Tinman2000
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...the release is SO FAR away. 
Hot Toys Grand Moff Tarkin
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...the release is SO FAR away.
Seems like all of them are
Tinman2000
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Man I agree, the next thing I have coming is Hoth Leia and she's probably months away. Some great SW figures coming next year but the drop dates are hard to think about.
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Nope! The gloves look identical to the Rogue One figure. I sold my ANH Vader for that very reason, and pre-ordered the two-pack. I'm currently Vaderless, but it's worth it. The ANH Vader was honestly my most disappointing Hot Toys figure. I looked into replacing the gloves with parted out gloves from RO Vader, but they go for about $60-70 on Ebay. Not worth it. If you plan on getting Tarkin, sell your ANH Vader and buy the two-pack. No weird gauntlets, no voice activation problems, an LED saber that doesn't require batteries in the arm, a bigger chest piece with rivets, better material for the cape and tunic (IMO) and hopefully, a recessed nose (finally). Also, from the prototype it looks like they're going with the ANH codpiece instead of the bulky RO one. This will be the best AHN Vader by far. It's worth the upgrade.
I love the Tarkin sculpt. There are some minor issues with the wardrobe, and the hands looked a bit large in early pictures, but no big deal. I've been hoping for this figure since Hot Toys acquired the Star Wars license!
dukefett
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The new Spider-man is apparently out in HK already months earlier than expected, it was supposed to be a 3rd quarter release. I'm hoping for some luck w/ Leia!
Johnny6666
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I won't be selling my ANH Vader, largely because I think there's still room for error on HT's part with the re-release Vader. Of course, there's still the issues with the original ANH Vader, but I'll wait and see...
SilverStar17
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Yeah, too early to tell at this point. I’m certain though it’ll probably utilize the R1 Vader gloves and the more weathered belt and belt boxes.
Everything else to me with it is sort of wait and see.
Everything else to me with it is sort of wait and see.
jacerc130
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I hear that. I wonder what happens that causes a great looking prototype sculpt to become "meh". Like do they have the master sculptor do the prototype and then the 2nd string sculptors try to duplicate prototype for mass quantity? I would think if the prototype is spot on, the final product should be too, you would think the prototype sculpt is scanned and copied for mass production. But who knows!
URDNOTSullivan
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Tarkin showing up on Secret Base facebook!
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DarkChocobi
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..cannot wait for that Vader +Tarkin set 
what's that? this is getting released in HK?
URDNOTSullivan
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Looks likely. Guessing Hot Toys will announce it tonight now that the Vader set and the standalone Tarkin are showing up on Secret Base.
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Isn't this one early too? What's with the unusually high amount of early releases lately? Either Hot Toys is getting better at release dates or they're clearing things up for a massive amount of new product. Maybe they ARE going all in on Infinity War as many seem to suspect.
Oh man, would be awesome to get this out before Chinese New Year!
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oh boi it is really released at HongKong today 
.. both signle Tarkin and that double pack with Vader
gosh this is totally not expected at all...sideshow just charged me second payment this week for that double pack
.. both signle Tarkin and that double pack with Vadergosh this is totally not expected at all...sideshow just charged me second payment this week for that double pack
Yep out today and mines on its way
D'oh!
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What's the lag time between Sideshow's shipping dates and Big Bad Toystore's? I have him pre-ordered at BBTS. I think this is the first time getting a HT from BBTS; Sideshow's shipping and CA taxes were killing me!
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