wave 2?
Also, I know they got Mundi in the case, but would it have hurt them to also pack in Mace Windu? or even the Battledroid Commander?
If you're going to have only one of each new figure in a case, they you gotta have that figure carry forward to AT LEAST the next assortment to ensure that everyone is able to get what they need/want.
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Have to agree, Wave 2 has already disappeared (and I only ever saw that at Walmart) and no signs of restocking since then, I only see wave 1 and 1.5 now.
I keep hoping my TRU will get Wave 3 in but then I remember they've never even gotten Wave 2 yet, so who knows.
I'm all caught up but only out of insane diligence.
They definitely need to carry more of the recent waves forward as transition fodder.
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saw these and the new display at TRU but passed for now. I am probably only going to nab the Flamethower clone.
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I think one of the Minnesota peeps reported finding this wave at a Target. (!)
Our Targets have not been relevant for weeks now, guess it may be time for another series of runs. Weird that they never even got Wave 2, kinda like how Walmart never got the Aayla/Hondo wave earlier this year.
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That was me.
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That was me.
Congrats dude, your post inspired me to resume The Hunt. I found TCW Wave 3 remnants at one of our local Targets this morning - a minty Ki-Adi and a slightly dinged Flamethrower Clone which will become my opener.
No sign of Goji or R2. :( But I have at least 5-6 more Targets to hit up before the day is through, so I remain optimistic.
Oh, I also found a lone Clone Trooper from the TVC ROTS wave...weird. Possibly a return? Have not heard of this wave making it to Target yet so I was surprised. I bought him for the hell of it just so I could snag the last remaining UPC I need for my mailaway Boba.
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Oh, I also found a lone Clone Trooper from the TVC ROTS wave...weird. Possibly a return? Have not heard of this wave making it to Target yet so I was surprised. I bought him for the hell of it just so I could snag the last remaining UPC I need for my mailaway Boba.
I got most of my ROTS at a Target so I know they have hit Targets. Love to come across the CW stuff now too.
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Went back out for another round (1 TRU, 2 Walmarts, 2 Targets) and found R2-D2 (TCW 27) from this wave. I bought him, but after reading the back panel description, which references the movie, I am pretty much convinced this is just a straight re-pack as others have noted.
No matter, I can always swap him out for Goji when I finally find that guy, or another Flame Trooper.
Only a couple of Targets left to hit around here, hoping one will have the rest of what I need so I can call it a weekend. I hate hunting on weekends.
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R2 is a straight repack.
There really needed to be a couple of the Flame Trooper in this case, and not more ARF Troopers. There's only 3 new figures here, and if they're gone when you get there, you'd never know.
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Found a mintier Flamethrower Clone at another Target last night, so I was able to swap out that for the R2 I did not need. ;D
But yet again, I missed Goji. Hmmm, three strikes so far, not a good sign.
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Given the fact that I never saw TCW Wave 2 again outside of the first 2 days it hit, and then only in 2 stores, I am thinking I may have already missed scoring my Goji. :'(
I hit every remaining Target this weekend and ZILCH. Even the remnants are gone. If TRU doesn't get these in this week, I think I am probably out of luck on him.
Really frustrating, because everywhere I turn I see a ridiculous glut of Wave 1/1.5. They clearly over-saturated and now the backlog is squeezing out any chance of finding the later waves, which appear to be shipping in greatly reduced numbers. (At least so far)
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I hit every remaining Target this weekend and ZILCH. Even the remnants are gone. If TRU doesn't get these in this week, I think I am probably out of luck on him.
Really frustrating, because everywhere I turn I see a ridiculous glut of Wave 1/1.5. They clearly over-saturated and now the backlog is squeezing out any chance of finding the later waves, which appear to be shipping in greatly reduced numbers. (At least so far)
meh - relax. the holiday shopping season is upon us. that will clear the glut of all the pegwarmering figures fo sho.
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meh - relax. the holiday shopping season is upon us. that will clear the glut of all the pegwarmering figures fo sho.
In September? I think that's a little early. And I think we all know what an added challenge it is trying to snag new figures in that craziness. Would rather not wait until Nov/Dec to buy something that is out now. (assuming I could even find it that much later)
I'm not voicing any concerns others have not already noted about the TVC line and the upcoming ROTJ Wave. We're nearly 2 months past the August relaunch, and 90% of everything you see around town is still those first waves. I think that's going to make it difficult to keep the waves refreshed every 6 weeks like they have talked about. When the new stuff does come out, it's usually a single case at best.
I also think it's all but confirmed that some retail outlets are just skipping certain waves all together. Did anyone ever see TCW Wave 2 at Target? I think they went straight from 1.5 to 3.
Wave 2 literally hit here for like 2 days, and only at a small handful of Walmarts. Maybe there will be a resurgence down the line, but I hate to pin my hopes on that kind of thinking. I haven't seen any sign of those figures for weeks now.
It would be great if TRU got the Wave 3 figs in this week so I could take advantage of that 2 for $11.99 sale, but I'm not holding my breath.
edit: Nevermind, found Goji this morning at 1 of the 2 local Targets that did not restock on Friday. Woot!
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Not sure where else to post this, but I had an odd experience returning 2 of the figures from this wave this morning at a local Target.
When I was turning them back in @ Customer Service, the nice lady up front had trouble scanning the Flamethrower Clone, at which point I looked down and discovered to my horror I had brought 1 of my carded versions with the UPC already removed. :-[
I said "Uh oh, looks like this one has been opened, " but before I could even finish my sentence the girl said "oh don't worry about it, I can just scan the other one since they're the same price."
So they ended up taking back the figure with the missing UPC. I don't know what their exact policy is, but that seems like it probably should not have happened. I am really hoping they don't try to stick it back up for sale; although that one defect may not matter to some people, it's still bad toy karma, IMO. I don't want to have created a situation where some other consumer got screwed somehow. I am hoping they just ship it off as damaged/defective or something like that.
Weird.
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they're under the same DPCI's so they don't scan as individual figures, but rather as figures of a specific assortment DPCI. That's why they're able to do that. As far as it being some kind of situation, I wouldn't lose any sleep.
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I keep missing the Flamthrower clone and Goji @ Target.