My understanding is that the assault tank depicted in Rogue One was originally intended to be a hover-tank, but during production they ultimately decided to just leave it as a tracked vehicle. The word had already been put out, however, that there would be a hover-tank in the movie. That's why the Lego version of the assault tank, which you actually build into a hover-tank, is technically inaccurate to the movie (but still a really fun Lego set!). The Rebels cartoon reconciled these varying tank types by showing that there are different variants of the assault tank, both tracked and hovering.
This at least makes way more sense than one of those Expanded Universe TIE fighter things with tracks on them.
They have had it online for awhile
Was it in store? If so, that's one of the first retail places actually carrying this thing. Target sucks baLLZ with their distribution of ANYTHING Vintage, pisses me off to no end. They still have Wave 1 sweltering on the pegs, for MONTHS. Months and months and months. At least Wal-Mart gets their stock out....except for Rey........and except for Mimban trooper lol. Those are more travesties from Hasbro distribution, or lack thereof.
Damn, maybe I should check there, hahaha.
Yes, it was in the store. I decided to check out the toys again, just out of the blue, I had noticed they had last time I was there Rey, Snoke and a FO trooper. Rey and the FO Trooper where there. Then As I look down the shelf, there is on the floor but on the front, the tank!! It looked GREAT and box was in great condition, they wanted full price tho , otherwise I would have bought it just to make it move. It looks like they are re-stocking the entire toy section, tho I saw mostly Black Series and TLJ toys, new stuff I hadnt seen last time I Was there.
A fine day to army build sir. I'm up to 6 myself.
Yessssss! Man, feels good to hear that another fellow collector that is army building with these tanks! We should get our tanks and crews together to make a huge platoon!!!
Ummm... they aren't selling well. Compared to the price point that Hasbro set for them they are basically being given away. It's like a heavily papered concert. It looks good because the stadium is full but all the tickets were freebies.
I picked up a second one, someone earlier mentioned walmart has them for 37.97 (thanks btw)
Ugh I know.. and finding the TVC tank driver has been rough around my part of the country.
Good point - you're right. Well, at least this cool vehicle did come out, and there are enough to go around for those who want them. Back when this was first announced a year?! ago, I mistakenly thought that it would be tough to get ahold of.
Hell, do it that way and you can include two figures to go with it.
ugh is right! I cant even locate this wave at brick and mortar. I tried Kmart for the sale they had and i got Wave one figures *sighs*
No offense to the Tank, as it seems that some people do like it. Perhaps they should have saved the $80 price point for a more deserving/interesting vehicle? TBH the Tank looks more like a $50 vehicle to begin with. Whereas $80 should have gotten us the Ghost, though even I feel that is too low for what most of us want done with it.
Even if Target paid $20 a figure it's still a win for them. It gets people in the store and in a position to spend money on other things.
Well stated. Consider myself—I’m a full time collector(have been since the line was relaunched in ‘95)—yet I had ZERO intention of going near this when I initially heard the price point. No matter how well built, it was/is just too obscure a vehicle to consider dropping near a $100 for. Now, however, i am considering it.
I believe he purchased all of those. There was a comment somewhere (Instagram I think) referring to the "Rose Army"
You'll get no argument from me that $80 is way overpriced for this IAH. I paid full price for this because it was a well-done vehicle & I had been wanting this ever since seeing Rouge One in theaters.
Absolutely correct! The TIE Fighter is nothing more than a kitbashed repaint. Big wings that have been used three or four times before and the cockpit ball from the 2011 TVC classic size TIE. There were no new tooling costs. Just a pretty box that doesn't even resemble the original. They didn't even throw in a pilot. The $40.00 ALL NEW TIE from the Solo line even got a pilot! I hope it sits on shelves long enough to see a pretty decent clearance. I also hope I'm able to pick one up when it does.
