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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2024 12:08:10 GMT
I think going to Disneyland is a bit more expensive than finding a con exclusive!
Mrs P has a set of six of these droids. Can't remember what though. She has a fondness for characters like Artoo and Chopper.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2024 12:48:12 GMT
It wasn't dead, Hasbro was doing them here and there. Disney put it behind a theme park entry paywall And yet Hasbro still make regular Droids. Such bitterness from one so young. -Ralph Hasbro have drastically scaled down the number of droids, especially R2 Units and non prominent R2 Units since the Disney stuff has been going |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2024 12:49:58 GMT
I may have now made 12. No more. -Ralph 15. I noticed there were three dome parts I had not got. Done the lot currently available now. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2024 12:50:55 GMT
I think going to Disneyland is a bit more expensive than finding a con exclusive! That is what Ebay is for, like most con exclusives. No difference. Trips not required. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2024 12:51:28 GMT
And yet Hasbro still make regular Droids. Such bitterness from one so young. -Ralph Hasbro have drastically scaled down the number of droids, especially R2 Units and non prominent R2 Units since the Disney stuff has been going So? Everything is always someone's favourite. Toy companies can't keep us all happy. NOW STEP AWAY FROM THAT DEATH STAR LASER, PHIL. NO! NOOOOOOOOOO - *BOOOOOOOOM* (...) -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2024 12:54:18 GMT
I think going to Disneyland is a bit more expensive than finding a con exclusive! That is what Ebay is for, like most con exclusives. No difference. Trips not required. -Ralph But isn't the fun in this being able to mix and match the parts? There must be dozens of permutations. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2024 14:41:22 GMT
It is for me. Nowt wrong with stuff being unique to theme parks. Part of the draw. Same with con exclusives.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2024 19:27:36 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2024 20:32:56 GMT
Could be tempted. It's very hard to pass up New Hope figures. I picked up Walrus Man and his mate when they were cheap.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 4, 2024 22:30:20 GMT
Love me a Hammerhead, but I'm not crossing the 3.75 / 6 inch threshold.
That way lays madness...
And death.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 4, 2024 23:09:21 GMT
I also note there is a new Black Series Ep 4 Vader coming out but I'm at a loss to find out how this is any different to the last one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 4, 2024 23:13:47 GMT
Get the Obi Wan retro Vader. That's different to the original Star Wars one and is fab
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 4, 2024 23:18:04 GMT
Don't you start. I've currently lost the living room floor under piles of unopened MotU figures. I can't be dealing with anything else coming into the house.
Including the missus at the moment.
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 4, 2024 23:47:58 GMT
Love me a Hammerhead, but I'm not crossing the 3.75 / 6 inch threshold. That way lays madness... And death. There's a prophecy. Just before Hammerhead arrived, his last words were "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be here when you least expect it. Yo!" |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 5, 2024 1:49:58 GMT
Don't you start. I've currently lost the living room floor under piles of unopened MotU figures. I can't be dealing with anything else coming into the house. Including the missus at the moment. But Obi-Wan retro Vader is only £4. Soft goods! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2024 10:02:58 GMT
So I had to make 15 Droids at the Disneyland Droid Factory to make sure I got all the parts they had. Then I ordered the Ashoka Droid Factory 4-pack off the Disney Store. They are very nice.
I HAVE NOT DEVELOPED A DROIDS PROBLEM.
That Pride pack of Droids though...the colours look nice...to Ebay...
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Apr 14, 2024 8:07:49 GMT
I mean that doesn't sound like a "problem," as such...
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2024 10:43:10 GMT
I don't need another expensive hobby!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2024 19:29:21 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2024 19:29:46 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2024 19:35:12 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2024 19:44:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2024 15:36:15 GMT
As I said elsewhere, One of the things that came back from London with me was my childhood Star Wars toys. While I was packing them I took a note of what was obviously broken/missing. For over 40 years my Int-4 Minirig has been missing a wing. www.rebelscum.com/vintminiINT4.aspMy brother was a little bit Hashy Bashy with it and broke the front corner off it meaning it would no longer secure. Replacement wing arrived today and I cannot stop moving the slider to raise and lower the wings! Ralph will love this. I also, somewhat surprisingly, discovered my Cap-2 was missing a sucker foot theswca.com/images-toys/figuretoys/cap2.htmlI know that was there when the toys went into storage and reckon my nephews/nieces must have got hold of it at some point - there's been a wampa in my London bedroom for years that should have been with it. New leg ordered. The canopy, missing for 40 years, may be more of a challenge I'm hopeful the remaining X-Wing guns can be found but repro versions are cheap on eBay |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2024 18:52:29 GMT
I had those mini-rigs, back in the day.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 14, 2024 19:31:58 GMT
As I said elsewhere, One of the things that came back from London with me was my childhood Star Wars toys. In a somewhat shocking move, today they all went back to London! One of my brothers got in touch to ask where his Star Wars toys were. Now over 40 years later they're all mixed in together and beyond a vague recollection I had no idea of what was whose and beyond that really didn't want to separate them. So Yesterday I offered them all all to my brother Tim who said Yes Please My brother Mark was down today delivering some stuff so he's taken them back with him. I'm sad to see them go but it's bought me two cubic meters of storage space in the garage |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 14, 2024 20:28:39 GMT
What of...LAND OF THE JAWAS?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 14, 2024 20:33:11 GMT
It will be safe
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2024 19:20:43 GMT
I have had a weakness for Disney Droid Factory since I went to Disneyland Paris. I saw there was a DF Advent Calender. I balked at the RRP. Then there was a 25% off promo. I caved.
They saw me coming.
I may also have a talking figure of the Star Tours droid en route. RX-24. Bastards.
The older I get, the more the weird or obscure stuff appeals to me.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Nov 9, 2024 10:01:11 GMT
Is the Droid Factory calendar for actual 3.75” (Vintage Collection - or what we might call the standard size) figures, or are they for the much smaller figures that the Disney Store used to sell in blind packs..?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2024 11:31:28 GMT
3.75 inch. All Droid Factory stuff is that scale.
-Ralph
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