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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Saga '02-'04 => Topic started by: Scott on January 11, 2004, 12:59 AM
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Here (http://user.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/show/auctions?userID=robochris_inc&&f=&at=true&alocale=0jp)
Chewbacca Mechanic
R2-D2 POTJ Version
C-3P0 From the MMC Set
Obi-Wan, Coruscant First AOTC Version
Anakin Skywalker Hangar Duel
Stormtrooper (NEW) CTC version (although hard to see the blast mark, might be the 4 Pack)
Yoda First AOTC Version
Darth Maul Theed Hangar Duel (MOTDS)
Princess Leia, Imperial Captive
Han Solo, Flight To Alderaan
Luke Skywalker ANH CTC Version
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Obi-Wan, Coruscant First AOTC Version
Why? Why? Why?
I knew these were coming, but seeing the pictures makes some of the choices even more obsurd. Certainly not any figures I'd nominate for a "Hall of Fame". Certianly maybe "Hall of Poor Distribution" for a few of them - it's nice to have MMC 3P0 circulating, and the Stormie too. But, really, Mechanic Chewie, and more of the Han, Leia, and Maul that are still clinging to TRU shelves? Bizarre.
J
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Rehashes on new cards! Bah, I can do without.
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I am ashamed to say, I dont own any Storm troopers.
I will be picking up a few of those, but honestly, the others dont do anything for me.
Kevin
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Lots of Stormtroopers, and that about it, besides 3PO.
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They are all packed 1 per case though so good luck getting a lot :-\
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Really? What a bunch of BS. Oh well. Guess I'll get one or two after all.
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I already have over 100 CommTech Stormtroopers so I will pass on those. I do want to grab a C-3P0.
Not a Hall of Fame Assortment but at least it is a way for Hasbro to keep main characters out there for the kids.
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The idea of this asortment makes sense, but maybe more around the time of the DVD, and with some different choices:
Obi Wan - Gets yours at your local KB right now. May be wishful thinking, but peppering this wave with one or two new figs might have been smart, and this would have been an ideal time for Trophy Obi.
Anakin - KB Part 2. Plus, he's coming with the glass.
Chewbacca - Sigh. The Saga one would have made more sense, or even the Anniversary one.
R2 - A good fig but the Holo Leia version was better and more desired. A no brainer.
Vader - Good choice, but would have been another opportunity to do cancelled Cd-Rom Bespin Vader.
Luke - May be time for a new Tatooine Luke. (Ducks)
Leia - CommTech, Hasbro. CommTech.
Han - I guess the best version of this outfit.
Maul - Maul always sells, around here anyhow.
Yoda - Yoda always sells, too.
Stormtrooper - The best choice in the lot.
C-3PO - The second best.
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There's some pretty shoddy choices in the HOF series it seems... Namely that Obi-Wan from E2. It wasn't even good the first time it was released, much less a second time around.
I'll take maybe one Darth Vader from the MOTDS set since I've not found a second one, and I'd take some stormtroopers of course since a simple customizing bit and they're a much improved figure. I still would like a Super Articulated one though.
Beyond that, I'll skip all of them I guess. I just hope these aren't mixed in so heavily that they become pegwarmers. The initial re-releases of these like Han and Leia seem to get sold at some point... The Maul and Vader moved relatively quickly actually. Kept in low #'s they're not as big a problem as they could become.
I feel bad for anyone wanting them for their collection though, like a carded completist. Yikes... :( That would certainly suck methinks.
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Here (http://user.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/show/auctions?userID=robochris_inc&&f=&at=true&alocale=0jp)
Chewbacca Mechanic
R2-D2 POTJ Version
C-3P0 From the MMC Set
Obi-Wan, Coruscant First AOTC Version
Anakin Skywalker Hangar Duel
Stormtrooper (NEW) CTC version (although hard to see the blast mark, might be the 4 Pack)
Yoda First AOTC Version
Darth Maul Theed Hangar Duel (MOTDS)
Princess Leia, Imperial Captive
Han Solo, Flight To Alderaan
Luke Skywalker ANH CTC Version
Oh, you just know we're getting this in Canada ::) I can still find AOTC Obi on the pegs :-\, I found a commtech Han not that long ago and Chewie Mechanic cleared (finally) for $2 :(
I would probably snag the Maul, Vader and stormtrooper, if possible. Sadly, this will probably sell well up here, but for the few I listed that will clog the pegs until 2006 :'(
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I agree with many of you, I'm not overly enthused about this "Hall of Fame" series. Since they are supposed to be packed 1-per case, hopefully it won't cause a pegwarming problem. I, like others, will definitely pick up the 3PO, since I never had this particular version. I am a Han fan, but I already have several commtech Hans I picked up for $1.99 back in the day :). I would have rather seen them stick in the POTJ Bespin Han if they were going to repack one, that's one of my favorite figures. The Chewie isn't too bad, but the Cloud City one is a bit better. I'll probably be passing on everything but the 3PO, and possibly a Stormtrooper if I see one. I have the rest, in some cases two of them :). Like many of you said, there could definitely have been some better choices for the Hall of Repacks wave :).
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Hmmm....
I like the idea of re-releasing old figures. That way new collectors and kids can pick up these characters without me having to buy my 180th version/resculpt of Tatooine Luke.
Those who only collect loose can skip them since they already have them, and those who collect carded can still probably skip them as they have no "04-xx" number on them I notice. Therefore, they are not really part of the official line?
And to all those complaining "bah, they just re-released character x last year" I don't get it. EVERY character they re-released in 2003 (3PO, Han, Leia, Maul, Vader, Luke, and even Jango Fett) sold out in these parts and they did so rather quickly. When it comes down to it, these figures will NOT pegwarm here if they are 1per case.
I doubt there are a lot of "Flight to Alderaan" Han pegwarmers around even thought you can still find that exact same character on CT card at some KBs/discount stores. That alone should show you what new packaging can do. I can guarantee you that a "Hangar Duel" Anakin on a new 2004 card will sell a LOT faster than the same figure on the beat-up/torn-up shelf-warmer card at KB.
I would however buy the argument that Hangar Duel Anakin and Obi-Wan should have been left out because they are already gonna be re-released in another form (cup and/or TRU 4-pack) AT THE SAME TIME. They would have been better off throwing Acklay Obi-Wan in the TRU 4-pack and Tusken-Killer Anakin with the cup if they planned on offering recarded versions at the same time IMHO.
Anyway, the only bad part is that they will be 1x per case for each of the 12 figures... not gonna be easy for those wanting a lot of those.
Just my random opinions,
Jeff
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these are nice cards for these figures, i really like Stormtrooper, Yoda & Anakin. But re-releasing Leia, and renaming the card is bull****, it think that was a waste pretty stupid on their part. But over all i am pretty excited about this wave.
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I'm not sure Anakin and Obi should have even been included. Why not resissue the Anniversary OT Obi Wan and oh, let's say some Jawas instead?
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Hall of Fame, my ass. Lame joke aside, Hall of Shame is more like it. I don't buy any re-released figures unless they're army builders or if I don't have it yet. The only ones I'll be buying are the stormtrooper and the C-3PO as I never got the MM one. Everyone else will just collect dust on the shelves.
Hasbro should have done this right and released all new editions of these figures, going all out on accessories, articulation and the like. Something truly worthy of a Hall of Fame.
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I never though I'd say it but I'd take resculpts any day of the week over these...come on, kids AND collectors would buy them and they would sell even better. Sort of like the Flashback Figures (anyone remember what an uproar that was and the whole Mystery 8 figure...that was a definite "Remember to Drink Your Ovaltine" moment)
Not too excited about these...but I think warnings of pegwarming hell are overdoing it, things have been selling quite well, even the clone wars stuff moved better than I thought it would
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Not too excited about these...but I think warnings of pegwarming hell are overdoing it, things have been selling quite well, even the clone wars stuff moved better than I thought it would
I agree Scott, especially if they are only packed 1 per case. My shopping choices are somewhat limited where we live, but the Targets, TRU, and Wal-Marts we visit regularly are pretty much always cleared out. The "Greatland" Target (where I've had the most luck), has sold through everything they have had Star Wars since they opened in October...including a TON of Clone Wars Anakins and Yodas (I was surprised). I'm glad to see things selling, but it does make it tough to find figures now and then ;). At least we know they're out there though, not like last year where they never even seemed to make it to the stores.
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I'll buy several Stormtroopers, and maybe a set of the Droids, but I will pass on the rest of them. Rereleasing some of these figures was a crappy idea!
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Last year's repacks sold very well here. There are still a few Leia's at Wal Mart, but that's it.
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Today i found the whole entire Hall Of Fame wave at Wal-Mart, but a weird thing was the Anakin Skywalker (Hanger Duel), had a warning sticker on the front. It was a little awkward, but this wave is out so go check your local Wally World's. They also had some new Trilogy LOTR figs too.
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So here's a shot from EE (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS84715E) of what we're dealing with...
(http://fp.entertainmentearth.com/AUTOIMAGES/HS84715Elg.jpg)
So are the Luke, Leia, Han, and Maul all identical to the ones we just got several months ago? Or did Hasbro get nasty and change their descriptions/titles on the inserts? I see that the Vader insert picture is different than the one we just got with the Death Star Clash version not long ago...
With the exception of the Stormtrooper and MMC C-3PO, this whole wave really, really sucks - and is going to lay waste to our local retail pegs for quite some time. Hopefully retailers don't order too many of these cases, or we'll be in deep Bantha poodoo... :-\
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I don't think much of this wave either but my feeling is - as popular as the core characters still are - with the exception of Obi and Anakin, these will sell very well.
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Suddenly, these "Hall of Fame" figures all looking ever worse than they did before... :P
Looks like these (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=3294;start=msg45966#msg45966) are the real Hall of Fame figures! 8)
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LOL. ;D Indeed.
The HOF series being out suddenly makes a little sense to me. They announce the DVD and some folks out there go, 'Hey, SW! I liked that!' Next time they go to the store they look for Vader or R2 or Luke and there he is.
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What really sucks about this HOF wave now, is that it sounds like a bunch of these figures are going to get recarded for a THIRD time onto the OTC cards... ::) Why couldn't they have just waited 'til then, and skipped this HOF horsecrap nonsense?!
Don't answer that. I already know the answer... >:(
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And annoyingly, yes, the cardbacks are entirely new for Han, Leia, and Maul that were just re-re-re-released. They all show the other Hall of Lame figures on the back. They also aren't numbered.
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These, unfortunately, are indeed pegwarming here now... Or at least starting to at some Wal-Mart stores. Targets are cleared completely almost, and TRU's get in dribs and drabs of figures, but WM's unfortunately decided to get BACK in the game at a bad time.
I bet there were 8 cases of these opened at one Wal-Mart, and while the "hot" figures of the case sold (i'm assuming mostly for completists or people who've heard the Stormie and Vader are in demand), the figures like Leia, Han, and Maul are lingering, as well as a couple others here and there.
Hopefully they'll clear out and I'll walk in and see a wall of Yavin wave, and leftover Jedi Luke's and R1's from the Tatooine wave. :)
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I for one have been looking forward to seeing some of these. I want 7 of the 12 but can't seem to find any 'round these parts. Found everything else including the Yavin wave, but no HOF.
JesseJames, I'm not sure if you're blessed or cursed having stores that order more than one case at a time? Literally every store around me has been caught up in the "let's order one case at a time" trend for the last six months. On a positive note, and because I have a good idea when my area stores stock their Star Wars figures, I've been lucky enough to find everything except the HOF stuff so far. On the negative side however, the area stores are empty 6 of the 7 day a week. Like I said before, unless you know when to look, this trend sucks!
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And annoyingly, yes, the cardbacks are entirely new for Han, Leia, and Maul that were just re-re-re-released. They all show the other Hall of Lame figures on the back. They also aren't numbered.
So... just a side question. I think that the re-release of the HoF figures on OTC cards will change the "most-carded" figure status...
Almost ALL of the red card figures made it to green cards, and then some of those even made it to FF cards, but most stopped there. Now, we've got a few figures that have been carded FOUR times.
Keep in mind this is the EXACT same figure (re-hashes don't count).
The current all-time champs???
Cantina Han:
CommTech 1999
Saga 2003
HoF 2004
OTC 2004
New Likeness Leia:
FF 1998
Saga 2003
HoF 2004
OTC 2004
Any others?
Has any one sculpt made it to FIVE different cards yet?
Jeff
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Hmmm, interesting thought there. Man, there's been so many figures now that's really hard to remember everything that has come and gone. The one that suprises me is MOTDS Vader. He went from MOTDS rarity to being a recarded wonder:
MOTDS 2-pack
Saga 2003
HOF 2004
Not quite in the race, but I'd have never thought there'd be too much of him like there is now.
Are people still finding this assortment? Around here I've only spotted them at a single Kmart. I'm starting to think this is the unexpected rarity batch of the year, er, so far...
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Are people still finding this assortment? Around here I've only spotted them at a single Kmart. I'm starting to think this is the unexpected rarity batch of the year, er, so far...
Uh... yeah. You just found them (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadid=296;start=msg47366#msg47366) again tonight at a TRU Jared! 8) Nice score. You're the only person I've ever heard of finding this wave so far. Good to hear that they're showing up at TRU now as well, since K-Marts are few and far between these days.
Save some for me! :-*
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I'm starting to think this is the unexpected rarity batch of the year, er, so far...
that's what i was afraid of. maybe some retailers, knowing that they are all re-packs won't order too many. but being the assinine completist that i am, i have to have them. all of them. but i'm going to draw the line at having to have 2 of each (1 momc, 1 loose) since they are all repacks, and i already have them all loose, except for c-3po and vader. so i guess if i see an extra of those two, i'll pick them up, otherwise the case i ordered from ee will do fine for me.
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Anyone else? Still haven't seen a trace of these around my area yet, and I'm worried that they're never going to make it. Has anyone compared these with the originals to see if there's any notable differences (paint) that make them better than their initial issues? Sorry if anyone already answered that, but I'm too lazy to browse the rest of the thread. :-[
These have the new slimmer bubbles too, right?
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One of my TRU stores just put out around six or so cases of this wave. I picked up a C-3P0 and R2-D2. I would of picked up a Stormtrooper but the lady told me when they put them out this afternoon one guy bought all the Stormtroopers. >:( JERK! Leave some for other collectors.
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These were found in Utah at Kmart's of all places. One case to the stores that got em and that was it. I have not seen any of these at all.
I really think that this year is being ALOT like 2003, in that there will be a drought with a few cases hitting here and there, and then come August, the stores will be loaded up on reissued cases. That way it ties in with the DVD release. Then August to December will be good in terms of finding stuff, then we hit the HUGE drought til April 2005 when the new Ep. III stuff hits.
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I was finally able to complete my Hall of Fame set of 12 figures yesterday, though I've still barely ever seen these suckers at retail. I had one monster score of 8 of them at a TRU once, and found 3 other isolated ones, and got one from my buddy Jared. Glad I polished these off, 'cause I was starting to get a little nervous about their scarcity.
Kind of a waste to make this series of HOF figures, with all the core characters for the kids, and then to not even have them hit the retail market. What's the point? I thought it was to keep the core characters on the pegs... Well, that sure as $h!t ain't happenin'... I wouldn't even mind picking up some extras of the Stormtrooper, R2, and 3-PO figures, but I've only seen them once, so I'm SOL.
So how's everyone else faring with these so far? Safe to assume that it's pretty much the carded collectors that are trying to hunt these down for the most part (aside from the aforementioned ones I wanted extras of, which I'd assume loose folks might want as well)...? Where are you finding them? My several sitings were all at TRU, but I know they hit K-marts too. Anywhere else?
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i found a complete case at entertainment earth :P
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Hi All,
I had a chance to do a little shopping this weekend and found the Hall of Fame wave again at Target. The curious thing was that a few of the figures had BLACK stands. I was pretty sure that these had been shipped with CLEAR stands originally. I thought the black stands started with the later figures...
I got home, checked my HoF figures and sure enough they had CLEAR stands, not black. Strange. I had time this morning to do a quick search of the internet, which revealed that others have seen this phenomenon as well.
So, it is confirmed that the Hall of Fame figures are now shipping with BLACK stands. This includes, Han, Leia, Maul, Vader, Luke, R2, and 3PO. The other five (Chewie, Ben, Yoda, Ani, and Stormie) do not have stands.
Variation hunters/compete-ists, you have been warned!
Check out comparison pictures at PotF2.com:
BLACK Stand HoF Variants (http://potf2.com/potj/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5887)
Jeff
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the only ones that I have seen of these is the Anakin hanger duel and the Darth Maul...both of which I am not interested in purchasing again...