I’ve been called many things, but one label that seems to have stuck is that of the Worst Collector in the World. The evaluation apparently stems from my refusal to mindlessly buy things I don’t really want. Click through to learn about a thing I don’t really want that I’m buying anyway and why you should too.
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Do you remember the bubblegate fiasco from Phase I of the Black Series (and other lines of the time)? It was a vexing time. Unfortunately a new report from our friends at Jedi Temple Archives is troubling. Hit the jump for the details.
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Now that we know the dimensions of the HasLab Vintage Collection Sail Barge box, we can start to picture what that glorious full color Vintage Collection packing might look like. Hit the jump for the details.
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On this snowy northeastern morning, my heart was warmed to see Vintage Collection 2018 figures in my Ebay feed. US based Ebay seller tecatoys has the first wave of 2018 Vintage Collection figures up for presale. They also have Snoke and the First Order Stormtrooper up for individual presale order.
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While browsing Vintage Collection figures on Ebay, a couple of asking prices for Vintage Collection Millenium Falcons made my eyes pop out of my skull like the wolf in a Tex Avery cartoon.
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Have you noticed a certain buzz around here lately? It’s not just the overwhelming excitement about the Sail Barge. Last August we did some wishlisting with respect to the renewed Vintage Collection, and Hasbro’s recent announcements have taken a big bite out of one of our lists. Hit the jump for the details. Just to set expectations, this is not news. More of a victory lap.
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Apparently, we’ve all missed an Easter Egg on the HasLab website. KLAATU IS CONFIRMED FOR 2019! Click through for the details!
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Rumors are swirling that TVC 2.0 will relaunch with a wave of repacked The Force Awakens figures. These are the LAST figures that need more retail exposure. These figures are still working through the retail pipeline a year and a half after the movie’s release. Hit the jump to read more.
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The return of the Vintage Collection was announced last month at Celebration. In a dramatic presentation that built to a pregnant pause, the line’s return was heralded with one figure: a re-release Jakku Rey from Walmart’s exclusive 3.75” Black Series line. Hasbro, if you launch the line with that figure, we’re doomed. It has nothing to do with the source. It’s just the market. Hit the “read more” link for our thoughts.
Also, we realize the launch wave is probably locked in at this point, so we’re not expecting this article to change anything, but at least we’ll get to say “we told you so”. And that’s what the internet is for, after all.
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We are all excited that TVC is coming back next year. We should be satisfied with this news, and should simply be patient and hope for the best. But we’re obnoxious collectors, so we’re also looking for a suitable line of vehicles to compliment the new line. Just look at the awesomeness of this thumbnail below! No, we’re not looking for a battle-damaged repaint of the misrepresented and oft-maligned Rogue One AT-ACT. Or…are we?
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It’s official. The winner of the 2017 Vintage Collection Fan’s Choice poll is Doctor Aphra.
No surprises here. Happy? Disappointed? Ambivalent?
The poll results don’t make much sense to us, but it seems what is done is done. We only hope that the vote was legitimate, and all those that selected Doctor Aphra will put their money where their mouse-click is, and buy it at retail. May The Vintage Collection survive this early challenge!
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hasbro has been conducting the Fans’ Choice poll since the POTJ days, and the sales of those figures has been hit or miss. The recently completed Vintage Collection Fans’ Choice poll highlights why. Fans interested in the line are not the ones voting. Hit the read more link for more on this.
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Time’s running out! Get your vote in bef- ....eh, don’t bother. Looks like a landslide in favor of someone named Doctor Aphra. I’m not sure if she is a medical practitioner or a holder of an accredited academic degree. Old Man Palps is the OT leader, tying for a distant third place. The votes of the three OT characters combined are still crushed by this newcomer.
Why is this? Are we old school collectors not the powerful voice we think we are? Are we no longer representative of the collecting community? Do those that currently and regularly patrol the various collecting fan sites prefer new characters from the television cartoons? Has the 40 year history of our beloved franchise divided fans into two irreconcilable twenty-year eras?
Here at the firm of Nomad and Other Guy, we have been discussing what the Spring 2018 launch wave of The Vintage Collection 2.0 should look like. What’s important to note is that we’re not focusing on the ultimate collector case filled with obscure characters like Glee-Glop and the Floopty-Doos. That would be retail death. We’re trying to brainstorm the ideal launch wave for retail success. And as usual, Bret and I don’t agree on what that case would look like. We also argued about whether or not anyone would want to read this. I said no, and I put my money where my mouth is. For every comment above 1000 this article gets, I will buy him 10 AT-ACTs. Hit the read more link to join the debate.
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Hasbro’s Vintage Collection Fans’ Choice Poll is live. Click through to cast your vote (as long as you’re voting for either Yakface, Sim Aloo or Emperor Palpatine).
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