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Do all the clone troops and Stormtroopers have normal heads under their helmet? I always thought the helmet was the head but I watched some reviews for different figures and they all had a face under it. Pretty wild that all the stores don't advertise that at all.
They talk so fucking much it’s so boring. I like Brandon but he is overhyping the lamest things and they only have shitty unfinished prototypes. All that drum roll for the ghost 3 pack and Stormtrooper Kanan STILL doesn’t have ball hips
>>11912228Oh lol that was it for TVC. Explains all the stalling
Prototype, but already they fucked up and made Threepio's shoulders too wide
Guessing Tessek for the 6th slot. This wave is kinda lame…
>>11912261Yep. Well money saved today I guess. Still hoping for a new Bespin Luke and Boba
>>11912226It depends on the release. For both scales it can be different. In BS sometimes they'll have an unpainted head underneath that the helmet is glued onto. In TVC sometimes the helmet is a completely swappable head. Sometimes the helmet is the head for both.
Glad to finally get a normal looking IG-88
>>11912130>How much of your collection is yellow by now?I've got many TAC/Legacy clones that have yellow torsos but most aren't really as noticeable as some which have been left on card. And apparently the new Phase 1 four packs are already suffering from that same issue so at least they'll fit right in.
>still yapping Bro there’s is barely anything being shown, two TVC unfinished prototypes and one black series wave. I feel like they used to wrap these up way faster no one cares about all this autofellatio
>>11912293I don't get why it's going so long, it's not like they have a set runtime for these. Usually they just show what they need to show and are done in 20-30 minutes. This has been going for an hour now.
>ONE MORE THING>HERE IT IS THE BIG THING YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR>THIS IS WHAT YOU SAT THROUGH THE RAMBLING TO SEE>it's a stormtrooperI mean... nice, I guess?
>>11912296I thought they did have a set time and figured it was an hour which is why they were padding it out to fill time but since it seems they don’t now that they’re over an hour it’s so unnecessary. Even as someone that is interested in some of the BTS info, this is too much. Yeah we get it’s the 50th but there is nothing that remarkable or different from the norm here to be glazing so much.And okay they finally got to a new stormtrooper. Looks nice but the last one was perfect in my book so I don’t know if I feel the need to upgrade. I guess toe hinge is cool, I was wondering if they would use that again after Boba.
These ai slop "trailers" for the figures are so cringe lmao
What do you think of Blokees? Cause I saw the Grievous announcement and the teaser image looks awesome but I don’t own one to know what to expect
>>11912316I don’t really like them. They feel sturdier than true model kits but still a little bit flimsy and not as smooth to play with and pose. They also have a stylized design that’s not really 100% screen accurate. They are neat if you can find them for $15 in Walmart but I wouldn’t pay online prices plus shipping for them. Would rather just stick to black series for accuracy and more solid feel.I am curious about Grievous though. Need to see more pics but from what I saw he looked a little thick. Black series grievous has some issues and even the SHF isn't perfect and very expensive so this could be an okay alternative though scale could be a concern since they are a little bit smaller. I’m also interested in that clone wars Anakin proto and inevitable Obi-Wan because both black series CW Anakins suck so may just replace mine with blokees because I’m not sure if Hasbro will update anytime soon or if SHf will ever bring theirs out of proto hell
So who's falling for the new packaging?
dead franchise blud
>>11911645>but would not get ST troopers or TOR troopers for example because I have no attachment to them.So even if you think something is cool you won't buy it unless you like the source movie or show? That must save you a lot of money.
>>11912407>the stormtrooper is an exclusive lolhonestly at this point i think i'm going to just go back into primarily 3.75, black series has been pretty disappointing outside of the eu figures, along with the lack of accessories, cut down articulation, and increasing price despite those things maybe i'll snag the kotor figures if they make more, but as for regular figures i think i'm done
>>11912296>>11912308I'm guessing it's so they can get a lot of this out so they don't waste time on it during the NYCC panel
>>11912407Bro, you don't understand though. This is brand new and the height is adjustable. Beside, a a true Star Wars fans, you can't have just only one storm trooper. Waht are you, a fad collector tourist?
I think it's really funny that they talked about how the wave of BS covers the full spectrum of Star Wars but they were only were mentioning episodes 1 through 6. If the merchandisers don't even bother to bring up sequels anymore, as if they never happened in the first place, then Disney needs to take the hint to just drop them completely from the timeline and don't bother bring in Rey in to any future media.
>>11912407what's the problem? there will always be people wating to buy a stormtrooper. They would be dumb to not have some out constantly. If giving them a new card makes dumb-dumbs throw their old stuff away to buy the new one, even better.
>>11912464I already have like 6. If I see it in stores I'll grab it to add to my ranks, but I'm not going out of my way for it lol.
>>11912484everyone is fully aware of how toxic the sequels are, even disneyiirc the last time they were even tangibly referenced was in the bad batch with the force sensitive cloning shiti, however, would like a new rey or zori bliss for customs as the old figures are getting harder to find and pricier
>>11912407It's astonishing how far this line has fallen
>>11912497when was the peak? 2018 - 2022 seemed pretty decent to me but there are a few figures released after that were pretty decent
>>11912497>>11912505Hot take: this line has never been good at all. An absolute sea of mediocre figures coasting on the brand's waning popularity for over a decade.
>>11912505I know it can't work now cause of costs and shit, but during the Clone Wars and Movie Heroes time? That was awesome. It was just random new bullshit, and then FUCKLOADS of army builders and easy to get main characters and lockers fulla fucking weapons because fuck you, here's more blasters.
>>11912511i meant black series specifically, 3.75 has had a number of fantastic little eras that makes it difficult to definitively say which one was the best
>>11912508>An absolute sea of mediocre figures coasting on the brand's waning popularity for over a decade.What franchise toy line doesn't? go into the generals and ask around. 99% of toys suck.
>>11912508That's literally the state of all media and toys for the past decade. Hell even the MCU has had to bring back the FOX era X-Men and Spider-Man just to stay relevant. Video games are nothing but remakes and remasters because those are the only things that sell anymore since no one wants the original slop they try to push out.
>>11912492The new starfighter movie they're putting out is sequel era, Disney just isn't willing to take the hint. >>11912508Completely disagree, Black Series has a fair amount of great figures and in terms of detail, likeness and articulation those great figures blow earlier Star Wars figures out of the water. Every issue with the line is Hasbro making dumb cost-cutting decisions, not an inherent issue with the line itself.
>>11912552have they ever given an excuse for not having alternate heads or hands anymore? i feel like adding those would really boost the opinion of the line for some people
>>11912557No, I don't think they've ever explained what figures specifically merit alternate heads and hands. Young Dooku got an alternate head this year so you can have him beardless but then Anakin doesn't get a Sith head which is bullshit. The inconsistency in giving the motion blades is also aggravating, Kyle and Quinlan got them this year and then they just gave up.
>>11912562considering they debuted with dooku back in 2019 and you can count how many times they've been included since with one hand, it's clear their either don't give a shit or there was some other unknown reason they didn't add them ini've also heard a rumour that disney doesn't want the toys to depict heads/ limbs being severed which is why alt heads and hands are so scarce, but that would be nonsensical considering star wars has a history of that being shown in the films
Does this set got any known issues? I watched a few reviews but the few complaints doesn't really concern me. Like how it's bad to have a special character in an army builder set, I will only buy one anyway or how they are fiddley, from someone who admits to collect on card and barely ever handles toys. Biggest issue would be that I don't know up front if they will have black lines on the feet and helmets or not but that's not too important to me.
>>11912618The helmets on them are kind of ass since they are reusing the removable Andor version with the shitty looking visors and weird proportions. Honestly they will probably be putting out a new 212th soon with a non removable helmet like the 501'st troopers from Kenobi, so I would just wait on that unless you really need/want Waxer.
>>11912407I don't understand the adjustable height gimmick. You can't make the torso longer and it look correct. Your arms, legs, feet, hands, head, shoulders, waist, etc. all grow together so its proportional (in most cases). Were there people complaining about height variability? Maybe I am missing something here?
>>11912690It's not just the torso that adjusts, it's the biceps and thighs as well to keep things proportional. The whole idea is to just give the options to adjust things slightly so that it's more accurate to the films where they had people in various heights playing stormtroopers. I think it's a good idea. Gives a reason to buy a couple of more Stormtroopers even though I already have more than I really need. I like that these ones have added articulation too.
What were the black series reveals today
I'm very confused why BLACKEDfags are complaining and dooming over the reveal of one of the best figures I have ever seen in that shitty line
>>11912722spoonfeed me, i don't want to watch the livestream
>>11912722>one of the best figures I have ever seen in that shitty lineImagine having low standards like this
GALACTIC MARIIIIIINE
>>11912740>clonei mean it's cool i guess but is there anything else?
>>11912720
>>11912787not bad, ig88 still looks a bit short thoughnot a bad selection for the new era i guess, the quarren is a welcome surprise
>>11912740Actual garbage
>>11912740Wow actual fucking weathering, so you can do it after all Hasbro
>>11912851Present your points then. It looks fine to me but I've never been autistic when it comes to that unit.
>>11912804They have IG-88 sitting slightly low in the packaging, but here's how he compares side by side with the others
>three pack to complete the S1 Ghost crew>have to get Kanan in disguise to get the other two>Sabine and Ezra are "deluxe" so the price is inevitably going to be much higher than needed
>>11913012alright, that looks betteri wonder why they're doing another package change, although i guess the current one has been around for 6 years now
I agree that the amount of figures for the time spent on it was disappointing but honestly the figures revealed were pretty good all things considered, the standouts for me were AOTC Anakin (wow an alternate hand AND a swooshing blade, who would have thought) and the Galactic Marine and even Mr. Glup Shitto for ROTJ. Honestly my only only complaints are that ANH was represented by yet another pilot Luke and that something about the stormtrooper looks a bit off.
>>11913012Just for further reference, since IG-88 is using the new IG-11 body, here's how the new IG-11 compares to the old one which was based on the old IG-88 body
>>11913042>the figures revealed were pretty good all things consideredNo. No they were not.
>>11913046Can you explain or are you okay with vagueposting like a woman
>>11913046it's an odd assortment but 3 were redos who really needed it and 3 were new figures
>>11913049Sure, they sucked. And anyone thinking they were worth the time and "effort" put in to them is wrong. These people do not care about Star Wars and are not even trying with these releases.
>>11913078What figures were you hoping for?
>>11913078That's still a whole lot of vagueposting
>>11913037I honestly hate that Ezra is deluxe for no fucking reason. Are all newly tooled figures just going to be deluxe now? I really hope this isn't the only way to get that figure because I don't really give a shit about the other two. Especially Kanan. I already have his head on the Stormtrooper body and it works fine without any mods. They didn't need to tool a new torso for that nor include him in the set at all. I would have rather just seen Sabine and Ezra as separate releases, even if they had to be deluxe for "reasons". I'm worried how they're going to try and rip us off with the Barge and Cantina halo items now.
>>11913081And you're getting a whole lot of vague garbage from Star Wars.
>>11913090Two/three packs have become a scourge, I am genuinely sick of having to buy two figures when often enough I only want one.
>>11913097nta but i wouldn't even mind the two packs as much if it was two new figures in it instead of all of them having one new guy and the other just straight reuse it's less bad if the reuse is a generic, but when you're getting a rerelease of a named character + someone people actually want it's a problemmaybe the intent is for them to be for people just getting in to the line who missed out? but at that point i assume the financially smarter decision would just to put them in an archive wave to make them more accessible instead of limited run multipacks
>>11913040I'm kind of glad, I think the color coded packaging was a mistake. It worked when they did it for TSC back in 2006 because back then it was just six movies, EU and CW so they just had eight colors. It gave the packaging a little extra visual boost. When you now have so many movies, shows, games, etc. all requiring their own unique color they start to blur together and it defeats the purpose if three different properties are using three very similar shades of blue.
>>11912659so andor clones are the best one can get currently in vintage?
>>11913280Bleak, isn't it?
>>11913304I mean it's Hasbro + Disney, why would you expect nice things?
>>11913280He just said the Andor clones have shitty helmets. Plus they have an ugly off white color. If you want removable helmets with a head underneath then yeah that’s the only option for plain white phase 2 for now
talking about clones, when will we get the republic commando 4 pack?
>>11912740I want this do you guys think they are gonna sold out if Idont preorder? They always make enough troopers.
>>11913373It’s not exclusive so it shouldn’t be hard to get
>>11913012I've been waiting for that Padme my entire life
>>11913353Knowing Hasbro the pack will be Scorch and then three plain white commandos
>>11913453Go away
Yaktard needs to give up on collecting bros i think hes lost the plot, simple difference in material finish is "yellowing" lol
>>11913665Why is there a difference? It's not too much to ask for to have a uniform plastic color or finish or whatever the issue is here.
>>11913665You can look at the promotional images for yourself (plus any phase 1 clone render) to see that it's not supposed to look like that, retard anon, so whether it's yellowed or they fucked up and made part of the armor cream instead of the proper white, people have a right to complain.
>>11913665No, that is definitely yellowing
>>11913665>Please daddy Disney rape me harder
the night troopers look really cool.
>>11913665It's a legitimate issue, Anon. Bossk's Bounty pointed this out in his review for the set a few weeks ago. Other people are complaining about it in their sets as well. It's not material difference because other recent clones or stormtroopers haven't had it.
>>11913665any clones that don't have that issue yet?
>>11912316Really fucking stupid spelling. That is the extent of my opinion on it.
why is no one here posting their toys? Do you all collect on card or do you don't own toys?
>>11912316Blokees are shit and I'm tired of all the weird assholes that are trying to make them a "thing" on this board.
>>11913977It can be and is 99.9% more likely material. Plastic is not some magical substance that squirts out of an endless supply of the same colors every time forever. Every single batch of toys has it's own new batch of plastic made for it. The chemical process and additives are made with a formula that if its mix is just just slightly off can result in differences in color. It's likely the abdomen is made with a different type of plastic or was made in a separate batch. So it's not yellowing, but it is a fuckup. Yellowing needs a lot of time and light to happen.
>>11914097why bother? it'll just get ignored or you'll get some insane weirdo screeching at you
>>11912316Never bought them before but I'm definitely getting their TCW kits
>>11914217I was interested in TCW Anakin until I realized it's for the smaller even more stylized scale which I'm not sure even comes to the US? Also why is the droideka so hueg? Maybe it's champion class but seems too big even for that
>>11914220>until I realized it's for the smaller even more stylized scaleWait actually is it? I am assuming everything in this pic is the small blind box line but maybe I'm wrong. God their scales are so confusing
>>11914220>>11914224I have no idea what scale it is because their naming always confuses the fuck out of me. I'm buying them either way though. Since it will be its own display, I'm not worried if it fits in with anything or not.
>>11914097Because everyone cusses you out for posting toys, or follows you from thread to thread if they recognize your pictures or background, or they shit on everything you like, or shit on you for posting pics of toys in general. This board is a Hell hole.
>>11914242I post pics and that has never happened to me. Maybe that only happens to posters that are annoying in some way... I mostly get ignored.
>>11914097I'm not a dancing monkey pal!
>>11914272still a nice picture pal.
How much does the old hip limit this figure? On paper it's a huge limiter but how much does it matter in play?
>>11914097Because this hellsite makes you do 400 trillion annoying craptchas just to post so I just read and dont bother sharing
>>11914306That looks cool, did you ever thought about having it hang from your ceiling, like some do with their model airplanes?>400 trillion annoying craptchasOnce Captcha per post is breaking your spirit?
Anyone get the thermal detonator? Is it any good?
>>11914315I do have the X-Wing hanging from the ceiling but I think the gunship is a little too heavy for me to be comfortable leaving it up there for long. At one point I had the haslab rattler hanging down but its Definitely way to heavy to leave up so I brought it downAlso now that I verified my email the captchas are so bad...
>>11914344I meant to write "arent so bad" lol dramatic as hell lol
>>11914306Fuckin awesome anon, mine still hasn't shipped. I hope they make a new green sergeant clone. With a jetpack like in battlefront would be even better
>>11914306Nice Anon. I haven't filled mine with clones yet, waiting for the 4packs to arrive before I do that. The ship itself is amazing though. BoG has been a really fun theme. I just got my Geonosians the other day and they are a lot of fun even if it's kind of annoying to get them to hold their sonic blasters. Wish I would have bought another set before they sold out.
>>11914394Yeah i wish theyd do some classic battlefront based figures like that legacy collection set. Thatd be really cool
>>11914097I only have these and have posted them weeks ago. I put them in a position I could always watch when I go use my computer, easily take them off the shelf, change post and put them back as needed.[spoiler]I bought a Starkiller but didn’t open it yet, intended to gift to my brother in his birthday
>>11914217I’m eyeing that Jango Fett man. I love his armor so much
>>11912618biggest issue is that you can see their chins under the helmets.
>>11914341Yeah, fits in the anus really nicely.
>>11914279Not at all. Like 90% of all SW figures in existence have these hips. He can stand, he can sit, he can walk and he can run. He can be placed on almost any speeder bike or in almost any vehicle. Really the only thing he can't do is ride wide legged, so no putting him on a dewback or other similar creatures. And obviously no kung fu wide legged superhero hand to hand combat stances, but who fucking cares.
My gunship still hasn't even shipped. My cantina took a lot longer to receive than everyone else's too. Fuck my chungus life.
>>11914829Agreed. Are swivel hips perfect? Obviously not, ball jointed hips are definitely superior theres not really any debating it. But after having played with the antenna mold clone alot over these last few months I really dont think swivel hips are that bad. Especially for a fan base whos primary mode of display is standing straight up and down in a cabinet somewhere kek
>>11915097There's very few characters in Star Wars that require ball jointed hips, it's superhero figures where not having them is usually unacceptable. Really the problem is when you let Hasbro cheap out in one area they'll cheap out in others.
Hell yeah. Ya'll ready for $30 deluxe in TVC next year?
>>11915138some places are selling standard figures for $27 already in leafistani went down to the states over the weekend to check if they had the anakin/ cody two packthey did, but the exchange would round out at $60 leafs which is fucking nonsensical
Are mandalorians still cool or did disney kill them too? Also old republic mandalorians when?
>Amazon delayed my commando indefinitelyI’m not getting it am I? Seems like this has been happening with a lot of Hasbro orders on Amazon. My Lara Croft got the same thing. Maybe a container fell off the boat>>11915174If you just ignore Disney and focus on EU they can still be cool>>11914279Can’t speak to this figure specifically but I actually don’t mind old figures with swivel hips. Somehow they feel a lot more solid and less likely to break than newer ones.
>>11915176I have 5 for sale.
>>11915138Fuck yeah I am! I hope they keep cutting paint apps and doing the wrong versions of things too! WOOOOO! Who says Star Wars is dead????
>>11915099Yeah definitely agree, id say acrobatic characters like jedi and sith are improved by them, troopers are 50/50 and depends largely on taste i think, everyone else is served just fine by pivot hips. Heres a couple of figs that are just fine as is with pivot hips imo.
You guys are nuts. Swivel hips should have been phased out 15 years ago in this scale. I was always pissed that I could buy G.I. Joes with full range of motion but never had a fucking Jedi that could pull off the same poses. I took it as an insult that they call TVC the definitive line for 3.75 but then would reissue figures with swivel hips while still charging $15+ for it. EVERY figure should have dumbbell hips and rocker ankles no matter who they are if they have the anatomy for it. Just because you don't see a character being acrobatic on screen doesn't mean their figure should be limited to effectively just standing and sitting.
>>11915259Of course swivel hips are outdated and shouldn’t be used for new stuff, I am just saying they would not prevent me from picking up an old figure if I thought the rest of it looked cool.
>>11915259Even for characters that just stand around ball jointed hips and ankle rockers make a big difference with ease of posing and poses looking more natural, especially if they're sitting on an uneven surface.Still, a lot of old figures are pretty cool even with the limited articulation schemes.
>>11912787Amidala, Marine and Tessek are insta buys. IG-88 is understandable, considering how bad the original is but did these versions of Anakin and Luke really need to be remade? The old figures hold up fairly well imo. I suppose they did a new EP2 Ani to go with the EP3 one. I'm thinking we'll get a remade EP2 Obi Wan too. Anyway, if they're going to do a new Ani, I would be far more interested if they released a Deluxe Anakin with Swoop Bike? Would love to have more vehicles. I will probably skip the Luke. Really want more obscure OT characters. Give me Garendin.
>>11915334The original EP2 Anakin's articulation is extremely bad and is probably one of the figures most requested to get an update, a new version on the new EP3 body is very welcome. Unfortunately it does seem like they fucked up AGAIN and included his second lightsaber rather than his Vader-like first lightsaber.
I finally got Dash!
hey hasbro, if you want easy tvc filler why not re-release lumat?
>>11915334i think the reason for the pilot luke remake is because that's one of the og bodies in the line that's still the only version of some characters granted i think that one was still pretty decent, but i get the mentality ep2 anakin was on the og ep3 anakin body with a new right arm that looked far too crisp compared to the rest of the figure, and couldn't pull off the one good pose the og rots anakin could due to not having the right head/ colours
>>11915334>did these versions of Anakin and Luke really need to be remade?Wasn’t Luke the very first black series figure or at least in the first wave? Makes sense to redo him to go with all the other redos of main characters they’ve been doing. And the old ep2 Anakin was an epic fail because they forgot to give him the fabric skirt so he looks ridiculous. It’s not like they wasted much tooling budget on them though, Anakin is just a new head on the ep3 body and I think I read that Luke reuses a lot of the Sigourney Weaver pilot but I haven’t compared the two.
Ah, just what the line needs. Another annual price increase. Thank you Mr. Cocks!
Help me anons you're my only hope.Anyone got tvc reva and dark trooper armour gideon? I'm curious if the helmet is even semi proportional to the reva body (I doubt it, sadly) and if the balljoint is too far off (also doubtful)The end goal is to hopefully make a semi decent inquisitor/sith imperial thingy.
>>11915668isnt too far off*
I had my fun with Mandalorian but frankly Maul is the only series in years that made me feel like I was watching Star Wars again. They clearly don’t know what they are doing with Mandalorian anymore, they lack the spark to make whatever they are doing with Ahsoka keep me interested.I’m basically only invested in Shadow Lord and Jedi Survivor. And even those are smoldering flames
>>11915259In theory your stuff makes sense but almost every modern figure I've bought in the past like 3 or 4 years (and I didn't buy any since 2014 before that) has a bitch of a time standing. They feel like they're made with very little actual prototyping refinement into how the figures will function in real life. Older figures generally did the things they were supposed to do- they held their weapons and accessories well, they could stand easily, etc. My comic pack thrawn and potf2 Thrawn both stand easily and his ysalmari clips nicely onto his neck. My Dark Empire 3 Pack Thrawn, despite all of his articulation, can barely stand and the ysalamari falls off his neck if you breath on it, let alone pick up the figure.
>>11915666>whyisthedevilinstarwars.jpegBlokees are the future.
>>11915692That sounds like a skill issue. I have figures posed all over my desk in various ways and don't have any issues getting them to stand. Even balancing on one foot is something most of these figures do with ease.
>>11915699Nah, I *can* get them to stand, it's just a pain in the ass and they will fall far more easily than most older figures. Many other lines do not have this issue(like acid rain for another modern 1/18 example). They are poorly engineered and it is most certainly a lack of proper prototype refinement, they're just 3D sculpting and 3D printing these things, maybe checking joint clearances and that's about it.
>>11915666Lots of places already charged 30 by default but fucking thanks Hasbro, what a way to hype me up for the anniversary.
>>11915446A shit rendition. Hoping they give him his actual EU look for the headsculpt when they do the retro card release. Dash should be more rugged rahter than Jamie Lanister.
When does ig88 go up and is he exclusive?
>>11915833The 15th and no, whole wave is a regular release. The new Stormtrooper is exclusive to Target/Walmart though. Although, and I wasn't 100% clear on this, that may only be the alternate card back, the regular one might be a regular release, I'm not 100% sure.
>>11915862The Kenner variant is exclusive to Pulse, Disney stores and Walmart but the figure itself is a regular releasae.
>>11915686the sad thing is that maul has all the same problems as filoni's other shows, it's just that they managed to competently make maul and devon somewhat compelling this time so people are more willing to look past that you could cut out half the show and miss nothing
>>11915912Fair enough. I do feel something somewhat lacking though not like I can out my finger
Am I the only faggot who finds new Clone Commando helmets weird looking? I've tried to garner reactions from the web, and it doesn't seem like there are any noticeable discussions about it. Am I crazy? Do I need to fix my eyesight (and brain)? It's almost universal rave.Visor shape is weird, eye lens looks too "demure", if you get what I'm saying, almost convex.Lower mouth grille is too thin and basically looks like straight chevron, instead of having some snarl to it at apex.Top part of helmet also juts out too much at top and sides, it almost creates a diaper like shape.
>>11915957yea why is the top of the visor an indent and not a flat surface
>>11915668Hold on anon you might be cooking here... the peg from revas head fits perfectly into the socket of the helmet
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>>11916014Is this supposed to mean something? Those look as shit as they said. What kind of retard settles for this crap?
>>11916094For the price he should be able to actually pose
>>11914103Blokees are fine as a neat little experiment, the Blokees Clone trooper is the only one id say can sand as an equal to higher quality toys. Otherwise they cant match in quality to a more more "premium" figure, premium doing an INSANE amount of work here regarding a hasbro toy, but the reality is Hasbro feels premium compared to a blokees figure. Also its been proven at this point blokees has been doing some insanely aggressive astroturfing online in the collector communities which is unfortunate cause theres so much fake positivity for the whole brand, not to mention that the stuff is absolutely busting the doors off of every local comic/hobby/toy store all over, the distribution for these little blind box figs is insane and really puts hasbro to shame
>>11916148They look like a kiddie version of a Figuarts. I haven’t gotten any so far myself, but given that they’re catching up to most other toy lines extremely quickly, I’ll likely get some eventually. I have noticed that a lot of content creators get sent the new figures the DAY OF release, or sooner, to butter them up get reviews out immediately. It’s just the typical Chinese method of doing business where they zerg rush a million cheap products into the market undercutting prices of competitors because they each get paid like 1/16 of what an American would for the same job.
>>11916005Well shit, thanks anon. Time to pick them both up for cheap on prime day sales. I'll be sure to take some photos of em with stormies when I get it done and post here. Did you have to heat and pop or did a bit of force do the job?
>>11916148Nice comparison there. The only blokees I have are these Megaman ones so I had no idea how they scaled up to other Star Wars stuffThe Starforce one is fine but Zero has weird loose butterfly joints on his shoulder making me question them. The Star Wars ones I have seen at aliexpress were hit or miss. Some looking fine, others having weird joints from the images presented.That Annakin though looks pretty good
>>11916148I don't have any yet, but it seems to depend a lot on the character design. The difference in quality is there, but there are fortunate examples like the recently announced Batman and Catwoman especially that have been making the rounds where the shortcomings are not noticeable. I presume that troopers are good candidates for fortunate Blokees if they work on the proportions.
>>11915957They did fuck up the helmet but the arms are way worse>>11916181>They look like a kiddie version of a FiguartsYeah and a lot of Figuarts Star Wars don’t look good and aren’t accurate
80 fucking dollars for the TVC Rebels 3 pack. That is in-fucking-sane. I only want Ezra so I'm just holding off until they put him out on a single card
Found the gar saxon black series wave at walmart, didn't like the look of any of them so skipped.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAACE
>>11916550>>11916603It’s over
>>11916603Why the long face?
How do you differentiate between "I want that toy" and "it's interesting but I only care because it's rare/ cheap"?
>>11916612Only you can answer that for yourself. Speaking for myself, I'm starting realize that I shouldn't bother with toys of anything I don't have a real emotional attachment to. I just cancelled my preorder for Lord Starkiller despite BBTS finally getting him in stock because, even though it's very cool design, I just don't care enough about the games to really get anything from looking at him on my shelf. Also, $42.99 just feels like a lot for what's there.
>>11916612do you have plans to do anything with it? if so then you want it if you don't know what to do with it then you probably just want it for the sake of it one advantage to wanting a cheap thing is if you plan on doing customs though, as it's far more palatable to potentially ruin a toy that was cheap than one that was full price
>>11916603They said they referenced the actor when he was younger but I don't see it at all. Pic related is him at pretty much the same age as that Ezra. It just looks like they took the BS sculpt and shrunk it down. Maybe the actual production figure will be different? It wouldn't be the first time they've changed the head between promo pics of prototypes and release.
>>11916623lexi wtf?
>>11916624Fucking kek, I didn't even notice. Women get away with anything.
>>11912739He called it Blacked and said you were a fag. At no time did he imply it the line was good.
>>11916550How deep is your love (wallet) for Slop Wars?
>>11916369Heating it up would probably help but I dont think its required modern TVC figs are soft enough
The guy who wanted the clone commandos I got my other 4 in. If you still want one email me. If not they're going on ebay.
>>11916408The blokees storm trooper is not worth it period, its way to small to even be passable as a little too short for a Storm trooper. The clone on the ither hand, while Definitely a little small, is way easier to fudge in as a match with black series or other 1/12 clones
>>11916783i decided since i'm just going to end up buying delta squad whenever they get made i'll pass on the normal one, no need to wait on me before putting them up. thanks for the offer though man.
>>11916710Pretty deep Anon, but not $80 for a 3 pack that has a more reuse than the Cantina 4 pack I bought for $5 less kind of deep.
How are the chances for tvc getting a figure with mandalorian crusader armor?
>>11916788Probably close to zero considering we've yet to get any of the video game stuff that BS has been getting the last couple of years. And the only other EU stuff we've had has all been HTTE related.
>>11916623They say bullshit all the time, it’s clearly just the black series shrunken down and when the black series was made, the actor wasn’t cast, they just made up their own sort of realistic interpretation of the character.>>11916784I’m not trying to hate too much but every time I see comparisons like this, I don’t see why anyone would choose blokees over black series if they could only have one. Left looks like an actual person in an armor suit, right, doesn’t look bad for a toy, but looks like some cartoony fortnite thing and has jarring joints and gaps. But maybe not everyone is an accuracy/realism fag like me I know there are people that want clone wars animation style sculpts to come back like the old 3.75" line
>>11916850I think blokees biggest advantage is price difference, this clone is 15 bucks at walmart and is quickly restocked, I Definitely agree the blokees fig looks more toyetic and mecha like and the hand sculpts are reeaaally bad but I think for half the price of a hard to find black series figure, for alot of people, kids especially, blokees is whipping hasbro badly
>>11916920Someday 4chan will stop turning my pics but heres the weapon holding hand as an example of how bad the hand sculpts are.
>>11916927I think the clones are a decent stand in figure but theres no replacement for a properly styled human character. Totally ignoring the rotten head and handsculpts. The outfit texture and sculpted clothing detail puts of the hasbro fig reminds you pretty clearly that the blokees kit is a cheap plastic model from a cheap Chinese company lol
>>11916939I love your comparisons dude. Help a lot for me to choose by the way
Hey swapper anon, any chance you have some shriek hawks and the forge helmets? I tried swapping em out and ended up a bit disheartened by the results. They fit, but loosely, and I never did try swapping the pegs (helmet hole seemed too shallow) or using wood varnish for a friction layer.
It's really sad to see how bad Star Wars has gotten. Especially when you go to stores and the SW section is just...ass.
>>11916920Yeah for $15 at Walmart they're a neat pick up and good value but if you can’t find them in store and have to get it online then it’s about the same price so then I think not really worth it
I was thinking about buying a set, see it's sold super cheap on amazon as "as good as new". Decide zo sleep on it for a night. If it's sold out it's sold out and if not I buy it. Now the worst possible thing happend, instead of it being sold out they increased the price.
>>11917140I do not have those exact figs but do you happen to know what figs they're recolored/reused from i might be able to test it that way.
>>11917140So I do have the heavy mando, and it has a really tiny little ball lol, using the stuff I have the best I could find was the peg from the deathwatch/jango figure, it sits just a little too high maybe but its nice and snug
>>11917229This keeps happening to me with several items. It's really annoying but if you just hold out and watch it, it'll go back down to the original price eventually.
>>11917230Unsure, I think they're a whole bunch of retools slapped together (quite well, in fairness) but the torso and shoulder plate region of that deathwatch looks about right for the one I tried the green helmet on (itself din djarin recolour I believe) and you have the heavy trooper already sorted. As for the guy I have the heavy mando helmet on, at this moment I have no clue what his torso is without consulting a guide or pulling all my figs out, which I was gonna do at the weekend.>>11917233Interesting, I'll pull the ball from one of the hawk donors then and see if it fits, or take photos at the very least. The green helmet is gonna be a pain though, super shallow ballhole in the helmet itself and quite small from what I recall, and all of the hawks seem to have mando side-character tooling, but no dins (unless the red chest guy is a din, unsure, maybe axe woves?)Either way, I appreciate the help and hopefully we can figure out a workable solution that makes for slightly changed up army builders. On the subject though, have you got the night trooper set? I'm curious if enoch can be de-enoch'd. Was thinking of maybe swapping his helmet for a damaged stormie one from the fett deluxe, which surely works, but I wonder if his kama can be slipped off without damage.
Why would they sell Jango Fett as a deluxe figure if he comes with less stuff than the normal release? That's just a bad look. Wouldn't be as bad if it had just been a normal re-release.
>>11917491I do not have any of the night troopers friend, so I am unable to test it for you. Im not sure where the red torso comes from, kinda looks like death trooper or imperial tank driver torso but im not sure, the you could always cut or Dremel the socket on the smaller helmet or mod the joint itself and glue it in place on the helmet
>>11917552short term gain over long term investment most 'deluxe' figures come with shit that should be in the standard release as you said, it's a bad look especially with characters that had normal releases for years until they came up with the deluxe idea to charge extrathey should really be only for actual big characters like jabba/ rotta, and not for standard figures with accessories or are slightly bigger than average
>>11917589"Deluxe" in 2026 just means it gets the paint apps the mainline figs of 10 years ago get... most TVC figs now are totally unpainted except the face and the lightsaber if it comes with one
>>11917616i remember way back when rots gree came out back in 2018(?) and people were upset he was $5ish more because of all the paint he hadhow times change
My Maul has arrived. Though the rubber robe is too restrictive. Guess there is a reason he takes off to fight
>>11917833Any reason you didn’t go for the new one?
Seeing more reports of discoloration on the TVC 4 pack clones. Yeah I think I’m not going to take the chance on it, it’s not that cheap either. Might see if the previous removable helmet ones are still around and not too expensive. Yeah their helmets kinda sucked but the new non removable ones don’t seem like that much of an improvement anyway desu
>>11917491Enoch can only be de-Enoch'd so far. The way that figure is designed, it has a bit of a notch in the waist to accommodate the belt piece. He also doesn't have armor on his crotch like the normal Stormtroopers do, so it it looks like he's wearing red panties. If you removed his kama, you would need something to fill in all that space with. Also the kama comes off real easily. Just boil and pop the top torso piece and the kama can be slipped over the rest of the torso. It's not held in place with glue or anything.
picked up an elsbeth and tros rey for customs for cheap and manhasbro really did sell an old lady with jack shit as a full priced action figure, huh?this is especially jarring compared to rey who has a lightsaber, staff, small droid, and a gunboth of these are standard figures
>>11918031I like the coat
>>11917833>those shoesreal school shooter core
>>11918290Morgan Elsbeth coming with nothing is a massive omission. She 100% should have come with the sword of Talzin like in the show, but I guess Hasbro was just going off concept art like usual. I’ve seen people 3D print one for her. The one that actually comes with mother Talzin is ironically a different design. Although you can fudge it into being used by Elsbeth if you’re not that particular. It is supposed to be her sword anyway.
>>11918877Didn't the figure come out before the Ahsoka show? She should've at least had the beskar spear though.
>>11918964She was released a couple of months after the show premiered. The problem is Disney always being gay about spoilers so Hasbro likely didn't even know about her sword. They didn't seem to know about the star map either because she should have come with that at the very least if they didn't want to spoil stuff from the last episode. And now we're heading into the second season right around the corner and past the time where it would have made some sense to rerelease her in some form that had her Nightsister face paint on and comes packed with the sword. Would have been neat to get her and maybe the zombie Deathtroopers in a 3 pack or something to go with the Night Trooper set.
>>11918877hasbro going entirely off of concept art isn't entirely their fault, i know lego was forced to do the same when the sequels were airing because disney was scared of spoilers or something and people complained that the sets were inaccurate/ never appeared in the films
>>11918290>>11918877>>11919015Does it really matter though? Sometimes figures are just lame and boring. Were you really dying to add a Morgan Elsbeth to your collection? With figures/characters like these I just don't care enough to be disappointed but maybe that's just me.
>>11919110when the figures are $11 it hardly matter who they are and what they come with when they're approaching $30 of course i'll be more critical
I just realized that I mostly collected helmeted dudes, I rarely get characters with faces, it's mostly limited to iconic dudes like Obi Wan and Anakin, or rare exceptions like Rebel Hoth trooper
It's finally fucking here.
>>11919110The figure in your pic came from an era where there were so many toys coming that it was perfectly acceptable to get some more "boring" ones in the mix because we knew that in addition to this dialog free middle aged woman with 2 seconds of screentime we were also getting every trooper under the sun and every alien that walked past the camera for 2 seconds. Now almost every disney movie or show is crammed full of main and side characters that look exactly like this boring middle aged woman, and figures wise they don't make even a fourth of what they used to. We barely get anything that's a background character, and every main character is boring. Fucking depressing state.
>>11919190there was an attempt when tfa came out, but those toys shelfwarmed like nobody's business granted even the main characters were clogging the pegs so i don't know how much of that was just overstock or just lack of interest, which would be strange because iirc tfa was considered 'fine' back in 2015/16
>>11919200Per Hasbro TFA stuff did well enough, but they probably overshot production. It wasn't as egregious as TPM's, though. That said even in 2015 it was obvious the toy industry was not what it once was. In general a lot of Hasbro's decisions since TVC and TBS are a product of the industry as a whole as much as Star Wars's status as an IP.
>>11919200Frankly I only liked Kylo Ren’s design from the New Trilogy. I don’t think I could care for anyone else.Last I checked they were all on the cheaper side
>>11919205>TFA stuff did well enoughblatant lies
>>11919114>>11919190I guess both points are fair. Personally in this era of limited slots I would prefer they just don't waste tooling budget on boring characters like that but I am kinda biased against disney stuff
>>11919345Eh, I can see it. There was a lot of hype around the time of TFAs release like 'Star Wars is back!' so I can see the toys getting a boost from that. Disney didn't completely shit the bed until TLJ.
>checking Luke Skywalker figures>the one made for the Cruiser back in Mandalorian S1>the one ''Jedi Academy'' in Book of Boba Fett>feel myself dying a little seeing how they handled him insteadWhat's wrong with those fucks? They knew what we wanted when they put him there in Mandalorian. They know what they have to do to bring Star Wars back. Why do they fucking refuse?
>>11919520shareholders if disney admits the sequels were failures and outright retcon them they'll sue because they lost money on their investments so disney has to suck it up and deal with it, and if that means endless slop with mando and yeed then so be it with filoni endlessly dangling tcw memberberries then so be it
>>11919200The attempt was bullshit. A ton of it was black series garbage for faggots and a ton of it was 5 POA but modern sculpt shit no one asked for. Wasn't this when the actual 1/18 line got relegated to barely anything as like walmart exclusives or some nonsense? And even then including 5 poa shit there werent that many background characters released. Plus 90% of Disney shit was brown poop outfits with diversity humans wearing them. Even the aliens look like generic shit. Genuinely theres like 6 good designs in TFA, 2 of them got toys and both of them were 5 POA shit.
>>11920071i thought tbs had a dedicated 3.75 line at the time that was effectively the successor to the og tvc run, and the 1/12 line was still in it's rough early phase until 2018ish
>>11920189>i thought tbs had a dedicated 3.75 line at the timeDoesn't matter to them because 1/18 collectors are very entitled and mentally ill
>>11920189>i thought tbs had a dedicated 3.75 line at the time that was effectively the successor to the og tvc runHe already mentioned it. It was when the "1/18 line got relegated to barely anything as like walmart exclusives." People didn't just want TVC revived for the cards, but because they wanted a broader revived interest in 3.75" figures. We eventually got it.
i get that they're ultimately unfeasible, but i do wish we got more 1:12 vehicles/ creatures, even if it's just the smaller ones although they did do an at rt recently, right? maybe they're willing to do more stuff like that
>>11920370They said they don't sell that well but I feel like something like a BARC speeder would be fine. Also with TVC vehicles now being about the same price or more, maybe they will lean in to 1/12 vehicles too. Both cost Hasbro about the same to make so at around the same price I think more people will start going for the bigger one.
>>11920387A speederbike would cost $80 now
Where the fuck is my gunship HASBLOW
>>11919520>outright retcon them>>11919520>They know what they have to do to bring Star Wars back. Why do they fucking refuse?They don't even need to "retcon" anythingit's space magic, they can bring Luke and Co legit with something else made-up. they almost did it in their lame Emperor ploy when he wanted to enhabit Rey's body (n-no h-hidden messages there, they seriously did not even think about that concept at all, like the rest of the sequel story garbage)Luke could Force-enhabit a new actor, or droid, or even just be a ghost and use Mark Hammill as a ghost-guy teaching new lessons because Rey figured out how to make him more-stable and less of a ghost or somethingsure a lot of that sounds lame, but they have non-retcon options
>>11920594They sent it to me bro, heres my PayPal ima need 500 bucks and your address and i'll send it to ya@notascammer117
It seems like they're more proud of the fucking packaging on the new BS stuff than the actual figures.
>>11920764>It seems like they're more proud of the fucking packaging on the new BS stuff than the actual figuresYeah, you can tell they don't really care about the actual product being released.
A FUCKING 3 PACK LOLOLOL! They hate you.
Here's two fat losers and the one figure you wanted for 3 years straight guys
>>11920817>i have to get 2 fat ugly x wing pilots to get my fucking frog ladythese absolute niggers
>>11920820Couldn't even include another few spiders?
>>11920820Biggest fuck you in the line so far?
>>11920821if you are unwilling to pay the price, then you prove yourself unworthy of hershe is not your frog lady, she is mine
>>11920829Her eggs belong in MY ass!
>>11920829they couldn't even make her have a sexy naked frog body with removable robes
>>11920817>>11920820>not black seriesOh boy
>>11920820>No full robes>No gun>No additional spiders>No light up backpack>No reusing 90% of the figure to make Frog husband and have that be the "double" figure in the pack>But here's two fat retards in x wing clothes and it's gonna be $80Jesus fucking christ.
I'm so fucking mad at this. All I want is Frog Lady. These Halo packs are what I was looking forward to the most this year and so far they are a disaster. Can't wait to see what fuckery they pull for the Cantina and Sail Barge.
>>11920858They just put out a cantina pack, good luck getting another one.Sail barge guaranteed will be a minor redeco/retool of the new 3PO and R2 with one other character.
Are we even getting a sail barge set?
Of all the fucking characters they could have chosen for this set that we've been asking to get for years, they pick two that didn't even physically interact with the damn thing. Just absolutely baffling.
>>11920900It's from a deleted scene where the frog lady gets doubled teamed by filoni and teva
>>11920820>>11920821>>11920827>>11920858If you are a fan of frog lady, you are a fan of those other two as well.
>>11920869Yes, they said they are going to support all the haslabs. But it'll probably be more low budget reuse stuff like the two so far. For the gunship I wouldn't mind two phase 2 pilots and someone else but guessing it will be Saesee Tiin and Agen Kolar from the tier unlocks and a kitbashed Kit Fisto or something for the third one
>>11920840New to this but are Vintages much worse?
>>11920947no, but both lines have been pretty iffy lately both lines keep getting low effort multipacks and exclusives that jack up the price and often only have one desirable figure in it as people were saying, the frog lady has been a wanted figure for a while and shoving her in a multipack with filoni's literal self insert and some other fat fuck is a big middle fingerthe only reason they're doing this is because the other two figures would never sell, hasbro is entirely banking on the frog lady selling the set
>>11920947No, most now are just smaller black series. Sometimes TVC gets a figure later and it ends up being better or more accurate to the source than the black series counterpart because they got better references or just learned from mistakes.
I bet you guys would like the pilots a whole lot more if you buy some X-Wings with your frog lady 3-pack.
>>11920939If you're a fan of Luke Skywalker, you are a fan of Rey as well.
>>11920869Knowing them now it's probably going to be Amanaman using the Amani Warrior sculpt, a repack of R2-D2, and Kithaba repainted to be Barada.
>>11920977i would like the pilots more if they weren't fat old mengive me some ayy pilots with different body types instead of the generic one
>>11920900>>11920927>>11920986It should have been the Frog lady and her husband who could have shared most of her parts. Then either a Quarren or a Mon Cal from the episode where the two of them are reunited. A nice amphibian themed pack that everyone would have lost their fucking minds over. If they were hellbent on including one of these fat gay pilots then ditch the other and include more of the spiders from the episode- like the big one that was in the black series pack but not TVC yet. Also where is the frog Lady's gun? Just the worst possible way to handle this that they could have honestly. I'm glad to finally have her but fuck they really did the absolute worst fucking shit imaginable to release her. Genuinely the only thing worse would have been an unchanged razorcrest rerelease that was now suddenly $200 more expensive and only included her as exclusive pack in. Even this i might have preferred.
>>11920817>>11920820>>11921001>Frog ladydid they give "Frog Lady" a name? or is it going to say "Frog Lady" on the box?Can't they just make up a name? Decipher Card game made up all kinds of names for background characters, that "stuck" as "real". I think Decipher even gave the bounty hunters like Bossk and IG-88 ships they designed graphically, completely.I know early SW had Hammerhead and Snaggletooth and others, so maybe some people think Frog Lady as a name is good-enough?
>>11921013They never gave The Client a name and that's what is on the box. Grogu was "The Child" before he was named. So maybe something like that again. Actually I imagine they said her name/whatever they're calling her during the panel... Need to find a recording of that
>>11921001Fully agreed. I would have been way more excited to get her, the husband, and either a Quarren or that Mon Cal in the sweater that fixed the ship. She isn't even all new either, apparently they said she's using pieces from Kuiil too. Teva and Wolf would have been fine as random wave fillers elsewhere.
>>11921028mandalorian s2, one of the first two eps iirc, the ones that weren't just an advertisement for another show filoni wanted to do
>>11921028>What show is this even from?the first mis-step involving Baby Yodathey (?) thought it would be cute if Baby Yoda ate the Frog Lady's eggs as a running gag throughout the episode, but each time he swallowed one it was horrifying.they even set it up like these eggs were the last of her species or something, and it was super important they get back home. put that down! bad baby! slurp! another one yummed!
>>11920820>can't even give us more accessories than blaster repeatsSo fucking funny. They really are not trying at all.
>>11921046Yeah that was a very weird choice.
>>11921013>>11921029Honestly it's weird that key characters remain unnamed. The Hutt Twins were the main villains of an actual movie and they still don't have names. I don't think the Twi'lek dude from BOBF got a name either.
>>11921064Some of them were actually named in the recent encyclopedia that was published but for whatever reason between the preview that was shared to the final published book, they edited them out or gave them generic monikers. It's really odd. Pablo Hidalgo is fucking around for some reason.
>>11921064Dude...it's le western...they have no names, get it?
>>11921069then why did they name baby yeed grogu?
>>11921075Disney wants to make money off of a popular character and he needs to have his own trademarked name for that. Their nickname (The Child) didn't stick and you can't let people just call a character Baby Yoda which is much harder to slap a TM on.
It's a shame that the old republic mmorpg is not more popular. I would love genereic troopers, jedis and sith from different races.
>>11921066nta but this is the first I've heard of this
Can someone explain to me how Sabine is a deluxe figure for coming with two guns and a shitty electronic dongle?
>>11921112More than likely Hasbro's excuse is going to be that she just has so many paint apps that they have no choice but to make her deluxe.
>>11921115The deluxe Boba from way back in the day had better paint apps AND more accessories to justify the price increase, is this how low the deluxe label has fallen?
>>11921125Yep. Once they realized they could use that excuse to justify charging deluxe prices for regular figures with minimal justification, there was no turning back.
Man why does the deluxe thing need to be explained every single time there is a deluxe release? How many years have we been doing this? Its kind of annoying to have to explain every single time but I suppose its ultimately Hasbro's fault…Just understand that at this point deluxe is basically arbitrary. Hasbro has given reasons why certain figures need to be priced higher, mainly coming down to production costs. For some figures I believe them. But there are several "deluxe" figures that do not match Hasbro's justifications. TVC Jango Fett is the best example. He didn’t need to be deluxe. There are no intricate paint apps, no new tooling with limited reuse potential, he’s not big, he doesn’t come with a lot of accessories. He’s "deluxe" because the TVC budget is tiny so Hasbro is squeezing more money out of popular characters because they know you will buy them. They know you will buy deluxe Baze Malbus to finish your Rogue One Crew. They know you will pay more for Cobb Vanth even if he’s missing paint apps because he’s cool. Same with Ahsoka and whatever else. They just need more money that’s literally it. The Wookiee from Acolyte could be deluxe but isn’t because they know no one cares and they won’t be able to get away with it. But popular characters will occasionally and randomly be priced higher even if they don’t necessarily cost more to make. Just get used to it. Actually seriously how are you not used to it or haven’t figured out the pattern when we have been going through this for at least 5 years probably more.Honestly Hasbro should just fuck off with the deluxe label because it just confuses people. There were retards that thought figures are more expensive because the box was bigger. "Just make the box smaller!!" they said. That’s not how that works. Just get rid of the deluxe label and just charge whatever they need to charge just like how import companies do it who don’t have a consistent set msrp for their figures.
>>11921160It probably needs to be explained constantly because deluxe used to mean, you know deluxe when it came to Star Wars figures. And deluxe has an acquired meaning in the collector's community as well, namely more accessories.
>>11921160>The Wookiee from Acolyte could be deluxe but isn’the was though
>>11921160There's nothing to explain. It's shit and Hasbro was stupid for trying to trick us with it.
>>11920960>filoni's literal self insertI've seen a lot of people criticize Filoni for this and his appearance in the movie, but if you watch the behind the scenes stuff you'll see that Filoni didn't want to do it and tried his best to get out of it. It was Favreau who insisted on it. I know it's a difficult thing to grasp in this age of narcissists, but not everyone likes being on camera.
>>11921209didn't his character first appear in mando s2? i assume this figure is based on that appearance due to the frog lady
>>11921211Yes, and if you watch the Gallery for season 2 you'll see Favreau was trolling him by forcing him to do the scene against his will. At one point Filoni thought he orchestrated a way to get out of doing it, and Favreau just laughed and said nice try.
>>11921216>believing that the bts footage is real and isn't as fake as the show itselfanon...
>>11920820>too cheap to give Filoni his signature cowboy hat For what Hasbro charges the low effort is appalling.
>>11921076>Their nickname (The Child) didn't stick and you can't let people just call a character Baby YodaThey should've called him something closer to Yoda. Grogu sounds like a Russian boxer who beats his wife.
>>11921265>Groguit's okay they hung a lantern on it
Hasbro has made many, many mistakes, but they are at long last delivering my wife to me, so all is forgiven
>>11921319The Frog Lady is MY wife, NOT YOURS!
>>11921265/tv/ had it right in 2019he should've been called baby yeed
>zam, saesee tiin, and agen kolar announcedtiin's face looks kinda fucked but zam and agen look decent enough
>>11921365Swoosh blades for both Jedi and a good amount of accessories for Zam, if they actually kept this up I could swallow the 2 dollar price increase.
>>11921367saesee and agen having new bodies gives me some hope that they'll redo kit fisto so he isn't on the ep1 obi one body, he's way too short and yeah zam having all that stuff is great, probably the best new figure they've shown off so far
>>11920960>>11920966I see. Thanks for explaining
>>11920982I don’t consider anything of that fanfic trilogy as canon aside the crossguard lightsaber
>>11921103By this point it’s a blessing in disguise. Nothing good comes from them digging out that era. It’d be Acolyte’d
>>11921228Why would they do that when they can sell the entire figure again later with the jacket and hat using Teva's tooling once more?
>>11921218NTA but I’d totally believe if Mandalorian has a retarded writer with too much power behind its scenes.They had good ideas enough to show someone cares, but later seasons have executions of them so schizophrenic it had to be someone else wrestling over and winning in the end.
>>11916005Figures arrived and swap done, thanks for doing the swap anon
Guys guys guys guys.... STOP complaining! You should be grateful that hasbro will gatekeep your most requested items in overpriced 3 packs paired with cheap retools! You should smile because the alternative is not getting them at all! Theres absolutely zero chance a highly requested figure would ever have mass market single carded appeal it had to be packed in with cheap retooled fat guy pilots that we will never release custom X-Wings to accompany
>>11921634Who the fuck is this guy and who does he think he is?
>>11921634>>11921637I shouldn't be surprised how big of faggots these people are but it's still surprising
>>11921634You don't get it guys, highly requested figures HAVE to be packed in with two randos no one wants or made exclusive to Target where they'll get scalped immediately. There's no other option!
>>11921590This just proves that Reva's reception could have been saved a bit if she just had a cool helmet and we never saw her face until the very end. Would have made her almost like a parallel of Vader in a way.
>>11921643Yeah dude these items would never make it as widely available fan channel waves or mass retail waves! Heres another shitty wave of retarded holiday haloween/Christmas/valentines faggotry that will completely clog up shelves for an entire product cycle and end up at Ross in truck loads! Highly requested items are relegated to low production numbers, multipack/retailer exclusives! You wouldnt understand its just good buisness!!!!
>>11921646The show would have still been absolute garbage but yes toys of her would have sold better, which is largely all that matters.
>>11921590Its absolutely fire bro good shit!>>11921646Most of the other inquisitors have helmets or hats of some kind... Star wars is a brand almost entirely driven by gear. Helmets, weapons, holsters. Some random persons uncovered face isnt what sells or attracts people. Its a dope ass helmet! Unrelated finally had a little bit of attention span to load this thing up and take some pictures/video
Isn't one of the fat pilots already available on a card? Do you think they try to get rid of overproduction? Also why no baby yoda, they used to put him into anything.
>>11921646>Reva's reception could have been savedI watched that Obi-Wan show and it was awful.after a while, I gave it another watch. this time, I did my best to "imagine" what if Reva was played/acted by the hottest woman I could think of (no offense to the Reva actor, she did a fine job with what she was given, and I understand my personal idea of "hot" may just be like, my opinion, man...)it wouldn't have helped, at all.>>11921658>but yes toys of her would have sold better, which is largely all that matters.um... yes? you are 100% correct that might be possible. Star Wars should do a new Mos Eisley Cantina-type scene full of hot babes, and sell them as random background characters.
>>11921670I think so yeah, Carson Teva has a single cars release if in not mistaken.
>>11921685Only thing good for that show was giving us Vader humiliating her with her own saber, Vader stopping a ship with one hand with the force and the scene with his half broken helmet instead of losing the entire upper side that he usually does.The rest of it ranges from bad to a bunch of inconsistencies.
>>11921670>>11921697Oh my mistake, he does but hes wearing a jacket! So the flight suit arms and no jacket make him deluxe and worth a secondary inclusion in a 80 dollar 3 pack :)
>>11921685more glups is always a good thing for either line, especially if they're ayys i already have a psuedo twi'lek collection going, although they've only made 5ish for tbs1:12 orn free taa when
>>11921713what if they were ALL Gulps at this point?I haven't seen the "Non-Darth" Maul show yet. (did they explain how he doesn't have another name? Darth Tyrannus was Dooku, Darth Vader was Anakin, Darth Maul is um... still Maul?)aaaaaanyway.... I wondered if it would be fun to avoid watching the new movies/shows, and just collect the figures. I thought about that after the Acolyte show was the worst thing ever, but the characters looked kinda neat. if you remove them from the story, they might be cool characters (?)so I saw these new characters in the store, and I have no idea who they are... and I kinda don't want to know.
>>11921730Maul mentions in Rebels that he had a name before he was given that title but he doesn't remember it since he was taken when he was really young. In the old EU, Talzin named him Maul and Sheev thought it was already cool as fuck for a Sith so he just added the title Darth to it.
>>11921735>but he doesn't remember it since he was taken when he was really young.sounds like a cool opportunity to have given him a new name, maybe by an important side-character, who would now be an important friend to him. did they blow that?exec: "we need to name the show MAUL so everybody knows who it is!"
>>11921747He's still fundamentally a Sith, even though he claims he is something else, so I don't think it would really make sense to give him a new name. The whole plot of the show was him doing whatever it took to make Devon his apprentice, so that he could train her to help him take down Palpatine and grab control of the galaxy for himself. If that's not Sith behavior then I dunno what is.
>>11921730the mando chick effectively has no character anyways, and the twi'lek is nothing to write home about, a little edgier than ahsoka maybe
>>11921730It’s actually decent. Sure it’s more of a setup of a season cause the start is Maul hunting down people that wronged him before then getting in conflict with the Empire but it isn’t anything offensive either.It actually used the jobber Inquisitors that Ahsoka killed well too with their pursuit and had some nice fight scenes.
>>11921768God damn I hope Daki is in the first wave of TVC for 2027.
>>11921753I think it’s more because Maul was genuinely loyal to Palpatine before being thrown away. So he isn’t one of those power hungry Sith that aim to take their master’s place. I mean he does now but it’s for revenge. His behavior is Sith at core and he’d kill innocents for his goal but there is some conviction to the powers one has as gifts they are born with and a hate to it being squandered so it isn’t like there is some direct hate to the Jedi and the like, rather a disgust that their passive behavior.
>>11921777Same
ROSS vintage 3-pack exclusive just announced. Kinda neat but I don't really collect the vintage line.
>>11921792Funny!
>>11921792I'd buy two, and Mrs. Frog gets to live in her own jar...if you know what I mean.
>>11921753>>11921783Rebels touches on a lot of Maul's post-Sith psychology. By that point he's given up on the Sith way altogether, no longer has grand plans to establish his own power base, no longer wants to challenge his old master, etc. but he still can't let go of Sith mentality because that's all he knows. He meets Ezra and feels a connection to him, and because every other person he's had a bond with is either dead or abandoned him, he's somewhat desperate to get Ezra on his side. He still thinks like a Sith so he can't just say he wants to be friends, he has to treat it as a master-apprentice relationship with a defined power dynamic even if this isn't what he's actually trying for. He's so fucked up by his Sith training that he can't just say "hey let's hang out and watch a movie or something" he has to threaten and intimidate Ezra and try to murder his friends, and he knows this isn't working but it frustrates him because he doesn't know how else to live.You see it again in his final duel with Obi-Wan, he still hasn't let go of that vendetta even though he knows that there's no point to it and it's not even entirely Obi-Wan's fault that his life went to shit. He's failed at everything and wants at achieve at least one of his goals even if it gains him nothing, and it's only after he fails that he acknowledges that he and Obi-Wan were on the same boat all along. They were both victims of the same person. The same thing happens with Dooku, he absolutely hated him but after sensing his death he realizes that Dooku was just used and discarded like he was and sympathizes with him.I think ultimately a big part of Maul's character is that he isn't quite as evil as Sidious and hasn't had all humanity driven from him, but he can never fully leave that path because it's too ingrained in him. Even when he genuinely wants to stop living like a Sith he can't because he doesn't know how.
>>11921825That sounds really fascinating. Is Rebels worth watching? I saw the long faces and thing sabers and didn’t pay much care
>>11921825some real "can't take the hood out a nigga" shit
>>11921852NTA but it's four episodes of saturday morning cartoon filler for every decent to great episode with an actual serious plot so you need a lot of patience.
>>11921852>is rebels worth watchingno, you can probably find every relevant scene by looking it up on youtubet. watched it with /co/ back in the day
Should I cancel my bs thermal detonator preorder or its gonna be sold out everywhere?
>>11921891I canceled ebay is floating on a sea of that.
>>11921768so Maul is le good guy now?
>>11922098>>11922099I sure do love it when retards post these random pictures with zero context and pretend like I'm supposed to know what they meant or what kind of response they're looking for.
>>11922084No, he's just not quite as evil as the Empire.
$70. Lmfao. What are they even doing anymore? I guess anniversary years means everything must be overpriced now despite reusing a bunch of tooling.
>>11922210That's a fair price for a Black series set though? Wait, you mean to tell me that's a vintage series set? Fuck that.
>>11922084No, more like… Lawful Evil or one of those Sith from the Old Republic if you pick light-aligned choices. Basically instead of going around killing people you threaten them, try to convert them or call them out on shortsightedness. But there is still the selfish factor even when you are trying to make the Empire better.Back in Clone Wars, Maul could estimate Sidious’ plan and Anakin’s importance in it. He couldn’t decipher the full intent, but his actions forced Sidious to take action too. There is a lot of truth to what he said about it but since his goal was revenge and therefore killing Anakin he not only ruined the chances of alliances but also caused people to disregard the truths.In Shadowlord it isn’t much different. He is hunting crime lords and pitting them against each other, but not for greater good rather for revenge. The “good” he causes is more of a bonus because he doesn’t interfere with innocents if not needed. This is why Daki still knew he couldn’t be trusted, but also how he could sway the padawan Devon since he was doing something instead of living like a beggar and hiding from the Sith.
now that the dust has settled, why was the endor trooper a deluxe when the hoth trooper a standard release?the only difference between the two i can see is the endor trooper has a bigger backpack
>>11922270That final duel of Obi-Wan against Maul was pretty kino I'll say, capped out his, arguably, unnecessary arc pretty nicely. Some poignant dialogues and sharp action scene.He still died as spiteful bastard.
>>11922295Their excuse was the camo deco on the pants.
>>11922370i see, charging that much extra for that is pretty shitty i wonder how much in sales they lost because of that genius idea, the figure itself is fine and certainly would've done well if not for the absurd price they wanted for it the rebel troopers are underrated as a whole, but it's hard to justify getting them when only the hoth trooper was sold as a standard release, almost 7 years ago now
>>11922410I honestly don't know why they even bother with the Deluxe label at all. They use these excuses like deco, size, dedicated tooling with limited reuse, etc., that end up being inconsistent across the board anyway. And now just about everyone is aware of their game so they just wait for those figures to go to clearance and wind up paying less than even a standard figure at retail.
>>11921634very cucked thinking
>>11922423short term gain over long term profit i assume disney/ hasbro is banking on the whales to eat the cost upfront and don't care that no one else will fall for it if the deluxes were just the giga figs like rotta, jabba, and other similarly large ayys i think people would be much more lenient on it if they really wanted to upcharge for more paint on generics, the way to go would be to sell them in a 2 pack with a bunch of accessories to army build themideally there would be at least 4 guns and 4 faceplates, maybe with some other things like the hoth trooper's bandana to further increase troop variety
>>11922210Lol they really said "fine we'l knock ten bucks off are you happy now????"If you bought 3 single carded figs at full price itd only be 60 bones so why is it 70? Greed obviously, but i remember when multi-packs meant you were getting a little bit of value vs. Buying stuff individually. This set should be 50 dollars flat out. 15 bucks per fig is a fair price for a set thats 2 identical characters
>>11922423Its crazy because historically the idea was the increased cost of a newly tooled figure or a fig with increased paint apps was spread over the whole wave. So 1 or 2 figs would be new or have nice paint and the rest would be re-use/re-tool to basically make the money back but now they just front load the cost of new tooling or paint apps with this bullshit deluxe price and fill the waves with unpainted, reused stuff.
>>11922511Yea it makes zero sense. The Cantina 4 pack was cheaper than that and it had way more new tooling than what went into this set. I really don't get it. The HTTE carded three pack was still $20 less and probably had about the same amount of new tooling as this one does. Even accounting for the price increase to $20 per figure, where is this extra $10 coming from? Guess the price of cardboard must of gone way up.
>>11922530The shareholder profit margin went up... speaking of shareholders, what are the odds i can get a free figure by complaining about this curled TVC card I got straight from hasbro pulse? Because of they ship these things rattling around loose in the boxes with that stupid honeycomb stuff, it curled my cardback! Im not a card collector buuuut i figure my odds are good If I throw a fit about it and LARP as a card spaz
Also, guys I really dont like nitpicking like this because its annoying... but when the toys are marketed as premium screen accurate "definitive" whatevers.... we really cant be charging 20 dollars when the true detail isnt there. Im really gonna say this, but this is absolutely unacceptable. Hasbro is so cheap and pathetic they wont sacrifice any margin for a tiny little paint hit on a lightsaber hilt that, on a previous release, was accurately done
>>11922736You don't even have to pretend to throw a fit. I had a slight issue with a recent figure that realistically didn't matter but because it was a tad more expensive and impossible to replace, I called Hasbro and even admitted that it wasn't a big deal but it was more of a principle of the thing than anything. They sent me a replacement figure that turned out to be worth more than the one I called about. Just be respectful and you'll probably get something. There's a good chance that something will be literal dog shit, but I've gotten some winners over the years that way.
>>11922736You could fix that real easy by putting heavy books on it.
I see the remnant warlord is going on clearance, is the coat worth it for other figures?
>>11922736When I got my cantina 4-pack the box they came it was completely shredded and literally torn open. Somehow they were still inside and in fair condition. I really should have taken a picture. I have only ever had two real QC issues with Hasbro products, a tusken raider hand tearing off right out of the box (purchased from Walmart), and a Chewbacca's arm tearing off at the elbow joint out of the box, so I have never bothered to contact Hasbro support before. I had no idea they were actually helpful and just assumed they would be difficult. Are they more like Lego support then?
So at what point should you contact customer service about the gunship? I know yakface said a week or two ago they hadn’t all arrived in the US
>>11922868When I got black series Jango Fett the holster straps and arm hoses snapped pretty much as soon as I moved the joints, unfortunately they didn't send me a jango to replace it but I did get a clone/b2 2 pack. Im think as long as you arent taking advantage of them up for every item they usually take care of you. They probably keep a record of how many times you do it or something
>>11922736That's it? Don't be such a baby.
>>11923002If you don't have anything by December probably. People were still receiving their Ghosts and Cantinas up until then. Hasbro even said that it's still technically Fall all the way until December 21st. I've seen plenty of comments lately that people are still waiting on shipping notices so you definitely aren't alone.
>Jango Fett’s armor goes from blue to… greenHuhhhh???
>>11923336Did you just watch Star Wars? Also technically it goes from silver to green
Huh. I thought Blokees were as tall as Black Series
>>11923336Yeah its like how Luke has a Blue sword and then he gets a green sword. Its poetry man it rhymes
>>11923089so you're telling me i shouldn't bother with the new jango and just stick with the old gaming greats one
>>11923582I don't have the new one but I do have the old and the articulation is really bad because it's on the old Jango body only with some paint touchups. You probably should still get the new one, that anon's issues likely aren't that common.
>>11912203>TFW my TVC mos eisley set has been stuck in florida for over a weekThis is literal fucking agony. Ive been waiting for arleil schous for years at this point and now the lazy niggers at DHL and USPS are taking their sweet old time even shipping it and delivering it respectively. This type of fucking bullshit is why i dont even wanna collect anymore. I dont even enjoy this hobby now.
>>11920820I had no idea we ALL WANTEF frog ladyShe was my favorite character from that shit show.
>>11920820Now if only they would make klaud and biddy blas
>>11923611I hate DHL so much. Mine was sitting in Florida for over a week and then the tracking number stopped working until the day before it was delivered when USPS got ahold of it.
>>11923759DHL are the laziest faggots known to man. The only ones worse in my experience are ontrac. Its been two fucking weeks and at this point they seemed to have transferred it to usps but the labels only has been created. I bought another arleil schous off of ebay, itll come way faster that way and i can either return the four pack to hasbro or sell it myself. Im tired of waiting for this shit im fucking done.
Can't wait for them to arrive
>>11912787I was excited for Squid Face because he was my favorite Kenner back in the day. Looks a bit lackluster.What are the chances they'll bring back the retro card editions?
>>11923794You are the same anon making multiple threads about how you literally want to kill yourself because you can’t wait for toys aren’t you
>muh cut boxes for my bsWho the fuck cares about the stupid box.
>>11923833wtf? Did you edit the face?
>>11923913I think it's really weird that they're focusing so much on glazing this new packaging style. BS collectors have never been known to be the ones to keep them in box. This would make more sense if it was TVC where that's a huge focus and counts for half the sales.
>>11923914I just swapped the head with leia
>>11923913>>11923921i can only assume they're trying to make a new generation of card/ box collectors after realizing how much of tvc sales are dedicated to that unfortunately, cardfags were created in very specific conditions during the 70's/ 80's that are impossible to recreate in the current day
Blokees Jango arrived. Aside the loose left knee (I plan to out a drop of glue on it) it looks nice. These blokees work best with clones and troopers as the full gear makes the joints look less unnatural
>>11923932why would you do that?
If only you knew how bad things really are.
>>11923975>unpainted jetpackLMFAOOOOOO and people were seriously claiming this shit competes with even Hasbro
>>11923986Man I knew something felt off. Well off to use the brush.
>>11923981to make the jedi Leia from force unleashed 2?
>>11923990ok, I allow it.
>>11923990That would actually be coolGod I miss Force Unleashed. Though in hindsight being cutoff at 2 just as Star Wars was sold off was a blessing in disguise
>>11923997I was obsessed with TFU when I was like 8. I recently watched a cutscene compilation to remember the story again and I thought it was retarded… I didn’t even bother to get the black series starkiller. I wish I could experience my childhood perception of Star Wars again. Everything felt like the coolest shit back then but now as an adult some of it feels kinda dumb and lame…
>>11923759>>11923794Sorry guys, next time we'll tell the shipping companies to ignore the massive hurricane of the year just so you can get your little plastic space men.I swear you guys are absolutely retarded sometimes.
>>11923984Seeing the 3D render makes it look even worse. Whose bright idea was it to put these on the packaging?
>>11923984Are they ever gonna get Mark Hamill's face right?
>>11924182oof
>>11924183i-it's fine
>>11924186That render doesnt even look like its for the head they put on there. It has an open mouth and he doesn't.
>>11921265Isn't Grogu literally the name of Roger's baby in American Dad?
>>11924183Remember when James Franco played Anikan?
>>11924183he's infamously difficult to get right although a couple figures have come out decent, iirc archive pilot, dagobah, and pilot all have decent likenesses, at least compared to the rest
>>11924307*throne roomthat's the third one
>>11924312The ANH medal ceremony one? Yeah I have the Skywalker Strikes variant and it is pretty likeness good, it's even got the heavy makeup he was blatantly wearing during that scene. It'd be a near perfect figure if the articulation was better.
>>11924314i forgot about that one lol, yeah it looks pretty decent as well
>>11924307They also can’t 3D scan him which they do for new actors which is why Disney characters usually have good head sculpts
>>11923988you didn't notice?
>>11924099None of my packages from Pulse coming via FedEx have had any issues despite also traveling through the same hurricane affected states. It's almost as if DHL has a well known history of being awful even when the weather is fine. Retard.
>>11924099They should've ignored it, the cowards
>>11924099Maybe they shouldn't be in business if they can't get shit to people in time.
>>11923582As long as you know the elbow hoses are easy to break and the holster strap is easy to break, the new one is better than the old one. You could always boil and pop and swap holsters and stuff. Having the old one is nice too cause you get the alternate jetpack! If you can find the new one loose somewhere go ahead and grab it. I think its worth full price but its been out long enough surely its popping up loose at shops
>>11924099>me me me now now nowI’ve always hated how this hobby is full of mentally stunted entitled manbabies. But I guess it comes with the territory of adults who buy children's toys especially for a franchise like Star Wars. It’s too much to expect people to not be retarded.
Can we talk about how sexy Sebulba is in Galactic Racer? Man I wanna eat his ass. His whiskers are cute.
>>11925139Sebulba is mid, I wanna fuck Quadinaros
>>11925139I'm more into the short and squat kings like Biddy Blas and Dud Bolt.
>>11925305I'd suck his dick, sure. The monkey chick ain't so bad either.
>>11925305I'd scrib his doon if you know what I mean
>>11925139>>11925305So is this game cool? How much sequel shit is in it? I know they had Jakku in the trailer but also all the speeders seemed really generic and like something from Anbore or Solo. Are there any closer to Luke's X-34?
>>11921046Weren’t they unfertilized at that point though? I thought the whole point of getting to her mate was for him to jizz on them per typical amphibian baby-making method.
>>11925409No, it's a rogue lite
>>11925409No lie, they give Sebulba more of a character arc and proper writing than ANYTHING in the Sequels and Mando.
>>11924260The "wigs" look so fucking bad.
>>11925067Some of my friends irl are like this, they spaz out if the mail is off by one day. Personally most of the time I forget theres anything even coming and im pleasantly suprised when theres a lil brown box on my doorstep
>TVC 2 pack>Can't even get the fucking mask painted straight Thanks Hasbro
>>11926145>if you only knew how bad things really are
I know the girls in the TVC line can't handle male guns but do all the males can handle each others blasters, big and small or do I have to check each figure up front?
>>11926145>mouse ears
>>11926378
>>11926410That's a you problem perv.
finally got the traya and nihilus two packnihilus is fine, i already had the old head on the tfa kylo body so he isn't as neat to me as trayai've heard some people have had issues with theirs but mine is fine, the only minor issue i had was some excess plastic on the smallest floating piece that i just shaved offtraya also has what looks to be the best generic female torso for jedi we've gottenhopefully we see it again with a more accessible figure in the future, it's too useful to just be locked in an amazon exclusive two pack in just black forever
Lotta SW shit hitting Ross again. Seeing those overpriced BS 2-packs mostly.
>>11926378Such a weird way to phrase this question… It would be easier to help if you say which figures you are wondering about.>>11926701I’m sad that Ollies lost and Ross won. The couple Ross's near me are disgusting and don't even get any of the cool stuff everyone else is always finding
Oh man finally got shipping notification for the gunship. On a related note I looked at eBay sold listings for Coleman Trebor and he is selling for $200-250… lol people are crazy. Hope some retard will buy mine for that much because I’m probably not going to keep him.
Genuine question, why is there such a split between TVC collectors and keeping the figures on the card and Black Series collectors opening the figures and displaying them? Is 6 inch just the accepted display scale thanks to other companies?
>>11926887TVC has a built-in cardfag base because the cards are specifically designed to appeal to their nostalgia.
>>11926887The vintage cards are more interesting packaging, but it's also just that TVC has a very long legacy and MOC/MISB collectors have been a prominent part of Star Wars collecting for decades; it's why it's so easy to find Power of the Force stuff carded (along with sheer volume).
>>11926958Meant to add that plenty of TVC collectors still open the figures.
>>11926959Yea, this is an important distinction. Many TVC collectors buy multiples of a figure specifically to open as well as to keep carded.
>>11926959>>11926995Why didn't keeping it in the box stick for Black Series?
>>11926996cuz you can just repack the figures into the boxes they ship in, though it's not like it's at all difficult to cut around a carded figure and repack it later as if it never was opened
>>11926887smaller toys fall over more easily. So keeping them on card keeps them safe and clean
>>11926883Enjoy it Anon. It's really stunning in person. I haven't even bothered to open my Coleman yet. Maybe I should consider selling him...
>>11926887How did you come to this conclusion? Most TVC collectors are openers and a lot of black series collectors keep them sealed too.>>11926996As I said black series has in box collectors too though maybe not as high a percentage as TVC. Don’t you remember the outrage over plastic free packaging when they removed the windows and had to revert it? Supposedly one reason was drop in sales from box collectors.>>11927028I really don’t think carded collectors are thinking about figures falling over as their primary reason to keep them sealed… I have never heard of that rationale.
My Marrok arrived! I thought he’d be as tall as Blokees Jango but he is a bit shorter
>>11927257>a bitjesus he's like half his size
Out of all the standard looking Bobas (not including things like the droids colored versions) do I have them all? Or are ALL of these the same just different packages / accessories ?
>>11927257It's the the TVC one? If so then yea, they are 3.75". Blokees are a different scale altogether.
>>11927888tesb boba is from 2014/5ishrotj boba was retooled in 2023(iirc) and has much better articulation
>>11927888You literally have them in your hands and can’t tell what the differences are? The three Empire ones are all the same as each other, the Jedi one is a fully new sculpt different from Empire. The vintage card release has darker yellow paint on the jetpack than the boxed one but the accessories are the same.Also if the loose ones are the orange line and Archive, you are missing the SDCC one that came with carbonite Han but it’s the same figure you already have three of so not sure it matters
Have any 3rd party companies made a Slave Leia recently? Pisses me off that she's the only thing missing from my Jabba setup.
>>11928347There’s not that much third party stuff for Star Wars. I can only think of that soft goods Boba and Maul, everything else is officially licensed and they always make the same shit like stormtrooper, Vader, mando, etc.
>>11928438nta but yeah, at best you can find some custom heads and hands but anything beyond that is either extremely hard to find or it does not exist hell, afaik there isn't even anyone who does custom saber hilts, just casts of existing/ eu ones
>>11928615I've seen saber hilts and blades too for characters that don’t exist unless you mean like OC designs? There is actually a huge selection of 3D printed Star Wars kits with body parts and whatnot not just heads and hands, haven’t seen as many people straight recasting Hasbro
>>11927973Yeah
for fellow ausfags ebgames is doing 2 for 1 any kenner/black series, including packs
all Luke Skywalkers Light Cruisers are overpriced or something? Is there a special plastic used on him or did his demand in particular dwarf everything else?If the latter is there any hope they properly build the Jedi Academy?
>>11929393he's the best post ot luke you're going to get for a whilehe also looks close enough to early rotj luke that he can be used as an equivalent
>>11929432Oh fair enough.
>>11929393He’s a few years old and discontinued. I don’t think most black series figures hold or go up in value but some do. I kind of regret selling mine.>>11929432It is ROTJ Luke, it’s completely inaccurate to his Mandalorian appearance.
Aren't Sith losing a significant amount of knowledge with their kill your master thing? I won't teach my student X and Z so he can't kill me, oops 5 jedi attacked me behind the cantina and my student takes the opportunity to finish the job. X and Z are lost.
>>11929816You're not really losing out on anything if they were never going to share that knowledge to begin with.
>>11929816The Old Republic deals with that. If you go picking light-sided choices as a Sith people react as if you are peculiar but go through what you ask so long as it doesn’t bother them much. Later in the game you can point stuff like that and some Sith agree with this whole killing each other for personal power they are weakening the empire as a whole and being the main reason they are losing to the Jedi in spite of their strength.
The new Black Series wave is on sale on Amazon right now for $27.99. My pre-orders all got delayed but, these should be Amazon Price match garauntee so they should refund me the price difference which is nice. Ended up grabbing Luke since I'm willing to pay the old price point for him, originally I was only gonna get the Galactic Marine and maybe IG88,
>>11930431Galactic Marine is unavailable currently it seems.
Alright boys what are our predictions for the 2027 Haslab Death Star? A year or two ago I'd have guessed $999 for a mid-sized playset with maybe stretch goals like entertainment-themed space barrels, crates, hangar clutter or an exclusive paint deco death star astromech. That was before a mini-rig was priced $79 though so now I'm just gonna take my $999 assumption from before and double it
>>11930474I think we're getting a $500 mini playset that looks like a few of the POTF2 playsets glued together
>>11930474>>11930509$600 - $900 Detention Block, short hallway, a few cells. The pricier version will add optional cells for the other side of the hallway. Will include "Death Squad Commander" themed officer on exclusive card, stretch goals will be pristine/destroyed autolaser blisters, holocam units, garbage grate. Vague promises for future Death Star modules that could be compatible if this performs well.
>>11930431I remembered most GameStop/target exclusives from like 2022 were $27 plus shipping. I guess mainline caught up to that price but at least there isn’t an exclusive tax now except for like pulse exclusives.>>11930474I don’t want them to bother they should just do a bunch of modular locations in $60-80 range with a pack in figure like their other playsets. That’s what I wished they did with the cantina too because I would’ve liked just one booth or the entrance without all the rest of it. People are sick of dropping $500 on this stuff that still feels like it’s missing things. No one has space for haslabs anymore either. I think it’s time to move on they are barely funding too. If this does happen I would guess $600-800. The internet will be so annoying after the announcement with one side screaming and crying about the price and the other side telling them to buy 4 if they want to support TVC
>A new TVC Tarkin on the updated officer body will be one of the stretch goals
>>11930562>it won’t hit the goal and they will put him in a multipack later
>>11930474My prediction is there isn't going to be one. The last two barely limped over the finish line. The plans they had for a DS from a few years ago were already pricing it between $800-1000. There is no way they could get away with that today and to charge more than that would be suicide basically. Plus when they surveyed those people in the community about what a HasLab for it should be, they got completely different answers from everyone so there's not really a good consensus on what the set should even be, as the station doesn't have a simple expectation and footprint like the Cantina or Sailbarge do.I would say the best way to approach a Death Star would be offering several modular playsets that would let us build out however big or small we want while keeping it shelf friendly. Offer one large set as a Pulse exclusive similarly to the Throne Room, and then do a Hallway set in the mainline that that can connect to it, and an additional set in the way of something like The Armorer's Forge later in the year that's one specific location, like the chasm Luke and Leia swing from or the control room where R2 and 3PO hang out. And just keep following that format every year. Next hallway set could be the Detention Block with connecting cells and the other set to go with it could be the control area with the elevators and console. If they even do a HasLab at all I am guessing they will switch gears from TVC and do something like a Black Series X-Wing to go with the new pilot Luke they're doing.
We deny you Disney shit, we deny you!
>>11930704lolSeriously though how the hell was that not a wake up call to them? They know what the fans like and what they don’t.There is enough expanded universe to use. Their stubbornness can’t be worth wasting millions more
>>11930704I’m surprised the stranger helmet didn’t sell well at least, people liked him and the helmet specifically.
>>11930704who's we?
>>11930704>"forget the past kill it if you have to" will be the only thing people remember once all this filth has finally been cleared away.Good.
>>11930889Anyone who wanted a Bleach mask already has one.
I finally got my gunship and... I don't know if I'm feeling it. Maybe it's because my passion for Star Wars is not really there anymore or maybe I just haven't played with it enough. I haven't opened the carded pilot or put any figures in it yet.But still on first impression, I don't feel like it's as impressive as people have been saying, it's just big. It doesn't feel premium at all. The stand is made to look fancy but it's just cheap plastic shit that's hollow underneath. The door panels feel really flimsy and the bubble turrets droop a little. It just feels akin to some big but cheap truck toy I had as a kid except there's a little more sculpted detail. I kind of memory hole how much I spend on toys and try not to think about it too much but I think this was over $500 after everything. Is it worth that much? Well maybe most toys aren't worth their prices these days. People buy $1000 lego sets I guess it just is what it is. But I wonder if I should have bought something else with that money instead. I feel like if this thing just disappeared I wouldn't miss it.
>>11931028I think the doors are the biggest disappointment for me. The fact that the front doors are just removable panels instead of having an actual sliding mechanism like the rear ones is such an epic fail. Like I knew about this going in but I think it's more disappointing than I expected in hand because you can't truly replicate a TCW gunship. I never liked how with the movie gunships there is just a big open space in the troop bay and the doors only cover part of it. It would be so much cooler if you could have the entire bay closed then at the press of the button both doors slide open to reveal the troops inside.
>>11931028If you aren't feeling it then just sell it. Personally I think it's fantastic. Much better than the old ones. My only regret is I only had enough money to buy one.
>>11931028I get what you mean, it's underwhelming for how they priced it. The jump from the old 80s size Millenium Falcon to the big one and likewise the jump from the old AT-AT molds to the new big one felt huge and exciting feature rich, and then the new LAAT is... a bit bigger than the previous one. Like yeah it's great and all but hard to justify when you consider the insane jump in cost and that it was pushed as a huge Haslab dream project sort of deal.
I was wondering what was up with https://www.tunghori.com/is it a result of the last massive hack or what?
>>11931204Their vehicles and playsets always feel underwhelming to me desu. I have the hallways and some starfighters and speeder bikes and they are just expensive background props for photography and the gunship feels the same. I don't know why but I always found more enjoyment in the lego versions of these vehicles and sets. I guess building them accounted for a lot of the fun.
>>11931318tunghori stopped putting up new figures years ago so not a huge loss imo. I already got everything I wanted from what he had
>>11931605 Well I am pleased for you. But I think my last purchase was about 4 months ago.
Man, the new Zam looks great. I passed on Black Series Jango, but I may have to go back and pick him up now.
>>11931318Weird. I was just on there two days ago. Hopefully it's not something where it's down for months again.
Goddammit you niggers said wide release troopers rarely get scalped and yet the marine is out on amazon right now.
>>11931810I just canceled mine on BBTS
>>11931810He was up briefly a day or two ago when the price dropped but quickly sold out. I thought about cancelling and reordering but Amazon should automatically price match my pre-orders, so we'll see what happens.
>>11930704Chainsaw Man knock off looking mf
So with new droids that have better articulation being released, will aliexpress be giving them the same treatment that they gave their clones?Aka wide variety, and cheaper than hasbro?
>>11932785Aliexpress clones aren't cheaper than Hasbro, no idea where you're looking.
got republic trooper, like how beefy he is
he's a big guy
Damn found another box filled with micro machines and the original kenner figures. They were so good back then. What the hell happened to Hasbro?
>>11932785They haven’t done anything except clones all these years so probably not
Haslab Black series AT-AT when?
>>11933071that thing would be like 5-6 feet tall
