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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: October 1, 2020, 12:08 PM »
Quote from: Nicklab on October  1, 2020, 10:57 AM
Quote from: Rob on September 30, 2020, 03:55 PM
Quote from: Nicklab on September 30, 2020, 02:37 PM
It looks like this might have stalled around 8,600.  I like the fact that we have clear indications of the Child coming in The Vintage Collection.  But this figure really should be coming already without the benefit of a crowdfunding campaign.

It’s almost 8,700 now and there are 40 days left. 10k is a no brainer.


The numbers are moving.  It’s at 8,858 as of 11:00 ET today.  Based on the amount of time it took to get from 8k to this level, it’s almost a lock to hit 10k within the 40 day window.  I’m just wondering about how quickly we get there, and the decreasing rate of growth in backers as orders taper off.

Well, given that this week may be the first week with a pay day for some fans since the launch, we probably have a lot of backers still to come. The thing was funded almost instantly and there are still 40 days left. Who knows where it will go. I'm still hoping for 2 more unlocks.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 30, 2020, 10:09 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on September 29, 2020, 10:29 PM
Quote from: StBrianOfMinneapolis on September 29, 2020, 09:23 PM
I could be turned around if they include a second version of the kid in and old white mailer box, so you can keep the carded version in tact.

Also, is there a statement on the Mando figure packaging? I don't recall that, but I feel the same way. Give us one on TVC and another in a white mailer box to open.

Silly Brian.  If they gave you two of each figure with Razor Crest, you'd have no reason to buy more!


Yeah, I know. They have to have stretch goals though.  If this thing sells as much as the sentinel did, they really should pony up more surprises with it.

On another note, I think I'm fine with this release not being a Death Star due to new developments at Hasbro. The evolution of design from the 2019 Jabba's palace set/scene to the Carbon Freezing Chamber and on to the Blockade Runner hallway is really showing vast improvement in Hasbro's design efforts. Many of us have been using the phrase "modular Death Star". I'm going to assume that for a while now they have had a CAD model of a Death Star that isn't modular. Maybe the new design success with the Blockade Runner hallway have prompted a redesign to give more potential to a Death Star set. I can hope.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 29, 2020, 09:23 PM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on September 29, 2020, 11:59 AM
Love that tier 2. However, I imagine those not buying the Crest are losing their minds right now

I'm underwhelmed with Tier 1 & 2. I want to be whelmed damnit!.

I don't think I would care about the escape pod even if it is used in season 2.
Also, the lack of carbonite blocks is shocking. There had better be a surprise coming up.

I could be turned around if they include a second version of the kid in and old white mailer box, so you can keep the carded version in tact.

Also, is there a statement on the Mando figure packaging? I don't recall that, but I feel the same way. Give us one on TVC and another in a white mailer box to open.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: The Yellow Plague - VC 140 Rogue One Stormtrooper
« on: September 20, 2020, 02:00 PM »
Woof,
I guess I am only catching onto this a a year late. I just saw someone on a facebook group post a picture of three of these all with yellow shorts. Is it only the crotch piece that yellows?

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Solo: A Star Wars Story / Re: Retail Prices/Sales/Discounts
« on: September 19, 2020, 01:12 AM »
Five Below stores are receiving new cases of the Solo Quay Tolsite case and the Resistance case all for $3.25 a figure.  I just nabbed a Quay and all the troopers from Resistance from the Southtown Bloomington, MN store. Strangely... Quay was still there but no L3.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 17, 2020, 10:14 PM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on September 17, 2020, 06:06 PM
$350 is probably gonna force me to make a one or the other choice if this is not the Haslab item. I'm gonna be a little annoyed with Hasbro if they release this too close to another Haslab item.
Yeah, but wouldn't it be great if the Razor Crest is the deluxe version($350), is at retail and arriving in December/January?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 17, 2020, 11:59 AM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on September 16, 2020, 07:30 PM
Quote from: StBrianOfMinneapolis on September 16, 2020, 06:37 PM
Quote from: Rob on September 15, 2020, 11:41 PM
Yakface has a rumored Razor Crest price tag of $349

Is this in their forums? I don't see any story.

It's also an "update" to Jayson's original front page post

Ahh, there it is. That thing had better come with and be able to transport at least one blurgg.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 16, 2020, 06:37 PM »
Quote from: Rob on September 15, 2020, 11:41 PM
Yakface has a rumored Razor Crest price tag of $349

Is this in their forums? I don't see any story.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: September 15, 2020, 11:36 PM »
Quote from: Rob on September 14, 2020, 03:07 PM
A big Cantina would be awesome, I'd just want it to fit on a shelf... these huge square or rectangular things that only fit on a table or bigger surface are hard to find places for in my set up...

If they threw in some new, unmade OT characters I'd be all about it.

They would be fools to not make the cantina modular. Most of those shots in the film only translate in a diorama if you lay out one side of the room or one side of the room with the center bar in front of it. If it were only a big rectangular structure it would be less fun to be stuck with a bird's eye view of everything.

Fitting components on a shelf for smaller scenes would be ideal for everyone at some point regardless of how much space a person has.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: September 6, 2020, 03:58 PM »
I hate to give credit to JTA, but they are the only place I have seen with this news. Ollie's stores have cases of TVC including the Rogue One Stormtrooper.

https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/2020-09-03-today-is-the-day-tvc-figures-at-ollies-for-3-99-each/

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: August 27, 2020, 04:33 PM »
Quote from: Jesse James on August 26, 2020, 06:46 PM
Yeah this set isn’t the place...

It’d be kinda neat to see it as like maybe the MP from Rogue One.  Perhaps has a sleeve cuff you slide up the arm.  That would be cool to me.  Ditch the hat and leg ammo thing in place of a holster, sleeve cuff, new head.  Rebrand it.

Or I’d totally be into them doing the director of Rogue One as a RFT from the films end.

All or any of this. The nod to the director is a cool idea.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Black Series 6" Deluxe Imperial Probe Droid
« on: August 25, 2020, 11:57 AM »
One of our local Targets near Minneapolis had these for 8.99. Though that store is always the first to clearance. I'm not a TBS guy  and I only buy when prices are this low so this might be the Super Empire Strikes Back Boss Probe droid for my TVC Luke.


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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: August 22, 2020, 12:07 PM »
Quote from: Dave on August 22, 2020, 10:50 AM
Quote from: CHEWIE on August 22, 2020, 01:22 AM
I was kinda hoping for a blockade runner about the size of the barge.  But after today's reveal, I'm just floored by how nice they pulled off the hallway, made it modular, etc.  It's basically everything I've been hoping for with diorama-esque playsets for what feels like at least 20 years now.

From the photos I've got to agree that they did a fantastic job with this playset, although for collectors it would have been nice to drop the Rebel Trooper and make it $40, but at this point I'm not going to argue.

I hope they take the inspiration and ideas from this and do the exact same thing with an Imperial version - Death Star / Star Destroyer.  Maybe the Haslab project will be a Death Star and it'll use elements of the modular stuff, but I'd also be excited about a fairly carbon copy of the Tantavie IV playset but with Imperial elements.

You may be on to something Dave. As much as I laugh at the notion we would get this hallway set and a full Tantive, that approach might work for both a Death Star playset and an imperial hallway set. A design that can snap on in multiple configurations and allow you to make the display as big as you want to would be pretty awesome.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Project
« on: August 21, 2020, 09:06 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on August 21, 2020, 01:10 PM
So, the reveal of the TVC Tantive IV hallway playset coming this fall should kill the rumors that the Haslab project is that ship. ;)

A few more details from today's Hasbro Pulse live stream:
- coming in September 2020
- launched via a live stream event

Yeah, I'm entertained by people who think the hallway set is a clue that the full ship is coming. nope.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: August 21, 2020, 06:34 PM »
Quote from: Matt_Fury on August 21, 2020, 05:32 PM
I might only have the room to do the enclosed hallway that she showed in the livestream.

That's the beauty of this thing. Now I'm wondering what the layout looks like for the escape pod side of the wall. I wonder if the floor plates fit on that side too.


Oh man, now I'm realizing how much I want foot pegs in the floor plates.  I don't see any. Those rad poses are less rad when you have to glue the figures in place.

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