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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 01:48 PM »
It’s going to be the same story everywhere before too long.  Every importer is facing the same challenge.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 12:49 PM »
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Dear Valued EE Customers,

I want to update you on the current environment (specifically related to new tariff policy) and the impact it is having on our business and our pricing.

Since February, the Entertainment Earth team has been working as hard as possible with our vendor partners and internally to absorb as much cost impact as possible. Unfortunately, we cannot absorb all of the cost increases/tariffs, particularly on products coming from China.  Additionally, the current situation is preventing many retailers (ourselves included) from importing product from China which will impact timing of product receipt.

A few things to know:

You will be receiving information in the coming days on price increases and/or delays based on cost increases from vendors and/or tariffs.

To protect you and your purchases, you will be able to adjust your orders without penalty, as we understand the new costs may impact your ability/desire for these products.

If the environment changes and we have the opportunity to reduce prices, we have every intention to do so based on positive changes in the cost structure of toys. Our goal is to support you in building and growing your collections.

Entertainment Earth was built by fans with the singular purpose of bringing pop culture joy to all of you. As fans and collectors ourselves, it truly pains us both personally and professionally not to be able to deliver amazing collector products from so many terrific partners at prices that meet your (and our) expectations.

Please know that we continue to advocate for improved pricing from all possible partners, that we continue to “tighten our belt” as much as possible to serve you, and that if we see positive changes that can lower price, we will pass them on.

Thank you deeply for your continued support and partnership. As always, please feel free to reach out to our team with any questions.

Best regards,
Billy Lagor, CEO Entertainment Earth, and the EE Team

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Stan Solo did.  It’s not cheap but you can still buy it!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1860412638/stan-solo-custom-bantha-blemished


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Of course you already posted that and I missed it when I skimmed the page...Thanks.

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Did they say when this stuff would be up for preordering?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 2 (New TVC Wave 41)
« on: April 17, 2025, 07:56 PM »
Just got Callahan... that was one where I canceled my Amazon order a month or two ago because the update emails from Pulse made me thinking it was shipping imminently and it wasn't...

It's the highlight of the wave for me, just because it's a new character all around. 

The Snowtrooper is a close second - it's really really excellent.

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I could see everyone walking back their existing preorders.  They're not in the habit of losing money to get product out to us.

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Yeah I was wondering the same Jeff.

I have a hard time seeing them taking preorders again without clarity (which does not seem likely any time soon) or a price increase to account for all this instability. 

So I’m thinking basic figures are either $19.99 or we’re waiting until later and they’ll still cost that or more.

Anything we get preorder at $17.99 is a win for the moment.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 17, 2025, 09:49 AM »
I think they’re getting back on track because Steve is back in charge.

The prototypes and remnant stormtrooper have one glaring thing in common… they’re lazy re-uses of existing molds. 

Throw in the 18 Vader variants and 6 variants for each of the other prototype figures and you annoyed all the completists too.  I’m so glad those seem to have fizzled out.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 42)
« on: April 16, 2025, 06:49 PM »
Couldn't help but notice that this single-carded 501st clone has considerably more gloss in the blue paint.  Variant collectors beware...


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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:52 PM »
I really like that Thrawn!

I was surprised Hasbro didn't include him in the Ahsoka retro wave!

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:51 PM »
I think the Holo Jedi he refers to are the glow-in-the-dark Jedi Ghost 3-pack that Stan Solo sells.

Oh yeah, right.  I do have those.  I'd just forgotten about them.  I'd say the quality is similar.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 12:57 PM »
It is somewhat humorous that someone else is making the money off of Krahn's designs.  I would have to guess these are better than whomever did the make good wave of these that I believe were 3D printed.  I would have to inspect these in person to give a final opinion, but it looks like Krahn could have had something here if he just didn't screw everything up horribly.

I guess the best comparisons you could make would be putting the Rebel Trooper and Holo Leia side by side with SS's RT and holo Jedi.

The one thing that got me to preorder this wave was the look of the x-wing pilots (like if Kenner had made these, it looks like they just tweaked the x-wing Luke a bit) and the Beru (which feels to me like if this had existed back in the 70's, it was what was used for the Hasbro Beru way back in the flashback wave).

Too bad this all fell apart because it looks like a nice wave of customs.

I'm not sure what the Holo Jedi you're referring to is, but I did take a comparison photo of the various Fleet Troopers a few months ago...

Left is SLC, middle is PCF, right is SS:



The quality on these new SLC lost-wave figures is as good as I could have hoped for.  They do feel well produced.

As for the pilot legs, someone did a pretty good dive into what they seem to be made of over on Rebelscum... that discussion starts here:  https://forum.rebelscum.com/threads/3-75-professionally-made-kenner-style-customs-repros-discussion.1147498/page-68#post-20807464

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Yeah I'd agree with you Jeff.

Some of them are close and kind of okay, some of them are outright ridiculous (when compared to TVC I mean).

But they seem to be getting a little closer on scale with some (Vader) and are adding limited articulation.  I wonder if they're evolving it to fit a little bit more.

I'm only collecting them because the couple of times I've skipped things I wasn't sure of, I regretted it later.  I figure it'll be easier to give them to a niece or nephew later if I change my mind than to track them all down.

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