I'm in for the Republic Commando. I'll have to order in-store since Gamestop's website won't allow me to preorder anything for whatever reason.

What's weirder is that the Rex and Crosshair exclusives were both priced around $32 

Finally got a chance to watch the finale after traveling out of the country for work.

Overall this show was really bad. The story was all over the place, stuff was introduced and then forgotten about... hell, Boba doesn't even appear in two full episodes. Also undoes the emotional finale of Mando Season 2 by bringing us right back to the status quo with The Travelin' Adventures of Din and Grogu. The characters were awful

As for the finale... that was the worst battle I think I've ever seen. Why on earth would they not hold up in Jabba's Palace, a literal armed fortress, instead of the blown up casino? Why don't they have any sort of ion cannons or ion weapons to take down those POTF2 Deluxe Figure Robots' shields? Why are the bad guys only able to hit Black ChrisHanson's bandolier, which only covers 10% of his body, tops? Why is Shand killing off the bad guy leaders (that scene was REALLY dark for Disney too) instead of Boba?

I wanted to like this show, I really did. But they've now ruined the Boba Fett character (had the story and timeline not been so inconsistent, that may not have happened), and actually kind of made me unexcited for Mandalorian Season 3.

They specifically talked characters who show up in new Disney+ shows turning up in the 3.75" or 6" figure lines, but Hasbro releases another rendition of that character.  It seems like it's deliberate based on things we've been seeing over the past year or so.  As if a "placeholder" figure will satisfy us.

I would assume that, like the movies, Disney lets Hasbro in on very little of the filming process. Remember when Hasbro said they had no idea what old Luke looked like until they watched the end of TFA? Could be the same thing here. And perhaps these other versions were already in the works; we know it takes something like 12-18 months for a figure to go from concept to release, and we're roughly a year removed from the Bad Batch's premiere. So Hasbro probably hasn't been able to plan a Live Action Bane until he showed up in the series 2 weeks ago. Of course I could be way overthinking this.

Cody has been going up for sale on Amazon and quickly selling out the last few days. I was able to grab one this morning. Good to finally get my hands on that one after Target refused to sell it to me last year.

Yep, if this were a few bucks cheaper I'd grab it, but I have the original, so I'm okay. I'm debating selling off my Bad Batch stuff anyway.

Opening up the 6 inch figures saves TONS of space. I'm just beginning that journey. Plus, I get the nostalgia for carded TVC figures considering the history there. But is anyone really clamoring to keep 6 inch figures in the generic packaging?

Pretty much the same thing as what I listed in 2021...

Star Wars - Black Series and any cool SH Figuarts or MAFEX offerings from Japan.

Marvel - Mostly Legends, with a focus on Spider-Man and his rogue gallery. I'm also going after X-Men stuff, particularly Jim Lee designs or anything based on the 90s Animated Series. The MAFEX comic line is fantastic in this regard, and thankfully the limited number of releases each year helps with the high prices.

DC - I guess MacFarlane is releasing the unreleased DC Direct Batman TAS figures... I know those are all cel shaded, which would make them match the upcoming Hasbro animated X-Men stuff, but do I REALLY need to drop $40 after shipping on repaints? Not sure that I do. If not, I'll buy any cool stuff that MAFEX releases that catches my eye. Again, would very likely be limited to any Batman TAS stuff.