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2013 Droid Factory = Dead
Jeff:
Ruh-oh. Take this with a grain of salt, but Dan Curto posted some news from a Target source:
--- Quote ---•STAR WARS DROID FACTORY FIGS
•087-06-1380 $9.99
•Discontinued
--- End quote ---
Yep, that says "Discontinued".
We don't know that "discontinued" necessarily means the figures have been cancelled outright, it could just mean the DPCI has been discontinued since they were dropped from the Spring planograms or something. But it sure fits with the other rumors that the Droid Factory stuff wasn't coming this spring after all... :(
shmashwitdaclub:
probably just pushed back to be more in line with the movie releases. A push back will give Hasbro time to sell the "greatest hits" :P Vintage line figures that could never get out to retail. "discontinued" could just be reassigning to a new dpci for whatever reason (perhaps a push back).
Either way, of course the main line isn't done. Of course Hasbro is not going to not release the figures made for this new line - the tooling is there, Hasbro won't waste the investment on so many figures. We will see these figures in some way, shape or form.
Jesse James:
I look at it like this:
-the line has a lot of life with new movies so no need to go into "sky is falling" mode.
-like above molds are tooled. They'll happen.
-all the changes for the brand overall with new films and the shifting sands of the 3D releases, coupled with a poorly executed 2012, means changes were almost inevitable. Just what those changes would be we're up for debate.
-$ saved... It gives a shot at extras of some 2012 figures, or firsts for the less fortunate collectors, an at the same time saves the rest of us time and money. I've learned breaks in the hobby are good for us and help you learn about yourself as a collector.
-there seem to be a couple things coming to tide you over, but its also a chance to explore other licensees. Assuming this is a full year (or longer) type of situation and not just a break till say Fall/Back-to-School or whatever.
Pete_Fett:
I'm actually looking forward to a "break" for the better part of 2013. And I say "break" because, there's still (for me at least):
- The Yoda Packaging Class I Vehicles (four of them)
- The Yoda Packaging Class II Vehicles (three of them)
- A wave of Movie Heroes (Light-up Anakin, Light-up Sandtrooper, Exploding Battledroid, etc...)
- A wave of Clone Wars (assuming that it will come out since it's mostly repacks anyway)
- the Vintage packaged Endor AT-AT
So there's plenty of stuff coming.
If anything, I'm more concerned about the "lost" four Movie Heroes figures from the 2012 line - Tan "Exploding" Battledroid, Light-up Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker, Rocket Firing Backpack Boba Fett & Light-up Canon Sandtrooper. All on Darth Maul card-backs, all with Battle Card Game Cards. All four of them have been released in Europe on tri-lingual cards. Is that going to be the only way we can get those four figures? Or with the Vintage "greatest hits" coming out, is there a chance we might see a 4th wave of Maul-carded Movie Heroes at some point this Winter?
If there's Q&A at Toy Fair, that might make for a great question as to the fate of those four figures for the US market.
Scockery:
The clone wars releases have had carded images shown, assumably they are ready to go.
Problem with breaks, is that after distribution of Vintage, I feel like the whole thing is a break until some minor miracle happens.
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