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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 Star Wars Celebration Japan Panel Reveals
« on: April 18, 2025, 02:33 PM »
Of course you already posted that and I missed it when I skimmed the page...Thanks.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 Star Wars Celebration Japan Panel Reveals
« on: April 18, 2025, 12:11 PM »
Did they say when this stuff would be up for preordering?
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Bantha with VC380 Tusken Raider (Bantha Rider)
« on: April 18, 2025, 12:10 PM »
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 2 (New TVC Wave 41)
« on: April 17, 2025, 07:56 PM »
Just got Callahan... that was one where I canceled my Amazon order a month or two ago because the update emails from Pulse made me thinking it was shipping imminently and it wasn't...
It's the highlight of the wave for me, just because it's a new character all around.
The Snowtrooper is a close second - it's really really excellent.
It's the highlight of the wave for me, just because it's a new character all around.
The Snowtrooper is a close second - it's really really excellent.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 Star Wars Celebration Japan Panel Reveals
« on: April 17, 2025, 12:48 PM »
I could see everyone walking back their existing preorders. They're not in the habit of losing money to get product out to us.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 Star Wars Celebration Japan Panel Reveals
« on: April 17, 2025, 09:51 AM »
Yeah I was wondering the same Jeff.
I have a hard time seeing them taking preorders again without clarity (which does not seem likely any time soon) or a price increase to account for all this instability.
So I’m thinking basic figures are either $19.99 or we’re waiting until later and they’ll still cost that or more.
Anything we get preorder at $17.99 is a win for the moment.
I have a hard time seeing them taking preorders again without clarity (which does not seem likely any time soon) or a price increase to account for all this instability.
So I’m thinking basic figures are either $19.99 or we’re waiting until later and they’ll still cost that or more.
Anything we get preorder at $17.99 is a win for the moment.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 17, 2025, 09:49 AM »
I think they’re getting back on track because Steve is back in charge.
The prototypes and remnant stormtrooper have one glaring thing in common… they’re lazy re-uses of existing molds.
Throw in the 18 Vader variants and 6 variants for each of the other prototype figures and you annoyed all the completists too. I’m so glad those seem to have fizzled out.
The prototypes and remnant stormtrooper have one glaring thing in common… they’re lazy re-uses of existing molds.
Throw in the 18 Vader variants and 6 variants for each of the other prototype figures and you annoyed all the completists too. I’m so glad those seem to have fizzled out.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 42)
« on: April 16, 2025, 06:49 PM »
Couldn't help but notice that this single-carded 501st clone has considerably more gloss in the blue paint. Variant collectors beware...
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:52 PM »I really like that Thrawn!
I was surprised Hasbro didn't include him in the Ahsoka retro wave!
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 04:51 PM »I think the Holo Jedi he refers to are the glow-in-the-dark Jedi Ghost 3-pack that Stan Solo sells.
Oh yeah, right. I do have those. I'd just forgotten about them. I'd say the quality is similar.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 16, 2025, 12:57 PM »It is somewhat humorous that someone else is making the money off of Krahn's designs. I would have to guess these are better than whomever did the make good wave of these that I believe were 3D printed. I would have to inspect these in person to give a final opinion, but it looks like Krahn could have had something here if he just didn't screw everything up horribly.
I guess the best comparisons you could make would be putting the Rebel Trooper and Holo Leia side by side with SS's RT and holo Jedi.
The one thing that got me to preorder this wave was the look of the x-wing pilots (like if Kenner had made these, it looks like they just tweaked the x-wing Luke a bit) and the Beru (which feels to me like if this had existed back in the 70's, it was what was used for the Hasbro Beru way back in the flashback wave).
Too bad this all fell apart because it looks like a nice wave of customs.
I'm not sure what the Holo Jedi you're referring to is, but I did take a comparison photo of the various Fleet Troopers a few months ago...
Left is SLC, middle is PCF, right is SS:
The quality on these new SLC lost-wave figures is as good as I could have hoped for. They do feel well produced.
As for the pilot legs, someone did a pretty good dive into what they seem to be made of over on Rebelscum... that discussion starts here: https://forum.rebelscum.com/threads/3-75-professionally-made-kenner-style-customs-repros-discussion.1147498/page-68#post-20807464
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 16, 2025, 12:53 PM »
Yeah I'd agree with you Jeff.
Some of them are close and kind of okay, some of them are outright ridiculous (when compared to TVC I mean).
But they seem to be getting a little closer on scale with some (Vader) and are adding limited articulation. I wonder if they're evolving it to fit a little bit more.
I'm only collecting them because the couple of times I've skipped things I wasn't sure of, I regretted it later. I figure it'll be easier to give them to a niece or nephew later if I change my mind than to track them all down.
Some of them are close and kind of okay, some of them are outright ridiculous (when compared to TVC I mean).
But they seem to be getting a little closer on scale with some (Vader) and are adding limited articulation. I wonder if they're evolving it to fit a little bit more.
I'm only collecting them because the couple of times I've skipped things I wasn't sure of, I regretted it later. I figure it'll be easier to give them to a niece or nephew later if I change my mind than to track them all down.
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 16, 2025, 10:12 AM »
The biggest problem to me still is the 0.25” difference in intended scale.
If Hasbro just made them 3.75” they’d have at least slotted in more seamlessly with the rest of the line despite the lesser sculpts.
If Hasbro just made them 3.75” they’d have at least slotted in more seamlessly with the rest of the line despite the lesser sculpts.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: RUMOR - 2025 TVC Troop Builder Snowtrooper 4-Pack
« on: April 15, 2025, 03:19 PM »
I feel like I need to return a few of the individually carded ones I bought now that we know about this... They'll certainly be more cost effective to buy in the 4-Pack.
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Post-Sequel Trilogy 3.75" Lines / Re: 4” Epic Hero Series/World of Action Figure Line
« on: April 15, 2025, 01:19 PM »
More stuff that I don't think has been posted here yet...
