According to the guys at the medicom booth there will be more series.  No dates set yet, I think they must have been busy with the box set and 400% releases.

Nice! Thanks for the update.

They're about 18 hours ahead of us, so it's less than that. 

My Yakface arrived in the mail today, so since that series is now wrapped up and because I'm looking at Yak right now, I'll speculate:

Will we see more modern versions of figures creeping into the lines?
I hope not and admit I wish the Yak was a copy of the vintage line instead of the modern release.  It would certainly allow Medicom to extend the life of the OT figures in the line with more variation than appeared in the original vintage lineup.  And it's not like it hasn't happened before, the Vader had the Dagobah version down pretty well.

Will there be more PT figures?
I know some guys are anxious for them, but I really, really hope not.  That blue Royal Guard scares the crap out of me.  Sure, it's nice, but let's be realistic here, the PTs while completing the front end of the movies have a huge component in place that's pretty much nothing more than marketing.  Why did the stormtroopers only come in white when there was such a veritable rainbow of colors some 15-20 years before.  Yeah, I know, Lucas-ian revisionist history is going to have the 2010 release of the OT have all the stormtroopers in different colors, but it doesn't mean I support it.  I'm ok with EU to a small degree, but not revisionist history

And speaking of EU, anyone think we might start seeing so EU based lines in the Kubrick at some point?  Or is that just Hasbro's pet fetish?  I think there's little need, but I really don't have much of a feel for how the Japanese market feels about the EU (or PT for that matter) and I think that drives the design and selection more than anything that happens elsewhere. 

I wonder....

Agreed on all accounts. I was astonished and somewhat dismayed to see the Blue Guard, as cool of a figure as it is.

Quote from: Jeff on February  3, 2007, 01:16 PM

WonderFest for Winter 2007 is on February 25th...  I'm currently hoping that the February Medicom update announces Series 8 on the 23rd and they they show them off at the show!   

Seems that the whole Kub world are keeping thier fingers crossed..

*crosses fingers*

There is a market place here, also maybe in the series 5 thread? Being 1 per box, he might be difficult to find on his own..

Cool. I'll refer him to the market place. I figure it'll be a difficult find though.

Thanks!

I guess we wait 31 more days

Wait? For Kubricks??!? 

 

I'm with you.
If people are upset then they just should not collect these things.
Nothing Medicom does should surprise anyone.(Snowtrooper in the box set among others)
If you don't know how they function by now then you should drop out.

Broken record but...we were not meant to even have these things, they are meant for the Japanese market.
They love chase figures, exclusives etc.

You think Kubricks are bad?
I hear horror stories from American collectors about other Japnese stuff.

I also heard other stuff as well about GG Bust Ups that would make you scream.
I say shut up and be happy with what you get.

CB

Well said. You're so right man. In fact, there are even some American toy lines that I hear collectors bitching about, in terms of availability of certain figures and the rarity of chases.

Basically, collect what makes you happy, not what gets you frustrated. Isn't the point of it all to have fun?

Just hear from another KW member.
"the server crashed. He is trying to get it back up, I'm going to try and help him temporary host it until he can find a new server. We'll see what we can do. Just thought I'd keep you guys posted. "

JD guys, sorry to post this stuff here, if you guys want it removed I am sure we all understand.

Adam

Thanks for the info man.

Just because there is a separate thread for the Carded Kubricks now...

*snip*

Can't wait to see if we get a few more in 2007... and before you ask, I have no plans to open them.   

Sweet pic Jeff...holy smokes!

I only really want a few of the carded Kubricks, but only for openers. I would love to get a Droids Fett, Black Stormtrooper, Droids R2 and Holo Leia. But I'm not in a rush to get them, and the prices never seem right to me.