2021 Hasbro Pulse Fan Choice - TVC Republic Trooper

[Matt_Fury]

Vintage Collection Fan vote upcoming -- to bring back from the vault:

Ahsoka Tano
Republic Trooper (Video Game)
Tank Driver
Starkiller
Weequay

[Nicklab]

Vintage Collection Fan vote upcoming -- to bring back from the vault:

Ahsoka Tano
Republic Trooper (Video Game)
Tank Driver
Starkiller
Weequay

Hasbro could easily reissue ALL of these figures and they would be well received.  And seeing how Starkiller is one of the choices, then I guess my theory about a TVC Gaming Greats assortment (that would include Starkiller) got blown up.

[Jeff]

Vintage Collection Fan vote upcoming -- to bring back from the vault:

Ahsoka Tano
Republic Trooper (Video Game)
Tank Driver
Starkiller
Weequay

Only one that moves the needle for me is Tank Driver.  I'd buy a couple 2-4 more of those but I doubt I'd buy any of the others.

Ahsoka will probably win in a landslide I'm guessing though.

[McMetal]

Video game trooper was part of that Shae Vizsla wave wasn’t it? I never saw that wave in stores anywhere ever. So he would get my vote.

[Rob]

Agreed with Jeff.  I’ve got all these but would love to buy 3 or 4 more drivers.

[Jedi Idej]

Screw the poll. Hasbro needs to make the tank driver available to channel partners -- or whatever the term is -- by the CASE.

My tanks are still sidelined because they have no drivers. 

[Matt_Fury]

I'm hoping that they will re-release all of them and we are just voting for the one we want first.

[GrandMoffNick]

I plan to spend my day posting negative comments during the steam of items I don't collect because how dare they talk about stuff not on my radar.

[Nicklab]

The vault vote is kind of an interesting idea.  Frankly, it seems foolish for Hasbro to only collectors pick only one of these because they're going to be leaving money on the table.  Almost every figure from that online exclusive wave at the end of the original TVC run is going for serious money.  In one of the Vintage Collection Facebook groups the original release of Clone Wars Ahsoka Tano sold for $500 today.  And IIRC three of the choices in this poll came from that wave:  Clone Wars Ahsoka, the Republic Trooper and the Weequay.

It's also worth noting that Hasbro has already reissued two figures from that wave:  Clone Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Emporer's Royal Guard (3.75" Black Series and the new TVC re-release).  I wonder how long it's going to be before they re-release the rest of those figures?  I could definitely see Hasbro doing another Skiff Guards 3-pack that would include the Weequay, Weequay Skiff Master or Kithaba along with one previously unmade Skiff Guard.

[Rob]

I just voted for the Tank Driver... I scrolled through replies and it showed me Jesse’s vote for the Tank Driver, then almost every other vote I saw before stopping was for the Republic Trooper or Starkiller. 

The Tank Driver isn’t winning.

[Diddly]

That Republic Trooper is one of the hardest to find figures in the line, so I’ll be shocked if it doesn’t win.

[Matt_Fury]

Both the Republic Trooper and Starkiller belong in the gaming greats line.

[Rob]

Both the Republic Trooper and Starkiller belong in the gaming greats line.

My best theory is that technically the gaming greats is for “new” figures.  These would be repacks.

[Jesse James]

I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s Ahsoka.

I want the tanker even though I have a ton.  I’m kinda spiteful to newbies bitching about old figure prices first, and second I just want more tankers.  They’re all easy sells so it’s kinda dumb we are picking one haha. 

Ahsoka had a need for orthopedic shoes tho and so she kinda needed fixed imho.  Barriss Offee had similar problem as I recall.

[Keonobi]

Just my take, but rereleases peak for figures you'd rebuy. So if you have Ahsoka, Weequay, or Starkiller, would you make a point of getting another? Tank Driver was my (losing) vote. Could go for the Tank Cmdr again too...