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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Rumors
« on: Today at 11:31 AM »
It looks very likely that a new preorder is coming on March 26th.  Check out EE's Drop Zone, because it looks like a vehicle is in the mix along with some figures.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 SWTVC March Madness
« on: Today at 11:28 AM »
It's down to the Sweet Sixteen!  Here are the matchups

THE WEST
THE STRANGER  VS  MARA JADE
ARLEIL SCHOUS  VS  ECHO (The Bad Batch)
LUTHEN RAEL  VS  SAW GERRERA
PONG KRELL VS  BAZE MALBUS


THE EAST
WRECKER  VS  TWO TUBES
AGENT KALLUS  VS  ASAJJ VENTRESS
CROSSHAIR  VS  ENDOR REBEL COMMANDO
PADME AMIDALA (Geonosis)  VS  TECH


Voting commences tomorrow, Monday, March 17 at 12:01 AM ET.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Who Is Left From The Cantina?
« on: March 15, 2025, 11:42 AM »
Now that's an exhaustive list!!!!  I would kid and ask if you had a definitive list from the Richard Pryor Star Wars bar sketch, Jeff, but I would think you might have a draft of that in the works already, LOL!

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Rumors
« on: March 14, 2025, 02:41 PM »
I put Dengar in there on account of the long-standing rumor about him being offered as one of the Fan Channel refresh figures.  But if we're talking about a NEW TVC figure from The Empire Strikes Back?  I think the possibilities are pretty expansive.  The Imperial officers that are now a possibility thanks to the existing officer bucks (short & tall) open things up to officers like Ozzel, Veers, Needa, Lennox, Sheckil, etc.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Rumors
« on: March 14, 2025, 09:50 AM »
Interesting updates on the YF rumor list.  I've been trying to predict what some of them are, and have had varying degrees of success.  These are my current guesses:


-Imperial Armored Commando officer - THE MANDALORIAN
-IG-11 (Marshal of Nevarro) - THE MANDALORIAN
-Hera Syndulla (Season 1) - REBELS
-Ezra Bridger (Season 1) - REBELS
-Sabine Wren (Seaon 1) - REBELS
-Captain Rex - REBELS
-Agent Kallus - REBELS
-Savage Opress - CLONE WARS
-Maul (Spider Legs) - CLONE WARS
-Dengar - Reissue - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
-Cassian Andor (season 2 - like TBS version) - ANDOR
-Luthen Rael - ANDOR
-Owen Lars - ANH
-Beru Lars - ANH
-Morgan Elsbeth (Sword of Talzin) - AHSOKA
-Ahsoka Tano (Battle of Teth Flashback) - AHSOKA
-Ezra Bridger (Peridea) - AHSOKA
-Zombie Death Trooper - AHSOKA
-SM-33 - SKELETON CREW
-Obi-Wan Kenobi - ROTS



Most of these were pretty well reasoned.  Some were cynical.  And others (Owen and Beru) were a shot in the dark.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Pulse / Pulse Premium Discussion
« on: March 12, 2025, 09:43 AM »
Quote from: P-Siddy on March 10, 2025, 03:38 PM
It happened to you too?

I finally got an order through on the app after deleting it and reinstalling it.

Still, not reassuring if it comes to an Con exclusive but I think there will be other purchases before that happens

Re-installing the app seems to have worked for me.  But it doesn’t explain why it was holding up an order using the website and my laptop.


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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Pulse / Pulse Premium Discussion
« on: March 10, 2025, 02:33 PM »
Rob beat you to it!  And it's something that's going to affect all goods produced in China.  That's not something that's an insignificant consideration.

Oh, as for placing orders on Hasbro Pulse?  I got the pleasure of trying to deal with that mess.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Rumors
« on: March 10, 2025, 02:31 PM »
Jayson has updated the rumor mills over at YF.  He's saying that there could be around a dozen TVC *ITEMS* revealed between now and Star Wars Celebration in Japan next month.  So that seems to point towards the potential for a vehicle and/or playset in addition to figures.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Pulse / Pulse Premium Discussion
« on: March 10, 2025, 12:39 PM »
Based on the tariff situation?  I think it's time for me to pull the trigger.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Everything eBay! Scams, questions, etc...
« on: March 10, 2025, 11:08 AM »
I've been trying to keep the best offers within 25% of my asking price.  But I've been more actively looking at the traffic my listings get, along with the number of watchers, and researching sold prices.  Even then, it's difficult making sense of why the same item can sell for a lot more in one listing compared to another when I look through the sold listings.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 SWTVC March Madness
« on: March 10, 2025, 10:59 AM »
The Southeast region voting is happening today.  These are the matchups:

CROSSHAIR VS GALACTIC MARINE

PLO KOON VS QUI-GON JINN

OBI-WAN KENOBI (JEDI MASTER) VS ENDOR REBEL COMMANDO

SIM ALOO VS SUPREME LEADER KYLO REN

PELI MOTTO VS PADME AMIDALA (BATTLE OF GEONOSIS)

CARSON TEVA VS DASH RENDAR

NEEL VS PIRATE CAPTAIN BRUTUS

TECH VS EZRA BRIDGER (PERIDEA)

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 Hasbro Pulse Fan Stream Reveals
« on: March 10, 2025, 09:37 AM »
This marks the first time in a long time that I didn't get orders in the day things were listed for pre-order.  And a big part of it was some sticker shock with the deluxe offerings and their higher prices, along with trying to be a smarter consumer.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 SWTVC March Madness
« on: March 10, 2025, 09:33 AM »
So has anyone been taking part in the voting?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Everything eBay! Scams, questions, etc...
« on: March 3, 2025, 05:34 PM »
I've been doing the same thing with my Best Offers.  My asking prices are fairly well researched, and the BO's range between 10 - 20% off of that asking price.  The best tool I've found when dealing with some of the DM negotiators is reviewing their offer history.  If the offer history is just ridiculous, then I know pretty quickly who I'm dealing with.  And the "probing offers" to find the bottom of the BO range is telling, too, like you said.  When I see someone who has made 3 or more BO's that get automatically declined?  I may very well decline their offer that just hits the best offer threshold out of principle.

Oh, and don't get me started on the people who send the sob stories!  Once I see those?  I feel like the only way to deal with them is to just block them.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Everything eBay! Scams, questions, etc...
« on: March 3, 2025, 04:59 PM »
OMFG, these F-ing people!


As a seller I have found that offering up a Best Offer option has helped me move some items.  But that does not seem to mean anything to the cavalcade of tire kickers and bottom feeders who think they can get a special deal by slipping into my DM's! 

"My offer got automatically declined!  What's the least you'll take?"

Or then there's the guy who wants a bundle deal (which I will entertain via DM's), who then asks what I want for that bundle.  To which I have to respond "You already know what my asking price is.  If you're interested please make an offer".

Do people not understand Negotiation 101?  I put a price out there, you make an offer.   It's really not that f***ing complicated.

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