[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

After Target refused to pull it for me yesterday, my GF went back to my local target and managed to get someone to pull one of these out for me today. =)



On a side note, she mentioned that when the Target employee grabbed the case, that there is also a white variant version of this same two pack that's also a Target exclusive, arrives in the same cases as the Shadow Trooper set (three sets per case, with one black and two white.) and uses the same DCPI code as the black set. She was unable to snag a picture unfortunately that was clear enough to be worth posting, but I haven't seen anyone mention this variant set on any of the forum threads, and thought it would be worth mentioning here. It's a good chance to troop build your basic white trooper collection at a reasonable price, provided you want more scout troopers and speeders.

Got to say SW fans must love the legends line, they're pretty nice, lot better then they're smaller counter parts.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Got to say SW fans must love the legends line, they're pretty nice, lot better then they're smaller counter parts.

They're not legends, they're called Black Series, gawl! Because Black Series sounds so much cooler and way more bad ass than Legends, ya know since it has black in its name and stuff.
Joking aside, I originally never thought I'd get any Star Wars 6" figures but I also stopped getting 3.75" figures. I only have a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett, but I will say that they're pleasantly surprising. The SW 6" figures do seem to be trying to be more of an adult collectible line than their other 6" lines, but I really wish they wouldn't do any of the prequel movie characters until after they've done all original trilogy major/iconic characters. Seriously Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker before Darth Vader, ya done messed up Hasbro.

[TimothyR]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

They're not legends, they're called Black Series, gawl! Because Black Series sounds so much cooler and way more bad ass than Legends, ya know since it has black in its name and stuff.
Joking aside, I originally never thought I'd get any Star Wars 6" figures but I also stopped getting 3.75" figures. I only have a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett, but I will say that they're pleasantly surprising. The SW 6" figures do seem to be trying to be more of an adult collectible line than their other 6" lines, but I really wish they wouldn't do any of the prequel movie characters until after they've done all original trilogy major/iconic characters. Seriously Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker before Darth Vader, ya done messed up Hasbro.

why?.. not everyone only wants OT figures..

i never stick up for hasbro.. but with a line like this.. why would they release all of the "good stuff" first?.. they want people to hold on to the line.. not get what they want and get out. and they also want to attract all star wars fans.. not just OT fans.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

They're not legends, they're called Black Series, gawl! Because Black Series sounds so much cooler and way more bad ass than Legends, ya know since it has black in its name and stuff.
Joking aside, I originally never thought I'd get any Star Wars 6" figures but I also stopped getting 3.75" figures. I only have a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett, but I will say that they're pleasantly surprising. The SW 6" figures do seem to be trying to be more of an adult collectible line than their other 6" lines, but I really wish they wouldn't do any of the prequel movie characters until after they've done all original trilogy major/iconic characters. Seriously Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker before Darth Vader, ya done messed up Hasbro.

Haha my bad yes BS does sound a lot better then legends...and the fact that they're making vehicles along the same line is awesome as well. Imagine if they did it for the Marvel stuff...

[Dr Kain]

[PROVOST]

Today's haul -

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Got to say SW fans must love the legends line, they're pretty nice, lot better then they're smaller counter parts.

The Black Series line has been hit or miss with me. My single biggest issue with the 6 inch line thus far has been curious character selections in each series thus far. There have already been three variants of Luke, three variants of Stormtroopers (four if you count the clone trooper), two Boba Fetts, and some curious costume choices (Slave Leia before Cloud City, or hair buns Leia?) Some characters should not have been made yet (Greedo most definitely) while others should have came out a LONG time ago (C-3PO). Granted though, these are issues more with the characters that are being offered though, as opposed to the figures themeselves. The figures have been pretty awesome, and the dreams of having Captain America and Luke Skywalker battling Imperial Stormtroopers who have teamed up with Hydra are finally realized.

My next biggest issue with the line, has been the distribution. Unless I preorder or buy online, it is literally impossible to find these in stores (this includes the 3.75 inch Black Series figures as well...) The exception to this rule being the the first 6" Black Series Boba Fett wave, which continues to loiter on store pegs (minus Boba Fett of course, who I still to this day have not seen in a retailer or drugstore.) These don't come very much to a case as is, and of course, the more popular ones like troopers and a certain bounty hunter tend to be short cased, making them very difficult to find in the wild, and very profitable for the scalpers who have friends in various brick and mortar store warehouses across the country.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by TimothyR

why?.. not everyone only wants OT figures..

i never stick up for hasbro.. but with a line like this.. why would they release all of the "good stuff" first?.. they want people to hold on to the line.. not get what they want and get out. and they also want to attract all star wars fans.. not just OT fans.

Really? None of the prequel figures sell at all in my area, and the only kid I've seen even look at the 6" toys wanted Bespin Luke over the RotS Obi Wan. It's no secret, the prequel films were not a great experience for the franchise. I'd rather they just make the figures most people actually want from the OT and then do the lame movies so everybody who doesn't care about those can leave and not be forced to wait for the figures they want because Darth Maul was considered more important to do in wave 1 rather than Vader. I'm not 100% opposed to the PT getting toys, but getting Hayden Christensen and Ewan Mcgregor before the real Darth Vader and Alec Guinness' Obi Wan is irritating.

[Dr Kain]

It is the opposite here. My stores are clogged with Han, Leia, and Greedo. That is why Vader and Jedi Luke have not shown up yet.

[Feijai]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Really? None of the prequel figures sell at all in my area, and the only kid I've seen even look at the 6" toys wanted Bespin Luke over the RotS Obi Wan. It's no secret, the prequel films were not a great experience for the franchise. I'd rather they just make the figures most people actually want from the OT and then do the lame movies so everybody who doesn't care about those can leave and not be forced to wait for the figures they want because Darth Maul was considered more important to do in wave 1 rather than Vader. I'm not 100% opposed to the PT getting toys, but getting Hayden Christensen and Ewan Mcgregor before the real Darth Vader and Alec Guinness' Obi Wan is irritating.

I'm pretty sure there marketing for newer fans i.e. kids of the late 90's/2000s and not us old guys. And the price of 20.00 is pretty high for a kid to get with his allowance.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by TimothyR

why?.. not everyone only wants OT figures..

i never stick up for hasbro.. but with a line like this.. why would they release all of the "good stuff" first?.. they want people to hold on to the line.. not get what they want and get out. and they also want to attract all star wars fans.. not just OT fans.

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Really? None of the prequel figures sell at all in my area, and the only kid I've seen even look at the 6" toys wanted Bespin Luke over the RotS Obi Wan. It's no secret, the prequel films were not a great experience for the franchise. I'd rather they just make the figures most people actually want from the OT and then do the lame movies so everybody who doesn't care about those can leave and not be forced to wait for the figures they want because Darth Maul was considered more important to do in wave 1 rather than Vader. I'm not 100% opposed to the PT getting toys, but getting Hayden Christensen and Ewan Mcgregor before the real Darth Vader and Alec Guinness' Obi Wan is irritating.

While the second trilogy of movies was inferior to the original ones, there's honestly a bunch of newer characters from the prequels that I'd rather have before we start getting powerhouse "essential" characters like Lando, Dengar, IG-88, or Yak Face. I honestly didn't care for any of the prequels, but I can't deny that they were loaded with cool characters such as Jango Fett, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, General Grevious, or Darth Sidious (who we are sort of getting with Palpatine.)

Many of the other characters that were on screen for only seconds in the movies, but played much bigger roles in the Clone Wars series, such as Commander Cody (who we're getting) Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, Ahsoka Tano and Asaj Ventress (the last two who were not in the movies, but were awesome characters nevertheless) were also great characters, and I would take them as well over another Han Solo in stormtrooper gear or Leia as Boush. Just because the prequels weren't held in high regard (myself included) it doesn't mean that it was entirely horrible either and that it's undeserving of it's own recognition. There were some great ideas and stories in between the lines, they just weren't presented properly. Had the movies been done with the TLC that the Clone Wars series was done with, I'm sure there would be no complaints about them.

I also feel that there isn't really a need to have a "new" stormtrooper in every wave, and characters like the TIE Fighter Pilot or X Wing Luke are a waste of space in the lineup (unless they plan on making vehicles for these versions of the character the way they did with the excellent biker scout.)

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It is the opposite here. My stores are clogged with Han, Leia, and Greedo. That is why Vader and Jedi Luke have not shown up yet.

Yeah but that wave was nothing but OT figures, for me the only figure that stuck around from series 1 was Maul and now Obi Wan is clogging from series 3. Actually it seems every figure except for Boba Fett and the troopers are clogging, Vader's wave is too new to tell but I'm sure that'll clog besides Vader.

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Originally Posted by Feijai

I'm pretty sure there marketing for newer fans i.e. kids of the late 90's/2000s and not us old guys. And the price of 20.00 is pretty high for a kid to get with his allowance.

I am fairly sure that the SW 6" figures have been unofficially declared Hasbro's adult collector figures. I am young (I won't divulge just how young) and saw all three prequel films when they were new in theaters. Of course as a kid I liked them, but now I see them for what they really are. Honestly none of them are shit movies on their own rights, but compared to what they could've been and should've been considering the franchise they all fall short.

Obviously some PT should be released before every OT character, otherwise we'd get nameless background character #37 before Mace Windu. I feel like the PT characters who should receive figures first (reckonin' who's already been done) should be: Jango Fett, Tyrannus/Dooku, Mace Windu, Qui Gon Jinn (Liam Neesons is my jam!), and General Grievous. But at the same time we should definitely get a Lando before any of them.

[Dr Kain]

I've never even seen Maul and only one store has Obiwan on the pegs.

[TimothyR]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Really? None of the prequel figures sell at all in my area, and the only kid I've seen even look at the 6" toys wanted Bespin Luke over the RotS Obi Wan. It's no secret, the prequel films were not a great experience for the franchise. I'd rather they just make the figures most people actually want from the OT and then do the lame movies so everybody who doesn't care about those can leave and not be forced to wait for the figures they want because Darth Maul was considered more important to do in wave 1 rather than Vader. I'm not 100% opposed to the PT getting toys, but getting Hayden Christensen and Ewan Mcgregor before the real Darth Vader and Alec Guinness' Obi Wan is irritating.

then hey.. stop over here and see ALL of the greedo's, leia's, and lukes that have been hanging around since they were released.

i'm so glad you're not running a business.

once again.. you don't seem to understand how releasing waves of toys works.. and how and when to release certain characters.

[SurpriseBox]

Hey everyone,

I'm new at this forum - so if my post is wrong here I'm sorry.

I found a special pack of Kinder Surprise in celebration of 40 years Kinder Surprise and did a unboxing of this on youtube:

Be surprised if I found one of a to 40000 limited golden Marylin.

regards SurpriseBox

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by TimothyR

then hey.. stop over here and see ALL of the greedo's, leia's, and lukes that have been hanging around since they were released.

i'm so glad you're not running a business.

once again.. you don't seem to understand how releasing waves of toys works.. and how and when to release certain characters.

Hey, I'm so glad you actually bothered to read my other posts. If you had then you'd know I've said that every figure past wave 1 that isn't Boba Fett or a Stormtrooper is clogging. Wave 1 actually disappeared eventually, but it took Maul and R2 a bit longer.
Also, it comes off as petty to criticize my business skills. My major isn't any kind of business management, so of course I shouldn't be running a business. I do, however, grasp the general concept of picking out characters they think will sell and (for almost any other toy line) assigning how many to pack in a case for retail stores to purchase. The Black Series is weak there because they stock by cases of four, when there are only four figures in a wave to begin with. This creates a system where, unless a figure is repacked like Han Solo being in the trooper's wave, they all have the same rarity. They don't have nearly equal demand though, hence everybody but Fett and the trooper is sticking around. If Hasbro is deliberately making figures they don't think will sell just to increase the desire for those upcoming figures that will, that is plainly dumb logic.

[Brownfinger]

Well, well.

[snake5289]

That's way too hilarious.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by snake5289

That's way too hilarious.

The humor levels on this thread are properly maintained, and we've taken safety measures to see that no jimmies are rustled. Your day shouldn't be negatively affected by the internet.

[Phantomcrow]

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Originally Posted by snake5289

That's way too hilarious.

Tink is just jealous

[Phantomcrow]

I got what I was looking for today. Very happy.
The Crow POP figure Hot Topic Exclusive. He Glows in the Dark.



Had to put some stuff on layaway this week. Found a untouched case of series 4 GI Joe Kre-o at TRU, the TRU Exclusive Pac Rim UNDAMMAGED Knifehead (in box, not clamshell. All toys should be like this) and what is most likely the final Batman 66 figure Surfs Up Joker.







Also picked up the SW Black 6 inch Vader. 4 Targets I went to had residue of this new asst.(Mostly the recolored Sandtrooper and Chewbacca) One store had 2 cases worth on the shelf untouched.
The Vader and Chewbacca are very nice in person, but I wish Vader had alternate heads. He is kinda hard to get the helmet to fit exactly right.

[En Sabah Nerd]

I think I prefer bloody Knifehead over clean, he just seems to stand out more on the shelf. The window box does look nicer than the clamshell.

[Kernel]

Today's discount finds. The hand fell off of the enforcer predator (they have interchangeable hands) so my LCS marked it down.

[PROVOST]

Today's mail arrivals -

[Phantomcrow]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I think I prefer bloody Knifehead over clean, he just seems to stand out more on the shelf. The window box does look nicer than the clamshell.

My problem with bloody knifehead was they will most likely never do another damaged Kaiju. I would rather have them all clean. Now I was tempted to get the bloody version with the new series 5 damaged Gypsy Danger that goes with him cause that looks great. If I was only getting Knife and Gyps to go together and pose them mid battle , then that would be the way to go. But I don't know if I am going to get more of the Concept/Newsreel/Intro Jaegers or stick with the main 4 from the film. I may just go with the 2 in battle and forgo the rest. I am waiting for them to announce a better Stryker Eurika figure.