What do people think on timing for the next Star Wars HasLab, and do you think they'll try something non-TVC?

They've done one Star Wars HasLab in 5 of the last 6 years (missed 2019) so I'm guessing 2024 will have one. 

Just because TVC is 3/3 and BS 6" is 0/1 isn't a reason to never try BS 6" again.  2024 will be 3 years since the failed Rancor.  I'd like to see what they would come up with in a new attempt.  I'm not buying the 6" stuff, but I'd like to see where they go next to see what lessons they've learned from the failed Rancor and the 6" successes in other brands.

But I’m curious - the Transformers and Marvel teams have also had multiple successful Haslab campaigns.  Did any of those launch before a successful Haslab campaign was delivered?

- GI Joe Classified 6" HISS Tank (Aug 2022) ran before the GI Joe 3.75" Skystriker shipped (Jan 2023)
- GI Joe Classified 6" Dragonfly (Jul 2023) ran before the HISS Tank shipped (coming soon)
- Galactus (Aug 2021) ran just about when the Sentinel was being shipped (Sep 2021)
- TFers Deathsaurus (Nov 2022) ran just before the TFers Victory Saber shipped (Dec 2022)

Looking through all the data they posted is kind of interesting.  For example, Hammerhead.  Momaw was the weakest pick to advance from each round but yet he made it all the way to the final two?

- Was #6 in round 1 (only 6 advance)
- Was #4 in round 2 (only 4 advance)
- Was #2 in round 3 (only 2 advance)

That's kind of crazy.  Also really interesting to see the interaction with this poll drop way off as it continued.  Seems like quite a few people dropped out after the stuff they really wanted was eliminated.  Or maybe the novelty just dropped off.  High of around 1650 votes and a low at the end of about 1150 votes.  That's a 30% drop off in interest.  Also makes me wonder how representative of a sample ~1150 votes is to the TVC Community as a whole.

The answer is so easy here - A Cantina Goons 4-pack.

Go with the same format that was used for the recent Jabba Goons 4-pack:
- Tonnika Sisters take the two "obscure human" slots (like Taym/Velkin)
- Momaw Nadon/Hammerhead takes the "redo" slot (like Tessek)
- Ponda Baba/Walrus Man takes the "repack" slot (like ReeYees)

Hasbro gets to run around boasting how they filled three top fan choices in one set, the 'finish the 96' get Hammerhead, the "give us new" folks get Tonnikas.  Everyone wins (except people who hate paying $80 for 4 figures if they don't want them all).

I’m happy to keep voting for the Tonnika Sisters to let Hasbro know I think that a 50 year old photo that says Star Whores isn’t a good enough reason to not make the figures. 

Yeah, after 25 years of asking for them in the modern line, it's kind of mind boggling that the party line is still "LFL said no, no further comment".  Like Nick said, seems to be a really hard sell at LFL which is just so dumb at this point.

Quote from: Jeff on January  2, 2023, 10:36 PM

TBS 6" - No longer buying or collecting these.  In the near future, I'll be selling most of the 6" stuff I have (mainly Han Solo figures and some other main characters).  I am only keeping 8 figures from ANH - Vader, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Ben with Holo-Leia table, Luke with Landspeeder, Smuggler Han, and Chewie.

How did the Black Series purge go Jeff?

Pretty good.  I kept the eight figures I mentioned plus two more - the Amazon exclusive ESB carded Carbonite Han block and a SDCC Kenner Fett that I forgot I had. 

I have R2-D2, C-3PO, Ben with Holo-Leia table, and Luke with Landspeeder set up on one small shelf.  Then Han/Chewie, Vader/Leia, and Fett/Block set up on another small shelf. 

How did you guys do on selling your BS stuff?  I'm thinking of doing a giant purge of my collection if I can mostly get my money back.  Not sure if yours was sealed or open, but my 6" stuff is all open.

I had every BS6" Han Solo figure, six from the ST (TFA Han, TFA Chewie, TFA Leia, TLJ Luke, TLJ Rey, TLJ Kylo), and a few other random figures either from Hasbro or from buying a set to get the Han figure or a Chewie to go with a Han  (Mando, Child, Hoth Leia, SOLO Chewie).  Everything was open/loose.

A few rarer older things went for good money (Hoth Han + TaunTaun, Stormtrooper Han).  The other older OT figures sold for pretty close to retail ($20) and the more recent OT figures all sold for $10-15 each depending how recent/available they still were at retail. 

I have a small pile left that won't even sell for $5 each at the local Toy Posse show - and it's pretty much what you would expect to be the duds: TFA Han, TFA Chewie, TFA Leia, TLJ Luke, TLJ Rey, TLJ Kylo, SOLO Han, SOLO Chewie.  I'll likely try one more time to sell them at a Toy Posse show next spring, but guessing they will eventually just end up in a donation bin someplace next summer.

I think a better companion in this pack would be the C-3P0 body with battle droid head instead of the Super Battle Droid.

They should have tossed in a swappable regular Battle Droid head so that you can use it as an army builder pack if you wanted.  Seems like a wasted opportunity that they didn't (or just how bad their cost controls are these days if they can't spare the extra $ for a second BD head).

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I don't need more Jango Fett's

For $28, we should be getting BOTH jetpacks and the pilot headset to make this an ultimate Jango.

Instead, we'll get this for $28 and then at least one other $17 TVC carded Kamino Jango with the other jetpack along with however other many repaints they find a way to do.   

(edit: the press release says $25 but I'm still assuming these will turn up at $28 until I see otherwise...)