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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Clone Wars '08-'13 => Topic started by: Jeff on January 17, 2010, 02:37 PM
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According to Yakface (http://www.yakface.com/), it looks like these will be the 2010 Wave 3 figures...
- Obi Wan w/Cold Weather Gear
- Cad Bane in Disguise (Jedi or Clone?)
- Magna Guard - (alternate head maybe?)
- Clone Trooper with Heater Pack (flamethrower clone perhaps)
- Firefighter Droid
We'll see/hear more at Toy Fair I'm sure...
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I wonder if the 'heater pack' means it's the snow clone. I would be all about these guys (with the exception of the Magna Guard/Bane).
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I'm very pleased, and I hope that the new Cad Bane is w/ a Jedi cloak disguise instead of a clone armor disguise. Plus, this is an opportunity to give him the SA treatment! And I hope the Magna Guard comes w/ a cape. :P
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I wonder if the 'heater pack' means it's the snow clone. I would be all about these guys (with the exception of the Magna Guard/Bane).
I think you're on the right track with the snow clone. I'm sure the flamethrower trooper is inevitable, but I think the snow clone will be first to coincide with the other Trespass figures.
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Bring on the Cold Weather Obi-Wan and the Heater Pack Clone. I could leave the MagnaGuard and Bane, and probably will.
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I wonder if the 'heater pack' means it's the snow clone. I would be all about these guys (with the exception of the Magna Guard/Bane).
It is...YakFace posted a clarification that the clone is actually Rex in Snow Gear.
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I wonder if the 'heater pack' means it's the snow clone. I would be all about these guys (with the exception of the Magna Guard/Bane).
It is...YakFace posted a clarification that the clone is actually Rex in Snow Gear.
Better yet. I'm not picking up all figures from this line, but am getting the clone commanders. I like the look of Snow Rex. I'll get it.
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Yay! Snowy figures are on the way. I did geek out a bit with that episode. There are definately some good figures they can make from that one. Rex definately stands out of course along with the Talz species.
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The new Obi Wan w/Cold Weather Gear, Magna Guard, Clone Trooper w/Cold Weather Gear and the Firefighter Droid figures are previewed in the current issue of Toyfare (152).
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4352915554_8f3e60149a_o.jpg)
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The new Obi Wan w/Cold Weather Gear, Magna Guard, Clone Trooper w/Cold Weather Gear and the Firefighter Droid figures are previewed in the current issue of Toyfare (152).
The clone is actually Cody. I pray they make the generic 501st snow outfit.
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The new Obi Wan w/Cold Weather Gear, Magna Guard, Clone Trooper w/Cold Weather Gear and the Firefighter Droid figures are previewed in the current issue of Toyfare (152).
The clone is actually Cody. I pray they make the generic 501st snow outfit.
I believe the clone is actually Rex. ;)
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Awesome! Thanks for the pics...I'm not sure this is as compelling as the first 2 waves this year, but I'm on board for sure. Is that Toyfare on stands now?
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I think subscribers got their issues already, but retailers haven't. I check a couple shops yesterday and they didn't have them.
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Awesome wave! It looks like they gave the Magna Guard knee articulation (I hope so)! Looking forward to more pics from Toy Fair!
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The new Obi Wan w/Cold Weather Gear, Magna Guard, Clone Trooper w/Cold Weather Gear and the Firefighter Droid figures are previewed in the current issue of Toyfare (152).
The clone is actually Cody. I pray they make the generic 501st snow outfit.
I believe the clone is actually Rex. ;)
Whoops! I'm so used to saying Cody because of his association with Obi-Wan from Episode III. Sorry.
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Looks like a pretty nice wave. I'm just glad we're getting a couple more figures from the episode "Trespass", one of my favorites so far. I liked the "cold weather" (and Hoth-esque) looks for Anakin, Obi, and Rex - and I definitely hope to pick up all three of them when released. The Magna Guard looks nice too, and the battle droid isn't anything too exciting - but a nice repaint if nothing else.
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What interesting is that unlike Anakin, Obi-Wan has his hood up. I wonder if we'll get a down version and an up version for Anakin?
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What interesting is that unlike Anakin, Obi-Wan has his hood up. I wonder if we'll get a down version and an up version for Anakin?
It looks to me that the "jacket" torso, "skirt", arms and hands on the Obi-Wan figure are identical to the Anakin figure.
The "down hood" on the Anakin figure is a separate piece from the body of the figure, so I'd be willing to bet that the "hood up" on Obi-Wan is a separate piece as well. So hypothetically, we could easily make our own "hood up" Anakin and "hood down" Obi-Wan.
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We'll definitely see variants on these (I foresee a Trespass battle pack in our future...)
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Wonder why they decided to drop Cad Bane in Disguise from this wave?
I don't see him slotted in the Fall Wave 1 either, guess this was a total scratch in favor of his deluxe vehicle/figure pack?
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incase anyone is interested it looks like Tunghori has some of these figures up for sale now - Obi, Fireman Droid, and Winter Rex.
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This wave is now up for pre-order at EntertainmentEarth (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS87638N&id=HA-807301583).
I understand that all the repacks are great for the kids and great for helping keep the cost of this line down, but like others have said, it sure makes it hard to buy a case on-line when you only need 4-5 of the figures from a case. :-\
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This wave is now up for pre-order at EntertainmentEarth (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS87638N&id=HA-807301583).
I understand that all the repacks are great for the kids and great for helping keep the cost of this line down, but like others have said, it sure makes it hard to buy a case on-line when you only need 4-5 of the figures from a case. :-\
Not to mention the fact that they issue a revision case and two of the four new figures aren't even in that case's mix!
Why would anyone who has been keeping up with the line order either of these cases? If the Talz chief were in there along with the tactical droid (TX-20?) then I could see some army builders who might be interested in the case, but even then that would be pushing it.
Heaven forbid they put out a case where it's 3x of each of the four new figures.
Now that's a case I would buy.
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The ratios on these make it very hard to stay out of the store. Right now I'm looking for the newer waves (missing them all the time) and not going online because the cases suck. I'd love to just be done with it, like I do with Legacy, but oh, well. The thrill of the hunt, I guess.
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The case assortments have been bothering me since last year. For the 2008 assortments, the case ratios were pretty good. You had some with duplicates of the army builders, others with duplicates of the new figures plus older figures, and others with only new figures.
I think the 2009 wave with the green Clone and Jar-Jar was the first case that really bothered me. You only got one of each new figure, and eight older figures. A couple of cases for the red card series really got me irritated, as there were duplicates of Echo and Greivous, but not the new ARF troopers.
I would be much more inclined to order cases if there were less older figures. I think including duplicates of each new figure and filling out the remaining spaces with repacks would be a good way to go, especially if the repacked figures were troopers.
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I'm actually pleased that a new Cad Bane was actually slotted into the Deluxe Line. Now we get a vehicle, too! I honestly wouldn't have cared to buy a Bane that included a Jedi cloak or a clone-disguised Bane.
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I'm actually pleased that a new Cad Bane was actually slotted into the Deluxe Line. Now we get a vehicle, too! I honestly wouldn't have cared to buy a Bane that included a Jedi cloak or a clone-disguised Bane.
Call me greedy, but I would rather have had BOTH. A "regular" Bane with enhanced articulation for the Deluxe pack, plus a disguised version single carded.
All I feel like now is that we're getting one less figure. And rumors are swirling that his repainted Magnaguard fighter is being pushed back to 2011 for some inexplicable reason.
Maybe their tagline for this season should have been "Rise of the Mandos"...
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Maybe their tagline for this season should have been "Rise of the Mandos"...
yar - week after week now I have been asking myself wtf happened to Cad Bane. I was expecting him to be featured a lot but he is been getting the shaft imo.
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I received this wave today.
Notes about the packaging:
All have stickers on the back covering up the old line up that included Cad Bane.
Magnaguard and Rex have additional number stickers on the back of the cards and on the inserts to correct the sequencing from #CW50 to #CW49 and #CW51 to #CW50 respectively.
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I received this wave today.
Notes about the packaging:
All have stickers on the back covering up the old line up that included Cad Bane.
Magnaguard and Rex have additional number stickers on the back of the cards and on the inserts to correct the sequencing from #CW50 to #CW49 and #CW51 to #CW50 respectively.
Screw the stickers....
How's that magnaguard!?!?
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Screw the stickers....
How's that magnaguard!?!?
Haven't opened him yet, but I did bust open the Firefighter Droid and the Obi-Wan.
The Firefighter Droid (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW/basicfigures/CW47.html) is a bitch to stand without a base for assistance due to the weight of the backpack and hose. The battle droid has new arms that allow for elbow movement and to also swivel at that joint to for better two handed grasping of a blaster and/or firehose nozzle*. He also has a new head sculpt. With some twisting, you can get the nozzle to attach to the backpack via a "magazine/clip" on the side leave his hands free for carrying his standard issue blaster. *Nozzle has a pivoting lever to simulate opening/closing the nozzle valve.
Surprisingly, SnObi-Wan (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW/basicfigures/CW48.html) is all new sculpt and not a simple repaint of the Snow Gear Anakin. Looks great once you get him in the Freeco speeder after some futzing.
MagnaGuard (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW/basicfigures/CW49.html) = Awesome! He's white with a ton of weathering and has a tattered soft goods cape. New head sculpt and electrostaff with removable energy bits. His hips are all new with ball joints and he now has knee and ankle articulation to boot. Kicks the **** out of the first CW Magnaguard by a mile. You'll want a half dozen of them.
Captain Rex (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW/basicfigures/CW50.html): Feelings are mixed with him as the overall design is great. First, the plastic that they used for the chest armor and helmet has got future yellowing issues written all over it as it looks like the same type of plastic has the recent Han with removable stormtrooper armor. His outer helmet bucket his removable but the underlying "fabric" portion is not so no Rex head underneath. His shoulder armor plates are also removable as is his heater backpack. He has ball joint shoulder, elbows and knees and swivel waist, wrist and hips. The lack of ankle joints effect the stability even in the most neutral of poses. Although pliable, the skirt further limits the range of motion for the legs. His neck joint runs in a slot whereas you can pivot his whole head to look down at the ground.
Forget about having him riding a BARC speeder as the skirt just doesn't allow for it, nor can you cram him in the Freeco speeder even with the backpack removed - again the skirt is the culprit as are his longer legs. For weaponry, he includes the same accessories as the regular Rex version but they omitted the cable that attaches to the missle and the snap on launcher.
If I had to rank the wave it would be as follows:
Magnaguard
SnObi-Wan
Cap. Rex
Firefighter Droid
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Thanks for the reviews Jayson. I cannot wait to find these guys in the store. It looks like a solid wave.
I'm pleasantly surprised that the Battle Droid has improved articulation. Hopefully Hasbro will make a standard BD with the new mold.
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I was interested to come across repack Dooku and Kit Fisto figures w/ the Nahdarr Vebb sticker. But there were no signs of 2010 Waves 1-3, though. :(
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I see Brian's Toys now has this Wave in stock.
2 of them are $15.99, and 2 of them are $19.99. ::)
How do those guys sleep at night?
Oh right, ON A BIG PILE OF MONEY...
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Updated my post with links for those interested in images of the new figures.
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I don't get why people are so down on Brian's all the time. Yeah, they have expensive prices on new stuff like this, but so do a lot of other online retailers. No one is forced to buy from them - if the guy wants to sell figures at twice retail and some people are willing to pay that, then where is the harm exactly? It's not my cup of tea, but I'm not going to put them down for it. I have only ordered from Brian's once - they had a case of Legacy figures that worked out to $5-6 per figure with the sale they were offering, but seemed like a nice enough company to me.
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Wow....that MagnaGuard looks pretty awesome. Thanks for the pics, Jayson! 8)
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I don't get why people are so down on Brian's all the time. Yeah, they have expensive prices on new stuff like this, but so do a lot of other online retailers. No one is forced to buy from them - if the guy wants to sell figures at twice retail and some people are willing to pay that, then where is the harm exactly? It's not my cup of tea, but I'm not going to put them down for it. I have only ordered from Brian's once - they had a case of Legacy figures that worked out to $5-6 per figure with the sale they were offering, but seemed like a nice enough company to me.
I see where you're headed, and far be it from me to disagree with anyone who has a keen appreciation for Mitch :), but I guess I see it differently.
I don't have a problem per se with a mark-up at individual sites to cover things like shipping, handling, overhead, advertising, etc. That's to be expected. but I think it is unethical to jack prices on particular figures in the SAME case assortment just in an effort to squeeze more money out of people based on some perceived demand. It's not like those 2 figures cost them anything extra. It's pure greed, IMO.
I just think there is a certain obligation to price responsibly for your consumers. Just because someone will pay it, doesn't mean that it's a fair price. But yes, everyone does have the option of voting with their wallet, so to speak.
I really don't want to derail this thread though, so suffice to say it's a good sign these 4 figures are now hitting online, as that should portend a retail arrival in the coming weeks. :)
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I guess I can see that side of it, but really everything you buy has a different mark up. If you guy buy things at Target you will pay 100% mark up on action figures, a 50% mark-up on cereal and a 10% mark up on toilet paper. By your logic, Target is cheating everyone with their profit on Cereal and Action figures.
The facts are that most companies operate with a mix of low and high margin product. If Target wasn't getting higher margins on the first two, then they couldn't afford to offer the toilet paper at only 10%. Likewise with Brian's, I think they're trying to get the guys who really need to have the items to pay more now. If they don't sell, the price will come down. I have no idea why they split the assortment based on who they think will be more rare or popular - seems me that they should all be at $19.99 to start with. Maybe that's their way of testing the market to see if the $16 figs will sell better than the $20 figs.
Anyhoo, I'm still eagerly anticipating the arrival of this wave!
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Read over in the 'scum forum (http://threads.rebelscum.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=4134814&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1) that this wave has hit retail in FL.
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Read over in the 'scum forum (http://threads.rebelscum.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=4134814&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1) that this wave has hit retail in FL.
I got Web-Sensed, can you tell a brother which store? :)
Thanks!
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Read over in the 'scum forum (http://threads.rebelscum.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=4134814&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1) that this wave has hit retail in FL.
I got Web-Sensed, can you tell a brother which store? :)
Thanks!
Walmart
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Thanks Jayson!
Wish we had some JD peeps in Florida to update on this...
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I snagged them today from a WM here in Kansas City. Nice wave
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Found these today - very cool. The Magna Guard turned out very well (better than I thought).
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You magnificent bastards...I salute you all!
Taking a half day tomorrow just in the hopes of tracking these down...
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Great success today...I scored all of TCW Wave 3 at only my fourth stop this morning. Walmart had a single case freshly stocked on the pegs, so I got all 4. ;D
Thanks again to all for the head's up these were hitting, I wouldn't have thought to start checking so early otherwise.
Still no sign of the new BP waves, but I'm not about to complain.
I REALLY like the MagnaGuard, an exceptional upgrade IMO. Snow Rex is a little less cool than I had expected, mine looks a little goofy because one of the ear flaps is a bit splayed out. The Droid and Snowbi are solid if unspectacular.
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I picked up this wave today as well. It's nice to get all four figures knocked out at once. I haven't opened them yet, but I'm looking forward to it. The new Magnaguard looks great!
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I'm surprised by how fast these hit retail, but I'm not expecting to see them in my area anytime soon. >:( I haven't even seen TCW 2010 Waves 1 and 2 yet! But I am looking forward to these.
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Just curious, has this wave really hit "widespread" yet? I'm not necessarily in a hurry, but with the big delay in basically anything else Star Wars, I've been checking stores for this wave lately. I especially want the Snow Obi and Rex, but haven't seen any signs of them yet. From what I've read, it looks like it has mainly been found at WM so far, right? I've seen the previous (Snow Ani) wave a few times/places, but no signs of this yet.
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My toy runs are admittedly less right now, but I've not seen much of their wave, as I'm hoping for a couple Thi-Sen figures. I've not really seen anything from this wave at all. 12 and back is about it for my area.
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Just wondering... what is the color of the Magna Guard? I saw pictures of the figure on another sight, and was surprised by the paint job - to me, that chalky white color is just terrible! I'm not sure if it's the lighting of the picture, but I feel the end result is sloppy. Oh, well... there's an all-new magna guard coming out in the TVC anyway.
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Yep, he's pretty white. (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/ActionFigures/TCW/CW49/lf22.html)
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I found Cold Weather Obi-Wan Kenobi at my local Toys R Us a couple weeks ago.
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TRU.com has the figures for this wave in stock.
Firefighter Droid (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4185884)
Obi-Wan (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4185880)
Magnaguard (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4185885)
Captain Rex (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4185881)
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Cool - thanks Jayson! I ordered the remaining Firefighter Droids I needed, once I get them I'll be done with Clone Wars until August!!!
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Yeah, thanks for the heads up Jayson. I went ahead and ordered the Obi-Wan and Rex, and ended up getting the Magna Guard too just to spread the shipping around a bit. Should be pretty much done until August now, aside from the odd thing here or there.
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i thought this wave wasnt due out untill fall?i have only seen wave 2 once in the wild
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i thought this wave wasnt due out untill fall?i have only seen wave 2 once in the wild
Nope, it's been out since March.
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I've seen VERY little of the recent CW waves in our area VF, so don't feel bad. It's not just you... I don't collect the animated so my hunting has been cut down dramatically since the last Legacy Wave was found, but when I am out I don't see much from the latest animated stuff. I'm still hoping to nab a couple Thi-Sen figures (the big white furry aliens), as they look realistic enough to fit in the realistic line to me.
Our area's been a void for a lot of stuff other than the last Legacy wave for a while though.
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I've seen VERY little of the recent CW waves in our area VF, so don't feel bad. It's not just you... I don't collect the animated so my hunting has been cut down dramatically since the last Legacy Wave was found, but when I am out I don't see much from the latest animated stuff. I'm still hoping to nab a couple Thi-Sen figures (the big white furry aliens), as they look realistic enough to fit in the realistic line to me.
Our area's been a void for a lot of stuff other than the last Legacy wave for a while though.
yeah,i hear that,i have seen at least 3 thi-sen's around so i will pick one up for ya if i happen to see him again,all i want out of wave 3 is a magnaguard and cold weather rex
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I'll keep an eye out for those too... I saw the Rex at the TRU in Monroeville a week before I ran into you, so it's out and about. I've never seen Thi-Sen though, just remnants of the wave.
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I've never seen Thi-Sen though, just remnants of the wave.
Heh, I haven't seen this wave at all. >:(
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just found this wave at tru,picked up the rex and magnaguard,last 2 actually,really nice figures
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can anyone tell me if cold weather rex's helmet is removable,i just bought one but tend to collect moc,but i noticed his helmet looked a bit sideways and wondered if maybe it came off,anyone?
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can anyone tell me if cold weather rex's helmet is removable,i just bought one but tend to collect moc,but i noticed his helmet looked a bit sideways and wondered if maybe it came off,anyone?
Nope, but the outer helmet portion (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW/basicfigures/CW50.html) is removable.
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I'm shocked to hear someone actually found a 2010 TCW figure at an actual store.
Outside of pegwarming Snow Ani, there have been ZERO around here for weeks now.
I seriously think Hasbro severely cut back the #'s on these last 3 waves.
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I'm shocked to hear someone actually found a 2010 TCW figure at an actual store.
Outside of pegwarming Snow Ani, there have been ZERO around here for weeks now.
I seriously think Hasbro severely cut back the #'s on these last 3 waves.
they had to of,i saw 5 or six snow obi and ani today and no one else from that wave
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they had to of,i saw 5 or six snow obi and ani today and no one else from that wave
Actually, there is a new case mix that unfortunately, only includes Obi-Wan and Rex from this wave and the Firefighter Droid and Magaguard are MIA.
I'm glad that I was able to score plenty of Magnaguards in stores and the Firefighter Droid from TRU.com so I could be done with this wave, because with the exception of Snow Gear Obi-Wan, this wave does seem rather elusive.
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I'm shocked to hear someone actually found a 2010 TCW figure at an actual store.
Outside of pegwarming Snow Ani, there have been ZERO around here for weeks now.
I seriously think Hasbro severely cut back the #'s on these last 3 waves.
I can't shake the feeling all of these missing waves will be suddenly vomited onto the pegs a couple of months from now.
In the last 2 weeks, I've been finding legions of ESB Wave 12. Their release date? Half a year ago. Couldn't fine many then, I can find any amount I want now.
I wanted to army build Thi-Sen, it's been tough, but I have managed to score 6 of them. 4 of them alone at 1 Target store. In the previous 10 years, I'd have found about 30 of them on the pegs by now.
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they had to of,i saw 5 or six snow obi and ani today and no one else from that wave
Actually, there is a new case mix that unfortunately, only includes Obi-Wan and Rex from this wave and the Firefighter Droid and Magaguard are MIA.
I'm glad that I was able to score plenty of Magnaguards in stores and the Firefighter Droid from TRU.com so I could be done with this wave, because with the exception of Snow Gear Obi-Wan, this wave does seem rather elusive.
that figures,just give us a full case of new figs instead of these stupid "case mixes",imo it makes no sense and simply clogs the pegs with crap,but thanks for the heads up,i was wondering why there were so many obi's
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I hear ya!
I ask that question all the time - why with the Clone Wars can't there be a case mix where if there are four figures new in the wave, that there's just 3x of each figure? Or if it's a five figure wave, 2x of three of the figures and 3x of the other two.
Assortments like that would come in extremely handy especially when it comes to ordering by-the-case online.
I'm sure Adam can't answer, but I would love to know why an outlet like EE couldn't force Hasbro to give them more online "friendly" case assortments like those.
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I can't shake the feeling all of these missing waves will be suddenly vomited onto the pegs a couple of months from now.
I've been wondering about that too since I've also noted the recent glut of the TLC ESB Wave arounf here. I think the big difference is that these last 3 TCW Waves are the end-of-the packaging waves, and Hasbro has been known to under-produce the last few waves before a relaunch. I'm worried that they just may not have made that many in the first place. Otherwise I'm not sure where these things are all jammed up, and why we haven't seen more than a trickle to date.
That totally makes sense about the new case assortment, and I fully agree that those were idiotic choices. Rex just looks goofy with those ear flaps and Snow Obi is just plain boring. On the other hand, I would KILL for another MagnaGuard for openers. :(
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For reasons I can't exactly explain I'm rather enamored with ol Snowbi-Wan. Theres just something i find really neat about him, might be the Hoth vibe.
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Finally, FINALLY (!!) scored both Cold Weather Anakin and Obi. I wondered why Hasbro didn't opt to include interchangeable-up/down hoods/cowels for each figure. I can certainly say that Obi is my favorite of the pair; I like his little 2-fingered Force gesture.
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Finally, FINALLY (!!) scored both Cold Weather Anakin and Obi. I wondered why Hasbro didn't opt to include interchangeable-up/down hoods/cowels for each figure. I can certainly say that Obi is my favorite of the pair; I like his little 2-fingered Force gesture.
Especially since the Anakin picture on the cardback shows him with the hood up and the Obi-Wan picture on the cardback shows him with the hood down, yeah, it's very odd that they just didn't include the "extra" accessory of the hood up/down with each figure.
I bought extras of each figure so I could swap the hood pieces and paint them to match. I haven't gotten around to painting them yet, mostly because I'm almost certain that we'll be getting them with the opposite hoods at some point in the future.