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Messages - Pete_Fett

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My mind is boggled by the people bitching about this...  anything avoiding “the hunt” works for me.

If you still love hunting for toys, great.  Don’t buy this then.  I’ll happily get this like I did Wave 2 and 3 with bulk army builders and no panicked anxiety hoping my Walmart puts something on the pegs.  🤷‍♂️

Agree 100%

People are complaining about this? I'm just glad I'm going to be able to easily grab both Rey and (hopefully) the Mimban Stormtrooper for my Vintage Collection.

The ONLY reason I check out my local WalMarts anymore is cause they are easy to hit, if they were as hard to get to as the Targets, I would skip them altogether.

I am very happy to have my squads of Imperial Hover Tank Drivers and Range Troopers and all I had to do is pay $13.99 each from EE.

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Ordered mine as well. I guess they're doing this one first and then we'll get the Mimban Stormtrooper up afterwards?

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Solo: A Star Wars Story / Re: Solo 3.75" Figure 2-Packs
« on: October 5, 2018, 11:29 AM »
I gave up on trying the find the Han/Chewie & Rebolt/Hound 2-packs and just ordered them off of WalMart.com -

I've been checking walmart.com each morning since Pete's post and found them back in stock this AM.   Glad to have these finally checked off my list (but mostly glad that I don't have to go to Walamrt anymore for a while  :P).

Glad you were able to score them Jeff. I'm in the same boat now - got my Vintage TIEs the other day so there's very little need for me to go into a WalMart at the moment.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story / Re: Solo 3.75" Figure 2-Packs
« on: September 30, 2018, 04:17 PM »
I gave up on trying the find the Han/Chewie & Rebolt/Hound 2-packs and just ordered them off of WalMart.com - I used the SKUs posted on Yakface to enter them in Brickseek and then from Brickseek clicked the "View on WalMart.com" link that came up. I was shocked these were just sitting there in-stock and ready to ship.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story / Re: Target Solo 3.75" Imperial Trooper 6-Pack
« on: September 26, 2018, 03:06 AM »
I was able to score this set at a local Target today (with the 20% discount applied as well ;D)

The Han can totally be disguised as another Mudtrooper - the goggles pull down onto the helmet and the breather mask fits snugly over his face.

I only picked up two of this set to open and one to keep MIB, but the fact that the Han can be disguised as generic Mudtrooper has me thinking that I'll probably want to pick up another two to open.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2017 Droid Factory Sandcrawler Playset
« on: September 26, 2018, 01:34 AM »
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro was still involved with the 3.75" offerings in the Disney Parks.

If you think about it, Hasbro could benefit from an arrangement where Disney says they want X product and Hasbro "charges back" to Disney the cost of manufacturing the prototype, creating the final sculpt and parts breakdown, the tooling for the molds and production costs. Disney receives the product directly and all the Parks Merchandise team had to do was supervise and approve steps in the process. Hasbro can basically charge whatever it cost them in manpower/time/materials plus a mark-up and Disney can just turn around and give it back to Hasbro in the form discounts on licensing costs.

The fact that the GNK droid in this set is basically the same droid from the Vintage 3-pack that was available at Target a while back pretty much confirms that there is tooling sharing going on.

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Still in stock. Starting to think her individual Vintage Collection release is gonna peg warm...

It should.  I know Aphra won the poll, but I am pretty deep into Star Wars and I'd literally never heard of her.  I can't imagine there's going to be mass appeal for her with little kids or adult collectors.  Seems to me that she fits into a middling demographic of internet-savy teenagers and 20-somethings who read comic books, but not much beyond that.

Agreed 100%

I had never heard of her until the poll and even after she won and I learned I would be getting a figure of her, I still didn't care enough to even do some quick google search based research about the character. In fact, with my limited knowledge of the character (based on reading the back of the package from the exclusive) I find the fact she exists quite ridiculous. Is she supposed to be the spitting image of Shmi or Padme or something and that's why Vader didn't just kill her? Cause based on what I read, why did Vader just not force choke her to death during their first meeting? (I'm asking rhetorically, I still honestly DO NOT care)

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Still in stock. Starting to think her individual Vintage Collection release is gonna peg warm...

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Star Wars Anthology / Re: Solo (SPOILERS)
« on: August 23, 2018, 02:39 PM »
I got the impression that, like Darby says, the only "shock value" was that she was essentially a "kid". I think Beckett had a past with Enfys Nest because it's the whole "the outfit is the symbol" kind of thing and she was wearing the outfit now cause she stepped in when her mother, who had previously been wearing the costume, died.

I'm not sure there's really supposed to be anything more to it than that.

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Got my Starkiller Base Centerpiece yesterday - VERY GLAD I decided to pull the trigger on this and also super happy you can turn on the backdrop from a small port in the side of the box. I like the overall presentation so much, I have decided I'm going to leave it MIB. It also prompted me to take advantage of the $29 Kylo Ren Jakku Centerpiece set on Amazon.

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I got my HTS order yesterday. I like the Aphra figure and the Astromech in this set, but I've never cared for the C-3PO figure that they turned into 0-0-0 for this set. I feel like my all black protocol droid from the Droid Factory at Disney World is a much better candidate for that figure.

I know I've said it before, but I still do not understand why there isn't better synergy between Hasbro and Disney for what they do with droids, especially when it come to Astromechs and Protocol droids. They could have offered this set at SDCC and then individually carded BT-1 and 0-0-0 on Droid Factory cardbacks and sold them in the parks, since the Droid Factory packaging is identical to vintage as far as card size and bubble position, that would make a suitable alternative to having them in the Vintage line if Hasbro is not inclined to do so.

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LEGO / Re: Complete Set Storage?
« on: August 14, 2018, 09:54 AM »
Mine are all broken down to save space, separated into labeled ziplock bags and then like you said, in storage bins from there.

Same for me as well. In fact, I'm rapidly approaching a point where I need to break a lot down to make room for new stuff. I have no where to display the latest sets that have just been released.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 Vintage Collection Wave 2
« on: August 8, 2018, 01:34 PM »
Even though it's costing me a bit more, I too pre-ordered everything I needed from this wave from EE. If I find more army builders or another Enfys Nest out in the wild, great, but if I never find any of these three new figures, I'll be okay.

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Kind of an interesting design. I like that they're working their way through the R-series with each year's exclusives. I'm guessing that the X-mas droid this year will be an R4 as well. I can't wait to see how they give holiday colors to the R6 through R9 droids.

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Nice, I ordered one online for that price, kept the Praetorian Guard, and just this week sold the other three as a lot for $45.  :)

The Battlefront TIE Pilot is down to $11ish now too.

Interesting idea. I may consider that. I've decided for now my 6" focus will be the ST (TFA & TLJ). This way, I don't have to worry about Black Series Phase 1 or 2, just the stuff that started with the first TFA figures. I may be swayed into venturing into Solo territory because I did like that movie a lot, but so far I'm holding back.

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