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The Vintage Collection / Re: JediDefender Wishlists 2023/24: The Eras Tour: The New Republic
« on: January 1, 2024, 10:01 PM »
Shoot, got distracted over the holidays and forgot to get my list in. I’m pretty happy with the top 20 though we are just so short of figures from this era outside of Mandalorians and Grogu.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: December 19, 2023, 04:27 PM »
Quote from: Nicklab on December 19, 2023, 03:19 PM
Star Wars The Vintage Collection AT-ST & Chewbacca - $43.99 from Best Buy.

I had some Best Buy rewards, so it came out to $25 for me.  I couldn't pass on that!

It went quick and sold out before I could get to it. I may have to try and check a Best Buy this week. I'd grab one at that price.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 Last Figure Standing Poll
« on: December 18, 2023, 06:07 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on December 18, 2023, 12:33 PM
The answer is so easy here - A Cantina Goons 4-pack.

Go with the same format that was used for the recent Jabba Goons 4-pack:
- Tonnika Sisters take the two "obscure human" slots (like Taym/Velkin)
- Momaw Nadon/Hammerhead takes the "redo" slot (like Tessek)
- Ponda Baba/Walrus Man takes the "repack" slot (like ReeYees)

Hasbro gets to run around boasting how they filled three top fan choices in one set, the 'finish the 96' get Hammerhead, the "give us new" folks get Tonnikas.  Everyone wins (except people who hate paying $80 for 4 figures if they don't want them all).


Quote from: Rob on December 17, 2023, 05:29 PM
I’m happy to keep voting for the Tonnika Sisters to let Hasbro know I think that a 50 year old photo that says Star Whores isn’t a good enough reason to not make the figures. 

Yeah, after 25 years of asking for them in the modern line, it's kind of mind boggling that the party line is still "LFL said no, no further comment".  Like Nick said, seems to be a really hard sell at LFL which is just so dumb at this point.

Love it. I'd buy that in heartbeat. I'd be fine swapping Dr. Ezavan for Ponda, too.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 6 (New TVC Wave 32)
« on: December 16, 2023, 02:39 AM »
I’m wondering if the Grand Inquisitor is going to follow in Reva’s footsteps… the two targets nearest me have each had 6 on the pegs for a few weeks.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: December 16, 2023, 02:36 AM »
Ross finds continued tonight. I finally found some of the E-Web stormtroopers and even some Death Star Gunners. I hope the Wal-Mart “Finish the 96” waves continue to show up at Ross. I want more great army builders for cheap.

I’ll probably do a Ross run this weekend and hit up a few.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Deluxe AOTC Jango Fett
« on: December 13, 2023, 12:58 PM »
Overall he looks great. Its a little hard to tell if that is a removable helmet or a swappable head. In those pics, the bucket looks to be about the right size and looks much better than the Axe Woves.

Echoing the 'Deluxe' vs. 'Basic' & concerns, nothing about this feels "Deluxe" though. At least the price has dropped to $24.99 but that still feels overpriced for what we are actually getting here. I do wonder if Jango originally had more accessories planned (second jetpack, poncho, pilot headgear, poison darts, etc.) that were cut to save on cost? As is, we are basically getting one newly tooled (maybe?) wrist flame effect & two repacked jetpack flame effects for an extra $8.00-$13.00. I'd much rather have just skipped the effects and taken him on basic card. I might have bought 2-3 Jangos to replace him in some displays, but not for that price. I guess I'll wait for the inevitable clearance on these guys to pick up any extras.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: December 11, 2023, 01:52 AM »
I picked up a bunch of custom fodder at Ross this weekend. The stores around here had some TVC figures for $3.99 each. I grabbed 7x Obi-Wan (VC245), 4x Padawan Anakin (VC80), 2x Cassian Andor (VC261).

I've seen pictures of people finding the 2021 Wal-Mart Deluxe figures (Ahsoka, Flametrooper, Stormtrooper w/ E-WEB), The Rescue set, & TBS Rey's yellow Skywalker lightsaber.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Troop Builder Phase II Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: December 1, 2023, 01:56 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on November 29, 2023, 11:46 PM
I agree - VC45 was a nice upgrade at the time but those skinny legs? Yuck.

Quote from: Ryan on November 28, 2023, 12:13 PM
Looks like we are getting a new helmet sculpt on this set already.

Looking closer at the pics, these might not be new helmets, but whole new non-removable helmet-heads?  I don't think Hasbro has shown any pics of them sans helmets.

Yup, I'm seeing that, too. These look like an improvement over the first version, the visor is much better as is the scale, but now it looks like something is off with the mouth area. I really wish they would have just got these right... Maybe third time is the charm?  :-\

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Troop Builder Phase II Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: November 28, 2023, 12:13 PM »
Looks like we are getting a new helmet sculpt on this set already.

I'm very mixed on this set. Hasbro at least has moved away from including an officer or single unique figure in the set, upping the army-building potential. However, it is still a bit of a letdown that they combined the different battalions of clones in one set. I'm also still not thrilled that we literally just got all of these single-carded on either the old clone body or the new body w/ the original PII helmet sculpt.

I'll probably start out w/ just two sets.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: November 25, 2023, 10:40 PM »
I might have gone overboard this weekend… Preorders for Wave 33 & the KOTOR two-pack hit, I also did some Black Friday shopping on Pulse and picked up some additional army builder packs, a discounted Boba’s Slave I, & a few other extras. Then went to a new local con in Denver, GalactiCon and they had more TVC in tbe dealers’ room than I had seen in decades at the local cons, and managed to grab a grail piece at a decent price. Here’s the haul from the con:


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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: November 25, 2023, 04:38 AM »
TBOBF Slave I is on clearance @ Pulse for $125 for anyone who was one the fence.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Deluxe TM Paz Vizsla
« on: November 25, 2023, 04:09 AM »
Quote from: Rob on November 23, 2023, 10:27 PM
$13.24 on Amazon now if anyone waited for a sale.

Dang, must have missed it. I would have taken a second at that price.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Wave 1 (New TVC Wave 33)
« on: November 25, 2023, 04:08 AM »
Got my Hera's and Choppers from Amazon this holiday weekend (I wish Amazon would have waited so the drivers didn't need to work this weekend, but that's a side point). Both of my Hera's were crammed in a box at least 1/2" too small on each side and they were both SMASHED to ****. All three Choppers were in decent shape.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: JediDefender Wishlists 2023/24: The Eras Tour: Age of the Rebellion
« on: November 25, 2023, 03:27 AM »
Glad to finally cross a few off from last year! It was hard to cut it down to 20 again. I ended up cutting a new Scout Trooper off my list, the new head sculpt on the VOTC body is good enough for now. My list in no particular order:

1.    ANH -- Luke Skywalker -- Tatooine (brand-new, Photo-Real, at least 30 POA)
2.    ANH -- Han Solo -- (brand-new, Photo-Real, at least 30 POA)
3.    ANH -- Obi-Wan Kenobi -- (brand-new, Photo-Real, at least 30 POA)
4.    ANH -- Grand Moff Tarkin -- (brand-new, Photo-Real)
5.    ANH -- Garouf Lafoe - Cantina
6.    ANH -- Brea Tonnika
7.    ANH -- Senni Tonnika
8.    ANH -- Damono Deomaley
9.    ANH -- Tzizvvt
10.  ANH -- Imperial Sandtrooper | Tatooine Stormtrooper -- (Utilize the updated Stromtrooper w/ new accessories)
11.  ESB  -- Treva Horme
12.  ROTJ -- Endor Rebel Commando -- Full Jumpsuit Version
13.  ROTJ -- Mon Mothma
14.  ROTJ -- Fozec
15.  ROTJ -- Loje Nella - Jabba's Palace
16.  ROTJ -- Leia - Ewok Prisoner - The POT2 version is looking really dated
17.  ROTJ -- EV-9D9
18.  ROTJ -- Pucumir Thryss - Jabba's Palace
19.  ROTJ -- Rebel Commando - Nik Sant -- (Updated SA Rebel Commando base with modern articulation and short outer coat)
20.  ROTJ -- Sim Aloo

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2024 TVC Wave 1 (New TVC Wave 33)
« on: November 16, 2023, 05:35 PM »
And sure enough, my Krennics just got delayed until Tuesday.

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