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It’s less the figures than the accessories.  There are so many fakes now that the real ones have big value.  There are finished eBay auctions for the black A-Wing pilot’s blaster that are finishing at $300 to $350.  Regular common ones that are authentic are getting $25… $35… even more.

It’s bananas.

Oh the accessories, yes. Last year I needed a Bespin Gown Leia to do a photo shoot of the Dining Room Playset I built, and the same store wanted $80 for the loose complete figure (I needed a nice cape, could've cared less about the gun) they had in stock. When I choked on that, they explained it was $65 for the gun alone, and they wouldn't break up the set.

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I definitely think this is aimed more at carded collectors than loose collectors.  They really haven't hit of those really HTF vintage figures yet.

You're definitely right in that assessment. These releases are aimed at carded collectors first and foremost. I have 5% or so of my collection on card, and that is mostly because of lack of inertia when I got the figure, so I tend to lose sight of the carded collector.

Not many nice Kenner era figures can be had for $15 these days.

I must be blessed, there is a vintage toy store near me that has an 4-foot tall R2-D2 cooler full of loose Star Wars figures for sale that I regularly dig through. Lots of modern, but lots of vintage too. Last year I wanted to get the Kenner bounty hunters again so I dug through and scored 4 of 6 all looking really good. I have always had really good luck there, and have rarely needed to look elsewhere when I get an itch for a specific loose Kenner figure.

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I think Retro is sort of fun at $10 or less, but pretty stupid at prices much above that.

I would much, much rather have all new 5POA figures with full paint applications and modern style sculpts than Retro figures.  I'd even be willing to pay somewhat more for new 5POA figures ($13?) than Retro figures.  There are so many 5POA from Mando, Solo, etc. that I'd love to see made before more Retro figures, new or old.

Agreed 100%...remakes of the Kenner figures at prices close to what loose real Kenner figures sell for are nuts.

I miss the modern 5POAs as well...Hasbro botched assortments there for a few years, and retail lost confidence in them, but I sure wish Hasbro could figure out a way to give us a "background weirdo" line in some capacity...it's what made Star Wars figures great back in the day.

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There’s no excuse.  It’s highway robbery for retro to cost the same thing as TVC.  Hell, that’s actually almost a dollar more each than the three super-articulated TVC preorders yesterday.

It's Super7 pricing without the Super7 quirky lineup. I would much rather pay premium for unrealized Kenner OT figures than a Death Squad Commando they can't sell in a store because of the name pill.

Artoo and Threepio could be released in huge numbers in 2-packs or whatever to pay for those molds. And then Hasbro could turn around and make any number of other droids off the molds (see Stan Solo.)

Jawas and Sand People in 2-packs/Mandalorian cards would also be easy sales. 

There is no reason for these figures to not have a plan in place to amortize the molds.

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STAR WARS RETRO COLLECTION STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE COLLECTIBLE MULTIPACK
(HASBRO/Age 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $94.99/Available: Spring 2023)

When do these go up?

They said they will announce the order date at a later time.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2022 TVC Boba Fett's Starship
« on: July 22, 2022, 10:41 PM »

But, damn, extra points to the person who posed and photographed Fett.


That would be Matthew Cohen, an amateur toy photographer who has gone by ShootingTheGalaxy over on Instagram for years (he and I had a deal where we would trade Cardboard Galaxy displays for his awesome promo photos of said pieces.)

Hasbro hired him earlier this year, and his stuff has been all over Pulse lately. I am super proud of him, and he would be appreciative of the notice.

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I saw a Mandalorian Ahsoka, Tech, and the Client at Wal*Mart today. Hadn't seen any non-Lando figures at a store in quite a while.

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The problem is that at about $28 for a two pack, these bare bones Retro figures cost almost as much as a new TVC figure… only about $6 less than a Dark Trooper now…

But they're in a special two-pack Rob.


A special two-pack.

And not for nothing, its a PFP special two-pack.

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$13 in discounts later and I suddenly feel a bit better about ordering 2 of the Darktroopers. Thanks for pointing it out!

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Thanks for pointing that out...the price difference was enough to get me to finally bite on this one. Not at all essential in my eyes, but I can take some of those Ice Spiders.

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Joe Defender / Re: Haslab Classified Series 6" Scale HISS Tank
« on: June 29, 2022, 04:38 PM »
They really did a phenomenal job on this one, I am not surprised at all that it looks like it will fund in 12 hours. They did everything right here, including gauging the fan base for what they would want vehicle-wise.the HISS is the perfect choice. I maybe own 10 GIJoe figures 3.75 scale, and also a HISS tank. Heck, I barely collect Star Wars vehicles but I had to have a HISS tank. They chose correctly.

LED lighting and functional treads jump out as huge details. I mean that lighting looks really good, the cockpit is amazing.

And all that said, I don't do 6 inch stuff so this isn't for me, but I am really impressed with the toy they put forward here.



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Other Collectibles / Re: HasLab Reva FX Elite Lightsabers
« on: June 23, 2022, 02:40 PM »
I am no Inquisitor fan, and no Force FX Lightsaber person either. However, am I correct in noticing that the HasLab Saber has a full ring around the holt like most Inquisitor sabers do, even though every time I noticed Reva's Saber in the show it only had a half-circle guard? Is this thing screen accurate?

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I will buy this set. I skipped the single Kenobi Kenobi because that midtorso joint was not to my liking, but here it looks hidden by the cloth piece. And Teeka is great, I love collecting Jawas.

The Purge Trooper will sell off easily enough, I already had a friend claim it if I don't want it. And I don't need that.

Imagine that--a TVC multipack with the main character in the box! Paging Kal Kestus and the Bad Batch!

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I don't understand the desire to attempt a swindle. If they want a certain amount for it, just start the bidding there or put a reserve. Either the buyer is willing to go that high or they're not.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 6, 2022, 02:07 PM »

I think Obi-Wan is on a similar journey in this series, but he will end up finding some sort of inner peace and resolve in order to make a better future by training Luke and Leia.


I think everything will get tied up in a bow when he gets his "training" from Qui-Gon (which they made sure to put in the prequel supercut before the first part) and he switches from using the Force like the Republic Jedi did, to following the Will of the Living Force as Qui-Gon did. If that happens in the next couple episodes, he could be super-charged for his next battle with Vader, and leave his apprentice feeling like he needs to "learn" something new.

Or if they don't, it goes to explaining why once we catch back up with Ben 10 years later, he is as chill as he is--living with 2 lightsabers right under the roof of his publicly-known home, and ready to charter a ship and get back into the fight at the drop of a hat. It will be quite the change in attitude once he starts using the Living Force as his guide.

I have a ton to say about Vader and his actions from part 3 as well, but I want to see what he does next to clarify if he was supposed to have been stymied when Ben got away or if that was all intentional.

For some of the production clunky I am really enjoying the character beats in this so far!

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