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Collectibles => The Vintage Collection => Topic started by: Jeff on July 21, 2017, 04:53 PM
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Oh man, this is AWESOME. WOnder how much it's gonna cost...
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Awesome! But now I want the 6" scale version... :P
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Well, hmmm...
I'm gonna need like 5 of those, just as they are. Then a winter camo, and a desert camo. Then I'll need 3 to convert to hovering models. Then I'll need one to convert to a non-combat recovery vehicle. Then I'll need an up-armored urban one. Then I'll need a....
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#ManChildHappiness
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Well, hmmm...
I'm gonna need like 5 of those, just as they are. Then a winter camo, and a desert camo. Then I'll need 3 to convert to hovering models. Then I'll need one to convert to a non-combat recovery vehicle. Then I'll need an up-armored urban one. Then I'll need a....
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#ManChildHappiness
So basically, if anyone else wants one of these things, we will need to speak to you. ;D
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Technically yes, however I will only be selling one, and that will be out of guilt. You can fight it out hunger games style.
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Finally an excuse to dress up as Jennifer Lawrence. :P
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That's a really exciting reveal. Wow.
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Thanks Rob, I'm proud to have partnered with Hasbro on this exclusive I don't plan to give to anyone but one person... OH you mean the tank itself. Oh yes, it's cool.
Scockery may win simply because he's going to do this in costume.
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Glad to see this! I had dialed back my expectations for any significant SDCC reveals, but this blew it out of the water. I like what they've shown of the interior in those initial CAD drawings, and I hope they can also incorporate the kyber crystal crates.
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Nice.
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Steve Evans talks about the Imp Assault Tank in our Q&A (https://soundcloud.com/jedidefender/san-diego-comic-con-2017-jedidefender-qa-with-hasbro)
"it was an affordable size - going to probably be around the $80mark - that price still to be determined"
$80. Thoughts?
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Wait, what? This is 3.75" scale, right? This thing looks awesome, but unless its RC or comes with a $40 rebate, I'm not buying one for $80. I think I paid around $80 for the U-Wing and the Tie Striker combined.
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I would never want pricing to discourage them from making a quality toy, but on the surface that seems high. Maybe that's the new norm though. At the end of the day I'm willing to pay for something done properly. Like a $100+ Ghost.
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A little shocked at the price to be honest. I thought $50. This is a small vehicle comparatively. I know they're going all out, but for me personally, it's not something I'd run out and buy. A scale U-Wing, you bet, but apparently that would be $$$. Cost, space, competition for my money from other lines, most of them Hasbro - those are all considerations when it comes to stuff like this.
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The detail is amazing. I would think this would still be the $50-$60 price point like the Walmart exclusive AT-ST.
If this thing comes with two SA Tank drivers, I'd pay $80 for it.
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If they can deliver on what the panel was showing (and Steve Evans was saying), then I'm in for one at the $80 price.
There's not a lot left to love in the vehicle department. Most vehicles these days make me go, "meh - that's not too bad, I guess" and I end up feeling like I'm settling - "it's better than nothing". If $80 is what it takes to give me an incredible, close to scale vehicle with all the bells and whistles (like the kyber crystal crates) then I'll pay.
I'm happy to vote with my dollars and tell Hasbro that I'd rather have an amazing $80 vehicle than a $30 horribly under-sized, lightly detailed ship (like the Rebels Awing, the terrible tiny Slave I, etc).
If this thing comes with two SA Tank drivers, I'd pay $80 for it.
I believe it's already been confirmed in the panel that it's coming with zero pack-in figures.
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I think its going to depend on the true scale of this.
Watching the SWAN broadcast of this the Hasbro reps said they were moving to a true scale (1:12) for these things. I don't know if this means absolutely everything, or just where it makes sense.
I for one have always understood the tradeoffs on scale as you were trying to make an affordable toy vs. something cool vs. something true to scale. I've generally been okay with that so long as the price reflected the differences.
If this is a true 1:12 scale and it turns out to be big (MTT / Clone Turbo Tank toy sized), then I can see $80 being fair and I might bite. If this is a lot smaller without electronics, then I'm with Jman and I'll be waiting for the sale.
I think hitting a price point is important. $80 is kind of an in between price point, so without seeing the specifics I'm not really ready to pass judgement. I don't think this is going to fall in to one of the traditional Class I / II formats.
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I agree with Dave. If this is at a good scale for the 4" figures, I'll buy it. Looking at the slide from the presentation, this thing has some amazing detail...a true scaled vehicle would be worth it.
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$80? And no pack-in figure? OMG.
The detail in the CAD drawing looks amazing. And from what I could see it looks like there's a troop bay in the rear when the tank isn't being used to transport the cargo pods. But $80 worth?
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What Jeff said, except I'll buy more than one. In all seriousness I am planning on getting 3 probably and hey if it's on sale, more. But like Jeff said, what they do in this line hasn't been very good. The TIE Striker has nice dimensions on the cockpit but once I got one on sale, I was glad I waited because the wings are quite stubby, it held only one figure, it lacked some detailing. :-\
The UWing was basically a 1/35-ish scale with unusable cargo bay and a single figure cockpit. I've still yet to buy one. I didn't expect a scale one of course, but I have a limit where the vehicle just looks sad next to the figure and the UWing went beyond that limit by far.
This is a to scale toy for 4" figures (1:12 is 6" figure scale, and their vehicles seem to be delivering on that to-scale promise). This is a 1/18-1/20 scale "toy". To put this in perspective you can buy 1/16 RC tanks for $100-$150-ish, and they're considered "cheap". A finished one is well over $200 and these are sold kind of direct from china.
1/18 military "toys" which were much more a mass produced completed model than a toy... they were selling for this price roughly 10 years ago or so. By their line's end a cannon (not even a vehicle) was selling for more than this tank. And that was some time ago.
I'm not gonna tell people how to spend their $ (unlike some other places might try) and I've always felt the market will dictate, but it's just kinda funny everyone complains about the line's quality then this. :P Times have changed, and I guess I just prefer this quality at the higher price to complaining about not having anything to buy, and Hasbro disappointing me at the show because it was all 5POA and the ships were meh, and NERF and stuff... ya know?
The 3D renders imply that they basically took the incredible cross sections and gave us a toy of that. Opening hatches, moving treads, opening cargo pods... I'm pretty happy. They haven't done many toys this nice in the vehicle realm. Most are underscaled, fudged proportions etc. It's not 2008 anymore, and even if it were this still would've been more than $40 then I'd wager, considering the Snowspeeder and Cloud Car and all that fun was $30 iirc, smaller, and plenty of those wound up blown out in bundles.
It's like $13 SA figures, which have repacks helping their case out even... this is a one-off type thing I'm assuming. I consider the price reasonable to have something that looks as good as the SA figures surrounding it. I can't say those cheap things from Rebels are what I want them to go with. I'm glad this is expensive because I'd be disappointed in short cuts like double printed plastic with a hollow bottom to it. That Stormtrooper Transport still disappoints on every level. Yeah I'm bitter! ;D
Again not saying you're a fool not to buy it because $80 is a lot for anyone. Just saying I'd rather have cool things like this than things like the UWing or the concessions made on the $40 TIE Striker, which I didn't buy till it hit $20.
This also reminds me of the "Space Walls" thing... they seem to be selling ok, but I think there are a lot of people balking at a section of Death Star walls for $55... I think a lot ponied up to the challenge there, but I think a lot of people who liked that idea bailed on it at the price too. I'm by no means some super collector financially. I just look at this as one of the ever shrinking Hasbro Star Wars items I actually got excited about. I'll budget it in. Should be easy given the sheer lack of stuff I like to buy in the line every year.
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If this thing looks as pretty as a toy as it does in the slide then I'm fine with it being however much Hasbro needs to charge.
But the $80 is just so random compared to anything of late I get the "omg" reactions.
It can't be the size of a turbo tank/atte/etc. It's obviously nicer than the U Wing (though I still think you're way too hard on some of these vehicles Jesse). So does 80 right in the middle make sense? Sure. But still kinda out of the blue
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Oh yeah I freely admit I am picky on vehicles. But for me the UW was just so tiny, I just couldn't justify it. In the same breath, I totally never expected anything but what they made, and would never imagine Hasbro doing the UW any different even if things were that 07/08/09 range of insanely awesome stuff.
I have the same leanings on vehicles as some guys have on "playsets", in that I want vehicles that are much less of a toy and much more of a model, haha. Just like a hallway isn't a "playset". :-X
I wasn't upset with a $20 TIE Striker but $40 and knowing I'd be "fixing" some of it, eh. In a twist of irony I probably liked both TFA Speeders far more than most seemed to like them. Go figure. But I wanted to like that ATAP from Rebels so much, and hated it so badly. :( Ditto Stormie transport.
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If this rendition of the Imperial Assault Tank has the level of detail that we've seen in vehicles like the TLC big Millenium Falcon, or the big AT-AT? Then the higher price point is easier to swallow.
I think the sticker shock reaction is due in large part to the quality of the vehicles we've gotten over the past two years. The Resistance X-Wings and First Order TIE's were just okay. And the same goes for the U-wing and TIE Striker. They were serviceable, but ultimately a bit disappointing.
The ball is in Hasbro's court here. If they can deliver something on par with the high end X-wings, the big Slave I and the like? Then I would be far more accepting of the price point they proposed.
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No pack in figures is kind of a joke at this price. Yes, buying one at $80 sends a message to Hasbro that people will pay more for higher quality stuff. It also sends a message that they can charge absolutely absurd prices and we'll just pay anything. I cannot believe that this tank cost them any more to develop or produce than the U-Wing and TIE Striker COMBINED, yet that's what they're expecting people to pay? I really like this and I want more high quality stuff, but is the next similar vehicle $100 or $150? If they had come out around $60 and included a figure, I'd have bought this up first day. I will end up doing the same thing I do with all of their ships and just wait for a big sale or clearance to get it for a more reasonable price.
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The lack of a pack in figure is the real disappointment for me, especially as this is the sensible place to do the Tank Commander.
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I cannot believe that this tank cost them any more to develop or produce than the U-Wing and TIE Striker COMBINED, yet that's what they're expecting people to pay?
Justin, have you seen the detailed CAD drawing of the tank? I wish we had a better pic:
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Extra molded parts, extra detail, extra deco! Working treads! Opening kyber crystal container with removable kyber crystal tubes with removable kyber crystals! True 1:18 scale! They even put the easter egg coffee mug from the cross-sections book in the CAD drawing! If Hasbro delivers on everything they put in that slide and talked about in that panel, this will easily be the best vehicle in the past 5 years (probably longer).
Is $80 a lot for this? Yes. I guess it comes down to preference. There are plenty of cases where I'd rather get one GREAT 3.75" scale vehicle for $80 than two underscaled vehicles with cheap deco for $80. This tank fits the bill for me. You could make the same argument for the SA figures. Why should I pay $13 for a SA figure when I can get two 5POA figures for $15? Preference, that's why.
The great part about it is, like you said - there are always sales and clearances. If $80 is too much, wait for a TRU BOGO50% off sale and split two for $120 with a buddy. If $60 is too much, then wait for a 50% clearance deal or flash sale at Amazon and get it for $40.
The lack of a pack in figure is the real disappointment for me, especially as this is the sensible place to do the Tank Commander.
But then you'd have folks bitching about how they have to buy an $80 tank to get a new figure. Hasbro can't win either way, I guess.
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Again I won't tell collectors how they should spend their $. I will say though that I think it's short sighted to just assume Hasbro can do this for less for everyone and they're just gouging. Just looking around at "collector grade" stuff... other toy lines and things focused more on adult collectors, that stuff is all pretty expensive.
It's apples/oranges to compare the companies but like I've mentioned, Hiya is going a scale Aliens APC, which will be smaller than this tank, probably similar in part count though, and costs $250. Small company, struggling to get the demand built up to do it but the prototype is simply gorgeous if you like Aliens stuff. I'm willing to buy one because I love Aliens/Predatoe and the 4" scale.
And like in my previous post, this costs what 1/18 military tanks and things were costing 10 years ago at big box stores... and they probably were of the level of quality we will get from Hasbro on this.
While I personally like the idea of a tank commander, Jeff's point is a perfect example of where Hasbro cannot win. Some inevitably will not want this tank because they don't buy vehicles or they can't afford it or they simply feel it's too much $. They'll pitch an immense fit at an exclusive commander figure. Or it'll get stolen and swapped with the 4 pack pilot or some other thing everyone hates Hasbro over.
I just want everyone to look at the images of the toy and realize this isn't 2008, and toys like this are way more expensive now to produce than they used to be. If it's just too much, that's up to everyone's personal budget. But I think wanting more for less is fantasy thinking today. And given how little they make for collectors in a year anyway I'm sure my budget is ok for 3 of this thing in a year. Won't be many other Hasbro Star Wars items I'm clamoring to get, that's for sure. And I don't want two grossly underscaled, underdetailes, and just underwhelming ships when I can get one thing I really love for the same price. It's the kind of toy I love so I'm happy to support it. I think the price is fair even, given the comparisons.
I drop $114 on an Acid Rain mech that is 1/3 the size though without much hesitation. I just dig things when the quality is there.😕
I remember this same discussion happening when Hasbro put out the new Soeederbike... I wish I could walk in and buy 20 of those things right now.
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I appreciate the $$$ involved in realizing on the scale Jesse is talking about. Love the bells and whistles and Jeff is right this will be the highlight of a long, dry run for ships over the last few years now. Don't have a real issue with that. I'll end up buying it, as Jesse says, on sale, if I end up buying it at all. That's more to do with space/priorities than the price tag.
The lack of a figure and Hasbro not winning - Hasbro always wins. From day one, we've had to buy this set to get that figure or collect this wave to build that droid. 'Just different enough to make you mad,' as Adam Pawlus often says. Much of their multi-figure packs over the years, and vehicles, are built around a figure or two you can't get anywhere else. You don't have to buy it, and you can complain (I'm sure I have) but it's the game. So is waiting for this to hit clearance. The only difference is the market no longer pressures any of us to buy anything right now, outside I'd say of the 40th anniversary collection, and that's the exception.
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The more I see, the more I like it. I just hope that a SA Tank Driver is on the horizon.
All my displayed vehicles have a pilot/crew in them...I have to keep the trend going!
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I just hope that a SA Tank Driver is on the horizon.
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No commander.... yet. ;)
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The more I see, the more I like it. I just hope that a SA Tank Driver is on the horizon.
The SA Tank Driver was mentioned in the SDCC presentation for The Vintage Collection. In one regard I get Hasbro *NOT* packing in the trooper if it's going to be available as a carded figure. But it might make sense to offer up the Tank Commander (with the different markings) with the Tank itself.
I'm not crazy about the price. And I think a sale or rewards type purchase would probably be the way to go with this one.
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People were sorta vaguely flipping at the idea of the pack ins with the atact last year tho, so I kind of am glad he's not an exclusive pack-in. And I'm buying it, but I also know a lot aren't going to want to buy this or simply can't for whatever reason, but a figure someday maybe.
I'm not a huge fan of a pack-in figure you can't get any other way unless it's a relatively inexpensive toy. That's just me.
I don't LIKE the price though on this. I don't think spending $80 is fun. But I do think it's fair looking around the industry at large and how prices are up, labor rates in china are high now, especially if you're operating responsibly over there... obviously I wish it was $40, but I also would rather pay what it takes to get it than not get it. I will hopefully get some extras for less. It's a design I love and want to customize. I hope I can.
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Sweet! And since that's the only one of the four I need...he'll be impossible to find!
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I'm not going to say $80 excites me, but at this point I'd rather pay up for accurately scaled, highly detailed, items that haven't been made before, rather than paying $7 for a repaint or repack without any articulation.
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I was a bit taken aback on the price myself, but that's the way things are going. At least it sounds like we're going to be getting some bang for our buck with accessories and detail.
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I was a bit taken aback on the price myself, but that's the way things are going. At least it sounds like we're going to be getting some bang for our buck with accessories and detail.
Exactly! That's why I love the BMF Falcon and the BMF AT-AT. There's a lot of great detail in those and this tank looks like they've dialed that up to 11! While I would prefer $50 for this, I'm not going to cry at the $80 price tag.
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Don't get me wrong, I think the tank looks awesome. It's just a heavy sticker shock for me. I've also paid anywhere from $50-200 for Masterpiece Transformers, so I also get that sometimes it's worth shelling out more for the added details. I don't think you can really compare it to 3rd party stuff like this or the APC though - the overhead and volume of that stuff just makes it a totally different pricing model.
I absolutely think it's worth an upcharge, but how much of an increase? The U-Wing was $50 for an all new design, moving wings, landing gear, cockpit, Nerf accessories, etc. The Tie Striker was $40, with similar features. For $90, Hasbro had to design two brand new ships, 2 exclusive pack in figures with weapons, 2 separate package designs, interaction with Nerf shooters, etc. You may not want or need all that, but none of it was free. The tank is highly detailed with some awesome features, but it's one package, no figures, and about the same price as these other two vehicles combined.
That math just doesn't tie out for me. Despite a comparatively better value, you can easily get either of the R1 ships for $20 right now. As cool as the tank is, I think its going to collect dust at $80. It's too big a price jump, just like we saw with the $300 AT-ACT, and I won't be at all surprised to find it knocked down to $40-50 in short order. I'll buy one at that price, but an $80 item selling for $40-50 can't be all that exciting for Hasbro or retailers, which puts similar items at risk for future development. By comparison, I think they could have listed it for $20 less or maybe $65 with a figure and watched it sell out. It's just difficult to swallow twice the price as I don't see it as twice the offering of their other items.
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The 3rd party stuff also costs significantly more in pretty much every case I can cite, often utilizes repaints and rerelease or rereleases with minor changes... and having taken a TIE Striker apart, I can attest that, compared to the 3D blow-up of the tank, it's a vastly simpler toy. Very basic engineering, limited details, and limited construction (Labor). Not being able to compare paint jobs, hard to say there but that's supposedly a labor intensive process, but who knows if the tank will be anything special. The TIE Striker was definitely "simpler" though as Hasbro ships generally are. I don't have the UWing to compare but I have seen it dismantled and it's similar to the Striker in complexity.
I'd put a lot of the Saga ships on par with the complexity of the RO ships with the UW being slightly larger than most of those but that's mostly due to the wings taking up space. Lots of spring loaded stuff which is what NERF is, moving parts but not every hatch and stuff.
Sure that APC isn't 100% apples to apples, but it's price is 3x as much too. I think you can make some relative comparison then. Or an acid rain large vehicle which is 1/2 as large as the Hasbro tank (roughly) and costs $160-170? Small company costs twice as much. Seems fairly reasonable to compare them somewhat..
And like I said the 1/18 military stuff that is extinct now, was costing near or at this price 10+ years ago and were mass market in some cases, others exclusive to large stores like TRU or WM.
I'm by no means excited at $80 tanks but I also am not excited by $13+ figures or 5POA for $7. I want $10 SA and $20/$30 collector focused ships, and a big wing TIE for $50, but that was actually a good while ago now. And I'd rather get the tank than not. And ultimately the demand will be there or it won't, but if it's not collectors can't keep complaining they're not catered to either. I'm just happy they're doing it though, so I'm in for a few right now. $250-ish set aside now for next year.
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Hasbro's gonna show off this tank at HASCON this weekend... lotsa Hasbro employees touring the show floor and taking pics for social media... just look at all those parts!
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I love that they took the blow up cut away ICS image of it and basically made that a toy.
They've done really awesome stuff before that's not just a toy but a movie accurate one at that, but not terribly often or with something larger than a Speeder usually. This effort but on an XWing or YWing would easily get me to shell out big $.
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I still want that AT-AT docking station!
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They snuck the pilot in there, I see!
I wonder if the Tank legitimately has that many interlocking parts? Because that's a lot that's going on there. I'm also glad to see the kyber crystal cargo pods.
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Once again, pics courtesy of Eric Franks (www.imperialholocron.com (http://www.imperialholocron.com)) - be sure to check out his gallery on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/ImperialHolocron/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1484246258388578) for more pics!
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This really is shaping up pretty great. I hope this is a hit for them and we can start getting these deluxe, spiffy vehicles regularly. At least once a year. Wouldn't mind seeing something like Poe's X-Wing get this treatment. Not a huge fan of the Force Awakens one.
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Hopefully the package folds up in the cardboard tank, too. Two tanks for one! :P
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Sold!
I'd love to see a return to the "big" vehicles again. The BMF is still one of my favorite pieces in my collection. Ditto the BAT-AT.
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I was just reading one person's speculation that the TVC Imperial hovertank might be hard to find or sell quickly. Im a bit motivated after comparing this idea with what other things have been said by you guys that some scalpers were buying up the 6" speeder wave with Luke and Rey in the first week of release.
So, what do you guys think? Will the first wave of these tanks so pretty quickly and then pile up after that? Either way I think I'm going to grab mine when it comes out.
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I personally think the tank is overpriced. I think the market will as well, and like with the 6 inch vehicles, Centerpiece lines and other ostensibly collector focused ancillary products, this is going to suffer. I don't want it to, because its great and I want to see more. I understand the costs that go into the tooling and other considerations, but given what we've seen with the AT-ST at WM just recently I have concerns about the viability of expensive vehicles at retail. If it's a launch item for Solo, and ships in high quantity you will see a repeat of the Speeder assortment. If it's a holiday item and more limited in production, maybe it works. I can't think of a single segment from any line going right now that has been successful at a price point above $30. Not including LEGOs. I'm not plugged into everything, so if others have comments about that or ideas on the tank, I'm all ears.
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Every time I don't buy something at retail, I end up paying through the nose for it later. So when I see one, I'll probably just pick it right up.
I agree about the price, but I'm excited that it's at least a new vehicle, that's at a decent scale, and has some detail to it..
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I am really excited to watch the shelf-life of this product unfold. Will it disappear quickly? Will it linger? Will it be a regional thing? Will it come in an assortment of previously-released "Vintage" styled vehicles at the same price? No one knows at this point, but the result will have big implications for the future of the vehicle assortment...
Vehicles have never really been my thing and I don't really put them out on display, so I can be a bystander here more or less. I am surprised the pricing of this thing comes up so often in the discussion so far. 80 bucks might be more than you've ever paid for a mid-sized vehicle before, but it's still only the cost of 6 "Vintage" line action figures, so it's not beyond reason. And it has the incredible level of detailing so far above what the Disney-era/post-Chinese manufacture vehicles have had...I am floored by the separate rubber treads (when was the last time you saw something like that?) I mean, just the three kyber crates are $30 worth of engineering and plastic these days...
My advice would be if you want to see vehicles like this in the future, you need to get serious about recalibrating your pricepoint expectations and supporting the Hovertank at retail at $80. If you love it but wait for clearance anyway, you'll be telling Hasbro to not bother developing high-end "collector's" toys anymore. After the death of the 6" TIE fighter (a piece no one asked for, no one bought, and no one has since asked for a line-continuation of) Hasbro really seems to be listening and trying to give the fans exactly the toy they are asking for.
Like I said though, as a student of all of this, I can't wait to see how the history of this toy shakes out.
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My advice would be if you want to see vehicles like this in the future, you need to get serious about recalibrating your pricepoint expectations and supporting the Hovertank at retail at $80.
I think you're absolutely right about this, and that's why none of this working. The legacy market let's call it of collectors like ourselves that have been lifers more or less are clinging to a lot more than the hobby; we're clinging to expectations of value. The reality is that the cost of manufacturing these things has become almost prohibitive. Almost, because Hasbro is making determined efforts to continue to provide products that are the core of the play pattern despite substantial price increases. AT-ST - was $30. Now $60. But the market has voted and they don't think these things are worth that much. That's why a $20 Rathtar is dead money. A $60 Landspeeder. A $50 statue of Darth Vader. Now there are tons of factors at play here, don't get me wrong. But a large one and maybe the largest is that most people don't think they're getting the value. Hover Tank could be an exception. We'll see.
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I agree that Hasbro and retailers are going to watch how this piece sells closely. While I do try to find some good deals in order to make the most of my collecting budget, this is a piece that could be something of a bell-weather indicator for more intricately detailed vehicles. That's probably why Hasbro has gone to such lengths to show collectors the development process for this particular offering.
There have been some duds at higher price points though. The 6" TBS Centerpiece Collection is a clear example of that. I had ZERO interest in those two pieces at $50. But get the prices around $30, and then I might be interested.
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While they showed amazing renderings and prototypes at last year's cons, there is still the chance that manufacturing costs will reduce the intricacy of the Hovertank. This is my biggest concern and it certainly has precedent - we'll expect something amazing and it won't turn out that way but still be high priced.
I hope I am wrong, but I think back to that amazing R2 they showed at the announcement of the Black Series. What they kept showing us and then what we got were far different and extremely disappointing.
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When I see it, I'll buy it. Do I wish it was $0 instead of $80? Sure...but I've not purchased a lot of Hasbro Star Wars over the last few years because I didn't like the quality.
This one seems worth it to me.
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Just throwing this in.... it’s not a hovertank. It’s tracked with working treads actually. Just pointing it out cuz that’s part of the cost too (the working tracks and wheels).
I have some more to say but I think everyone has been fairly accurate except on the overpriced part. At least in the sense that I don’t think you can do this for less without sacrificing a good bit. Oh and it’s not just well scaled, it’s to scale, which happens more often than people think but it is quite spot on with this one and per Hasbro when discussing it.
I have more to add when I have time to gather a thought.
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I'm super excited for this. I'm getting one first time I see it.
I think it is going to be the textbook toy of where the hobby is now. The production costs into it are what people have been clamoring for, but most won't pay retail for it.
And the vicious cycle continues
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I'll get it right away too.
Now to figure out how many of each kind of tank personnel I'll need.
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I think it well sell well, even at the $80 price. That said, I don't think its going to fly off the shelves. There are some hard core collectors and probably scalpers who will pick it up, but just buying four of them for $350 with tax is a heck of an investment. Someone compared this to the 6 inch vehicles getting scalped - those have been pretty easy to find outside of the first few weeks (at least near me).
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I have some more to say but I think everyone has been fairly accurate except on the overpriced part. At least in the sense that I don’t think you can do this for less without sacrificing a good bit. Oh and it’s not just well scaled, it’s to scale, which happens more often than people think but it is quite spot on with this one and per Hasbro when discussing it.
I think it is going to be the textbook toy of where the hobby is now. The production costs into it are what people have been clamoring for, but most won't pay retail for it.
And the vicious cycle continues
I agree with both of you - $80 is 'over-priced' for what most people are wanting to pay, but not for the reality of what it actually costs to give us a thing as nice as this tank is reported to be.
I'm sure there will be a rabid audience that will cause initial sell-outs, but then there will be a huge chunk that waits... and based on the fact that the 6" vehicles (TIE, Reyspeeder, Landspeeder) and the big 3.75" play-sets (TFA Falcon, AT-ACT, TLJ BB-8 playset) saw deep discounts, I can't blame them either.
I'm lucky enough to be able to afford to plunk down $80 on a luxury like a Star Wars toy. There are a lot of people who can't do that and have to either miss out or hope for clearance/sales. That's the reality and the bummer of an $80 toy. I'm not going to **** on someone who wants to or has to wait. It's unfortunate it could affect our ability to get more of these things in the future, but that is where the line is now.
You pay the premium ($14) to get a premium figure or you pay the cheap rate ($8) and get a really nice 5POA figure. You pay the $40 and get a bare bones Ski Speeder or you pay $80 and get a Hover Assault Tank with real working treads and storage crates with tiny deco'd kyber crystals. It sucks that there isn't a middle option or we can't go back in time when chinese manufacture was still peanuts. As the saying goes, it is what it is.
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I think the last SW vehicle I bought was the Snowspeeder from a few years ago...and that's not been on purpose, there just hasn't been a good vehicle for a few years now. I'm definitely getting this.
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To be perfectly honest (and don't tell Hasbro this) but, I am so starved for quality SW product that I'm more than willing to pay the premium price. It's a real shame that Hasbro couldn't sustain the high quality items they were producing just before Disney purchased Lucasfilm. Both my BFM and BAT-AT and the all four red Squadron X-Wings are on display at my place and I keep pining for more. I would love to get a properly colored large wing/ejection seat cockpit TIE Fighter and an X-Wing with decals to customize a Red 4, Red 6 and beyond.
The baffling thing is that there's absolutely a marked. I occasionally look on eBay for X-Wings to customize and the prices consistently hit the $100 range for modern scale OT X-Wing. I kick myself for not picking up Biggs' X-wing when it hit clearance at TRU.
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Me too. The stuff we got before the whole thing went to ****, was pretty amazing.
Large X-wings, BA Millennium Falcon, BAT-AT, AT-ST, that sweet Jabba set, Tauntauns, the first good snowspeeder ever, the best speederbikes I've ever seen (and I bought a bunch of them), Dewbacks...the list goes on. I feel like the golden age for SW was right before they switched to all 5-POA. They had some amazing stuff coming out.
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Yavin Hangar Sled... man, just great.
Think though all the other stuff... the cloud car was made actually quite amazing and interesting for once!
Even mini rigs were interesting and looked like believable things.
They made the Naboo Fighter a billion times better and actually worth buying! That’s like performing a miracle.
I agree with Jeff wholeheartedly though. I’m willing to buy 3 full priced tanks and will be happy to own them. I have 3 of the new AWing and when cool stuff comes down the line I’m ok to buy it. I’m willing to shell out $200 for an Aliens APC so I’m ok with an $80 Impy Tank.
At the same time, and I see some preachy collector sites pushing it, I’m not gonna lecture people who can’t or won’t justify it. I think claiming “they can do that for less!” But still expecting the same thing just for less money shows a lack of understanding where the line and manufacturing are at this point. I’ll gladly agree on that, but I also won’t tell you that you need to buy it or else! That’s up to you, and not everyone can afford it or justify it, and that’s not my business.
I think it’s obvious that supporting it and more stuff like it may get made. I mean that’s just common sense. I also believe clearance isn’t a clear indicator of failure (like some sites and collectors claim, but then conveniently forget the tons of markdowns from 2007-2012 that I know I sure as **** saw). Everyone has to collect how they feel happiest, not be brow beat because they didn’t buy everything brand new and stuff. I don’t run your budget nor does some other random guy on the internet.
I try to buy new if I like it but like the AWing, I bought one new, and 2 sale.
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Yeah...Legacy collection should have been named "Golden Age" collection.
I'm hoping to see a resurgence of that quality....I'd be happy with a few re-releases since I never saw the Naboo fighter and missed the opportunity to pick up the snowspeeder.
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I don't know for sure why I feel the need to "stick up for Hasbro". I think it's because I've been buying these toys for my whole life pretty much and enjoyed it the whole time, that I find it obnoxious that all the sites for the other people that love this too seem mostly to want to tell us what sucks about the hobby.
The Golden Age is called the Golden Age because it's the Golden Age.............
Most things don't just get better and better and better and better.......
We had the best years. Now it's not nearly as amazing. It is what it is.
Small rant over. (there's a thread on Yakface's front page about "making the hobby fun again" that annoyed me. As you were.
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Perspective is a funny thing. I was pretty much retired from collecting by 2010 when the "Vintage collection" showed up, and while I picked up a few of the new figures I wanted, I was mostly over getting redo's by then. It was pretty much "meh" for me and I am not excited by its return except as an avenue to pick up some of the reissued figures I still haven't tracked down at prices I like. I miss the Legacy/30AC/Saga2 years more, that was when I really shored up the collection I wanted...
That Yakface article is poorly titled...the unrealistic expectations being placed on the "Vintage collection" continuation meeting the sure reality is not going to "make the hobby fun again" for the writer. I guess he figures if he's gonna get his hopes up, he'll just put 'em through the roof...
On the topic at hand, you can see where Hasbro is going with this "Vintage collection" continuation just by looking at their intentions with this tank: feature-filled, collector-grade, high-priced, Disney-era product.
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Well said, gentlemen!
I think the real challenge, as it's always been is, getting product to the people who want it. Somehow there's always problems, certain figures/waves begin clogging the pegs and disrupt/block the flow of new product. There's got to be a smarter, more innovative way for retail to get us the products we want. In spite of the thrill I get when I walk into the store and find new items on the pegs/shelves, given how much of a rarity that's become, I'd be perfectly content if "ship to store" ordering had more product availability.
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From Steve Evans’ Instagram page
https://instagram.com/p/BfR-JBYl1DL/
https://instagram.com/p/BfR-SEbFIh4/
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It looks great! And even though it's not coming out until the Fall, I think it's going to be worth the wait. And Steve Evans added this blurb on Instagram:
"Factoid... One of the three orange kyber crystal crates opens up and you can remove a kyber crystal canisters AND then remove the kyber crystal from that"
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The thing does look impressive. If they ever gave the Ghost this treatment I would be over the moon happy.
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Awesome. This and about three drivers...and another Jynn and Cassian!
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Stunning! I can't express how much I appreciate the attention to detail. I really hope this does well enough for Hasbro to continue to produce such high quality product.
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I'm kind of surprised they called out Rogue One so prominently on the packaging. I was kind of thinking this would be generic and maybe even tied in with the Solo movie (maybe see one in the background).
Looks great though!
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This thing is glorious and amazing and everything they have been saying. Very nice to see it coming true and not back-pedaling on this thing! Amazing to see the crystals in a tube in a crate thing coming true as well - the pessimist in me thought for sure that feature they bragged about was going to get dropped! Awesome to see it still in there.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWRDyvQWkAAlkKD.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWRD0FvXcAAN8p3.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWREHFlWsAAbacw.jpg)
* Pictures from tweets of @justinlasalata (https://twitter.com/justinlasalata/media).
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Very glad to see Hasbro upping their game again, on this vehicle for example and other aspects for the 3.75" collector.
The reveals for this, the upcoming figures, and the Sail Barge are staggering compared to what we saw the past 4-5 years... I can't remember the last time I was this hyped up and excited as a collector, fan, customizer, etc.
I have been very vocal about my dismay for Hasbro especially the past few years, and felt TVC was their chance to start doing things like they used to do - and it looks like they are at least going to try to get back to the glory days for 3.75" collectors again. I doubt will ever get back to the level it used to be, but things are finally looking up from my corner of the hobby.
As for the Sail Barge... I don't expect it will get 5000 backers - but it's a potential once in a generation type item so I have to support this thing. To me it reminds me of how mesmerized I was by the GI JOE USS FLAGG playset.
Overall, I feel like a little kid, all giddy with excitement. Hasbro's showing efforts again to win back the people who have been unhappy. I have missed this feeling and it's great to experience it again.
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Tank is gorgeous.
If they open the Sail Barge to international buyers, I think 5000 will be very obtainable. I'm very curious how all this is going to do. There's a lot of competition for our $$$ with all the amazing work from Marvel and Funko and etc.
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The tank is insanely well done. To-scale, full detailed interior based on the ICS design for it. Only missing the commander at this point, which I'd gladly buy for all 3 of these I intend to own out the gate. The tank is so reminiscent of the StgIII from World War II, to me, and that's one of my more liked designs from the war. I love what Hasbro was able to put together with this, and the opening Kyber Crystal container that has a removable container INSIDE the larger container, and then a further removable crystal. That's just awesome. I wish it came with the commander as a pack-in is my only wish, but I just hope they repaint the tanker to make the commander now.
Love this thing! Easily the most cool thing they're doing, to me.
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Agreed, it looks so cool it's almost like it's not even a Hasbro product. It's crazy what they are capable of when they just go for it.
Hasbro can be the simply amazing when they want to be, which is why I get so frustrated when they reduce their efforts.
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Again I'm loving this and all in but I can only laugh at the idea of parents and collectors reactions if all vehicles were $80.
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Agreed, it's very pricey.
I'll pay it of course, but it seems like a better buy to me than the Solo Falcon that's going to retail for $100. I get they sized it down and wanted to include new electronics and all, but I can't believe that thing doesn't come with landing gear...
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That tank is a thing of beauty. Definitely down for one.
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Beautiful piece, Hasbro has really brought their a game again. I'd like to get one but will have to see. I'm on the fence about trying to save up for that sail barge instead.
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Love the tank, LOVE the crates. That might be my favorite feature.
Can't say I dig the brown dirt weathering that much. Prevents you from being able to toss it in a Hoth diorama, but that's a minor, minor complaint.
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Hasbro can be the simply amazing when they want to be, which is why I get so frustrated when they reduce their efforts.
I think that goes with any entity. I'm 100% certain that when Disney took over, there were a lot of restrictions placed upon Hasbro. It should be common knowledge how shroud Disney is as company and it would be out of character for them not to exploit any potential financial gain possible via Hasbro's existing contract with Lucasfilm. Thus the reduction if quality for maximization of profit.
Evans LOVES Star Wars toys. My impression of him as a person, having interviewed him twice, is that he spends a lot of time trying to strike that balance between making both collectors and board members happy. Not an easy task in any profession. At the end of the day, I think the entire Hasbro team wants what we want and are working hard to find ways to get us awesome toys that make financial sense to the money people.
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There's some nice images of the Imperial Assault Tank over at the othe(R) site (http://www.rebelscum.com/2018-International-Toy-Fair/Hasbro-2018-Toy-Fair-The-Vintage-Collection/), complete with a detailed look at the opening cargo crate, Kyber crystal containers and the crystals themselves! The Driver looks pretty sharp, too. It would be great if the Driver was a pack-in, but that's not happening. And frankly, we could use some figures of the members or Saw Gerrera's militia to add to the theme of the Tank rolling through the streets of Jedha.
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The more I see of this tank, the more I like it.
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Man...Rogue One was so much awesomeness. I can't wait to get that thing.
I hope they up their game with the Rogue One figures though. I really want that movie to get the Vintage collection treatment.
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Back up for pre-order at EE again (https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-rogue-one-imperial-combat-assault-hovertank-vehicle/hse0215?id=JE-405087801) (was briefly listed early in error a few months ago). $80 with free US shipping!
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Back up for pre-order at EE again (https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-rogue-one-imperial-combat-assault-hovertank-vehicle/hse0215?id=JE-405087801) (was briefly listed early in error a few months ago). $80 with free US shipping!
Ordered!
Thanks Jeff.
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Order inbound!
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Thanks for the heads up! Now to track down a couple of tank drivers for it! :D
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Just got notice that my Assault Tank has shipped from EE. It's tracking for Friday but maybe Thursday delivery.
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Wow man that was way earlier than expected
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Mine shipped from Dorkside! I can not wait.
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Me too! So excited for this!
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Mine shipped. 😬
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Same, from EE.
This is shaping up to be an expensive month.
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I pre-ordered via Amazon. Gotta love prime shipping!
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I was going to, but the tax on Amazon tacked $8 onto the price so I figured I’d use Jeff’s link, save a few bucks, and wait for the slower shipping.
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The Assault Tank arrived today and boy was it worth it. It has removable panels, a two person cockpit and working treads. Only one of the cargo containers open with three Kabara crystal containers. I need some tank pilots now. The vintage Kenner packaging is really cool.
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I got my Assault Tank today as well (ordered from EE). This thing is practically a model! I’ve collected the 21st Century Toys and BBI 1/18 scale armored vehicles for years and those were basically highly detailed preassembled models with a level of detail that far outstripped most Star Wars toys... The Assault Tank is the exception 8)
The vehicle is loaded with working features and (thankfully) sidesteps any gimmicky features like firing missiles, sound effects, etc. Basically the functional aspects are as follows:
Working treads
Rotating main cannons
Swiveling secondary guns
Removable deck plates for cargo bed
Foot pegs for figures to stand in cargo bed
Two solid kyber crystal transport containers
One container that opens & has two crystal cylinders that open to reveal kyber crystals
Opening drivers hatch
Opening engine cover with detailed engine
Opening commander’s hatch
Removable front cover to access interior
Interior features seats, steering controls (driver’s controls move) tons of switches, circuitry, etc. Even the backside of the removable front panel is detailed with cooling fans and circuitry
I’ve got mine crewed with some of the Black Series Scarif Trooper figures at least until I can find some of the new Assault Tank Driver figures in the next TVC figure wave... Overall I am very pleased with the Imperial Assault Tank and hope we get more Vintage series vehicles in time.
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Sorry for the double post, however, here are some photos of the Imperial Assault Tank. Enjoy 8)
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I don't know what I'm more jealous of. The fact that you received your tank before me, or that you managed to get three Scarif Shoretroopers! :D
Thanks for sharing the pics!
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Very, very cool.
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Ice pics man thanks. The commander’s cupola ring has a mount for a fun it appears, and that you could make it functional if you wanted to try. That’s pretty cool.
They really went batshit crazy to make this nice. Can’t believe so many complainers. Figures are $13... good ships aren’t gonna be free. 🤷♂️
I get it, nobody likes paying more (me either, I wish it was $50 too) but I mean it’s been 10 years since “cheap”.
“It’s over Johnny. It’s over!”
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This thing is awesome. I need to get it just for the kyber crates alone.
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The more images of see of this vehicle, the more I like it! It's such a positive step forward for the vehicle line. I hope that Amazon gets around to filling their orders before long so that I get mine soon.
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I got mine out of the EE box last night, and the packaging is so great that I'm almost tempted to not open it.
I'm going to open it... but it just looks great.
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Do we have any Target insiders here anymore? Do we know if this is going to be part of Target's reset at the end of July?
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I was told it shows up as part of an early August planogram.
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I just found another cool little Easter egg detail inside the Imperial Assault Tank...
Hasbro detailed the coffee mug in the commander’s station 8)
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The coffee mug was apparently something the filmmakers put in the actual movie prop as an inside joke (sort of like the Playboy Magazine centerfold and Star Wars movie posters in the cockpit of the Rebel Blockade Runner from ANH). The mug is also detailed in the cross-section drawing of the TX-225 Occupier in the Rogue One Ultimate Visual guide book. I think it’s awesome that Hasbro includes it in their model/toy :)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/ipdf8xxz5/B93670_AB-_CDB1-44_F5-895_B-96_F3_CE966_C06.jpg)
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Mine showed up today and it is incredible! The level of detail is simply amazing! I know a lot of us were complaining about the price when it was first announced....but this is worth every penny!
Well done Hasbro!
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Got mine.
Okay. Wow. Seriously, what else can I say? This is superb. I've fallen in love with Hasbro all over again!
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It would be much appreciated if someone with this in-hand and unboxed could pass along rough dimensions. Just max height, width and length would do. I would be so grateful. ;D
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It would be much appreciated if someone with this in-hand and unboxed could pass along rough dimensions. Just max height, width and length would do. I would be so grateful. ;D
Length: 13 inches
Width: 8.5 inches at the cannons (widest point)
Height: 4 inches (again....to the highest point)
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I got my tank (first one) today. Sweet jebus. That’s some good plastic. I have few (1) minor gripe and nothing else basically bad to say. This is just good toy fun.
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Length: 13 inches
Width: 8.5 inches at the cannons (widest point)
Height: 4 inches (again....to the highest point)
Thank you sir! This is much appreciated! That's a real hefty size!
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It’s pretty solid too. Looking at my collection, I think the only vehicles that are superior to this tank is the BMF Falcon and BMF AT-AT.
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This may not be news, but the last I had checked before today Amazon didn't have tank in stock, but they do now for retail and arrival to you on Tuesday (with Prime of course)
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EE got the sale from me. Not only was there no tax which made it less than Amazon, but at least a few nickels of the sale went back to JD.
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That's great but if you haven't ordered one yet and don't want to wait until August this is an option
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at least a few nickels of the sale went back to JD.
Good news - Amazon (https://amzn.to/2O6NiOp) or EE (https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-rogue-one-imperial-combat-assault-hovertank-vehicle/hse0215?id=JE-405087801) - either way more than a few nickels make their way back here to help us keep the lights on! ;) It's much appreciated.
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Nickels back are good... Nickelback is not.
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Just ordered mine. Thanks for the Amazon link! ;D
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I got mine during the week, and I loaded it up with the tank drivers from the 2 x ROGUE ONE 4-packs I have. The hatches fit really well. And the tracks are really good, too. All in all, this is an awesome vehicle! I'm really looking forward to getting the TVC version of the Tank Driver.
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Me too. When is he supposed to hit the shelves?
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Me too. When is he supposed to hit the shelves?
I haven't seen pre-orders for wave 2 yet. But it sounds like it should start arriving in stores within a month or so.
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Back up for pre-order at EE again (https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-rogue-one-imperial-combat-assault-hovertank-vehicle/hse0215?id=JE-405087801) (was briefly listed early in error a few months ago). $80 with free US shipping!
Is this going to be available at retail eventually? Or is it online orders only?
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Me too. When is he supposed to hit the shelves?
I haven't seen pre-orders for wave 2 yet. But it sounds like it should start arriving in stores within a month or so.
And now wave 2 is up for pre-order. But it looks like anticipation for the Tank Driver is high, because Dorkside Toys seems to have pre-sold out that one already.
EDIT: EE also seems to have listed wave 2 as well.
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Is this going to be available at retail eventually?
Eventually, but not anytime soon. Not sure about Walmart but I believe Target was waiting for it to be closer to Christmas/Holiday shopping season before making shelf space for the tank.
Tank info from Jayson's master list o'numbers (http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2018/02/12/2018-master-upc-dpci-sku-list-revised/):
UPC: 630509671120
Target DPCI: 087-16-0139
Walmart SKU: 552260786
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I love that 2018 wave 2 is coming out in the last month of the year. I wonder when 2018 wave 3 is coming out. Gotta love all the repacks that keep this product turning quickly at the stores ::)
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I love that 2018 wave 2 is coming out in the last month of the year. I wonder when 2018 wave 3 is coming out.
Not sure what you mean? 2018 TVC Wave 2 is due in Aug/Sep and 2018 TVC Wave 3 is expected in Nov/Dec. Hasbro's goal for TVC is new wave every 4 months (April-August-December).
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Sorry - should have read your previous post closer. I thought you mentioned that wave 2 was Christmas. You were referring to the tank. Need more coffee.
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Ah, ok - I edited my response to Justin to be a bit clearer on that.
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I’m planning on two more tanks full price, calling it a day then short of sales. Man I love that tank.
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I've heard some people on another forum talking about ordering the tank from B&N. Evidently there's a pretty good 20% off coupon, and it's in stock on the Barnes and Noble site (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-star-wars-imperial-combat-assult-tank/32718548?ean=0630509671120)
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I still haven't picked this up, but hope to eventually. Is this just not coming to retail at all, or maybe still on the way? I know it is pretty readily available online, just curious.
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Target is running its semi-normal toy deal - $10 off $50 or $25 off $100. Just picked up the tank and 6" Moloch and got the $25 off deal. Target's price on the tank seems a bit lower than other places right now too.
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Target is running its semi-normal toy deal - $10 off $50 or $25 off $100. Just picked up the tank and 6" Moloch and got the $25 off deal. Target's price on the tank seems a bit lower than other places right now too.
Did you buy these in store or on-line?
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I bought online. Free shipping and 5% more off with a Red Card.
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Only $48.50 on Amazon today
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Only $48.50 on Amazon today
Ugh that is distressing.
I am holding out for retail to support the carrying of good vehicles in brick n mortar, I don't mind paying full price...
But if the online offloading before Christmas has begun, will these even make it to retail? I'm remembering the AT-ACT and the way it didn't really have a retail presence because of timing.
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Only $48.50 on Amazon today
If you're ordering, please remember to use our referral linky to help keep the lights on around here - thanks!
Amazon TVC Tank link (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076J9H33C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=jedide-20&linkId=82e6bdfe83b38957f25ebc9c3c89cdee&language=en_US)
if the online offloading before Christmas has begun, will these even make it to retail?
This is an Amazon "deal of the day", not an offload. Price only good today or until sold out.
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I couldn't resist the price...holy crap, I have a second tank! :D
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I got two more. I’ll have 4 now and may add to it... depends on tankers I can find.
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There was only one onscreen.
You guys are just hoarders. ;)
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Thank you. And yes.
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Yep - I ordered the additional two I was looking to pick up as well. Couldn't pass them up at that price.
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There was only one onscreen.
It's not my fault that they made the tank easily convertible to a troop transport.
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Hasbro’s fault for making it too good. Stupid Hasblow. They only are in it for money. What happened to them being in it for the love of Star Wars like the good old days when Lucas ran everything and nothing bad had Star Wars on it and nothing about Star Wars divides our opinions as fans and we all got along perfectly.
Yeah.
Tanks for the memories Hasbro.
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I wanted to get another tank, but even at that one day deal price I couldn't pull the trigger. It's one of the most amazing vehicles that Hasbro has made in the Sequel Trilogy era. For me it was a budget decision.
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I kicked myself for not picking up more TIE interceptors from Amazon when they we clearing them out, so couldn't pass up $50 tanks. I added 4 more to my forces bringing my total to 5. That's where I'll stand.
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I just paid $40.79 for the TVC Imperial tank with free shipping on Walmart.com. Amazon is currently at 47.99.
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It's strange that it's tagged as clearance at walmart.com.
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Did it even show up at the physical Walmart?
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Did it even show up at the physical Walmart?
It's never shown up at any physical store that I am aware of...curious marketing scheme for this one.
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It's never shown up at any physical store that I am aware of
They made it to the shelves at Canada TRU Stores. I saw a bunch of them on my Canadian road trip last August.
Not so much in the USA though...
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They've been easy to get online though....and some good deals lately.
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Tank is now $30 on Amazon :o :o :o
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Tank is now $30 on Amazon :o :o :o
Clicked on the link on Yak. Hope you guys get the credit for that purchase. I couldn't pass on getting another tank for that price!
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Argh... I really don't want to or need to buy a second one of these, but $30?!
I feel like in two or three years these are going to be $200-$250 in the box.
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Tank is now $30 on Amazon :o :o :o
I so badly wanted to buy more at that price. 4 seems enough.
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I'm just saying. I'm still tempted to pick up more of these as I find them at lower prices. But again, 4 seems to be enough.
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Okay. I couldn't resist and picked up 4 more tanks, so I'm up to 8. Sad part is, it's going to be tougher and probably more expensive to find the pilots for them now. ::)
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I think we need to see some update pics of your army! :D
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Okay. I couldn't resist and picked up 4 more tanks, so I'm up to 8. Sad part is, it's going to be tougher and probably more expensive to find the pilots for them now. ::)
You could partially avoid that problem by customizing one of them into a Rebel-captured tank. Paint a rebel insignia and maybe some stripes on it. Then you can just throw a couple fleet troopers in there.
I've been toying with the idea of doing something like that with one of my Republic gunships or AT-TE's.
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Okay. I couldn't resist and picked up 4 more tanks, so I'm up to 8. Sad part is, it's going to be tougher and probably more expensive to find the pilots for them now. ::)
You could partially avoid that problem by customizing one of them into a Rebel-captured tank. Paint a rebel insignia and maybe some stripes on it. Then you can just throw a couple fleet troopers in there.
I've been toying with the idea of doing something like that with one of my Republic gunships or AT-TE's.
Just seeing this now. Neat idea.
I did pick these up to round out my imperial battalion, though. Still can't find a wiff of Tank, pilots. Wonder how many Tank Pilots were made vs the actual tank. The feel the tank pilot is begging for a re-release.
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Price is down to $29.99 again on Amazon right now (https://amzn.to/3321fTP) - grab 'em while you can.
I picked up another Tank at that price - going to try to convert it to a hauler and see what it looks like with a mini-rig on the back part. Or maybe rig up some type of cannon on the back and make it into more of a mobile FLAK gun type cannon (or something like an Empire version of the Clone Wars AV-7 or US M1128).
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Oooh...I'm trying to decide if I want a third one. The second one is still in the box, but I could maybe try a Rebel-captured one, or do something "Mandalorian-ey" like the AT-ST.
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Good grief... Amazon just reminded me that I bought one on December 12 of last year for this price. I can't believe these are still sitting around.
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Eh **** it. I bought another one.
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Only crummy part is finding tankers for it haha.
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Only crummy part is finding tankers for it haha.
Sincerely. I have as many HoverTank pilots as I have tanks.
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Only crummy part is finding tankers for it haha.
This is going to either be rebel-captured or Mandalorian era in my collection. I have enough tankers to pilot two tanks.
Sincerely. I have as many HoverTank pilots as I have tanks.
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When the tanker went up for PO I got what I could and I wound up finding the wave several times at retail so I was able to outfit 9 with tankers and commanders. I want more tanks but the lack of crew will bug me. I like the ideas expressed here though for variant tanks ala German armor. I was fiddling around with an AT ST custom idea similarly styled. An AA variant or missile pod one.
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Holy ****, you have nine fully staffed tanks?! Impressive!
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No sign of these here locally at 5 Below yet, but I did see they have a designated “$10 Below” section now near the front of the store, so I’m guessing that will be where these get stocked when they arrive.
I did see a whole bunch of those super cheap new cake-topper figures they had just put out and man those things are atrocious.
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Holy ****, you have nine fully staffed tanks?! Impressive!
Impressive? Sad? I like to think a little of both. 🤷♂️
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$16 on Kids Warehouse so I ordered 3 more. FML. I’m dumb.
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Fantastic price! Thanks for the heads's up.
I ordered 3 also. Still don't have a single tank driver.Oh, well...
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I hope Hasbro is reading this and puts the Hovertank Pilot back into rotation. In the meantime, I have 8 Tank Commanders, so I'm just going to pair them with my 8 pilots in the interim.
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Hmmmm... 🤔
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I've been hoping to find one of these at 5 Below. And at $10, I would buy more than one just for the cargo crates!!!
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I’m starting to wonder about that 5 Below story...seems like since that news broke there really have not been any other reports. Maybe that was just a fluke thing at that one store?
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I looked here in LA. No luck. Found Solo figures for $3.25 though. Stocked up on Han Mudtroopers for some customization.
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My 5Belows got more damn TLJ figures in that were everywhere so I’m missing out on the Mud Han barrage. 🙄
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I picked up another L3-37 and Rio Durant. But still no sign of the tank.
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Today's Ollie's ad shows the tanks for $19.99.
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Ollie’s is the epitome of a disaster. Every one I’ve ever been in looks like a war zone, mama June, and a mental Assylum had a kid.
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It's a sh-t show. One time I bailed rather than waiting what would've been half an hour in line.
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Our local (12205) ad DIDN'T show the tank, not sure why. But they had 5 or 6 on the shelf at $19.99. Bought one. Never saw any of the Cmdr. Figure.
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I love Ollie’s because they’re the only place outside of Walmart I can ever find The Corps stuff. We have two here, one in a really crappy part of town and one in a really affluent area. The ritzy one is much better organized and staffed.
I stopped in yesterday but no signs whatsoever of any tanks.
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I found it in the big seasonal section of toys that had towards the front, along with a few other Star Wars toys (some Funkos, big Galactic Heores BB8 playset) was on the bottom shelf...
Happy Hunting
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I found none at Ollies. I was there sunday nite for the 25% off toys special ticket bullcrap waiting in the cold outside event.
So I'm gonna have to go back and burn the place down. They've failed me for the last time.
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I found none at Ollies. I was there sunday nite for the 25% off toys special ticket bullcrap waiting in the cold outside event.
So I'm gonna have to go back and burn the place down. They've failed me for the last time.
I sat in my easy chair for a long time Sunday night debating whether I should go to that Ollie’s event. Eventually I decided to blow it off because I knew they wouldn’t have any tanks like I wanted. I was right. >:(
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The 5 Below reports are true! I just picked up a couple of TVC tanks for $10 each
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The 5 Below reports are true! I just picked up a couple of TVC tanks for $10 each
How many did they have? Also what state are you in?
Last year many 5B stores had pallets of the cases of the A-wings and Canto Biteme speeders.
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They had three, and I'm in New Jersey.
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I found a lone one of these at Ollie’s for $19.99, and all their toys are 25% off now, so I figured $15 wasn’t too terrible and I caved.
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They had three, and I'm in New Jersey.
Thanks man!
I stopped by A local Five Below with an empty box from the one TVC tank I own. They confirmed they have not seen them. They also scanned the UPC and confirmed it is in their system with a SKU of 3263381. They said this SKU is the easiest thing to reference if I were to call a store to check inventory.
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Bought one of these from Kids Warehouse and it arrived today. Took a bit, but the Tank was only like $22 so that’s fine.