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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: Target 2021 Retro Collection Multi-Color Boba Fett
« on: August 30, 2021, 01:30 PM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on August 30, 2021, 09:52 AM
It's been at least a week since any stores showed any stock at stores within 50 miles of me. I think it's over.
While we are in the same area... my call is that shipping is slow on everything. Hasbro transformers slots on Target shelves are pretty bare. Ive also seen no new TVC since the Snaggletooth / Greef Karga wave. I don't have an explanation for why some cases of these Fetts have arrived in stores and now its slow. I'm not going to freak out thou and pay anything over retail for these.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: Target 2021 Retro Collection Multi-Color Boba Fett
« on: July 26, 2021, 12:46 AM »
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on July 25, 2021, 06:21 PM
Quote from: StBrianOfMinneapolis on July 25, 2021, 06:05 PM
Wasn't the prototype Vader similarly hard to get at first?

Was there ever an "at second"? I only have the three I own thanks to a friend. I never saw them in store.
I swear Matt's big haul was a restock.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: Target 2021 Retro Collection Multi-Color Boba Fett
« on: July 25, 2021, 06:05 PM »
Wasn't the prototype Vader similarly hard to get at first?

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Jocasta's Reading Room / The High Republic franchise
« on: July 16, 2021, 04:37 PM »
So what's going on with this property? Has anyone read or experienced much yet? I'm not overly excited about it, but also never hear much about it other than facebook trying to desperately push it on me.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: We need more VTC figures!
« on: May 25, 2021, 09:12 PM »
Quote from: Rob on May 20, 2021, 10:14 PM
Yeah I want quality and quantity, but if I had to choose one, it would be quantity.  I want weirdos, background characters, a robust representation of the movies in collection form.   Having 10 figures from a whole movie does nothing for me.

Same here... I need way more random space jerks in my life.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Razor Crest
« on: May 7, 2021, 05:56 PM »
Quote from: LandotheScoundrel on May  4, 2021, 02:03 PM
Cloaked from the other half, you mean?  ;)

Exactly.


Quote from: Nicklab on May  4, 2021, 03:47 PM
When the Sail Barge came out I wound up picking mine up from a local FedEx location.  I can’t remember for sure if I did that because I was concerned about how the delivery driver might handle it, or the potential that it might be left out in the weather.  But the funny thing is that when I went to pick it up there were another 2 barges at FedEx that were waiting to be picked up. 

I don’t know if I’m going to make similar arrangements this time for the Razor Crest.  The deciding factor might be if I’m still working from home when it finally ships.

Yeah... The Fed ex location felt the safest. My wife and I both work from home right now so intercepting the giant Unicron box would have been tough. And as you said it avoids issues with weather or the fedex guy kicking the package from the truck to the front step.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Haslab Razor Crest
« on: May 4, 2021, 12:52 PM »
For anyone who might need to provide a "cloaked" entry of the Razor Crest into your place ... I figured I would give a report on my recent experience with receiving my Haslab Unicron.

Like many of you I have a fedex account that emails me when a fedex shipping label is created. I was able to update the receiving address at this time to my local fedex office location. It worked like a charm. The only catch was that the tracking process had no mention of the new address until the day of arrival when it left the local sorting facility. Apparently  the update doesn't register in the system until then. Who knows?

Either way... there's a planet hiding in my basement until the next time I redesign my display layout.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Blue Leader's X-Wing with General Merrick
« on: April 20, 2021, 04:44 PM »
Quote from: LandotheScoundrel on April 15, 2021, 02:49 PM
I don't know, I can see not wanting the X-wing because of space, but I'm actually pumped about this ship and the figure, so I guess I'm the target (no pun intended) audience here. I'd be happy to buy the ship off of anyone, but I'm also going to buy one full set as well. Not building a squad, but I wouldn't pass up having two blue squadron X-wings.

What I've heard many times is that the 3.75" figure line has never been super profitable, but Hasbro/Kenner made their money from the ships and playsets. The figures help support that and sell more vehicles. The problem is that now most collectors absolutely will not buy a vehicle unless it's on deep discount—and I mean like last-chance clearance. They even start cursing out Hasbro that they can't find it on clearance anywhere, balk when the clearance price is too high, and demand that other collectors find the ship on clearance for them. The fact is, there won't be a line if the fanbase is only buying things on clearance. I'll buy extras at discount, but I always tend to get at least one at full price.

The other problem is actually finding the ******* thing and/or being able to order it.

I agree with all this.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Merrick's x-wing may outsell the recent releases of Poe's X-wing & Luke's X-wing as there will be some people trying to build up a blue squadron display. Maybe we need a new mold of a Y-wing to add a second blue squadron ship release.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Blue Leader's X-Wing with General Merrick
« on: April 12, 2021, 10:13 PM »
Quote from: Matt_Fury on April 10, 2021, 02:18 PM
It's times like these I feel sorry for carded collectors who are completionists.  Gonna have to get two of these.  It's probably worse with the Razor Crest.

So, I mentioned above that I wish this release would come with an un-carded Merrick and a carded Merrick to solve the problem. I would be happy to pay $120 for that... maybe more? What would the rest of you pay?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Blue Leader's X-Wing with Antoc Merrick
« on: April 9, 2021, 03:35 PM »
Quote from: Matt_Fury on April  9, 2021, 02:49 PM
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.


Until they mentioned it's a Target Exclusive.

I'm generally excited about this. I do wish they would give one carded figure and one un-carded figure in this scenario.

I'm not sure if I need it, but I do wonder if Hasbro will do a partisan X-wing with Two tubes this year.

I don't know that I am too worried about Target. Recent Transformers Target exclusives have been pretty reasonable to get. The Smugglers BMF had issues, but I assume the cost of that lead to less volume in the system. My fingers are crossed that there will be a reasonable amount of Blue One to go around.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: February 5, 2021, 05:54 PM »
Quote from: Nicklab on February  5, 2021, 10:45 AM
I was just looking at the Tantive IV in the Incredible Cross-sections book...

that's going to be a hell of a lot of hallways!

What is your call on the scale of the ship in that book vs. the scale in TROS? I would say It is a the cross sections book has it as twice as big.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC Tantive IV Hallway Playset
« on: February 5, 2021, 11:30 AM »
My two sets from Pulse are on the way via Fedex.  :)

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2021 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 20)
« on: February 5, 2021, 11:28 AM »
Quote from: Nicklab on February  2, 2021, 09:42 AM
I can appreciate the value of getting the Royal Guard back out on the market.  As for the others?  Trash!  Make smarter repack choices, Hasbro.

I realize there is value in rereleasing more TVC ERGs.

Just curious...how many of you had decent access to the 3.75" TBS ERG? I grabbed many of these at the original price, many more marked down at Walmart and quite a few for $3 each at Burlington. I might even have 14-20 all together. I guess what I am saying is I have no need for new ERGS to open, but I wouldn't mind one on a TVC card as I never picked up the original.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Walmart TVC "Original 96" Exclusives
« on: February 5, 2021, 11:19 AM »
Quote from: JediJman on February  1, 2021, 12:27 PM
Are they really going to do remakes of all the originals?

Original TVC or original vintage?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Walmart 2020 The Mandalorian/The Child Figure Pack
« on: January 25, 2021, 11:56 PM »
So, I'm unclear... is this pack ever supposed to ship to Walmart stores? If it is coming to stores it is so far untrackable on brickseek.

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