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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
« on: October 15, 2012, 10:24 AM »
Yeah, that design would make for a much better animated figure than a realistic one. And since there is only an animated mold for the Tactical Droids, let's hope Hasbro stays true to their own words and does this on the cheap by tweaking an existing sculpt, rather than wasting all that money to do one in a realistic style that will inevitably look atrocious.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: October 15, 2012, 10:19 AM »
I don't understand the comment on the front page about getting a price adjustment from Target if you bought a Clone Wars Dropship recently...wouldn't that only apply if you had bought two?


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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
« on: October 14, 2012, 06:13 PM »
So, blah blah blah whatever, NEW DROID GENERAL!!!!

NEW DROID GENERAL!

No, I didn't catch the name either, tried replaying it 2 or 3 times too. Something like "Calamity" or somesuch thing. I'm sure it will be something silly, but who cares? NEW DROID GENERAL!

I realize it's pointless to even get excited about new characters on the show anymore, even new characters who would make totally amazing action figures, like a NEW DROID GENERAL! But still...

NEW DROID GENERAL!

 ;D ;D ;D

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: October 12, 2012, 08:18 PM »
Picked up my second Republic Dropship at a far flung Target today over lunch. That officially wraps up 2012 for me until the WolfPack Gift Set comes out. Seeing as how that is an online only exclusive though, I foresee a precipitous drop-off in my travels to Target, Kmart, TRU and Walmart the next few months.

Perfect timing with the coming holiday craziness. And yet sort of bizarre with the show just recently coming back, etc. Would have been nice if there would have been something they could have sprung on us for the last few months of the year.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: October 11, 2012, 09:46 PM »
Quote from: shmashwitdaclub on October 11, 2012, 10:26 AM
what pack was this guy from?  http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-Star-Wars-The-Clone-Wars-Clone-Trooper-loose-/390480565894?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item5aea749686

plus the seller has it listed wrong.  In the listing above he says you get "5x" but clearly he meant "1" because he has other auctions of the same figure for "5x" and has the correct picture and I am guessing the correct price.

Yeah, it looks to be an unpainted Echo. Interesting that they included the red eye deco on this version though. As opposed to the similar lot listed here, which actually is a five-pack:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5X-Pcs-Star-Wars-Clone-Wars-Clone-Trooper-Soldier-3-75-Figure-Removable-Helmet-/160699960471?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item256a76cc97

I need to go back and check that BP, but I may pick one of those guys up, thanks for posting.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: The Future of Star Wars Collecting?
« on: October 11, 2012, 09:38 PM »
Quote from: Jesse James on October 11, 2012, 09:04 PM
You've been giving collectors almost everything they ever ask for short of Tonnika Sisters and Vlix...  What more can you do before you realize it's not the product.

Introducing Hasbro's Star Wars Action Figure Direct-to-Consumer Premium Subscription Service! For the discriminating collector!

Would not surprise me.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: October 11, 2012, 09:33 PM »
Quote from: Jesse James on October 11, 2012, 08:39 PM
New TRU?  Didn't realize they were considering expansion beyond temp stores.  ???

Yeah, they closed both the standalone TRU that had been around since I was a kid along with the Babies R Us store and then consolidated both under the same space in a more shopping-robust part of town.

It's very impressive, totally clean, well organized, etc. We'll see how long that lasts. The overall square footage dwarfs the older store. Forgot to mention they also had two cases of the Malgus wave. Was really hoping for the Nom/Aayla or Shae/Starkiller waves...never seen any of those figures outside of Kithaba and Evazan. (Not the rare ones either)

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Newbies / Re: Hello all!
« on: October 11, 2012, 06:31 PM »
Welcome to the forums! It's a good group here, best fan site on the web IMHO.

You have a cool focus, look forward to seeing some pics of your work sometime.

cheers!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: October 11, 2012, 06:18 PM »
Wow, the premier came back around quicker than I thought it would. Excellence!

Hasta la vista, Family Guy....see you On-Demand.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: October 11, 2012, 04:16 PM »
We had a brand new TRU open up here today, and man, I have not been more excited walking into a toy store in a long time. I had all these high hopes of shelves bursting with all sorts of new SW swag.

It turned out to be a mixed bag. They had a nice complement of Speeder Bikes, Ewok & Pilot sets, and a couple cases of the TVC Lost Wave, which I had never seen before around here.

But nothing beyond Wave 2 for Clone Wars and no new Class I vehicles, which is what I really wanted.

No signage about the BOGOF sale either, and I didnt feel like loading up and getting to the cash register only to find out they weren't honoring that deal. Maybe I'll ask next time I go back.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: The Future of the Clone Wars Toy Line?
« on: October 11, 2012, 04:12 PM »
Ah yes, you are 100% right, apologies.

I was thinking of the custom one that sold on eBay earlier this year for like $80.

Wonder if this is something that re-uses previous tooling or all-new. (In terms of upper torso)

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Middle Earth / Re: The Hobbit - Toy Line
« on: October 11, 2012, 02:52 PM »
Ugh, I finally saw these today in person. You guys are right, these are VERY hard to resist. They all looked very well done and we just had a new TRU open today with a huge selection. I managed to walk out without picking any up but I kept going back to look at them and it was not easy to pass.

Seems like a potentially long wait between waves if they have to wait for each movie to get released. If they could have just released Smaug now, or soon, that probably would have been too much for me to resist.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: October 11, 2012, 02:49 PM »
If anyone sees/hears anything out of NYCC in regards to this line, can you please post here?

Things have been really dead (pun intended) for quite awhile now. They've had a long time to get that Shane wave ready too.

Seems like they would want these on shelves now with the show premier this weekend.

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The Bullpen / Re: 2011/2012 Marvel Legends
« on: October 11, 2012, 02:46 PM »
To say the least. What is their aversion to showing new single carded figures?

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Discover the Force / Movie Heroes / Re: 2012 Movie Heroes Class II Vehicles
« on: October 11, 2012, 02:44 PM »
GH reports today that the Naboo Starfighter will NOT be coming to a toy shelf near you in 2013, as per Hasbro.

Surprised? Outraged? Completely non-plussed?

I don't care about the ship personally, but this would really irk me if I had been waiting and waiting for this. It's absolutely the Mando Shuttle all over again.

Don't see why they couldn't just shunt these to Kojl's/TJ Maxx/ROSS/Marshall's for the holiday season.

I still don't get where the ones they actually made are sitting. I don't think etailers ever got this did they? Just a few Mom and Pop reports were all I've heard.

Bummer.

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