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THIS WEEK'S FORUM POLL
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AUCTION OF THE WEEK
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SHOW NOTES
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This week Arnie is full of March Madness...and it's all directed at Target employees who are
the only thing keeping him apart from cases and cases of brand new TAC figures. This week Arnie
vents some of that frustration and Marjorie defends the red shirts. After Arnie has been talked
down, they review the two TAC figures the good people at Toys R Us did get them.
We then look back at 1985, the last year for Kenner to make vintage action figures from the
Droids, Ewoks, and Power of the Force lines. Which item did Marjorie and Arnie pick to discuss
from this period? Listen to find out!
Finally this week, our own Chris Tellez from Los Angeles brings all you Celebration 4 bound
listeners an airport report. There are three main airports in the LA area and Chris goes through
each, providing you with a list of airlines that service the airports, your methods of
transportation to your hotel from the airport, and the costs involved with each.
Along with the voice mails, store reports, polls, auctions, and a clip from the upcoming
documentary The Force Among Us, this is a Star Wars Action News not to be missed!
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QUESTIONS HASBRO ANSWERED
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1) In the Jedi vs. Darth Sidious Battle Pack, can you tell us if all of
these figures are straight repacks of previous figures, or if there
are some retooled or repainted figures in the set?
2) In order to succeed in business it is a common philosophy that
companies must evolve and grow to meet an ever-changing market. Lately
the Star Wars collecting market seems to have evolved with higher-end
more niche, low production, high profit items becoming very popular
such as the Sideshow 12" line, including its Jabba the Hutt palace
pieces which create an impressive diorama, and Attackus' Death Star
Hanger/Millennium Falcon diorama. Has you ever considered adding an
entirely new business model to Hasbro's way of doing business,
creating midrange to high end niche items, perhaps for sale only
directly through Hasbro's web site, and aimed at higher-end collectors rather than kids?
Examples of this which come to mind would be playsets, which seem
highly in demand by collectors but do not fit Hasbro's current business model.
Perhaps a Death Star hanger playset built in scale with the 3.75"
figures, made of higher quality materials, in the $400-$500 price
point, would certainly be a niche item but perhaps appeal to the
Kenner generation of Star Wars collectors who's collecting habits, and
wallets, have grown up with them? Or does Hasbro see its focus as
entirely making children's toys in quality and durability and want to
leave the more expensive items to the other companies?
3) One creature that was never released in the USA is the Eopie from
Episode 1. It often goes for tons of cash on ebay, but I think it
would be a very interesting toy; specifically, it would make up an
awesome "Battle Pack" with an Episode III Obi and Baby Luke. Any
chance we would ever see a US release of this interesting creature in
a "birth of the twins" battle pack?
To find out the answers
to these questions,
listen to
this week's episode!
Got a question for Hasbro?
Post it here
and maybe it will be answered by Hasbro!
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PRODUCT REVIEW
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30 Anniversary: Coin Album and Obi-Wan Kenobi
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PHTOTOGALLERIES
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SHOW STUFF
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Jedi Pack
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Vehicles
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Fishing Pole
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LINKS DISCUSSED ON THIS SHOW
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