Hot Toys Grand Moff Tarkin

[steelhegemon]

With Tarkin selling so well and quickly, what Star Wars figure do you guys think sold out the quickest on SS?

I just started in Star Wars collecting the past 3 years, I usually dove in predator and alien.


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[echo1126]

Sold out fast! I wonder if it's because they didn't make as many of this figure as they would others, or if it's just that big of a hit. I'm hoping it's the later. Then maybe HT will put the Death Star Trooper up for preorder, and yes give us more officers like Veers and Krennic (for the RO fans).

 

[dms54nyc]

So two pack is here. Tarkin and Vader are beautiful, interrogation droid still a piece of garbage.

 

[Malgus]

The SS inventory level for this guy changed from Low Stock warning to Act Now Almost Sold Out, so I decided to use my $50 coupon on this guy.

I saw that while browsing the site and decided to order him right away.

 

[Malgus]

The material is very nice.....pretty ecstatic with my tarkin

bbts has single and two pack available

Well with Sideshow sold out BBTS will switch to scalping mode.

 

[Deathstalker]

I’ll bet Anakin doesn’t sell out as quick. Especially with that cloak length issue........

 

[SilverStar17]

I don't think the cloak would make that much of a difference, as you can simply just display him without it on. If that causes you to not get the figure, you probably didn't really want it to begin with, as the positives seem to far outweigh the negatives.

 

[NDSam]

Sold out fast! I wonder if it's because they didn't make as many of this figure as they would others, or if it's just that big of a hit. I'm hoping it's the later. Then maybe HT will put the Death Star Trooper up for preorder, and yes give us more officers like Veers and Krennic (for the RO fans).

This please!

 

[NDSam]

With Tarkin selling so well and quickly, what Star Wars figure do you guys think sold out the quickest on SS?

I just started in Star Wars collecting the past 3 years, I usually dove in predator and alien.


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Unless i was just oblivious to these at first i feel like the RO Stormtroopers especially the 2-pack went to waitlist very quickly.

 

[steelhegemon]

Unless i was just oblivious to these at first i feel like the RO Stormtroopers especially the 2-pack went to waitlist very quickly.

Really. I knew they were popular, but I didn’t know they went that fast. Has there been many figures that went to waitlist from preorder on SS? including Star Wars hot toys too obviously


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[Matt S]

Well with Sideshow sold out BBTS will switch to scalping mode.

I doubt it. They seem to do that once initial stock is sold out and they acquire pieces later, as was the case with the Rogue One Vader.

I’ll bet Anakin doesn’t sell out as quick. Especially with that cloak length issue........

That really bums me out. It's short. And while I've been holding out for the inevitable sith eyes 'darth vader' version of the character, they need to address the cloak length. I mean for $240 or so, they need to nail those kinds of details.

 

[NDSam]

Really. I knew they were popular, but I didn’t know they went that fast. Has there been many figures that went to waitlist from preorder on SS? including Star Wars hot toys too obviously


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Like i said i may have been mistaken but it seemed they went to waitlist quickly. I had planned to get the 2-pack and couldn't make up my mind then all the sudden they went waitlist and i had to go elsewhere. I figure the RO stormtroopers were popular because they have the OT style and people who may have missed out on the ANH ones jumped on those.

I only look at SW figures but i can't remember any SW figure going to waitlist while they were still on preorder but my memory is terrible so maybe I've just forgotten.

 

[Matt S]

If Sideshow had Tarkin showing as 'preorder' recently, then that's just how they had him listed. Not sure what to make of that at all....

 

[JediJones]

Just ordered the 2-pack. I was surprised to see Tarkin was shipping. My notes say Sideshow's order page said the release date was going to be in July.

It is but I feel like it's also having a voice to tell them we don't want the new TLJ garbage we want the OT stuff or more stuff like R1 which feels like it belongs to SW. That's how I justify continuing buying figures at least. haha Honestly even if they continue making crap i will always love R1, OT, and really like TFA and will still buy figs from R1 and OT.

Complete nonsense. TLJ revitalized my interest in the franchise after the sickeningly facile, overly self-referential, mind-numbingly confused TFA and Rogue One convinced me that Disney and Kathleen Kennedy don't have a clue about what made Star Wars great or how to write good science-fiction at all. TLJ showed that Star Wars can have maturity, intelligence and originality again, moreso than any Star Wars episodes did since the OT. I just wish these movies could be groundbreaking with special effects again the way all of George's episodes were. Instead we have to look to the next Avatar for that kind of spectacle.

 

[Hoody999]

Complete nonsense. TLJ revitalized my interest in the franchise after the sickeningly facile, overly self-referential, mind-numbingly confused TFA and Rogue One convinced me that Disney and Kathleen Kennedy don't have a clue about what made Star Wars great or how to write good science-fiction at all. TLJ showed that Star Wars can have maturity, intelligence and originality again, moreso than any Star Wars episodes did since the OT. I just wish these movies could be groundbreaking with special effects again the way all of George's episodes were. Instead we have to look to the next Avatar for that kind of spectacle.

I thought bringing back Peter Cushing as Tarkin was pretty groundbreaking....the rest about TLJ, TFA and RO - no comment.

 

[TaliBane]

Just ordered the 2-pack. I was surprised to see Tarkin was shipping. My notes say Sideshow's order page said the release date was going to be in July.



Complete nonsense. TLJ revitalized my interest in the franchise after the sickeningly facile, overly self-referential, mind-numbingly confused TFA and Rogue One convinced me that Disney and Kathleen Kennedy don't have a clue about what made Star Wars great or how to write good science-fiction at all. TLJ showed that Star Wars can have maturity, intelligence and originality again, moreso than any Star Wars episodes did since the OT. I just wish these movies could be groundbreaking with special effects again the way all of George's episodes were. Instead we have to look to the next Avatar for that kind of spectacle.

You thought RO was overly self-referential, mind-numbingly confused? I don't often find people who really disliked RO - I was more in the middle though RO is the reason I bought the Tarkin fig.

And even though it's commonly assumed, Star Wars isn't really accepted as science fiction (also a few years ago, GL himself stated that SW is fantasy, not sci-fi.)

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Dang...something starting to really stink in this awesome OT figure thread. Wait. I see what it is now. There’s a TLJ infection that’s starting to ooze.

 

[steelhegemon]

I feel like everyone in these forums are just waiting patiently for people to break into these opinionated conversations about certain or new Star Wars movies and make a new argument about it.

I was extremely excited when I just found these forums a couple of months ago and was sad to find out that most of these are conversations are based on opinions and bashing of all the newer movies.

And even one of the figures I was most excited about coming up’s thread was blocked because people couldn’t hold their TLJ opinions to themselves.

As a newcomer, I’d really enjoy if we kept these more about the actual figures and opinions on these rather than the movies themselves. I’m sorry for ranting but some of the older threads on these figures have been 10x more interesting than the newer ones just bashing the new movies.


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[ebor]

Thanks for the un-necessary interlude about OT vs the newer movies...

back to Tarkin.

Nice figure in hand. Beautiful sculpt. Hair needs to be more grey--anyone tackle this with dry-brushing yet? Over-sized hands seem standard with HT these days, might be exacerbated by the thinner body size. Very happy to have this in the collection. I highly doubt this will ever get revisited. So once this is sold out this will likely be a figure that completionist Star Wars collectors end up paying a premium in the future.

 

[maru81]

Picked it up today from local store today.

It is a great figure, but it comes with cheap ass base.

Nice to have HT imperial with human sculpt, they should make more officers.

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