2024 TVC Wave 7 (New TVC Wave 39)

[Rob]

My problem isn't the choice of repack in principle, it's still the total lack of product for that show. 

Two Cassians one of which has a totally inaccurate imperial uniform, a clone trooper, Vel Sartha, and the droid from the Disney pack.  The second and final season is in the works and they've announced Dedra and a repacked K-2SO.  If I'm not mistaken that's all.  It's a horrible effort for such a phenomenal show.  The Acolyte is a hot mess that aired like 2 months ago and it already has gotten more unique figures.

[Ryan]

My problem isn't the choice of repack in principle, it's still the total lack of product for that show. 

Two Cassians one of which has a totally inaccurate imperial uniform, a clone trooper, Vel Sartha, and the droid from the Disney pack.  The second and final season is in the works and they've announced Dedra and a repacked K-2SO.  If I'm not mistaken that's all.  It's a horrible effort for such a phenomenal show.  The Acolyte is a hot mess that aired like 2 months ago and it already has gotten more unique figures.

Fair, and agreed. Andor/Rogue One are by far my favorite Disney-Era content, and for the most part any figures from those two are at the very top of my wishlists. It is definitely frustrating to see so little come out of them on Hasbro's end.

I guess this K-2SO does ultimately take up a spot in the line that could have gone toward a new figure... but my hope is that there are at least a few more figure reveals for Season 2 coming later this year, and that K-2SO just ended up taking the place of some other repack/rerelease. I guess that all remains to be seen though.

[Jeff]

I guess this K-2SO does ultimately take up a spot in the line that could have gone toward a new figure...

Nah, the current TVC line is always going to have 65% repaint/reuse at this point.  These repaints are never taking the space of a new figure, they're helping the line stay at $17.   

I don't mind them putting "timely" repaints into waves like this.  This is the same reason they had that RO Cassian repaint in that wave with Dooku and Finn.  That outfit is very likely in Season 2 so it makes sense. Based on the scuttlebutt from D23 that Krennic is in Season 2, I would not be surprised if they put him and/or Shoretroopers out on Andor card too as repacks in the near future.

I'm with you guys though - if they do not use the early Spring 2025 waves to hit Andor S1/S2 hard, then we can probably file this show along side Bad Batch as D+ shows that are just never going to get the figure love they deserve.

[Dave]

I'm with you guys though - if they do not use the early Spring 2025 waves to hit Andor S1/S2 hard, then we can probably file this show along side Bad Batch as D+ shows that are just never going to get the figure love they deserve.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Hasbro's planning sessions to understand why they choose to green light a handful of figures for The Acolyte well ahead of its release yet don't choose to make figures for multi-season shows like Bad Batch and Andor. 

I get it that we're not going to get any deep cut figures anymore (other than maybe cantina aliens from ANH), but it totally confounds me that they can't make most of the lead characters in all of their shows.  It doesn't seem unreasonable to get six (new) figures from each of their main shows within 12 months of the show's release.  I guess I'm asking too much...

[Jeff]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Hasbro's planning sessions to understand why they choose to green light a handful of figures for The Acolyte well ahead of its release yet don't choose to make figures for multi-season shows like Bad Batch and Andor. 

I think the simple answer is there is just too much Star Wars and not enough tooling budget each year to satisfy everything.  Making just ONE new figure from each source would be something like 20-25 figures a year.

Andor S1 was released the same year as Kenobi and you can sure tell that Hasbro thought figures from Kenobi were the safer bet that summer.  With each new year and new source that comes out, it seems less and less likely that older stuff will get revisited.

It is crazy to me how little we have in TVC for SOLO, TLJ, TROS, Andor, Bad Batch and more.  Especially compared to how much BS6" got from those same sources...

[Dave]

It is crazy to me how little we have in TVC for SOLO, TLJ, TROS, Andor, Bad Batch and more.  Especially compared to how much BS6" got from those same sources...

I'm so burned out on TBS.  I just got Momaw Nadon (which probably heavily reuses the Dok Ondar tooling) which is the first figure I've purchased in about a year.  I hope that line comes to an end (or just becomes total repaints - they're mostly there) so they can use the tooling budget for TVC.

[Rob]

It is crazy to me how little we have in TVC for SOLO, TLJ, TROS, Andor, Bad Batch and more.  Especially compared to how much BS6" got from those same sources...

They did ROTS so dirty... I know not everyone loved it but also killing the 5-POA figures right before the Skywalker Saga end, and a movie no less, was criminal.  TFA and TLJ take up 3 or 4 feet of shelving here, and ROTS is like a foot plus an X-Wing.  So disappointing.  It's not like there aren't plenty of cool things to make form it.

[Jeff]

K-2SO pre-order is open:

Amazon -> https://amzn.to/4drgZVG
EE -> https://ee.toys/JHZ3XB

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[Rob]

Did Hasbro call it a repaint or a repack or do we not know?

[Jeff]

According to Steve Evan's Instagram, TVC K-2S0 is a new card only (VC340).

There could be small paint differences due to the new manufacturing run, but the intention is it's a repack on a new cardback.

[Dave]

According to Steve Evan's Instagram, TVC K-2S0 is a new card only (VC340).

There could be small paint differences due to the new manufacturing run, but the intention is it's a repack on a new cardback.

Thanks.  If that is the case I'll pass for now.

[Rob]

According to Steve Evan's Instagram, TVC K-2S0 is a new card only (VC340).

There could be small paint differences due to the new manufacturing run, but the intention is it's a repack on a new cardback.

Thanks Jeff.  I'll order one and check them side by side then return it if they're really that close. 

I bought like 6 or 7 extra K-2SO's when Amazon was clearing them out for like $9 a few years ago, so I can move one over to the Andor area easily enough..

[Nicklab]

It looks like there might be multiple KX droids in season 2 of ANDOR from the sizzle reel that was shown at D23.  I like the idea of that, but I also liked the idea of a troop builder pack of KX droids to re-create the Night of a Thousand Tears, as seen in that flashback scene from TBOBF.

I get the feeling we're only seeing K-2 this early because season 2 got pushed back on account of Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna not crossing the picket lines during the either the WGA or DGA strikes.

[77Skywalker]

I'm eyeing K-2SO, Bo-Katan Kryze and Ahsoka Tano.

[Jeff]

Revealed at NYCC today - image from preternia.



I believe he is in this wave, in this case pack:

Case of 8 at EE -> https://ee.toys/E8BD7P

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