Saw the finale.  No spoilers -- I am satisfied with what we got.

Based on all the comments I've seen and read over the last few years, the Death Star and/or the ME Cantina are going to be really interesting choices for potential HasLabs.  Probably way more controversial than anyone is expecting for two OT popular locations.

There are so many personal visions of what a Death Star playset should look like (a giant ball, a throw-back to the Kenner set, a throw-back to the palitoy set, something customizable/stackable) and then the cost expectations that go with it.  A lot of people say "$450-500 max", but the renders and info Jayson had seen for the mega-ball render he had seen and sketched would cost in the $800-1000 range. That's going to be a LOT for some folks.  How much detail does it need to be a HasLab "dream" project?  How far can Hasbro push that "dream project" angle before they price themselves out?  If it costs more than most can handle, that will cause a lot of anger and jealousy from the segment that can't afford it.

And the Cantina.  The cost would probably depend greatly on what it looks like.  Is it the whole thing, like the LEGO version?  Should it just be the main bar section with chairs/stools and bottles and bits that the Instagram collectors would LOVE posing figures in for photos but make the old timers complain "who needs all these bottles and pillows"? (Hi, Dave! )  And what about pack-ins?  Again, going back to the JD Twitter polls - you'd get some kind of "no oola, no moolah" type reaction to the Cantina if they finally make it and there are no Tonnika Sisters in the tiers ("No Tonnika, No Thanks"?  "No Sisters, No Sale"?).  What about a new Wuher or Chalmun the Wookiee Cantina owner?  Are they "must haves"?  Are you willing to pay extra if Hasbro goes all out on lights/sounds/electronics? 

I feel like you could do a crazy "dream level" Cantina for $500 with electronics (the droid scanner at the door, the cantina band soundtrack) and go crazy with the pack-ins - 6-8 figures instead of 3-4.  Do the alien weirdos that have ZERO chance at getting into the main retail line these days - Tzizvvt, new Wuher, Chalmun, Baniss Keeg, new Lak Sivrak, etc.  Support it with a new Greedo, Hammerhead, Ponda, Snaggle carded 4-pack at Hasbro Pulse. 

OR, maybe the Cantina doesn't need to be a HasLab?  Maybe Hasbro could go the Hasbro Pulse way with the Cantina like the Jabba's palace set - you'd have to sacrifice the pack-ins down to one (likely Wuher) and then sacrifice all the electronics and sounds to get it down to that $250 range.  Tricky decisions to get right and get the biggest bang for all involved.


(after all this fun speculation and talk, watch it turn out to be a HasLab Bad Batch Shuttle, launched months after the hype of the Series finale when they could have capitalized on that hype if they stuck to the original reveal this week... ).

Looks like we crossed off one of the #1s last year with the upcoming Blurrg as well as the Loth-Cat, though it didn't make the top 10.

Here are the results!

1.   Imperial Sandtroopers
1.   Rebel Pathfinders (Rogue One)
3.   Endor Rebel Commandos
3.   Nevarro Covert Mandalorians
5.   Imperial Mudtrooper (Solo)
5.   Imperial Navy Troopers
5.   Imperial Officers - Stormtrooper Corps (Black Tunics)
5.   Imperial Snowtroopers (Hoth)
5.   Jedi Temple Guards
5.   Rebel Allaince Command/Officers (Yavin IV)

and the rest:
11.   187th Legion Clone Troopers (Phase II Armor) (Maroon or Purple Deco)
11.   21st Nova Corps Clone Troopers (Phase II Armor)
11.   327th Star Corps (Phase I or II Armor)
11.   B-2 Super Battle Droids
11.   Bespin Security Guards
11.   Darktroopers (Phase II) (Dark Forces)
11.   Ewoks (Return of the Jedi)
11.   Galactic Marines
11.   Imperial Beskar Troopers (Mandalore)
11.   Imperial Officers - Riot Gear (Andor)
11.   Imperial Purge Troopers (with Electrostaff) (Jedi Fallen Order)
11.   Imperial Security Bureau Officers
11.   Imperial Sentinels (Dark Empire)
11.   Imperial Shadow Troopers (Crimson Empire)
11.   Imperial Space Trooper
11.   Imperial Tank Driver
11.   Kamino Security Clone Troopers
11.   Mon Calamari Officers (Return of the Jedi)
11.   Phase II Clone Troopers (Shocktroopers)
11.   Purge Troopers
11.   Rebel Pilots (Battle of Endor)
11.   Rebel Vanguard Troopers (Star Wars: Battlefront)
11.   Republic Troopers (The Old Republic)
11.   Sith Troopers (105 Battalion) (First Order) (The Rise of Skywalker)

That would make sense but also when had Jayson ever been wrong about this stuff.   Maybe it’ll be like last year where there’s the Ghost but there’s also Jabba’s Palace as a regular, expensive release.