Got mine yesterday.  As with many releases lately, where the hell am I going to display this???

Now it seems that the Scout Trooper helmets are in Target stores.  It's interesting to see how this line has been developing.

There are scattered reports that this is getting clearanced by Target in some locations for around $25.  It will not now up in the Target app with that price, but it scans for that price in stores at the price check stations and the registers.  I went looking for them this morning but wasn't successful.

I think it's most likely a pricing error since this just got released.  And possibly Target mistook this speeder bike for the ROTJ version and placed it on clearance.

I saw reports of people finding the Trapper Wolf helmet at Ollie's stores for $29.99!  That price would definitely get me in on this line.

Count me in on being excited for this release!  Seeing new, never before made OT characters in the Vintage Collection shouldn't be a big deal, but in actuality it is.

Of course, some in the TVC social media circles are looking at "Who's Next" from Jabba's Palace.  They haven't even recycled the shipping boxes yet, but this is the collector mindset at work.

Old stock seems to be making it back out there with both Hasbro and Disney!  The Droid Depot 5-pack from Galaxy's Edge from a few years ago has popped back up on Shop Disney.  No vault to be seen with that set.  So I wonder if that might be the case at some point with D3-09?

I found this the other day in Walmart, and again yesterday in Target.  It's nice when you can actually find things on the shelves!  But the price tag on this is still questionable.

Quote from: McMetal on September 21, 2023, 02:21 PM

I’m wondering if they will flash back to explain that as well. I mean, the Purrgil had literally broken through all the windows on the bridge, and I’m no physics major but I’m pretty sure you can’t go through hyperspace Al Fresco 

I just figured there were emergency shields that keep the atmosphere from venting.

Same!  It's best not to invoke physics when it comes to Star Wars.


Thrawn sure can make a hell of an entrance!  And not a bad parking job by the Chimaera, either.

The Night Sisters seemed like a beautiful blend of what we had seen before with Mother Talzin on Dathomir, while drawing on the archetype of three witches - the Stygian witches and the Three witches in MacBeth come to mind.  And their abhorrence of the Jedi seems like something that we should definitely pay attention to.

Baylan Skoll seems to be acting much more in his own interests now rather than as an agent of Thrawn or Morgan Elsbeth.  It seems clear that he needed a ride, because he has been in search of something grander.  I suspect that's going to bring him into conflict with the Night Sisters.

The Howler was hilarious!  And it was great to see a creature with that kind of personality executed so well.  As for the reunion?  It seemed almost pre-destined.  And I suspect that the next conversation between Sabine and Ezra will not go as well.  But I was definitely struck by how much an older Ezra looks like his father.