I'm almost considering doing three now... I was pretty bummed to miss out on both the Crest & the Barge. It's now been about a year since the release of the Razor Crest and they are going for at least $800 on eBay, and $600+ for only the ship & the Barge is going for $2,000+. I think I'd want to do one set for myself, keep the figures carded from the second set, & then keep the third set MIP as an extra to sell/trade for a Barge/Crest in a few years. And if they end up rereleasing the figures I can just sell the whole second set as well.

Unless Fioloni decides to blow up the Ghost in Ahsoka (each of the other HasLab vehicles blew up on screen...  ), I'm sure there will be people who skip it now but change their mind and want the Ghost when the Thrawn movie comes out in a few years.

If these figures really are released identically on Ahsoka cards, selling the Rebels ones will be an easy way recoup a lot of this cost… I bet about half.

I don’t know, it sounded int the panel like they said the tooling for the figures themselves was going to be entirely unique to the Ghost set, not just the cardbacks. But they’ve gone back on that kind of thing before.

I have to say I am a little underwhelmed by most of the TVC stuff revealed or pipeline revealed.  Most of the *new* stuff is ripe for double-dipping (like Sabine being in a world building set and also probably on a single card).  Hard to get excited about Thrawn and 4 more Imp Officers even if we all knew this is exactly what was going to happen when we saw that new Imp Office buck on Piett/Jerjerrod.

Especially the pipeline stuff.  It 8 of those figures seems like they are potentially a repack, kitbash, or resculpt of something we already have. 

Same. The Ghost offsets that for me a bit at least. I was really excited for Sabine, Thrawn, & Revan but the rest was underwhelming on the TVC front. I do like the Pre-Vizla, but he is just another kitbash.

The pipeline though... OOOFFF. The 4 Mando pipeline figures are all kind of duds. Finn, Cassian, the Phase I Clone, & Dooku are all kinda meh. I'll take all of them but none are particularly exciting. I would have much rather had NEW figures from Andor, the OT, Mando, Ahsoka, Jedi: Survivor, or KOTOR.

It was also surprising to not see product reveals for older pipeline figures like Krennic & missing out on the HK & Morgan Elsbet reveals.

OMG!  It's fantastic!  And $500 - $100 below a lot of the predictions!

I think I might back 2

I am really feeling like adding a second, I may wait a few weeks just to space out the cost. I'll probably end up just taking the figures from the second set and then selling off the Ghost itself.

It's already at almost 1,500 backers. I do wonder if this gets fully back quick enough if they'd consider adding a carded 'Rebels' Sabine & a carded 'Rebels' Chopper to the set. It'd be a bummer not to get those.

Quote from: Ryan on July 21, 2023, 04:59 PM

I wish the panel were being live-streamed somewhere. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koBXO-XSPuM
(kinda shaky and uneven, but at least it's a livestream)

Thank you sir!

Quote from: Ryan on July 21, 2023, 03:55 PM

I do wonder if Bib Fatuna will ever find his way out as an individual release? I wanted to keep one carded but REALLY don't want to buy two Throne Rooms...

Every pack in figure for the last several years has.  I’d be completely shocked if this was any different.

I'd hope so, especially since he has so much new tooling. We know Hasbro will want to double-dip if possible.

Plus, according to YakFace it looks like they "accidentally" misnumbered BibFatuna as VC276, the same number already used for ARC Commander Colt. I'm sure some carded collectors will be very annoyed with that and want an update.

I'm also 95% sure to back the Ghost on day 1. Something would have to be very wrong with it for me to back out.

Quote from: Ryan on July 19, 2023, 03:30 PM

the paints app’s definitely seem to be different (Jabba’s is lighter)  and they come with different pillows and blankets

Hey, it's not Hasbro's fault that Bib Fatuna is a fan of HGTV and decided to do a little redecorating once he took over - a new coat of paint, some new throw pillows and blankets!  Give the place a whole new feel!

I wonder if Bib is into 'Fixer Upper' or if he is more of a 'Property Brothers' type?