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Other Toy Lines / Re: 2024: What Are You Collecting?
« on: November 20, 2024, 07:16 PM »
Aside from Galoob's Action Fleet and Micromachines, my collection has narrowed strictly to Star Wars 3.75". It can be summed up to, "What can a toy do for my SW 3.75" hobby?" I've picked up a few Hiya Aliens/Predator figs, but only so they can be incorporated in SW dioramas; eg, the Aliens astronauts as patrons for the upcoming Haslab cantina. I have a few dinosaurs from Mattel's Jurassic lines so I can modify them for SW pieces.

I've picked up a few Marvel Legends and SW Black series because I'm curios about how they've been designed, but then they get put away and not displayed

I did grab the Yoda starfighter from Jazzwares because I like the design and can only dream if Hasbro made one for TVC.

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I came across those 2-packs at Ross also back when you did. Today I saw several again, but the price was bumped up to $6.99 or $7.99.

I also found one of those 4-pk with Rex about 2 weeks ago.

A little concerning that Yaface, Weequay, Barada (or whatever the name is -- it escapes me for the moment), and those two other skiff characters, made their way to Ross like 2-3 different periods. I'll happily buy TVC on clearance as custom fodder, but does it speak to a character-specific overage or is it an ominous sign of the line?

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I never imagined Hasbro would make this. I'm holding off getting more now in the hopes that It'll be released with other characters.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 HasLab - TVC The Ghost
« on: November 17, 2024, 09:36 PM »
(I recovered my password. Woohoo!)

I'm torn over whether I should have backed two, one that I'll let my younger nephew and nieces play with,  and who'll inevitably mess up, and one for my display. On the other hand, the unboxing reminds me how big this is and that I need to preserve  space for future haslabs.

Regardless, I'm  more excited about this now than during the backing period.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Acolyte (Disney+)
« on: August 21, 2024, 05:11 PM »
This makes the 3rd live-action Disney SW series that wasn't renewed for a second season, presumably because the ratings weren't there. I wonder if that will re-shape budgets  or thematic parameters for new productions.

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That was an usual experience. Around 18 min after the site opened I finally finally got in. Got some weird “blocked” message when I clicked on the Starspeeder. Futzed around the site and eventually was able to click onto the starspeeder page, only to get a pop-up that it was sold out . After spending another 25 min looking for gifts, seeing the “blocked” message a couple of times, geting knocked off the site and having to re-queue, I went back to the Starspeeder, and again, got the “sold out” pop-up  multiple times after trying to add it to my cart. But then… added!

Maybe someone had it in their cart all that time and decided not to buy it?  ???

If only I put half  as much effort when I was in school that I put into this hobby…  ::)

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I have the 2nd version, and I'm content with it. This one looks a lot nicer. I would definitely have pulled the trigger if I didn't have a different rendition.

Update:
D'oh.The photo of the back of the box says the ship has an  LCD screen. That just might've turned me.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Blurrg & The Mandalorian
« on: July 27, 2024, 10:37 PM »

That $25 can't possibly be right (the press release says $40).  I grabbed two at $25 as that seems like a nice deal without having to wait for clearance.

edit:
I must have gotten my orders in just under the wire - as of 3pm CT the Blurrg is now at the correct $39.99 price.

I ordered mine around 1:30p PT and it was $39.99.

Hopefully, you guys get the reduced price. As a warning, though, I seem to recall some folks placing a pre-order for some TBS for cheap  only to have the price bumped up or order canceled way later. (I don't remember.)

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Other Collectibles / Young Jedi Adventures - Crimson Firehawk
« on: July 21, 2024, 06:58 PM »
I was attracted to the Crimson Firehawk but really want to maintain focus on the 3.75" line. Then I saw a picture of 3.75" figures in the ship. The Reddit poster does say it's not a perfect match, but a new paint job and greeblies, as he noted, will make it less cartoony. What's great -- but a bad sign for the life of the line -- is the ship is only $15.99 w/ prime membership on amazon, so I ordered one. I've seen it at Ross a few times also.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Big Items of the Future!
« on: July 13, 2024, 04:04 PM »
Could see an Ewok Village as another good candidate if they think this went well.

This has been on my Haslab want list. Got to include Vader's funeral pyre.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Do You Keep a Carded Set of TVC?
« on: July 9, 2024, 03:50 PM »
I'm a loose collector. Tried 1-loose-1-carded in the early POTF2 days but I found myself wanting to open the carded duplicates weeks later. Still have a few carded figures because I just haven't gotten around to opening them or have no desire/need to touch the figure or accessories like the Haslab Yakface and coin.

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Our fanbase/collectors are an odd bunch.  I know so many people who hate the sequel trilogy with a passion, but grab up all the Kylo Ren merchandise they can get their hands on!

Ugh. I have a friend who repeatedly declares that he hates *ALL* Disney Star Wars because, he says, they aren't what George Lucas would make...but then he ranks Rogue One 3rd or 4th overall and goes on incessantly about how we need more of the Obi-wan series.   ::)

People are so wedded to their agenda. Geezuz it's OK to dislike some or all of anything but man, be honest to yourself.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: Disney Mystery Crate Series 2
« on: July 3, 2024, 10:04 PM »
I got 5 droids from the 8 crates a friend grabbed for me. Being the anal dumb-ass that I am, I had to complete the series, and was able to get the 6th on eBay cheaply.

It surprisingly cost me less money and effort to complete S2 than S1.

Bring on Series 3.  ::)

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July 3, 2024 coments below.

I'm just not feeling Series 2.

I was able to complete the first set with an in-store purchase of several crates -- the first time I had been back at Disneyland in decades --  and an eBay pick-up of the two droids I didn't have. I was lucky. That wasn't fun and it wasn't cheap.

I'd be more gung-ho if the domes on the astromechs weren't the same style we repeatedly get. And I can't stand bb-8-type droids as a figure.

I had 3 sets of friends go to Disneyland just before S2 was released. If someone I know goes and happens to come across the crates, I'll probably ask them to pick up a few. But I have no intention of actively completing a set.



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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2024: Vehicles
« on: June 30, 2024, 11:46 PM »
Alphabetical order

1 - A4B truckspeeder (Solo movie)
2 - C-PH Patrol Speeder Bike (Solo movie)
3 - Fang Fighter (single occupant) (Rebels)
4 ‐ First Order Transport/Atmospheric Assault Lander (AAL) (The Force Awakens)
5  -Gauntlet Starfighter (The Mandalorian)
6 -Mandalorian Speederbike (The Mandalorian)
7 - Marauder (Bad Batch)
8 - Ubrikkian 9000 Z001 landspeeder (ball speeder) (A New Hope)
9 - Virago (Shadows of the Empire)
10 - Void Spider TX-3 Air Taxi (A New Hope)

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Arghh. I have a fondness for those characters from the 90s (and 80s) comics and books. I missed finalizing my list. Again.

Stoopid Easter.

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