… for what I can see, Disney will always “demand” some light on the flavor of the month, that is, the movie currently on screen, and that will always make the bulk of the offer in shells at any given moment… everything else will be a bonus… If this line does really well, they will add more odd characters, being that background characters from OT, PT or new stuff… For OT collectors the good news are, there is a lot of content being made around the OT era, you might not like this character in particular but she would fit in any OT collection as a background smuggler, her droids are very similar with the OT ones… the same can be said of the RO content and most of the stuff in Rebels (helicopter lightsabers are a stretch :D)

…we might not like buying 3 characters, when we just 1 of those, but that’s a way to make money and maintain the line alive…

So people who just have a casual interest in Star Wars and who won’t actually buy the action figure voted because they wanted to a part of what was trending on Facebook?

I wonder if the results would have been different were we required to put down a cash deposit on our figure with our cast vote.

I really liked K-2SO in Rogue One, but how the heck do they justify ranking him ahead of Chewbacca?

Noooooooooo… !
That would be a horrible idea. While there may be a few that would be willing to shell out for the one character they want, there would be many more who say screw it, I’m not paying that much to get the one figure I want and walk away.

Excellent! So they could then disqualify Aphra from the poll and announce Sim Aloo as the new winner! 🙂

Distribution was atrocious! I never saw more than 3/4 of a case of waves 1,3,4 at any given time. Wave 2 was completely M.I.A.! Wave 4 was several months late, essentially showing up for the RO toy launch. It wasn’t until wave 5 (Akbar/Ahsoka/ERG/Lando) that all the pegs were filled. And then it was a tidal wave. RO figures rolled in by the container load. And now Walmart has marked them down to below cost to get rid of them. What a joke!

You make a good point that they do need to include some of the newer characters to keep the line relevant and bring in the younger (under 35) fan base to grow the line. I have no doubt at all they will be doing that with characters from Ep. VIII, VII and possibly even Rogue One and the Han Solo story. I do however hope they include an ample amount of 30-40 year old background characters (and main characters too). Those are the ones I am most excited for. Hasbro has never been overly focused on EU characters, so those of us who couldn’t care less about the comics and video games cab rest easy knowing it will just be a token “fans’ choice” figure here and there.

I too am miffed every time these EU characters hijack the polls. However, as far at The Vintage Collection being truly “vintage”, I believe that would have to restrict it to the original 3 films and Droids and Ewoks animation only. Well, we all know that is not going to happen. 2010-2013 TVC paved the way for Prequel characters to be included as well as a smattering of EU. Whether or not EU belongs in this line is another argument, but I don’t think we have to worry about where the majority of figures for this new TVC line come from. It will without a doubt be from the live action films.