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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 30, 2018, 01:22 AM »
Because I can't sleep (or breathe, or hear, or...) 4502 as of the moment. At this rate, it will reach goal Saturday night.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 29, 2018, 10:24 PM »
4400 as of right now.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 29, 2018, 06:41 PM »
Given the pace, 4400 is a possibility by EOD today. See, all it took was Jesse.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 29, 2018, 12:42 PM »
Those all come with it, right? 
Seems like the pace is really picking up.
Seems like the pace is really picking up.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 29, 2018, 02:04 AM »
It's now over 4100 which is like 200 in the last 24 hours. I think this thing is getting made.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 28, 2018, 05:38 PM »
Definitely was never a POTF version of Skiff Guard Klatuu. He came out w/ the Sears set in 83 and the ROTJ card in 84. So a POTF coin version here of the TVC figure would be highly unique.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 28, 2018, 05:10 PM »
I don't believe Klatuu was. Think he was one of the mythic unproduced POTF cards. A TVC Crumb would be cool, or maybe a Slave Leia w/ Crumb, to make them both unique from previous versions.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 28, 2018, 04:24 PM »
Not that he would make much of a difference, but I'm a little surprised Crumb hasn't been thrown in here. He's sort of part and parcel with Jabba, so... I figure a POTF Klattu w/ coin is in the offing, though he won't have the oomph of Yakface.
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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)
« on: March 28, 2018, 12:59 PM »
I thought the alt opening was interesting, but preferred the one we got. I was stunned at how much longer and involved the Fathier chase was. That could have been cut even more, and should have been, really. The village scene was nice, some weird SW that had a goofy vibe, but didn't add anything else really that we didn't have. Good cut. It did crystallize though something Johnson said in one of the BTS features, which is Luke's exile on the island is him choosing to not interfere in events as he did on Bespin. I inferred that, but I think a more direct scene, more direct than the village one, would have helped with some of the conversation about why is he there.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Big Items of the Future!
« on: March 26, 2018, 01:20 PM »
I also think the AT-M6 would be a bit down the list, considering it didn't really do much in the movie. Looks cool. For me, the Resistance Bomber would be a better choice. Lots of action, play value and would be a good hefty vehicle.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 25, 2018, 05:08 PM »
Makes sense.
I know a few folks waiting. I'm passing (regretfully) myself but I think there a fair number waiting for the end(ish).
I know a few folks waiting. I'm passing (regretfully) myself but I think there a fair number waiting for the end(ish).
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 25, 2018, 03:18 PM »Quote
I wonder if the Hasbro algorithm that's in place to make sure it hits like 5,003 as the clock ticks down has finally kicked in.
>.>
I wonder - I know I kind of shrugged off the conspiracy theories - but given some of the info others have found, could they be suppressing numbers to keep orders coming in? As in they're trickling out numbers per the algorithm.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 21, 2018, 10:17 PM »
Over 3100 as of right now. They're next SW offering should definitely involve a carded/boxed figure(s). >.>
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 21, 2018, 10:09 AM »
Well, that's an incentive if I ever saw one. I wonder if it will be enough to put it over the top.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: March 19, 2018, 12:07 PM »
I thought his column was very insightful re: the Barge. There's almost no economic incentive to make the Barge, especially with the performance of large vehicles at retail in the last few years. So why do it? His theory on Hasbro doing it to 1) bid for the renewal of the license and 2) regain the interest of collectors who have not come back, even with the new films, sounds very plausible to me. Also, a DTC sales method in a collapsing retail environment makes a ton of sense, even if the Barge doesn't fund. It's an advertisement for the future, an Early Bird Kit for the 21st century. We may not get this exactly, but we're going to get some cool things.