Vintage Collection March Madness 2025:  Submit Your Top 25

Our friends from the @SWTVC Instagram page are in the beginning stages of their annual March Madness Vintage Collection bracket poll. You definitely want to make sure your voice is heard on this. They are asking that you submit your top 25 most wanted Vintage Collection figures via Google Form. My personal list will appear at the bottom of this article after the guidelines. Here are the details:

Guidelines from @SWTVC:

CLICK THIS LINK to submit your most-wanted all-new TVC figures!

The Vintage Collection March Madness has returned for its fifth annual tournament, brought to you by the @SWTVC team! Now is your chance to help shape this year’s bracket by submitting up to 25 of your most-wanted TVC figures. What are your top 25 in 2025?

‼️Please follow these guidelines!‼️

1. Submit your list AT THE LINK. Feel free to share your lists in comments and on social media, but you have to submit via the Google form to have your choices counted.

2. Rank your choices IN ORDER, with your most-wanted at #1.

3. BE SPECIFIC. If the character has multiple looks, please specify the outfit, scene, and/or media property they are from.

4. ONE CHARACTER PER SLOT. Do not list multiple characters on a single line, such as “the Bad Batch” or “the Knights of Ren.” The only exceptions to this rule are:

• Two Tubes. They will be combined, so if you want both Edrio and Benthic, just use one line that says “Two Tubes.”
• Gella twins. They will be combined, so if you want both Ann and Tann, just use one line that says “Gella twins.”
• Great Mothers. They will be combined, so if you want one or all of Klothow, Aktropaw, or Lakesis, just use one line that says “Great Mothers.”

5. Focus on NEW TOOLING. This is about new figures—not repacks, repaints, or partially tooled figures.

Most of all—HAVE FUN!

You have from now until 11:59 pm ET on Friday, January 31 to submit or edit your list. Be sure to spread the word!

My personal top 25:
* denotes new on my list this year
↑ denotes figure has moved up on my list from 2024
↓ denotes figure has moved down on my list from 2024

1. Arleil Schous (Episode IV) *
2. C-3PO (Episode IV) *
3. Boba Fett (Episode V) ↑
4. AT-AT Driver (Episode V) *
5. EV-9D9 (Episode VI) ↑
6. Darth Maul (Episode I) ↑
7. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode III) ↓
8. Darth Malak (Knights of the Old Republic) ↑
9. Anakin Skywalker (Episode I - Tatooine) *
10. Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues - Episode V) ↑
11. Ackmena (Holiday Special) *
12. Princess Leia Organa (Ewok Village - Episode VI) ↑
13. Garindan (Episode IV) ↑
14. Shasa Tiel (Episode VI) ↑
15. Barada (Episode VI) ↑
16. Yotts Orren (Episode VI) ↑
17. TIE Fighter Pilot (Episode IV) *
18. Ki-Adi-Mundi (Episode III) ↑
19. Galactic Marine (Episode III) ↑
20. Commander Bacara (Episode III) ↑
21. Boba Fett ("Pre Pro 2" Armor - vintage Kenner card) *
22. T3-M4 (Knights of the Old Republic) ↓
23. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode I) ↓
24. Kardue'sai'Malloc (a.k.a. Labria - Episode IV) *
25. Amanaman *

The heavily under-painted $25 IG-12 has left me rattled. It's sapped so much of my enthusiasm for the hobby that it's not even funny (and I still need to write an article about it). If we can't even get proper paint apps in the deluxe line, what the hell are we doing? Anyway, that shaped some of my thinking for this year's March Madness. I have two new entries with the AT-AT Driver and TIE Fighter Pilot. Those are both figures that I feel could be done well without requiring heavy weathering or battle damage since they are pilots, and appeared fairly clean on-screen.

Feel free to post your Top 25 lists in the comments, but remember this does not count as a submission this year. You have to use this Google form link to submit:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqDohyhsIguvZdypxB98c75xRfUI7YgnJw7Rlpq-mPqrelLA/viewform

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