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Hey Hasbro! / PLEASE give unwanted figures to CHARITY
« on: October 5, 2009, 05:18 PM »
From Sandtroopers Q&A:

3) Now that Hasbro has "supposedly" went around to some stores in some areas and removed the "peg warmers" of Yarna, Trinto Duaba, etc. - how long will it be before we can expect those figures to ship in the Legends line?

It is not "supposed" - we *did* have our legions of retail folk pull back a number of slower moving figures including Yarna, Ak-Rev, the Organas, and Cantina aliens in order to remove them from retailer inventory and stimulate shipment of new waves. They are being destroyed and will never ship, in any form, again. Was the comment about Legends just poking fun, or did you think we actually repacked poor-selling figures onto new cards?

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I cant believe a huge corporation like Hasbro would DESTROY unwanted figures, rather than give them to charity! Is this a common practice among toy companies? We should change the tide and see if Hasbro is willing to donate all the unwanted figures to Toys-for-Tots or something similar rather than be wasteful and simply destroy them.   

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What a unique selection of jedi you have here - I have to say, I love that Baas figure - great sculpting.  I always thought he was a cool jedi from a very odd species - so its great to see him in figure form, maybe Hasbro will get around to him!  ;D

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: Toryn Farr by darth_sidious
« on: October 5, 2009, 04:12 PM »
I appreciate the comments guys - I agree that its hard to use a Leia or Padme head for other female characters most of the time, but I found with the VOTC Leia head, that it doesnt really look like Carrie Fisher - and worked well for Toryn Farr.  And thanks for the reminder Jesse - Toryn will be my submission for the contest.  ;)

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Beginning of the End?
« on: October 5, 2009, 02:07 PM »
Heres exactly what Hasbro said in a Q&A question:

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2) Is something BAD happening?  It would seem that in both the UK and Canada the Legacy Collection of Build a Droid (BAD) figures have been dropped by retailers for the rest of this year and Hasbro UK and Hasbro Canada respectively are not offering these products to retailers.  Please tell us this BAD decision is not true?  If it is, is there anything we can do to get the core line into retailers in the UK and Canada?

It is true that the collector business has been severely impacted since last Fall, not just in the U.S. but in the U.K. and Canada as well.  We don't have an answer right now on which assortments may be missing or dropped in the U.K.  For Canada, we can confirm that only a couple of the new red/white Legacy/Droid Factory assortments will make it to retail this Fall.  We are working to find our footing for assortment releases; changes that occurred last Fall can really present problems if they depend on collectors to pull them through (as the Legacy/Droid Factory line does) and inventory at retail remains too long.  In some cases, if the assortments don't move off shelf, we can't commit to bringing in the next ones, or else they will get bottled and backed up.  We're working as hard as we can to understand the problem and correct it, but it takes time.

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I just hope Hasbro solves this issue before the same thing starts to happen in the US - with lackluster distribution of the Legacy collection, hopefully they can mend the system before waves of figures never make it to retail.  My hope is that if distribution is going to remain slow and the Legacy collection wont be as widely available in the US, they should push waves back, and give us less each year, but ship them in numbers high enough to meet the current demand.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Beginning of the End?
« on: October 4, 2009, 06:36 PM »
I have mixed feelings about the future of the comic packs - we've received some great figures over the past few years, but some of the upcoming choices are both boring and some leave collectors wondering - who are these characters?

The current wave of comic packs (Lumiya, etc) seem to be doing great and are actually hard to find, I'm sure the bad distribution has some fault in that though.  The upcoming comic packs for the rest of 2009 and into 2010 arent really that interesting though, and I dont think any of the characters are truly in high demand.  None of them seem to have the buzz that characters like Quinlan Vos had.

At this rate, with the EU expanding in a rather out of control fashion, maybe collectors cant keep up with comic packs either...

Maybe Hasbro needs to do a 'state of collecting' address lol.

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: Toryn Farr by darth_sidious
« on: October 4, 2009, 04:28 PM »


Here is the full body version of Toryn Farr, I made a few upgrades on her - painted her microphone, belt, drybrushed the vest to give it a dusty look, and swapped out the boots.

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: Toryn Farr by darth_sidious
« on: October 4, 2009, 12:34 PM »
Thanks guys, I posted this pic at YF as well, there is a 'ladies of SW' challenge and I showed this figure off along with at least a half dozen other female customs I've made as reference - to inspire the challenge.  ;)

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I agree with nearly all the POTF2 figures you've all named, but I'd personally like to see one vintage figure remade that never received a modern resculpt - Sim Aloo, the original Imperial Dignitary.

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Beginning of the End?
« on: October 4, 2009, 01:33 AM »
I dont think its realistic for the Legacy line to end, and the CW line to thrive by itself, because there is a large segment of collectors that buy all the CW figures too - but scaling back is necessary, and in my case - welcome.  I want Legacy and CW figures alike, but I'm currently hunting for 3 waves of figures that have all been released in the past couple of weeks, not to mention countless retailer exclusives - who has the time or money to do it all at once?  I prefer this to be a hobby, not a job.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: TRU Exclusive Clone Commander Ponds
« on: October 3, 2009, 08:26 PM »
I picked up Ponds during the promo - gotta love that TRU gives us an exclusive figure for FREE with purchase, rather than trying to rob us like Target, charging $13 for an exclusive figure. 

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The Vintage Collection / Re: How Much is Too Much?
« on: October 3, 2009, 08:23 PM »
With such high prices, I do all I can do - cut back, and try to use sales and coupons (like clone cash) to bring the prices down a bit.  Perhaps the price is a factor in collectors falling back, and some ceasing to participate in the hobby - Hasbro must know this, and they should do something about it.  High prices, and too much product will drive us away from collecting, not boost interest...

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Beginning of the End?
« on: October 3, 2009, 08:18 PM »
I love both the Legacy and CW lines, but there is simply too much product out at one time, and its overwhelming.  I'd prefer to have one solid line - and with the CW, Legacy, and Legends all on the same cards - maybe its time Hasbro merged all three.  This idea would kill the BAD program, but it might give Legacy figures a longer life if packed with the seemingly most popular figures...CW.

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Star Wars Action Figures / Toryn Farr by darth_sidious
« on: October 3, 2009, 08:06 PM »
Hi, here is my Toryn Farr custom figure, as seen in the ESB during the attack on Echo Base (w/ accessory).  I figured Hasbro might never get around to her, so I made one myself:



I'll snap a full body image too, and add it soon!

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Modern Trading / Re: TRADE: SW, ST, Aliens, LOTR, Hellboy & vintage
« on: October 3, 2009, 08:01 PM »
Updated my trade list (see signature) - check it out and PM me if interested in something! :)

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: CUSTOM CONTEST IS HERE PLEASE READ
« on: October 3, 2009, 07:54 PM »
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We've had a few great entries submitted via PM so far. Keep 'em coming! :)


I'm in - PM sent with my submission. :)

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