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Dave:

--- Quote from: Nicklab on August 29, 2022, 06:56 AM ---It was interesting to see that leak from Jayson.    With this leak about a possible Endor bunker playset...

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Where have you guys seen discussion of this?   I didn't see anything on Yakface.

I'm assuming it is an external view of the bunker as not much happened inside.

I pulled my old POTF2 bunker playset out six months ago for my Endor display and was pleasantly surprised at the quality.  I'm not sure exactly what different they plan on doing that we don't already have (granted we got that 20 years ago).

Muftak:
He posted an image on his Instagram of Han at the Bunker with some relevant hashtags. I personally didn't get that that was the implication as it seemed vague to me, but the commenters were running with it (and more importantly Jayson wasn't saying no to their assumptions, which he usually does if you take his hint the wrong way.)

Since the Han figure was "pipelined" I wouldn't expect him to be the pack-in, though. I would lean more towards an Endor Trooper or a Scout Trooper since they usually go with army builders in the sets (though this one would be an outlier as there really shouldn't be any way to buy more to expand it out.) If they pack in a scout trooper with the forthcoming speeder bike, then this would be a way to also put him out on a cardback. I dunno, a lot of room for speculation on an item that isn't even confirmed!

Earlier this year Cardboard Galaxy did a bunker control room display that works with that 20-year old playset, who would have figured they would decide to upgrade now!  :D

P-Siddy:

--- Quote from: Muftak on August 29, 2022, 09:53 AM ---He posted an image on his Instagram of Han at the Bunker with some relevant hashtags. I personally didn't get that that was the implication as it seemed vague to me, but the commenters were running with it (and more importantly Jayson wasn't saying no to their assumptions, which he usually does if you take his hint the wrong way.)

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I saw Jayson's post on IG and I was like you, thinking it was about a new TVC Endor Han... but since it's a bunker, I wonder which direction it will be released: playsets like the freeze chamber (seems the bunker would be too big, Jabba's/Boba's throne (most likely?), or Haslab...  I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Nicklab:
Yeah, this was only on Instagram.  The key hint seemed to be "Let me see if I can hotwire this thing" and a photo of Han Solo at the bunker.  People absolutely ran with that on both Instagram and over at the Vintage Collection Facebook group.  And I think it's because Jayson's reporting is almost never wrong. 

Yakface/Jayson has tapped into some sources that have made him the single best reporter on the Hasbro Star Wars line.  But it has had the added affect that Hasbro doesn't include him in official events.  He's become a victim of his own success!  But in light of how much attention his content generates, it seems like he doesn't need Hasbro's official sanction to do what he does on Yakface.  But this is probably a bit too inside baseball.

Dave:
I hope people are mis-interpreting Jayson and that we're not getting a bunker playset.  The one we have is fine and eBay prices aren't crazy if you want to pick up one.  Beyond the bunker doors I'm not sure what they would pack in - trees, a speederbike, Ewok catapult, some ewoks and biker scouts?  I've already got all that (except for the Star Wars trees, but I don't want those).

If they're looking for non-Death Star playsets I'd much rather they do a cantina, Home One briefing room, or Yoda's hut.  We haven't had any of those in the modern line.

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