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Collectibles => The Vintage Collection => Topic started by: Matt_Fury on February 15, 2024, 12:59 PM
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Looks like the pipelined exclusive 4 pack is about to drop for preorder.
Here's the link. (https://amzn.to/48l5oUH)
Pre-order window opens at 1 pm EST today. Nice heads up from Hasbro on this!
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I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this.
Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?
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I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this.
Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?
The pipeline announcement was during the livestream a few weeks ago. As far as new figures, The Ahsoka is a repack (no big deal, it's a great figure) and the droids are supposed to be a new sculpt...but they look like Build-A-Droid type figures from the photo. Hard to tell though.
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I must have missed the pipeline announcement on this.
From the 1/23 Hasbro Pulse Star Wars fanstream (https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=25237.msg635165#msg635165).
Which of these have we had before and which are all/mostly new?
Ahsoka - repack/repaint of VC202 sculpt
R7-A7 - repaint/repack of the BAD sculpt figure from "Celebrate the Saga" Jedi Order 4-pack (https://hasbropulse.com/products/star-wars-celebrate-the-saga-jedi-order)
RG-G1 (G-G) - 1st time release; BAD sculpt repaint
CH-33P (Cheep) - 1st time release; kitbash using VC304 Chopper with a new dome/leg/parts
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$70?! Considering all of their other multipacks have gone to clearance, I'm just going to start with 1 and maybe even cancel it. Nice looking droids though.
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$70?!
I'd have preferred a white-box troop builder 4-pack style release for $55-60, but $70 is the price you pay for the "carded figures in a box" gimmick. Just be glad it wasn't $80 like the Jabba Goon carded 4-pack was?
It is tempting to wait it out though as the Amazon TBB 4-pack and OWK 3-pack both hit clearance prices 30-50% off at times.
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$70?! Considering all of their other multipacks have gone to clearance, I'm just going to start with 1 and maybe even cancel it. Nice looking droids though.
Oof. I've got so, so many astromech droids. I love them, but do I need to pay $70 for two new ones?
I think I'll try and wait for clearance on this too.
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Some images of the pack, just so we have them here:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/71vziap3FFL._AC_SL1500_.jpg) (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/71-aSKykdQL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/711e5QaAE1L._AC_SL1500_.jpg) (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/71B0IDFom2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/71fBYVQNRYL._AC_SL1500_.jpg) (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/71cCjfT8u5L._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/81BUXWJiJ2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg) (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_849526-T2/images/I/81Pujie6UFL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
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I usually just preorder right away and pay full price to make it easy, but I’m tempted to wait on this one and get it for $35 or $40 later. Doesn’t seem like good value to me at all.
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Doesn’t seem like good value to me at all.
I paid ~$30 in 2020 for the 5POA CTS Jedi Order 4-Pack just to get the BAD R7-A7 figure the first time. I guess it's only fitting that I'm paying $70 to get the BAD G-G and kitbash Cheep ($35 each) this time. ::)
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I really like the character lineup. But the sticker shock is serious. I think it's because one figure is clearly a reissue, and the droids are smaller figures. That creates a perception issue - the astromech droids are smaller, and they are not newly tooled figures except for a couple of domes. So, the price per figure breaks down to $17.50 each. It's not that far off from the $16.99 MSRP for TVC figures, but the perception issues are real.
I ordered 2 of these sets. And looking back at the history of these sets? I think I might modify my order and cancel one, and order a second down the line when the price is a bit less daunting.
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Yeah I definitely need this but 100% waiting for a sale. That price is nuts.
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Got my shipping notice today, should be here tomorrow...
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Mine showed up today.
I haven't opened the package yet, but it's exactly what I expected it to be. Three cool astromechs and a repacked Ahsoka.
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Oddly, I haven't been charged and mine hasn't shipped.
EDIT: I just looked, it says arriving June 19.
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Still June 19th for me too.
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Maybe they’ll lower the price by then. :)
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My pre-order went from June 19th to June 10th then "your item shipped" all in the span of about 3 days this week.
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No change in the status of my order. But I think we're on the verge of A LOT of things shipping, this set included. Maybe things will change this week? But my order still shows a late June delivery date.
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Just got an update saying May 30 now. 🤷♂️
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And now this is going to arrive today. It seems like almost all of the Amazon delivery dates are padded by at least a month.
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Before I open the figure, has anyone found a good comparison shot of just how updated the paint is on Ahsoka, or opened one and looked at them closely enough to spot anything new about the one in the 4-pack?
I'm looking at my old one and this new one and can't spot any difference and don't want to open it just to look more closely and end up being wrong.
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Also just looking at my carded samples, they appear to be trivially different. I noticed the eyes and lips on the newer one are ever so slightly lighter, there is a little less sharpness to some of the head-tail markings, and the silver markings on the shirt may be a bit more pronounced. It's hard to tell if those are just normal variations between samples though.
For my purposes, I am considering it a repack.
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Yeah what you described would fall under repack for me as well. Ok I’ll leave it carded for now and if I don’t learn anything new in a few days I’ll re-home it.