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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Saga Collection '06 => Topic started by: Reid on July 21, 2006, 04:14 PM
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From RS (http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbros_STAR_WARS_Presentation_Highlights_99407.asp)
The Wal-Mart exclusives will be:
Kitik Keedk'ak
Labria
Nabrun Leids/Kabe 2-pack
Aurra Sing (based on the comics)
Mace Windu's purple Astromech Droid
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This is an interesting development. Hasbro continues to show attention to the Cantina, so I guess we can't complain. Repacks for most of you probably, but I don't have any of those Cantina aliens yet, so I hope to be able to find them/pick them up. Don't really care about the Aurra Sing, but new astromechs are always welcome. Hopefully they won't be "blink and miss them" like the Seperation of the Twins sets. Also, I know we've always had exclusives in this line, but doesn't it seem like more than ever now (in the past year plus at least)?
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Definitly getting the Nabrun/Kabe 2-Pack. Looks like it'll be a repack of these:
(http://www.rebelscum.com/potf2/POTF2cs-caleidsfr.jpg) (http://www.rebelscum.com/potf2/potf2kabefront.jpg)
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Straight repacks save me money :)
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Straight repacks save me money :)
What was the purple Astromech in before?? A ship??
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Ooh, sorry, not that, I meant Nabrun/Kabe.
I'll have to get the astromech.
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I'll pick up
Kitik Keedk'ak
Aurra Sing (interesting figure)
Mace Windu's purple Astromech Droid
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Straight repacks save me money :)
ditto
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Keeping the grand tradition of not buying store exclusives alive!!
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Straight repacks save me money :)
Pictures from various sites show that these are repaints and not repacks. Since I don't have many, I'll line up and get them
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****. I need all of those, at least the Cantina aliens. And the Astromech. No interest in Sing though.
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And a store exclusive wave? Hella lame.
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Aurra Sing and Mace's R2 don't really interest me.
I already blew $13 on Kit'Kat, not to mention I risked my life trotting through the K-Mart I bought it from. **** Hasbro.
I've been wanting Muftak and Kabe for years - I should have known that Hasbro would repack them with other figures, instead of each other. Major bummer there.
So the one "Plus" is a bittersweet one. Typical Hasbro.
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I dunno, this is an interesting way to get some more Cantina figures and EU figures out there at little cost. The repaints on Kabe, Labria, and Nebrun are impressive, if I didn't already own these figures I'd be picking them up. And yay, Kitik is getting released by itself, finally I can get this figure without having to pickup that crappy KMart exclusive.
It's weird, sometimes when Hasbro does repaints/rehashes it's execution is good - such as this case. Then there's other times like the Camo BD's where they **** things up royally. It's like a whole Cybil thing going on over there....
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Great.....Walmart's here in MN pretty much suck ass when it comes to exclusives so this will be a great task to find especially since they're from the tail end of the line. ::) Thanks alot Hasbro, I had a hard enough time with the Twins.
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Well in all, I like Wal-mart exclusives better than K-mart and Target exclusives. I find that they are easier to find and if I want more than one I can normally find them. K-mart is a dead zone and I have never found anything in one of their stores. At Target, I'm luck to find one if even that of their exclusives.
roron corobb
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Aurra looks okay, the rest are crap.
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(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/7-06/QA9.jpg)
From our Hasbro Q&A Wrap-Up & Images (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1153510113,95123,)
I'm wagering the repaints will entice me to buy considering that Labria looks vastly improved. it's one of those things like the Jawas or Tusken from OTC where I said no, then saw them and realized I'd feel bad if I didn't get them.
Aurra... Meh I'll get her too, I can sense it. The Royal Droid looks kinda cool. Nice update to that little bugger. Part of me kind of prefers Hasbro use a better figure to update ones like those and the Red Droid even though people wanted straight repacks on those... Not for value mind you, mine are all loose, I just sorta dig having a better version. R2-B1's always felt kind of lame up there with the new Astro's we got from the EE sets.
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The purple Droid and the Praying Mantis are all I am snagging out of this group.
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That Nabrun repaint is great! I Will buy!
I will probably get that alien cricket disaster aswell!
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Easy passes for me. I have all of them, and the Aurra and Astromech just look blah.
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I only really want the Astromech just because I'm a sucker for Astrodroids :)
The Aurra is interresting enough to use as another of her species. I may pick one up if I ever see one (Wallyworld exclusives are rather to ugh to come by when you live in a state with only 3 Walmarts :( ).
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Mace's Droid,Kitik,Devil Guy & Kabe & the guy he comes with.The others suck.
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Mace's Droid,Kitik,Devil Guy & Kabe & the guy he comes with.The others suck.
"The others" that suck...umm I guess that'd leave Aurra? I never read the comics so I won't buy her, she does look OK in a piratey way, I guess.
Mace's Droid is the only one I'll buy, since he was briefly shown in the Clone Wars toon in the wing of his ship, then soon after blown up...
The others I already have with different paint....thanks for making me buy Ktik at Kmart last year hasbro, with 2 other figures I had and 3 bar sections I already had....you #!%%!...
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Actually been searching around photo archives for the Cantina Bar sections (since I don't have any) so I will only buy Mace's Droid & Kabe/The Other Guy. The Devil Guy dosen't look Star Warsy so no for him too. My mind is CHANGED! :P
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Not too exciting of a wave. At least there are no openers for me.
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The purple droid is the only one I'll pick up if I can give up the idea of a complete TSC carded set....
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Mace's droid is also the only one I will even consider getting from this group.
Why do I have the feeling that one will be the hardest to find...
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The paint apps are okay by me. I think that the Nabrun Leids repaint is actually quite good. But what bothers me about this wave is that it's a WalMart exclusive. WalMart doesn't have a great track record in managing their exclusives, and when it comes to the Basic Figure line it gets to be even more of a concern.
I do seem to recall a collective groan rising from the crowd at the Comic Con Q&A on Friday upon hearing the news that this wave is exclusive to WalMart. Target would have been a much better venue for these, but it seems as though Hasbro wants to throw WalMart a bone. It seems that staying in WalMart's good graces is a big concern for any company that wants shelf space in their stores. Unfortunately though, it seems that Star Wars shelf space has been diminishing at Wally World. Ugghhh.
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I do seem to recall a collective groan rising from the crowd at the Comic Con Q&A on Friday upon hearing the news that this wave is exclusive to WalMart. Target would have been a much better venue for these, but it seems as though Hasbro wants to throw WalMart a bone. It seems that staying in WalMart's good graces is a big concern for any company that wants shelf space in their stores. Unfortunately though, it seems that Star Wars shelf space has been diminishing at Wally World. Ugghhh.
Although I wasn't at the comic con, I'm groaning too. I like all these figures, even if they are just repaints. I love the cantina and there can never be too many aliens! However, I can't stand store exclusives. Online exclusives, I don't mind....but to have to go to the store over and over waiting for them to show up just sucks. To make this worse, these have to be a Wal-Mart exclusive. Of all of the places, they're THE WORST when it comes to exclusives (well, any figures for that matter). The 2 that are closest to me are both the 24 hr. kind, so guys are there all times of the day and night waiting for the stuff to be put out. I'm sorry, I have a life to lead and can't do that! I've never seen the Twins, the CW Animated 3 packs, or any of the new Marvel Legends exclusives. I don't know if its poor distribution, horrible workers, or me just not being there at the right moment to get them. Target is not as bad since they'll always go in the back and get it for you if you plug in the DCPI and it shows them in stock. K-Mart is usually dead, so I've never had a problem finding anything there. Oh well, I might have to pick these up on eBay ::)
(edit: I just changed the name back to Wal-Mart is all-JJ)
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Is the paint deco on Kitik Keedk'ak new, or is it just a straight re-release from the 3-pack? Repaints of Cantina inhabitants can work, unfortunately, because it could simply be a second individual from the same species :-\ It's looking more like I may buy the better part of this wave. :-[
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I came across the seperation of the twin packs once and thats the time I bought them. Never would have seen them again.
I hate Wal-Mart but being thats it is on my way to work I stop there every morning.(I do not have many choices and time to hunt anymore) They open at 7am and I am on summer hours right now so I have to be at work by 715. Anyway I get there at 6:55 every day and there are still guys that beat me to the aisle. They open the doors for them earlier, there is no way to compete with these *****. They buy everything out before anyone has a chance.
They all have the same look too, white sneakers with laces untied, khakis, pot belly, greasy hair you know the combo look that screams I never been laid. Its bad enough I am shopping at Wal-Mart, but to lose to real losers is the kick to me balls!
Store exclusives suck. Wal-Mart exclusives are even worse.
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They all have the same look too, white sneakers with laces untied, khakis, pot belly, greasy hair you know the combo look that screams I never been laid. Its bad enough I am shopping at Wal-Mart, but to lose to real losers is the kick to me balls!
;D ;D ;D
EXACTLY......when I see those kinds of guys, it almost makes me embarassed to be a fan/collector....usually when I see one of them in the aisle looking at stuff, I go away and come back when they're gone. Its not like I'm antisocial or some sort of collector elitist snob, but after collecting for many many years (and working at a TRU back in the day) I have a pretty good idea of who's cool and who's just a fat loser who scalps toys for a living. I actually met one of my closest buddies while we were both at a KB buying the Action Collection Yoda. After getting to know each other, we both admitted we knew each other was a good guy, mostly because we weren't overweight and had good hygiene ;D
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Some interesting stereotyping in here....sigh, the depth of the thinking sometimes surprises even me ::).
SO WHAT...I shop there(at Wal Mart). Does that prove that I'm not a snob because I shop there? I'm Phat too, LOL--and, maybe I'm getting laid more because I'm less selective/snobbish....that's a loser, huh? Hmmm
I think there's alot of jealosy over WM in here, well alot of crying at least. I will say this...I look forward to WM exclusives since they mostly cheaper than Target's. Yeah and... BTW, I see alot of overweight,balding,greasy toy shoppers at Target, WM, TRU too. Do I stereotype and associate them to a particular store chain or make determinations about their sexual success? No! Some folks..way they stress over things..it's like they kick them self in the balls often.
I guess Wm's real problem is with distribution. I never had problems finding SW goods I needed from Idaho, Texas, or California...though I hear from many back east that there's more Targets than WM's and that WM never has anything anyway. Where I live here in SOCAL we get alot of SW at our WM's.
I don't really have a problem these exclusives to hit Wally since I know I will be able to easily get them..just have differences in opinion on the stereotyping going on in this thread about what 'type' of collectors frequent what stores....it's not a Pro Walmart/Pro Target issue for me.
The DS
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I am glad it's not a Target exclusive so we do not have to hear about the "anti-collector" policy.
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I want Aurra and Mace's droid ... plus maybe Nabrun/Kabe.
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I don't know who's the best with exclusives anymore either...
Hasbro totally fumbled the ball with the 501st Trooper...
TRU has baffled me on the HFG pack, when they'd had an otherwise stellar track record, even in 2005 when stuff was hot, hot, hot.
Wal-Mart's always been hit and miss... The only exclusive I recall hitting them in droves was the Cantina sets while everything else was either average or downright tough to find.
Target you have the computers and if you have the right routine on it you can track it down, but they're a storre known for screwing the collector on both price and availability at any given turn.
K-Mart actually got lots of their battlepacks in, but while KM is still a big player in the NorthEast they really haven't got the foothold other places and in some they simply don't exist anymore so I don't think they're the best outlet... Plus their pricing was Target-ish here recently with dramatic price hikes when they saw something sold well.
KB... I almost even forgot about them. They never get anything good enough to look for hard anyway. :)
WM getting an entire wave is just disturbing, repaint or not... What sucks is it's got that Astromech in it and that's one I really want... I could probably not get the others and honestly not care though I'd have a nagging feeling about Sing missing in my set... The Droid I actually want though. blah.
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Gotta have those cantina aliens. The droid too. I guess I have to keep my eye on WM. Don't like exclusives. Never saw the Separation of twins.
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Oh, yes! Thank you Hasbro, another set of figures that for me are easy to pass on. Not a big Catinia fan, I have the POTJ Aura and that is good enough for me and I have enough Astro's from EE this year to last. Not bad, I just have no interest.
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Oh, yes! Thank you Hasbro, another set of figures that for me are easy to pass on.
Same here. Maybe I'll get the droid to open, but the rest will be a carded purchase only.
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I've been digging through the thread, but I can't seem to find an expected release date. Given the numbering, close to christmas seems likely, but you never know for sure.
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At SDCC, Hasbro said they were shooting for:
#44-52 = Sep/Oct
#53-62 = Oct/Nov
#63-69 = Nov/Dec
#70-74 = Nov Dec
So yeah, Thanksgiving/Christmas time...
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I recall a Toys R Us run at 5 am the day after thanksgiving. They had comtech stormies, R2 with leia hologram, and the rest of the comtech bunch. After grabbing about a dozen stormtroopers and a handful of R2's I went to bail out of the store. By now it is ten minutes after opening. The lines for the registers runs around the outside wall to the back of the store, and you know how fast TRU registers move. I said goodbye to my figure find, and left the store with what little sanity I had left, but no figures.
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OK, I know the info is here somewhere.... what is Mace Windu's droid's name? I want to add him to my Astromech display.
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I believe that one is R4-M6.
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i cant wait for these, mainly cause it includes kitik, the guy i named my pet mantis after. :)
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i would like to have aurra sing(i haven't got one yet, and she looks nice), but the pack with kabe is interesting, too
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Anyone seen these on preorder anywhere? AndrewsToyz has the set of five for the ridiculous price of $90!!
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I don't thend to even think of retail exclusives as available for pre-order. If they're not purchased through the retailer assigned to, they're too expensive.
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im still doing anything to get em all save aurra.
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Has anybody even seen these at the stores yet? ???
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I for one have not. And considering my luck at fiinding WM exclusives thus far, I don't expect to find these either...
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I have seen zero reports in the various forums of the WalMart wave being found. I think these are still several weeks away from seeing the pegs.
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the sooner the better! ;D
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I realize these are indeed a retailer exclusive, but does the Hasbrotoyshop website ever carry exclusives at all? I don't recall them doing so, larger ships for example. But I was wondering if they might for figures. Probably not.
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Nope, and they made it abundantly clear (in the latest QNA session) that it's their policy not to do so.
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My friend from germany has these already however their waves are being released different he said. I dont believe he'll be getting any of the wave 9 figures unless he gets them from the US. 2 or 3 of the figures have the wrong bases packaged with them like the last wave had.
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My friend from germany has these already however their waves are being released different he said. I dont believe he'll be getting any of the wave 9 figures unless he gets them from the US.
I'm pretty confident that wave 8 (Appo) has already been found in Germany. I know it's hit England
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My friend from germany has these already however their waves are being released different he said. I dont believe he'll be getting any of the wave 9 figures unless he gets them from the US.
I'm pretty confident that wave 8 (Appo) has already been found in Germany. I know it's hit England
sure, they are available here, i have seen them already
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Yeah, a while back 4-inches.de had pictures from one of their German sponsors that had all of Waves 8, 9, and the Wal-Mart wave in stock. You can see the cards for Aurra and Kabe/Nabrun in the pic they had:
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-07/tsclastwave1ai5.jpg)
I also read from that same sponsor that this is how the Wal-Mart exclusive figures will be shipped to Wal-Mart, in these little endcap boxes with the following case assortment...
Basic Figure Assortment
1x Saga-010 R2-D2
2x Saga-038 Bespin Vader
1x Saga-044 Luke Endor
1x Saga-047 Ep1 Obi-Wan
1x Saga-054 Chewbacca Cloud City
1x Saga-061 Super Battle Droid
1x Saga-070 Kitik
1x Saga-071 Nabrun Leids & Kabe
1x Saga-072 Labria
1x Saga-073 Aurra Sing
1x Saga-074 R4-M6
Or, at least that is what is in those boxes pictured above. Another great decision by Hasbro to have all the Wal-MArt exclusive figures at one per case. ::)
I hate Wal-Mart. >:(
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:P >:(So do I >:(
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I see that case also includes 2x #38 Bespin Vader. As if Wal-Mart needs MORE of those.
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Makes you wonder why they even bothered with this wave in the first place. ???
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woh, more bespin vaders. bummer.
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With that ratio, the "exclusives" just took on a whole new meaning.
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Would it not make sense to skip the whole endcap dealio and just ship regular cases? I think you could do a decent assortment mix with the five exclusive figures... >:(
I know the Wal-Marts in my area never participate in the whole special endcap deal. Heck, only one of my Wal-Marts received VTSC.
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I have a feeling this wave is going to be tough to find.
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Is that picture really an indication that there won't be a regular case full of these guys?
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No.
But I could see Hasbro using the same ratios.
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Is that picture really an indication that there won't be a regular case full of these guys?
I'll put it this way: there is no evidence that there won't be regular cases of these, but there is evidence (the pictures from overseas and eBay) that these will be coming in endcap display boxes.
Since they are a Wal-Mart exclusive, does it make sense for them to ship the same figures to Wal-Mart in two different ways? I guess we'll see but I'm not holding my breath... :-\
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It would make more sense if those boxes for the endcaps only had the exclusive figures. I know when they had the exclusive wave of marvel legends figures they got both display boxes as well as regular cases.
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Most of the Wal-Marts I've been to don't even use those endcap longboxes for the figures. They just shove them on the pegs with the rest of the figures and toss the boxes out completely.
As far as the case assortments go, I seem to remember 4-inches.de had a case assortment of figures that wasn't the long boxes (as it had a couple of wave 9 figures included) of the WM wave, but I don't recall off the top of my head when I saw it. It was probably at the same time they had the photo of the long-box cases, but I'm too lazy to look right now. :P
A shiny nickel says that the Mace Droid disappears post-haste and we're seeing a sea of Aurra Sings and Labria in the clearance aisle in three months' time.
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A shiny nickel says that the Mace Droid disappears post-haste and we're seeing a sea of Aurra Sings and Labria in the clearance aisle in three months' time.
sad but true. :'(
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Holy **** is Hasbro retarded or what!? They pack a crap load of peg warmers (besides the SBD & Luke) with an exclusive wave!? x 2 Vader instead of one of the "new" figures. If they don't have cases full of this wave I'll be pissed off more. ::)
No exlcusive is safe in my area now.
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Holy **** is Hasbro retarded or what!? They pack a crap load of peg warmers (besides the SBD & Luke) with an exclusive wave!? x 2 Vader instead of one of the "new" figures. If they don't have cases full of this wave I'll be pissed off more. ::)
We still don't know if this is true in the states. Europe has different case ratios.
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Holy **** is Hasbro retarded or what!? They pack a crap load of peg warmers (besides the SBD & Luke) with an exclusive wave!?
They did it last year with the Bail/Leia & ObiWan/Luke exclusives last year.
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Good point Rob, but one would think (or hope) that in a case of 12 these would be 2 each leaving 2 repacks (if they are cases of 12.)
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I picked these up last night at WM. The cases come 2 different ways.
One style is a long display box like the one mentioned earlier in here--it has x1 each of the exclusives.
The next style was different, it was a typical/regular case box except unlike the Appo wave cases(wave 8 on case) this one had no wave annotation on any of the sides. Anyway, when I opened it it had x1 each of the exclusives + yoda(I think it was number #17), bespin vader, then Scorch, I think the rest was wave 8 stuff--alot of clones though ;).
I hope this info helps--if folks see a case without wave #'s open it-if you're still looking for WM exclusives!
DS
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Not a good sign. These will be tough to find.
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I'm making a stand with this wave and not picking up an opener set. With the exception of Mace's Droid, the new paint apps aren't enough to make me want them, especially with the POTF2 sculpts.
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i cant wait to pick these up! ;D
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especially with the POTF2 sculpts.
..and 1 POTJ sculpt ;)
(my kids wanted an opener of that one, so I obliged)
DS
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especially with the POTF2 sculpts.
..and 1 POTJ sculpt ;)
(my kids wanted an opener of that one, so I obliged)
DS
Just curious DS, where are ya located?
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Found these tonight.
Dumbest case assortment, ever.
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FYI: The Labria, Kitik Keed`kak & Nabrun Leids with Kabe figures all have the wrong stand (AOTC) included.
Thanks Hasbro. Thanks a lot. ::)
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Found these tonight.
Dumbest case assortment, ever.
It's good that the dumbest **** usually winds up as exclusives to a store, typically at high prices.
Wouldn't mind snagging another Kitik though, but wouldn't lose a wink of sleep if I didn't pick one up.
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Found the Wal+Mart exclusives yesterday, with the rest of whichever wave you wanna call it. I didn't need to pick up everything, but all the astromechs are nice, plus some Cantina patrons, which look spiffy in their new digs (Saga cards). I'll open some later.
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Hit 6 Wms today all I found was 1 Labria and 1 Nabrun Leids/Kabe 2-pack. ::)
Could use Aurra and R4-M6 if anyone finds any extras.
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I saw 8 cases tonite in Oklahoma, it's the second time I've seen the long cases on the pallets. It seems like when they DO send them to a WM; they send alot. It's too bad the case asst...is set up for a pegwarmer haven after the exclusives(1 to a case -Ugh, why do it Hasblow?)are nabbed.
DS
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I might have to get some help with this wave, because after checking our WM yesterday, I don't see them showing up anytime soon. Not only are the pegs overflowing with Naboo/Endor/Greatest Battles figures, but I saw at least four other boxes (not the Star Wars "display" boxes, but larger boxes from other toylines) sitting throughout the toy section just filled with those same figures. There had to be at least 25-30 figures in each box, and like I said, at least four boxes that I saw. So unless WM can quickly sell 150 Naboo/Greatest Battles figures, I don't see this assortment showing up anytime soon. I really want the astromech, but wouldn't mind getting the Cantina aliens as well just because I missed the previous versions.
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It's going to be interesting to see how these are distributed, seeing if some WM's will get a gluttony with others getting little or none. I wonder why that would be?
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I'm with Brian on this one, I'll probably need some help too. I'm lucky if I get to WM once a month -- everything I buy is done online.
Outside of exclusives of course.
To be quite honest, they are a big pain in the ass for me.
Where I work, there are no WM's or Targets...
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I thankfully found this set tonight thanks to a tip from a local buddy of mine... I thought of buying an extra mace droid but left it so someone else could get a full set. They had probably 3 sets left, and oddly not anything else from the supposed assortments they ship in... All wave 9 clones were gone, and all other final 22 figures save for one Vader droid. The Wal-Mart 5 were all that were there from the final 22 figures which I just found rather strange.
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Scored almost 2 full sets of these. These are among some of the only TSC figures that I'll keep carded. I got a complete carded set and 3 openers. It's a novel wave, but I'm not terribly keen on buying most of these figures all over again. At least it was somewhat easy to track down most of them in one shot.
I'm genuinely interested in seeing the difference between the original Kitik Keed'kak and this version. I can easily recognize the different paint apps in the other cantina aliens.
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I was curious about the Ktik too and upon getting her home I see it's really negligible... I'm taking Ktik back. A light dusting on her arms isn't enough for me to keep her.
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Got the three of these that I wanted. Thanks to my relative down in Texas for picking them up for me! Can't wait for her to ship them to me.
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I managed to find one set of the Wal-Mart Five at my local Wal-Mart tonight.
Originally, I was excited over the Cantina dude repaints, but after seeing them in-hand, my excitement has diminished.
Like Jesse said earlier in the thread, it doesn't look like there is any difference in the old vs. new Kitik, maybe a minor wash. Also, I seem to prefer my older PotF2 versions of Nabrun and Labria over these new repaints. :-X
Something about the Nabrun and Labria repaints just seems funny to me after seeig them in person. I don't know if it's due to looking at my PotF2 versions for so many years now, but the new Nabrun just looks too shiny and the new Labria is just too pink for my tastes. :P
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Custom Fodder?
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Found remnants of wave 8 and complete sets of the exclusive wave at Walmarts which haven't had jack in either for a good month. The clones were all gone at both stores. Guess some people aren't diggin this last wave. ???
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the new Labria is just too pink for my tastes.
JediMAC's new favorite figure? I think so.
I have noticed that if you are getting the pre-packaged display assortment that has the WM exclusive wave in it, there are NO Wave 8 figures mixed in that I can see. There are Scorch figures, Endor Lukes, and Camo SBD's... Beyond that, none of the figures are "Final 22" except the exclusives and the camo droid... The clones are definitely only in the "regular" case assortment that also includes the WM 5... And I don't think anything other than the clones and maybe another camo SBD are in there. Vader's droid perhaps as well?
I've yet to see all of Wave 9, and still need Holographic Obi and Padme... I'm passing on Yarael because why pay $7 for a lightsaber that looks like ****?
The distribution of Wave 9 has sucked really hard though... My area barely got any sightings of them at all, and it's only in these remixes with wave 9 that the clones are being found (and not easily for most). I called a buddy of mine that lives near the WM I scored stuff at tonight to come get while the gettin' was good... hope he cleared them of a lot of it to share with others from the area too.
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I found these this am, but the case had appo, kashyyk, jedi luke, scorch, 2 yodas, a green clone from aotc, vader's droid, an obi wan, R5-A1, just a strange mix really. I was looking at vader's droid, and I thought there was an error on the spelling of darth listed somewhere (I'll go thread hunting in a moment to find it) but I noticed mine has a grammatical error on the back figure summary. It reads: "The outer darkness of his fighter and droid mirror the inner darkness of new the sith lord" Looks like Yoda's writing copy for Hasbro.
Also Maces droid had a Fett holo, maybe this is old news too, but I expected a good guy-
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I found these this am, but the case had appo, kashyyk, jedi luke, scorch, 2 yodas, a green clone from aotc, vader's droid, an obi wan, R5-A1, just a strange mix really. I was looking at vader's droid, and I thought there was an error on the spelling of darth listed somewhere (I'll go thread hunting in a moment to find it) but I noticed mine has a grammatical error on the back figure summary. It reads: "The outer darkness of his fighter and droid mirror the inner darkness of new the sith lord" Looks like Yoda's writing copy for Hasbro.
Also Maces droid had a Fett holo, maybe this is old news too, but I expected a good guy-
I get the feeling that QC on this last batch of figures was pretty much tossed out the window. From Mace's droid being packaged with a bad-guy holo-figure, to figures being packaged with incorrect movie stands, and finally the poor grammar/spelling all point to an obviously slapped-together-at-the-last-minute-so-we-can-make-some-easy-money wave of figures. You'd think this would be signs of a struggling license that the company was trying to pinch every last penny out of, but didn't Hasbro, Inc., have pretty good earnings in 2006? And, with the incredible figures coming in the 30AC line, this whole "Final 22" offerings is just an odd collection of figures.
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I was curious about the Ktik too and upon getting her home I see it's really negligible... I'm taking Ktik back. A light dusting on her arms isn't enough for me to keep her.
more chances of me getting one then! im glad you guys dont care for her, cuz thatll make it common enough for me to find and display next to my pet mantis, kitik, hopefully. ;D 8)
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Found these 5 figures on an endcap this afternoon at a Walmart that I normally don't patronize. I thought I didn't want 4 out of the 5 of them with the exception of Kitik. Now I know I don't want 4 of the 5 of them. What a fantastic pile of crap these 5 in total are. Not for anything, but Kabe, Nabrun Leids and the Devaronian weren't even that good in the late 90's when they first came out. Now they really don't even come close to measuring up to even decent standards of sculpt or articulation. Just look at the articulation Myo got recently, that's decent. These 3 aliens are not. Sing sucks. So I picked up 2 Kitiks and headed to the register where there was a 45 minute line formed. I set the figures down on the jewelry counter and walked out of the store. Guess I didn't want the Kitik too bad either.
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I found the Kabe/Nabrun Leids 2 pack and the Devronian today (the only two of this set of figures, and not even on an endcap), and I swear I stood there for a good 30 minutes before I decided to pass on them. I kept thinking of the pros and cons of having them, but I decided that the only figure I REALLY want from this wave is Mace's Astromech.
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I threw in the towel with theses ones and went over to the internet site that is not to be spoken about on Jedidefender, and just piad a few extra bucks for all of them. The Wal-Farts in my area really suck, and the nature of the scaplers where I live (the biggest scalper in our area got a job at wal mart just so he could get his hands on this stuff) so I just said I dont have the time or need the stress of running around to look for these.
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I found these this am, but the case had appo, kashyyk, jedi luke, scorch, 2 yodas, a green clone from aotc, vader's droid, an obi wan, R5-A1, just a strange mix really. I was looking at vader's droid, and I thought there was an error on the spelling of darth listed somewhere (I'll go thread hunting in a moment to find it) but I noticed mine has a grammatical error on the back figure summary. It reads: "The outer darkness of his fighter and droid mirror the inner darkness of new the sith lord" Looks like Yoda's writing copy for Hasbro.
Also Maces droid had a Fett holo, maybe this is old news too, but I expected a good guy-
http://www.galactichunter.com/photo.asp?image=/image_bank/misc/DSC06607-1.JPG
mine doesn't have this error. I wonder if this is a foreign card?
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Thanks for the link Jay- interesting that they corrected Dark to Darth, but not the "new the sith lord" part. These things don't have the panic power they had in 95, but they are still interesting oddities about the products and the processes behind the scenes.
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Mine says new the Sith Lord as well. Never even paid attention to it the first time I read it. Thanks Dan, or maybe no thanks as I may need to track down a "corrected" version. :-\
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hasbros a bunch of illiterate morons, with this and also the whole mace windu BP misspelling, and kit's 'starfigher'.
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hasbros a bunch of illiterate morons, with this and also the whole mace windu BP misspelling, and kit's 'starfigher'.
He says as he omits the capital letter at the beginning of his sentence, forgets the apostrophe in Hasbro's, adds superfluous commas and leaves the period outside his quotes. ;)
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hasbros a bunch of illiterate morons, with this and also the whole mace windu BP misspelling, and kit's 'starfigher'.
He says as he omits the capital letter at the beginning of his sentence, forgets the apostrophe in Hasbro's, adds superfluous commas and leaves the period outside his quotes. ;)
Owned.
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We traveled to the Wal-Mart on the other side of town this weekend, and they happened to have some of the exclusive wave there, so I was able to pick up what I wanted from this wave. I left the Aurra, but gone one each of the others. I always enjoy more astromechs, and I missed the Cantina aliens the first time around so I was happy to pick those up too. I was glad to find them, because our local WM doesn't seem to have a chance of seeing these anytime soon (or ever). The amount of Naboo/Endor/Greatest Battles figures there is unbelievable right now.
Just as a side note, all three of the Cantina figures I picked up had Attack of the Clones stands, but the others I picked up from Wave 9 (and also Mace's astromech) had the correct ROTS stands. I never saw the Padme or Yareal Poof figures though. Also, others have mentioned this, but although I was happy to get those Cantina figures (I didn't have them previously) they really do look out of place with the current line's sculpting/articulation at this point (especially Labria).
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hasbros a bunch of illiterate morons, with this and also the whole mace windu BP misspelling, and kit's 'starfigher'.
He says as he omits the capital letter at the beginning of his sentence, forgets the apostrophe in Hasbro's, adds superfluous commas and leaves the period outside his quotes. ;)
Sue me. That doesn't change the point of my post. ::) :P
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No but I think Anton's point is it invalidates it somewhat. :) I mean my grammar's nothing to write home about either of course, but it's the whole "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" thing... It's a mass produced thing, errors slip through... A spelling/grammatical error isn't any worse (in fact it's much lower on my radar personally) than a misapplied paint application or 2 left feet on a Clone... Those are the errors I wish they were ALWAYS careful about, haha.
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They can mis-spell all they want as long as they articulate the knees, elbows and wrists properly.....
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Now that's smart collecting folks. :P
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No but I think Anton's point is it invalidates it somewhat. :) I mean my grammar's nothing to write home about either of course, but it's the whole "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" thing...
Exactly Jesse, if you're going to call someone an illiterate moron, you had better make sure the statement/accusation is not illiterate itself. :P
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Consider it helpful ball busting. :) It happens.
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Yup, educational nut bashing all the way. I was contemplating doing it myself but I knew someone else would do the honors. Anton gets the cigar. And that's his second one, the first cigar came when he divulged that he has "18 in hand".
:)
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I finally came across this elusive wave last week for only the second time ever. Have these been as tough to find in other areas lately? Doesn't seem like there's been much discussion on them of late. From the pile that I came upon, Aurra and Mace's droid were definitely picked over much more than the Cantina aliens (7 of each left), not surprising. I don't have my old POTF2 cantina aliens handy, but does anyone have a comparison shot between the two Kabes, Labrias, and Kitiks? Are there any noticeable paint app differences with them? (the Nabrun is obvious)
As usual, I bought a few too many of these WM exclusives when I saw them last week, and now have an extra complete set of them, all MOMC, if anyone's still in need of them. Check out my classifieds post if you're interested.
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These reshipped a couple of weeks ago to my local stores. Aurra and Mace's Droid disappeared pretty fast, followed by Nabrun, and you can still find a couple of Labrias and Kitiks if one was to dig through the pegs.
I was kind of glad this wave came along and shipped like it did, as it gave me an opportunity to find Appo, which probably wouldn't have happened otherwise.
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I was surprised I saw these the number of times I did. Gives me some hope for the Treachery BP.
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These figures, not all though, are still sitting around me... Even Mace's Droid's been relatively easy to find. These shipped heavily out East though it seems, or at least out in my neck, and we're usually not so lucky.
Saw loads of Salecumi Packs too lately... Thought about buying more but am showing restraint on this one.
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These figures, not all though, are still sitting around me... Even Mace's Droid's been relatively easy to find. These shipped heavily out East though it seems, or at least out in my neck, and we're usually not so lucky.
If you see a Mace droid, do you mind grabbing him for me, Jesse? I still need both the later astro droids and TSC is starting to dry up around here (never even seen the WM wave).
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Saw loads of Salecumi Packs too lately...
Are they sitting for any length of time?
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I sure can try Mike... I missed your post before I was out or I coulda nabbed both tonight at a WM I was at. By "later astro droids" do you mean Vader's and Mace's or R5 and Mace's? R5 is a rare sight I noticed, but Vader's I see, Mace's I see....
About the Salecumi packs, they just started showing up Anthony so I can't say. I saw a LOT of them just Thursday night it was maybe? I went to one of my semi-closer WM's and they had 3 with the figures and an endcap that had about 10 or more on it plus Vader Coin Folders. I haven't been back to say they're sitting but I saw a ton, and others are reporting seeing about the same type thing (a few in the figures, then an endcap full).
How long they sit is tough to say, but $20 for 2 figures is alittle rough to stomach on one hand (bikes aside), so I think they have a potential to back up a bit. Just me theorizing. I think it's possible some WM's have yet to put out cases due to space issues.
Mike, I'll PM if I get any astro's for you... $$$'s tight of course but I think I can swing a figure or two so I'll let you know for sure if I find them in the next couple days here if I can get out of the house.
I'm 25 minutes or so from any WM though, so trips to WM aren't common for me. I have 3 within that time of travel though, but all 3 in different directions, so I can pop off at one sometimes if I'm at work and just extend my trip a little or I can sometimes make a trip for something and squeeze a WM in... It's nice and not so nice at the same time to not have WM's littering the area, haha. Double-edged sword I guess.
The one figure I don't see much of the WM wave was, and it's not a huge surprise, Aurra Sing. She is technically new... sorta. The astromechs are nicer figures IMO though so it's odd. She does look like the cooler figure to a kid though I think.
I see Nabrun/Kabe, Labria, and Ktik a LOT... Mace's droid slightly less, and Aurra here and there. Our area seemed to get shipments in, then reshipments, and more reshipments seemed to pop up just in the last couple weeks here. Weird stuff...
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These figures, not all though, are still sitting around me... Even Mace's Droid's been relatively easy to find. These shipped heavily out East though it seems, or at least out in my neck, and we're usually not so lucky.
If you see a Mace droid, do you mind grabbing him for me, Jesse? I still need both the later astro droids and TSC is starting to dry up around here (never even seen the WM wave).
I can cover you for a Mace's droid, vader's droid, and R5- I'll pm ya and take Jesse off the hook-
Dan
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Crazy, last weekend the local Wal-mart finally stocked these, looks like 2 of each. Finally scored that Mace droid I'd been looking for. I'm pretty sure this was an isolated store because they'd been remodeling the entire store for the past 3 months or so.
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It's not isolated, we got tons of them at almost every WM around shipped in the last 2 or 3 weeks... It came with lots of the other Final 22 figures, End-Boo, and some earlier wave remixes that included scorch and the like... But every WM I've hit in the last few weeks had the exclusive wave re-emerge in some capacity (some got multiple cases it seems).
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Wow well that kinda sucks then, because though I was really glad to get my Astro, always forget his number, that just means less TAC on the shelf :'(
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All of these have been sitting around for weeks, except for the Droid