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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« Last post by McMetal on April 23, 2025, 10:12 AM »
I watched them all too and enjoyed them but wasn’t blown away. I feel like maybe I was hoping to see more of a build up to the Sienar heist and could have probably stood less wedding stuff.

The Empire stuff continues to be the most fascinating stuff to me. That meeting left me with questions though:

1) is “energy independence” their cover story for the Death Star? I assume that based on Krennic’s comment about the “reactor lens”.
2) wondering if this occurs before or after he recruits Galen Erso?

I liked Brasso more than Bix or that kid, sorry to see him go.

I just could not wrap my head around the Imperial Audit. ITS AN ENTIRE FKING PLANET!! You couldn’t find anywhere to hide??

Syril’s mom needs her own spin-off show. 😂

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TV-9D9 / Re: Andor (SPOILERS possible)
« Last post by Jeff on April 23, 2025, 09:44 AM »
Watched all three episodes last night and loved them.  A+.

Loved the Krennic stuff and them diving into Ghorman as a larger part of this story.  That is some loooong time SW lore right there - going back into some 1990s RPG sourcebook stuff.  The dates of some things are being shifted around from the old Legends stuff and the old Legends stuff had Tarkin as the focal point where this maybe will be Krennic now.

I was really looking forward to this series and how it'd tie into Rogue One, but I guess I never stopped to think about how it's going to sort of tie into Star Wars Rebels a bit too as that show also covered Ghorman/Mon Mothma and the start of the Rebel Alliance.
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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Last post by Rob on April 22, 2025, 07:05 PM »
Got the last two today.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 44)
« Last post by Matt_Fury on April 22, 2025, 04:47 PM »
Not sure I want to go down that rabbit hole Ryan.   :D
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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« Last post by Rob on April 22, 2025, 03:24 PM »
Companies might also raise prices on non-tariffed existing stock as a way to reduce the amount they have to raise prices on incoming stock.  Like, they can opt to sort of spread the pain out a bit.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« Last post by Dave on April 22, 2025, 01:58 PM »
Quote from: Ryan on April 22, 2025, 01:26 PM
It could be a situation where they raised the price of everything, even the stuff they had already imported and have in the warehouse, by a little bit to spread out the cost increase and avoid sharply raising prices on just the newly imported stuff, in hopes that the tariffs will go away before too long.

Yeah, tariffs technically only apply at the rate on the day you accept your items through customs, so anything that has been stocked for more than 90 days has not been hit with the new tariffs. 

Although keeping track of different tariff rates on different days from different countries from different distributors is probably well beyond the capability of all but the most sophisticated of retailers.  I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of retailers just generally raise prices when they don't have an easy way to break it down by product.

Its one thing to track toys that have a release date and you probably get one big shipment, but imagine the impact to your operations if you order something basic from different countries and have shipments always arriving.  How and when to raise prices would be be a challenge.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« Last post by Ryan on April 22, 2025, 01:26 PM »
Quote from: Jediknight760071 on April 22, 2025, 12:51 PM
It does seem there was a pre-tariff price hike of some sort. I really like BBTS and have used them several times this year to catch up on all the TVC I could, so I don't want to be disparaging.
However, a few weeks ago I ordered one of those Heavy Battle Droids from BF2 and it was $9.99. Now it's $11.99. I doubt they are paying an import fee now for a figure that has been on a clearance sale for weeks.
Noticed the same with the Peasant Disguise Anakin and their own BF2 Arc Trooper. Looks like a $2 increase across the board, clearance items included.

I will support the hobby as long as I can. Having recently gotten back in, I already had to mentally adjust from paying $7.99/figure to paying $16.99/figure.
What I don't want to happen is that BBTS, EE, and others like comic shops have to raise prices now while Amazon weathers the storm and siphons the customer base away.
I just lost my 2 closest Gamestops and only 1 Walmart by me regularly restocks TVC. Amazon can be great, but I don't want a future where they are the only reasonable option.

Yeah that sucks. :-(

It could be a situation where they raised the price of everything, even the stuff they had already imported and have in the warehouse, by a little bit to spread out the cost increase and avoid sharply raising prices on just the newly imported stuff, in hopes that the tariffs will go away before too long.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 44)
« Last post by Ryan on April 22, 2025, 01:20 PM »
Quote from: Matt_Fury on April 22, 2025, 01:00 PM
I'm keeping the mustache because only a clone would shave that thing off!

Unless that's what the original wanted you to think and shaved his off to blend in.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« Last post by P-Siddy on April 22, 2025, 01:20 PM »
I'm hoping they aren't going to charge a fee for stuff that's in Pile of Loot that came in before all this "fun" happened.  That would be upsetting.
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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 2025 SW Celebration Japan Reveals
« Last post by Jeff on April 22, 2025, 01:11 PM »
If you missed it at Amazon last week, the BS6" Visions The Ronin & R5-D56 In-Stock at Pulse today -

https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/star-wars-the-black-series-the-ronin-r5d56/G13205L00
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