2022 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 24)

[Nicklab]

I was just looking through some screencaps because I wanted to see the stripes a bit closer.  The cardback image is a still from chapter 8 of "The Mandalorian" during a flashback scene.

The funny thing?  I found Death Watch Mandalorians who didn't appear to have any stripes.  "1 stripe" is the Mando featured on the cardback - despite the figure having 2 stripes.  And "3 stripes" is the Mandalorian that picks up the young Din Djarin from his hiding place, and eventually flies him out of the battlefield.

I actually had a total of 8 of the Death Watch Mandalorians on preorder - 2 in a case, another 4 from EE, and 2 more from Amazon.  But after seeing the individual markings it made me realize that it might make troop building with them a little weird - especially if Hasbro goes the route of making a troop builder 4-pack with varying markings on the armor.  So I cut my orders down to 4 of them.

[Rob]

Interesting.  Just a slightly odd image (to me anyway) then.

As for pre-orders, I think I pre-ordered 18 or 20 of them.   

Going to talk myself out of keeping that many though.  I was thinking I'd throw a few over by the Clone Wars stuff too.

[Jeff]

Going to talk myself out of keeping that many though.  I was thinking I'd throw a few over by the Clone Wars stuff too.

With so much coming from that final Clone Wars season (Ahsoka, Maul, 332nd Clone, Mando Super Commando) I am guessing that eventually Hasbro will give us a TVC 3.75" version of the Mandalorian Loyalist from Clone Wars (like they put in the Black Series) so save your money for some of those too...

[Nicklab]

I’m still wondering if that Mandalorian Airborne Trooper from the pipeline reveal is still in the works?  Because the artwork in the pipeline presentation was for the Loyalist from the Clone Wars animated series.  Or was that just a case of mistaken identity for the Death Watch Mandalorian?

[Jeff]

TVC 3.75" Death Watch Mandalorian is back up for pre-order at Amazon if you previously missed him or are looking for more -> https://amzn.to/3GFs1Fk #ad #sponsoredlink

[Ryan]

That was quick, out of stock again already?

[Jeff]

Man, that was less than 5 minutes.  People love Mandalorians, I guess?

[Jeff]

Today's livestream 3.75" reveals:

Pre-Order tomorrow, 2/10, at 1pm ET
- 501st Clone Trooper - has a new head sculpt from previous TVC figure (head is a repaint of one of the heads from TVC Bad Batch 4-pack)
- ESB Yoda (which we *think* is a carded repack/repaint of the TVC Cave of Evil 3-pack Yoda)

[Nicklab]

That's an interesting development regarding the 501st Clone Trooper.  The new head looks remarkably better, and the card art looks cool.  And you can't help but appreciate this development since the 501st was such a prominent part of the Clone Wars series.  But I suspect that the body is going to be the same as recent Clone Trooper releases.

[Ryan]

I missed that part of the stream, hopefully they release the official promo images later today. I'll be interested in seeing the change on this one. I could use a few more of these to go with my CW stuff.

[Nicklab]

FYI, if you're placing preorders through EE this afternoon, this coupon code is still valid: 2103212

I just ordered Yoda and a case of the 501st Clones and it saved me $15.

[Dave]

Anybody find the clone trooper on Amazon?

[Mister Skeezler]

I haven't seen him on Amazon. He's on Pulse, but limit of 2. He's $15.99 for some reason at Dorkside. They're usually my go to for pre-orders, but that seems a bit steep for army building.

[Nicklab]

The 501st Clone and Yoda were $13.99 at EE.

As much I've railed against them for their shipping, I have found them to be the most consistent etailer of the lot.  Amazon is great in terms of availability.  But the condition of your order is always a big question mark until it actually arrives.

[JediJman]

I've given up on ordering the loose TVC figures.  I can't find them, they're always a few bucks extra, sometimes with shipping.  And my Amazon TVC figures always get mangled.  These last two releases I've decided to try ordering EE cases.  I get at least one of everything anyway and the price per figure is $12.76 with the coupon.