Will it still be the white "Vintage" paintjob, as scene on the box?

What is shown on the box is not what we are getting.  According to Hasbro it will be the same as the last release, just in a new (crappy, mistake laden) box.

The latest Hasbro QnA has been posted...

- 30AC Vader's TIE = huge disappointment 
- 30AC 4-LOM - all-new and pretty darn cool 
- No CIV Hints for You!   


Also, a scheduling note:  The formal Q&A sessions will be taking a small hiatus due to Celebration IV and the Memorial Day holiday.  Look for the Q&A sessions to resume on June 8th. 

Don't worry though, there should be quite a bit of Q&A goodness from the Hasbro C-IV panel to tide you over! 

Had to go fill up the gas can for the lawnmower this afternoon...  $3.25⁹ per gallon. 

This weekend is the summer fishing opener in Minnesota.  The price has been bouncing around all week at the station nearest my house:

Mon - $3.09
Tues - $3.05
Wed - $3.09
Thur - $3.04
Fri - $3.25

Funny "coincidence" how the night before everyone hits the lakes on Saturday (and most likely needs to fill up both the car and the boat) gas spikes up $0.20 per gallon. 

According to AAA, this weekend should set a new record average high for the Twin Cities...  and Memorial Day is still 2 weeks away.

Untrue.  The order I placed for myself/Beth went through at 12:28 CST so a full 13 minutes after that time frame.  The order has a confirmation number as well, so they seem to still be available.

Good to hear, I was worried folks were going to miss out since the e-mail hasn't even been sent yet...

Indeed it did exist even three years ago but they were not in attendance with a booth at C-III. 

Well, you must have had one too many beers or something because they were at Celebration III.

Granted, they didn't have anything for sale there, but they were there with signings and freebies (those little red wristband dealies).   

I don't see why they don't just repack the best version if they're doing this anyway. 

Hasbro has said previously that it almost always comes down to which tools are available at which factory.  If you are going to crank out a case of 12 "Saga Legends" figures, then you need to have the 12 tools for those 12 figures all at the same factory. 

Sometimes, they can move a tool from one factory to another, but sometimes there are technical reasons why they can't do that (not compatible, different factory owner, whatever) and so you get stuck with a "lesser" sculpt to make the manufacturing dollars work.

I guess now we know why the price of the figures went up in 2007... 


From Hasbro:

Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) announced today that it has exercised its call option to repurchase all of the outstanding warrants for Hasbro's common stock currently held by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Lucas Licensing Ltd. (together "Lucas").

Lucas holds exercisable warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase an aggregate of 15,750,000 shares of Hasbro's common stock. The call notice to Lucas stated that Hasbro is exercising its call option to repurchase all of the Warrants for $200 million in cash. Upon closing of the call option Lucas will not hold any warrants to purchase shares of Hasbro's common stock. Hasbro anticipates closing the call option on May 24, 2007. In connection with the repurchase, Hasbro will recognize a final mark to market charge related to these warrants totaling approximately $36.5 million during the 2nd quarter of 2007.

Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment Agreement, entered into between Hasbro and Lucas in January of 2003, Hasbro was given a call option which provided that at any time through October 13, 2016, Hasbro could repurchase all of the Warrants from Lucas for a payment, in Hasbro's choice, of either (i) $200 million in cash or (ii) $220 million worth of Hasbro's common stock, such stock being valued in the manner set forth in the Warrant Amendment Agreement.