Hasbro is doing weird stuff as well.  I order the wave in one order.  They order total was $11.99 x 6 plus shipping.  Got individual charge notices for each figure.  Have six different credit card charges, all for different values.  Somehow they split the shipping between the six at different rates.  They sent a shipping notice for only the Emperor and show the other five shipping May 1.  Really strange way to go about this.  They have always charged once and shipped a whole wave in the past.

Stan Solo's UK site has the Rebel Fleet Trooper up for preorder.

Hasbro had the first Indy figure up for preorder.  Do the rest of these fall under the "we are no longer doing preorders" category?  I haven't found anything in a store in ages.  Hasbropulse only has the first Indy listed.  My check out good old EE.  That is where I get all the Marvel retro figures.  Nothing on amazon yet either.

Yes, he seems to be going off the rails a bit.  He is sending death threats back to the people coming after him.  I would think both the astromech and protocol droid molds could be reused for several figures.

As for the Chinese factory making bootleg last 17 figures, I wonder if they would even bother.  I'm not sure how much Hasbro/Disney has cracked down on this stuff in the past.

Mostly happy with this one.  Not sure what they are going to do with another Grogu and Mando though.  Kind of wonder if Grogu might be a pack in.  I supposed it be a beskar chainmail Grogu.  Hopefully the Luke will be a bit different that the ROTJ Luke.

Some of it is legit.  One instance was a guy who said his Bantha box showed up damaged, he then sent the guy a new box, and then the guy put the "damaged" box up for auction at a crazy price.  As for his sold out figures, he says they no longer have the molds for them so they can't restock.  Also stated that items like the protocol droids sat there for a long time and only went crazy once they sold out.  His said his purpose for doing this was to make these items affordable for the collector and he doesn't like seeing them selling for 5x the cost.  There is also a lot of animosity towards Smith Lord Creations/The Fans Strike Back.  Supposedly they put up some disclaimer that has since been removed that all their presale items were essentially crowdfunding projects and there was no guarantee of products.  I'm not sure how much that really holds water considering the items I have ordered included receipts with shipping totals.  Granted I think any one of us who has ordered from him has seen very slow shipping.  From them I have received the black R2/Stormtooper set, the 3 Boba Fett set, Slave Leia, and the first 2 of the 13 wave (Thrawn and Han ST).  I'm still waiting on the other 11 plus the Bantha.  So if it is a scam like some have been saying, it is only a partial scam which I could dispute with my credit card company or with paypal.

As for Stan Solo, my girlfriend got me a couple of droids for Christmas.  I just ordered a few figures and the vehicle he put out and those are already shipping.  I'm just hoping to finally get the other stuff from Smithlord at this point.

Bob from Sesame Street

https://variety.com/2022/tv/obituaries-people-news/bob-mcgrath-dead-sesame-street-1235449775/

Any info on the new retro figures?  I have seen something about the presentation crashing, but have seen Doctor Doom and Ghostrider with motorcycle.  Surprisingly nothing really showing up with google searches on either one and definitely nothing about preorders.