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Toy Fair 2020
Tamer:
We will once again have a presence at Toy Fair. If there is anything you want our Mad Jawa to go take a look at let me know and I will point him in the right direction.
Of course we will be attending the Hasbro Presentation, but there are always a ton of licensees out there and many new products to see.
Clonehead:
Um, slot cars, Shawn. Im sure my favorite of the slot car heavy hitters is Carrera who should have a section set aside at toy fair. It’s the next two toy fairs I watch for this stuff. Im anxiously waiting for news of their 2020 line of goodies. This years cars, any new accessories or new tech. I thought I had read that they had sold/merged with someone else recently. I was wondering to see how that might affect the New Years line.
Tamer:
I will let the Mad Jawa know. Sounds like a neat idea to me.
Clonehead:
Found some shots up at carreraslots.com already
I’ll make a thread about it
Darth More:
Okay, NYTF is next weekend already. Felt so far away at the beginning of the month. Time flies now! So I made up my mind, which was more of a chanllenge to me than expected.
Since I to the Hasbro brand team at Comic Con in Dortmund, Germany, I know how superficial conversations with them really are. It's just Business for them. And if you ask Questions, you'll get a five-Minute-answer with close to zero unspecific content. It's like the 3.75" line nowadays.
So we got the answer of why TBS is treated so much better than TVC: The Black Series brings more profit to Hasbro. They could re-invent the Wheel with the new scale. It's like a completely new cow they can exploit.
It still makes me sad, that they first gave us 5POA (it was confirmed to have been Disney's idea!) and then decidied abandon the 3 3/4" toy line completely. Evan also admitted that the 5POA line didn't run well.
So our prediction sadly turned out to be correct. You can read all on that here:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10690.msg215370#msg215370
So after asking questions for a while and not getting any specific answers, I just started to make suggestions. And here are some that I didn't think of back in December:
General Questions:
1) What happened to the #TheVintageConversation, which Steve (Evans) started on Instagram back in 2018? Does it/Did it have any impact on current decisions?
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10412.msg205404#msg205404
The Vintage Collection
1) Is The Vintage Collection focused on The Empire Strikes back this year and maybe the following year, too?
The answer has to be YES!
2) When is the promised Jabba on his Throne coming in The Vintage Collection?
3) Where is Greedo? We had not got any Greedo in 10 years! Please, give us a Greedo on Vintage card!
4) Figures! Here are some suggestions for TVC figures of The Empire Strikes back:
- Imperial Snowtrooper
- Lobot
- General Rieekan
- Bounty Hunters! Bossk, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, IG-88 (make a good one!)
- Lobot
- unreleased TLC Ugnaught 2
- AT-AT Driver - New, TBS scale-down or TLC Repack
- Rebel Commander (Hoth)
- FX-7 Medical Droid on VC card
- unreleased TLC2 Captain Rex
- Plase, make a super-articulated version of the Jedi Temple Guard.
Let's show them a photo this time:
5) We've received some great choices for LEGENDS characters in The Vintage Collection of 2010-2012. How are the chances to see this section continue? What about a Satele Shan?
Disney should like her, too, since she's a good & female character unlike their own!
6) What happened to VC150 Darth Revan? Are we getting an all-new Version of this great character in The Vintage Collection?
She would also be a great addition to the new 6" Black Series Gaming Greats line (for GameStop)!
7) What about a Special Action Figure Set of Knights of the Old Republic videogame including 3 figures:
An all-new Darth Malak, Bastila Shan (photo real update) and HK-47 (TLC B-A-D repack)?
8) Good choices for re-releases/repacks in TVC box/packaging:
Vehicles:
- SOTDS AT-ST (Hoth)
- SOTDS Bespin Cloud Car
- re-issue: TVC Slave I
- re-issue: TVC AT-AT (Hoth) BAT-AT
- re-issue: TVC Big Millenium Falcon (BMF, don't forget the right dish!)
- Please bring back those turrets from 2010!
Figures:
- VC01 Dengar
NEW STUFF
Suggestions:
Please, give us finally The Emperor on his throne! Even if you just scale down The Black Series Version, but please - JUST DEW IT, NOW!
Playsets:
- Yoda's hut
- Carbon Freezing Chamber
- Hoth Trench (Vintage sytle playset/remake of the original Kenner one?)
Vehicles and Creatures
- Are we getting a Probe Droid for The Vintage Collection?
- Please, bring back Han Solo and his Taun Taun!
- What about a TVC Wampa? Or is the last ForceLink2.0 Wampa just fine?
- an ALL-NEW A-Wing for TVC! Do it Hasbro, pleeease!
More ideas here:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10358.msg204231#msg204231
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10615.msg212408#msg212408
HasLab
Any news on a second Star Wars HasLab Project?
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10481.msg207008#msg207008
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