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John Miko’s March Madness ’26 Top 25 Most Wanted, Well Sort Of…
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Here’s my 25 most wanted. Submit your Top 25 here! I’ll be honest, I have a love/hate relationship with this. I also have a love/hate with picking a top 10 for Last Figure Standing. 25 just means more and more…
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The Gamorrean Guard Target Exclusive Brings it’s 4th “Release” in 3.75
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What could be the collector favorite release from TVC 1.0 (2010-2012), and still holds up today, received its second release during TVC 2.0 (2018-Present). It was released at least 4 times during TVC 1.0 as it was carried forward every…
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John Miko’s Last Figure Standing 10 Most Wanted
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This is always a tough mental exercise and I’m never fully satisfied with my list. I can easily list 50 figures I desperately want in the line, so whittling it down to 10 becomes an exercise in overchoice. It’s like…
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HasLab Gunship Funded and Coleman Unlocked!
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Old man Miko being 900 years old had to rest for a few days to recover from the 5 hour and 16 minute livestream Monday night. We didn’t produce content for a few days but had pictures in waiting depending…
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HasLab Gunship Event at RedFive Toys & Collectibles
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This past Saturday was the HasLab Gunship Event at RedFive Toys and Collectibles in East Longmeadow Massachusetts. Steve Evans (Senior Design Director for Marvel & Star Wars) and Chris Reiff (Associate Principal Designer for Star Wars) from Hasbro came to RedFive with THE LAAT/i HasLab prototype.
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What is The Vintage Collection?
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I’d like to take a moment and discuss Hasbro’s The Vintage Collection (TVC) line and breakdown the expression and what it’s purpose is. From Hasbro Pulse’s TVC main page they state: Celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space…
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TVC Insights – Mid-Year Check In 2025
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With what we have and what we know I thought I’d reflect on the year so far as we pass the half-year mark. Below are some high-level insights for where we stand now and compared to last year’s total. While…
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Hasbro Pulse May the 4th Preorder Debacle
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Anyone who follows me or is friends with me knows I’m not happy. 4 days later and I’m still unsettled. It’s getting more and more frustrating to collect this line and it shouldn’t be hard for me or anyone else…
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Power of the Force 40th Anniversary – Part I
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I’m holding out hope that we see a couple Power of the Force carded figures revealed this year during its 40th anniversary. I was born in 1980 and this is the card back I remember as a child, so it…
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My SWTVC March Madness 2025 Bracket
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Here’s my selfish picks for March Madness 2025 via @SWTVC. These are my picks and my picks alone and I think only 1 of my final four will make it that far – Arleil Schous, who as we know, was…