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Post by The Doctor on Dec 20, 2019 11:27:59 GMT
Episode IX is now out and I can't find any tat/merch at all!!! How sad. -Ralph
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Post by Jim on Dec 20, 2019 14:37:47 GMT
given how the film is, it wouldn't be entirely inappropriate to just buy a load of second hand toys from the previous eight movies and play with those instead
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 22, 2019 15:14:57 GMT
Nope. I think you were right assuming that Asda were clearing stock. ID/Kapow had these ages back, possibly early summer. They sold them in sets for £60. There was also a repro of an old boardgame for £20 that had an exclusive Moff Tarkin in the same packaging, a new figure (I think) done in the 70s style. I am kicking myself I didn't go for that when it was around. TARKIN ACQUIRED!!!! ONLY RETRO STORMTROOPER CONTINUES TO ELUDE ME!!! -Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 22, 2019 15:29:49 GMT
What?! But how?! Did you get the game?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 22, 2019 18:36:09 GMT
Yes. Travelling Man had a couple out.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Dec 23, 2019 7:37:35 GMT
A couple of the Waterstones in Glasgow had several copies of the game kicking around. Might be worth checking out elsewhere.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2019 8:45:55 GMT
It's not really a rarity yet, I just wondered if Ralph had got the figure without the game. They're on eBay for £19 post free. I might get one just for the Tarkin figure, but I'm trying not to because I know the other six figures are silly money now. Maybe if Hasbro realises the popularity of them the'll do a second run.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2019 10:14:05 GMT
If anyone knows of a store selling Retro Stormtrooper let me know! Being one figure short of the full set is driving me maaaaaad.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2019 10:15:14 GMT
It's not really a rarity yet, I just wondered if Ralph had got the figure without the game. They're on eBay for £19 post free. The game with Tarkin was £25, which I thought was reasonable given that Asdaland had the other Retro figures at £10 a pop. -Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2019 10:20:21 GMT
It does seem to be a pretty good deal that. By £19 I mean for the full game set with figure. When Kapow had them they were only £20. It seemed pretty good to me for that. Given the Tarkin is a new figure and not a reissue I'd have thought they could get £20 for that alone.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2019 10:33:01 GMT
If anyone knows of a store selling Retro Stormtrooper let me know! Being one figure short of the full set is driving me maaaaaad. -Ralph When the POTF 2 line started there were initially 7 figures: Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi, R2-D2, Darth Vader & Stormtrooper. There should have been 9, but C3PO and Princess Leia got delayed. The case was, iirc, 18 figures. Four figures got packed 3 per case and Three figures at 2 per case. Guess which one of the 2pc figures was and was thus near unobtainable? ALL subsequent iterations of the Stormtrooper have been similarly hard to get.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2019 11:00:44 GMT
I have to say I'm gagging for them to put out a standard Stormtrooper in the Black Series line so I can finish my mini display, but there hasn't been one for a few years. I'd have thought as a proper army builder that would be a figure they'd keep in circulation because it'll always sell. Similarly, I need an R2 and I'm done.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 23, 2019 13:50:30 GMT
I just need a 3.75" Tezeri and Fozec for my Jabba collection. They're very speciesist with their Skiff guards, no humans at all. Tezeri was the first one to be thrown into the Sarlac pit!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2019 14:13:09 GMT
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Post by Jim on Dec 23, 2019 14:22:04 GMT
[edit - wrong thread, moved to the Rise of Skywalker one!]
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 23, 2019 20:55:56 GMT
Err, don't think so, Motherhubber. If he has been he's as rare as a Shockprowl without a Delta Force Daddy novel.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2019 20:57:04 GMT
Now that's rare.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 23, 2019 22:14:40 GMT
Yes. It is.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 24, 2019 12:29:55 GMT
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Post by Jim on Dec 24, 2019 14:40:28 GMT
I have seen Ep IX toys aimed at kids! Part of the Galaxy of Adventures toy range; a droid 3-pack, Kylo Ren, Rey, and Finn. Not much, and it's the last day before Christmas, but it's something!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 24, 2019 16:42:11 GMT
Gasp.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2019 13:56:51 GMT
Hit a different Asdaland. Saw a shelftag for SW RETRO FIGURES.
Hope rose!
BUT EMPTY SHELF!
FUCK SAKES!!!!
I JUST WANT A FUCKING RETRO STORMTROOPER TO COMPLETE THE FUCKING FUCK SET!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 27, 2019 18:58:15 GMT
Internet?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 28, 2019 1:49:25 GMT
I appealed for help here to find one online! Not even Phip! could help.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 28, 2019 11:46:28 GMT
They are there. But they're there from vendors you don't use and at prices you don't want to pay.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 28, 2019 22:22:55 GMT
I appealed for help here to find one online! Not even Phip! could help. -Ralph Not even... Not even... THE PHIP could help?!?!?! OH DEAR GOD!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 29, 2019 0:38:22 GMT
Not even the Phip!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 29, 2019 8:57:14 GMT
By the time you said you wanted them they'd all sold out online and even then they were only being sold as sets!
Since you asked I've been able to go in an Asda ONCE to look.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 29, 2019 9:27:54 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 29, 2019 9:32:04 GMT
Go, Doc', go!
Where The Phip fails, THE PIN stands, err, proud.
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