I finally took the trouble to get
my 6” TBS figures out in the open over the weekend. They were always taken out
of their packaging and thrown into my TBS plastic container for safekeeping. I
guess all action figures deserve to be out in the open and not being left in
boxes/containers to brittle or disintegrate over time. Besides, they accumulate
that nasty oily feeling over time and you wouldn’t want to clean each and every
nook and cranny of each figure once that starts to happen.
Anyway, back to them 6-inchers
TBS figures...
We’ve received confirmation that
a whole bunch of ‘em are coming our way soon. Bossk, Emperor Palpatine, Stormie
Luke & Han, IG-88, Boussh (plus several other prequel characters....eww) and
also deluxe sets i.e. Han with tauntaun & Luke with Wampa. I have no issues
with Hasbro spewing out characters from the prequels but I like to see more
original trilogy characters first or at least dedicate 3 out of 4 figures (per
wave) to the OT. With Episode VII on the horizon (are we still calling it
that?....or ‘Awakens?) I bet we’re gonna have an influx of characters from the
movie too in between them OTs and PTs soon.
There’s another thing that
bothers me. Why are we still being charged full price for half a character? I
thought we had it bad when Artoo was at the same price point as the rest. When
Yoda came I knew that Hasbro didn’t really give a hoot to what collectors had
to say about the issue. I know some would argue that it’s always been that way anyway
for the 3.75” line. But at a USD20 (or USD24 for us Malaysians) price point, I
think we should only be charged anywhere between USD12-15 tops! I mean come
on....half a figure at full price? Ridiculous.
Well, what you see above
represents my only display options for the moment. Basically I’m quite happy
with the limited space I have right now for these TBS figures but I’ll have
another bout of headache when the next wave hits retail soon. You see, they’re
already packed to the brim and I can barely squeeze in another 6-incher
anywhere inside that display area. Boy, where am I gonna put the upcoming
figures?!
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