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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Galaxy of Adventures => Topic started by: Jeff on November 28, 2018, 01:03 PM
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I don't know that we need a whole forum for these so I'll just stick them in here since this is sort of the Spring 2019 5POA line forum.
Now that Disney/LFL has officially announced the Galaxy of Adventure animated shorts (https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-galaxy-of-adventures) and the Hasbro line supporting it ("available on December 1, exclusively at Walmart and then nationwide in January 2019"), I can start up a thread for the figures without incurring the wrath of Hasbro PR team. ;)
Yakface (http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2018/11/05/rumor-report-star-wars-story-in-a-box-update-2/) has been out in front of this for a while so hop on over there for pics of the first wave. Basically 5POA line repacks with a mini-comic in totally tubular packaging.
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Just so you know, Jeff, that last line was read with "surfer dude" voice in my head!
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Yakface (http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2018/11/05/rumor-report-star-wars-story-in-a-box-update-2/) has been out in front of this for a while so hop on over there for pics of the first wave. Basically 5POA line repacks with a mini-comic in totally tubular packaging.
5 POA repacks? At least tell me they raised the price! :P
Oh, I see they did. Man, who WOULDN'T want these for $10???
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Are they definitely all repacks? Which Bespin Han is that? In Yak Face's photo I can't quite place it...
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I'd assume it is the Bespin Han from the TLJ-branded two-pack last year.
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Are they definitely all repacks? Which Bespin Han is that?
Yes, they are all repack/reused sculpts. Force Link repacks don't have the Force Link chips anymore though apparently.
Bespin Han is the 2015 SL24 Bespin Han Solo (http://www.rebelscum.com/SL24-Han-Solo-B0686-A3857-Rebels-Hasbro.asp) sculpt.
Stormtrooper is slightly interesting as it's the SOLO Mimban Stormtrooper Commander kitbash (from the Target 6-pack) without the pauldron. Nice general pose army builder... but not worth investing in too many at $10 each.
Wave 1:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRTiwxUUAAFLS5.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRTiwxUUAAFLS5.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRTmJFVAAAxYvr.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRTmJFVAAAxYvr.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRT6ODVsAA-IwD.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRT6ODVsAA-IwD.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRT2kaVsAAC2KZ.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRT2kaVsAAC2KZ.jpg)
Wave 2:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUSyaVAAAOzam.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUSyaVAAAOzam.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUHR0V4AAM4gf.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUHR0V4AAM4gf.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUE8XVAAASBDD.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUE8XVAAASBDD.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUVFVUwAE8Ntc.jpg) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtRUVFVUwAE8Ntc.jpg)
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Isn't the idea behind the "show" to make 7 year olds care about Luke Han Leia etc.? So here's same 7 year olds chance to have a specific line / display of those characters. Short lived line, why not?
Oh nevermind, it's not super articulated Momaw Nadon. That's why not. Got it.
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Are they definitely all repacks? Which Bespin Han is that?
Yes, they are all repack/reused sculpts. Force Link repacks don't have the Force Link chips anymore though apparently.
Bespin Han is the 2015 SL24 Bespin Han Solo (http://www.rebelscum.com/SL24-Han-Solo-B0686-A3857-Rebels-Hasbro.asp) sculpt.
Stormtrooper is slightly interesting as it's the SOLO Mimban Stormtrooper Commander kitbash (from the Target 6-pack) without the pauldron. Nice general pose army builder... but not worth investing in too many at $10 each.
Awesome, good to know - especially about the Stormtrooper. If it's a kitbash, I'm in for at least one.
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Isn't the idea behind the "show" to make 7 year olds care about Luke Han Leia etc.? So here's same 7 year olds chance to have a specific line / display of those characters. Short lived line, why not?
Wah wah Because it’s kids stuff no one asked for and it will make it hard for me to get TVC. Wah wah and oh yeah Disney sucks! Wah wah!!
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I really can't rap my head around the point of this line, especially with the price increase. Sounds to me more like a Disney decision rather than a Hasbro decision.
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Saw wave 1 of those at Walmart Saturday. They were put no where near the star wars section. The price is way too much for them.
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I really can't rap my head around the point of this line, especially with the price increase. Sounds to me more like a Disney decision rather than a Hasbro decision.
A couple bucks for the comic book doesn't seem all that insane to me?
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I’ve not seen these here yet but I’m also not looking too hard either. The price seems about what I’d expect between packaging pack in and figure. They weren’t gonna be $5 or even the same price as a basic figure after all.
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Whoa. Two non negative posts back to back. Slow down.
I'll make it three. I agree. You can question the line altogether I guess. Though I thought I understood why they made it. So with the different packaging and pack in of course it's more $.
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I appreciate them for what they are, a novelty version of the figures. And I like them as a collection unto themselves enough to really want to build a display piece for the 8 figure collection.
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What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.
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I get the figures for Resistance being more time consuming to produce but yeah it is insane there is no merchandise to push the show yet. I feel like there's a big gift buying holiday coming up too......
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What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.
Agree 1000%!
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What kinda blows my mind is these got out to coincide with the toons on YouTube but resistance stuff is nowhere to be found.
Well, to be fair the Resistance stuff is 100% new sculpts and these are just new packaging. I imagine it's much easier/faster to get new stuff out if you're just creating new packaging for old sculpts. The other factor is that these GOA figures are a new line/sku that are being launched as an exclusive (Walmart) first.
For the Resistance stuff, which is part of the regular basic figure line, I can't imagine a buyer like Target was too excited about the idea of stocking a THIRD basic figure line next to the unsold TLJ and SOLO 3.75" lines (and the expensive TVC stuff too). Maybe it is better to let Christmas clearance kill those lines then launch the Resistance 3.75" stuff fresh in Spring?
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I think Hasbro is reserving a majority of their action figure/vehicle tooling budget for late 2019 for Episode IX. Seems that this is the usual M.O. between films - heavy on the repacks and cheaper/higher margin products [Star Wars Command, Fighter Pods/Microforce, now repacks (for TVC), GOA, and reissues for TBS (Archive).]
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Good points and logic Jeff and Jayson... I’m more annoyed the Solo crew is only NOW getting out. I feel like this should’ve been wave one of that line at this point haha. The Resistance toon in general seems to be kind of low key compared to Rebels and its push. It’s not a bad show though at all.
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Found WAVE 2 this morning in addition to finding a complete case of Resistance Wave 1 figures - they were sitting on the shelf in this little display case that I'm sure was packed with the wave. Since I bought all of the Wave 2 tubes leaving just 2x of Vader and 2x Chewie, when I went to the self-checkout, I asked the attendant if I could have it and since it was Walmart, she didn't care, so now I have a nice little display for my MIP Galaxy of Adventure figures. ;D
(https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/peterjohn0/56861003119__55580F07-C426-4768-9B02-0FE28C69102B.jpg)
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I stopped by the local Walmart store this morning and noticed something. They had wave 1 of the Galaxy of Adventure line in stock. Not in any significant quantity, but they were there. The most notable thing I took from seeing these? The Galaxy of Adventure line looks like a COMPLETE AFTERTHOUGHT. The tubes were shoved all the way to the back of the shelf and were not a point of focus at all. It's almost as if Hasbro offered these purely for the purpose of killing the 3.75" action figure line.
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Why does what Walmart did with them have anything to do with Hasbro?
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I think the packaging is very weird for these. They come in a case of twelve, on two trays or six, in tubes that can be hung from pegs as well.
I've seen these both stacked on a shelf in their trays and hung on pegs.
Hanging them on pegs seems to not work very well because stores only have a peg devoted to these, and the cylindrical design doesn't allow for more than four figures on a peg at a time. If they were flat carded figures you could fit a lot more. Granted stores could do multiple pegs closer together, but I've yet to see that.
These don't seem to naturally fit on a shelf either since shelf space seems to be reserved for larger items, so I can see how Wal-Mart shoved these in a strange spot.
I wonder if these were originally designed for some other retail location (Walgreens?) where they could sit in a checkout aisle or something. Or maybe they gave this design opportunity to an intern who did something visually different, but impractical from a sales channel perspective.
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All fine points Dave.
Isn't this a short lived line to push the cartoon shorts? Just think maybe killing the 3.75 line as this as the evidence might be hyperbole
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My point about "killing the 3.75" line" was really about the marketing. Sure, there are the animated shorts. Those are interesting. But the merchandising and marketing of this line is NOT well done.
There has barely been any advertising. I've only seen these at WalMart. Has anyone seen them at another retailer? I've heard about them being put into bins, seen them pushed to the back of shelves, and the product isn't that visible in the packaging. The only thing that gives me some hope regarding the future of this line (and 5POA 3.75" figures) is the fact that they retooled Force Link figures to release them in this line without the chips.
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Target has them on a couple pegs with their new set
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The POP displays will look so much better at Ollie's than the purple Hasbro boxes. >:D
And seriously, the whole product looks designed to be a Five Below display. I like the design all around (except for so much recently rehashed product,) I can't wait to adapt it to a neat display. I don't think I would buy more than the Vader and Stormtrooper of what's been shown because I have the rest (or already decided not to buy them.)
As far as "Why Galaxy of Adventures at all?" my theory is this was the beginning of a Disney work-around for using the OT material while Fox had the rights...but when they began the process of acquiring Fox that project became a dead-end, and the idea got dumped in its present form as a space filler for the non-movie Christmas.
The more I see them, the more I can believe that by fall the line will become the 6" 5POA at $10. We will certainly find out at Toy Fair if that's the case.
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Target has them on a couple pegs with their new set
I was freaked out seeing these there because I assumed these were WM exclusives
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Target has them on a couple pegs with their new set
I was freaked out seeing these there because I assumed these were WM exclusives
WM had first distribution deal for the holidays but were always planned for other outlets in January.
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I finally saw some of these at Target, too. The merchandising for the GoA figures there was somewhat better. There was clearly tagged shelf-space and they were near the front of the shelf. But the packaging itself still leaves something to be desired.
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https://www.starwars.com/news/hasbro-galaxy-of-adventures-toy-fair-exclusive?cmp=smc%7C2123762219 (https://www.starwars.com/news/hasbro-galaxy-of-adventures-toy-fair-exclusive?cmp=smc%7C2123762219)
More of these incoming.
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Looks like 6 more straight repacks. Anyone see anything that says otherwise?
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Does anyone know if these comics are unique, or if they're snippets or reprints from previously published material?
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Does anyone know if these comics are unique, or if they're snippets or reprints from previously published material?
That thought crossed my mind, too. But when we have to fish for a reason like THAT to rationalize buying these figures? It says to me that these figures are barely worth my time and money.
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Yeah, I've got a big SW comic collection, so I'm wondering if I need to track these down for the comics. I've got virtually no interest in the repacked figures.
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https://www.starwars.com/news/hasbro-galaxy-of-adventures-toy-fair-exclusive?cmp=smc%7C2123762219 (https://www.starwars.com/news/hasbro-galaxy-of-adventures-toy-fair-exclusive?cmp=smc%7C2123762219)
More of these incoming.
I 100% would have been seeking out the Rey figure if the descriptor had been "The Mary Sue" instead of "The Scavenger."
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Finally able to cross this line off my list - I ordered the Obi-Wan, Rey, Kylo Ren, Grievous and Darth Maul from WalMart and then I grabbed the Boba Fett off eBay, so while I didn't really need the packaging variants, the entire run of 3.75" GoA figures are in my collection now.
I will not be collecting the 5" scale ones - I have zero interest in starting another scale.
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Spotted some of these figures at 5 Below yesterday. They had Vader and Bespin Han Solo. I think they were $5, but they might be less since that chain has been selling 3.75" figures for $3.99
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Spotted some of these figures at 5 Below yesterday. They had Vader and Bespin Han Solo. I think they were $5, but they might be less since that chain has been selling 3.75" figures for $3.99
They’re $5 at the stores around me. Picked up a couple of Stormtroopers along the way.
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Finding more of these at 5 Below. At those prices Stormtroopers from this line make for good diorama fillers. I picked up a couple more troopers.