dukefett
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1/6 NEXT Hot Toys STAR WARS Figure...?
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The coupon I'm talking about is one of the good ones. I know the difference. In the last day or two it seems Sideshow has drastically altered/reduced the eligible pool of items. Judging by what is now eligible they seem to be using the coupons more as leverage to get you to order what they "want" you to order instead of the coupons being more an incentive or thank you for ordering through them.
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Wow, must've been within just the last day or so like you said. I got my last coupon a few days ago and it was eligible for most anything at the time.
Kind of a weirdly curated assortment of item; some good, some bad. There are still some things I could use it on, but I agree with your assessment that it feels like it's in line with what they'd want you to order.
Soon you’ll only be able to use rewards on select items. And then only on select in-stock items.
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They made a mfing giant shark and still no bespin han and C3po! Maybe the rights to the shark’s likeness isn’t as bad as Ford 
RandomHero
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Zero chance that King Shark figure sells more units than a Mace Windu or General Veers would.
Still odd to see a Mace not being made. Same with a PM Obi-Wan. Howard really hates the PT looking at the release list for those movies.
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Could be the thinking is the likes of the staples Han, 3PO, et al, will sell about the same amount whether they are released today or a year from today, regardless there is no immediacy, it's not they are against those, to the contrary, they know they can always comfortably sit back on those, and they will sell whenever they come out.
While others they know will only sell enough while they are hot right now (with some risky but current buzz) , yet definitely won't move in a year, so it's now or never, they get moved up the list.
While others they know will only sell enough while they are hot right now (with some risky but current buzz) , yet definitely won't move in a year, so it's now or never, they get moved up the list.
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CrankbaitJon
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I think Howard likes the PT but it's just the schedule of SW material being released these days. I doubt we'll see much of the OT or PT next year with 4 new SW shows.
RandomHero
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I don’t think Howard hates the PT. Quite the opposite. He did make a ton of PT figures, and he did specifically say that his favorite figure that his company produced was a PT figure.
As others have suggested, there’s still a market for PT and OT, but they’re not relevant right now and will be on the back burner for the foreseeable future, if not forever. Reveals will trickle out.
TPM - 2
AOTC - 3
ROTS - 4
Always a market sure, but I don't see big production numbers there. Bad Batch is up to TPM's number.
What’s new and hot is gonna take priority over movies that are 16-44 years old, it’s just how it is.
They can always go back to the PT and OT whenever they want, people are enjoying TBB and Mando now, but will they care in 10 years? Maybe, maybe not.
They can always go back to the PT and OT whenever they want, people are enjoying TBB and Mando now, but will they care in 10 years? Maybe, maybe not.
I think the original OT fans will be dead before HT decides to do Bespin Han and 3PO.
jkno
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I think original OT fans' grand grand children will be dead before Hot Toys decides to do the long lost Death Star Trooper.
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Invalid. Hot Toys King Shark does exist, tangibly. While Mace or Veers are both practically thin air, zero...nothing.
If you think General Veers would sell more than King Shark then maybe King Shark is smart after all
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RandomHero
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100%If you think General Veers would sell more than King Shark then maybe King Shark is smart after all
OT is timeless. Particularly ESB. OT collectors would be all over Veers.
No one will be talking about this Suicide Squad movie by the time the King Shark figure releases.
RandomHero
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My whole point was that they’re wasting their effort making King Shark. It’s nice to see something different, sure, but they should have made Windu instead. I’m obviously not comparing them literally as Windu does not exist.
CrankbaitJon
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Tarkin would be good estimate for HT to predict Veers sales. Only HT knows how many Tarkins they sold. HT announced King Shark.
What? Tarkin is in two movies (3 really) and a major presence. He's also in the cartoons.
Veers has two small bits in ESB and done. Did he appear in the cartoons?
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