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Toy Reviews / Re: Dave's Belated Toy Reviews
« on: January 5, 2022, 12:26 PM »
Quote from: JediJman on January  5, 2022, 11:53 AM
What are your thoughts on how you group the figures?  I am in the midst of setting up a few shelves of Black Series.  I opted to do one shelf of "Bad guys," one shelf of "good guys," and a shelf of bounty hunters and aliens.  I do like the look of all the Imperials grouped together and tried to create little subgroups like Palpatine and his guards or Krenic and his Death Troopers.  But I'm wondering if grouping by movie/location/scene would look better.  Like Snowtroopers and AT-AT Drivers with Hoth Leia/Luke/Han, etc.  I ran out of space for the bad guys, so will have to redo the villains shelf anyway.  Just too many army builders to fit them all into one.

My 6" Black Series stuff isn't all that creative.  I've got it organized in groups by movie genre - OT, PT, ST, Solo, Rogue One, etc.  I've got some backlit Space Walls to make it look a little nicer, but ultimately very few are posed in any interesting way and are just all lined up together.

Agreed on the Clone Troopers.  I've got them all together in the back of my PT shelf, and there are a lot of them.

I'll have to put up some pictures of the my 3.75" stuff in the near future, but here are my main themes for my big display area:
  • Shelf 1 - Imperial Hangar
  • Shelf 2 - Cloud City.  Mandalorian.
  • Shelf 3 - Rebel Hangar - OT and Rogue One
  • Shelf 4 - Tatooine including Jawa droid bazaar.  Jabba's Palace.
  • Shelf 5 - Hoth.  Endor.  Dagobah. 
  • Shelf 6 - Resistance Hangar.  First Order Hangar. Other ST items.

Smaller side shelves:
  • OT Cantina - so cool with all the bar pieces and accessories that were released over the years
  • Tartakovsky Clone Wars and other select animated Clone Wars items - e.g. Yoda and Kybuk
  • Rebels Cartoon
  • Indiana Jones
  • Disney Toy Box
  • Retro
  • Expanded Universe

I really like how this is turning out and will probably build another big display case for vintage, prequel trilogy, and Clone Wars at some point after I get all of my existing themes filled out.  It really does take a ton of time finding, opening, and displaying 25 years of collecting just in these themes. 

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Toy Reviews / Re: Dave's Belated Toy Reviews
« on: January 5, 2022, 11:00 AM »
Quote from: JediJman on January  5, 2022, 10:45 AM
Sounds like you just need to get into vintage stuff Dave.  Ewok Village, Yoda's Hut Playset, and the Death Star or Star Destroyer playsets fill up almost everything on your wish list.

Yeah, I'm debating what to do with my vintage stuff - if I mix it with my modern stuff by theme, or if I have a separate shelf that is just vintage.  I'm leaning towards having all the vintage be together, but some of these playsets definitely would fit in very well in a modern display.  Especially the Death Star, Ewok Village, and Yoda's Hut.

I'm just surprised with the massive amounts of stuff they've released over the years, especially when Hasbro was really knocking it out of the park that we never got these things.  I've got 9 different Jedi Starfighters, some truly awesome big vehicles (Clone Turbo Tank, etc.), and even some big playsets like the Geonosis arena.

I may have to see if there are some good ebay custom cardboard options for an Ewok Village or Yoda's Hut.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: SW.com Bring Home the Bounty Reveals
« on: January 5, 2022, 09:52 AM »
StarWars.com announced that Amazon is re-releasing the Boba Fett in prototype armor that used to be a Walgreen's exclusive.  Pre-order is today at 1PM eastern.

It appears to be a straight re-release, which I'm glad they're not changing anything up so I can pass on this one.

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Toy Reviews / Re: Dave's Belated Toy Reviews
« on: January 4, 2022, 12:03 PM »
I've been pulling a ton of stuff out of boxes and putting it on shelves.  Its been fun digging through some of the old stuff and seeing things across 25 years of modern collecting all come together.

I've been mostly focused on OT stuff and have so far left PT and Clone Wars stuff boxed up, but have been placing ST, Rogue One, The Mandalorian, etc. where it fits.

A few thoughts:
  • Ewoks / Endor - there have been a ton of these little buggers (a lot more than I remembered) with some fun accessories like catapults.  All the different weapons they have are cool too - spears, daggers, bows, axes.  The Movie Heroes battle pack of Ewoks was *amazing* with all the extra hoods, weapons, etc.  The Shield Bunker playset is a solid display piece too.  The only real gap is that it would be nice to have some sort of Ewok Village - it doesn't need to be massive, but having a little something would be nice.
  • Dagobah - A quarter of the time was spent on Dagobah in TESB, but there are very few toys and no playset.  It doesn't lend itself well to toys, but I really would like a Yoda's Hut playset / display piece.  It doesn't need to be fancy, but this seems like a big hole in my display.  Really the only thing I have is a moss covered X-Wing.
  • Rebel Pilots - there were a lot of these guys made and I love all the unique helmets, etc.  I'd love to see them continue to crank these guys out in battle packs, troop builder sets, or individually carded.
  • Jabba's Palace - I've got tons of figures, band members, creatures, etc. that all look cool.  The recent display piece is nice to round it out, but the big glaring need is Jabba's dais / throne.
  • Death Star / Star Destroyer - I've got a sweet Rebel Hanger with some fun bits (Hoth tactical screen, troop flight transport, droids, etc.).  The imperial setup has plenty of ships, pilots, and troopers, but there is virtually none of the other fun filler for the Imperials.  I'd love to see a proper Death Star, but if we can't get that it would be great to get some computer banks or other fun filler parts to help make the display look more complete.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Book of Boba Fett
« on: December 30, 2021, 11:36 AM »
Quote from: Nicklab on December 30, 2021, 11:22 AM
In chronological order (not counting the PT or Clone Wars), the last time we saw Boba Fett was at the Battle of Carkoon in 1983.  And then he turned up on The Mandalorian in something looking like the garb of the Tusken Raiders, along with a gaffi stick.  I want to know how we got from the one point in ROTJ to the guy we saw on The Mandalorian.  There's a big story there.

I'm not sure I feel I need to know all the details of how he got to be a good hand to hand fighter and everything that went in to the five years between being swallowed by the Sarlacc and showing up in The Mandalorian.  Sure there is a story there, but I'm willing to leave many of the details out to move the rest of the current story along.

To me its the difference between the OT and PT.  In the OT we skipped over large parts of the backstory, how midichlorians worked, etc. and it was totally awesome.  Then we got three episodes of PT and lots of Clone Wars episodes that filled in the details of midichlorians and that Anakin wasn't really a pilot on a spice freighter.  None of that made the OT any better.

With The Mandalorian we know very little about Din Djarin's orphaned upbringing or much of anything about Grogu, but we know just barely enough to understand what makes them tick and make the current story relevant.

At times I feel like some Star Wars stories get way too far in the weeds explaining everything when they just need to tell a great story in the current time frame. 

TBOBF is Star Wars and is still fun, but I'm hoping they focus a lot more on the current story and a lot less on flashbacks of digging for water gourds.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Book of Boba Fett
« on: December 30, 2021, 11:00 AM »
I'll just say that there was way too much Tusken backstory for my liking.  Maybe it'll matter later, but that was a fairly short episode and well over half was Tusken flashbacks.

I'm much more interested in what is happening today with his mob leadership.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Official Darth Big Boy, Bearer of Bad Celebrity News RIP Thread
« on: December 30, 2021, 10:57 AM »
Quote from: Matt_Fury on December 29, 2021, 12:26 PM
Heard on the news this morning John Madden passed away.  Football will never be the same.

As a kid I lived for his latest Miller Lite commercial where he would *BAM* his way through a wall or whatever.  He was the greatest.

When I was in college in 1992 and the Super Bowl was in town (Minneapolis), the Madden Cruiser (his giant bus as Madden didn't fly) came rolling through the tight turns of campus and his bus nearly ran over my foot hopping the curb.  The Madden Cruiser had these giant windows that I could see in to and I was four feet away from Madden, Pat Summerall, Terry Bradshaw, and a few others I can't remember. 

I ended up running in to Jim Kelly and a few other players at the bar, but I was more stoked about nearly getting BAMMED by the Madden Cruiser than being five feet away from Jim Kelly or Chip Lohmiller.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Book of Boba Fett
« on: December 29, 2021, 10:05 PM »
That was a little weird. Not what I expected and I’m not sure I liked it.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Airing of Grievances
« on: December 27, 2021, 04:50 PM »
Quote from: LandotheScoundrel on December 27, 2021, 12:31 PM
I'm finishing up a Mos Eisley Cantina display, and this thread is perfect for me to bitch about how craptacular the POTF2 cantina band members are. Those bastards can't hold their instruments and can't stand, so I'm pretty much seeing them fail both things their supposed to do. 100% failure rate right there. That new Figrin Dan can't come fast enough, IMO.

That's another thing that bugs me is the ability for some of the older figures to hold their weapons/accessories. 

Current figures do a fantastic job of molding the hands for exactly what they're supposed to hold, including trigger fingers, etc.  Some of these older figures have hands that are waaayyy too open to hold their accessories properly.

They got a lot of stuff right with the old figures - good accessories, sometimes stands, appropriate articulation, good price point - but man does it frustrate me to pull off the rubber bands from the packaging holding their weapons in place only to realize that is the only way they'll ever hold their blaster again.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2022 Droid Factory - Mandalorian Set
« on: December 26, 2021, 06:35 PM »
Do we know what the price is going to be for this?  If its like they're previous sets I'm assuming it'll be $35-40.

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Disney Parks Droid Factory / Re: 2022 Droid Factory - Mandalorian Set
« on: December 26, 2021, 10:26 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on December 25, 2021, 10:40 PM
Very glad to see that gondola astromech... to bad we'll never get the lava gondola that he should be piloting!

Agreed.  You would think they could take the recent Tatooine Skiff and re-use a lot of those components to make a Nevarro gondola.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: The Future of Star Wars Collecting?
« on: December 24, 2021, 01:29 PM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on December 24, 2021, 10:24 AM
Question:
Let's say in 2021 Hasbro had released the same amount of brand new figs that they did. But instead of releasing X repaints they release X/2 or X/3 repaints. Is the outrage as high? Is there any imperical data that says Y repaints produced lessens new figure release by 1, etc?

I guess I would hope that the more repaints they release would mean even more new figures.  I would think that they're subsidizing new figures in a way.  I guess if I did the math I wouldn't feel so bad, but it feels like we're getting a very large amount of repaint/repacks and very few new figures compared to years past. 

So maybe fewer repaints would make me feel better about the small number of new figures we've received, but I guess I'm okay with the number of repaints if we had gotten a lot more new figures to offset the Hasbro cash grab.

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The Vintage Collection / Airing of Grievances
« on: December 24, 2021, 09:28 AM »
In the spirit of Festivus...

There seem to be more this year.

- Rancor fail
- Excessive repaints
- Price increases, especially for "deluxe" figures
- Product management team at Hasbro
- Hard to find retailer exclusives and pre-order windows that last 90 seconds

We have gotten some really nice 6" figures this year, and its nice to see them going back in time to fill out things like Rogue One.  We've received a few new 3.75" figures but not nearly enough.  I'd really like to see them "world build / expression" out some of the secondary characters from The Mandalorian. 

I do like the troop packs they've started releasing this year, and I'm really looking forward to finally receiving the Razor Crest.

One more - I've been filling my display and finally opening long stored vehicles and figures.  One of my biggest pet peeves is when a figure's foot peg whole is too short or narrow to set on a stand.  I can usually modify a stand by sanding the peg narrower and shorter with my Dremel tool, but foot peg wholes should never be too small.  Luckily this happens less than 10% of the time, but its still annoying.


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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Gaming Greats Line
« on: December 22, 2021, 01:08 PM »
Got them all.

BBTS was $4 shipping.  Gamestop was $3 for a Black Series figure.

Entertainment Earth is a little over $10.  Man I hate that place and its shipping.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Gaming Greats Line
« on: December 21, 2021, 04:24 PM »
What is Hasbro's motivation to having fan channel exclusives at retailers like BBTS? 

I get exclusives via Target, Wal-Mart, and Amazon, but does BBTS really sell that much Hasbro stuff?  This is going to be a pain.

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