Grand Admiral Thrawn 1/6--LINK TO BUY IN FIRST POST!!

[thenammagazine]

My reg that I forgot to cancel will be here tomorrow.

I wonder if that excuse will work for online porn subscriptions too. "Sorry hon, it's that whole reoccurring billing thing. I don't look at it, I just forgot to cancel."

 

[DarthNeil]

I didn't. Ordered the reg and got him Wednesday. Been at the hospital so didn't really get a chance to play around with him yet.

How'd the operation go?...

 

[thenammagazine]

How'd the operation go?...

No Op . A bouncing baby @$$hole.

 

[DarthNeil]

No Op . A bouncing baby @$$hole.

Congrats.

 

[thenammagazine]

Congrats.

Thanks! Not sure it was a fair trade for... sleep.

 

[Khev]

I wonder why they didn't make Thrawn's throne separate like they did with Palpatine. I'm sure a fair amount of people who bought just Thrawn would consider upgrading their display to include his chair later on and now they won't be able to without buying the figure all over again. Perhaps they're banking on the 750 exclusive combos never being in stock again?

 

[thenammagazine]

I wonder why they didn't make Thrawn's throne separate like they did with Palpatine. I'm sure a fair amount of people who bought just Thrawn would consider upgrading their display to include his chair later on and now they won't be able to without buying the figure all over again. Perhaps they're banking on the 750 exclusive combos never being in stock again?

Oh, I think there'll be plenty of room in the warehouse. They can keep the Ex Tohts company.

 

[Khev]

Oh, I think there'll be plenty of room in the warehouse.

That's what I'd be inclined to think. It seems strange that they would preclude all the non-exclusive owners of Thrawn himself from taking the chair off their hands. Anyway, just one of those things that makes you go "Hmmmmm."

 

[thenammagazine]

That's what I'd be inclined to think. It seems strange that they would preclude all the non-exclusive owners of Thrawn himself from taking the chair off their hands. Anyway, just one of those things that makes you go "Hmmmmm."

They did the same thing with the Belloq Ex. MANY more would've bought the Fertility Idol environment for their Indy, maybe even selling it out, if the $90 POS Belloq had been knocked off the price tag and removed. No, what'll make me go "hmmmmmmm" or more appropriately "" is when based on that they make a statement saying, "It's clear when looking at the lackluster sales of the Thrawn Ex, Star Wars fans just don't like environment pieces with their 12" collectibles."

 

[sithlord13]

has anyone in the eu been billed for thrawn yet?
just wondering what the damage will be- and debating wheter to switch my emperor order to FPI to save money?

 

[Glennfett]

mine will be charged for tomorrow...im in AUS

 

[Lordscum]

My Reg version was delievered yesterday , overall its a pretty nice figure and what we've come too expect of SS as far as Imperial officers . The skine tone is lighter than what I thought it would be but it does lend itself well as far as making the figure look more realistic.

Sorry no pics right now , its wrapped up along with my Shock Trooper as Christmas gifts from the wife.

 

[IrishJedi]

IJ, dont know if you'll see this but something I was wondering and that you might know. When Kenner started in on the Power of the Force 2 line in '95 - how long was that deal in the works? A year, 2 years? More? I know right now Hasbro says a line is planned a full year in advance and I'm curious what the time table was at the start of Kenners run on the modern line.

Just saw this...

The deals for new toy licenses were negotiated 1991-1994. Playmates actually very nearly landed the master toy license, and upstart McFarlane Toys also made a bid. But LFL went with Kenner, who impressed them with their plans for the Action Masters diecast figures and because they still had several of the old molds that could be reused for vehicles and such.

Before that, JustToys came out with the weird Bend-ems (bendable figures) that sold like hot cakes and Galoob started their Micro Machines stuff, which also flew off the shelves. This showed Lucasfilm that people were not only starving for new SW stories, but new merchandise as well.

Like the Zahn books, it wasn't so much about quality... it was timing. The first SW stuff was going to sell through no matter what it was.

 

[bloodgear]

has anyone in the eu been billed for thrawn yet?
just wondering what the damage will be- and debating wheter to switch my emperor order to FPI to save money?

Asked for a shipping quote.
The've passed it on to the EU Warehouse. I don't know if thats a good sign or not.

 

[sithlord13]

Asked for a shipping quote.
The've passed it on to the EU Warehouse. I don't know if thats a good sign or not.

thanks - i keep expecting the invoice and shipping notice - but it looks close either sideshow or fpi at the mo

 

[Khev]

Well Grand Admiral Yawn just arrived. A nicely done figure, but compared to those other blue aliens that SSC and HT will be developing collectibles for, not really much to get excited about. I thought I'd take him out and have a little fun posing him before sending him back but now I think I'll just leave him in his box for his brief stay here.

 

[Memnoch]

Just saw this...

The deals for new toy licenses were negotiated 1991-1994. Playmates actually very nearly landed the master toy license, and upstart McFarlane Toys also made a bid. But LFL went with Kenner, who impressed them with their plans for the Action Masters diecast figures and because they still had several of the old molds that could be reused for vehicles and such.

Before that, JustToys came out with the weird Bend-ems (bendable figures) that sold like hot cakes and Galoob started their Micro Machines stuff, which also flew off the shelves. This showed Lucasfilm that people were not only starving for new SW stories, but new merchandise as well.

Like the Zahn books, it wasn't so much about quality... it was timing. The first SW stuff was going to sell through no matter what it was.

Thanks for that. I had, and still have, some of those JustToys Bend'ems. Was curious though about the Kenner dealing because some fool claimed on Rebelscum that if it weren't for the EU we wouldn't have the current Kenner/Hasbro range. Gotta love it.

 

[Buttmunch]

I just listened to Outbound Flight the other day so I'm really looking forward to getting Thrawn now! I'm going to have to see if my library has any more of the Thrawn books on CD so I can listen to them at work. OF took place between Episodes 1 and 2 so Thrawn wasn't even with the Empire yet or able to speak Basic, so I'm assuming this was cronologically the first appearence of Thrawn.

 

[lerath666]

it is. I think the next chronological appearance of him is a short story by Zhan, that also Chronologically introduces the Galaxy to jodo Kast.

Spoiler

Short version is, Jodo kast, the Fett impersonator, was a persona that Thrawn created to go under cover to find an imperial traitor. End of the book, thrawn ditches the mandolorain armor, and some Correlian schmuck takes the armor and becomes the jodo Kast that Fett eventually kills.

 

[SportsAnchor]

Got my "UPS Quantum View" email from SSC tonight! Thrawn/throne will be in my hands on January 6th.