2025 HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina

[Rob]

I’m guessing this is the only place we’ll ever see them after the handwringing
over getting them made at all.  There aren’t a lot of slots for the retro line and the only reason I wouldn’t rule it out completely is that they can make two toys for the price of one.

[Nicklab]

I just hope this means they will eventually do a pair of Retro Tonnikas 

Would anyone want to see a Retro Collection Cantina?  I remember really liking that playset as a kid.

[Jeff]

I'd be happy if they did 2-4 of those sets to help newer collectors fill out their Cantinas and get us some new aliens and much-needed updates. I'd even be fine if each set had 1-2 rereleases (depending on the figure).

I wouldn't be mad if they kept the same format as the Jabba Goon set - 1 repack, 1 resculpt, 2 all-new characters.  Feels like a 4-pack like that would be an easy way to get us some of those remaining humans from the Cantina.

Getting this Cantina makes me so happy... though next year my top 20 wishlist is gonna be filled with Cantina dudes...  Arleil, Atheloe, Baniss, Lirin, Yerka, Rycar, Swilla, Jenny, Garouf, Tzizvvt.

I’m guessing this is the only place we’ll ever see them after the handwringing over getting them made at all. 

I think Greedo and Nabrun are a lock to get re-issued on new cardbacks.  The Tonnikas though? That's a tougher guess.  For all we know, the only reason LFL finally green-lit them as figures was because there was a promise that they stay locked into this set and this was the only way to get them.  I guess time will tell...

Would anyone want to see a Retro Collection Cantina?  I remember really liking that playset as a kid.

I went through so many rubber bands on those doors as a kid... 

[StBrianOfMinneapolis]

I wanted the wolf man more than the other unlocks… do we still think it’s likely he makes it into the main line somehow?

I have a feeling we'll see each of these figures pipelined on different card backs in the mainline fairly soon.

I'm debating how soon they can actually do normal releases of Greedo, Nabrun and Arleil. It would seem weird to make those standard releases available before the Cantina ships.  What does it say for tier figures if they'll just make them anyway and release before the project ships? What would our motivation be to back future projects or buying multiples if the backers don't get first crack at owning new figure.

[Jeff]

I'm debating how soon they can actually do normal releases of Greedo, Nabrun and Arleil. It would seem weird to make those standard releases available before the Cantina ships.  What does it say for tier figures if they'll just make them anyway and release before the project ships? What would our motivation be to back future projects or buying multiples if the backers don't get first crack at owning new figure.

Pretty sure the mainline releases of Grogu and Offworld Jawa happened before the Razor Crest shipped with it's versions of those guys.  And we've already got the mainline variants of Zeb and Ezra shipped with Kanan on the way soon and The Ghost hasn't shipped with it's versions of those guys yet.

Hasbro doesn't seem to have any issues with similar time release as long as there is something "unique" about the HasLab version that still makes it special/unique.

[Matt_Fury]

We're getting all of these figures in TVC's main line.  They'll just be slightly different, either on a different card or slight change in accessories.  Hell, Greedo is needed to complete the 96 on his own!

Bottom line:  Hasbro is going to find a way to give everyone who purchased this set figures to open.

[StBrianOfMinneapolis]

I'm debating how soon they can actually do normal releases of Greedo, Nabrun and Arleil. It would seem weird to make those standard releases available before the Cantina ships.  What does it say for tier figures if they'll just make them anyway and release before the project ships? What would our motivation be to back future projects or buying multiples if the backers don't get first crack at owning new figure.

Pretty sure the mainline releases of Grogu and Offworld Jawa happened before the Razor Crest shipped with it's versions of those guys.  And we've already got the mainline variants of Zeb and Ezra shipped with Kanan on the way soon and The Ghost hasn't shipped with it's versions of those guys yet.

Hasbro doesn't seem to have any issues with similar time release as long as there is something "unique" about the HasLab version that still makes it special/unique.

Yeah, I guess you are right. The Cantina character seem to feel different to me as we've been waiting 47 years for those. I don think I ever blinked an eye when characters from the Razorcrest and the Ghost had maneline releases in advance of the arival of the haslab ships.

[EdSolo]

I flaked on this one.  I was still deciding on Monday about it, then got caught up with stuff on Monday night and forgot about it until I woke up on Tuesday.

Honestly it might be for the best, since my other two Haslabs are sitting in boxes in the basement, waiting for me to clear out other stuff to make space for them.  Perhaps if I ever make the space, I can grab one on the second market, but I guess it is better to save the money at this point rather than store yet another large box.

[Matt_Fury]

So I recently got Ezra Kanan and Zeb  to finish off the Ghost crew and it got me thinking.  Every Haslab figure has made it to the main line in some form or another.

Khetanna: Yak Face was released on a Return of the Jedi card without a coin.

Razor Crest:  All the carded figures made it to the main line (Jawa with less accessories, Grogu with a pram that was not vac-metalized.)  They said the only way to get a Mando with a soft-goods cape was with the Razor Crest but he's been released three times already with one on a single card!

Ghost: All members of the crew have been released in the main line in some form.  Ahsoka or Rebels card.

I feel the same thing is going to happen with the Cantina figures.  Greedo is a definite because he is needed to finish the 96.  Wuher and the Tonnika Sisters would be a little tougher, but then I saw the Mando-multipack today!  That could totally be the way they bring them to the main line!  They could also do that with Nabrun Leeds and other, older cantina aliens as a way to re-release them into the line!

I put these thoughts into a video on my YT channel.  Premiers tomorrow at 2 pm EDT Check it out if you're interested.

[Jeff]

Wuher and the Tonnika Sisters would be a little tougher

Hasbro was pretty upfront that Greedo/Nabrun would get re-issues at some point if they unlocked.  I'm sure Arleil will get made too (Hasbro probably assumed all three would get unlocked and probably already has plans for them at retail).

Of the other three, I could see Wuher being re-released in some form somewhere down the line (some pack with Evazon or Ponda or something) but I just don't know about the sisters.  Their whole history was so weird and so "we're never going to do them".  We don't really know why LFL finally relented.  Maybe part of the deal to make them here was that they'd only ever be in this set? 

Of course on the other hand saying "we're never going to do this" and then releasing them in two different ways next year would be very on brand for the "everything gets reused" SW team these days.

[Rob]

If I remember right (and I'm paraphrasing), Steve Evans said we "should consider this the only time the Sisters will be available."

The way he worded it was definitely suggesting that they wouldn't appear elsewhere, but he did leave the door cracked a little bit.

[Dave]

Agreed.  Based on the history of the Tonnikas I don't expect they'll ever get released in any form ever again.

I'm sure all the others, and probably the one that didn't fund will get recarded and made eventually (and based on past history probably released before the cantina is).

[Matt_Fury]

If I remember right (and I'm paraphrasing), Steve Evans said we "should consider this the only time the Sisters will be available."

The way he worded it was definitely suggesting that they wouldn't appear elsewhere, but he did leave the door cracked a little bit.

I'm happy Steve is back on Star Wars, but his wording when answering the question was not a definite no and when he was asked, the Campaign was still going (and not fully backed at that point.)

Hasbro used much stronger language about the soft goods Mando only being available with the Razor Crest than Steve's answer.

Also, we're actually getting (what I assume is) the Jabba from the Sail Barge later this year!  Nearly every Haslab Figure has shown up in the main line in some form.

[Jeff]

Also, we're actually getting (what I assume is) the Jabba from the Sail Barge later this year!

Yes - Hasbro confirmed that the Jabba coming with the playset/dais is a repack of the HasLab Sail Barge Jabba (which was a repaint of the 2015 TRU Rancor Pit box set Jabba).

[P-Siddy]

I had the same thoughts as Matt regarding figures released with Haslabs: usually they make it into the main line albeit with different cardback or less accessories.  Many people have wanted the Sisters for 25ish years and to finally put them out behind a Haslab paywall that not everyone can afford (or can't afford multiples to keep a set carded) is a disservice to those fans.  We now know Hasbro can make the Tonnikas, so make them a Pulse multi-pack exclusive kind of like Sabine and Chopper or not even on vintage cards for that matter.