I don't have any particular allegiance towards any one company, but I do think that on the whole, Hasbro does a very good job.   Sure there are downtimes when action features get worked in, or the articulation sucks, or the price goes up.  But there are also lots of times when they make new characters, delivery great collectibles, nail articulation and likenesses, listen to collectors, and their distribution seems to have improved too.  It's important to remember they have two very distinct target groups when it comes to kids and collectors.  They've said this all along and in general I think they've done a great job balancing those two.  It's not their problem if they put something out that is more geared to collectors and everyone gets into a tizzy about 'having' to buy it.

I would not collect any other scale and would only collect another company if they made them exactly the same style as Hasbro - so there you have it.  I don't see any reason for a change, especially at this point.

I thought twice before asking, but I figured it wouldn't hurt.

No big deal either way - I'm not terribly worried about finding the US ones - it's just those damn international ones that are going to suck for anyone who doesn't win the raffle.   

Yep - I'm definitely looking for one of the Yoda Busts - even if it's a dumb idea.

So it sounds like the only real pains in the asses (of the busts that is) will be the foreign ones.... or do I just not know what I'm talking about. 

If they're also making 500 5-packs of all the Clone Commanders, are those part of the edition size?  Between those 500 and the 500 that are being held back for the PG members, it sounds like there could be as many as 1000 less than the total at each event, depending on how that 5-pack works.

There have been very few "Army builders" in the past,

It seems like half the busts I own are army builders.  4 (soon to be 5) different ROTS Clones, 6 different AOTC Clones, Biker Scout, Stormtroopers, 3 versions of the Sandtrooper...

Even people who want more than one of these probably aren't buying more than 2.  I'm new to this game compared to most of you, but I'm not too concerned on this one either. 

One calendar year, three Gator championships.

Good times. 

I've seen bits and pieces of this wave at almost every store I've been into this whole week - but not a single sighting of the Concept Stormie.   

Are you a collectors club member? That's how I pre-ordered mine.

I am, but now that you mention it - I might not have been logged in.  I'll try it again when I get back on Monday.