Congrats on the VOTC finds Jeff!  I broke down and ordered Obi and Leia via Amazon.com as well now, since we were placing an order there anyways for some other things.  Did the same thing with Han last week, and received him on Friday.  He looks amazing, and its all I can do to not rip him off the card to check it out closer.  These figures are amazing, and I really wish they would look to expand/continue this line in the future...even if it was just limited to 10-12 a year, collector focused like these are.  I really want to pick up 2 sets, so I can keep one carded, but the wifey isn't going for it so far.  I guess I can understand at $10 a pop.  Anyways, congratulations again on the finds, have you opened any of them up yet?  I'm hoping Luke shows up sometime soon as well (and the rest of the waves!)  Can't wait to see some pics from Comic-Con.

Ok, now that many people are starting to see the recarded rehashes actually on the pegs...are you picking them up or passing on them?  I have to say that I have passed on them, with the exception of a Han Solo simply because I always try to buy an extra Han to keep carded.  I will admit some of the others were tempting, just because of that packaging (Jedi Luke, Scout Trooper, and Chewie were close to being picked up too) but I just can't justify buying the figures just for the boxes.  Have any of you caved (that didn't think you would), or have you passed on them?  The recarded figures I have seen so far are the TR Vader, Han, Chewie, Leia (ANH), Luke X-Wing, Luke Jedi, and Scout Trooper.

I was going to start a new topic for this, but since this is the VOTC thread, I'll put it here.  I was just curious what many of you are doing for this line.  Are you buying one set, to open....are you buying two sets (one open, one carded), are you not even buying all of them?  What is your plan of action.  I ask because I'm not sure what to do.  I definitely want a complete set, and I'm usually an opener through and through, but after receiving Han via Amazon last week, I'm having troubles prying him open.  Ideally, I'd like to have two sets, to be able to leave one carded...but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to talk the Mrs. into that.  Which, I guess, I can understand.  At $10 a figure, it isn't exactly a cheap endeavor to get more than one set.  I guess I was just wondering what you are doing, how many you are buying, and if you could only buy one set...would you leave them carded or loose?  It has nothing to do with future value, I'd never sell these, I guess I just think about leaving them carded since they look so spiffy.  But I want to break that Han out to check it out closer so bad .  Might have to at least get two of him (and Chewie).

Well, while out shopping for groceries at a different Wal-Mart last night, I was fortunate enough to find the Bespin wave.  This was from a Wal-Mart that hadn't had anything but SC Anakins, Hoth Hans, and TR Lukes for quite some time...and they had 3x of each the Cloud Car Pilot, Lobot, and Bespin Leia.  I guess, as far as all-new figures (outside of the VOTC), I'm all caught up for quite some time now.  I'm still hoping Hasbro has a couple of surprises at Comic-Con next week, and we'll be seeing a few more figures by the end of the year.

Yet another reason I am constantly tempted by the GameBoy as well...that game does look pretty nice.  Why does there have to be so many things I want to buy, all at the same time?

I kind of feel the same way about the upcoming lineups Scott.  I guess I'm just not a big Punisher/Blade fan, so those don't do much for me.  I like the Fantastic Four figures as well, so I hope to pick those up.  Enough with Wolverine already though, yikes.  I would have liked to see more Avengers as well...and to be honest, if they are going to do X-Men, I'd rather they would be from the same "era" as the Giant Sized Box Set (which I don't have anyways ).  I think I might stick to those types of figures in this line....Spidey and his crew, Avengers, Fantastic Four, and "classic" X-Men.  I agree, let's see figures like Vision, Thor, Hawkeye, Beast, Iceman, etc.

I have been working on re-arranging my collection, to make room for both OTC/VOTC stuff, as well as some new Spidey stuff I've gotten lately, and have been getting closer looks at a few things from the Saga line.  One thing in particular is the Trash Compactor sets.  To be honest, I was really excited about picking these up when they came out...and they were tough to find around here...but now, when I look at it, I'm not all that impressed.  The Han figure isn't too bad (if it had better/different articulation, it would be ok)...but pretty much the rest of them aren't that great.  Chewie is a one-pose wonder, Luke has his eyes closed, and Leia's face sculpt (at least on mine) is especially crap-tastic.  Plus, since I took the whole thing apart to pack away for our moving, I still haven't been able to get it all back together quite right (although I haven't taken a lot of time to I guess).  It is a pain to move, since everything basically falls out/apart whenever it is moved at all.  Anyways, I'm not usually one to complain much...but just something I was thinking about...venting.  The set is not as good as I initially had hoped.  I'd still be up for a resculpt of both the Han and Luke Stormtrooper figures because of this set.