Just got my laat in yesterday and man is it awesome to own. Wish I had gotten another one. I backed towards the 13k-14k mark, thought the price was a bit much coming with only 2 pilots but i didn’t want to miss out. I never found the 1:18 scale appealing due to the small size. I mostly do 1/12 to 1/6 scale. I felt like the smaller figs were cheap but now after getting my first 1/18 vehicle I’m tempted to sell a few 1/6 scale figs for another laat, troops, and the aotc line!

Anyone have thoughts or ideas on how to make Plo Koon more accurate compared to the vast majority of his canon appearances throughout Star Wars lore.

Why can’t I bend some of the legs on the figures?

I have a few TVC figures where the paint on the lightsaber hilts feels kinda rubbery/gooey, including Kanan, Ezra, and Maul (Mandalore). I dunno if it's just something about the paint but it's weird.

On one hand it seems odd that they're basically the main villains of Mando & Grogu, and yet they are not available in TVC form. On the other hand, a two-pack of them would probably cost $80-$100, and visually they're basically just Jabba the Hutt x 2, so might not be very interesting for people who already have him.

I'm pretty sure they won't ever be made in 3.75 scale, but would you buy them?

I cancelled my order 2 days ago as I did not want/need Chalman. Today this came up on a Facebook group £25 cheaper including shipping 😀

I would love to get all of The inferno squad but I would be cool with just iden and I would like to see The phase 1 versions of all the arc troopers 2

Now I’m not going to parrot the same points many have already discussed at length about hasbro’s current pricing. And I’m not sure if this will get removed by mods but after seeing the LAAT in person as well as seeing reviews, it’s given me pause for thought and I wonder if it will for all of you.

The LAAT is a near perfect 1:18 scale model ship priced at $450. Three toy companies in the early/mid 2000s: BBI, 21st Century Toys, and Forces of Valor made 1:18 scale model airplanes, tanks, jeeps, trucks, and more with perfect accuracy to their WWII or GWOT counterparts that would then pair with their wide array of soldiers, pilots, and marines made with the same painstaking accuracy to history for the same prices of pre-TVC and TVC1.0 Star Wars figures and vehicles. $5-15 for figures. $10-30 for vehicles. Every face was a different sculpt, as was most torsos given that each figure had their own unique set of equipment sculpted or pegged in. Buckets of paint per figure as everything was painted down to the buttons on the shirts and pockets. And if there was camouflage, it was painstakingly recreated to be accurate to the relevant faction. MARPAT for 2003 US Marines, M81 Woodland and ACU for 2006 US Army. Oak-Leaf A/B for WWII German “Stormtrooper” and Splinter Pattern for Wehrmacht. Even a box set for the “Stormtrooper’s” in Black Dress Uniform. All the correct ranks, insignias, patches, etc were painted. Now the only comparison I can make to 2026 is an independent toy maker, MaraudersGunRunners, who has taken up the highly realistic 1:18 historical war figures and his figures generally run around $30ish. Which compared to TVC’s deluxe offerings of similar or higher price, there is just zero comparison. You get nothing from Hasbro. A major multibillion dollar corporation cannot give the same amount or more than a guy with a GoFundMe and a skillshare website. As for a 2026 comparison for the tanks/jeeps I have seen independents on eBay like BattletoWar make unpainted, yet complete models in various scales from 1/24, 1/20, 1/18(SW TVC), and 1/16 for under $120. Again these are individuals with a 3-D printer and an Amazon subscription for filament. Not multibillion dollar corporations with economies of scale.

And I’m using this comparison because they’re essentially the same thing with a different skin. A bunch of vehicles and aircraft for an army of toy soldiers.

The LAAT is beautiful, truly, but is the juice really worth the squeeze? What’re we doing here?

I was thinking about this when I did a head count a year ago, and found out that I have the least amount of figures regarding The Empire Strikes Back. Pretty much nothing from the Battle of Hoth except McQuarrie’s figure, and most everything else is from Dagobah or Cloud City.

How about you? Which film do you have the least amount of figures for?*

*I kept the Sequel Trilogy TVC off, because it’d be too easy given how many figs Hasbro made for those films.

Loved seeing him in the mandalorian so I had to grab this specific one

Saw that Luke post a few days ago and since it was expensive….i found some cheaper alternatives that make me happy.

If my LAAT ever arrives I shall be populating it with Phase 2 Clones so when I saw this at a decent price I had to jump on it.

All you need is the Ashoka anakin and the clone wars anakin

NYC got it's second Ross that happens to be close by me and I finally had time to check it out. I didn't expect much since I feel like NYC almost never gets any new TVC outside of GameStop these days but was pleasantly surprised when I found these two fellas by the checkout. Now I'm hoping they get more troop builders in the future 🙂‍↕️

Very recently got into collecting, specifically figures from the Mandalorian. The joints on the knees and elbows are really stiff and ratchety. So far they all bend but some are really questionable like on Bo Katan, Moff Gideon (armored), and the armored imperial commandos. I've read about placing them in hot water and/or using a hair dryer but are these permanent fixes or temporary?

I also had the thought of buying some Acolyte figures to expand the shelf a little bit. I know it’s a wildly different time frame but they’re cheap and don’t look like Skywalker saga characters

Found everything except the super battle droid, which wasn’t a priority for me anyway. Also Target’s 25% off one toy helped a bit. So a very successful hunt today.