I wonder what that says about the actual wholesale cost of a TVC figure...

I went back and rewatched the last few episodes of Andor.  I'm so jacked for tonight's Season 2 premier.  I'm worried that my hopes might be too high after the first season - usually I go in to new streaming Star Wars series with a fairly moderate to low expectation, but not this time.

I really wish they'd have included Gideon's headsculpt... but it is safe to say we can expect the double-dip and will likely see another version of Gideon w/o his helmet soon, though. (Maybe even multiples with and without the evil twin facial hair.)

Going back and watching the panel this morning, Hasbro did call out that the Armor version does have the same size barbell/post so you can swap the other Gideon head onto this figure if you want an unhelmeted version.  At least they tried to pre-plan for that a bit.

Of my Snowtrooper preorders with EE, three have shipped.  The remaining have jumped a whole
dollar to $17.99 each.

So, not a prohibitive jump up to this point.

Amazing preorders will be interesting to watch… like you said they offer a guarantee but I have a hard time believing there won’t be a limit for them on what they’re willing to absorb if the prices really do jump 100-plus percent.

Certain types of goods and companies have been getting tariff exemptions, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of those just so happen to fall Amazon's way... but who really knows, this could all change again tomorrow.

Who knows where we are headed... I am definitely expecting my collecting habits to change significantly over the next four or so years. Depending on the final price increases, I'll likely cut back on army building and stop buying extras.