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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
-Barriss Offee
-Jedi Temple Guard
-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.

That Gunship sure was a failure of an idea.

>>11525430
It’s going to fund. We went through this shit already with the cantina.

>>11525437
No it won't

>>11525444
Yes it will

>>11525437
I think it will fund but probably won't unlock any tiers besides Coleman Trebor. I hope I'm wrong and it gets everything though

>>11525474
None of it's going to unlock and it won't fund. People don't want this, and it's not even worth the $500. You're getting screwed and people know it.

So how are you supposed to use this stand and have figures in the transport bay? There are no foot pegs so they would fall...

>>11525487
I'm not getting screwed because I didn't back it. Doesn't mean I want it to fail though

>>11525534
I want it to fail.

>>11525531
Wouldn’t they be grabbing the handrails above?

>>11525531
Figures stay on with the power of the Force!

Anyway here's where it's at

>>11526063
This is gonna be a slow burn like the cantina, it’ll fund, but probably not till the final days.

>>11525852
Well that's kind of shitty of you. It succeeding only helps TVC and benefits you even if you don't back it, but wishing it to fail just hurts all of us.

>>11526070
I don't know, it could still make the minimum goal but the cantina still had more momentum than the gunship. The one thing the gunship has going for it is that it's going to run longer than the cantina did.

>>11526063
lmao, do you guys have to do this for every Haslab? Every time, regardless of brand, this is what you all do. Ever think that's weird?

>>11526063
>>11526070
WHAT IF it doesn't fund? The Hasbro team are already saying they're planning more products based on the Battle of Geonosis for next year. So, do they take the egg on their face, or do they fudge the numbers, make it anyway, and backdoor sell the excess to the etailers?

Personally, IDGAF. I don't buy PT merch and I'm actually thrilled at the chance to save cash for other stuff next year.

>>11526405
>AIIIIIEEEEEE!
>IS.IS THAT...A STATUS UPDATE????
>I'M GOING INSAAAANNEEE!!!
Dude, who in their right mind gets upset about this? I'm mildly curious and don't care enough to go checking Pulse. It's a better post than your crying post.

>>11526063
Oh that is definitely not funding

>>11526453
Necanon? Is that you?

>>11526461
Nope.

>>11526447
They could have fudged the numbers on the Rancor with how close it was but since they didn't, I don't think that's something they will do. And all the BoG stuff can standalone without a gunship anyway though it would be a bit awkward as the marketing theme included the gunship

>>11526600
>They could have fudged the numbers on the Rancor with how close it was but since they didn't
True, but the Rancor didn't factor in to their future line plans the next year. And the Rancor is a one-and-done for 99.9% of collectors. I could see Pulse, EE, BBTS willing to take a few Gunships since they're army-builder ships with their swappable nose art panels.

There has been speculation in the past that they've fudged numbers to fund. I can see it used on a case-by-case basis, especially if their etailer partners are willing to take a few extra units.

>>11526653
I’ve never seen other retailers selling Haslabs after the fact.

>>11526461
Kys

>>11526659
I think I remember BBTS sold the Razor Crest for like double the price

BBTS preorder for Ahsoka is processing soon.

>>11526716
If only it was this outfit and not the censored version

>>11526447
Everything for Geonosis was already planned over 2 years ago, so whether the gunship funds or not, they're gonna release stuff for that theme. It will just be missing this as the centerpiece. However, I would not be surprised if they have some sort of contingency in place where they release an extra playset or something since they likely already have the factory time booked and want the revenue. Plus there's going to be stuff for The Mandalorian & Grogu movie hitting too which might end up being the majority of the releases for the year anyway.

>>11526796
Am I the only one that much rather would have seen a big Geonosis Arena playset? That really would have been a proper centerpiece for the display. Could have some really cool tier unlocks too.

>>11526659
Many things occur in this world that you are not privy to. Thankfully we do not rely on you to be our arbiter of information.
>>11526699
Yep. BBTS did in fact carry a limited amount of Razor Crests.

>>11526796
I'll be so glad when that movie bombs

>>11526796
>Everything for Geonosis was already planned over 2 years ago, so whether the gunship funds or not, they're gonna release stuff for that theme.
Yes, I know. But it's because of this that I think they might falsely assist the HasLab over the finish line rather than have egg on their face if it fails.

While it's possible they NEVER HAVE done so, that doesn't mean they NEVER WILL, as someone attempted to imply earlier.

They don't NEED a HasLab to sell Geonosis toys, but they don't need the bad publicity of a failure either.

>>11526842
>I'll be so glad when that movie bombs
I'm not in the loop on that one, since I won't touch or support anything Disney makes even for free, but are they REALLY bringing back Pedo Pascal when he's pretty much box office poison at this point? KEK!!!

>>11526842
I just want the Grogu crap to stop. He hasn't been profitable in forever, nobody wants that stupid green turd around no more. Maybe lonely cat ladies. But I'm so sick of Mando shit. I want that to end too.

>>11526800
no it would have been much better. But it would have required some actual design work since obviously it couldn't be an exact recreation of the on screen arena, and all the star wars team know how to do at this point is repurpose 1:1 models. boring as fuck.

>>11527145
>He hasn't been profitable in forever
Look at you, acting like you know anyone's financials. I wish he would go away too, but I would never make such an idiotic statement as this.

>>11526800
I don't know how well that could have worked. Even if it was haslab size, they wouldn't be able to make it properly scaled. Plus it would be kind of boring imo. There wouldn’t be a floor since it's sand so it'd just be some brown rocky texture walls. I guess the three beasts would be the most interesting part if they were to include those. I think the arena could work as a $60 play set though. Three columns for the chained heroes and maybe a gate or the observation platform for Dooku and co.

They could have even made a cardboard backdrop of it included with the gunship. I think they are scared of using cardboard now but I think there are instances where it can work.

>>11527145
Grogu was the only thing that remotely landed with the audience since 2013 so they are clinging onto him and trying to milk that cow even though it's dried up. It’s really embarrassing to see desu.

>>11527289
Nah anon is 100% correct. No one cares about Grogu anymore, not one single person in this solar system.

>>11527289
Dude, the Grogucrap warms like crazy. The hype is over. He unfortunately damned us to more Disney Star Wars, but he's over.

>>11525422 (OP)
Is her tunic thingy made out of plastic or cloth?

>>11527489
Judging by its thickness I would say it's a soft plastic

>>11527321
the love for baby yoda ended when they named him grogu
it sounds like the name for a troll or ogre, not a cute baby yoda
they should've just called him yeed

>>11527336
>Dude, the Grogucrap warms like crazy.
Dude, Disney & Hasbro made their money already, it's the retailer's problem now
>>11527321
>Nah anon is 100% correct.
Nah he's fucking not. Your exaggerations are kindergarten tier.

If you mouth breather's were right, the stores would have stopped buying this crap long ago. Instead, you rationalize like children. I don't like that crap either, but I'm not retarded like you fools are.

>>11527571
>, the stores would have stopped buying this crap long ago.
They did. That's why the Star Wars section at every store is an empty shell. Star Wars is retail poison.

Can't wait to see the Mando movie do so well and prove all the naysayers wrong. It'll be funny to see all the excuses people will have to come up with like they knew it all along.

>>11527736
>inb4 worse than solo

>>11527736
People stopped caring about Mando after season 2. The Power Ranger spin teens made everyone hate it.

>>11527742
The what?

>>11528038
The urban youths and their modded speeders that went like 20mph.

>>11527736
There's a Mando movie?

>>11528154
*Somehow*

these showed up at my local Target, there was lots of 'em

anybody have any experience head-popping these Royal Guards? I like the wispy ghost thing but I think the skull-mouth-paint is terrible. I was thinking I could maybe swap off the head for something else. can anybody help verify if that's easy or possible? (or not?)

>>11528050
Oh. That was Book of Boba Fett though. And even then the highest rated and most viewed episode of that show is the one starring Mando. I wouldn't say the character is unpopular. Even with the general consensus over the third season being the worst, its finale still had way more viewers than the other shows. And most of the criticism of that season was the fact that Din Djarin was being sidelined in his own show for Bo-Katan.

>>11528303
>That was Book of Boba Fett though
Nah, it was Mando 2.5. Don't fall for the semantics.

>>11528296
>these showed up at my local Target, there was lots of 'em
I feel like they should have done a ghost and a skeleton as two separate figures. Maybe find a droid for the skelly? And just do a standard ghost face for the Guard.

>anybody have any experience head-popping these Royal Guards? I like the wispy ghost thing but I think the skull-mouth-paint is terrible. I was thinking I could maybe swap off the head for something else. can anybody help verify if that's easy or possible? (or not?)
I have two but I've never tried head swapping em. Honestly I think the head looks fine it's just the shitty mouth paint that looks off. It would look better without any paint on it. Does it glow in the dark? Kinda looks like it may.

>>11527736
The Mando movie is just a desperate attempt to recapture an audience that has by and large checked out of the entire franchise. Even the oldest and most dedicated Star Wars fans don't really give a shit anymore.

>>11528616
>>11528296
You can remove the paint using a Qtip and 91%/denatured alcohol. But if that doesn't do it, acetone will

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>>11528303
Wait, JTA was crowing about how amazing Andor S2's ratings were and it didn't even beat fucking Ms Marvel?

>>11526800
>>11527240
This fucking retard: >>11527316
Is exactly what I'm talking about. No imagination, "it wouldn't work", worried about how it could even happen because it wouldn't be "properly scaled"

Motherfucker who gives a shit about how it's scaled? It's a playset you dumb shit. Of a massive battle scene location that collapsing pillars, tons of aliens and creatures, heroes hooked to metal chains, canons, jail cells, computer stations with holo readouts of the battle and of the death star, in the room over there's a massive droid factory with flowing molten metal and moving gears and conveyor belts and shit, *EVERY* SINGLE* THING* is toyetic. Not being able to imagine up a compelling playset to sell for $400 price point just means youre a fucking moron.

>>11529100
>putting an actual toy behind a haslab
cool, it's now prohibitively expensive for actual children('s parents) and manchildren will reject it because it's not a photogenic scale replica, you make no one happy and it fails even harder than the reva saber, "you fucking moron". the only way the thing you want could possibly happen is at retail, labeled epic heroes instead of tvc, and made small enough to be under 200, and even then it'd probably still go to clearance and be a net loss

>>11529100
Oh you're the lights and sounds autist. Like >>11529140 said most TVC collectors want detailed and accurate replicas, not toys with play features

>>11529018
Deadlab

>>11529018
What about Reva’s lightsaber?

>>11528296
>Hasbro creates KKK army builder
you can't make this shit up

>>11528629
No Cara, no care.

>"No one cares about Grogu anymore"
>Entire Etsy businesses built around making clothes and accessories for the OG doll
Delusional. Only reason the Grogu hype's died down is because he hasn't been on screen for over 2 years and everyone has multiples of him by now.

>>11529595
Lucas knew how to milk the merch bucks

Grogu needed more costumes in the show, not just on Etsy

>>11529701
>Grogu needed more costumes in the show, not just on Etsy
Very true. Only so much you can release with just one canon outfit. I was really hoping for a little more from the beskar armor he got crafted than a mail shirt and chest plate under the robe. They also missed an opportunity to give him a new outfit from his brief time training with Luke.

>>11529701
Why did they stop upgrading Mando’s armor? I thought he’d give it some paint eventually, maybe yellow accents to match his ships.

Mr. Stevie posted this sketch for the Geonosis poster. Some clues about what we'll be getting like a Separatist army builder pack.

>>11529140
>>11529416
The idea that the majority of people buying TVC are happy with what the line is doing is completely bonkers. Reminder that every single person buying TVC is a fan of these toys because they grew up with- whether in the 70s, 80s, 90s, or 00s- actual toys. This bland, boring era is a new thing within the last 10 years and it's killing the line (along with a series of other dumb decisions). While many of them are showing their age compared to modern engineering, many of the toys especially produced from 2007-2012 or so were more than close enough to "screen accurate" and still had features out the ass. The big millenium falcon, the big AT-AT, the MTT, Turbo Tank and AT-TE were all excellent toys that still looked great, and they or anything like them could easily be produced today with updated/slightly more accurate looks and engineering and still maintain features and playability.

You small handful of vocal fucking morons acting like these aspects of toys in the *toys* you're buying are useless/unwanted couldn't be more wrong. If they were coming out just like that you'd be buying them all the same, and at least then they'd actually be interesting playthings that more people would be excited about, interact with, and would be functionally identical to what you have now- just with way more actual function and play. And hey, if a kid did get their hands on it, it might make a new fan instead of being some boring garbage that does nothing.

>>11529825
I'd love a Jedi troop builder with background unnamed Jedi that appeared in AOTC, Mr. Stevie if you are reading this.

>>11529825
can i has hasblow jobbs???

>>11529825
so it seems they are adding flood lights to the Haslab and an Arena backdrop poster?

gonna be honest if those are the sweeners it's gonna be another lmao rancor situation with the bag of bones and cardboard cutout shit

Not sure what the stuff is behind the bcdt mix to the right.

>>11529447
Anon graciously cut off the lower part of that image so poc and women won't get offended.

From YakFace's IG. I'd be so happy with a new Padme. Also there's a note in the top right of Steve's graphic that says "focus on debuts".

>>11529865
Pretty sure the one on the right is just another grouping of the army build pack that's called out on the left to make it seem like they're surrounding the Jedi. I'm guessing it's going to be a set with probably 2 B-1's, a B-2, and then a Geonosian warrior.

>>11529870
I've been wanting a new TVC Padme forever but I wish they would do picrel instead of tummy Padme with the ripped shirt. Tummy Padme is sexo but really only works for this one scene.

>>11529865
>flood lights
No those are just the turrets it comes with. I am curious what the backdrop poster is though. Maybe they will do a playset with the chain columns and include it with that. Also people need to know when and where cardboard works and where it doesn't. Floodlights and backdrop with the gunship would be great bonuses that add some much needed value. Completely different from the Rancor situation imo

>>11529938
The Black Series Padme had this outfit and pegwarmed, so I think they assumed fans only want the tummy version.

>>11529942
To be fair Padme always pegwarms because no one cares about her unfortunately. Which I guess is why it's taken this long to get a TVC for her. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they cheap out and just repack the black series 3.75" instead of making an all new one.

>>11529813
I was thinking that too. Maybe it's what will happen at some point in the movie so they have a reason to put out a bunch of new toys of him.

>>11529938
I'm sure they'll do that version too. The tooling would mostly already be there.

>>11529948
In hindsight it seems really weird that the collector-focused 3 3/4" line was at one point just part of the Black Series, that must have caused a lot of confusion. Of course, I think it's stupid that it's currently called "the vintage collection" when there's absolutely nothing vintage about it, and it has the same packaging as "the retro collection" which are classic Kenner styled toys. Made worse by the fact that GI Joe also had a "retro series" and there was nothing retro about it at all, it was just a rebranding of the 25th Anniversary line.

If I had it my way, there would be Black Series, Legacy Series (what is now called "Vintage Collection), because that's what it was called in the 2000s and carries on the "legacy" of the 3-3/4 line but with modern sculpts and articulation, the "vintage series" would be classic Kenner style 5POA retro figures. That would make the most sense to me, at least, but we're basically stuck with whatever it is that Hasbro is currently doing.

>>11529960
Remember when a board game was in the black series?

>>11529960
I want "the black series" to go away forever. These names suck. We need something better.

>>11529974
That reminds me, they made the Retro Collection Tarkin an exclusive pack in with a board game. That was retarded.

And now that I recall, another reason why the packaging for Vintage Collection is terrible-- they went with the facsimile style that the Retro Collection *should* have had, while putting that giant ass ugly red "RETRO COLLECTION" sticker on the Retro figures along with that ugly pre-weathered effect. Vintage Collection should have a more modern looking package design with unique artwork distinct from the original Kenner line, while the Retro Collection should embrace the fact that it's a facsimile of the Kenner line. I just don't get what the logic behind the Star Wars team is.

>>11529999
There is no logic. It's all retard, all the time. We had a legitimate 8 year stretch of toys where we didn't even get so much as a wave of figures that actually went together. At least they sort of seem to be trying to be.. better..? Now, but it's not nearly enough and the brand is still infected with absolute fucking dipshits.

Oh yeah, haslab should have been an arena, or a tantive 4, or a star destroyer or SOMETHING big and impressive, not this.

>>11529760
>>11529813
I think they were following cartoon character protocols. you wouldn't recognize Homer Simpson if he did not have his white shirt/blue pants. Who is the NEW baby Yoda! Ahh there's two of them! no no, that's just Grogu in a new outfit...

I think they did intend for Mando to eventually get COLOR to his armor, it's the only reason for it to start out silver, but they probably couldn't decide which color to use, and then it became "too late" everybody got used to the silver and might not recognize him if he did change the color... oh well looks like they are stuck with silver...

>>11530037
They were doing small but subtle changes which I think kind of worked. Like first he got the beskar, then he got the signet and jetpack. Season 2 he had a different piece on his right thigh. BOBF he walked around with the spear and darksaber. Season 3 he got the dual blasters. But what I find weird is the footage form the movie shows him back with his original blaster so it's like they regressed a bit.

>>11529960
>>11529998
Remember when they used to refresh packaging and change the line name like every 2 years or something? Now it's just vintage and black series in the same boxes forever. Maybe it's to avoid confusion idk. At least black series started changing up packaging. I wish TVC would get a new look and name. They used to be keen on helmet shaped packaging, could be cool to go back to that. But of course they will never change because of how much money they get from the card fags who are very autistic about the Kenner cards and their numbers and sizes and stuff

>>11529841
I collect Black Series for the superior looking figures and MGS to save on space for the ships. And because they have a bigger variety at this point. I don't need my figs to interact directly with my ships, I'm not outright playing with my toys like I was when I was 9.

GI Joe's last minute surge is giving me hope for the gunship. I want those Jedi (to sell)

>>11530139
Joe hasn't had a failed haslab. SW has had two

>>11530127
The reason I think they're sticking with TVC is because the cardbacks and numbers give it an easy way to get additional sales. Many people buy them specifically for that reason or in addition to the ones they open. So while I agree, I would love to have a new package refresh and format (if only because the bubble on the 6x9 card is pretty limiting in what can be packed in), I think at this point it's important to get as much out of the sales as possible since this is already a niche line. If they dropped TVC for something new, it would probably be the death of 3.75 Star Wars because most of the people aren't going to want to start a new carded collection. This is why I think they haven't finished the O96 as well because I think they feel that many older collectors will finally bow out after that.

>>11530127
Yeah! I don't get why it just fell i to this stagnant muck. We could get something so nice and classic looking. I still love the unused Star Wars card art they used for the SDCC exclusive with Carbonite Jar Jar.

>>11530013
Tantive 4 would have made plenty of sense. It was too big for Kenner to release in the original toyline at a viable price, and that was with some major compromises to keep it only a little bigger than the Falcon, and has always been the one that got away. Vintage Collection scale would still have to be scaled down but it would work fine in either the Kenner scale or Vintage scale, and they could fit in some cool stuff like a hallway with escape pods, a cockpit, and a working turret or two.

>>11530144
One was a black series one that nearly almost funded and one was a roleplay item from a show that failed. All vintage haslabs have funded so far.

>>11526063
The chart has changed so little that 4chan wouldn't let me post it because it thought it was a duplicate file. After trimming the edge slightly, here it is.

>>11529974
>tfw you realize Star Wars in of itself is a trivial pursuit because the execs in charge don't know or care what it's about

Pottery

>>11530283
So far. We'll see if that's true in another 25 days.

>>11529825
man i wish we´d get a vintage shaak ti

>>11530410
We are >>11529870

>>11529960
I think the reason why they keep it TVC and not Legacy is because in the time when Legacy and Clone Wars were on shelves simultaneously with TVC, TVC was the like that consisted only of figures with the full modern articulation, while the Legacy and Clone Wars lines still contained figures with 5 POA style figures mixed in to the line.

>>11530410
Force Unleashed variant too.

>>11530297
You randomly reminded me, I still need to get the DVD version of Star Wars Trivial Pursiuit sometime. I love trivia games and it's cheap now.

>>11530294
This thing is dead in the water

Looks like the Cantinas are starting to trickle out

>>11530891
Anybody upload in hand pics yet?

>>11530915
Yea, they're being posted on the TVC Facebook group. Here are the figures

>>11530918
A lot of the cups seem to come on sprues like model kit pieces.

>>11530921
There's also some weathering that's been applied to the walls. I don't remember if they mentioned this in one of the videos or not but it's nice that's there.

>>11530925
Some close ups of the figures

>>11530929
I'm still torn on if I'm going to open the Tonnikas or not. As much as I want them in the bar, carded samples of them by themselves will probably be worth almost as much as the entire Haslab in a few years.

>>11530921
makes sense since the entire thing is more like an unfinished model kit than a toy. Hundred cups, no paint on the walls, no floor or outer walls, no features of any kind.

the Lego set from a couple of years ago mogs this thing so hard it's not even funny. Couldn't have thrown in a band member on a motorized peg to bop him back and forth for 10 seconds? Goddamn I am so glad I didn't buy this.

>>11530925
>>11530933
I see I missed that they last minute added some minor paint apps. Ok great, I take back my one of several complaints.

Greedo looks stellar at least, looking forward to a repack.

>>11530934
Nobody has posted it fully assembled yet so I'll just leave it here with Greedo.

>>11530933
>>11529416

>>11530937
how's your giant featureless gunship going? Why have I seen almost no photos with the ghost? People aren't even using these damn things when they get them.

>>11530933
Are you referring to the UCS cantina? That didn’t have any built in play features either.

>>11530941
And why do you think playset based things would be any different? For 90% of people these are just things to display on a shelf with the figures. If they had play features, they’d use them like once when they got it or maybe show guests that come over if they’re not too embarrassed, but seriously, most people wouldn’t even use the play features. If anything, I could see people complaining about them inflating the price to have lights and sounds built in that they won’t use.

What are the chances we ever get an updated Baylan Skoll figure? I'd prefer a version that does justice to the late actor, instead of the poorly-painted manlet we're currently stuck with. He'd look so much more imposing on a Dooku/Malak-sized body.

>>11530965
I doubt it honestly, if we get another figure it’ll probably the new actor. All you have to do is swap the legs to fix the height.

>>11530965
I don't think there will another version of him with Ray's likeness unless one of the import companies does it.

>>11530925
I was really surprised to see this because up until now I thought it was almost entirely unpainted. Not that it would have gotten me to back it but they should have said there would be weathering deco or showed it in renders/prototypes

>>11530936
Greedo looks really good. Also nice little paint detail on the cup

>>11530993
I didn't even notice that on his cup. That's neat.

>>11530936
Pretty stupid we had to back a dumb Cantina for this

>>11531021
It was probably going to come out later regardless. Look at Mephisto.

>>11531021
It is likely he was coming either way judging by how quickly the Cantina Adventures 4 pack came together. I think that's why he was the first tier. It's pretty similar to the ROTJ Luke that was with the Rancor. Even though it didn't unlock, that base figure still wound up in the Black Series line like a year later.

>>11530945
It's a much more complete structure, actually looks displayable, has an inside and an outside with completed walls and portions of roof, had additional tatooine market stalls, and a dewback with food and water stall and a speeder. It's a complete set.

Obviously the mediums are different so I don't expect dozens of figures included with the Hasbro cantina, but the LEGO feels like a well thought out complete toy and the haslab an unfinished diorama builder- literally closer to a model kit than a toy.

>>11530955
I don't understand this as an argument. "They're not gonna use it" well for people that just put things on a shelf and don't touch it they're really not "using it" at all. Including features in a toy should not be dependent on whether or not what someone *might* do with it. Both vintage and current diaclone have massive features packed items that are super expensive- only collectors are buying that whether they use them a lot or not.
Masters of the universe is managing to put out multiple multi hundred dollar sets that are both a) bought almost entirely by collectors and b) still unequivocally fuckhuge toy first playsets. Star wars toys - from the vintage all the way up to just a few years ago - had all sorts of features and that didn't stop anyone- including you- from collecting them. The fact that you're almost surprised, and defensive, of the fact that there are people out there disappointed with the lack of "toy" in their toy is pretty wild to me.

I truly don't mean to sound overly repetitive or want to be annoying- except maybe I do. I've been voting with my wallet and if the vintage cardback autists can bitch and moan their way into getting what they want I have the faintest of hopes that if perhaps I and others with similar views- that want toys to be toys again- speak up enough perhaps we might get them someday.

>>11531038
>I've been voting with my wallet
why dont you post pictures then? like genuinely if youre voting with your wallet and buying epic heroes, and you want other people to also do that, why dont you ever show them to better sell your argument?

>>11530965
Jus get the vintage collection version.
Much much nicer than the crap black series release they did

So now that the Gunship isn't happening, where does the Star Wars team go from here? Sequels are retail poison, retail doesn't want to give SW space on the pegs...hm

>>11529701
I want Padme in the red dress for Black Series so bad. I'll wait a few years and if it doesn't happen I'll get the purple one that's out now, but it doesn't scratch the same itch.

>>11531215
How much was the Gunship? If it's over like $100 no wonder it didn't get fulfilled.

>>11531215
Just like the snowcat wasn’t going to fund either, right? Or last year when you said the cantina wouldn’t fund?

>>11531215
More EU stuff, hopefully.
I'd be happy if they finish the KOTOR 1+2 main parties before they're old enough to enter the public domain.

>>11531218
There hasn't been a gunship available under $100 retail since 2009

>>11531109
I haven't been buying epic heroes. That's a little kid line, and tvc has become some boring model car line. It should be a middle ground, nice detail and articulation and ships that look exactly as they do, but with features when it's appropriate- and some experimention in the figures would be nice too. Playsets could be actual playsets and not just some walls to decorate shelves with. Wild, I know. The last things I've picked up were an E wing and the thrawn 3 pack.

>>11531231
Which I should add, the Thrawn figures from the pack look great but holy shit these are terrible toys. I've got a thrawn from 1998 that stands well, came with a pop up backdrop, and had his little force lizard that snaps perfectly onto his neck. I've got a thrawn with more modern articulation from 2010ish that came with a comic book and another figure, stands well, and has a force lizard that fits very well and stays on his neck.

This thrawn can barely stand(an issue I have with some of the various other modern figures I've picked up in the past 5 years), and his little lizard will fall off his neck if you breath on it, or touch it, or anything. I literally had to put sticky tack on the fucking thing to keep it on.

This is no longer a toyline.

>>11531231
Epic is literally on par with Star Wars toys we had back in the 2000's except with better sculpts. I don't know why you're dismissing it when it's giving you exactly what you think TVC ought to be.

>>11531231
>>11531233
Dude, you’re in the minority of collectors. Most people are perfectly happy with what TVC is giving us, they’re just choosing the wrong things to make.

Very slight uptick

>>11531226
Well, there's their problem. Parents aren't going to be buying $1,000 gunships and death stars for kids, that's something only aspies with no families can afford.

Barriss Offee ships in a couple weeks.
Also have Jango and Ventriss on preorder. I don't care about Ventriss but the toy looks cool and I want to give her a cape.

>>11530936
Realizing now that my Saga Collection version is 20 years old at this point. And really the only thing I like better on this new one is the updated articulation and the new gripping hand looks better on this one. I think the eyes look cuter on the old one and I kind of like the fuzzy vest.

>>11531038
Nobody wants TVC to be more toyetic though, that sounds as gay and retarded as the NERF dart gimmick or firing missiles. TVC is for adult collectors to display on shelves or dioramas. Please take your autism elsewhere

>>11531301
Looking pretty grim, they waited that long to send the marketing email and it barely bumped pledges. I think the trickle of new pledges will continue to slow until 15 - 10 days to deadline and then cancellations will start to snowball even more sharply than the Rancor. Will definitely still get 2k or so pledges in the final days, but I think it will fail to meet the goal.

$450 + shipping and fees is just too fucking steep for a slightly larger LAAT when all of the serious collectors already have one. Also shouldn't have been a Haslab as it is not a big ticket dream item that could never be made otherwise, it's at best an expected mold improvement update like the big Falcon or big AT-AT.

>>11531582
Firing missles are based. You just hate fun.

Can't wait to get the new Greedo in hand

>>11531384
>Saga Collection version is 20 years old at this point
Bro don't say that...
I remember looking for that guy in stores as a little kid and being so happy that I had a toy of my favorite character....

>>11531609
Anon what do you think about the play doh super battle droid factory?

>>11531301
That's pathetic. Cookie Monster and Rancor about to have another roomie.

>>11531626
I prefer the spring loaded battle damage B2s. I think the molded battle damage is better suited for things like the T2 bioflesh playset.

>>11531623
Same. But PotF2 Greedo was among my favorite childhood figures. It's kinda crazy that the gap between that and the Saga version was maybe 8 years and the gap between Saga and TVC was around 20.

>>11531626
>>11531656
God I hope we get a new B2 next year. One on par with the Black Series version

I've been buying the Epic series for my kid and TVC for myself. I like that the Epic figures have less small parts but look similar to TVC so it's not as obvious I'm buying something different or better. It's nice that it has vehicles too, including ones not in TVC. I hope they continue to add characters to it. I keep getting asked for droids and Clone Wars Jedi.

>>11531626
It's weird how that goofy gimmick kept coming back.

>>11531582
>>11531247
>>11531241
Are you guys being willfully retarded or what? I'm not asking for nerf/playskool level detail and features. Are you any of you seriously suggesting that the big millennium falcon, outside of being just a tad undersized, is a bad, shitty looking vehicle with obstructive kid like features? It's a masterpiece, it looks great, and it's a terrific playset, toy, and centerpiece. And I just name dropped 5 other releases with the same design language. All of them looked stellar and had actual play features - and still command extremely high prices on the secondary market.

You would be opposed to more things made like this? If your answer is yes, you're retarded.

>>11531626
>>11531656
These were both so cool. Sad to see that kind of experimentation all but dead in SW.
These super battle droids- the exploding one looked great, and perfectly fit for display, even including blast effect, yet still functioned great as a toy. And then the clay one, when you got a great pull from the mold actually looked decent(better than in this photo) and you could have jedi stab through it with their lightsabers. It worked really well and was an interesting gimmick.
There was talk of epic heroes above and it does feel a bit too kiddish for my tastes because there's nothing like either of these battle droids going on with it. Theres a lot of baffling decisions with it too. Most of the figures that have better articulation already have better counterparts in more detailed lines. And then the figures where they are the only options for the characters get the short end of the stick with 5 POA. None of them have unobtrusive features, the lightsabers are all permanently the weird effect, any of the armor and larger weapons are big, bulky things that are fun enough but look ridiculous. It is a kids line, not something that functions as *both* a kids toy and something that looks great in a collector display the way the exploding battle droid does.

My jedi temple guards come later today

Increase is steady so far. If it maintains momentum and gets the usual last minute surge then it has a good shot of hitting the base goal. Probably not the tiers though.

Need a little help identifying this figure :
it's a TCW 3.75 Clone Pilot, with 2 specific dots on the chest.
Therefore, it is not Oddball (Clone Pilot, which is the main line TCW Clone Pilot with same deco (but no dots), neither is it the Clone Pilot pack-in from the V-Wing Fighter, nor the Clone Pilot pack-in from the Republic Attack Shuttle (markings on the shoulders).

Anyone know where it comes from ?

>>11532499
We were saying the same thing about the cantina a year ago and it almost got all the tiers. Really there’s no way to statistically predict these.

Looks great

>>11532556
cantina definitely had more upward momentum than the gunship

>>11532556
>We were saying the same thing about the cantina a year ago and it almost got all the tiers. Really there’s no way to statistically predict these.
You must not remember things very well. The cantina wasn't stinking up the place as badly as this.

>>11532499
Dead in the water

>>11532556
You can literally see the cantina's progress on that same chart. The LAAT has a longer time to reach the same 8k minimum the cantina had, but at the halfway point in its run the cantina had already passed 5k. The LAAT is doing significantly worse than the cantina.

>>11525422 (OP)
any tips on removing legs straight from the ball joint on the older figures that were hard plastic?

>>11532588
I wish they put the skirt stitching on the side or something, I don't like how you see it between the legs.

>>11532699
I don't think it's possible to take apart hard plastic parts without breaking something. Also I don't think those figures even used ball joints but rather swivel hinges. Regardless of how much boiling water I've tried in the past, they would never come off.

>>11532588
Looks like shit

>>11532554
Is this from your own collection or did you acquire it somewhere? Because the only body I'm seeing with those specific rank dots on the chest is from the Speeder Bike Recon figure, but it doesn't match any other aspect of the figure in your pic. So it kinda seems to me like maybe someone did some parts swapping or it's some kind of factory error.

>>11532770
Not him, but that was my guess too but I didn't post anything because I am not educated enough on that line. It looks like a head swap.

>>11532556
all of the haslabs have had their shills and detractors but i haven't seen as many people against it as in this one, to the point where the shilling campaign that starts near the end began early, i wonder how many of the new backers are actually new people and not just the same people hitting the panic button early and buying multiples, which could be the saving grace of this one

>>11532747
I agree.
Dafuq were they thinking when giving it a plastic hood over a fabric one??

>>11532826
The most common comment I’ve seen is "we already have this". If a big chunk of typical Haslab backers are long time collectors that don't want another gunship, it might have trouble funding without them.

Really, as the brand continues to decline Haslabs will continue to struggle. Eventually there might not be 14k Star Wars fans left willing to spend money on Star Wars merch lol. I noticed the subreddit member numbers go down for every piece of new media that comes out

>>11532845
Yeah because fabric hoods always look so much better

I'm excited for Bariss Offee to ship soon.
Also have Asajj Ventress and Jango on preorder.
Are there any hot jedi figures with tan robes?

>>11532770
>>11532802
Thanks for the replies !
I bought it second hand at a convention, so it is possible it would be a custom that was mislabeled (and I didn't pay attention at the time).
However it's surprising because it would not be only a simple headswap, someone would have to also remove the arms to obtain the Pilot I have.
So far it's the closest guess I have, so thank you !
I'll be hunting down the real "Oddball", that one will be a fun variant in my shelf !

>>11532888
None of those are Star Wars toys.

>>11532913
This. They just threw some accessories from actua Star Wars figures and threw them on some adventure series and I’m not even sure what that third figure is, but they don’t even look like they fit in the Star Wars universe.

>>11532894
No problem. I'm leaning more towards it being a factory error than a custom. I can't imagine why someone would go through the trouble of swapping all of that around for that specific result. It would be easier to just paint the dots onto the chest of the pilot. So I would bet it is just an Odd Ball figure that mistakenly got the torso of the Speeder Bike Recon driver and slipped through QC. They were probably being produced at the same time since they hit only a few months apart.

It's ogre now

>>11533634
>still can't get enough backers with less than a month left
Lol

Nobody wants it. And they'll want it less when they'll be getting ZERO figure unlocks for the full $500 rape bucks.

>>11533641
I want it

>>11533443
There's also the AT-TE Assault Squad Battle Pack that has clones with the dots on the chest.
https://www.rebelscum.com/TCWBPATTEsquad.asp
It's definitely a fun variant, it will add some diversity to the Clone Troopers ranks!

>one or two more nose art panels like Plo's bros
>make the tiers some obscure ARC trooper variants or something to rope in the clone autists
>lower the price to $399 to make it a bit more reasonable for army builders
>increase backer count to compensate for lower price

I think it would have funded faster. They should have designed it in a way people would be more likely to buy multiples. As is, it's overpriced and comes with nothing so people don’t even want one

>>11533642
You're not getting it

Momentum seems to be slowing again, the line is ever so slightly straightening out

>>11534048
Oooof

>>11534048
>last updated: 11 august
why are we posting a chart that is 8 days old

>>11534256
Because they're retards. Here's the new one.

>>11534388
Oh that's even worse

>>11534388
It's at least climbing, very gradually but there is upward momentum. At the very least it looks steadier than the rancor which flattened out around the same time. It really does look like a last day surge will make or break it.

>>11534395
>but there is upward momentum
There really isn't. People are losing interest fast.

>>11534398
You can literally see on the chart that the number is steadily rising. I'm not saying it's doing great but it IS going up, even if it's slow.

Merrin bros... whatdya think?

>>11534395
none of the last day, or even last couple of day surges, double their numbers, which is what this would have to do to make it.

>>11534403
It's completely moot how "much" It's gone "up." It's not getting the backing it needs. And more people will drop off when it comes time.

>>11534623
Haven't grabbed the BS yet but it looks good. I got my TVC one last week. Her neck is too long, which apparently can be fixed by swapping the dumbbell with Bo-Katan's. Luckily I had an extra that I bought super cheap for fodder. Other than that I really like the figure and am glad to have her. I'll grab the BS one and the Turgle + Cal set in a few months probably after the rest of my Pulse preorders ship out. I hope we get some more Survivor characters like Bode and Caij Vanda.

>>11534623
No. Hate the outfit and especially the haircut. I never even got back to her in the second game before quitting though. I did love the first game though. Really hate that they've mostly neglected it, I wanted an unmasked head for Trilla too

>>11534640
Her hair and outfit was better in the first game for sure. Too bad we never got any figures. But she still looks waifu tier in the second game, and the figure looks good.

>>11534623
She's nice, was my most wanted figure ever since I played the games. Imo she is the closest Star Wars has to an anime waifu

>>11534640
>Hate the outfit and especially the haircut
I guess I don't really strongly like or dislike the Survivor look but they could have done something more interesting. And yeah they definitely nerfed her for some reason. Her face looks weird and puffy in most scenes while irl Tina Ivlev is really pretty.

>>11534653
Never seen that concept art before. For me it's the outfit from 5, the hair from 8, and the dress from 1 could be for a level where Cal and Merrin have to dress up in gala outfits to infiltrate some elite party for recon.

>>11534623
pretty ok figure
looks nice next to cal

>>11534653
>while irl Tina Ivlev is really pretty.
I really hope they put her in live action some day. I wanna see her in full makeup and costume.

>>11534702
>wanting more Disney+ slop
I'm good with just the games. I'd rather not have my last remaining favorite characters ruined in a shitty lore breaking low budget mini series. There is a 0% chance they wouldn't be ruined

>>11534749
She'll probably be ruined in the next game anyway, since they've got a totally new director/writer don't they?

>>11534623
LAZY fucking costume.

kind of insane that you can't even say "hey the line is going up a bit" without some sperg going NO IT'S NOT

>>11534749
They already did that to her in the book. At least a live action appearance would be nice eye candy

>>11534887
Seems like every general has at least one unmedicated schizo who doesn't work and camps all day. Not even just generals on this board, it's every general on this site. Get enough people regularly discussing something and inevitably some unhinged ghoul will find it and just live there until he drives everyone else away.
We never should have closed the asylums.
My favorite Star Wars is Return of the Jedi.

>>11534898
>We never should have closed the asylums.
indeed

>>11534887
Because you're delusional? You're grasping at straws trying to make it sound like a win.

>>11534911
not really? it's a fact that it's going up, it's not by much and it's unlikely to actually make it but just saying the line is going up isn't some kind of fullthroated support of the haslab

>>11534887
Insane? In here? I can't even say that this is a better toy than the shit getting slopped on us through haslabs without everyone acting like I want a bunch of little tikes toys.

>>11534887
I think it’s just one retard who trolls every single haslab, probably the same guy who made this thread >>11521836, meanwhile the snowcat unlocked all tiers at the end lol

>>11535172
Nah, you have to come to terms with Star Wars being a dying brand.

>>11535160
Haslab is for collector display pieces.

>>11535189
I won't lie anon, it feels like EVERYTHING is a dying brand these days. Interest in a lot of the mainstays of my childhood are on the wayside. Star Wars, comics in general, Dragon Ball, Transformers, GI Joe. I could go on, the only things that don't feel like they're dying are anime and manga related properties, and not even all of them, like the aforementioned Dragon Ball. It sucks.

babe wake up there’s a new mr plinkett star wars video

>>11535204
>I won't lie anon, it feels like EVERYTHING is a dying brand these days.
Everything is dying, not just brands. I woke up early this morning, /toy was DEAD, almost no activity overnight. This part of 4chinz is down to a few dozen posters. FB is dying hard, they're constantly pushing AI bots to "drive engagement". It's either drown in slop or listen to crickets.

>>11535327
Why would you wake me up for that trash

>>11535349
Yeah, /toy/ has been pretty dead lately. It seems like there is some bump in activity every now and again, but generally, there's just nothing going on.

>>11530037
I always thought the silver was intentional because they were trying to evoke a "knight in shining armor" image.

>>11534623
She looks beautiful in the face. I just dont like Hasbro's female bodies. Not really what im looking for. I wish theyd put a matte finish on their figures. The faces always look so sweaty.

so do we know when hasbro will announce the release dates for the palps-mace two pack and the teased geonosis figures?

>>11535406
>/toy/ has been pretty dead
Jannies abusing the ban hammer, the same autistic trolls constantly picking fights and screeching about everything. The board being shut down as long as it was. Its not going to recover. Who wants to talk toys when the trolls are relentlessly screeching and you get banned for calling them out?

The last Ventress figure in the black series kinda had bad articulation. I really hope this new Bounty Hunter version is way better for posing.

>>11535458
Is it realistic to expect good articulation on a 3 inch figure?

>>11535468
They're six inches and my Aayla Secura figure from the same wave had much better articulation.

>>11535468
Yes? Lots of 1:18 figures have good articulation.

>>11535468
No? Lots of 1:18 figures have bad articulation.

Got Hrchek Kal Fas in today, Feltipern Trevagg, Myo, and Hem Dazon are now on their way. After that I think I'll just be short ten more cantina patrons... but those start to get into the $100+ each ones so that'll be like a year long endeavor

>>11535453
>>11535406
>>11535349
I frankly think the 14 day autosage has a part with all of this, but its mainly trolls and incompetence that have ravaged this board in the past few years unfortunately, and the aforementioned issue literally spawned out of laziness of dealing with one troll instead

>>11535449
The two pack is an NYCC exclusive so I would expect the same shitshow as the Anakin Obi-Wan SDCC pack where it sells out on Pulse in 30 seconds. Though maybe that one won't sell out because a lot of people already have Mace and Palpatine doesn't look the best

>>11535204
It's the war on soul

>>11535453
>get banned for calling them out?
I've noticed the ones claiming this are the most deserving of a ban

>>11535453
It's just /toy/ too from what I can tell. I've been recently going back over to /m/ and their gunpla general and it's so much more active than the one here. Holy shit. This board has just gone to utter shit lately.

>>11535487
lore accurate fridge bod

>>11535817
What the kino... that's awesome. If she can be posed like that I think I'll take her out of the box now and add her to my display shelf. Just need some cool set like that to give her though.

>>11534628
I've run projections and crunched numbers and at the rate it's going, it'll just cross over the finish line, provided it behaves like and follows the pattern of every other Haslab. As long as it keeps chugging away at an average of 45-55ish per day, which it has, it'll enter its last 5 days with about 4.5k, which sets it up for a last day surge that pushes over the finish line. If it does 150% of its first 5 days in its last, which isn't too far fetched compared to other campaigns, it'll just make it over the finish line. For context, the Cantina did 160% of its first 5 days in its last 5 days, other campaigns that entered their final day unfunded, like Giant Man and the Sky Striker, did massive numbers on their last days relative to their starts. Even the much maligned Rancor managed to do over 3.5k in its last 5 days. Basically, it's gonna be very close, and while it's technically on track to fund, it's success is by no means guaranteed, but neither is its failure. We likely won't know until its over.

>>11535830
Cool story, but it’s not funding. People will start backing out once it’s clear it’s not hitting tiers.

>>11535830
what a load of bullshit. you've come up with some arbitrary metric to suggest it might fund, while every other (less complicated, more straightforward) metric says its not funding. Nothing this low at this point has made enough of a % jump to fund, even with a massive surge at the end. period.

Shouldn't they be doing some marketing for the gunship by now? Campaign is half way done and all we've gotten is Steve's fucking napkin drawing

>>11535817
Did you make that set or can it be bought somewhere?

>>11535759
/m/ has a few cows but less convincing or more accusatory to each other, still jesus christ this board has some awful problems

>>11535836
My metric was based on the campaigns current last 10 day average for the remaining doldrum days, and the pattern pretty much every Haslab at the end, not some arbitrary numbers I pulled out of my ass. You're correct that something this low hasn't funded, the Rancor however came incredibly close at 8533 out of 9000. The surge the LAAT will need at the end really isn't as out of reach as you think it is, if it matches the Rancor's numbers in its last days, it'll at least fund. Once again, I'm not saying I think it'll necessarily fund, just that its not out of the question if you're going off the usual Haslab pattern.

>>11535817
Cool!

Battle of geonosis Is the last hurrah of legacy Star Wars. Soak it up.

>>11535882
>legacy Star Wars
You want me to soak up "legacy Star Wars", give me Krayt and Talon.

>>11535861
They're probably going to ramp it up soon. The prototype is going to two cons and a "secret location" according to Mr. Stevie. And Chris Reiff just posted a photo of himself at Lucasfilm HQ yesterday. I imagine that was the location that Steve was referring to, probably to make a promo video. Hasbro is doing a panel at FanExpo Canada on Saturday, which is one of the tour dates for the Gunship, so I wouldn't be surprised if they make an announcement there that's related to it to drum up some hype.

>>11535817
I always like your photography Anon. Keep up the good work!

New TBS wave starting to show up, I got the new Chewie but I still passed on Han. I didn't like how he looked in photos but there've been figures that look better in person and I thought Han might be one but no, he looks as bad in person.

>>11535919
>They're probably going to ramp it up soon
No they won't. This team doesn't care about selling shit. They don't even care about Star wars.

>>11535672
>I've noticed the ones claiming this are the most deserving of a ban
Yes, sweetheart, calling out a troll is worse than the one running into every thread and screeching because a toy doesn't cater to them personally. Sounds like that troll is you, and thats what you want.

>>11535830
>I've run projections and crunched numbers
But did you read the tea leaves? Retard, there are no numbers to crunch, everything is based on a whim.

>>11536051
Okay, keep telling yourself that.

>>11535202
Anything a collector puts on a shelf is a collector display piece.. You're buying toys. They can have features. No matter what it's becoming a dust collector in your room.

>>11536295
>collector display piece
>because it collects dust
Pottery.

>>11536245
Stay delusional

>>11535861
I didn't make it . Its from MMM toys and I got mine from bbts.

>>11535969
I like the new Han. It's far from perfect but I think it's probably the best Han they've made in either scale.

>>11536833
It's a downgrade from the last one

Here's the latest. Still continuing the gradual upward trend, though it's very close to the same point in the rancor's timeline where it started seeing a downward trend.

>>11536942
History repeats itself. That ship is sunk.

>>11536942
I can't remember, was there something specific that happened on day 28 of the rancor campaign that caused it to lose backers?

>>11536985
I remember Hasbro showed off the unlocks and they were laughably bad, with bones, and some cardboard being tiers. Not only that, but they didn't include the Rancor Keeper, or Oola, which led to more anger, and people withdrawing their support.

>>11536985
I think that was when they revealed the final tier unlock so it was clear we weren't getting Oola.

>>11536988
Yeah, the whole thing felt like an unprepared book report.

>>11536988
But series black collectors love cardboard. Remember that Vader that came with extra cardboard for only $20?

>>11536939
I don't think the last one was even as good as TESB one.

>>11537165
It seems like in general Hasbro has always had trouble with ANH Han more than any other version of him. As it is they tend to struggle with Ford's likeness but something about the ANH look in particular always throws them off.

Got my Hem Dazon in yesterday and he comes with a neat little post-style mini table. Were those a real thing in the cantina? I checked the Haslab Cantina and it has nothing like this thing

>>11537460
Oh no...

>>11537457
Might just be something Hasbro came up with. The old Hammerhead came with one too

>>11537437
I think you're right, but I still think it's their best Han in either scale. I prefer it to the SHF even, for what little that's worth. I don't think the TESB or ROTJ versions we got are bad or anything either, but having it in hand I think the new one is much better and as a TVCfag I wish the new TVC ANH Han was as good but it's actually quite shit in comparison.

>>11537457
This is definitely one character I want them to redo.

>>11537621
Get the next 17 one

>>11537457
Looks like the right size to fit between your tight cheeks. May the ~force~ be with you

>>11537624
I'm just not into the retro aesthetic 5poa stuff at all. And really the reason I want him to be redone for TVC is so he can bend his knees and sit down at the table. I don't care whether he has the silly digitigrade legs or if they just reuse farmboy Luke's at this point, I'd just like to see him revisited

Bossk's Bounty posted a review of the new TVC Han Solo

>>11537791
I think the face sculpt is nicer than it looked in the promo photos, but the hair and vest are still rough. I feel a little better about preordering it.

>>11537801
Yea the face seems better which is what I assumed would happen since Luke was the same way. I'm still not happy about the thick wrists but it is what it is I guess. I'm just happy to have an ANH Han that has good articulation finally.

The focus group at Hasbro was shown the Gunship, Y-Wing, Havoc Marauder, and a U-Wing and the Gunship was the winner. They were also told it would be $350.

So things got worse before the Haslab started.

>>11537984
Why would a Y-Wing need to even be a haslab?

>>11537990
Why would a gunship?

>>11537990
It really doesn't, but the reasoning is probably the same as the gunship. The Y-Wings we've gotten so far have all been variations of the undersized vintage mold, so this would be an opportunity to make a more accurately sized one.

Of course it would have the same problem the gunship has, which is that there aren't enough people who know or care that the vehicle is undersized.

No major change in trajectory. It's a steady rise, but it needs to really pick up speed going forward if it's going to get funded. FanExpo is another chance to show it off in person and do some marketing, but I don't really know what they can do that would give it a significant bump.

>>11538005
Goddamn you're OBSESSED. Take a break from daily posting this shit.

>>11538008
why does it bother you

>>11538008
Is this your first Haslab?

>>11538005
D-d-dead

>>11538005
If they're going to give it actual companion pieces like a BARC speeder and/or an AT-RT they need to hurry up and pipeline them, making the theme Geonosis when there's almost nothing to directly interact with a gunship there besides phase I clones (which were already recently updated) is just such a huge miss on top of the all the other previously-established issues; for fuck's sake the aliexpress bootlegger is doing a better job putting out things directly related to the gunship, and they obviously don't even have to care if it funds or not.

>>11537791
>>11537801
>>11537808
I think I can live with the headsculpt. I think it's the hair particularly the thick sideburns that make it look worse. But it's the thick wrists that bother me the most. In general he looks kinda fat when he is pretty slender in the movie. And the hips jut out a bit too much making it look weird. Actually maybe the wideness of the hips is the main problem throwing everything off. The black series was able to put the legs closer together

People complained Endor Han looked short and stout because they reused the Solo movie figure but the new ANH one looks almost the same, if not worse in some areas like the thighs.

>>11538319
>In general he looks kinda fat when he is pretty slender in the movie.
A lot of that has to do with the vest. Their more recent insistence on separate pieces doesn't always work at this scale. Same for the hair -- for the most part molding the hair separately has worked fine, but you get cases like this where something is clearly awry and worse than figures we got 20 years ago.

Black Series is getting single released of Anakin and Obi Wan from the SDCC set. No extra hands or heads though.

>>11538393
It’s still insane to me that they don’t seem to be doing open preorders on that SDCC set… there’s just so much money they’re leaving on the table for seemingly no reason

>>11538333
It's also the minimum wall thickness bullshit fucking things up. But yeah separate hair doesn't always work. It looks so bad on Shin Hati for example. Merrin too kind of. I guess they do it because paint is often messier as you can see on Bespin Han in Bossk's comparison

>>11538393
That was pretty obvious. I really wanted the heads and hands though

>>11538393
I really find it to be bullshit that all of a sudden the swappable lightsaber blades are only given to these expensive exclusives when the first one came packed with Dooku. It should be a fucking standard accessory with every lightsaber wielding character.

This is not the Tie Pilot helmet faggots.

>>11538484
boba fett was also a standard figure until 2023ish when they realized that they could squeeze more money out of mandotards by charging for for accessories that nobody is going to use

>>11538530
Or the Purge Trooper Phase II Helmet. (hey if we are going with disney shit this is cool)

>>11538545
Boba at least had the paint excuse. These don't even have that. Surely they could have tossed in something. Fucking hell I just looked at the press photos and they don't even have Jedi cloaks! All the shitty Acolyte figures get them but not the two most important characters of the prequels? It's absolutely maddening

>>11538884
Don't worry, you can just get the acolyte figures at ollies for $1 take the cloaks and chuck the figures.

>>11525531
IT'S FOR COLLECTORS AS A DISPLAY PIECE
Not for playing with your little dolls with

Is the Palps vs Mace going to be released on the hasbro pulse store? or I can only get it throught ebay/mercari?

>>11539199
Last I checked it's a Pulse exclusive.

>>11539427
It's an NYCC exclusive as well so might sell out just like Anakin and Obi-Wan SDCC set

Apparently Pulse Con isn't happening this year and supposedly the 10.27 event is up in the air as well. So the only reveals we'll get will be at NYCC and other Fall conventions.

>>11539714
Well it started as a pandemic thing didn't it? I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did, but with cons back in full force for a few years it makes sense that Pulsecon would end.

>>11539729
Yea, I imagine as the years went on it probably just became better financially to just pay for the con booths than having to create this huge production with hosting talent and a stage. I think part of it is also due to the rumor that Hasbro is trying to move their HQ out of Rhode Island. So it's probably not worth doing all that set design and building just to have to take it all down again. And if they leave that property then the 10.27 also wouldn't make sense anymore because it's named after the building's address.

No convention bump. Still rising incrementally, but not with the speed it needs.

>>11539739
If it gets over 4000 in the next week, I could see it getting a last minute surge that pushes it over 8k. But factoring in the cancellations from not unlocking tiers, who knows if it will actually stay over 8k by the time the campaign ends.

>>11539785
it's also steadier than I thought it would be but it really does need a huge push beyond just the usual last minute surge
hasbro doesn't seem interested in doing any more promotion for it or trying to sweeten the deal so I don't know what could happen that would jumpstart it at this point

>>11539785
>If it gets over 4000 in the next week
Not happening. Nobody wants this turkey, and it's sad to see anyone hoping it happens.

>>11539790
I don't think Hasbro really cares. I think they would rather not put it into production if they're not going to get 10k+ units. The Rancor probably would have funded if they extended the deadline a bit but they didn't. Basically if it's not clearly going to be a smashing success, they'd rather not bother with it

I buy a Black Series

They are training Luke how to use the Force while waiting for Bariss Offee's ship to arrive.

>>11539973
Training Luke for what? His sex change operation?

>>11539973
Who is the bald man with the bad wig in the middle?

>>11540180
I think that's the anon who kitbashes Indiana Jones figures.

>>11526739
I want to lick her tummy causing her to giggle uncontrollably.

>>11539962
Star War

>>11529701
It would be nice to get high priced call girls in these outfits.
Especially the white one on the end, the grey one and the orange handmaid.

>>11529960
And don't forget that O ring faggotry for Joe "fans"
I hate that shit.
I mean hell, I have some of the OG star wars figures I shoplifted as a kid and they are crap compared to modern stuff.
Maybe growing up at the time somehow made me a but more immune to that part of the "nostalgia"

>>11540591
I am not as nostalgic for O-ring GI Joe as most even though they were my favorite toy when I was a kid, because one of the things I remember the most about O-Ring GI Joes was that o-ring snapping or popping off, and the thumbs on the figures' hands barely being able to hold accessories without breaking because the thumbs were tiny and the plastic was brittle. I was, granted, a clumsy kid who was rough with my toys, but when I first got Kenner's Batman the Animated Series figures I was blown away by how much of a beating they could take versus GI Joe.

>>11526716
>>11526739
I will never understand how so many fans find this orange, nigger lipped alien bitch, remotely attractive.

Am I reading this wrong? It says "all new, fully articulated pilots", which to me means they are brand new tooling for the bodies and not reuse of the current clone mold. But what would be the point of that? It also seems stupid to make pilots locked to this campaign anyway, especially if they're only going to card one of the two that are included, when they're needed for other things we have and would be worth upgrading from the old 3.75 Black Series or the TVC 1.0 Gunship versions.

>>11541309
Wow, what a totally shitty selling point!

>>11541309
to me sounds more like they are not using the 2013 pilots but "brand new" aka the current clone body with new helmets, no chance in hell hasbro would waste a clone mold they could milk variants from in this

There is much to explore in the ancient ruins while waiting for Bariss Offee's ship to arrive.

>>11541309
Why the fuck would they imply the pilot won't get a reissue? That's ridiculous, people are gonna want more pilots even if they buy the gunship

>>11541486
Fuck off you weirdo.

>>11541309
>But what would be the point of that?
Desperation. Something along the lines of
>Please buy this our jobs are in the line, here kid two shit figures BUY THEM OR ELSE! I MEAN IT!

>>11541600

Ya, nothing worse than someone who plays with their toys.

Imperial ambush!

Both of these heads are from the same figure but the left I slightly repainted.

Waiting for Anakin to drop in a few minutes.

>>11540825
>nigger lipped
She's white/latina, you fuck.

He's up.

>>11541496
All I can think of is that they're not going to release this Phase I again but the rest of the pilots using this tooling will be repaints to make them AT-TE drivers or specific named pilots like Warthog or Oddball. It's still stupid to lock the basic one here though. They should have just made these pack in figures special by giving swappable heads for Phase I and Phase II looks, that way the carded one would still be unique and then they could put out a regular Phase I in the mainline. It's like they want to leave money on the table.

I preordered Anakin and Obi-Wan but I will gladly cancel if they restock the SDCC set

>>11541963
Isn’t Rosario Dawson black?

>>11542051
>but I will gladly cancel if they restock the SDCC set
I’m in the same boat but it seems like it’s not happening at this point. It’s fucking stupid, but it’s Hasbro, so…

>>11541915
It's that a mech from Avatar? Are you using BS or TVC Aphra?

>>11541309
To entice people to buy into it obviously, what else?

The Gunship is sure in a lot of trouble

>>11542096
Yes and TVC.
I have tow mechs. later I was trying to set up Obama dueling with Putin (from Space Force) dueling in the mechs with Warhammer Chaiswords but am having trouble framing and having their faces visible.

I just got the shipping notification for the Bantha and trooper 4-pack but my Cantina still hasn't shipped yet this is pissing me off

>>11542485
I just got those same emails too. And the Bantha says it should have shipped yesterday but it didn't. Haven't even had my shipping label generated yet for the Cantina but keep seeing people posting theirs on the TVC Facebook group. Fucking sucks lol. This is the only HasLab I've ever backed and I assumed I would be one of the last shipments because I wound up cancelling my first order for the Standard and backed a Deluxe instead like an hour before the campaign ended, but I guess there's no rhyme or reason to how they ship them out. Some people who backed in the first twenty minutes of the campaign are in the same boat as us.

Staying the course. Not a very exciting chart.

>>11542496
Cause it's not getting made. It can't even reach half.

>>11542235
Well yes but it just doesn't make sense. Why tool up a body that's the same exact thing as what we already have and isn't even that old to begin with? It's not like the Stormtrooper body where they could have justified it by upgrading the hips.

>>11542531
But they didn't tool a new body. It's very clearly the same Andor clone mold they've been using with a new helmet.

>>11542496
It looks like it’s probably gonna fund, but it’s gonna be close.

>>11542780
Yeah, there's not a lot of enthusiasm for it but it's also not faltering like the rancor did. I think people aren't going to be too upset if the tiers aren't unlocked because we all know Hasbro's just going to release those figures anyway.

>>11542924
Are people even that excited for the tiers to begin with? It’s just background Jedi and not even popular ones.

>>11542928
I backed it but I hate the tiers and if they unlock I will sell them. Those background Jedi in particular are super boring to me and I would have preferred anything else.

>>11542774
That's exactly my point. Why say its "all new" if it's not? They're usually pretty careful and deliberate with that kind of language in the lines. When they say "all new" or "from the ground up" that has always meant completely new tooling. Otherwise they specify it as a retool or if it's just a new head on the existing body usually they say it in a way like, "now on the super articulated clonetrooper body".

These are actually pretty good

>>11543060
It's all new compared to whatever shitty old clone you might have in your 2002 gunship. That is how they're doing the marketing for this, by telling you this stuff is all new and better than your old stuff

>>11543101
>>11543103
Still feels like a waste of budget when they could be putting out more canon repaints instead.

>>11543260
Implying new figures have improved drastically compared to even 20 years ago. The only big improvement would be the latest barbell hips over swivels and if it's sitting in a cockpit most of the time, that difference is negligible. This whole haslab project is paying premium prices for slight improvements.

>>11543101
>Death Star bell
Nice detail
>>11543103
Cute

>>11541939
What's the dio?

>>11541963
>She's white/latina, you fuck.
She's clearly orange

>>11542051
>I preordered Anakin and Obi-Wan but I will gladly cancel if they restock the SDCC set
Same

>>11542051
>Isn’t Rosario Dawson black?
her lips are

>>11543261
I agree but at the same time I think these are kind of neat and they've been getting more creative and fun with them over time. If I still liked Star Wars as much as I used to, I might have picked a couple up because they are cute.

I wouldn't expect Hasbro to give us kino gunship nose art like this but I wish they at least included some extra blank panels so you can make your own

>>11543101
Those are gay

>>11542780
>looks like it’s probably gonna fund
Are you mental? It in no way looks like it will fund.

>>11540825
Dipshit zoomer, please escort yourself out

>Start slowing down on TVC and collecting Lego because of the absolute state of Hasblow
>Lego Star Wars shits itself and makes the worst wave of all time
To be a Star Wars fan is to suffer.

>>11543809
Lego Star Wars collectors deserve it for continuing to give Lego money after what they did to clone trooper minifigs

>>11543804
lmao calling me a zoomer

>>11544396
NEW THREAD

>>11544396
NEW THREAD