That is actually some really nice packaging! It reminds me of the “painting on glass” technique Lucasfilm used for some of their movie effects.
They originated from the artist's profile somewhere I thought.. given the new packaging direction, clearly his art isn't going to be used anymore unfortunately. But everything else in his portfolio has come to fruition, so he was working for real product plans, and thus I totally expect Jar Jar to be revealed soon enough.
The Bad Batch are getting their own animated series on Disney+. I wasn't really that into them as characters (could improve by seeing more of them).. But those wanting figures of them will probably be pleased since that increases their likelihood a ton. And I'd be happy with some Commandos in general.
I've been looking at listings on eBay for the final wave of the red line. Plo koon and kit fisto are going for a huge price now. I seriously think there won't be that many around.
EE, BBTS, Dorkside are still taking pre-orders for Plo, Kit wave and they haven't even hit Target and Walmart yet - anyone paying a high price now is doing so out of impatience
Yeah, I dropped my preorders there a week back. They probably won't come in till mid-august but I'm fine with that.
BS has been absolutely weird since even before Covid-mania started. I've been to multiple WMs and Targets with maybe one or two figures on their shelves, yet no restocks. I just don't get it. The black girl from TRS figures shouldn't prevent a restock.
I did place a preorder months ago and they were just shipped last Friday. Thought I should have ordered 2 of each. Oh well.
quite an oversized box, but SDCC and excessive packaging go hand in hand...i imagine the little lever on the side allows you to float the x-wing out of the bog... got the carbonite Han today...so funny an accessory gets the full carded treatment...its not like you can do a lot with it unless you're a diorama or display type... but now I wanna see the porgs, baby yoda and the mouse droid all packaged on gigantic individual cards like that too...they did it for the Vintage line in that SDCC Death Star II package (which is still a glaring hole in most collections) for Salacious Crumb and the Mouse Droid...
Remember that one theory video that Jar Jar was originally supposed to be Plagues but was scrapped...this new figure is going to be a custom goldmine, hell I already took off the robes of my ANH Vader so I'm half-way there.
Florida - Jar Jar (because he can't do anything right) Wisconsin - who has a head like a cheese hat? Virginia - Crait Luke, because he died a virgin (?) Rocky - Korg (Hey man, we're gonna go do a crossover, wanna come?) Alps - couldn't come up with anything good Himalayas - Wampa (literally the Yeti)