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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Legacy Collection => Topic started by: Rob on February 15, 2009, 12:16 AM
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From Rebelscum:
(http://www.rebelscum.com/TF2009/Hasbropanel/Slide32.JPG)
This makes my day... I only have one of them and recently decided I wanted to pick up the rest, but they're going for $25 or so each on eBay at the moment. I wonder if R4-P17 will show up.
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I was surprised by this as well. I know SWS.com has been selling them for ever but I stopped picking them up after the first few.
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Ack! I still have four left to unload. Gotta get em up on the bay before everyone is aware.
$25 isn't really a lot for them either. My cost was about $18 on them, so not that bad.
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Interesting. I was tempted to pick these up, but the slight over-scale held (holds) me back. I'm sure I'll pick up one just to play with. I wonder how much they'll retail for.
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Ack! I still have four left to unload. Gotta get em up on the bay before everyone is aware.
$25 isn't really a lot for them either. My cost was about $18 on them, so not that bad.
It's not a ton, but for the 4 I'm missing I don't really want to spend $100 plus shipping. My hope is that they were only that price because they were exclusive to a country half way around the world, and once they show up here they're be more like $10 or $15 - and without international shipping charges to boot.
Sounds like they'll be $16.99 (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1232504675,95633,)
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Just a remind that our DPCI we scooped a little while ago was speculated that it could be these droids actually. Kudos to whoever said they thought that... I forget who now. It was a good guess!
I'm happy about these too as I just have R2, but love him. I'll gladly nab all 3 for that price. They'll fill in nicely and the RC action is sorta fun at times, actually.
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I have a couple and think they're great! My nephew thought they were fun to play with on his last visit, so I got him one of his own.
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I just have the first R2 as well, and I really like it too. I held off on the others due to price, but they are pretty nifty. I could see them doing pretty well at retail, if the price isn't too high. I might consider picking up another one or two, it all depends on the budget. I'm definitely glad I have the R2 though. I could see kids getting a kick out of it, I know our nephews think the one I have is pretty nifty.
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Since I have all of these, including the "clear" one that was released for Celebration Japan - I'm going to pass on these. The only thing that may prompt me to buy one is if they release a new astromech that Tomy never released, but I doubt that will happen.
It will be interesting to see if the packaging is the same but with new graphics or a completely new design.
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I'll bite as long as Hasbro doesn't plan on doing this to every droid repaint. Never picked up any of the Tomy versions.
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Woot! I'm getting one of each of these. I missed them the first go around. Just wish they were not a Target exclusive.
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It will be interesting to see if the packaging is the same but with new graphics or a completely new design.
Looks like it's all-new packaging (http://www.sirstevesguide.com/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=1987) for these. For whatever reason, I haven't bought any of these little Japanese droids yet, but now that they are coming to Target I'll probably grab R2-D2 at the very least...
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The first R2 was the only one I bought from sws.com, but I never opened it, and now I can't seem to find it. I'm glad there are some other ones coming out and available at a store close by.
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It will be interesting to see if the packaging is the same but with new graphics or a completely new design.
Looks like it's all-new packaging (http://www.sirstevesguide.com/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=1987) for these. For whatever reason, I haven't bought any of these little Japanese droids yet, but now that they are coming to Target I'll probably grab R2-D2 at the very least...
Thanks for the package shots Jeff! I might pick a few of these up - I'm a little dissapointed to have paid the higher price on SWshop.com to get the foreign versions long ago, but oh well.
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It will be interesting to see if the packaging is the same but with new graphics or a completely new design.
Looks like it's all-new packaging (http://www.sirstevesguide.com/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=1987) for these. For whatever reason, I haven't bought any of these little Japanese droids yet, but now that they are coming to Target I'll probably grab R2-D2 at the very least...
I guess based on the packaging these are going to be shipping before the transition to the new line look.
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Well - speaking as someone who bought each of the Tomy imports from StarWarsShop.com - I'm still kinda glad that I did.
Looks like the base/stand that shipped with the Japanese versions has been dropped from the packaging.
While a base/stand doesn't seem like much of a big deal, the great thing about it in this case is that it has a spot to hold the lightsaber handle remote. This way, if you display your open stuff, the remote rests neatly next to your remote control droid.
I guess this is one of the ways they're keeping the price on these down.
Still think I'm going to pass and add these to the list of stuff "I've already got and don't need the packaging variants" that I am passing on now due to space considerations
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Nice r2d2, a bit larger than hasbro votc, I would be prepared to pay maximum 15 bucks for it.
Hey guys, do you fancy what will happen if Tommy launches stormies, Vaders, bobas, and other characters?
it Will be harder for Tommy to compete with Hasbro, which is doing a great job.
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Nice r2d2, a bit larger than hasbro votc, I would be prepared to pay maximum 15 bucks for it.
I live by one of the Targets that sells basic figs for $8.79 so maybe these will be cheaper else where, but when I put the numbers for these into the scanner they come up $16.99. At that price I think I'm only getting the R5-X? since "he" is the only character of these I don't have any version of.
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I'm pretty excited for these actually. I held off buying the imports because of the price + shipping. I really wanted the R5 but not at the cost. Now though, I'll gladly nab any unique one I can find. I'll deal with the price happily enough... Love my R2-D2, and these have me pretty pumped for the rest of the crew.
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Has there been any word on whether R4-P17 will be part of the assortment? Are there any others besides that one that aren't listed in the Hasbro slide?
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Has there been any word on whether R4-P17 will be part of the assortment? Are there any others besides that one that aren't listed in the Hasbro slide?
I haven't seen R4 listed, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro planned on releasing all of them at some point as long as Target continues to give them the peg space. The only one I wouldn't expect to see is the clear R2-D2, but I would think all of the movie ones are fair game.
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Wait a second... there's a clear R2-D2? ???
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Wait a second... there's a clear R2-D2? ???
Yep - it was the Celebration Japan exclusive from Tomy, they sold them at SWS.com for a short period after that convention was held.
Here's the photo-gallery for it on RebelScum: http://www.rebelscum.com/TACCJclearR2D2.asp
edit: You can actually still buy it from SWS.com - http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=1223962;category_id=322
I only got one for my collection, now that it's been reduced to $17.99, I might have to pick another one up to open... ;D
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That's what I get for deciding really late in the game that I was going to collect the RC droids.
Thanks for the link, I'm putting in an order now before I miss out.
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I was just over at Target.com, and I noticed that these are in stock and shipping in 24 hours there. I haven't seen these at retail (and I don't think they've been found anywhere yet), but I thought I'd pass it along if anyone was interested in picking them up online.
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Picked up R5-X2 at Target. It's my first RC droid, and I highly recommend these. They're really cool. 8)
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How much were these when Tak/Tomy had them? Is $16.99 a fair price? I think these are pretty cool, but not sure if I want to start down an endless repaint route at this price. :-\
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How much were these when Tak/Tomy had them? Is $16.99 a fair price?
SWShop is selling the Japanese versions for $20-$25 plus shipping, so $17 for these current versions at Target is a "fair" price. Not "cheap" by any means, but cheaper than the original RotS/30AC Japanese versions.
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How much were these when Tak/Tomy had them? Is $16.99 a fair price?
SWShop is selling the Japanese versions for $20-$25 plus shipping, so $17 for these current versions at Target is a "fair" price. Not "cheap" by any means, but cheaper than the original RotS/30AC Japanese versions.
Even on sale at SWShop I don't think they got below $15. They are definitely cool and I'm not returning mine, but I couldn't help but feel a wee bit screwed paying over $70 for four little packages.
And don't even think about quoting that - the OOC thread is closed. ;D
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They are definitely cool and I'm not returning mine, but I couldn't help but feel a wee bit screwed paying over $70 for four little packages.
That's why I plan on getting the ones that I'm interested in one at a time. :)
I've only picked up R5-X2 so far (he's the only one I've seen). Despite the price, I think these are very cool and they're definitely neat additions to the collection. I wouldn't mind a couple more waves to pick and choose droids from.
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I think for what you get that $15 is fair... The rationale being that it takes a good bit actually to engineer something this small in RC, that functions well. These seem to do that. I have R2-D2, Q5, and R5-X2... I'm pleased with each and every one of these... I think SWS was a fair price for "imports", and that $15 at Target is a fair price for something ultimately they imported in bulk.
R5's paintjob is outstanding too, and Q5 would look neat twirling around anyone's Death Star hangar bay (an ideally flat setting for him!) I think.
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These have shown up around here. I'm very tempted to pick up the R5. Might pick up the R2 D2 for my girls though.
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I think $17 is probably a fair price for the little motor in them. But that doesn't make it any easier to shell out $70+ at a time. I bought R5X2 because I have no other version of him and we'll see on the rest.
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I haven't been to all of our local Targets, but at our closest store these seem to be selling really well. I think they were down to one on the pegs last time I was there. I don't know if it is casual buyers or collectors who skipped/didn't know about the Japanese versions - but it is nice to see them selling well. They are fun little toys. I just have the original R2, but I'm debating on whether to pick up more or not.
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I haven't been to all of our local Targets, but at our closest store these seem to be selling really well.
I frequent several - several times a week and these seem to be selling very well. I haven't picked any up yet, but I'm hoping too...someday.
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I bought the R2-D2 on Sunday... took me a while to track him down, as he seems to be the biggest seller of the line. As fun as the little guys are, I cannot see myself getting the other 3 droids at such a high price. Though it would be cool to have a race or something with all 4, so you never know.
Oddly enough, other than R2-D2 the Droids seem to be selling poorly in both Atlanta and Raleigh. Probably the price.
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I've only seen the droids at a few of the Targets I've been to. I'm not sure if some stores have not been getting them or if they've sold out at some, but I sometimes don't even see the peg space for them.
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I've been to at least 6 Targets since I got back from vacation 3 or so weeks ago. Only one of them has reset to include the Rancor, and none of them have a shelf tag for the droids yet.
Do we have a dcpi floating around for these anywhere?
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Yup, up in the Target DPCI thread. :P
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These are moving so-so here. Moved better at first. I think they are small and pricey to the average mom/grandma in the aisle, so sales have slowed. R2's definitely teh toughie to spot though. I see the background astro's randomly.
I've not even opened my R5X2 yet... Q5's different enough he looks good on the IMperial shelf with the regular figure.
I like these, I like getting them relatively inexpensively, and if they ever go on clearance I think I'll nab a couple for customs (and R5D4, just cuz).
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Thanks Jesse, that post was from February and I didn't realize it was accurate.
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Didn't see a thread for this, but anyone see the big RC R2 at KMart? Its $30 bucks at the store near me and is about 6-8 inches tall. Just wondering if anyone has one and what they are like. My Wife thinks its pretty cool and that my boys would love it, but since they are 1 & 3, I don't think spending $30 on sometihng that is going to get dropped/thrown down the stairs is probably a good idea....
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They have them at Target - for I believe $24.99.
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Yeah, I saw them at SuperTarget a couple weeks back as well. Thought about picking one up eventually (maybe for Christmas), as our daughter loves all things R2 right now, and enjoys playing with the smaller version that we have.
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You should get to Target and pick these up ASAP if you want them. Most of the stores around me have them in the SW planogram at $16-17, but a few in the area have already started clearancing them and they are all gone. They come in small white boxes and are hanging on the pegs near the basic figs and galactic heroes. I've only seen them at Target.
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I've seen them at Target as well as Wal-Mart.
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I've seen them at Target as well as Wal-Mart.
And my Kay-Bee is loaded with 'em.
They're pretty neat for the money. I kinda wish they just put out 1 or 2 rather than 4, but I'd say that one is as much fun (or more fun) than two basic R2-D2 figures at $8 a pop. I'd be down for a similar C-3PO with light-up eyes and flailing arms... which will probably never happen.
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I assume the most recent conversation has gone from 6" to 3 3/4" ???
- thankfully a certain thread has been distinguished.
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In regards to the 3 3/4", I picked up the R5 a while back. My first one of these. Very fun, though I won't be getting the others.