Quote from: Jeff on January  2, 2023, 10:36 PM

TBS 6" - No longer buying or collecting these.  In the near future, I'll be selling most of the 6" stuff I have (mainly Han Solo figures and some other main characters).  I am only keeping 8 figures from ANH - Vader, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Ben with Holo-Leia table, Luke with Landspeeder, Smuggler Han, and Chewie.

How did the Black Series purge go Jeff?

Pretty good.  I kept the eight figures I mentioned plus two more - the Amazon exclusive ESB carded Carbonite Han block and a SDCC Kenner Fett that I forgot I had. 

I have R2-D2, C-3PO, Ben with Holo-Leia table, and Luke with Landspeeder set up on one small shelf.  Then Han/Chewie, Vader/Leia, and Fett/Block set up on another small shelf. 

How did you guys do on selling your BS stuff?  I'm thinking of doing a giant purge of my collection if I can mostly get my money back.  Not sure if yours was sealed or open, but my 6" stuff is all open.

I had every BS6" Han Solo figure, six from the ST (TFA Han, TFA Chewie, TFA Leia, TLJ Luke, TLJ Rey, TLJ Kylo), and a few other random figures either from Hasbro or from buying a set to get the Han figure or a Chewie to go with a Han  (Mando, Child, Hoth Leia, SOLO Chewie).  Everything was open/loose.

A few rarer older things went for good money (Hoth Han + TaunTaun, Stormtrooper Han).  The other older OT figures sold for pretty close to retail ($20) and the more recent OT figures all sold for $10-15 each depending how recent/available they still were at retail. 

I have a small pile left that won't even sell for $5 each at the local Toy Posse show - and it's pretty much what you would expect to be the duds: TFA Han, TFA Chewie, TFA Leia, TLJ Luke, TLJ Rey, TLJ Kylo, SOLO Han, SOLO Chewie.  I'll likely try one more time to sell them at a Toy Posse show next spring, but guessing they will eventually just end up in a donation bin someplace next summer.

I think a better companion in this pack would be the C-3P0 body with battle droid head instead of the Super Battle Droid.

They should have tossed in a swappable regular Battle Droid head so that you can use it as an army builder pack if you wanted.  Seems like a wasted opportunity that they didn't (or just how bad their cost controls are these days if they can't spare the extra $ for a second BD head).

STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES C-3PO (B1 BATTLE DROID BODY) & SUPER BATTLE DROID
(HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: Spring 2024)

STAR WARS fans and collectors can imagine scenes from the STAR WARS galaxy with this premium 6-inch STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES C-3PO (B1 BATTLE DROID BODY) & SUPER BATTLE DROID figure pack, inspired by the characters’ appearances in STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES. When C-3PO loses his head in a Separatist droid factory, it’s replaced with a battle droid’s – leading to confusion in the colosseum during the Battle of Geonosis. Fans and collectors can display these fully articulated figures featuring premium detail and multiple points of articulation in their collection. Includes 2 figures and 2 entertainment-inspired accessories.
 
Available for pre-order 12/13 at 1pm ET exclusively at Hasbro Pulse.

I don't need more Jango Fett's

For $28, we should be getting BOTH jetpacks and the pilot headset to make this an ultimate Jango.

Instead, we'll get this for $28 and then at least one other $17 TVC carded Kamino Jango with the other jetpack along with however other many repaints they find a way to do.   

(edit: the press release says $25 but I'm still assuming these will turn up at $28 until I see otherwise...)

STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION JANGO FETT
(HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99 / Available: Summer 2024)

In the Republic’s final years, proficient marksman Jango Fett was considered the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. He donned a sleek armored suit that concealed his scarred face. Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with this premium 3.75-inch scale STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION JANGO FETT figure inspired by the STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES. This figure feature premium detail and design across product and packaging inspired by the original Kenner line, as well as the entertainment-inspired collector grade deco. Includes figure and 7 entertainment-inspired accessories including his signature jetpack and two blasters with fire FX.
 
Available for pre-order 12/13 at 1pm ET at Hasbro Pulse, BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth and additional fan channel retailers.

Have we heard if these are getting picked up by major retail (Target, Walmart)? 

Jayson has some DPCI info in his mega-rumor list, so it seems these should be at retail to some degree.

My hopes for the Epic Heroes line lie with the potential for vehicles.  So let's wait and see what develops.

I'm hoping that we can finally get like a basic Blurrg or that wolf thing from Ahsoka or other things beyond just vehicles too with this new line. 

Pre-orders are open for these now at EE -

Basic Figures Wave 1, Case of Six -> https://ee.toys/XZLFHW $63
1x Ahsoka, 1x Luke, 1x Grogu, 1x Mando, 1x Vader, 1x Stormtrooper

Deluxe Figures Wave 1, Case of 4 -> https://ee.toys/FF70TP $52
2x Paz, 2x Sabine

Deluxe Figures Wave 1, Set of 2 -> https://ee.toys/FGQ3N1 $26
1x Pax, 1x Sabine

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I think Hammerhead is the impact of the "finish the 96" carded collectors who want a modern TVC equivalent of everything Kenner.  They don't care that there are multiple serviceable versions of Hammerhead out there, they want an all new TVC version so they can check off that box as 'done'.  That's the drive for new versions of Luke, Han, Leia, Obi-Wan as well (since the TVC carded people don't consider VOTC as TVC for some reason).

I'm with you guys in that all-new, never before made stuff brings me the most joy.  I do however admit that without the all the carded collectors buying things at 2-3 times the rate I buy as an opener, the line would likely die or be at $20 for a basic figure.