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Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« on: September 23, 2021, 12:02 PM »
These turned out 1000x better than what I was expecting based on the early rumors.  Pics from Jayson/Yakface Twitter:




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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2021, 12:29 PM »
Agreed!  I was wondering just what these might be when the rumors began to circulate.  Figures from the vintage Droid and Ewoks lines have always gotten treated like the red-headed step children of the Kenner era (except for Vlix, of course).  And those figures weren't really something that interested me. 

But these are oddly more likable than I thought they might be.  And I'm pretty sure that Boba Fett sculpt is the VC-186 ROTJ Boba Fett under all of that Droids deco.
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2021, 12:47 PM »
These look sweet.  :)

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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2021, 12:58 PM »
These do look pretty cool.
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2021, 01:26 PM »
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2021, 01:39 PM »
Agreed Jeff.  Way better looking than expected.  The coins are a nice bonus too.   I wonder if this opens the door to POTF style vintage cards and of course, Sim Aloo.

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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2021, 01:42 PM »
These are exactly what I'd expected. Guess that's why I was all in when Jayson first mentioned them. Wonder which ebay seller will get a bunch of my money......
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2021, 03:01 PM »
Sounds like these should go up for pre-order tomorrow as part of Target's Collector Geek Out Fall event.  Jayson posted the links earlier in the thread.  Roughly 9am ET.

Here are some PR shots of the coins:




And some random loose shots...

C-3PO seems to be a repaint of the VC06 C-3PO with the panels...




R2-D2 seems to be the VC25 R2-D2 sculpt with an animated deco...




And a closer look at Fett, who does appear to be a really nice repaint of the new VC186 sculpt.

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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2021, 04:29 PM »
It's been decades since I've watched Droids... when in the general timeline does it take place?

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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2021, 04:44 PM »
At one point Droids was set as 15 years before ANH, but I'm not sure if that 'canon' survived the Disney purchase or not.  It would put Boba Fett around 17yrs old during the events of Droids if that were the case.




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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2021, 05:25 PM »
I like that it frames Threepio and Artoo as being just droids that have been through some **** and eventually stumbled into the saga, rather than a critical part of it from day one. At least as far as I remember it when I watched it as a kid. My kids watched it on Disney+ recently and I watched a few episodes, but they've expressed no interest in going back to it. The opening song is terrible, but it was written by Stewart Copeland, which is funny.
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2021, 10:50 PM »
DROIDS is the best…i rewatched the whole series a few weeks ago and it was glorious. And that theme song rocks!  :D

I love these, will try to get all three but being Target, securing their release could be difficult.
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2021, 09:01 AM »
They just went live!!!!!!
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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2021, 09:02 AM »
Just ordered. A little steep in pricing, but what are we gonna do..?

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Re: Target 2021 TVC Droids Carded Figures
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2021, 09:03 AM »
They just went live!!!!!!

Sweet.  Managed to get all three.

A little unusual for Target to be right on time with these.