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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Force Awakens => Topic started by: Jeff on September 11, 2015, 09:55 AM
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You had to know this was coming, right?
From Rebelscum (http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbro_Poe_Damerons_Blue_XWing_Revealed_165820.asp) - it's Poe's Blue deco X-Wing. Not sure if this is a TRU exclusive too (like the Desert TIE) or if it's a regular release.
(http://www.rebelscum.com/2015/hasbro-poe-dameron-blue-x-wing-fighter-091115.jpg)
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Slightly larger pics...
(https://www.ordersixtysixtoys.co.uk/product_images/m/513/Poe_Dameron_X-Wing_2__99448_zoom.jpg)
(https://www.ordersixtysixtoys.co.uk/product_images/t/236/Poe_Dameron_X-Wing_1__89182_zoom.jpg)
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I'm in... As dumb as they are, I'm also a sucker for the under-scaled X-Wings. They just remind me of the original vintage one.
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Could be nothing, could just be a coincidence, but this version of the X-Wing is in an online WalMart commercial...
https://youtu.be/eSXNSdkFt4o
Just go to 7 seconds in and watch from there, it will cut to a Father and Son walking in a field and the kid is clearly holding the White/Blue version of the Hasbro X-Wing.
It's possible that Hasbro & Lego just sent WalMart a bunch of stuff for the commercials and it's an oversight, but it could mean that the White/Blue X-Wing is a WalMart exclusive.
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I swear, these Wal-Mart ads, like everything in the Force Awakens promo push, have been killing it.
Is it possible, Pete, the blue/while X-wing is the Revell model?
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I get the sense that this X-Wing may not be exclusive at all. There's no branding on the images that you sometimes see on exclusives. The featured character, Poe Dameron, is one of the key new cast members for this trilogy. And from an assortment standpoint, what else is shipping in the assortment with that Black Leader X-Wing? It's not the First Order TIE Fighter, which is shipping separately.
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And from an assortment standpoint, what else is shipping in the assortment with that Black Leader X-Wing?
I don't think there is an assortment number on the Poe's X-Wing box. Just a single number, which usually means a one-off item and not an assortment. Same for this Resistance X-Wing, just the item number on the box it seems.
I think everyone is assuming it's an exclusive because the Desert TIE is a TRU exclusive... but yeah, it's entirely possible it's a wide release and not exclusive. Wish Hasbro would finally come out of their shell and start talking about some of this stuff...
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Perhaps someone at Hasbro Pulse, *cough Derryl cough*, could shed some light on this.
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Scored the White & Blue X-Wing at WalMart on my way home from work this evening. They had a couple cases of them on the nightly pallets.
The laser canons do not have the same problem on this release that the initial release has/had, so the fully assembled ship looks great w/o the need for "adjustments".
The helmet on the Poe figure is NOT removeable - which I found odd, considering that they did that for the other version. But then I remembered that the same base figure is going to be a armor-up exclusive release at Toys R Us so that's why they did that - cause they were going to be able to double-dip on releasing that sculpt.
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Scored the White & Blue X-Wing at WalMart on my way home from work this evening. They had a couple cases of them on the nightly pallets.
Good intel. Thanks (despite my complaints about this ship.)
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Scored the White & Blue X-Wing at WalMart on my way home from work this evening. They had a couple cases of them on the nightly pallets.
The laser canons do not have the same problem on this release that the initial release has/had, so the fully assembled ship looks great w/o the need for "adjustments".
The helmet on the Poe figure is NOT removeable - which I found odd, considering that they did that for the other version. But then I remembered that the same base figure is going to be a armor-up exclusive release at Toys R Us so that's why they did that - cause they were going to be able to double-dip on releasing that sculpt.
I saw a case of these on a pallet last night at Walmart too. That was the only thing new they had though. :(
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I found one and picked it up. :P
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In stock at Walmart.com. (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars-The-Force-Awakens-Walmart-Exclusive-3.75-Resistance-X-Wing/47167966)
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Both this and the Black Leader X-Wing are WAY overpriced. It seems to be something of an issue for this vehicle line, because both Hasbro and the retailers want way more money for these ships that we've seen in other movie years. How much did the ARC-170 retail for, $39.99? And that's a lot more vehicle than we're getting with this shoddy excuse for an X-Wing.
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How much did the ARC-170 retail for, $39.99? And that's a lot more vehicle than we're getting with this shoddy excuse for an X-Wing.
Probably not a fair comparison since a lot has happened in the world economy in the last 10 years. But you're right that we're getting less and paying more for it with these vehicles.
$40 for the TIE and $50 for the X-Wing seems like too much, especially since both have already been repainted to capitalize on the mold/tool cost. :-\
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I would expect to see SOME degree of price inflation from 2005 to 2015. That's perfectly natural. When you also factor in the economic growth in China, along with the accompanying wage growth in that country, as well as increased safety considerations following the whole lead paint in toys scandal, production costs are definitely higher. All of those increased costs have in turn been passed along to consumers.
However, we are also looking at movie year production numbers. The increased production and sales volume of a movie year has historically had the effect of driving prices down. That is something we're not seeing in 2015. If anything, we're seeing the opposite: charge consumers a premium to get merchandise for the new movies.
Given what we're seeing, what would Hasbro & retailers want to charge for something like the ARC-170 or the upgraded X-Wings today? $100? The pricing on this vehicle line is looking much more like a cash grab, especially considering the way the designs have been dumbed down.
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Seems like a tough price point too for gifts. Maybe I'm cheap, but a $40-50 gift for a nephew is generally above what I target ($30) for gifts.
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Given what we're seeing, what would Hasbro & retailers want to charge for something like the ARC-170 or the upgraded X-Wings today? $100? The pricing on this vehicle line is looking much more like a cash grab, especially considering the way the designs have been dumbed down.
Some years back, we already saw the ARC-170 jump to some $65 to $70 for that deluxe vehicle line that lasted 2 waves (the second was the CLone Wars Y-Wing). And in 2005, it was $29.99.
The Vintage boxed Gunship was $119.99, the 3 3/4" scale gunship began retail existence during AOTC (2002) at $40, then down to $30...then sky's the limit! Though, the vintage boxed one included turrets and a few figures.
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My guess that the Disney purchase is the main factor in our getting less for more situation. If you think about it, everything changed when Disney bought the property. Prices went up and the quality diminished. That's just the way Disney operates.
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Opened this for my son yesterday and it's a decent toy, although over priced for the quality...the plastic seems very lightweight. I think this thing should be $25.
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Saw this for $25 on clearance at Walmart today
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I was comparing this ship to my Saga Luke's X-wing and I was wondering if these were inscale with each other.
I know that the scale of the Luke's X-wing is slightly off (calm down Jesse), but comparing these two fighters together they seem to be about right since the TFA X-wings are smaller than the OT X-wings...at least that's how it looks to me.
What do you guys think? Am I way off base here?
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Compared to one another they may be close... But I don't think the TFA one is terribly smaller than the OT ship actually. For comparison sake the "giant" xwing that is on shelves currently is like 1/17.5 scale and SW figs themselves tend to be on the smaller size and fall more into a 1/19-1/20 scale (depends on which figure you're talking about... A lot of the earlier modern fall more in the 1/17-1/18 scale).
The nice thing about the XWing is the models and lifesize props all don't match even so there is leeway.
So comparing them to each other and figuring I'd they're in the same undersized scale to each other there is some leeway I think as well. I'm not sure how anal the TFA production was to the scale of the new shop being very specific, but the original was all over the place for 3 films.
I say if you compare em and you're happy, go with it.