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Other Collectibles / Re: Unleashed figures
« on: September 13, 2006, 11:36 AM »
Mike and Brent are both right. The first Vader in the Unleashed line was the version that's just been re-released. It came out in the second wave of the Unleashed line. That wave also had the AOTC Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala. The RH Vader was one of the last pieces on the original style cardback and shipped with Slave Leia. That wave was VERY difficult to come by. And when you factor in Vader's popularity compared to other characters in the Saga, it makes the RH Vader a tough piece to get.
Grievous is something of a puzzling choice for these reissues. He was definitely more difficult to get in comparison with Obi-Wan and Anakin in ROTS Unleashed wave 1. But overall it wasn't that difficult of an Unleashed piece to acquire. As for the Stormtrooper and Yoda? I still see a lot of people clamoring to get those pieces. As such you would think that Hasbro would be trying to capitalize on the demand for those characters. After all, none of those secondary market dollars wind up in their pockets. Which has to lead you to wondering WHY Hasbro chose Jedi Luke and Grievous. My guess is that Hasbro felt that they needed to get a major hero in the lineup. To them that must mean Luke. They certainly weren't going for Hero/Villain balance, because 3 of the characters being reissued at Target and WalMart are villains. Perhaps they don't regard Yoda as a major enough hero? And with Grievous, I think that there was a concious effort to touch upon Revenge Of The Sith, because every other character in the lineup is an OT character.
Grievous is something of a puzzling choice for these reissues. He was definitely more difficult to get in comparison with Obi-Wan and Anakin in ROTS Unleashed wave 1. But overall it wasn't that difficult of an Unleashed piece to acquire. As for the Stormtrooper and Yoda? I still see a lot of people clamoring to get those pieces. As such you would think that Hasbro would be trying to capitalize on the demand for those characters. After all, none of those secondary market dollars wind up in their pockets. Which has to lead you to wondering WHY Hasbro chose Jedi Luke and Grievous. My guess is that Hasbro felt that they needed to get a major hero in the lineup. To them that must mean Luke. They certainly weren't going for Hero/Villain balance, because 3 of the characters being reissued at Target and WalMart are villains. Perhaps they don't regard Yoda as a major enough hero? And with Grievous, I think that there was a concious effort to touch upon Revenge Of The Sith, because every other character in the lineup is an OT character.
