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Title: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on January 23, 2024, 03:58 PM
Staring up a thread for this one...

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STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION SABINE WREN & CHOPPER (C1-10P)
(HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: Fall 2024)

To commemorate her friends’ heroic efforts in liberating Lothal, Sabine Wren painted a colorful mural in the Capital City – a testament to the Ghost crew’s lasting friendship. Astromech droid Chopper is a resident droid of the Ghost, assisting the crew in everything from ship maintenance to combat. Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away and build out their Spectre Crew with this premium 3.75-inch scale STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION SABINE WREN & CHOPPER (C1-10P) figure pack inspired by the characters’ appearance in STAR WARS: REBELS. These figures feature premium detail, entertainment-inspired collector grade deco and design across product and packaging inspired by the original Kenner line, as well as character art inspired by Sabine’s mural in the series finale. Includes 2 figures and 9 entertainment-inspired accessories including an interchangeable helmet head, jetpack, energy shield, 2 blasters and a jetpack flame accessory for Sabine, as well as a removable radar dish and 2 Loth-cats for Chopper.
 
Available for pre-order 1/24 at 1pm ET exclusively at Hasbro Pulse. Pre-orders close 2/14 at 11:59pm ET.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on January 24, 2024, 01:12 PM
Pre-Order Link: https://hasbropulse.com/products/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-sabine-wren-chopper-c1-10p
(Premium Member only for the first hour I believe...)
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: tmanthegreat on January 24, 2024, 01:28 PM
Just ordered a couple… One to open one to keep MIB. A necessary addition for the Ghost crew!
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Ryan on January 24, 2024, 03:06 PM
And also Sabine/Chopper.

I was impressed that they snuck a few more lothcats in there since the mural has more than just Ezra's white one.  Now they just have to find a way to put out the wolves from the mural.  :D

The inclusion of the Lothcats was nice, and I appreciated that.  But when I saw that and the other accessories with Sabine?  I saw how this 2-pack is almost certainly going to cost more than the previous 2-packs.  I'm predicting $49.99 for that.

$49.99 was pretty spot on...

Price hurts on this one for sure. They're effectively calling both of these "Deluxe" figures. That being said, holy **** that Sabine is awesome. I love that they listened to feedback and fixed the removable helmet / swappable head. The paint app on her is perfect. Even though Chopper and the Lothcats are repaints, I'll still be glad to have them. I grabbed three sets for now (one to open, one to keep carded, and an extra for later).
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Mister Skeezler on January 25, 2024, 10:37 AM
I also preordered two of them, and yeah, the price sucks pretty hard, but that Sabine is magnifique.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on January 25, 2024, 01:19 PM
I feel like every Haslab backer should've received one set for free.  It would've been a nice bone to throw at the collectors.  Especially since the last two Haslabs for Star Wars tanked.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on January 25, 2024, 05:42 PM
I feel like every Haslab backer should've received one set for free.  It would've been a nice bone to throw at the collectors. 

A nice bone... but a really expensive one -  21,768 Ghosts x $50 per set = $1,088,400 in potential lost revenue


I agree with you guys that $50 is a bitter pill to swallow but I still held my nose and pre-ordered one.  It sucks, but I can't imagine setting up my Ghost with Rebels Season 3/4 figures for Hera, Ezra, Kanan, Zeb, and Chopper and no Sabine so $50 it is.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on January 25, 2024, 09:37 PM
Jeff, the backers made Hasbro over $10,000,000 richer plus the interest.  The cost to Hasbro for the Sabine/Chopper two pack is not $50, but much less.  Even if it cost them $1,000,000 from their $10,000,000 it would pay off in a lot of good will.

Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Nicklab on January 26, 2024, 09:03 AM
I get where you’re coming from Matt.  I just can’t see Hasbro just giving away over $1 million in gifts to backers.  They do have a fiduciary responsibility to their investors, and senior management would never sign off on that. 
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on January 26, 2024, 10:07 AM
Agree Nick.  I really didn't expect Hasbro to do it either.  It would've been nice though since these figures should've been part of the Haslab project.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: McMetal on January 26, 2024, 07:28 PM
im in the hate the price, but ordered it anyway bunch too. Not gonna open it but they will look great displayed with the rest. Gonna use my animated figures to populate the Ghost when it arrives.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Rob on February 2, 2024, 02:24 PM
They're taking preorders for this again if anyone missed it...
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Nicklab on February 5, 2024, 08:39 AM
The preorder window should be open until 2/14
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Dave on February 5, 2024, 09:09 AM
It woulda been nice to have those that backed The Ghost to be able to buy these for $40 through Pulse or something more reasonable while the non-backer price would be $50.  Either way, that price is rough, and I pre-ordered one.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on February 14, 2024, 12:08 PM
Pre-orders close 2/14 at 11:59pm ET.

Reminder that today is "pre-order or get off the pot" day for this set...  Hasbro says there may be very limited availability once the set arrives this fall, but today is the last day to lock in a pre-order if you haven't already.

https://hasbropulse.com/products/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-sabine-wren-chopper-c1-10p
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: tmanthegreat on February 15, 2024, 02:19 PM
Got mine in sometime ago during the initial preorder run - and I checked Hasbro Pulse to ensure that order was placed! I’ve ordered two: one to keep boxed, the other to open.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on September 2, 2024, 12:28 PM
Got the email this weekend that this one is coming soon from Pulse...
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: McMetal on September 2, 2024, 07:41 PM
Same here, wish we could get an update on the Ghost.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on September 3, 2024, 11:12 AM
Yeah, I hope we get some kind of update at Pulse Con next week otherwise it's going to have to be a tweet from Jayson that tells us when they start hitting US ports.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on September 5, 2024, 12:34 PM
So I've paid Hasbro for these now.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Rob on September 5, 2024, 12:45 PM
Same, woke up to the email this morning.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Nicklab on September 5, 2024, 01:04 PM
Paid and ready to ship.  This is one that I'm really looking forward to, as Hasbro gets really serious about releasing the crew of the Ghost.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Ryan on September 5, 2024, 01:33 PM
Same, really excited for this set. :-)

Paid and ready to ship.  This is one that I'm really looking forward to, as Hasbro gets really serious about releasing the crew of the Ghost.

Speaking of... whatever happened to the maybe-pipelined S1 outfit releases for all the main Rebels cast? I could have sworn they were pipelined by Hasbro when the Ghost was revealed, and then there seemed to be some confusion when the Ezra we got this year was the Ahsoka hologram version. Are the three Rebels figures on Jason's rumor list S1 Ezra, Hera, & Sabine? I was hoping we'd see some other releases from Rebels there, like Kallus, an Inquisitor, etc. - but I guess I'd be happy either way.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on September 5, 2024, 01:49 PM
whatever happened to the maybe-pipelined S1 outfit releases for all the main Rebels cast?

I think they only officially pipelined the S1 Kanan, S1 Zeb and lame not-a-hologram Ezra from the Ahsoka hologram message. 

At one of the fan Q&As somewhere, Hasbro said their goal was to get at least one version of each Rebels characters released outside the HasLab for those who couldn't afford the Ghost, which is why they did those three.  The others (Hera, Sabine, Chopper) had Ashoka releases already.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Nicklab on September 5, 2024, 02:25 PM
The figures included with the Ghost are all Rebels season 3 and 4.  This Sabine and Chopper are from season 3, IIRC.

So far, only the TVC mainline Kanan and deluxe Zeb represent any of the Spectres from season 1 of Rebels.  The current versions of Ezra, Hera, Sabine and Chopper are all sourced from AHSOKA.  I'm hopeful for season 1 versions of Hera and Ezra, plus Kallus.  And down the line I think Hasbro will likely touch on the rest of the crew from other seasons, plus Rex and Ahsoka.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on September 5, 2024, 09:57 PM
According to FedEx I'll have these on Monday.

I should have my blurrgs, Oshas and Maes by tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Rob on September 7, 2024, 01:59 PM
I'm going to need some help sorting out which versions of which of these figures go together in terms of mural and season 3 or 4 or whatever... but Sabine and Chopper just showed up and everyone's looking really pretty. 

(https://i.imgur.com/gZSM8Bf.jpeg)
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jeff on September 7, 2024, 06:23 PM
I'm going to need some help sorting out which versions of which of these figures go together in terms of mural and season 3 or 4 or whatever...

Sabine and Chopper fit with the figures from The Ghost - those are all the Season 3/4 looks from the mural. 

The non-HasLab Kanan and Zeb are the Season 1/2 looks.  That Ezra is like the TV interpretation of Rebels Season 4 Ezra I guess...
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Matt_Fury on September 7, 2024, 09:38 PM
The ones that come with the Ghost itself I'm keeping carded, along with one of these sets.  The regular TVC releases are going in the Ghost, and this Sabine and Chopper will be in front of the Ghost with my second set of regular TVC releases of the crew.

Also, I made a review of this set as it came in two days early! (https://youtu.be/P3LTyqLcEtk)
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Nicklab on September 8, 2024, 09:23 AM
Received mine yesterday.  Looking forward to opening these up.  The images I've seen of Sabine show a radically different look from her appearance in AHSOKA.  And I'm happy that Hasbro went the extra mile there.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Rob on September 8, 2024, 09:39 AM
I'm going to need some help sorting out which versions of which of these figures go together in terms of mural and season 3 or 4 or whatever...

Sabine and Chopper fit with the figures from The Ghost - those are all the Season 3/4 looks from the mural. 

The non-HasLab Kanan and Zeb are the Season 1/2 looks.  That Ezra is like the TV interpretation of Rebels Season 4 Ezra I guess...

Thanks, boiling it down like that is super helpful.  It’s been a long time since I watched the cartoon at this point. 
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: CorranHorn on September 8, 2024, 02:48 PM
Received mine yesterday.  Looking forward to opening these up.  The images I've seen of Sabine show a radically different look from her appearance in AHSOKA.  And I'm happy that Hasbro went the extra mile there.

I opened mine last night, it’s as far as I can tell a completely all new sculpt. I was quite surprised they did not reuse some parts, especially the upper legs and pelvis. The best surprise though is it’s a swappable helmet that scales much better than the AHSOKA Sabine helmet.
Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: Jediknight760071 on September 14, 2024, 06:58 PM
Seeing all these amazing photos of the final product, but having missed the initial ordering phase, I made peace with not having this 2-pack in my collection. Secondary market looked a little too crazy.
So I was over-the-moon last night when I saw this was back in stock on Pulse. Immediately ordered a set. Can't wait to have this in hand!

Title: Re: 2024 TVC Rebels Mural Sabine/Chopper 2-Pack
Post by: McMetal on September 14, 2024, 07:24 PM
I second that, my original order was just canceled this past week due to an old credit card and I was really bummed I had missed this. Was so relieved to see it back in stock the same day the PulseCon exclusives went up so I killed two birds with one stone.  :)