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HasLab TVC LAAT Gunship is now live:
>https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-laati-gunship/G25385L00
Needs to reach 8000 backers by September 8th, 2025 at 11:59PM.
Tier 1 Unlock: Coleman Trebor at 10,000 backers
Tier 2 Unlock: Saesee Tinn at 12,000 backers
Tier 3 Unlock: Agen Kolar at 14,000 backers

>New/Latest Pre-orders

The Vintage Collection:
-LAAT Gunship HasLab - Pulse
-Han Solo (ANH)
-Chewbacca (ANH)
-Imperial Shock Trooper
-Darth Vader’s Tie Advanced - Pulse
-Snowtrooper Army Builder 4pk - Pulse
-Gamorreon Guard (Reissue) - Target
-Bom Vimdin (Reissue) - Target
-Bib Fortuna (Reissue) - Target
-Stormtroopers of the Empire 3pk - Pulse
-Cantina Adventure 4pk - Pulse
-Ben Kenobi (ANH)
-Stormtrooper (ANH reissue)
-Bantha w/ Tusken Raider - Pulse
-Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing - FanCh


The Black Series:
-Jango Fett
- Asajj Ventress (Bounty Hunter)
-Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex 2pk - Pulse/Disney
-Vader vs Luke Bespin Duel 2pk - Pulse/Disney
-The Stranger
-Obiwan vs Anakin 2pk - SDCC Exclusive / 8/1 on Pulse
-Barriss Offee
-Jedi Temple Guard
-The Ronin (Visions) - FanCh/Amazon
-Night Trooper (Halloween Edition) - Walmart
-Imperial Royal Guard (Halloween Edition) - Target
-Dathmoir Witch (Halloween Edition) - FanCh/Amazon
-Aayla Secura (ROTS Anv) - Walmart
-Magnaguard (ROTS Anv) - Walmart
-Shoretrooper & Deathtrooper 2pk
-Sandtrooper
-Clone Lt. Galle
-Dash Rendar


Imports/Other lines:
-General Grievous (ROTS)
-SHF Obi-Wan Kenobi (ROTS Reissue)
-Mafex Darth Vader (Kenobi)
-SHF Ben Kenobi
-SHF Yoda (ROTS)
________________________________________________________________________

>Upcoming/Pipeline Reveals

The Black Series:
-Mace Windu vs Palpatine Duel set - Fall Con Exclusive

The Vintage Collection:
- Jedi Spirits 3pk - Fall Con Exclusive

Reminder this is a thread about toys. Don't fall for bait or feed the trolls.

>>11509014 (OP)
>LAAT Gunship HasLab - Pulse
>$449.99
kek

>>11509031
lmao
man Hasbro really was tone deaf with this one

I'm honestly low key hoping it doesn't fund, I know hasbro will take the wrong lessons from it but they need to know that this should have been $350 tops and just a Pulse Exclusive. Also according to people they did focus group with late last year it was originally priced at $350.

They likely would have had people buying multiples. I would have bought two at that price point.
$500 with fees is just way too much for something that doesn't quite feel it makes the cut for Haslab.

>>11509033
honestly only clicked on the thread thinking there was finally a black series version. here i thought the vintage style & size motu snake lair at $300 plus shipping was tone deaf. lol

>>11509014 (OP)
wtf how is this a haslab? This vehicle was available at retail 15 years ago.

Walmart just shipped out the Black Series Magnaguards I preordered from them, neat!

>>11509033
I think the gunship looks fantastic and it's a huge improvement over the older mold, but I have the old Vintage Collection one and the Tiger Shark version too. At 450, I just can't bring myself to buy it when the old ones are still great toys. Would have definitely bought at 350, would probably have bought two at 325 or less, but I'm gonna pass at 450.

>>11509052
B-but it's 20% bigger! That justifies a 275% increase in price!

>>11509064
How much of an increase if you take inflation into account?

>>11509064
>>11509076
Let's take the retail price of $120 TVC from 2013 and inflation and 20% on top of that would be $198.71 exactly. So really the ship itself without figures should be no more than $250, Hasbro 100% does inflation costs now due to the shareholders demanding. It has also been openly said by various ex Hasbro employees final say on pricing and deco they finalize is from a particular Vice President and if he comes in under budget (increase price, remove alt hand, remove deco) they will get personal bonuses in the tune of tens of thousands. So that's what your working against.

>>11509095
This as a hasbro pulse and the "it's a old chewbacca but we gave it new hips and no other improvements" are kind of insulting. I've never liked those hands that only look good when he's posed aiming his bowcaster.

>>11509125
yeah and the crickets on this thread and many others across various platforms speaks volumes. The amount of engagement is far less than during the Cantina and I don't think it's because of people losing interest in the line but more people want stuff they want.
If I were Hasbro I would hold off on the next Haslab release a $350 made to order Shuttle, focus on stuff people want. Do some more cool EU 3 or 4 packs, end the retro line and move all resources from there to TVC. (I know it doesn't work like that but really just end it and focus on TVC)
This is for Hasbro if they read this thread, it's not because no one doesn't want prequel stuff or a gunship even it's just the price point and the optics.

>>11509064
The original didn't come with the clear side-gunner balls.

>LOOK!!!!
>THAT THING YOU OWN 7 TIMES ALREADY
>ITS ONLY $449 US DOLLARS + $34 HASLAB FEE + TIP!!!!!

should have been the fucking sandcrawler

>>11509014 (OP)
>buy black series for figure diversity and quality
>buy micro galaxy for ship variety and space saving

Why doesn't everyone do this? Is it worth $500 to see your little TVC figgies standing in hollow plastic?

>>11509224
ikr.

>>11509221
They probably would have been better off doing reissues of the variant versions of the old mold. The demand must be there for how expensive they go on the secondhand market.

>>11509014 (OP)
Dead Haslab

>no lucky lekku pinup variant
Of course, lmao.

>>11509258
They should have just straight up reissued the old one for what? $200.
Boom sell out for sure. I think the old one is good enough maybe with some minor adjustments.
The only real decent argument is how much they go for on the secondary market but that's just exploitive and gross.

>>11509224
This is what I do.

>>11509224
BECAUSE MY FIGURES MUST INTERACT IRL WITH VEHICLES OR IM GONNA GO INSANE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>11509221
Fuck the sandcrawler, there's been 3 or 4 of them already and you can literally get the best, most recent version second hand for $200.

It should have been a Blockade Runner, or a Star Destroyer, or if they wanted to do geonosis shit a massive Arena set with some of the monsters.

>>11509353
Unironically this

>>11509200
The 2002 one didn't, the 2013 did.

I'm dragging my feet for no real reason but I'll back one. But I would like at least two tier figs unlocked so I can sell them and recoup some money. Though that may be a tall order seeing as how even 8k backers does not seem to be a guarantee… Honestly if it fails to back, I would not mind at all. I can live without it and I would save the money and space and potential buyer's remorse.

Also the more I think about it, the tiers really annoy me. I thought the idea was to have a way to put out figures that otherwise had no chance at retail. Surely they could've gotten these Jedi out some other way. There were a lot of other options that would've been cooler and more enticing to collectors. Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, Poggle, young Boba, fucking San Hill. These guys are never getting made. But most likely they went with those Jedi so they can reuse that tooling later. Ugh.

>>11509299
Yeah I agree. That would have been great. New collectors get another chance at a decent gunship that does what it needs to. Old collectors can easily skip. I am guessing they may not have the tooling for it anymore which is why they decided to make a new one and use it as the Haslab

>>11509221
That same logic can be applied to the sandcrawler, which has also been done before. That said I do still want one, but if the Gunship crashes and burns you can kiss updates to things like the Sandcrawler and Imperial Shuttle good bye.

>>11509490
I think they chose these 3 because they're kinda more B tier Jedi. I imagine we'll see the A listers like Mace Windu, Ki Adi Mundi, Plo Koon, etc in mainline.

>>11509234
is that diaclone?

Got an email to confirm my shipping info for the cantina by August 4th, guess that means it’s coming soon?

>>11509526
>Ki Adi Mundi, Plo Koon
>A-list
I know what you mean though. Hopefully they don't spam the Jedi like they have been Mandos and clones, but I'd like a few of them.

>>11509613
I got one too. Shouldn't be much longer before they start shipping. It's happening!

>>11509234
Are these actually the same scale? I have Diaclone, but not SW.

>>11509544
Yes
>>11509675
No. MGS figures are like 1/72 but it's hard to get 1/60 female pilots so,

>>11509224
Yes, yes it is. If you don't like 3.75" then you're doing Star Wars toys wrong. Simple as.

>>11509695
That ultraman could pass for a bayverse megatron.

>>11509695
Does diaclone sell packs of just female pilots, or are they random?

>>11509704
They did, past tense

>>11509696
Every other figure is 1/12 now... GI Joe
.. Marvel Legends...

If you stick with 3.75" you have zero chance of part swapping

>>11509221
>friend gives me his original release gunship he no longer wants from storage
>missing a couple guns n very minor accessory stuff, but included the additional addon balls
>had bought the TRU exclusive which came with crack around the door latch
>keep what parts are needed and return the broken gunship as defective
Love that Gunship

>>11509790
I have tubs full of 4" Joes so I'm not that worried.

>>11509031
I call it last nail in the coffin.

>>11509812
according to /toy/, all your old figures will start to dissolve the minute a toy company cancels the toyline.
Also, if a toy company loses its license, you also have to trash all your toys the minute the license expires

>>11509840
That must be why the Pinkertons keep showing up at my house and threatening me

If they're leaning into prequel era nostalgia, now would be a great time for them to make a pod racing show. Make it like the old speed racer series. Have a cast of wacky characters, gangsters trying to fix races, and all that stuff that would work perfectly using already existing concepts.

The N1 run in Mando already shows they already remade some of the environment.

>>11509653
Yeah, mine is coming. I don't even care about it though. I just wanted the figures. Star Wars really is dead to me.

Hell, it's dead to everyone. You can't collect the line, everything is locked behind monstrous exclusives and Haslabs and bullshit. No new blood so suck dry those that still remain.

>>11509882
But you can get so many Vaders and Mandos!!!!!!

>>11509873
That would probably be really boring honestly. Bad Batch did a podracing episode and it was boring and lame.

Gunship size comparison for those on the fence. It’s about the same size as the Razor Crest and a little smaller than the Ghost.

>>11510184
So, not worth it at all

>>11510184
>It’s about the same size as the Razor Crest
So why is it a hundred dollars more?

>>11510184
Every one of these has been boring garbage.

15 years ago the razorcrest would have had light up engines, a slow open motorized ramp at the back, and some kind of neat "working" carbon freeze chamber at the bare fucking minimum. Instead it's just a big model shell with removable panels. The ghost is even worse. This gunship is a joke.

>>11510219
funny you say that cause what put me off from backing the ghost was the fact there were only 2 rooms and not 4... yup... thats what saved my fag ass big bucks, do it right, like the MGS. and 2nd was sabine being sold seperately

>>11510184
The size is fine, that's not the issue, the issue is it's not definitive enough to justify haslab pricing, if it had
>front side bay door panels correctly on hinges like the back side door panels, instead of just popping on and off
>AT-RT that folds up to fit inside and can exit from the back ramp (or at least explicit compatibility with a separately-released AT-RT)
>floodlights that swap out with the gunner pods for its umbara and coruscant appearances
>lucky lekku and padme art panels
I would buy at least two even if all that jacked the price up to $600, but as-is I just dont want it at all because it's not a perfect enough replacement for the imperfect gunship I already have, and I imagine that's the bigger contributing factor here than price for people - if it was better, the price wouldn't feel so bad; the price feels bad because it's a clearly imperfect offering, and that forces you to take a harder look at the price.

Anyone else feel like Black Series has been slacking on OT stuff lately?

>>11510184
I don't think the issue is really the size. Most people don't have that much space anyway. And while I hate Disney shit, the Crest and Ghost are much more "fun" items. The crest has a toilet and a weapons locker and various other compartments. The Ghost has different rooms for the characters to do stuff in. Both those ships have some great details on their interiors that provide more opportunity for "play". People are talking about the gunship's details but it's mostly just boring greebles and all figures will do with it is stand in the main bay.

The gunship also has the worst tiers. The escape pod and carbonite blocks are cool extras on the Crest. And the Rebels figures are great with unique sculpts, striking looks, and useful accessories. Meanwhile the gunship Jedi are just so boring. Three brown background Jedi and they all have green sabers. They will feel like three of the same figure just with a different head.

I really like the LAAT so I'm begrudgingly backing one but the value isn't there. It's not a very fun or visually interesting item and the unlocks are a joke, not that we are getting them anyway which drops the value even further

>>11510309
What OT stuff do you still want?

>>11510309
Well they've been doing all the redos of the main characters as well as the trooper 2 packs. What more could they do that won't be a pegwarmer?
>Lobot
>bespin guards
>AT-ST driver
>2-1B
>Jabba's Palace aliens
Does anyone really care about having those anymore?

Question about the $35 Haslab shipping surcharge. Do you pay that immediately at check out or when the campaign ends? If it's when you order, will you be refunded if it doesn't fund?

>>11510365
>the Crest and Ghost are much more "fun" items.
this is bullshit.
You have no idea how much more fun and useful troop carriers are, especially when they're also attack vehicles.

Having so much open compartment space also means there's way more interaction with the insides with your toys, not just because it's easier, but because you can fit more inside there. Vs normally just one in a single space.

I mean, have you even seen a military movie? Shit is planned out in troop carriers all the time. They're mobile HQs. Which can then turn into a rescue mission when all your leaders get shot down in some surprise attack. This requires you to have a second or third LAAT for the rescue mission, or just put a bunch of random scrap pieces on the ground with your leaders laying around, and use your only LAAT as the rescue vehicle.

There's a hundred million uses for a troop carrier and is far more interactive and fun than some lame cargo vessel that had a few guns strapped on. It's design is specifically multi-purposeful, but at the same time, can do multiple jobs EXTREMELY well. It's decked the fuck out in weaponary, so it can be attack ship or its own escort vessel. It can actually ferry a good amount of troopers from one place to another, unlike almost any star wars vehicle before it.

Honestly, it doesn't sound like you ever play with your toys and don't have an imagination, muchless like WARS.

>>11509962
There are 10 Fast and Furious movies.

>>11510217
Inflation is a thing, if the Razor Crest came out today it’d cost $435, which is just about what the Gunship costs. The Gunship also includes an extra figure in the base offering, so accounting for that they’re pretty much equal.

>>11510378
The surcharge is pretty much how they charge shipping, it happens with the rest of the payment at the end of the campaign if it’s successful.

I don't think I'd be abe to help myself if Haslab LAAT was the Muunilinst 10. I just love the Tiger shark Rancor design along with all the ARC Troopers.

>>11510475
>there will never be another tigershark gunship because we can't "damage the exclusivity of haslab products" by ever repainting the new one
>regardless of if it succeeds or fails
this timeline fucking SUCKS

>>11510378
If it's $35 might as well just pay for Premium and get free shipping for the rest of the year. I did that for the Cantina and that shit more than paid for itself before the year was even halfway over. Of course it helped that there were good exclusives like the Anakin 3 pack.

>>11510485
They've already done it with the Ghostbusters Proton Pack and the G.I. Joe team gave an answer in their SDCC panel that there's a 3 year wait between when they can re-release HasLab items, following some stipulations like deco and features. It's probably why they didn't include a Lucky Lekku panel in this because they want to have a card to play later.

For the gunship, I don't care either way. I don't care if it funds, I don't care if it fails. I'm just so thrilled it's nothing I want, saving some cash for now. I'm sick of Haslabs, and I'm running out of room.

>>11509221
>should have been the fucking sandcrawler
I'm good with the Disney Parks version. Anything bigger, then 3d printer goes brrrrrrr. It's a box, not much to break. And I say this as a hardcore OT fan.

Any good Carson Teva figures?

>>11510184
What the did here is criminal. The Ghost is 5x the size of the Razorcrest in Micro Galaxy. (As it is in the show)

If you watched the show 3 of them could walk up the ramp into the ship at once. In the Haslab not even 1 figure can stand up in it.

1 figure can't even properly fit in the shuttle which in the show fits the entire team.

So fucking stupid.

>>11510475

I totally feel that. I've got Fordo, four blue ARCs and 8 standard clones and the only thing that's really stopping me from dropping money on this is the lack of an appropriate paint job.

>>11510184
Hasbro should've gone all out and made the LAAT scaled to Black Series. Sure, it would be the size of a fucking briefcase or a luggage but its sheer size would be a massive selling point and definitely worth more value over what we got now.

>>11510614
>1/12
>more value
six inch fags can't stop crying

>>11510584
I might have dodged a bullet missing out on this.

>>11510497
I wanted that Disney Park sandcrawler so bad, but I don't have access to the parks. I would fill it with so many droids and Jawas.

>>11510584
>he thinks it's meant to be played with
lol

>>11510576
No. Canceled

>>11510576
There is only the TVC one right now but black series will get one later

>>11510614
It would be like $2000 and no one would back it because they don't have the money or space

>>11510614
They should focus on major ships that are feasible, if they felt the Snowspeeder was possible for Empire's 40th anniversary, and the FO Tie was popular enough, they could have made an A Wing and Interceptor for Jedi's 40th. They're small enough to work in BS.

ANH's 50th is two years away and I could see them doing the standard Tie and Vader's Tie Advance. They could do Lukes X Wing, it would be the largest ship by far but it's iconic enough, and the 50th is a big deal, so it could be done.

I mostly collect BS cause I like the larger figures and they're only ten dollars more or less than Vintage at this point. But I sometimes pick up the major cast for Vintage.

do you guys think we will get the new palpatine as a single release? I dont necessarily want to buy mace, and his soft goods look lacking

>>11510835
Honestly, I don't think they will single release him. He is too shitty to bother. They clearly just threw together something as cheap to make as possible

>>11510835
Speaking of ROTS are we getting Yoda? I'm surprised we haven't gotten a two pack of them fighting with a senate booth accessory.

>>11510851
he really looks not good, shame but hasbro either just are cheap or they hate money hence we havent goten a >>11510858

>>11510858
He was in the 2 pack with Gree, they're probably not gonna give him a single release

The Stranger, Jango Fett, and Ventress are up for preorder on BBTS now

>WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING MORE OT FIGURES?
>what figures do you want?
>*silence*

>>11510918
I'd like EU characters please and thanks.

>>11510918
>>what figures do you want?
Black Series, please.

Don't remember if they've shown it before but Medicom had this Bossk in their Mafex display for their Toy Exhibition

>>11510918
Gonna need a Black Series of my waifu asap.

>>11510918
I want these niggas

>>11510918
>the rest of the main cantina aliens
>Gonk droid
>uncle owen and aunt beru
>we desperately need a new x-wing pilot body, obviously they could do luke but they could do wedge again on that new body and then finally give us Biggs too
>I’d take any of the imperial officers from the briefing scene, but Tagge and Motti are the main ones
>General Dodonna
>we desperately need a new Hoth Han and Luke, those two figures are horribly outdated
>General Rieekan
>new ESB Boba
>honestly I want to see a new Lando but with cloth cape this time
>Bespin dress Leia
>cloud city ugnaught
>cloud car pilot
>General Madine
>Mon Mothma
>more Ewoks
>EV-9D9
>Moff Jerjerrod
>Death Star Gunner
There’s probably more I’m not thinking of right now and yeah a good amount of these would probably pegwarm but a lot of these are needed characters that have been done before in other lines…

Then the ones the other guy named, I didn’t include them in my list but these would definitely all be on it as well
>Lobot
>bespin guards
>AT-ST driver
>2-1B
>Jabba's Palace aliens

>>11510584
A properly scaled Sheathipede shuttle would have excited me more than the Gunship desu

>>11510918
>>11510932
>>11510955
>2-1B
Thirding Droid McCoy. Call him Waste if the name is an issue.

>>11510614
Black Series has a terrible track record with vehicles selling. Not to mention we couldn't even fund a $300 project and you want them to make something that would cost at least 3 times that? Lmao good one Anon.

>>11510978
Yeah black series collectors always say they want a haslab but they aren't actually going to buy one. Hasbro should just ignore their vehicle wishlists

>>11510978
>>11510997
Let’s be fair, that rancor was grossly overpriced and the tiers were dogshit. I still think a Black Series haslab could work.

>>11511005
You could say every haslab is overpriced. Difference is TVC has (or had) a dedicated base that is willing to pay whatever the price is just because they want the thing that badly and/or want to support the line. If black series collectors really wanted a rancor, they would have paid $300 for it. If TBS was to get another haslab, it wouldn't be under $500. There is honestly nothing Hasbro would offer for $500+ that 8k TBS collectors would be willing to buy. The collector base is just too casual and too cheap. And not to mention shrinking because Star Wars is dead

The Cantina is shipping soon so I looked up the list of cantina patrons I'll need to catch up on. Surprisingly not that long of a list compared to when I was trying to catch up on Barge/Palace figures.

Some of them I can safely omit because they're special edition trash, some of them are background characters so obscure I do not remember ever seeing them / cannot be arsed to buy them, and some like Labria and Wolfman are so outdated I don't think they'd fit with modern figures.

Grabbing some low hanging fruit and ordered the Duros guy, Boshek, and a Kabe and Muftak two pack off eBay but the other "iconic" characters all seem like they're in the $80 to $160 price range so I'll have to dripfeed those in once a month over the coming season or two.

>>11511014
The Haslab Rancor despite being shitty, still almost funded though with less than 500 people away. If they put up an X-Wing and did it right and fair priced, it’d fund for sure.

>>11511016
Don't forget that there are at least 4 new ones coming. So you might want to wait for that to be announced before dropping loads of cash on what could be a completely obsolete version.

>>11511018
If they were to scale it accurately, the X-Wing would be a bit larger than the Classified Cobra Rattler and that was $325 without having to factor in Lucasfilm licensing. The Snowspeeder is a much smaller vehicle and retailed for $120 five years ago, before we had to deal with Covid inflation and tariffs. I think minimum expectations for pack-ins would be a new pilot body for Luke and a flight stand. Stretch goals would have to be something like a ladder for climbing into the cockpit, a figure of Biggs and maybe some ground crew techs in order to complete this scene. I really don't see it being any cheaper than $475 and that's being generous.

>>11511138
>>11511138
>Stretch goals would have to be something like a ladder for climbing into the cockpit, a figure of Biggs and maybe some ground crew techs in order to complete this scene.
Biggs would be cool, they could also have a stretch goal to include vines and shit to mimic it crashed on Dagobah like they did with a previous 3.75 release, could throw in Darth Vader with Luke’s head underneath too and a Dagobah R2 on the new astromech body.

>>11511138
Also I should note for the new Luke I would also demand he has swappable gloveless arms and glove accessories to make it accurate and unique. That way they could release the updated pilot body into the mainline at some point and it wouldn't necessarily be the same figure.

It looks like Yak Face is teasing a Lord Starkiller (TFU) coming to TBS

Anyone else as excited about this as I am?! This has been on my wish list for years.

>>11511252
I was never crazy about the design, but I'd probably get it just to support more TFU figures

>>11511252
I'll take it in both BS and TVC. I'd love to have it to go with the old Sith Stalker figure from the Anniversary Collection set.

>>11511138
>If they were to scale it accurately, the X-Wing

1/1 X Wing length = 13.4 meters

1/12 X Wing length = 1.12 meters = 112 cm = 44 in

1/18 X Wing length = .74 meters = 74.44 cm = 29 in

They would be big but not out of the question.

>>11511303
I never said the size would be prohibitive, just that it is larger than the only other 1/12 flying vehicle Hasbro has made which would obviously make the price jump up. Just by length alone it's a pretty significant difference.

>>11511322
Meant winged flying vehicle. Obviously they did the Dragonfly too but I'm sure you got my point.

>listed my old lego gunship and a couple other sets
>instantly made $500
Guess I'll back the haslab

>>11511325
I get what you mean. Also a ladder would be nice. I always wondered how they get in the thing if a ladder isn't available?

Updated my OT shelf. I've had the main guys displayed in their ESB looks and for the past few years, their RotJ looks. Now to go with the classic ANH looks. Yes I know it's a clusterfuck, my Mandos are to blame for that, but otherwise, I'm pretty happy. Also, SHF Luke was too good to put in a tub, so I stuck him with my Din and Grogu.

>>11511392
Probably has built in grips and steps like fighter jets do that flip in and out.

>>11511402
I have an OT shelf, PT/spinoff shelf, deluxe figures/vehicles shelf and SH Figuarts/Mafex shelf. They're all clusterfucks but I like em. I wouldn't mind having the larger figures and vehicles put in the same shelves with the movies they're from, but I would need bigger shelves. I have some 3 3/4" stuff too but it's all on my desk at the moment with some of my vehicles like my AT-ST, I have Lukes Landspeeder on the way, and I want to get the X Wing so, gonna have to rearrange stuff.

>>11511282
Darth pinhead does need an update

>>11511402
>>11511455
I have a PT shelf too, i just updated the OT one and forgot to attach the image. Here's my clusterfuck.

>>11511303
>1/18 X Wing length = .74 meters = 74.44 cm = 29 in
They were pretty damn close with that Hero Series X-Wing. Shame they gave it electronics over working s-foils.

>>11511488
Black Series really does kinda suck

>>11511488
>OT shelf
>Disney shit in the back
???

>>11509014 (OP)
I preordered Jango, looks cool. I avoided the older ones.

Is the price of TVC coming down? At my local store, they were $20 on the peg, but now they're $13-ish...

>>11511506
Where the hell do you live that they were $20?

>>11511512
Walmart

>>11511519
You live in Walmart?

>>11511506
It went from one extreme to another. What a weird store.

>>11510918
bruh.

>>11511488
Nice, I still gotta get that George in ST armor. Is that the Mafex RO Vader? I like the red lens.

>>11511489
>They were pretty damn close with that Hero Series X-Wing. Shame they gave it electronics over working s-foils.
Was that the one that didn't have an opening cockpit, so you couldn't put a figure in? All they had to do was the wings, canopy and landing gear. Woulda been pretty kino.

>>11510949
Neat design, very Moebius.

>>11511645
>says he wants an OT character
>posts a picture of the ST version

>>11511148
This is the only x-wing I own. I like it.

>>11511658
Yeah, I believe that's the one.

>>11510918
>Admiral Ozzel
>Captain Needa
>The one decorated snow snowtrooper sergeant who received orders from Veers in the AT-AT
>at least one more rebel fleet trooper, preferably the one from the opening of ANH who doesn’t have the black visor on his helmet for diversity’s sake
>captain antilles
>endor rebel commandos with different gear configurations (camo jacket, green hoth trooper pack, etc) so we can properly armybuild Han’s strike team
>the gamorrean guard from the sail barge scene that had a sniper rifle instead of a melee weapon like they usually have
>slave leia
>scout trooper with a sniper rifle like the hot toys fig (this is technically cheating because the biker scouts don’t use snipers in the OT, but it looks awesome so I don’t care)

>>11511494
More like OT era then straight up Original Trilogy only. Kinda like my PT era shelf is more of a hodgepodge of stuff from that era, although it leans mostly into Clone Wars since that's my favorite part of the PT era.

Mr Stevie teasing upcoming prequel vehicles. Honestly, why isn't there one included with the Haslab? Lego has almost every time included a little speeder or walker with their gunships and turbo tanks. Sucks there is nothing extra with this gunship and you will have to spend more on DLC later to complete it.

>>11510918
I, too would want more BS droids but ever since Hasbro botched IG-88 and halfassed the Droideka, I'd wait for in hand reviews/ images before getting excited again.

>>11512060
Disney is not OT
Disney is not Star Wars
Your are not a true fan

>>11512168
This

>>11512168
based.

and to go further, stop calling them the "Sequel trilogy". They are not. They are the disney trilogy and disney movies.

>>11512106
He also said he confirmed with the designers that they made sure to make the seats removable so that a BARC speeder can be stowed. I imagine that's what we're getting. They also just did that one for the Epic line with a Clone Wars Obi-Wan

>>11512106
More like BIG piece of shit am I right folks?

>>11512168
Ok. Sorry that I hurt your feelings because I think Mando armor is cool.

Having run out of good star wars to watch, I've started watching the kid shows they've released. Resistance, while not amazing, isn't terrible. Its just okay.

>>11512395
The mc is super cringe but I actually thought it had some cool ideas. It's non canon sequel garbage of course but if it was set during the OT it might have actually been decent

I like everything in the sequel era, exept for the actual plot of the movies. I think they should remake the movies with all the avaliable footage and recut everything to actually make sense and rell a coherent story. The new ship designs, most of the new aliens, and the different planet designs are cool. But they're overshadowed by the amature writing and infighting between directors.

>>11512395
>>11512454
Yea, Kaz was a lot of what made the show unenjoyable when I did my one and only watch of it. I've said many times before and I'll say it again but there are some characters in there that I'd love to see in TVC at some point. Mainly the pirate gang and Ax Tagrin.

>>11512499
>I like everything in the sequel era
>The new ship designs, most of the new aliens, and the different planet designs are cool
Seriously anon? All of that stuff is soulless and bad

>>11512513
Why do all the sequel trilogy aliens all look the same?

I guess the sequels are good for something after all.

>>11512523
Not accurate to his robes

>>11512519
Because the people behind the alien designs were trying to make as much of it as practical as possible, and the only way they could figure that out was to make the nostrils the eyeholes for the masks, so basically every alien has the same nose.

>>11512525

Maybe not, but I think they still suit him. I like that they look like they're a size too big, like he's lost weight from going too long between feedings.

>>11512542
>as practical as possible
This was such bullshit from the start. Practical never meant it had to look awful...we've had amazing puppetry and animatronics for decades, but the sequel shit started off with the -worst- practical effects I've ever seen.

>>11512499
>different planet designs
Just copies of the OT.

>The new ship designs
Just copies of the OT.

>>11512395
Just watch or read something that isn't Star Wars you retard.

>>11509014 (OP)
Assuming this general isn't dead, i need your help.

How hard is it to pop off the legs at the thigh swivel like in pic related after a hot water bath? should i go for that or a whole leg swap? and secondly, i want to remove Kylo's belt, it's glued at the buckle, should i try to pry that open or just snip it off him from the back and then glue it back onto the figure i want to use it on?

>>11512106
>multiple vehicles
Fuck, did they actually plan a compatible AT-RT for this and then decide not to actually show it with the haslab? That would genuinely get me to reconsider skipping it, even though the missing door hinges, floodlights, and lucky lekku panels are still fairly big issues for me.

>>11512850
>How hard is it to pop off the legs at the thigh swivel like in pic related after a hot water bath?
Super easy

>should i go for that or a whole leg swap?
a lot of old figures use swivel hinges and hard plastic for the hips and I don't think you can pop them off
>should i try to pry that open or just snip it off
See what you can do after putting it in boiling water, cutting should be a last resort

>>11512854
Watch them not do the AT-RT and multiple vehicles refers to speeder bike and Jedi starfighters lol

Who is that stupid to paid 124$ for a shitty repainted x-wing. Seriouly I now know why there is no general here in /toy/ about mgs those stupid idiots dont go pass the capcha

>>11513019
That really is ugly as hell

NIGGA I'M HUNGRY

>>11513019
Probably the same people that are buying my shitty old yellowed and broken lego star wars sets for hundreds of dollars. There are a lot of retarded star wars fans (obviously) but I don't know how they have so much money

>2700 backers after one week
Is it joever? I've backed one but honestly, I feel like zero excitement for it and only backed out of some lingering nostalgia for my childhood. I actually kind of hope it doesn't fund. I would rather spend the $500 and all that shelf space on anime figures.

What time is the anakin obi wan set going up on pulse today?

>>11513522
>I actually kind of hope it doesn't fund.
Be the change you want to see, cancel your preorder.

>>11513582
It’s funding, get over it.

>>11513522
Reminder that Mattel, not exactly known for being the best with fans, just:

>Did a fan vote for a crowdfund with almost entirely all great designs
>Put out an even more involved, larger prototype for the fan winner
>Cancelled it when fans criticized the design for being too different from what they voted for and too expensive
>Put out the runner up of the vote anyway
>Just revealed a new version of the original winner, much closer to the proposed art and less expensive
>Fans say it's still too expensive and are worried the best tier won't be included, so Mattel switches the tiers around one day before it goes live to automatically include two headed snake horse, giving more value and the best part of the set guaranteed so long as it funds

If only Hasbro and Disney could get their heads out of their ass and do *anything* worthwhile with the biggest merchandising IP in existence.

>>11513574
It's usually around 1pm EST, but they've been kind of bad about timing lately. Maybe check twitter to see if someone as posted something there.

>>11513522
I think the problem here isn't that people don't want a new gunship, but that given the price it's not that much of an upgrade over the ones Hasbro already put out over the years. The original LAAT mold that's been used and updated since 2002 isn't bad, it's definitely small but collectors are used to 3.75" vehicles being undersized for practical reasons. The new one is very nice looking and a more accurate size, but they're asking $450 for it and I think people are seeing that price and deciding that the previous gunships are good enough.

I think it's be a different case if the original version was just woefully inadequate. Imagine if Hasbro had just kept using the vintage/POTF2 mold for the X-Wing and never made any new versions of it before showing off a new accurately sized X-Wing as a Haslab. To get people to drop close to $500 on something they already have it needs to be a huge upgrade.

>>11513607
I unironically think the original is better. Yes the details are sharper here, but bigger is not always better. Original mold is already a big ship, and it has just as many features including some missing from this version. It's an actual play worthy toy instead of some model.

>>11513607
The tiers are also weird this time, it seems like they couldn't think of anything else to add so they just did some Jedi. Honestly I can't think of anything else either.

>>11512525
It's not too far off from his original KOTOR 2 look and not the popularized CotF look.
>>11512523
I'd recommend you turn Kylo's belt backwards to be a tiny bit more accurate, that's what I did.

>>11513607
>>11513613
It's this. I'm happy with the 2013 one, and the improvements on the Haslab don't justify the huge pricetag. I'd probably feel the same for most vehicles we already have, I can't really think of any notable enough ships where the current one is just so bad that I'd want to pay hundreds for a new one.

>>11513574
1pm for premium members 2pm for rest. Looks like the site just crashed though...

The Star Wars Anakin Obi-wan set is showing sold out for me? Is that accurate? I don’t have premium

>>11513607
>but they're asking $450 for it and I think people are seeing that price and deciding that the previous gunships are good enough
The haslabs are grossly overpriced. I think they are just trying to see how much they can get away with before ending haslab, at least for star wars. Like look at the cantina. So much hollow plastic. The booths, chairs, tables, etc. all have the same reused sculpts. Most of the elements to it have a very simplistic design as well that wouldn't be too difficult for a 3D sculptor to create. It probably cost them very little to make but they charged a whopping $500 for it. The gunship I can see being a lot more involved on the design front and they said they spent months sculpting it. But even then, it probably won't cost that much to actually produce especially when I'm sure they will skimp on the weathering deco on the final product as they did with the Ghost. If they can release Mando's N1 and Vader's TIE for under $150, I think the price of the gunship is disproportionately high when you compare how much more there is with it versus those starfighters.

>>11513639
Yeah it was gone in a few minutes even premium members couldn't get it lol

>>11513650
Shit. Do they save any of the allotment for when it goes up for non premium? I remember last year the Darth Maul and speeder sold out but then went back up for order later. Hopefully the same thing happens here.

>>11513658
Nobody knows. In any other year, one would expect Hasbro did the same as they always did. But with the tariffs, I presume for a second made-to-order, preorder campaign the overall cost will be more expensive than the first run. Maybe to avoid the price-hike drama, and all other headaches Hasbro can just call it quit.

Honestly whatever Anakin and Obi-Wan were going to be some of my last Star Wars figures. I thought the Mustafar platforms would have made a cool display set and I liked the alternate heads and hands but I care so little about Star Wars now, I can live without it and just get the standard releases later and save money

>>11513658
>>11513683
>>11513690
I'm crossposting from the G.I. Joe thread. I was trying to get both the Battle of Heroes set and the Cold Slither set, and the entire website crashed as soon as the preorders went live. Me and my friend were both trying at the same time to get Cold Slither and my friend was able to get it but I couldn't. I was literlaly in check out hitting the complete order button and then my friend told me they were already sold out. He only fouind out he got a Cold Slither set a few minutes later when he checked his email, but I was not lucky. It sucks ass and I'm super pissed but there's nothing I could do but send a message to customer support. It's not like they're going to do anything to remedy the situation but at least it's on file that I complained and said I felt ripped off.

>make one of the coolest things in years in the black series line
>reveal it
>everyone loves it and wants it
>easy money
>it’s an exclusive
>sells out within a few minutes
Why is Hasbro like this?

>>11513713
>>sells out within a few minutes
That's why

>>11513715
but wouldn’t it make more sense to make it widely available so they make more sales and money? I can understand scarcity to make people FOMO into something they might have otherwise not wanted, but EVERYONE wanted this set.

>>11513718
They do 2 production runs for the last couple of years and all exclusives like the Death Head Marvel Legends and Maul with Bloodfin were easily available. But this year it might be different because tariffs making the 2nd run more expensive than the firs tone

>>11513715
My guy, it was literally seconds. I was there as soon as it went live trying to get one and less than a minute from when it went live the website started crashing and it was gone.

>>11513713
Which are you talking about?

>>11513587
All of that just makes me wonder how things would be if Hasbro had managed to buy the IP from George instead of Disney.

>>11513853
Honestly I think Hasbro would be a better steward of the Star Wars IP than Disney. That is not a glowing endorsement of Hasbro so much as it is an indictment of Disney and Lucasfilm.

Also consider that back in the 80s, when Kenner saw that Star Wars sales were dipping with no new movie on the horizon, they pitched George Lucas the idea of doing a Clone Wars cartoon to keep the toy line going, the same way Hasbro was having wild success with GI Joe at the time. George Lucas came back to them with Ewoks and Droids, with the same stylish but bizarre animation from the Star Wars Holiday Special that simply couldn't compete with the likes of Sunbow and Rankin Bass's Japanese outsourced animation (he'll, look at what DiC was able to do with MASK).

There wouldn't have been a Star Wars dark age in the 80s and 90s if Lucas had worked with Kenner and made a serious effort to turn Star Wars into an action cartoon empire, although the flip side is we might never have gotten the EU, which was born out of the drought of Star Wars on screen media. Looking at where Star Wars is right now though, a buyout from Hasbro doesn't sound half bad.

>>11513853
Toys would be in a better state and we might have gotten a marginally better sequel trilogy and one or two kiddy animated shows. Probably no other content because they couldn't afford it. But since all of Disney's Star Wars content is worthless that would still be an improvement

So last year SDCC the Maul + Bloodfin, we have similar thing. Sold on Hasbro Pulse a week later (con exclusive leftover), then sold out. Then reappear for Pre-order (seemingly near unlimited) and the 2nd run ships in October, and stay in stock all the way until January-February.

Why would things be different this year vs. last year?

>>11513997
Tariffs

>>11513998
Just jack the price to $120 or whatever to account for 2nd run tariffs, people would understand. Also, just because tariffs doesn't mean Hasbro going to give up selling *Made in China* toys to the US market. Tariffs argument make no sense. We still have shit on preorders and announced.

>>11512134
>>11510949
Buy the $1000 death star

>>11514001
Idk why that anon keeps saying tariffs when hasbro has been business as usual the last few months with no price increases (yet). I would be surprised if there isn't a second chance to get it.

>>11514010
Yes, tariffs cut both ways, consumer and seller. Yes maybe the cost is fully offloaded to consumer, but if figures cost more, people are going to be more selective with their purchase and buy less glup shittos. The bottom line is still money, it would be baffling if there's no 2nd production run on this year exclusive.

>>11514010
Because shit is going to affect them very soon, like the rest of us.

>>11514019
Are you the guy who keep baiting for anti-Trump sentiment in the other tariff thread? This is a chinese plastic collecting forum bro, we don't care about politics. Some people in the collecting discord I lurked were so mad at SDCC debacle they canceled their LAAT Haslab PO. The SDCC debacle was 99.99% hasbro's fault and it is completely avoidable.

>>11514040
Are you actually this fucking stupid? It's not about politics, it's about the REAL ASS TARIFFS fucking these companies up, and thereby fucking US over.

>>11514046
Sure, basement dwellers scalping each other for Anakin Skywalker and Oby Wan Kenoby figgies on ebay, hasbropulse website shitting the bed this morning, had terrible communications with their fans, paywalling figures behind nonsensical premium membership, some people got double triple orders while others cannot order at all, and even people with pulse premium still missing out is all somehow Trump's fault.

Recently acquired the Holocomm Bo Katan on sale and want run filaments through her to make her really glow. Are there guides/tips on how to dissemble and reassemble these things?

>>11514362
Whoops wrong way round. I’m a dumb phone poster forgive me.

>>11514362
Plan is to run through her leg up her body, solder it to another one in her head then run it back down through her leg. No wires. I’m fine with botching the head given I plan to put a helmet on her anyway.

I like his big dumb feet

Does a season 1 clone wars Ahsoka figure exist in the vintage collection style?

>>11514527
no, just the season 3 design

>>11514403

I want him just so I can pose TVC Jango gunning his bitch ass down.

>>11513619

>It's not too far off from his original KOTOR 2 look and not the popularized CotF look

My thoughts exactly. And I feel like there's room for interpretation with trying to represent character models from such a dated game. Bastilla and Malak aren't exactly 1:1 with their designs from Kotor 1, but they still look like they should to me.

And thanks, I'll try turning the belt around later. May just cut off the hood on the tunic as well. I've got it smooshed down right now, but it's making his cape bulge more than I'd like.

>>11514403
So are they gonna give all Jedi going forward soft goods lower tunic? I really don't like how it looks. I didn't like it on the 3 pack Anakin and was hoping the single card would have plastic but seems unlikely.

>>11514715
why in the fuck wouldnt you like that? SW toys in general have incorporated soft goods more than any other line like say gi joe or some shit
the ahsoka anakin clone wars tvc aside from a weird likeness akin to michael jackson and prince charming, his articulation is above and beyond. the most fun ive had posing a vintage
and its thanks to the new barbell joints yes, but the fact that drape shit is cloth, the skirt or whatever
i just got the shin hati recently and that shit hinders

The lights & sound still work as well as the launching BARC speedee. I miss stuff like this

Apparently there was another Anakin and Obi-Wan drop at like 6 am which is exactly when I fell asleep because I stayed up all night checking the website. So fuck you too, Hasbro.

>>11514853
"In the know" figgies podcasters like Black Series cantina said that nothing has changed. These are in stock con leftovers, but there will be another PO and 2nd run like Maul Bloodfin and all other last year exclusives. The GI Joe Classified SDCC exclusive is already up for pre-order at pulse. The rest will follow suit

>>11514867
I hope you're right.

>>11514871
You can see it with your eyes, the GI Joe band is up for pre-order. Why would things be different for Black series. Ani and Obi for sure sell more than some joke 80s rockband that appear in an obscure gi joe cartoon for 5 seconds.

They want to deplete the con stock first, but due to the frenzy yesterday Black Series 2pack and Marvel Legends 3 pack were a shitshow. Some people got duplicated orders that have to be sorted out, that's why couple leftovers batches went in stock at random times.

>>11514886
>Why would things be different for Black series.

The only reason I'd say so so is because the Star Wars team has consistently been less competent than the GI Joe team and I trust them less.

>>11514892
The glow in the dark Ghostbusters car SDCC exclusive is also up for pre-order. The Star Wars team is incompetent in term of running Haslab campaigns, making Mark Hamil faces, but not that incompetent. I'll bet the open pre-order will be up before the LAAT campaign ends.

>>11513650
Will this happen to the palpatine mace windu also?

>>11514590
This reminds me, I wonder if there is going to be a single carded release of Jango for the Battle of Geonosis theme. I've been sitting on buying the deluxe one since it came out because I never thought it was worth it for the price and he never seemed to drop down.

Yeah, he looks better with the belt turned around for sure.

>>11514982
If they do a carded one you know they're just going to charge the deluxe price for it anyway

>>11514982
Maybe since they repacked the Dark Trooper on a card. I was actually surprised they didn't make the new black series Jango deluxe for no reason.

this is going a lot slower then i expected

>>11515181
Now subtract the resellers.

>>11515181
Not slow enough

>>11515181
If it gets 100 backers per day and maybe a last minute surge of 2k (which may be too optimistic at this rate) it'll just barely cross 8k. We won't even get Coleman Trebor at 10k. Not hitting a single tier makes it likely for people to start cancelling as well and then it won't even fund. Wasn't the rancor like fucking 5 backers or something away from funding? I could see something similar happening here.

Hasbro's gotta sweeten the pot and add something. For free I mean, not like telling people they will be able to buy Sabine and Chopper later.

>>11515214
What could they even add? More clones? Another Jedi? A speeder bike?

>>11515214
>Wasn't the rancor like fucking 5 backers or something away from funding?
it needed 9k and got 8533, but it had a huge shilling campaign for weeks, people seem a lot more skeptical about this one
>>11515230
spotlights, some ranked clones, arc troopers or even commandos, hell throw a couple of extra blank front panels, even if disney doesn't let use some nose art at least give people the chance to make their own

>>11515230
For $450 including a speeder bike (which it is explicitly designed to accommodate) is a bare minimum. For that price they could also just throw in at least four P1 clones, ideally a ranked clone like a commander or lieutenant, and a Jedi.

>>11515276
Yeah there really should have been an extra mini vehicle with this. And/or some more clones. Only two pilots sucks because who is going to man the bubble turrets?

Speaking of the pilots, it irritates me they made one carded and one loose and acted like they were thinking of both types of collectors. Why not just make both of them carded and we can decide what we want to do with them like wtf? They really cheaped out on one more cardback?

>>11515230
I hope the community decides on something and tries to push for it. Even though the Rancor didn't fund, people made enough noise to get Hasbro to add Malakili. Maybe the floodlights would be reasonable

>>11515296
More pilots and also give them swappable Phase II helmets.

>>11515392
Not as part of the haslabs. I want standard release clone pilots. Right now I have clone commanders piloting my gunship.

>ani and obi still haven’t shipped
is this cause for concern?

>>11515668
Doesn't it say they don't start shipping till August 11th?

Anyone have experience with the Bandai Spirits line? Is this worth $60?

>>11515669
It doesn’t have the release window on pulse for me the way preorders do, so I’m not sure

>>11515671
That's a model kit.

>>11515671
these are bandai model kits and yes I have plenty of exp.

deathtrooper kit - very good. needs little work to 'look good. the only work you'll need to do is be gentle and place the stickers accordingly or just paint. the natural shine of the plastic has a great finish by default that matches the armor in the movie.

>>11515671
for a long time it was the only way to get properly scaled astromechs that weren't just r2
they're pretty ok, i would avoid the stickers because they're all slightly oversized, either paint in the details yourself or use the waterslides

A new Droid Factory probe droid and hyperspace pod just showed up on the parks. I hope it goes for sale online soon too

>>11515895
The pod opens up

>>11515671
I've got several, including a few of these. I like it better than the Black Series figure but I definitely wouldn't pay $60 for it. Check your local hobby stores first. These kits should only be like $25 to $30 max and Hobby Lobby/Michaels often have 25% off coupons for model kits. Even BBTS has it for $32.

Really want that Anakin/Obi-Wan set because it's just so fucking perfect but I'm just so tired of the chase.

>>11515893
>>11515895
I wish there was a way to get the probe droid on its own. Feels like it's always packed in with some bullshit I don't want

>>11515929
I keep checking the page periodically but I think it's pointless. Hopefully there is a preorder later.

>>11515181
Bahaha.

>>11516272
Why are you rooting against it?

>>11516335
Because the Star Wars team has to learn a lesson.

>>11516342
If they haven’t learned thus far, they aren’t going to learn. Go outside and touch grass.

>>11516021
Ain't nothing wrong with this Probe Droid

>>11515893
Does the park still sell the Rise of the Resistance vehicle with the black R5?

>>11516342
Wishing this to fail doesn't punish the team you retard, it punishes us. The bean counters will just cancel TVC if they don't see the fat stack of revenue brought in by the annual HasLabs because that's all the line really has to make itself profitable when compared to BS.

>>11516374
EHRMAHECKINGERD DEY GONNA CANCEL TVC IF YOUSE GUIZE DON'T BACK DA GUNSHIIIIPPPS!!!
Wow, new lows have been reached by the desperate.

>>11516397
It's true, remember how Black Series was cancelled after the rancor failed?

RIP in peace Black Series 2013-2021 goodnight sweet prince

>>11516407
kek.

>>11516360
shit example, if we're gonna spread apologism for other probe droids at least pick one that deserves it more, even though the disney park one is still hard to beat (and is possibly the only one actually scaled correctly)

>>11514983
One other thing you might consider is actually just keeping Kylo's cowl thing. It blends extremely well with Nihilus' hood, keeps his cloth goods in check, and looks cool despite being kind of inaccurate.

>>11516397
blueharvestcollector on Instagram is the worst.

I swear the dude is on Insta 24/7 ready to pounce on anyone who doubts TVC and always on his toes to defend it.

He'll throw weird retorts and backhanded comments to anyone who doubts his opinion as TVC being the only thing needed from Hasbro.

I started watching Young Jedi Adventures.

I like it. Weirdly nostalgic feeling, very similar pacing and writing to early 00's nick jr shows. The actual animation quality is surprisingly high. Might be some of the best 3D animation I've seen for a kid's show.

>>11516462
I don't mind TVC as an all in one, compatible scale and art style, but some of the prices they're asking for stuff is just retarded. Also, there's someone in my local area who dogears the shit out of all the carded figures at every store that has them, regardless if they're shelf warmers. But this causes a backlogue as no one else will buy dogeared figures.

>>11516464
Are you watching it for yourself or with your kids/cousins?

>>11514362
Put the whole thing in boiling water for a few seconds, gently pull the leg and head.

Use a dremel or stationary drill long and big enough to go through the leg in one shot.

Run your filment and profit!

>>11516467
Baby sitting niece. My sister hates star wars so I'm gonna brainwash her kids into being obsessed with star wars.

>>11515214
>Realistically its daily average needs to be closer to 83-88 per day accounting for a 2000-2500 surge in the last 5 days, which is more than doable in my opinion. Today was a slower day with about 61 backers, but apparently weekends are slower for these types of things so we'll have to see if it picks back up on the week days.

>>11516452
>inaccurate
Anon do what Hasbro did, treat it like design from Aspyr remake since Malak and Bastilla were from it.
Btw it looks fucking awesome and now I need to get both and do the same.

>>11512106
>0
I feel bad for Steve but I wonder whose really making all these bad choices.
Why not at least tease all the cool stuff coming out that could interact with the Haslab.

Hasbro team if this fails don't take away TVC Haslabs are bad or even ships, take away this was tone deaf and should have been a $350 made to order release. If not go with the data people want the Deathstar, Marauder, U-Wing, Imperial Shuttle and Outrider the most time and time again they are the most demanded.

>>11514917
>>11514886
I think this is high grade cope. The timeline is too short for a 2nd production run.

I am shock that after that horrible stormtrooper Commander from the 3.75 black series that they going to fuck up the next new mold for snowtrooper

They hit this one out of the park

I am waiting for the four pack and to find where I put the eweb blaster then I can I act out that image when you search snow trooper in film.

I wish they did something to stop the clothes skirt from fraying.
They did that for the clones special commando

Anybody know how to deal with the skirt to stop it from fraying?

>>11516464
My 3 year old loves it so I've watched it a lot. I think it's a pretty good show for what it is, both like you said in the writing and the animation. The only thing that's weird to me is that it is all still canon to Disney Star Wars, so it makes me wonder if we'll ever see Nubs' species in live action at some point. I'm actually a bit sad they don't make new toys for it. There are lots of characters that would be fun to build out that world and add to my kid's collection.

>>11516738
DISNEY STAR WARS IS NOT CANON
STOP SPREADING THIS LIE

>>11516547
I honestly don’t know why they’d didn’t just put up the original one with new deco for cheaper. It would have sold better.

>>11516738
Your kid sucks

>>11516753
Try actually reading what I posted, dipshit. I said, "canon to Disney Star Wars".

>>11516807
Because they like something made for their age? I'll be sure to relay the message.

>>11516807
Seems more like a parenting issue. Let's hope the guy at least saw the show before exposing his kid to it at least. Still a questionable decision.

So how come the Acolyte figures seemed to actually sell well despite being terrible?

>>11516898
>literally all discounted on Amazon
Define "selling well"

the same store that has done all the 3.75 clone variants is now selling knockoff commandos, i'd expect them to come up with their own designs down the line
http://aliexpress.com/item/1005009513180334.html

>>11516919
Oh that's cool they'd be good for customs because the old commandos are so expensive. But I'll just wait and see if Hasbro will do any for next year's prequel theme

>>11516919
Doesn't look like it's the same seller as the TVC clones, seems to be multiple other sellers listing them, will definitely check them out if they make a blank/white one though. The TVC clone listing also updated again, biggest highlight being the 212th airborne, it looks absolutely perfect

>>11516898
>sell well
Is that what we're calling pegwarming these days?

>>11516407
Black Series didn't have to worry about the Rancor succeeding because the profit margins on the figures themselves are high. TVC's are not and instead relies on the sales of larger things like the playsets and vehicles to make the money. HasLabs are a big chunk of that and is the reason why that line has been given the majority of the Star Wars campaigns since it's a near guaranteed several millions of dollars straight to Hasbro. But as soon as that cow stops producing milk then it isn't going to be worth keeping around for them.

>>11516898
the jedi are good filler figures if you want to make jedi dioramas
ok amount of variety and a couple ayy jedi that we can never have too many of

>>11517150
>Doesn't look like it's the same seller as the TVC clones
it is not, i am retarded,
>seems to be multiple other sellers listing them
like the '05 clones then, still hope they release more variants and is not just factory rejects found in a giant bin

>>11516753
>>11516807
Actual mental illness. Possibly aspergers.

>>11517205
> because the profit margins on the figures themselves are high. TVC's are not

My childhood B1 has been recovered. Poor guy has seen his fair share of battles, but now he can rest easy in his retirement as a veteran.

>>11517370
Welcome home sir

>>11516895
I did watch it and there's only one thing that I didn't really approve of that can just be easily skipped. But now I'm curious what it is you think this show harbors that would make it so unsuitable

>>11516844
No, because you're an abusive father, showing him that crap.

>>11517389
It's Disney Star Wars.

Anybody see any good deals on Amazon or Walmart.com lately?

I'm waiting for when an awesome price drop will come.

>>11517449
I'm sure Ollies is buying up more crap for a Fall drop

>Pulse started shipping out people's Anakin Obi-Wan SDCC set
>mfw I didn't get one

>>11517948
Yeah I saw that… is it going up for pre-order again or not???

>>11518189
It's all gone. Abandon hope.

>>11518189
What did *he* mean by this!?

>>11518473
Ebay and other places where scalpers and resellers sell their shit.

>>11513019
People would buy this if it came with Lop.

>>11518485
>straight off hasbro pulse

>>11518493
Why didn't they do more with that story? It was literally the only good episode out of all of Visions and only one that could actually fit into canon

>>11518485
Yep, this line is impossible to collect

>>11518473
how does he know all this

>>11518586
>black series is impossible to collect
??? Like 99% of black series is easy and not expensive to get. Go to your nearest Ollie's right now and collect whatever is there

>>11518630
Sure, if you want 300 Beefy Greefys

>>11518548
Yeah, that was money on the table for sure.
The pic I have is of a promotion at Celebration.
Not for sale

Now, if we were smart enough, someone could scan the photos to 2D to 3D model software, 3D print and boom instant figure!!!

>>11518708
This is a figure we'll see hot glued for years to come

TVC sisters, we have reached 3k

Is the reason there is such a lack of quality in SW toys is because its the people who buy this junk are the same people who hyper fixate on trains or tanks?

>>11519087
What do you define as "quality" exactly? Star Wars has everything from cheap kids lines to several hundred dollar high end figures.

>>11519080
And it will drop from here

>>11519485
People were saying the same thing about the cantina… it will obviously fund

This should be $350. $500? LOL, GTFO

>>11519489
I don't know why they abandoned the standard and deluxe approach. I feel like they could have done the standard with no paint wash, no swappable nose art, and no Jedi figure pack ins and it probably would have been a lot more appealing to people who want multiples.

I love this nigga

>>11519711
Turgle deserves love

>>11519711
Great pic anon.

>>11519486
>it will obviously fund
No it won't. Nobody wants this stupid thing. The cantina only funded because it was giving people what we've been asking for for fucking decades. This gives you nothing.

>>11519722
I really need a 3.75 version.

>>11519958
>it was giving people what we've been asking for for fucking decades
Why did the Razor Crest fund then? The Gunship has infinitely more nostalgia behind it then that Disney creation.

>>11520517
Same. I honestly wouldn't even care if he had the same amount of articulation as the BS one. I just need him. All of the 3D printed resin ones I've found don't have the right proportions but Hasbro's looks pretty close to the game model.

We may finally get season 2 figures of Cara Dune

>>11520636
I bought a printed one and it was really undersized. I ended up just getting the files from Landspeeder Luke and printing it larger myself but I think it still ended up a bit small. When I looked at him in the game, I think he came up to around Cal's shoulder.

>>11520792
Yea, he's nearly to the shoulder but what you've got still doesn't look too bad. Did you paint him and Skoova Stev? Because they both look awesome!

>>11520836
Yep and thanks. I wish I had Skoova's dome but I didn't want to get an entire bottle of clear resin just for that one little piece.

>>11520867
I wonder if there's something already manufactured that you could use for it. Like a cap of a pen or something

>>11520535
Every time I come in this thread I'm astounded by some fucking retarded shit, and this time hasn't disappointed. Why did
>The hero ship
>Of the main character
>of the most popular Star wars thing since Disney bought Star wars
>At the literal height of its popularity
>That was the first and yet still likely to be best ever version of the ship to release

Fund? Why? You're asking why? And why not a slightly bigger, slightly better version of a ship we have 8 releases of already might not fund? Fucking lmao.

>>11520763
Nooope.

>>11521272
Why not?

>>11520763
It's stupid that they won't make figures of a character because the actor's political actions.

>>11521353
I totally disagree with her firing, but after the fact she totally dug her own grave. I am very upset her show was canceled too. It completely fucked over the Mando-verse. It really shows you how people dig political lines in the sand. This shit didn't happen 20 years ago. Do you like Predator 2? Danny Glover is a literal Communist. Do you care, no.. no one does. Great film.

>>11521403
ah yes communists, famous for never getting in trouble with hollywood

Would the imperial gunship have been a better Haslab? People always say no one cares or knows what it is but it's been in almost every show and video game, surely people recognize it by now. And the republic gunship, while being more recognizable and iconic, is struggling to get funded because it's not new and many collectors already have one. So by that logic this should be more appealing to those collectors since it's something new

>>11521403
You jus proved how much of a tard you are

>still insisting it’s coming back
Don’t give up hope anons

>>11521855
It would have excited me a lot more, that's for sure. That thing has been in so much media at this point and it would be a great new addition. But I think they wanted something specifically prequel related since the theme of the year is based around that. Still hope they have this one in their mind for a release at some point though.

Peeyew, the Gunship is a bomb

>>11521904
She couldn't even keep her fucking weight down in season two She got so fat, they had to cut her armor to fit her in it. All she had to do was hire a PR person to manger her Twitter. Lets not forget, people on the right shat on her until they learned of her right leaning political views (that she herself just came into believing on her on accordance). Ya, it's completely dumb she was fired, but she also just had to stay off twitter.
>>11521741
What do you call Chuck Wendig getting fired by Disney for doing the same stupid shit? He couldn't shut up about Trump.

>>11522446
>She couldn't even keep her fucking weight down in season two She got so fat
I’m glad, she looked hot as fuck. You are probably just gay and/or low t or something if you're complaining about those thick rebel scum thighs

>>11516636
pink snowtrooper for girl hoth invasion

>>11522446
i 'member when mando ep4 was universally derided for being 'woke feminist trash' because she whooped mando almost instantly (among other issues that episode has)
i was surprised to learn that every apparently loved her when she got shit canned, entirely due to the actress' political views

Rebellions are built on hope

>>11522539
Yeah it was really funny seeing all the dudes who hated her suddenly claim to be huge fans of hers when she got cancelled. People in this same general who proclaimed their support for her often couldn't even get her name right.

>>11522558
*cope

Jango up for preorder and no one here mentioned it?

>>11522622
Shit character

>>11522622
He went up for preorder a while ago, he's even listed in the OP

>>11521855
I don't think that Hasbro would want to do a $250 Haslab

>>11522593
They're the same people who were bitching about her characters introduction.

Also, Carano drops lawsuit in exchange for Disney not pursuing costs.

>>11522558
>hope
>mfw no hope

>>11522632
Somehow I missed him being announced and going up.

>>11522627
The Bounty Hunter game was cool, though.

>>11522539
>>11522593
>>11522874
It's also really funny that Gina bragged about how she was going to have this great new career in fucking Ben Shapiro movies and it was only when those went nowhere that she decided to sue Disney to get her job back

Alright so the guy that does these charts has started doing the gunship, so here's where we're at

>>11522983
I think it still could pull a rancor and get a surge at the end that MIGHT put it over the finish line but there's no way it's unlocking the tiers.

Works for me though, the Jedi are honestly the only thing I would want from this and if it fails you know they're just going to release them either as standard figures or in a 3 pack or something.

>>11522983
Oof, yeah, that's dead in the water. How embarrassing.

Was anyone even asking for this? Of all the various ideas people would post for a new TVC Haslab, I don't remember anyone suggesting a new LAAT.

This is the first time I've ever gotten this figure (a royal guard) in Black Series. It sucks!

But I love the glow in the dark feature, and it's so much better than some of the other junky Halloween attempts they did. So I like it enough. Blaster doesn't stay in the holster for shit though.

>>11522989
People will probably start cancelling when they realize it's not hitting the tiers. I wanted them to sell and recoup some money but probably not happening

>>11523009
Well I saw a people asking for it, new collectors and prequel fans. I was asking for it too a year ago but now I don't care about Star Wars much anymore. I've still backed one but not very excited for it and might even prefer if it doesn't fund

And there you have it, the first $1000 Lego set. What's the verdict?

(It's a "wheel" slice not half a sphere)

So my local Walmart got restock/reset, including glass cases showing Marvel Legends action figures and Halloween Black Series. Apparently Imperial Stormtrooper is being reissued, but they are $29.99. WTF

>>11523166
It's a very old figure, but I still like the Royal Guard. It's pretty cool how well the glow in the dark feature comes through. I have two of the Halloween figures. I personally love them.

>>11523261
It looks pretty cool. The way they did all the rooms looks cleaner than the older versions. Half a sphere would have been better though so you can turn it around and go from a playset to a display piece.

Ultimately I don't collect Lego so I don't care. Feel bad for those who want it but can't afford it. I think this is a bad set to price out so many people. If they want to do $1000 sets, do like big creator or architecture or whatever stuff that no one cares about

>>11523312
Better off getting the two pack with the rebel fleet trooper. But also
>silly Halloween trooper
>Aayla Secura
>MagnaGuard
>overpriced stormtrooper
>and that's it
That is a grim selection for a freshly restocked Star Wars section

>>11523312
>No TVC
Oof

>>11523394
>>11523359
That's not my local Walmart, but it is similar. I just grab this pic from twitter. Seems like select Walmart got their collector's display up. Although overpriced, this is literally the first time in my life I've seen basic Stormtroopers on pegs, so I guess that's exciting. I've been checking toy aisles since the Kenner days.

>>11522539
>>11522874
I find it amusing people are assuming it's the same people. Like there can't be two seperate groups of fans, ones who hated the character and ones who liked the character and were upset that she was removed. I fall under a third category as one who was slightly annoyed she beat up Mando so easy in her intro, grew to accept her as they teamed up more often, and autistically dislike when actors are dropped/replaced from tv/movies.

Example: I'm not a huge fan of Cuba Gooding Jr or Warmachine, but I hated that they recast him in Iron Man 2.

>>11523491
>Cuba Gooding Jr
uh

>>11523491
>Cuba Gooding Jr
Anon, you should look him up and see everything he has been up too. It's not pretty.

>>11523394
Yeah it's not good.

>>11523444
They're all set that way. And $30 for a Stormtrooper is the most "fuck you" thing they've ever done. We are at a breaking point for the line. Not only are toys getting too expensive, but STAR WARS is too expensive to continue. You can't army build $30 fucking Stormtroopers.

>>11509045
Black Series are dolls. Only action figures (3.75) get vehicles. Have fun with your shelf full of dolls, bro.

>>11523818
It makes zero sense because the Halloween mummy Stormtrooper is the same mold and came with more accessories. Literally no reason other than fuck you

How long for preorder Mace and Palps?

you've got to be fucking kidding me
did somebody type this shit up on an iphone?

>>11524121
It's the fall convention exclusive. So it's either for Pulse Con or NYCC.

>>11524162
Humiliation ritual

>>11524162
Dude, Hasbro are using AI for their packaging now.

>>11524162
I like how the Spanish version somehow got it right

>>11523261
Doesn't look worth a grand to me but I also am not a Lego collector. I guess (it's) over 9000(!) pieces is where the value is?

>Andor S2 is well received, but flop commercially like S1
>People are tired of Mando
>No hype for Visions 3
>Rey movie MIA
>Waititi movie MIA
>Haslab failing
>People are seething over SDCC exclusive rollout

Is this the most dire the franchise ever been? Even during Rise of Skywalker, people think that Obi Wan show might save the show. Then there was renewed hope over Mando S1, and S2.

>>11524690
It's kinda dead and no one wants to admit it, yeah. Interested to see how the Mando movie performs next year, considering the middling response to S3.

>>11524690
Star Wars has been dire unironically since Gina was fired after Mando S2 and they started pumping out garbage after garbage Disney+ shows. There is no point in getting invested in stories or characters anymore because they all suck or go nowhere. The future after Kathleen Kennedy is gone is just going to be shallow clone wars nostalgia porn made by Filoni. The ONLY thing remotely worth looking forward to is the third Cal Kestis game. But they will probably fuck that up too. If it's good, they might make Cal the face of Star Wars and then ruin him immediately as well. It is time to move on to other franchises and animays.

>>11524702
Gonna flop for sure. It's a low budget commercial for Mando and Grogu pegwarmer merch that no one is interested in anymore.

>>11524162
Take another pic.
I can't read this shit

>>11524765
Put your trifocals on, grandpa. The typo is front and center in the image

>>11525422
NEW THREAD

>>11525422
NEW THREAD

>>11520763
Nah, she didn't gave a fuck and bloated during seasons, the celulitis on her arms was really off putting.