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The Vintage Collection / Re: Andor Product Line Wishlist
« on: May 15, 2025, 10:33 AM »
I'm good with the current U-Wing and Imperial Shuttle, but this show gives them a reason to re-release or redo.

I wouldn't mind one of those ISB shuttles.

I'm guessing the tariff situation has put a lot of Hasbro's 2025 HasLab plans on hold, but man the time was sure right this month to launch a HasLab Fondor Haulcraft, HasLab U-Wing, HasLab ISB Imperial Shuttle, or Pulse exclusive TIE Avenger.

Really bummed that Season 2 of this awesome show has come and gone and all we got was a K-2SO repack and Dedra Meero to bring our grand total of Andor figures to what, seven (if you count Disney's B2EMO)?

Six Hasbro 3.75" figures from Andor - and it's hard for me to even count the K-2SO repack and the Clone Trooper from the S1 Ferrix flashback scenes (which only got made because they knew they could re-use that sculpt for AOTC/TCW/ROTS stuff).

Two Cassians, Vel, and Dedra.  With maybe two more Andor figures in Jayson's rumor lists.  *sigh*

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 15, 2025, 09:26 AM »
do we know what organization Luthen was with when he was in the military when he picked up Kleya?

The official site says "Mudtrooper uniforms, last seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, were remade from scratch by Michael Wilkinson’s costume department for Andor Season 2’s flashback sequence."

I guess that means he was an Imperial Army mudtrooper sgt. 

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TV-9D9 / Re: Tales of the Underworld (Disney+)
« on: May 15, 2025, 09:01 AM »
I thought both were really formulaic.   Asajj adopts a sidekick was fine but nothing special. 

On the Cad Bane story, it was a recycled plot but I think it was a pretty good arc.  It felt a little bit rushed since it was crammed into three short episodes.  Would have liked a bit more about the little boy but that feels like a thread that will just dangle.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 14, 2025, 02:56 PM »
Gilroy sees the sister being more valuable as a "deficit" in Cassian's life. Voids in Andor's life drives him and Gilroy didn't want to fill that hole.

I kinda like that.  Cassian couldn't save his sister, but he could save others - Bix.  Mothma.  Kleya.  Jyn.  His drive to keep those close to him safe.

Also agree that Kino showing up on Yavin or something after the whole "I can't swim" thing would have been very lame.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: May 14, 2025, 11:39 AM »
Those amazon prices feel like trial balloons.

Yeah, hard to tell what they are doing - Amazon seems to be a mixed bag with some still at $16.99, some at $22.99, and some "temporarily unavailable".

I guess it could just be normal algorithm based weirdness too based on sales/pre-order patterns?

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 14, 2025, 09:16 AM »
What continued to amaze me about this show was amplified last night.  I was sitting on the edge of my couch, so worried about K2SO, Andor, and Melshi even though I knew that nothing was going to happen to them on Coruscant.  Crazy how much this show made me care.

I was not asking for a Kleya back-story, but getting that and seeing her relationship with Luthen just made her actions all the more tragic. 

Everything about these last 6 episodes was just amazing.  A+   

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Does the color scheme have some Disney significance that I’m missing?

Much like the DL 60th and WDW 50th figures they did, it's just a made-up color scheme that kinda sorta ties into the colors on the event logo - the blue, purple, yellow are supposed to match up to the sparkle colors...


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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 42)
« on: May 10, 2025, 10:49 AM »
Got an update from Amazon that Obi-Wan and Yord will be here Monday...

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I bet they repost at a higher price point.

Hard to say if this is tariff related (this is a Vietnam item, not China) or if it's some other kind of issue.  Could be an unavoidable delay on Hasbro's side of things (this item was supposed to be here for Target's 4/27 May the 4th endcap set-up).  Maybe the delay was too long for Target to hold the existing pre-orders? 

I guess we wait and see if it eventually comes back to Target or maybe it ends up at Pulse instead (or maybe even Ollie's).

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: May 8, 2025, 01:53 PM »
Mattel announced that they were revising some forecasts, planning for price hikes, and planning to move some manufacturing out of China because of the tariffs.  Then this happened...

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Trump threatens toymaker Mattel with 100% tariffs
Steve Kopack

After toymaker Mattel said it would move some production from China to India to dodge 145% tariffs on China, Trump said he could hit the company with 100% tariffs.

Referring to the planned move that Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz announced, Trump said, "I've heard them say ... we're gonna try going somewhere else. That's OK. We'll put 100% tariff on his toys."

"And he won't sell toys in the United States, that's their biggest market," Trump added.

Shares of Mattel briefly took a sharp drop on Trump's comments, and the stock remains lower by around 2%.

 

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Andor Product Line Wishlist
« on: May 7, 2025, 11:20 AM »
I was going to type a whole thing here after watching S2 7-8-9 arc, but I'll settle for...

Come on, Hasbro.  *sigh* :(

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« on: May 7, 2025, 10:30 AM »
Wow!

Agree.  A+.  No Notes.  This arc was fantastic.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: May 6, 2025, 04:00 PM »
Not TVC but posting this for comparison on how other companies are handling things -

Funko:
https://funko.com/funko-blog-home/committed-to-delivering-for-fans-even-in-a-changing-world.html

Details are light but just confirmation that price hikes are coming for Funko products.  They aren't blaming just the tariffs, but a whole pile of things - probably so they can keep the price hikes in place even if the tariffs go away.

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That should just be a hold.  The authorization should clear eventually...

https://support.disneystore.com/hc/en-us/articles/5610124491539-When-will-I-be-charged-for-a-pre-order

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