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Got my Wave 1 Target order today - for the most part everything arrived in good shape except for Leia - I'm going to have to replace her unfortunately. Here's hoping that I'll be able to find a good MOMC version of her that I can buy and return the one from my online order in her place.  :-\

Saw that Targets on the West Coast are getting Wave 2, I wonder if my pre-order for the 2nd Wave is going to ship soon.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Imperial Troop Transport
« on: March 16, 2020, 02:24 PM »
Got my order today. Unfortunately neither arrived Mint-in-Box, so I have to deal with EE's Mint Condition Guarantee now.

I have been ordering from them since the late 90s, I like them and am happy to support them, but I am getting tired of complaining to them that their warehouse team is doing them no favors by taking a Hasbro shipping box, that clearly has damage, and then putting it into an EE shipping box without any padding on two or more sides around the Hasbro box (typically the top and bottom).

 >:(

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2020 TVC Wave 1 (aka New TVC Wave 11)
« on: February 19, 2020, 12:17 AM »
Came across this wave at two local WalMarts this past Friday and Saturday evening. The Friday evening find was only one case. The Saturday evening find was a whopping FIVE cases - needless to say, I was very happy to be able to score eight openers of the Remnant Stormtrooper that I want for my Imperial Troop Transport. I'm still hoping to get a couple more, but if I can avoid paying the online price of $13.99 each and get them for $12.93 instead, that will be ideal.

The Mandalorian and Cara Dune figures are both great as well.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Top 5 Black Series of 2019
« on: January 12, 2020, 05:44 PM »
Here is my top 5 for 2019:

1 - Heavy Infantry Mandalorian
2 - The Mandalorian
3 - Clone Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi
4 - Chopper (C1-10P)
5 - Han Solo (Mimban - Mudtrooper)

I had a hard time with my last two, other really great figures to me from 2019 are: General Grievou, Cara Dune, First Order Jet Trooper, Jannah & Second Sister.

I also like how they did some new stuff with C-3PO this year - with both the TROS release where the back of his head plating comes off to reveal the wiring/circuitry for Babu Frik to work on him and then also the Chewie/3PO set from ESB with the interchangeable parts, almost a shame that they didn't want to just individually card the C-3PO like that on a 40th Anniversary ESB cardback. 

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Other Collectibles / Re: Galaxy of Adventures 5" Figures
« on: December 25, 2019, 04:37 PM »
Yep, I still hate this line and hate that it’s taken attention away from 3.75”.  I hope it dies off next year and things get back to normal.

I couldn't agree more.

I know the toy aisle landscape is a lot different than it was during the 70s/80s, but in my opinion, not having a 5POA 3.75" line for TROS, is as if Kenner stopped making figures after ESB.

Even if it had just been a single wave consisting of Lando, Jannah, Lt. Connix, Finn, General Pryde, Treadspeeder Driver, a different Knight of Ren from the TVC one & a First Order/Sith Trooper variant, that would have been sufficient. The expectation would be that you pair the 5POA wave with the TVC figures to get a complete "set" of TROS characters in the 3.75" scale.


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Grabbed a bunch of figures today at Target taking advantage of the Buy 2 Get 1 Free offer that's currently running. They had gotten in a TROS Wave 2 case, which included "fixed" packaging versions of #100 Luke Skywalker (properly spelled in all spots on the package). I also grabbed a TROS Rey, C-3PO w/Babu Frick, First Order Jet Trooper, Jannah & Wedge.


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Got my White & Blue droid variations today - had my friend ship them opened up. Will probably get one more to keep MIB, but unless this set goes on deep clearance OR by the time we make it to Disney next November, they have them available for purchase with Passholder/DVC Member discount, I doubt I'll get more than that. I would much rather put the $75 towards a large size build-a-droid or extra kyber crystals for the lightsaber I plan on building.

The vehicle is cool - and the trackless vehicle piece fits even 5POA figures VERY well, but having four MIB sticking around in the collection is a tad bit absurd and even worse, having four open and the vehicles hanging around is even more absurd. I might even see if there's a way I can string up one of them to hang from the ceiling just so I don't have to dedicate shelf-space to two of them.

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Today, December 21st, this is a "deal of the day" and has been reduced in price to $35.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZXSSN5/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had already ordered one and received it, but I think I'm going to indicate I want to return the item on my $50 order and I'll return one of the two after my 2nd order arrives. Never fails, I finally cave and order something, two or three days after receiving the item, Amazon knocks the price down.  :-\

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Oh wow, I didn't realize there was that much more to it.  Not happy about this four droids business...

Yeah, I'm not either.

I'm going to have a friend get me the White and Blue highlights droids versions since those are the most different from B-A-Ds we've gotten before, hopefully this item will stick around long enough to allow for me to get the other two, but there's no way I'm going to get four to keep MIB and four to open.

The Galaxy's Edge Build-a-Droid items finally "broke" me it seems - I got the color change droids, but only two of each set and two color change stations, and I've yet to open up any of them, and I probably won't and now with this item, I'll probably never open either of these two sets.  :-\

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Modern Classifieds / WTB: Black Series
« on: December 2, 2019, 02:14 AM »
I'll keep this thread updated as I acquire new items, but I'm looking to eventually acquire a complete Black Series collection (I know, I'm starting six years late).  :-\

Here's a rundown of my current needs/wants:

6-Inch Black Series Phase 1:
  • #01 Luke Skywalker
  • #02 Darth Maul
  • #03 Sandtrooper
  • #04 R2-D2
  • #05 Princess Leia (Jabba's Slave)
  • #06 Boba Fett
  • #07 Greedo
  • #08 Han Solo
  • #09 Stormtrooper
  • #10 Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • #11 Luke Skywalker
  • #12 Anakin Skywalker (RoTS)
  • #14 Clone Trooper

6-Inch Black Series Phase 1 Exclusives:
  • Boba Fett and Han Solo in Carbonite (SDCC 2013)

6-Inch Black Series Phase 2:
  • #02 Darth Vader
  • #03 Luke Skywalker (RoTJ)
  • #04 Chewbacca
  • #06 Yoda
  • #08 Obi-Wan Kenobi (RoTS)
  • #10 Bossk
  • #11 Emperor Palpatine
  • #12 Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper Disguise)
  • #13 Clone Trooper Captain
  • #14 Clone Commander Cody
  • #15 IG-88
  • #16 Princess Leia Organa (Boushh)

6-Inch Black Series Phase 2 Deluxe:
  • Jabba the Hutt
  • Speeder Bike with Biker Scout
  • Han Solo and Tauntaun
  • Luke Skywalker and Wampa

6-Inch Black Series Phase 2 Multipacks & Exclusives:
  • Cantina Showdown (Toys R Us) (Han Solo & Greedo)
  • Imperial Shadow Squadron (Target) (Speeder Bike with Shadow Scout & Shadow Stormtrooper Cmdr)
  • Jabba the Hutt's Throne Room (SDCC 2014)

6-Inch Black Series Phase 3 Vehicles:
  • 01 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter
  • 02 X-34 Landspeeder and Luke Skywalker

6-Inch Black Series Phase 3 Exclusives:
  • Astromech 3-Pack (Toys R Us) (R2-A3, R5-K6, R2-F2)
  • First Order Stormtrooper (SDCC 2015)
  • Imperial Forces (Entertainment Earth) (Sandtrooper Sgt, Crimson Stormtrooper, Lt Oxixo, R2-Q5)
  • Stormtrooper 4-Pack (Amazon) (Phase I Clone Cmdr, Phase II Clone, Imp Stormtrooper, 1st Order Stormtrooper Officer)
  • Clone Trooper 4-Pack (Entertainment Earth) (442nd, 212th, Coruscant Guard, 501st)
  • Kylo Ren (Unmasked) (Celebration Europe 2016)
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (SDCC 2016)
  • Sergeant Jyn Erso (SDCC 2016)
  • Grand Admiral Thrawn (SDCC 2017)
  • Rey (Jedi Training) / Luke Skywalker (Jedi Master) (SDCC 2017)
  • X-34 Landspeeder and Luke Skywalker (SDCC 2017)
  • Han Solo (Exogorth Escape) (SDCC 2018)

6-Inch Black Series Anniversary Collection:
  • Luke Skywalker: X-Wing Pilot (Celebration Orlando 2017)
  • Boba Fett (SDCC 2019)
  • Darth Maul (Jedi Duel) (Celebration Chicago 2019)
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Duel) (Celebration Chicago 2019)


Thanks for looking...

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 6" Black Series TROS Wave 1
« on: November 30, 2019, 06:07 PM »
It is funny, at least locally, how little of this wave I saw outside of Force Friday. Sure there are the usual suspects that hung around a little longer, but honestly I think I’ve seen the second wave more frequently at this point. One of my nephews was telling us what he wanted for Christmas (age 8), and he specifically told me “Black Series Mandalorian”, knowing that I’m the Star Wars uncle. We would love to get him one,  but they are nowhere to be found. I took a look at eBay and even the normal version seems to be hitting $40-$60. It would be nice to see more shipments, or at least figures like Mando slipped into current assortments on the lead up to Christmas.

Agreed - I think this wave was not in circulation as long as it probably should have been. The 2nd Sister and Cal Kestis would be great to have around now that the game actually hit and someone might think "oh hey, I really like this game, would be cool to go out and get the main character's figure". And while I know a lot of folks groan when it comes to Rey and Kylo Ren - the fact that they are completely missing from the shelves leading into the theatrical release of TROS is kinda strange.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: Best Buy Black Series 6" IG-11
« on: November 30, 2019, 06:04 PM »
Grabbed a 2nd one of these so I could add to my Mandalorian display at work - so far it has the Mandalorian, IG-11, Cara Dune and the Hot Wheels Razor Crest diecast vehicle.

I ordered two of the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian - the "spare" is going straight to work with me once it comes in.

I'm looking around for a good deal on an Offworld Jawa to add to the display as well.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 6" Black Series TROS Wave 2
« on: November 30, 2019, 06:02 PM »
Every Jannah figure I have looked at does not have a string in the bow. Is it supposed to?

If it's going to get "fixed" it probably wouldn't be until she is carried forward into another upcoming wave, no?

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Purchased some Black Friday items off EE's website: Dewback, Mace Windu, Battle Droid & Skiff Guard Disguise Lando

Also grabbed the General Grievous and Red Squadron Droid 3-pack off Amazon

Moving a tad bit faster than I originally anticipated in filling in all of the holes in my Phase III collection.   ;D

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I’m stuck out of state far from any Best Buy’s so I just ordered this online. Looks like at least a two week wait...should have jumped on it sooner.

Yeah - same with me, I ordered it on Tuesday when I saw reports coming in that folks already had theirs. I guess Best Buy is getting them in waves and what they're letting folks order from now is the 2nd shipment. *shrug*

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