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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 HasLab - TVC The Ghost
« on: August 30, 2023, 04:19 PM »
Wouldn't it be funny (and sad) if Hasbro and Disney didn't talk, or Disney changed their mind and The Ghost isn't really going to be in Ahsoka in a meaningful way??

I know it wouldn't really matter to me and my choice of backing the project, but if they were choosing a HasLab project based on a Ahsoka and their info was wrong.

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$45 for a speeder bike and scout trooper is kind of a crazy price.  I know it might be the new normal, but at some point some of this should resonate with Hasbro that price will have an impact on demand.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: August 30, 2023, 12:53 PM »
Knew this was going to be a short episode so was not disappointed about that, but it did end on kind of a quiet note.

I'm a little concerned about the pace of the show and the fact that there are only 8 episodes.  It appears there is no second season guaranteed and the viewership numbers so far haven't been all that great.

We're almost halfway through the season and we've barely got in to the plot.  Is Morgan the main antagonist?  Is it Baylan?  Is it going to be Thrawn?  I think there are too many characters.

Overall I like the show and the plot is holding together well, but some things like Sabine's decision to get trained, and now her training have been a bit drawn out.  I almost wonder if Filoni is making this "the Sabine growth show" and she'll get pulled back in to some The Mandalorian spin-off that is just Mandalorians with Bo-Katan.  If this were a 12+ series I wouldn't be too worried, but I'm not sure how we're going to build things up and resolve them well in five more episodes.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 6 (New TVC Wave 32)
« on: August 30, 2023, 09:52 AM »
Agreed, and that is why I'd probably pass on a four pack of HKs with (nearly) identical paint jobs.  Plus Hasbro doesn't really give you much of a discount for buying the four pack vs. individually priced figures.

If I want multiple HKs I'll probably just get the carded versions, but I also probably don't want more than two.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 6 (New TVC Wave 32)
« on: August 30, 2023, 09:39 AM »
This is where they need to go back to the old style "battle packs".   I don't really want four HKs, but give me two HKs and the Inquisitor in a pack and I'd buy that in a second.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: August 28, 2023, 01:07 PM »
It appears Ahsoka is going to be released weekly on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays, so I guess we get episode 3 tomorrow night.

The only thing that bugs me about an Inquisitor battling with Ahsoka is that I think Ashoka would make pretty quick work of any Inquisitor.  Once the HK droid was gone I think the battle should have been over. 

I like how it was portrayed in Tales of the Jedi where Ahsoka was unarmed, took the Inquisitor's lightsaber and beheaded him in one swipe.

Inquisitors would be tough vs. a Jedi Knight when in groups and with piles of Stormtroopers, etc. helping them, but a Jedi Knight should be able to dominate 1:1.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 31)
« on: August 26, 2023, 05:05 PM »
I just got a bunch of emails from Amazon that this wave will be delivered (mostly) on Wednesday this week.

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If target is using the store as a hub model...they did not use that for my order.  It shipped via UPS from Minneapolis and went to Florida.

Mine appeared to come from a distribution center in Indiana, which seems odd as I live in the Minneapolis area.  You would think they would ship from a distribution center in Minneapolis...

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My Target Tusken set arrived today.  Pretty sweet set!

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 HasLab - TVC The Ghost
« on: August 23, 2023, 10:14 AM »
Yikes… not much ammunition to support a quick spike for this campaign in the two episodes that aired tonight. I hope that ship shows up in a meaningful way next week or that Ahsoka bump is going to be a dud.

I too was surprised we didn't even catch a glimpse of The Ghost in the first two episodes.  At least we got some good Phantom II action.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: August 22, 2023, 11:44 PM »
My daughter and I watched the first two episodes too.  Very solid beginning. 

The writing and story all held together very well.  Hopefully it stays that way.

Not sure why The Mandalorian season 3 and BoBF have been so all over the place, but this seems coherent so far.

I still need to go back and rewatch some more of Rebels and refresh my memory.  I watched a couple of the episodes with Ahsoka, but need to watch more.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Ahsoka (SPOILERS possible)
« on: August 22, 2023, 06:22 PM »
It looks like the premier has changed to tonight at 9PM ET / 6PM PT.

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Nicklab, the theory makes sense, but how does it jibe with the stories of Target stores not even receiving full cases of some of the products at times? I understand stuff like the nonassortment packed Boba Fetts and Indiana Jones figures arriving in stores and being shipped out to fulfill online orders, but when the regular TVC and Retro figures show up in batches of 3s from the repack box it doesn't add up.

Especially considering their has to be a warehouse/DC somewhere putting together those repack boxes to ship out to the Target stores.

I think they're separate issues. 

As you mention the Target exclusive stuff is pre-orderable and is often fulfilled from a localish store.  I'm not sure what their algorithm is for balancing pre-orders with store density with geographies.  I know I've gotten pre-orders shipped both directly from stores and from distribution centers.  You would think their logic for making this happen is well within their control.

I think the case assortment and partial case shipping stuff is still totally baffling.  That has been a mess for years and I don't get any of it.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 HasLab - TVC The Ghost
« on: August 22, 2023, 01:46 PM »
TIER 1 UNLOCKED!  The campaign hit 11,000 backers just a few minutes ago, so Ezra Bridger is coming home with the Ghost!

Let the snowballing begin!

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After all of my Red Card issues I got a shipping notice on this today. 

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