No word yet but they haven't hit stores in the US yet so I would think it is unlikely we'll see them before December as we are usually at least a few weeks behind our US colleagues. I can barely wait myself. Based on pics online, it's going to be an incredible wave of figures!steved wrote:Does anyone know when the ROTJ vintage collection hits NZ?
Looks like they've just (today) become available through StarWarsShop.com. So, as Strone says, there will be a delay, but we definitely haven't missed them yet.Reverend Strone wrote:No word yet but they haven't hit stores in the US yet so I would think it is unlikely we'll see them before December as we are usually at least a few weeks behind our US colleagues. I can barely wait myself. Based on pics online, it's going to be an incredible wave of figures!steved wrote:Does anyone know when the ROTJ vintage collection hits NZ?
Jedi Defender: Vintage Bespin Luke pops apart pretty easily at the torso we noticed. Customizer's rejoice! But it seems like Luke was designed almost modular so he could be re-used down the road for a super duper Dagobah Luke. Please tell us we're going to see that Dagobah Luke at some point using some of the new Vintage Bespin Luke's parts, and maybe even a cloth coat he can slip on/off for his training duties and sulking moments?
HASBRO: We do try to think about forward compatability whenever possible and Bespin/Dagobah Luke is one of those that we thought about. However, there are two outfits that Luke is known for on Dagobah, and we will have a version of one of them (but not the one that you are thinking) coming up next Spring. Stay tuned!
Galactic Hunter: So we know that there are a couple of figures that Hasbro just can't do (for some reason). We know that there are a handful of figures that the Hasbro team either won't do or does not want to do. (*COUGHJOCASTANUCOUGH*) However, is there one particular figure (or five if you want to list them) that the Hasbro Star Wars team wants to do, but just can't seem to get it into the line by hook or by crook?
HASBRO: Yes, there are a couple of figures that have seemed to make the lineup every year, but just seemed to get cut at the last moment to make way for another figure or line plan trims. These include Ann & Tann Gella (we would do just one, unnamed one and fans could get two to complete the scene) as well as Kitster & Wald. At least one of these, if not both, will make the Episode I line for the 3-D movie. One last figure that has made the lines but been cut a couple of times is Fozec, a character from Jabba's Palace who gets a curiously large amount of screen time but who has never made it into the final line. He'll have to wait until more of the Sarlacc Pit characters have made it out, though.
Jedi News: It’s truly refreshing to see Prequel characters on Vintage cards and they look great! With the announcement that Episode I is coming back to cinemas in 2012 in 3D format can we expect to see more pod-racers and dare I say even Ben Quadrinaros on a Vintage card? Also, that would be the perfect time for a Kitster and Wald two-pack, please say ‘yes’?
HASBRO: Yes, the announcement of EpI coming into 3-D is certainly causing a lot of excitement. What we're very excited about as well is the opportunity to focus on, and celebrate, some of the Saga's unheralded heroes targeted to the fans. While we are going to keep our final selections under wraps, we can confirm that there are more pod racders coming. Both of the specific suggestions you make have a strong chance of seeing the light of day, including Ben Quadinaros - Kyle Newman will not leave us alone until we put him in; but then again we kinda like his incessant emails. Kidding, Kyle is a standup guy and a great friend of Hasbro
HASBRO: Target (and we) are so excited about the Vintage collection overall and these 3-packs that we have decided to keep this "collection within a collection" idea going at Target. Another wave of 3 3-packs will be coming in Spring and like these, they follow the Vintage character lineups. We think this an exciting development, and thanks to Target's support, hopefully fans will be treated to even more in this series.
Jedi Temple War Room: The new Senate Guard in the upcoming ATTACK OF THE CLONES wave looks to be superbly done. The softgoods and accessories alone show that Hasbro has upped their game since the REVENGE OF THE SITH figure came out in 2005. But what we saw in 2005 was that the blue uniformed Senate Guard was released as part of a running change with a red uniformed Royal Guard as the other offering. Since the blue Senate Guard shares so many design features with the red Royal Guard, how likely are we to see this new Senate Guard figure's design applied to a new red Royal Guard? And if that is in the works, will we see such an offering in The Vintage Collection in 2011?
ANSWER: It is fortunate that the Emperor did not mandate substantial design changes to the Senate Guards when they became his personal security force, since it enables us to get a great variant out without having to re-tool an entire figure. A red guard, though, won't be out in '11. We do have a version planned for EpVI in '12, though.