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Please use this thread to talk about the 3inch SA figure of Kylo Ren, who's going to buy it?

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Have there been any pictures of these yet? Not the Luke, Vader and Chewy. I have seen those. I am looking specifically for these episode VII ones.
 
PS. Very excited for this figure, looks AWESOME​. I'm easily more excited for these upcoming Black Series figures than I was for Midnight Madness :p
 
I both love & hate that fact that there are new SA TBS figures coming out. One one hand, it's great that they're coming out with ST figures in SA.

On the othe hand, I thought I was done collecting SW for the forseeable future - and now I have to go to Wal-mart to look for them in a month?! That sucks. At least I'll have a month hiatus re: collecting...
 
First off... thank the maker. SA 3.75" TFA figures. I never thought I'd actually see it happen. (Yes, seriously. This is Hasbro we're talking about here.)

Second, I have to agree with the others around here. He's looking great, and I'm glad they went with the hybrid soft goods approach. Keep the top half plastic to eliminate puffy hood syndrome, and go completely SG on the lower half so as not to hinder leg movement.
 
I just hope I can actually find this figure. The Walmarts around me have never been real good with stocking Star Wars figures or I just have bad luck ...
 
I will be getting him for sure, plus a few Stormies. I want Rey, Finn and Poe a lot too. :D
 
Or those who don't want to pay $15 for a 3.75" figure?
Of course I'll get one!
 
So want this. Surprised to not see a picture because this is the most wanted figure of all time right now for me personally.

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Michael_Knight said:
So want this. Surprised to not see a picture because this is the most wanted figure of all time right now for me personally.
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Isn't it beautiful? It's a homerun by Hasbro!! So is the First Order Stormtrooper in this line! This is why I really hope 3.75" SA is here to stay. Stuff like this just gets me sooo excited. The 6" line just never resonates with me like this scale does.
 
It is inddedd a relief to see we'll get at least the main cast of TFA in their SA glory.
 
Darth_Brett said:
Isn't it beautiful? It's a homerun by Hasbro!! So is the First Order Stormtrooper in this line! This is why I really hope 3.75" SA is here to stay. Stuff like this just gets me sooo excited. The 6" line just never resonates with me like this scale does.
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I agree with you. The 6 inch line doesn't have that potent love and history. Like the SA 3.75 Star Wars figures do. In my opinion, I don't see the 6 inch lasting as long as the SA 3.75 figures have(and longer)
 
Jedi_073 said:
I agree with you. The 6 inch line doesn't have that potent love and history. Like the SA 3.75 Star Wars figures do. In my opinion, I don't see the 6 inch lasting as long as the SA 3.75 figures have(and longer)
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I think it's also the scale or size itself that is somehow more attractive. When you see something that small with so much detail packed into it, it is more...I don't know, impressive to me. Just seems much cooler when it's is shrunk down to that scale. I don't know, the 6" line just does not connect with me for whatever reason. I can't explain it. They do look nice...but the appeal isn't there like it is with 3.75".
 
Darth_Brett said:
I think it's also the scale or size itself that is somehow more attractive. When you see something that small with so much detail packed into it, it is more...I don't know, impressive to me. Just seems much cooler when it's is shrunk down to that scale. I don't know, the 6" line just does not connect with me for whatever reason. I can't explain it. They do look nice...but the appeal isn't there like it is with 3.75".
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I think the success of the 4" action figure is purely in the math. Any smaller than 3-4" and the figures become too small. You lose articulation, detail, playability, all that good stuff. Any larger and they're too big. Sure you get the same if not more articulation and detail, but size (and price) become an issue. 4" figures are just the right size for vehicles, playsets, and other accessories. And there are a plethora of reasons 4" action figures have been the backbone of the action figure market and so many toy lines for 30+ years now. With the 4" scale comes the ability to develop other tie-in items that diversify the line and add appeal to it as a whole. Overall, it's just optimal.

Even as a kid, whenever I had larger figures, I always gravitated back to 4" figures whenever I played with them. Perfect example were Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. When they first came out, I got all of the 8" figures and really liked them. They were nice, had loads of articulation and looked great. However, when I wanted to take them to school so my friends and I could play with them, I could never bring more than one or two due to their size (I was only allowed to take whatever could fit in my backpack). But the 4" figures were perfect and I could bring a whole lot more. Same goes for the various toys I had that utilized smaller figures. Their lack of ability to do much made them boring to me, and I always gravitated back to 4" action figures. Anything else were just 'curiosities' really.

This Kylo Ren figure is a perfect example of what great toys Hasbro is capable of producing, especially in this scale.
 
I just hope that everyone supports this line and that it does really well.
With all of the talk/arguments about SA versus 5POA, I should expect to never see these on the pegs, as collectors would have bought up every single figure.

I know I'll do my part (always do and have been since the beginning) but who can say the same thing?
 
Does anyone have an idea when these will be on Walmart's website? The chances of finding one in the wild are going to be impossible. Scalpers will certainly strike before I can.

What makes me angry is that figures like this should have been available Force Friday. A Walmart exclusive is an insult. This should be the only 3.75 inch Kylo Ren available.
 
If they aren't unnecessary repacks like wave I they should be. I honestly never saw most of the Black Series 3.75" figures in stores. They seemed to always sell well and nowhere to be found. Other than Wave I, the rest of the line (Orange & Blue) were rare or impossible to ever find.

I don't think there's any reason to believe these won't sell. If Hasbro had decided to make this line the premiere FA line on launch day, it would have sold just as well.
 
3 3/4" SA has taken a back seat to both 6" and 3 3/4 5POA. It's unfortunate for sure, but it's been like that for the past couple years.

How many 5POA TFA figures were available on Force Friday? And Walmart gets an exclusive with 3 previously released figures from the older movies? It's the red-headed step child of Hasbro.
 
One can only hope that the series continues and doesn't offer us any nasty surprises the way down. The manner this exclusive line starts with unnecessary Vader, Chewie, Luke is certainly less than auspicious. (I wonder how many of the other non-TFA figures in the line are straight old repacks?)

That said, I'll happily buy all of the SA TFA figures and other new (non-repack) figures. I just hope it will be available at all in any form here - for me, Walmart is really a bad choice of retailer *sigh*.
 
Is it strange that this announcement and the image of a super-articulated 3 3/4" Kylo Ren made me tear up a little? Force Friday left me pretty cold, and I spent $0. I had given up hope of seeing something like that.
 
^^I bought the 6" kylo ren at midnight on FF and that was pretty much it--I had to buy something. And I don't collect 6" at all. Never bought one before. I didn't even end up opening the package even though the figure looks really nice. So I was very happy with this announcement too. I can just return the 6" one and get the 4" one now.
 
scha1034 said:
Does anyone have an idea when these will be on Walmart's website? The chances of finding one in the wild are going to be impossible. Scalpers will certainly strike before I can.

What makes me angry is that figures like this should have been available Force Friday. A Walmart exclusive is an insult. This should be the only 3.75 inch Kylo Ren available.
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The official press release here stated that they would be taking pr-orders on Friday, but that hasn't happened because I've been checking the site a few times a day and they haven't updated it yet, they only have the first three figures available for order. So aside from that, I'd say its anyones guess as to when they will put up the second wave for pre-order.

And I agree - had these figures been available on Friday, along with a number of other (exclusive) items and a bit more product Force Friday would have been far more rewarding for far more people. No one really seemed to have a clue as to what to expect. I walked out of Toys R Us in 2005 with two carts full of figures and vehicles and there were still piles of figures on the pegs and in other shoppers carts. Everyone was satisfied and had a great time that night. The initial amount of product released was probably a bit too high, but the event was far more a success than Force Friday was.

The one redeeming thing about all of this is that we have a lot to look forward to between now and December 18th. If there are still two or three more waves of these 4" Black Series figures to come, then by the time the movie is released we'll have a nice beginning amount to go in with and a plethora of characters and figures left to come afterward (hopefully some nice vehicles too!). I'm going to ignore this first wave of figures, save for Chewbacca (GREAT figure, IMO, just not a wise choice for a first wave) and anticipate the second wave with more enthusiasm than I had for Force Friday.
 
Mike_S said:
I just hope that everyone supports this line and that it does really well.
With all of the talk/arguments about SA versus 5POA, I should expect to never see these on the pegs, as collectors would have bought up every single figure.

I know I'll do my part (always do and have been since the beginning) but who can say the same thing?
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I'll do my part as long as the figure is new, and needed. If they require me to rebuy what I already, have just to "support" this line. Then they've got the wrong person, I cannot abide doing this any longer.
Wave one already smacks of a waste to me. Wave two has two TFA must haves leading into teh movie, even if it seems late compared to what has already been released. Though I won't be buying those either. Leia is still up inthe air. I wan the update, but I'm not sold on the figure. Though in the end, I'm pretty sure I'll get her just because. past this, IDK. Yak Face is definite purchase. But we haven't seen who's exactly coming yet, so it's hard to say how much I can support the line with unknowns. If older versions of Han Luke and Leia do come, then I'd probably get them.
 
Looks great!

The hood, in particular, looks amazing!
 
It would of been great to see another 3.75" SA Kylo Ren with a soft good cape include a hood that is removable in the future. It's nice to see Kylo get a SA 3.75" scale figure to happen and let's hope to see rest of them from The Force Awakens like Jakku's Rey and Finn, BB-8, First Order Flametrooper and Snowtrooper.
 
I'm actually glad this forthcoming SA TBS wave with Kylo Ren, First Order Stormtrooper etc. wasn't available on Force Friday. I had told myself that I wanted to avoid going to the stores for these toys since I'm not collecting the TFA line. So, I have avoided going to the stores completely this weekend, and I'm glad because of this - this is the first SW toy line I'm not collecting.

That being said, if this upcoming TBS SA line with these ST figures had been out as well, I would probably have wanted to "brave the crowds" this weekend, along with everyone else.

As it stands, I'll probably have a tough time finding these new TBS figures...
 
Originally, I was going to skip any and all Kylos until after the film. However, this is one I'll have to buy to support this line.
 
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