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It has been delayed for several years in a row at this point.  The new rules are completely ridiculous.  My biggest question is how to you prove base value?  Who has receipts from 20 years ago?  I have been keeping an envelope of shipping receipts every year, only to throw them out when I never receive a 1099 from paypal.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: July 26, 2024, 06:43 AM »
I think it really depends on how many they get in at a time.  They go in order that the orders come in.  They do all preorders before listing the items as in stock.  Generally, I think the figures come in batches from the factory so it is possible preorders will go out in multiple batches.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: July 19, 2024, 07:05 AM »
They sent mine along with the new R4 droid.  Can't believe I am mostly caught up with SS.  Just missing a couple R2 units and some protocol droids.  I passed on items that were remakes of existing vintage items, hoping to get the real deal some day.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Acolyte (Disney+)
« on: July 17, 2024, 07:17 AM »
Knowing Disney, they will probably leave this completely open and drop it like a hot rock.  However, they left a ton of questions to be answered.  I think we were robbed of an after credits sequence that could have named a certain character that seems to have made a brief cameo.

In other lore, I can't believe it took me this long to actually identify the green jedi.  She was in several of the High Republic novels and comics.  She even makes her lightwhip in one of them and hides it from the council because she is worried they wouldn't approve.  She was knighted at age 15 and took on her own padawan at age 16.  They say she is 115 in Acolyte so the original High Republic stuff is 100 years before the show.  I'm so far behind in my reading.  Part 2 of High Republic goes even further back in the timeline.

At this point, we have to have a continuation, or they just wasted our time.  They could have at least had Osha ask her new master what to call him with a reply of you can call me Darth whatever.  At least the entire kill a jedi without a weapon storyline had a payoff.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Acolyte (Disney+)
« on: July 15, 2024, 07:15 AM »
If they don't have a named Sith Lord in the last episode, this will be a gigantic failure.  At this point, they have skated around the "Sith have been extinct for a millennia".  I suppose events haven't been reported to Council.  "Darth Teeth" seems to be a lot more powerful than a Knight of Ren.  I would certainly say he seems stronger than Darth Maul or at least TPM Darth Maul.  I have no problems with him kicking the crap out of the Jedi.  You have to remember the Jedi have become quite arrogant by this time.  This series ties in well with the High Republic stuff.  The Jedi's arrogance has blinded them to threats against the Republic.

I keep wondering if the green Jedi woman is Sith.  They could obviously hide in plain sight based on the prequels, but I wonder if they would go as far to plant themselves in the temple.  I also keep going back to the "I have no name" line.  I was thinking, sure you do, your master gave you a name.  However, I wonder if he is just repeating what has been done to him.  He has put Mae on a quest of revenge, that she must kill a Jedi without a weapon.  We haven't seen a lot of canonical Sith lore, but one of things explored in the post Disney comics, is that a Sith must kill a Jedi and take their saber kyber crystal to bleed it into a red crystal to make their Sith lightsaber.  I wonder if Teeth's master has been doing this to him and thus he was passing some of this on to Mae.

What I have wanted in Star Wars for quite some time, is a canonical Sith lineage from Bane to Sidious.  This show could fill in part of that.  This could be a way of showing the apprentice trying to take over from the master.  That Teeth is the acolyte of the apprentice and is recruited to help him kill the master.  I like the James Luceno Plaqueis novel, but the one thing that surprised me is that Plaquis was still the master going into the events of TPM.  I figured Sidious had been the master for some time by then.  It also made it seem like Maul really wasn't a Sith.  His birth name was Maul and Sidious just gave him the title of Darth while Plagueis was still alive.  Hence why I want a lineage.  I think it could be done via novels and comics for the most part.

We will see where this ends up on Tuesday, but it better not be another flashback episode.  I'm expecting a Sith Lord in their full power kicking someone's butt.


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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: July 15, 2024, 06:50 AM »
Stan Solo R4-E1 is shipping for those who pre-ordered.  Toninka sisters shouldn't be too far behind.  I think that will catch up on everything he had up.  Waiting to see what new items pop up.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina
« on: July 11, 2024, 06:43 AM »
I flaked on this one.  I was still deciding on Monday about it, then got caught up with stuff on Monday night and forgot about it until I woke up on Tuesday.

Honestly it might be for the best, since my other two Haslabs are sitting in boxes in the basement, waiting for me to clear out other stuff to make space for them.  Perhaps if I ever make the space, I can grab one on the second market, but I guess it is better to save the money at this point rather than store yet another large box.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Big Items of the Future!
« on: July 11, 2024, 06:40 AM »
They really need to work on the pack-ins/tiers next time.

Wuher was a given.  Tonnika sisters sold the set.  While Greedo is iconic to the scene, we have so many of him.  The other two we also had, while not as nicely detailed as the tiered version.

That brings us to items like the Death Star or a Star Destroyer.  Nothing jumps out at me for tiers for either one.  Even all the Imperial Dignitaries don't move the meter all that much.  Even a dianoga for the trash compactor has been done before.

I guess we will have to wait and see.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina
« on: July 5, 2024, 09:52 AM »
I wonder if Greedo makes it at this point.  Perhaps if they extended the timeline a week or two.  I don't see them doubling the numbers in the next few days to unlock everything.  At this point, I wonder how many more of these things they will do period.  It got funded, but just barely at this point with only a few more days to go.  While not a vehicle, this is one of the most iconic scenes in ANH and I would think between that and the Tonikka sisters, people would have gone nuts.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina
« on: June 25, 2024, 06:40 AM »
The problem is the extra tiers are all lackluster.  Who needs another Greedo?  Even though the other two are a bit more interesting, they have been done before, even though it has been quite some time.  And they have already said they would rerelease them on another cardback.  Make a Chalmun or an Ackmena, then maybe you would see higher numbers.  Ultimately it boils down to people wanting to drop $400 to $500 on an item that takes up a lot of space.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 8, 2024, 01:33 PM »
I accused him of living in his parent's basement and he replied something to the effect "you would be even more mad if you knew how I was living"

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 8, 2024, 09:07 AM »
He has a pending custody case in July according to this, assuming it is the same guy

https://trellis.law/case/42003/fd-23-008057/king-vs-krahn-017

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So we are look at either a table or custom shelf for this thing.  At this point you could probably get something built to house both this and the Sail Barge.  Makes the decision a bit tougher.  I still have dozens of totes in the basement taking up space.  I don't see how I can pass this up though.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 7, 2024, 05:30 PM »
Please tell me someone knows a lawyer who like to take this on pro bono.  I would love to take this guy down at this point.

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What’s pathetic here is your use of the word NEVER. Did you NEVER learn what it actually means? Or you did, and you just NEVER got any of your facts straight?


A history and fact lesson for you:


-While it is true the word “crowdfunded” was not attached initially, it was not for the reason you claim. It was added by our team for accuracy, clarification, and transparency, because the original owner did not. Want to know why those projects were called pre-orders and the word “crowdfunded” wasn’t attached? Because HE established that precedence. The Bantha was launched BY HIM, 3 months before we took over. And the funding process didn’t change magically over night, dumbass. It was crowdfunded from the start, he just didn’t call it that. (We took over the Bantha at 2% funding, and got it to 100%, just FYI since you think I can’t do anything right). The notion that it was because I “missed dates” is laughable. There were no dates on the Bantha, there couldn’t have been. Over a year later it was still a question of if it would even ever get backed. So how is that NOT crowdfunded? How was could there have been dates? This notion is so epically stupid it doesn’t even deserve this explanation, but here we are.


Further, even the single figures at the time were actually low level crowdfunded. CS used to tell people in the group all the time “You asked for (so and so) figure, so I did it. But we don’t have enough orders. If we don’t sell more we won’t make enough to keep going nothing gets made and all this stops. So tell your friends” Relying on the community ahead of time for orders to get produced, and if not it doesn’t happen——IS CROWDFUNDING!


Maybe you were not in the group at the time, but I was and long before we took over, and I have the screenshots to prove it.


-I don’t claim that he is a felon, the UK govt does, and any Google search verifies it.


-“Actually puts out product” Are you under the impression the 13 and the Bantha are the only thing we ever did? Not counting display items, accessories, coins, stickers, and everything else…Just figures alone we did Slave Leia (first) (and he copied our coin), EV9D9 (first), multiple versions of Boba Fett (first), and individual releases of Thrawn, Sandtrooper, and RFT (first). And added all new versions of existing figures. Not bad for someone you claim never puts out product.


-Yep. I have credit card debt. Wait until you find out how many other people do as well! You’ll be so shocked!! 🙄


-“Only stuff sold was leftover from the previous owner. Reread above, idiot.


-“As for your "crowd funding" nonsense, I have never seen a project where someone takes the money and then says, well we can't make it….” There you go using words you don’t understand again. (hint: stop using words you don’t understand) NEVER seen? Ever heard of Kickstarter? When you get over the shock of learning there is actually a site where crowdfunding occurs (oooooooooo!), wait until you read the disclaimers. You’ll be further shocked to learn that they fail all the time!! Hence the disclaimers. Hence why they don’t guarantee anything. Kickstarter started 15 years ago. Welcome to 2009 you ******* thick headed imbecile.


-“Had the audacity to post” and “shows what kind of character you have” Yes!! Finally you got one right. Every word posted was a thing called the TRUTH, and every bit is verified or verifiable. And I don’t care if you like what I have to say or not. Or if you or anyone else hates me or not. Things don’t magically become true or untrue based or your opinion, the person, if it fits your narrative or not, or simply if you just don’t like the answer. Sorry, not sorry.


-As for “grand larceny” and “legal recourse”…..you know, the people I feel bad for in this are the ones who didn’t act like you. You chose to repeatedly listen to and regurgitate bad information and talking points of clueless individuals not associated with our business, to the point where you have yourself so confused you no longer have any grip on reality. You sound like an abject moron trying to spin bull**** to the person who has all the facts and has been there since day one. LITERAL DAY ONE. But to you and people like you, if you want to lose even more money in a court of law where I will beat you like a drum…..******* BRING IT ON!!

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So, do those old cantina 2 packs fit into this set somehow?  ;D

Might have got missed, since it was the last post on the previous page, but do we know the dimensions of this set?

At least all the old cantina figures I kept will have a home.  I wonder if this will be best displayed on a table of some sort as opposed to a shelf. 

Already up to 2300/8000.  This thing will be funded pretty quickly.  I think the 17,000 will be a breeze.

I'm all for a Death Star or Star Destroyer next time.

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