Quote from: Matt_Fury on February  7, 2024, 10:56 AM

I don't understand why they could not announce this in the livestream.

IMO, It's nice to have some surprises.

I agree!  Some surprises are welcome.  Especially following the reactions to the last livestream.  So many people were disappointed with the figure reveals because they already knew that each one was coming.  Granted, that was compounded somewhat by the figures that were pipelined at the end of that livestream.  But overall I think a surprise announcement is a cool thing.

I'm not usually one to take Hasbro's side on the way they do business, but it didn't go unnoticed how they're structuring the preorders for this E-Wing.  A preorder window of under 1 month plays up on collector FOMO.  And it's a big middle finger to the clearance vultures.  It's funny, some people at the SW The Vintage Collection FB group were commenting about buying the E-Wing on clearance.  What magical thinking led them to believe that Hasbro will put it on clearance before March 5th?  And they seriously believe that the Disney Parks would put this on clearance before 2025? 

Clearance vultures REALLY hurt the vehicle segment of Hasbro's Star Wars line.  Any time an exclusive vehicle got announced there would be a chorus of people saying "I'll buy it on clearance".  And they wonder why Target won't offer exclusive vehicles anymore?  It seems like Hasbro is forcing an uncomfortable conversation with some of these people.

It's from the first episode of AHSOKA.  The E-Wings are patrolling Lothal, and try to get Sabine to the ceremony.  And in true Sabine fashion, she plays chicken with a parked E-Wing.

The article teased the possibility of a New Republic Pilot figure at some point.

Jayson updated his rumor list, and it appears that the playset might be from Moff Gideon's light cruiser.

I waited on the Mandalorian Death Watch helmet, and it got reduced at GameStop to $69.98!  My membership got me an additional 5% off, and I also used my monthly $5 coupon to bring the price down further.

Also?  The Bo-Katan helmet also seems to have been marked down at GameStop.  I think that's now $99.99.

The preorder window should be open until 2/14

This one's going to be interesting since a number of the characters from my 2023 list have been announced since last year's poll.


CLONE WARS
-Asajj Ventress
-Plo Koon
-Savage Opress
-Commander Fox (phase 2 armor)
-Mother Talzin
-Pong Krell
-Admiral Yularen
-Jedi Temple Guard


TALES OF THE JEDI
-Jedi Master Dooku
-Yaddle


THE BAD BATCH
-Wrecker  (season 1)
-Echo (season 1)
-Crosshair (Clone Force 99)
-Tech (season 1)
-Omega (season 1)


REBELS
-Ezra Bridger (season 1)
-Agent Kallus (ISB)
-Captain Rex
-Ahsoka Tano
-Fenn Rau

My one gripe was also about the threshold for free shipping.  So I wound up getting a "Hello There!" t-shirt in addition to the droids.

I get where you’re coming from Matt.  I just can’t see Hasbro just giving away over $1 million in gifts to backers.  They do have a fiduciary responsibility to their investors, and senior management would never sign off on that.