It appears that these are turning up in stores in the Disney Parks.  As more and more of them get out there the prices are gradually coming down, which is most welcome.  The same seems to be happening with the Galactic Starcruiser astromech, SK-620.

Every time I tried doing a Selfie Series scan I was left wondering "Who does this actually look like?"  Because I didn't get the sense that the shape of the head was anything like mine.  So I never ordered one of these.

Oh well!

Same here. I was kind of expecting that this morning.  The shipping update said it was going to arrive today, but when I checked the tracking first thing this morning there was no indication that it had even shipped.  It leaves me wondering if Amazon charged my account for Krennic or not. 

I got a similar notification from Amazon, which was most welcome!  Glad to be getting Krennic in a few days.  But I'm still wondering when the Thrawn from the previous wave will turn up?  The solid cases have been a generally good idea for online retail, but perhaps the demand for Thrawn was underestimated?

I heard the Banthaskull guys talk about this on a livestream with the guy from MAKMCSWF on YouTube.  Their general pitch was this:

Previous Fan's Choice Figure Polls had winners in fields of 5 or 25 contestant characters.  The last example being a couple of polls conducted in cooperation with Hasbro, The Official Site and the defunct ToyFare magazine.  The winner(s) would have something like 26% or 31% of the vote.  That was enough to edge out the rest of the competition, but not enough to reach a 50% +1 level where there was a clear winner.  Hence they're trying this elimination model of poll.  The SWTVC IG page's March Madness poll certainly garnered a lot of attention in the social media sphere of collecting.  This seems like a concerted effort to offer something different.

In the end I don't know if the results from this poll will make the whole TVC collecting community happy.  That's because there will always be some sort of compromise where it boils down to an either/or scenario.  And it's about which character(s) do you prefer over another - not which character is head and shoulders above the rest in the entirety of the community.  To me that seems to be artificially guiding the process.  And there's the potential for some participants to drop out because any characters they were interested in voting for were eliminated and they don't feel interested in continuing.

So what will it yield?  We'll see.

I was able to pick up another one of these sets at a Disney Outlet near me as well as the BB Pride droid and this year's Halloween droid AND the Obi-Wan Kenobi Droid Factory 4-pack for reasonable prices.  It's nice to actually find some things in person, too.

Star Wars needs an introductory line for the 1:18 scale.  How many 8 year olds are clamoring for TVC figures right now?  Or their parents who are not existing collectors? 

I’ve seen Hasbro’s Marvel Epic Hero Series figures.  They’re not up to the standards of the old Marvel Universe line, but they’re not garbage.  They’re an introductory series that can offer vehicles that won’t break the bank.  In fact , I already have some of the Marvel Epic Heroes figures from GotG volume 3.  I need to compare them for height with some current TVC figures.  I think some people might be getting unnecessarily hung up on the 4” figure thing.

This line makes sense in advance of the release of the “Skeleton Crew” series.  That’s supposed to feature a number of kids in the cast.  A line like this seems like it could support that Disney+ series in real time and reach that broader audience.

Plus, this line could be a way to get more 1:18 scale vehicles back on the shelves of the big box retailers.  Lots of collectors recognize what junk the electronic 12” figures are, but they’re keeping that lower shelf space that used to be occupied by vehicles.  A vehicle line that consists of ships that are all priced above $100 is not friendly to the market.  TVC vehicles have been amazing, but they get released at a very slow rate.  A $30 to $40 assortment of vehicles is much more accessible to the broader market and has the potential to generate volume sales.  I don’t think for an instant that this will replace the Vintage Collection, but it can definitely help build out worlds at a more affordable price point.

I would go ahead and do it.

This customizer came up with an amazing formula!

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