For each time I've bought an extra figure to keep in the packaging - I'd have done the same regardless of whether it came on a TVC card or not.
IG-12 and Anzellan - VC#358
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Honestly, I feel dumb for saying this, but I'm really just getting this for the Anzellan (And maybe the Grogu, since the photos do show him in his "BABY NO SQUEEZY" pose). It's just something cute to throw in the display.
Collecting what you like, especially if it makes you happy (regardless of why it makes you happy) isn't dumb at all.
Exactly. I remember having full cases of each line carded util it simply got to be too much, then I stopped with TAC. Just recently I went through and sold them all off, well the one's I didn't want spares of for fodder. AOTC, TSC, ROTS and TAC the last two pretty much all figures ever release while TSC I cherry picked. TPM I never really got into collecting card aside from a handful. And with TVC I only buy an extra to keep card for OT characters that might actually be worth something one day, again. Or a niche character like HK-47 & Jedi Revan, the Ewoks & Droids, or mural Rebels. Everything else is an opener. I may buy multiples of TVC but it's generally for trop building or custom fodder not to have them all carded, and a few instances of needing to complete several scenes like with Leia and Vader, and soon to be Luke.
Yep, it just boils down to personal feelings on whether it's "worth the price". If I thought, I could get enough back selling off IG-11 & Grogu I'd be tempted to buy this just for the Anzellan. After all the only reason I bought DLX Ahsoka was for the owl and lamp. I once even bought a whole ship just for the figure, then sold off the ship! Anyon remember Crynyd's A-Wing? lolCollecting what you like, especially if it makes you happy (regardless of why it makes you happy) isn't dumb at all.
I just wanted to piggyback onto a few of these points (although I appreciated the Howzer repack because that's the only one out of the 4 pack that I wanted and was glad to not have to buy the others for him)
The accessories are "convenient" throughout the line. Blast effects seem to only go to deluxe releases (Zeb and Krrsantan). Krrsantan also got extra hands, but for some reason, so did Dark Times Vader. In the same wave as him was Obi Wan, who didn't come with extra hands, but came with 2 versions of the L0la Droid (with different articulation). Also, both versions of Cal Kestis have been able to come with BD-1. Vader, Obi Wan and Cal all also come with Lightsaber hilts and ignited lightsabers. And there's also Fennic coming with multiple weapons and a mug. If you saw those figures together in store and didn't know any better, you would think every figure comes loaded with accessories.
Personally, I'm off the mindset that packaging isn't going to convince someone to buy a Star Wars figure. Star Wars toys have more or less been available in stores since the mid-90s. I don't believe that today in 2024, someone considering buying their first Star Wars figure isn't going to do it because of the packaging. Packaging could make a difference for a brand new toy line. If you don't own any of the figures yet, seeing how they're presented and what the full offering is could are you say "yeah, I'll get this and take it home and see if this is something I like". But again - it's gotta be something you're at least slightly interested enough in to pick it up and look at.
The accessories are "convenient" throughout the line. Blast effects seem to only go to deluxe releases (Zeb and Krrsantan). Krrsantan also got extra hands, but for some reason, so did Dark Times Vader. In the same wave as him was Obi Wan, who didn't come with extra hands, but came with 2 versions of the L0la Droid (with different articulation). Also, both versions of Cal Kestis have been able to come with BD-1. Vader, Obi Wan and Cal all also come with Lightsaber hilts and ignited lightsabers. And there's also Fennic coming with multiple weapons and a mug. If you saw those figures together in store and didn't know any better, you would think every figure comes loaded with accessories.
Personally, I'm off the mindset that packaging isn't going to convince someone to buy a Star Wars figure. Star Wars toys have more or less been available in stores since the mid-90s. I don't believe that today in 2024, someone considering buying their first Star Wars figure isn't going to do it because of the packaging. Packaging could make a difference for a brand new toy line. If you don't own any of the figures yet, seeing how they're presented and what the full offering is could are you say "yeah, I'll get this and take it home and see if this is something I like". But again - it's gotta be something you're at least slightly interested enough in to pick it up and look at.
Probably the only saving grace about it. But by that time the 4-pk had seen pretty decent sales so I think most people would have already picked it up, $40 for four figures is still a very good price! Frankly, if I had known there was a new Clone sculpt coming, I'd have never purchased it. I'd have just waited to see what plays out. I may have bought it on sale to swap out the legs on Howzer, and Grey. I wound up getting a few simply for the head sculpts, talk about crazy. lol
But I really liked that close dropped hairdo, works great for Cody! And that odd Rex, well at the time it was the best they offered. It does bring up an interesting point though. How many of those situations can the line handle? And if people prefer singles then should Hasbro even bother doing carded multipacks anymore? Because one could argue that they would rather just buy Tessek by itself and be done. Granted, there's nothing to "fix" with Tessek like thee was for Howzer. Well, maybe a better/accurate skin tone!
I just feel like some of them are wasted opportunities to get something new/different even if it is reuse of some kind. I've lost count of how may times they've addressed corrections, whether it's the name pill, incorrect name, helmet fix "Axe" etc. I'm not 100% opposed to fixing Axe, but I don't feel it should happen so soon after first release when he's still peg warming a year or so later. And is he really that important? He's not Sabine Wren after all. Seems to me the fix for both Axe and modification to Bo should have been handled via a multipack, not the main line. JMO
I think/expect that they should. If they're trying to make money on a multipack, the idea would be to not get the same 3 or 4 that everyone wants, but put in a couple that different people are after so they're actually buying 1or 2 that they wouldn't buy as a single. In my instance it was just too far the other way, where I'd be paying over triple for one figure that wasn't exactly essential.
On the other handed, this is one of the rare instances where I (a non carded collector) benefited from their insistence on pleasing carded collectors.
I’m embarrassed to say I preordered this at full price.
Don't be, Hasbro needs some people to buy this in order to keep the DLX line viable. Thus, anyone who does can count themselves as part of that effort!
I have commitment issues that prevent me from preordering $25 toys months ahead of time.
