TVC
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8D8 Over the Years…
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Receiving figures from Jabba’s entourage excites me beyond anything else in Star Wars. The first 30 minutes or so of Return of the Jedi are probably my favorite parts of the Original Trilogy and Star Wars. Jabba’s palace is so rich with diversity of characters. You have all our heroes, Jabba and his goons (including…
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The Unbearable Weight of Carded Collecting
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This article addresses the last 7 years of collecting and how frustrating it’s been for carded collectors and why TVC 1.0 2010-2013 was the golden age of carded collecting. Most carded collectors treat each TVC figure acquisition as if they are buying an Honus Wagner baseball card (the rarest and most highly coveted collectible in…
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A Discussion About the Future of the Deluxe Vintage Collection Line
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Please check out my newest guest article over at banthaskull.com: https://www.banthaskull.com/story/news-a-discussion-about-the-future-of-the-deluxe-vintage-collection-line I discuss my thoughts of the newest deluxe expression and what I’d like the future of it to include. Thank you Chris and Bret for allowing me to share my thoughts on my favorite collector site. Huge huge shoutout to Ivo Domozetov for his…
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San Diego Comic Con ’24 Reveals
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It’s that time of year again. All sorts of great collectible releases are upon us including media too. My face still hurts from all the laughing I did last night at Deadpool & Wolverine. Anyways, I’m digressing. A decent amount of reveals and pipelines were made that span all sorts of Disney+ content including The…
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Hasbro Reveals Ahead of SDCC
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Just ahead of SDCC Hasbro has revealed a playset, a figure 4 pack, and 2 mainline figures. Below are the details and official photos of each. Check out Designer Emily from the brand team going though all the reveals including Mando’s new barbell hips on Hasbro Pulse’s YouTube channel (bottom of page). STAR WARS: THE…
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Cantina HasLab Concludes By Unlocking 2 of 3 Tiers
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The Mos Eisley Cantina HasLab concludes with 14,737 backers unlocking two tiers and falling short of the final tier. Backers will receive the standard or deluxe cantina plus Wuher, Brea Tonnika, Senni Tonnika, Greedo (Tier 1 Unlock), and Nabrun Leids (Tier Unlock 2). Sadly Arliel Schous (Tier 3) was not unlocked since the campaign did…
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2nd to Last Day of HasLab Hits > 10k Backers
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The Cantina HasLab ends the second to last day not only hitting the 10,000 backer mark, but ending at 10,308 backers. It ends the day adding 944 backers to the grand total. If you take the last day of the Ghost HasLab of 6,832 backers (rounded to 6800) and add that to the Cantina backer…
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Cantina HasLab Last Call Livestream Tonight!
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We are streaming tonight from 9pm to 1230ish am EST! We have a stellar group of guests coming in and out of the livestream. Our guests include Victoria from Victoria’s Cantina, Bret and Chris from BanthaSkull.com, Tyler & John from @SWTVC, Brett from Brett on Fett, Jayson from Yakface.com, and Jason from Middle Aged Kiwi…
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Mos Eisley Cantina Has Funded!
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The minimum backer quantity of 8,000 has been successfully achieved! Congrats to all those that have backed the Cantina playset. Congrats to the Hasbro Star Wars Brand Team on another successful The Vintage Collection HasLab campaign. TVC is now 4 for 4!!!!!!
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What’s Holding Back TVC?
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Let’s just get it out of the way. MSRP of The Vintage Collection (TVC) is holding it back. It’s a hard pill to swallow; a hard truth to accept. In the U.S. the current MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) is $16.99 and how dare I say that’s not high enough. Let’s do some critical thinking…