Vintage Collection Rumors

[Dave]

I'm betting it's a ship.  Which? No idea, but if they went with the Marauder, then they could finish out the rest of the Bad Batch

Could be a new U-Wing to go with all of the awesome Andor figures they've made and have pipelined 

I'm personally just fine with the U-Wing we've got right now.  I know its way small, and there isn't a lot to it, but I don't need something twice as big and slightly fancier for $400.

No offense Dave, but the ROGUE ONE U-Wing was trash.  Hasbro gave us a single seat fighter with a Nerf action feature.  The ship as designed for ROGUE ONE has a cockpit built for a pilot and co-pilot, a comms station, a troop bay that can accomodate perhaps 8 - 12 troopers, and a mount for a door gunner.  Inadequate doesn't seem to sufficiently capture the state of things between the ship that's appeared in numerous shows and what Hasbro delivered in 2016.

I know its not screen accurate, but I think its a great *toy*.  I find the Nerf action feature fun, and would have loved it as a kid.  It was pretty good for a mass market retail offering.  Sure, having a two seater cockpit and at least a small bay in back would have been nice, but for the $50 price it was pretty sweet.  As a collector I would have wanted something fancier, but as a retail toy that should be fun and affordable and largely targeted at 10 year boys, I thought it was solid.

I worry that if they tried to create a more accurate (still not to scale) version we would probably end up with a ship that was 3.5 feet long making it difficult to fit in most people's display  Maybe they could take some creative license and leave the wings more or less as is and just make everything a lot fatter so you could have a bigger cockpit and cargo compartment big enough for figures.  Sticking figures in a crew compartment isn't super fun, even if its accurate (my Razor Crest top is on and I don't do anything with the crew compartment, even if its highly detailed).   If they do go this route, I'd much rather they have an option to have a side gunner station for Bistan blasting away at AT-ACTs.

[Rob]

I'm honestly having a hard time thinking of a vehicle that I think they'd sell that would require a Haslab to get made... U-Wing and Marauder are the best guesses I've heard, but I don't know that either has big widespread appeal.

I could see the Imperial Shuttle getting a massive update and being too intense for stores...

Maybe a new Republic Gunship?

[Jedi Idej]

Republic GS would be nice, though I think it'll need extras (not just incentive tiers) to make it marketable as a $400+ product out of the box.

A U-wing and Marauder would be ok. It'll pave the way for related figures with more articulation. I'd be disappointed if we get either ship and get no or a very slow rollout of tvc figs.

I'm doubling down on Bo-Katan's ship. We definitely have a lot of Mandalorians (and associated figures ) to display with it. And that's just Din Djarin. And we have the upcoming movie. Even if the ship isn't in it, there's still the connection.

[Muftak]

I am pulling for a $250-$300 Y-Wing, accessorized similarly to the Skystriker HasLab from a few years back. Anything else and I would be very likely to pass, but that Y-Wing, scaled to pair with the TVC X-Wing, would be very tempting.

[P-Siddy]

I'm doubling down on Bo-Katan's ship.

Forgot about that one.  And it'll likely be in the new movie.

[McMetal]

The Marauder is the only ship they can make that I would buy, assuming they never do the Twilight. The best part about that is it would guarantee we finally get the rest of the team made.