Hasbro appreciation thread.

[Coheteboy]

Very nice! It's on sale for 16.99 at Target and in stock at both my local stores.

Awesome! Glad I could help. Not a bad set either if you don't have Cad Bane. It's neat to get that little droid voiced by Seth Green too.

 

[FLOSI]

I stopped watching CW about half way through season 2, so I'm not in the know about a lot of the new characters. Still, Cade Bane is a cool character and I get the droids for a decent price. Win-win.

 

[Coheteboy]

Just found my vintage Ponda Baba and Rebel Soldier (Hoth Echo Base) at my local Toys'R'Us so if you're lookin' for them, add TRU to the hunt. They've been hitting Targets as well.

The Y-Wing is also on sale this week for only $30 (at TRU) if anyone is lookin' for it. It's the vintage box and comes with no pilot but... it's cool if you're a package collector.

 

[FLOSI]

Nothing new at my local TRU SW wise, but I did get a GI Joe Steel Brigade figure... Good to know Walrus Man is hitting TRUs though. I'll keep my eyes pealed.

 

[Glennfett]

am after the vintage packed landspeeder,tauntaun and search for luke battle pack..

 

[Boba Ben]

Ponda Baba will be bought.

 

[FLOSI]

Funny, the Luke Tauntuan is 25, yet the Han, Han's Tauntaun and Rebel Trooper are 25. Pretty sure the Tauntauns are the same too.

 

[barryo]

i saw the rerto luke taun taun & han solo taun taun at target yesterday for $25 and just couldn't pull the trigger. nice and tempting but feel these should be in the $15 range............

 

[Badvermin]

Funny, the Luke Tauntuan is 25, yet the Han, Han's Tauntaun and Rebel Trooper are 25. Pretty sure the Tauntauns are the same too.

I saw that as well and I didn't like it. There is no reason we should have to pay a huge premium for the 80's packaging.

 

[Coheteboy]

Funny, the Luke Tauntuan is 25, yet the Han, Han's Tauntaun and Rebel Trooper are 25. Pretty sure the Tauntauns are the same too.

The difference is that Luke's TaunTaun has a chipped horn, so you're actually getting LESS tauntaun!

Yep, the vintage packaging is just a way to gauge buyers. There's no reason the landspeeder (also $25) is that expensive either, especially when it's just a re-issue/repaint from a release years ago... and back then it came with a Luke figure for $20.


Be patient. They will no doubt release a Luke Skywalker tauntaun set exclusive. They always do stuff like that so don't fall for it.


That's the one thing I've learned with Hasbro is that you never need to rush on anything. If you feel iffy about something, don't get it. If it's a main character, they'll release it again... and it'll be better than the one before whether it's improved articulation or more accurate accessories and paint.

How do I know this? Well... I just friggin bought either my 4th or 5th Ponda Baba figure! FRICKIN' WALRUS MAN!

 

[Coheteboy]

Here's pics of my latest two figures...

Ponda Baba

 

[Darth Waller]

Repeat after me... the name is Walrus Man.

 

[galactiboy]

Repeat after me... the name is Walrus Man.

Man its such a stark contrast between what Kenner made and what he actually looks like Those guys must have been doing a lot of drugs

 

[barryo]

Repeat after me... the name is Walrus Man.

or the alternate yet not near as glamorous "buttmouth".............

 

[Darth Waller]

or the alternate yet not near as glamorous "buttmouth".............

Or chinsack.

 

[j97e1]

Or chinsack.

Big bag of 'WIN' to you, Sir!

 

[Coheteboy]

Kenner's original toy is more Pink Taco lookin'.

 

[Reefer Shark]

Star Wars toys have come a long way!

..but there's still something special about the old Kenner figures.

 

[Darth Waller]

Kenner's original toy is more Pink Taco lookin'.

They made one of those, too!

 

[Kal-El]

Training on the Falcon

Having some fun with my figures and my Falcon.