2020 Walmart TVC Incinerator Trooper

[Darth_Anton]

Someone's stating that the incinerator trooper is a WM exclusive. Can't confirm it. Hope not.

[Jeff]

Someone's stating that the incinerator trooper is a WM exclusive.

Yes, it is supposed to be an exclusive.  Here is the pre-order link:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Only-At-Walmart-Star-Wars-The-Vintage-Collection-Incinerator-Trooper-Toy-3-75-inch-Scale-The-Mandalorian-Action-Figure/639747489

[P-Siddy]

I just preordered 2.  So, still up (until they cancel my order).

[Darth_Anton]

I ordered... a bunch. We'll see how it goes. The limit of 2 was wise, but I'm already dreading how they'll be shipped.

[Matt_Fury]

I was able to get and order in for two.  I wish these weren’t a Walmart exclusive, but at least they seem to be readily available.

[Nicklab]

I just placed my order for a pair.  It's a sharp looking trooper, and the flame effects are really well done.

It's kind of funny to look at this figure and then look back at the Incinerator Stormtrooper from the sub-line for The Force Unleashed that came out back in 2009.  Because there's actually some continuity from that TFU figure up through the trooper seen in The Mandalorian.

[Jeff]

Got one of these in-hand thanks to the PR loot box.  Man, this is a really nice figure.




Like I mentioned in the Din Djarin thread, for some reason both the Incinerator Trooper and the Din Djarin/Child figure are labelled VC177 - wonder if they will fix it before release or if it'll have to be a running change.  Guessing one of these is going to end up an error card so I'm tempted to not open either one right away.

Incinerator Trooper on the Left, Din Djarin on the Right:

[Nicklab]

Some interesting news about the delay in shipping for the Incinerator Trooper from The Vintage Collection group on Facebook.  It might be attributable to a container ship that was bound for the U.S. hit trouble in a storm in the North Pacific near Hawaii.  Per some news reports the ship lost over 1,000 shipping containers due to the rough seas, and it returned to Asia for repairs and cargo inspection. 

***EDIT - SPECULATION FROM SOME IN THE FACEBOOK TVC GROUP HAS THEORIZED*** that the Incinerator Troopers may have been on this particular ship.

[Mister Skeezler]

I wonder if the Mandalorian and Child 2pack was on that ship too, since it seems to be delayed for everyone I've heard from.

[Rob]

Some interesting news about the delay in shipping for the Incinerator Trooper from The Vintage Collection group on Facebook.  It might be attributable to a container ship that was bound for the U.S. hit trouble in a storm in the North Pacific near Hawaii.  Per some news reports the ship lost over 1,000 shipping containers due to the rough seas, and it returned to Asia for repairs and cargo inspection.  And it seems that the Incinerator Troopers may have been on this particular ship.

If they were on that ship, I wonder if it was a lost container or just one of the others.  The deck of that one was such a mess that I’m sure there will be delays for everything on it, lost at sea or not.

[Nicklab]

The report said 1200+ containers were lost.  I imagine it's going to take some time to safely unload the cargo and assess what made it back to port, what was damaged and what was lost.  Who knows if those containers went over or not?

[Matt_Fury]

Why am I imagining some treasure hunting show on Discovery where divers a re looking for the lost incinerator troopers?   

[Dave]

Some interesting news about the delay in shipping for the Incinerator Trooper from The Vintage Collection group on Facebook.  It might be attributable to a container ship that was bound for the U.S. hit trouble in a storm in the North Pacific near Hawaii.  Per some news reports the ship lost over 1,000 shipping containers due to the rough seas, and it returned to Asia for repairs and cargo inspection.  And it seems that the Incinerator Troopers may have been on this particular ship.

Where is Jayson when you need him.  He tracks all those cargo ships...

[Nicklab]

Some interesting news about the delay in shipping for the Incinerator Trooper from The Vintage Collection group on Facebook.  It might be attributable to a container ship that was bound for the U.S. hit trouble in a storm in the North Pacific near Hawaii.  Per some news reports the ship lost over 1,000 shipping containers due to the rough seas, and it returned to Asia for repairs and cargo inspection.  And it seems that the Incinerator Troopers may have been on this particular ship.

Where is Jayson when you need him.  He tracks all those cargo ships...

Right????  He's doing some next level data mining!

I found some video of the ship.  OMG!  The crew is lucky they didn't capsize if the waves were strong enough to do that.  And updated reports indicate as many as 1800 containers were lost.  That's a lot of consumer good that were on their way to the U.S., and not just some figures.

[Nicklab]

If the delays persist I may just grab the flamethrower from a FO Flametrooper and try to put it on one of my Force Unleashed Incinerator troopers as a stand-in for a Nevarro diorama.  Because I have seen no signs of movement on this from Walmart.