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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC The Journey of Anakin Skywalker Set
« on: May 23, 2025, 10:23 AM »
That is impressive.  I've got 2700 figure "items" (tracked by UPC - individually carded and multipacks) so I'm guessing the actual number of figures is probably in the low 3000s.  And I've bought pretty much everything that has come out, so you must be doing some serious army building.  Most impressive.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 2025 Kenner Retro Collection ANH Wave
« on: May 21, 2025, 02:25 PM »
Let's hope that means they're expecting a dozen or so per store, eventually. 

Its been awhile since there was a Target exclusive that sold out quickly, so I'm not too worried about finding these even if Target has totally botched the rollout.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Andor Product Line Wishlist
« on: May 19, 2025, 09:42 AM »
I know its not TVC, but Disney has to come out a droid 4-pack or two.  I'd love to have a Mina Rau droid 4-pack of B2-EMO and the droids he was playing tag with.  I'm sure they could put together some cool Yavin 4 packs as well. 

I was looking at all the background stuff at Yavin 4 and just drooling about all the cool supply skiffs, welders, crates, cargo pods, etc.  It will probably have to come from the customizer community, but I'd love a Yavin 4 playset that has tons of this stuff.  If Hasbro were to do it they could do it like the BoBF throne room set, but instead of bottles, and pillows, and goofy crap I'd like crates, ladders, hoses, etc.  I'd love a couple of figures bundled in that are workers with welders that I can set on top of my X-Wing, U-Wing, etc. in my hangar setup. I know back in the day we got a little of this with crew shuttles, etc., but I'd love a lot more hangar accessories.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2025 Droid Factory R2-DL70 (Disneyland 70th Anniversary)
« on: May 19, 2025, 09:02 AM »
Quote from: Rob on May 18, 2025, 01:10 AM
These have shown up on eBay.  I decided to overpay to be safe.  They currently can be bought for about $30.

Great idea, and its not really overpaying when that is only a few dollars more than you would pay if they were available on Shop Disney.  I just paid $27+ for the latest pride droid, so $32 (with tax) is worth the peace of mind.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Andor Product Line Wishlist
« on: May 16, 2025, 09:41 AM »
I want these guys too.



I would think with all of these troopers there is enough existing tooling (Solo Mudtrooper) that for the most part all they would need to do is create a bunch of heads to pop on.  Maybe the partial Stormtrooper armor would be more work, but create one body with a bunch of heads.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 16, 2025, 09:38 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on May 16, 2025, 09:26 AM
I talked with a friend last night who is now obsessed with the idea that Kleya lived, thrived with the rebellion and kept working intelligence for them.

He thinks we need to re-do Rogue One/Andor with a movie called "Bothans" as the ROTJ DS2 plans prequel and then do a "Kleya" D+ Series as a prequel to that - how Kleya figures out they are building another death star, how the Bothans get involved to steal the plans in "Bothans" movie, how the ISB feeds the Bothans false info as revenge for Andor/Axis (IT'S A TRAP!).

At first I thought he was crazy, but the more I think about it - yeah, I'd watch that.

There are a bunch of somewhat key characters that we don't know their end story that could be reused in an adventure like this.  Kleya.  Vel.  Willmon.  Bix.

If its well told I'd be all for it.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 15, 2025, 12:41 PM »
Quote from: tmanthegreat on May 15, 2025, 12:30 PM
Still as I watch the serious drama playing out across both seasons of Andor, I’m reminded that this show is taking place in the same universe inhabited by Jar Jar Binks and the Ewoks :lol:

I think there is room for both - goofy kid oriented stuff and semi-serious Andor-like stuff.   I know Mando and BoBF weren't meant to be serious, but the level of storytelling in Andor is orders of magnitude better than what we're seeing in Ahsoka, Acolyte, Mando, BoBF, etc.  I know some love Filoni, but Andor is a great example of what can happen when you turn over the keys over to someone else who has real skills.

I also love that there were no Jedis, no Nightwitches, no force sensitive anything (other than the force healer that was more of a hero finder), no magic planets with a special force vergance that can create force wielding people, no genetically engineered people with extra powers, no Joseph Campbell samurai or bear/cub mythos, etc.   This was just plain old rebels fighting plain old dictators with kick ass characters in a kick ass story.  Sure there is some Joseph Campbell hero's journey stuff, but there isn't anything supernatural about Cassian and the rebels.

Please, please Lucasfilm make more of this - including things like Rogue Squadron, etc. with non-Jedi on great adventures.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 15, 2025, 11:21 AM »
Another nice touch was to see that B2-EMO didn't get totally left behind. 

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Andor Product Line Wishlist
« on: May 15, 2025, 09:08 AM »
After watching season 2 - a few more things I'd love to be added to the list.

- Kleya
- General Draven
- 4-pack of ISB raiding group with partial Stormtrooper armor


I'm good with the current U-Wing and Imperial Shuttle, but this show gives them a reason to re-release or redo.  If they redo the Imperial Shuttle I'd love to see the Imperial ISB paint job that they had in the Coruscant raid

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 15, 2025, 08:59 AM »
Quote from: McMetal on May 15, 2025, 12:06 AM
Kleya has truly become my favorite character in all of Star Wars I think. Was really not expecting her to survive but so happy that she did. Great performance by that actress throughout the whole series but especially in these last three episodes. 👏

I'm not hardcore in my non-movie knowledge, but do we know what organization Luthen was with when he was in the military when he picked up Kleya?  I didn't seem to be Old Republic or Imperial, but I may have missed whatever reference was given.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 14, 2025, 02:48 PM »
One other element I loved at the end of episode 12 was when Major Partagaz was listening to the rebel manifesto, discussing its spread with the other ISB officer, and then he ended it all.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 14, 2025, 10:33 AM »
I also loved how they were able to get some of the original actors from Rogue One to appear in the last few episodes at the Yavin 4 base - General Draven, black woman on Yavin 4 rebel council, and the communications operator.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 14, 2025, 12:11 AM »
Just finished it up and I have to say the last three (really five) episodes were just about perfect.  I absolutely loved nearly all parts. 

I still think they could have sped up some of the first six or so episodes, but overall the second season was fantastic.

I so want some random Imperial dudes in partial Stormtrooper kits like the squad was wearing while raiding on Coruscant.

And seeing Dedra on Narkina 5 was totally unexpected, and awesome.  I did not expect her to go out that way.  The Empire she loved, that she gave everything for, totally screwed her.  Its perfect.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: May 12, 2025, 06:37 PM »
Quote from: Jediknight760071 on May 12, 2025, 06:26 PM
Yesterday, I spoke to a shop owner who's been in business for over 10 years and found out his distributors had their shipments from China cancelled. Don't know what he's going to do or how long he'll be able to stay open. It's not like he's got oodles of product stocked up. It's like fate saying "we would prefer you just start smoking again"  :(

Cigarettes are made in America.  You can help the great American cigarette factory worker by buying American.  Trump would thank you for switching.  :P

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 12, 2025, 05:09 PM »
Quote from: McMetal on May 12, 2025, 04:48 PM
Started rewatching Rogue One again last night to try and figure out where they might go with the final arc. One thing that is apparent is that Cassian has spent some amount of time already on Jedha before R1. He knows who Baze and Chirrut are and what conditions are like in the city, etc. So that seems like something they might explore.

It also seems like there has been some kind of break with Saw and the rest of the Alliance that is more profound than anything hinted at to this point. So that could be a focus as well. I’m still mad we never got to see his dudes in any kind of real action. Hopefully that is coming.

As far as the supporting cast, I assume we won’t see Bix again. Not sure about Wilmon, or Vel. They don’t necessarily have to revisit either of them I feel like. Luthen and Kleya and Dedra are really the only characters who seem to need some kind of resolution.

There are so many interesting loose threads that I'm sure will be left unanswered.  What happened to "x"?  Why didn't we see "x"?  There are so many characters that they could be interacting with on Yavin, Coruscant, etc.

I'm kind of glad they've not done a ton of background easter egg stuff - e.g. "paging General Syndulla", that might detract from the serious tone of the show.  And I'm also glad they didn't shoehorn in a bunch of random stuff like we saw in The Book of Boba Fett - e.g. how did Boba Fett escape the Sarlacc Pit? 

I personally was kind of hoping for a Senator Leia Organa sighting in the senate chambers sitting next to Bail, and I guess we still might, but if its not critical to the plot then it might be more distracting than anything.

Some of these tangents they could probably make a whole mini-series around (animated or live action).  A series about Saw's rebels would be sweet, but its probably not central to Andor's plot.  Maybe they'll get involved at Gohrman.

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