On the other two vehicles, I waited because I really didn't think it was worth it to back without the extras.  The extras for the Ghost are just ok, but not must haves.  I like the Ghost fine, but I have been downsizing quite a bit and really don't have the space for another huge ship.  It took me over a year to unbox and display the barge.  It is packed again since I'm moving and I have no clue when or where I can display it again.

As for OT vs non OT, I would essentially call this and the Razor Crest OT.  I think both the Ahsoka series and the Mandalorian series feel a lot more OT then the PT or ST.  The Rebels cartoon starts five years before the OT and the other series are a few years afterwards.

My main point is that I don't think the ship showing up in Ahsoka will drive sales.  One would have to see how much cross over their is between show viewers and collectors.  I don't think a non-collector show viewer is going to buy this thing on a lark, just because it is featured on the show.

1. Death Star Playset
2. Star Destroyer
3. Mos Eisley Cantina

At this point, I have to skip this one.  The Barge and Razor Crest take up enough space as it is.  I'm really trying to cut back.  If space wasn't an issue, I would probably jump on board.

I guess the main issue is the figures.  It would be nice if they would just come out and say, these will be re-released on different cardbacks minus an accessory like they did with the off world jawa.  You certainly want open figures to display in this thing and you also want the entire crew.  It would suck to have to open the pack-ins.

I would guess if this hits strech goal 1 or 2, they announce the Sabine and Chopper carded stretch goals.  If Hasbro were smart, they would release a six pack set of the stretch goal figures somewhere around the release of the Ghost.  Just repacks of all these figures minus a few the accessories.  You get the whole crew in one shot.

I'm surprised this guy responded at all.  That being said, I have severe doubts of any date being made.  Granted this is what Krahn said, but his update claims that the "factory" was supposed to finish these in October and Krahn promised a shipping date around Christmas.  By August, we will be almost a year off of that.  The other end of this is can this "factory" actually handle something like this?

From his website:

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Static resin models doesn't really line up with what the Bantha is supposed to be.  Looking at his product for sale, I would say the quality is on par with those little holo figures that were pack ins with Star Wars figures all those years ago.

As I'm going down this rabbit hole, I reread some of the updates from TFSB.  He claims the wave of 13 was one of the most ambitious crowd funding projects of all time and a lot of them take this long to be finished.  Of the 13, I would say Beru, Owen, RFT, Antilles, Spaceman, and Thrawn are more or less unique sculpts.  RFT and Antilles are pretty close to each other.  So the remaining 7 are rehashs of existing.  Holo Leia is just a vintage Leia.  Sandtrooper is slight mod to Stormtrooper.  Wedge and Bigss are X-Wing Luke with new heads.  The astromech is just R2 with a new head.  Motti is just imperial officer with a new head.  ST Han is just ST Luke with a new head.  Not as ambitious as he makes it out to be.  SS has put out a ton of product in the same timeframe.  Granted, a lot of his stuff is vintage replicas or based off of R2, C-3PO, or Death Star Droid.  However, he made Garindan, Slave Leia, Oola, and RFT which are all new sculpts.  That is four new sculpts right there compared to the six new sculpts in the 13.  I believe his Fetts are also a new mold compared to the vintage one. He also made the speeder and Bantha and got them out to customers.

At this point the excuses are pretty lame and don't hold water.  Even if this "factory" completes some sort of Bantha.  I doubt they see the light of day.  Krahn is done shipping out anything else at this point.

I would be someone has, but I haven't heard about anyone doing it.  I wonder if he really engaged the factory or not.

I saw a few Tonnika sister kits and I really don't have the time or the skill to assemble and paint figures myself.  The ~$40 a figure range isn't that bad for a finished figure considering the current price point of loose vintage figures and Hasbro figures are over $10 a figure.

For SS, I think he doesn't want to have too many projects going on at the same time.  He certainly doesn't want to get caught up in the SLC craziness.  I really wish I had found SS first before SLC.

Looking through SLC offerings, he essentially has only released SS product for the most part:

Bantha (no need to discuss this one)
2019 products - Han and Luke Stormtrooper, Yakface, Blue Snaggletooth, R2-D2 (pop up saber, Droids, Uzay), Stormtrooper, R2-Q5, Shadow Trooper, Yak Face
2020 products - ANH Luke Trooper, Stormtrooper (ESB, Droids, Glasslite, Uzay, POTF)
2021 products - Boba Fett and EV-9D9
2022 products - Rebel Trooper and Sandtrooper packs, Slave Leia, Thrawn, Droids and Uzay Boba Fett, Fett Throne

Planned Wave of 13 unreleased - Owen, Beru, Biggs, Wedge, R4-M9, Motti, Holo Leia, Captain Antilles, Spaceman (other four are Sandtrooper, Rebel Trooper, ST Han, and Thrawn - first two released in 4 packs only, last two made it to some customers)

Now that SS is doing the R4 figure, there isn't much that SLC has that are unique to them.  Really just Thrawn, Fett Throne (if it even shipped), and Uzay Fett.  This would lead me to believe most of SLC product was started or branched off of work by SS before he sold it to Krahn.  I would say that leads more to the theory that Krahn was just a thief the whole time.

These are the SLC products I actually received:  ST Han, Thrawn, Slave Leia, R2-Q5, Fett 3 Pack (Tri Logo, Uzay, Droids), Shadow Trooper

I would definitely say that SS's Fetts are better.  ST Han is a bit disappointing because the helmet is hard plastic and doesn't have the feel of say the vintage Boushh or Skiff Lando helmets.  Never had a vintage ST Luke, so can compare to that.  Haven't got the SS Slave Leia yet, but everything I hear is that it is the superior version.  R2 and Shadow aren't bad.  Don't have the SS R2-Q5, but I think his astros are better overall from the ones that I have.

SS had some leftover droids that he put up today if anyone was lucky enough to snag any.  Seemed like just a few hours of notice.  He said he would be randomly putting up additional ones if he finds any more.  Keep your eyes peeled.  Also, in pretty huge news, he said he was going to list the Tonnika sisters for preorder.  I think I might have to jump on those instead of waiting for them to hit the US shop.  I want the Degobah Luke, Greedo, and Vader, but was going to experiment to see if I can just get them on the US shop.  Everyone who loves vintage will want the sisters.