Hasbro 6" Black Series Star Wars line

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

I'll see you again. I promise.

 

[FriendlyPiranha]

Anyone know of any places online still carrying the Han Carbonite for near retail?

Amazon has it for $25.95 right now. Go, go.

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-6-...fix=star+wars+black+series+han,aps,261&sr=8-1

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Empress

 

[How2TrainKaiju]

Amazon has it for $25.95 right now. Go, go.

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-6-...fix=star+wars+black+series+han,aps,261&sr=8-1

I had enough Amazon points to get it for $0, so I actually went for it. It sold out before I finished checking out.

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Jar Jar Binks

 

[DiFabio]

Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu and Jar Jar Binks are being rereleased on vintage 99’ Episode I card backs.

Ben Kenobi, Greedo and Jawa are being rereleased on vintage 77’ Star Wars card backs. Supposedly they’re going to be like SDCC Fett, 4-LOM, Zuckuss and the Wampa with Kenner colors.

 

[Johnny Utah]

If that's the 50th anniversary plan, it's really lame.

 

[DiFabio]

That’s mostly all they do these days, repaint and repacks.

 

[FriendlyPiranha]

Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu and Jar Jar Binks are being rereleased on vintage 99’ Episode I card backs.

Ben Kenobi, Greedo and Jawa are being rereleased on vintage 77’ Star Wars card backs. Supposedly they’re going to be like SDCC Fett, 4-LOM, Zuckuss and the Wampa with Kenner colors.

For me this is really good news. I've been trying to get my hands on Qui-Gon and Greedo for a very long time. Almost lost hope.
Also, I will cancel my PO for JJ, since I wasn't gonna display him with that shield anyway.

 

[Dave_W]

I'll gladly take a vintage card Greedo, the more of those style the merrier I say. Pass on Kenobi and Jawa though.

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

The Rescue

 

[DioramaMaker]

I love the shot, but somehow the printing on the eyes for your Gideon seems really wonky. He's got some crazy, unhinged look going on

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

I love the shot, but somehow the printing on the eyes for your Gideon seems really wonky. He's got some crazy, unhinged look going on

Yeah LOL

Zooming in on them it looks like they're printed slightly high. Missing the eye socket a little.

I have spoken

 

[jye4ever]

That unhinged look looks great lol

 

[loki2371]

Up for PO on Amazon

 

[Buttmunch]

Greedo is kind of fun because how different he is but the other two are shameless cash grabs.

 

[Khev]

That unhinged look looks great lol

Open your mind Quaid, start the reactor, lol.

 

[DiFabio]

Love Greedo.

Ben is neat, but needs a Vader and Luke with yellow lightsaber to accompany him.

Don’t like the Jawa at all. It’s lazy and does nothing for me visually that the previous Jawa didn’t already achieve. If you’re gonna do that, do the vinyl look like Obi-Wan.

What really irks me is the inconsistency of the cardbacks. That 50th anniversary logo is an eyesore and man, they changed the layout of the cardback AGAIN!




I have every anniversary cardback, from the Star Wars 40th 2017 line to last year’s Empire 40th line with every exclusive in between. I’ve been displaying them all in protector cases. This card looks like it’s going to be bigger and the logo font doesn’t even match the other 30+ figures I have.

I don’t think it’s nitpicky or OCD either. How hard is it to keep a consistent look across one line? You got a template, ****ing stick to it. It just comes off as lazy.

And maybe I’m wrong, but who else would prefer throwback cards for the Archive line? If you’re going to rerelease an old Black Series figure, do it in style. Those generic black/white/grey cardbacks are ugly. They JUST put Hoth Han and Hoth Luke on them. You know what would have been cooler? The Kenner cardbacks.





Hasbro, listen to me. You don’t need an anniversary or a “special” year to sell old figures. You’d have three prospective buyers with my idea if you changed your packaging.

1. collectors who missed out on a figure the first time (which is why Archive even exists)

2. collectors who want an updated figure be it paint deco or improved photo real headsculpt

3. collectors that are vintage nostalgic nuts that will not only buy a loose figure, but a MOC one as well because it looks nice


You would make so much more. The Hoth Han and Hoth Luke in particular just don’t make sense. They could have easily taken Chewbacca and Dagobah Luke’s place on the ESB 40 line considering that same Chewbacca and same Dagobah Luke are still widely available in the two packs with C-3PO and Yoda. Those slots could have been for those two AND you could have put a blue coat Han back into the mix to get people to buy that Han 4 times!

So dumb.

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Din vs Gideon

 

[spaceghost2000]

The card back is replicating the vintage figure.

Looks spot on to me.