I'm in the process of getting ready to move and was wondering if anyone here had disassembled this beast to pack it back in the box for moving.  I'm at the point of taking down the sails and I certainly don't want to force this thing and break it.  Not sure if the sail frame completely comes apart from how it was assembled or not.  I managed to disassemble and rebox the Razor Crest without any issues.  Just wondering if anyone had done this with the Barge to see if it is possible to rebox it entirely or if I should just pack the sail frame in a separate box.

We are never getting the SLC version if any of what I have been reading the past few days is true.  I never thought buying custom made figures would lead to this kind of insanity.  Just got a letter from my CC company requesting more info on my claim.  Just basic stuff like a detailed summary about what happened and any receipts from SLC.  The only difficult thing is that you have to send it via fax or regular mail, no ability to just upload everything.

I am attempting to get my money back, but I'm sure it isn't going to go well.  I started with a paypal dispute.  They immediately closed the cases because it has been past 180 days.  I then called my credit card company that I used through paypal.  They said there should be a resolution within 60 days.  Hopefully I get lucky.  I know it seems like a silly idea, but I wonder if some sort of class action lawsuit would be possible.  I think all the money would go towards paying the lawyer since they are quite expensive these days.  Not really worth their time most likely.  Even if 1,000 people ordered both the Bantha and wave of 13, that is around $500K in stolen funds.

I don't follow G.I. Joe since I was a kid.  Sold off my old stuff over a decade ago.  Is there a lot of 6" Joe stuff out there like Star Wars black series?  I was looking on Pulse yesterday for other stuff and saw this Haslab and saw it was already funded and about 1,500 away from stretch goal #1.  Had to come here to see when it had went up.  A bit shocked it had been up for around a day before hitting funding.  They are kicking Star Wars firmly in the ass.  While the Rancor may have not been the best choice for a 6" Haslab, I figured it would have gotten funded.  The Reva saber was just a stupid idea.

Why can't the Star Wars team actually offer what we want?  Between this one and the previous Jet, Joe fans are getting what they want.  I imagine a wish list item for them might be a new Flagg, which I bet would fund.  I just wonder if they could do it for the same price point as the Barge.  For the Star Wars fans it is pretty simple.  We want a Death Star or a Star Destroyer.  Just do it already.

Just a heads up that Target has the TOD Indy and Short Round on their website finally.  I haven't seen any at my local Target so I'm glad this option finally showed up.  Hopefully I can get Henry and Sallah the same way.  I'm guessing after those two, this will be it for this line.

RFT is shipping from SS and is available in the US shops.  Mine should be arriving on Thursday.  That is my last preorder besides the second batch of Banthas.  I'm waiting to see if I can just order Degobah Luke, Vader, and Greedo when they are in stock in the US instead of paying for UK postage.

I am certainly enjoying this new part of the hobby since I've quit buying most stuff.  Really down to Hallmark ornaments, books and comics, retro collection, and these types of custom vintage stuff.  I have bought a few vintage pieces in the past year, but not sure how much more I will pick up due to cost.  I'm really considering ditching Hallmark as well due to the cost and the fact they go on the tree for one year then get packed away.

For his upcoming stuff, I pre-ordered Holiday Fett, RFT and Bantha from the UK site.  I think going forward I will just wait for the US site to get stock in to save on the shipping.  I think I'm down to the new jawa and slave leia for what I don't have that are still available.  I have also passed on any remakes of Hasbro figures thinking I might some day fill the last 17 holes in my collection.

As for the man himself, I don't know why he continues.  He posts rants every two or three days.  I can understand being mad seeing ~$40 items being listed on ebay for 5 to 10x, but you can't control what people will do.  I never liked the scalper mentality myself.  I have never bought any SW item with intent to quickly flip it.  Currently, I have an extra Oola and Girindan because I ordered those two and my gf also bought them for me as birthday gifts when I thought everything would sell out when the astromechs were getting all sold.  I haven't bothered trying to sell the extras at this point.  In the past four years, I have sold a bunch of my collection and still have a bunch to sell.  I'm certainly trying to sell for as much as I can get.  Granted, all my items are generally older, but still, I'm not going to sell say a MR saber hilt for the ~$300 MSRP if I can get five to ten times that amount now.  Essentially it comes down to having different priorities, bills to pay, and a different focus in my collection.  In an ideal world, I would sell stuff I don't want and convert it to stuff I do.  One of the bigger attractions to vintage besides the nostalgia, is that it is finite.  There are just so many vehicles and figures.  Even hunting down the few variants isn't as bad as all the modern Hasbro craziness.

As for the custom stuff, I think I may just stick to SS from now on.  I have the Bantha and wave of 13 on "preorder" from TFSB.  If I could go back, I think I would have just went with SS from the beginning, but TFSB is who I found first.  I can't see myself doing a preorder from them again even if I receive everything from them.  The Bantha excuses are pretty thin, but the fact they have only sent two of the 13 other figures is nonsense at this point considering how quickly SS gets stuff out.  For SS, I preordered the Bantha from the second batch 2/15 and the RFT 3/17.  Both are getting ready to ship soon, so we are talking about three and two months for custom made stuff.  By contrast, I was really late to TFSB Bantha, but I preordered that on 1/15/22, and I know people preordered much earlier than I did and still don't have it.  I preordered the wave of 13 on 12/30/21 and have received Thrawn and ST Han.  It has taken way too long.  I just hope to get everything and just move on.  No way I can go with another wave, no mattter what it is.