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The Vintage Collection / Re: San Diego Comic Con 2023 Reveals
« on: July 21, 2023, 11:08 AM »
Yeah, I'm going to back it, and then start planning a multi-tiered big ship shelf that I've been thinking about for a few years.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 4 (New TVC Wave 30)
« on: July 12, 2023, 09:19 AM »This Han is on Amazon now… I could be mistaken but that’s the first time I’ve seen it there.
I wonder if Vader shows up soon…
Thanks! I just ordered a couple. Vader is there, but only from 3rd party sellers at the moment.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Walmart 2023 TVC TCW ARC Commanders - Havoc/Colt/Blitz
« on: July 12, 2023, 09:15 AM »
I got an email that my Entertainment Earth order had shipped and got excited (since there are so many preorders). Then I opened the email and saw it was Colt...I mean I guess it's fine, but honestly, I'm pretty sick of that Arc Trooper figure at this point, so it was truly underwhelming.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Troop Builder 212th Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: July 7, 2023, 09:39 AM »I got my first set today. No black brow line.
I’m hoping the running change is to add it and I can just wait a month or two and order a second one to get both versions.
Mine has the black lines on the helmets, Rob. I bet if you bought another set now it would have the change.
My set from Pulse that I ordered last week just arrived today, I also got the no brow line version. Date stamp is 30321.
It's weird, I still have yet to see the plain white Andor version so this is my first in-person experience with the new clone body. Overall it feels like a bit of a let-down. The body sculpt is GREAT, and I'm really happy with it. The helmet really just kills it. I think it is slightly better in person than the images I've seen, but it is still squished and the paint apps are off. Specific to the 212th set, the paint applications on my helmets is a bit sloppy. I've also noticed that the white doesn't match between the various casted and painted armor pieces.
These sets are a great concept, I just don't think the Hasbro team fully recognizes or understands their Amry building potential. Waxer would have made a great repaint on a single card, but he feels like a wasted slot in the set. If Hasbro had gotten the helmet and deco right here and swapped Waxer for a more generic clone like a 212th airborne trooper (like Matt suggested), a more generic unnamed squad leader, or even just a 4th grunt this set would have been out of the park and I'd have wanted multiples. My old 212th clones are all yellowing and dated. I wouldn't have minded replacing a bunch of them. As is, I'll probably will stick to one set, and maybe pick up a second to try and get the black line variant.
Yeah, I'm totally aligned with what you're saying here, and I'm in the same boat where I would have bought a ton of these if the helmets were normal (especially if they were non-removable or swappable) in many of the color configurations. Hell, I just bought a bunch of 501st on the spindly clone body and I'd still buy a few sets on this body if they offered straight up trooper packs with the helmet issue remedied.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Troop Builder 212th Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: July 5, 2023, 05:18 PM »Someone in the TVC Facebook group was able to ID an earlier version of the 212th trooper 4-pack that didn't have the brow line. And the later production run (from April IIRC) DID have the brow line. I haven't ordered this set yet, and I might wait a little longer in the hopes of getting the version with the brow line.
As for the helmet? For all of the advances we've seen in sculpting, and the push for a figure that's based on an actor in the physical costume, it's stunning that the removable helmets just don't look good on a figure in 2023.
Especially since they actually did a great job on the removable helmets on the Arc troopers. Those look pretty right to me. But I still want them to stop with the removable helmet thing for any clone that isn't Rex, or do a swappable head/helmet.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Troop Builder 212th Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: July 3, 2023, 03:45 PM »
If there's never another removable helmet on a clone ever again, I'd be super happy.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2023: Playset with figure
« on: July 2, 2023, 03:31 PM »
For the most part, what I'm looking for are modular sets like the Carbon Freeze Chamber and Tantive IV, so in those cases, I opted for the included figure to be an army builder. There are a couple of instances where the playset item is more unique (like Vader's meditation chamber or the Bespin gantry), so those would have a unique figure that's necessary for those scenes.
1. Echo Base (with Hoth Trooper)
2. Cloud City (with Bespin Guards)
3. Death Star (with Death Star Trooper)
4. Emperor's Throne Room - two sets building on the Emperor set from a couple years ago (one with Sim Aloo and one with the pointy hat guy who's name I can't remember)
5. Home One - modular sets to complete the semicircle (with Mon Calamari crewman)
6. Ewok Village (with generic-ish Ewok)
7. Mustafar duel - two different sets (one with Anakin "Darth Vader" and one with Obi-Wan)
8. Star Destroyer bridge (with Admiral Ozzel)
9. Star Destroyer - Darth Vader's meditation chamber (with removable helmet Darth Vader)
10. Cloud City gantry - "I am your father" scene (with a beaten-up Bespin Luke)
1. Echo Base (with Hoth Trooper)
2. Cloud City (with Bespin Guards)
3. Death Star (with Death Star Trooper)
4. Emperor's Throne Room - two sets building on the Emperor set from a couple years ago (one with Sim Aloo and one with the pointy hat guy who's name I can't remember)
5. Home One - modular sets to complete the semicircle (with Mon Calamari crewman)
6. Ewok Village (with generic-ish Ewok)
7. Mustafar duel - two different sets (one with Anakin "Darth Vader" and one with Obi-Wan)
8. Star Destroyer bridge (with Admiral Ozzel)
9. Star Destroyer - Darth Vader's meditation chamber (with removable helmet Darth Vader)
10. Cloud City gantry - "I am your father" scene (with a beaten-up Bespin Luke)
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Troop Builder 212th Clone Trooper 4-Pack
« on: June 30, 2023, 10:15 AM »Normally, I order two of these packs, but I'm only getting one of these, mainly for these reasons:
1. The price is too high in my opinion.
2. Having the Lt in this makes it tough to army build with.
3. I already have a bunch of the 212th Battalion in my collection.
I agree, having the Lt was a stupid, stupid decision. There should just be four troopers, full stop. At the most, they could have included one of the airborne troopers or medics or whatever, but the army building takes a complete nosedive with the unique character in there. I thought they had finally figured this out?
This is a bit of feedback that I hope one of the sites points out to them so they don't continue going down this path and making their troop builder packs ******* useless.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2018 TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)
« on: June 26, 2023, 10:29 AM »
I would focus on taking the side fins off and the sails. I just took the sails off last week to vacuum them, so it's pretty easy. The other thing I would make sure you take out are the three little pieces that plug into the bottom. They're all towards the back and they're small and could be easily lost. Once you do that, take the guns and cannon off the upper deck and wrap the thing in some bubble wrap or paper or something like that. Should be easy enough.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: June 13, 2023, 10:25 AM »Just came here to post that... for $30 I bought another one. Every time they go less than the currently lowest I'll buy another one.
That's my policy too. And kind of a fun game with a prize at the end (that I have to pay for).
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2023: Vehicles
« on: June 1, 2023, 11:16 AM »
No particular order, and where I mention a rerelease, I'm fine with Hasbro making improvements as well...
1. TIE Interceptor (rerelease from TLC)
2. Snowspeeder (rerelease from TLC, but with rebel markings instead of Luke's unmarked speeder)
3. B-Wing (new)
4. Y-Wing (new)
5. Imperial Shuttle (new)
6. Luthen's Fondor Haulcraft (or whatever it's called)
7. U-Wing (new)
8. Bo Katan's Gauntlet Starfighter
9. Darth Vader's TIE Advanced (this is probably one of my most wanted resculpted ships)
10. Z-95 Headhunter (I just really always wanted one of these)
1. TIE Interceptor (rerelease from TLC)
2. Snowspeeder (rerelease from TLC, but with rebel markings instead of Luke's unmarked speeder)
3. B-Wing (new)
4. Y-Wing (new)
5. Imperial Shuttle (new)
6. Luthen's Fondor Haulcraft (or whatever it's called)
7. U-Wing (new)
8. Bo Katan's Gauntlet Starfighter
9. Darth Vader's TIE Advanced (this is probably one of my most wanted resculpted ships)
10. Z-95 Headhunter (I just really always wanted one of these)
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Target 2023 TVC Deluxe Luke Skywalker & Grogu
« on: May 8, 2023, 10:45 AM »Hooray. All that and the happy ending was a thirty dollar Luke / Grogu 2-pack.
I wish this could be pinned to the top of the thread.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Pulse 2023 TBOBF Throne Room Playset
« on: May 8, 2023, 09:22 AM »
I'm probably going to sell the main structure of the set (archway, etc), but keep the accessories and Bib Fortuna. If anyone is interested in that, or if you know someone who would be, let me know.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Target 2023 TVC Deluxe Luke Skywalker & Grogu
« on: May 8, 2023, 09:19 AM »
Alright, well that's ordered I guess. Thanks for the link!
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The Vintage Collection / Re: Target 2023 TVC Deluxe Luke Skywalker & Grogu
« on: May 5, 2023, 01:12 PM »My next guess was maybe they'd do it right at the expected time but a day late, but now that doesn't seem to be the case either.
That's what I thought too. Frustrating and hilarious all at the same time.