I have been collecting for 15 years and I know patience is key buddy, especially when you collect vintage toyline and when you look for great shape MOC or MIB items.
My main concern with this awesome line is I wouldn't want they cancel the line. I can wait even if that's very long, but I hope we will get all the characters they showed us as prototypes or drawings.
I want them all because that's a perfect mix between Star wars and Samuraïs and that's really different with what we can see for years in Star wars, with always the same figures over and over again.
You seem to be very well-informed that's the reason that I read this thread very often, waiting for news you will shar with us
By the way thanks for that
I hear you. Finding the perfect card, no creases, no bends , little or no yellowing of the blister can prove to be a struggle for many carded collectors, even more if the cards are vintage original OT figures, and patience is key. But that's all part of collecting. Sometimes that struggle to get to that perfect carded figure, boxed playset or vehicle you seek is half the fun. By the way, let me congratulate you on choosing to collect the vintage toyline, which is in fact the root where all this collectible world we live in started.
Movie Realization I think has enjoyed a good reception. Although as I stated at the beginning of this thread, it isn't for everyone due to its mash-up style which not everyone sees as ideal. I think, however, the world known Samurai aesthetics mixed with Star Wars characters have been for the most part a popular, and welcoming concept. The collector gets exposed to a mixture of Japanese culture, and American pop culture combined into three dimensional, well detailed, super pose-able figures, while at the same time uncovering a number of historical facts about the origin of outfits and weaponry. As I've interacted with a good number of collectors, not only here but through other venues, I can tell the interest for this line is there and in some cases even growing. I certainly believe that, if Bandai is paying attention and reading through collector forums such as this one, social media, conventions, etc. they are able to notice such interest, and choose to keep on moving forward with the line.
Personally I feel the line will continue for a long while, but it does need to move at a faster pace with its releases, and produce more variety for it, thus avoiding any type of lethargy state among collectors. That variety is already there, and it can be appreciated through the conceptual drawings we've been exposed to. Concept art for the Gamorrean guard, Maul, Amidala (naming just a few), offer that variety in styles and color spectrum which I think the line needs. I love all the Stormtrooper variants (Drummer, Archer, etc.), but I do think that in between one Stormtrooper variant release and the next, there should be a totally different character to maintain the momentum and interest flowing. If they were to cancel the line, I honestly would see it as some sort of kooky decision, like canceling a popular TV show with good ratings, as an example. Not that it hasn't happened before, but I do have a gut feeling Movie Realization will be around for a while. I'm keeping my hopes up, not letting frustration sink in, and giving time the time it needs to do its work until their next release.
Thank you for maintaining your interest in this thread, and most importantly ... the line
