Touching on some of these others....

-Chewbacca - I agree, the VOTC & Early Bird versions knocked it out of the park with Chewie.  If we're going to get scene specific with our favorite Wookiee, there are three jailbird versions left that I can think of:  Death Star prisoner Chewbacca, Cloud City Chewie with manacles & C-3PO, and a Jabba's palace prisoner Chewie.


-Lando - The VOTC figure from TESB was pretty good.  But articulation and sculpting have gotten better since then.  A new sculpt of Cloud City Lando would be cool, especially featuring an Imperial blaster and removable cloak.


-Leia - A new version from ANH does seem in order.  Especially after we saw how good the medical bay Leia was.


-C-3PO - A battle damaged version from Cloud City (with the parts bin & cargo net) would be a great interpretation of goldenrod.


-Hoth Han & Luke - I think Hasbro could do a cool scene specific versions of Han Solo & Luke Skywalker along with Han's tauntaun.  An ultimate brown coat Hoth Han with lightsaber & sensors would be a good start.  Then, kitbash the new Hoth Luke into a Wampa damaged version.  And give us the split belly tauntaun.  It would make for a great exclusive battle pack.

First I had heard of this, but MarvelousNews has a store finding report of a Target exclusive 8 pack of Avengers figures containing Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury, and Loki.  Not sure on price, but that would sure be an easy way to get the whole works (aside from the Chitauri), and make for a nice Christmas present:

http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?catid=23&itemid=15250

That's a BS multipack, and Hasbro knows it. We've yet to see an Avengers Nick Fury make it to retail, but all of these other figures are on the market in varying quantities. Are they seriously trying to get collectors to buy a pack full of 7 figures they may already have in the name of getting one new figure?

With Droid Factory returning, it seems worthwhile to ponder what versions of the core characters are going to get slotted into this line.  We've already seen some announcements for figures like Luke Skywalker (Yavin ceremony), Darth Vader (Bespin dinner), Arena Padme and AOTC Anakin Skywalker.  But what other versions are we likely to see?

-Obi-Wan Kenobi - You know that there's probably going to be an Obi-Wan slotted into the lineup.  There seem to be so few versions of him that have been made, though.  I'm thinking that since AOTC in 3-D *MIGHT* be coming out, a Kamino rain duel version might be the logical way to go.

-Palpatine / Darth Sidious - There do seem to be a number of possibilities here.  There are as many as 3 looks from ROTS that could be done (Office duel / Order 66 / Declaration of the Empire), as well as a definitive ROTJ Emporer with Throne.

-Yoda - A good TESB Yoda still seems like something we've yet to get.  And a Force Spirit Yoda seems like a strong contender, too.

-Leia - We just got the new Bespin gown Leia.  And we got pretty good versions of Slave Leia and Hoth Leia within the past couple of years.  I'm thinking that with the new Speeder bike coming out, a new Endor Leia with ball jointed hips might be a strong contender to be paired with that at some point.  But there's still Cloud City escape Leia which hasn't been updated in some 10 years.

-Han Solo - Where to go here?  We haven't seen an unadorned ANH Han Solo in circulation for some time now.  But it also seems like the Han Solo that's most in need of an update is a Carbon Freeze Chamber version.


So what other core character versions do you think might need an update?

Scored the K-Mart exclusive AT-ST the other day.  And I managed to get some pre-orders in for a couple of extra Royal Guards and a SW-TOR Republic Trooper.

Managed to find a couple of Laufeys this morning. If anyone is in need, send a PM.

In no particular order....


EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE



-PK Droid


EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES



-Cliegg Lars
-Senator Toonbuck Toora


THE CLONE WARS




-Darth Maul Spider (3D)
-General Pong Krell (3D)


EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH



-Emperor Palpatine (Office Duel SA)
-Merumeru
-Padme Amidala (Buns Hairdo)


EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE



-Banniss Keeg



EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK




-Han Solo (Carbonite)
-Wedge Antilles (Snowspeeder)
-Princess Leia (Bespin Escape)



EPISODE V - RETURN OF THE JEDI




-Sergeant Doallyn
-Sim Aloo
-Emperor w/ Chair

If anyone has an extra Laufey, I've got an extra Avengers Black Widow up for trade!

Found King Loki today at a TJ Maxx store today.  Still hunting for Laufey, though.

It looks like these were part of either a Wave 2 or 3 case, because I also saw Hogun and Volstagg.  I'm starting to think that TJ Maxx might not be shipping whole cases to stores, because I haven't seen any indications of a whole case so far.