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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 505250" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Exactly. That is my concern as well. We are assuming that the date stamps on the legs will be different (although since the sculpts are from the 70's, and these are essentially reissues, that's not guaranteed), and if so, the figures themselves cannot be passed off as vintage originals. However the weapons and accessories are a very different matter. With vintage original Princess Leia capes and especially guns going for crazy money these days, unless the new accessory versions are indeed significantly different from the originals (and from the small pictures shown on the Target website they certainly don't appear to be), then it is as certain as Donald Trump spouting shite that they will be passed off as vintage originals and will fool an awful lot of collectors and, as indianawars put it, 'line the pockets of cunts'.</p><p></p><p>I must say, when the announcement of this line was made, I was actually quite excited, as I had assumed (naively, it seems), that Hasbro would be producing new, previously unmade figures like Grand Moff Tarkin in a vintage style. I would have been all over those! However, whilst Hasbro may yet still decide to do precisely that, it seems instead that all we are getting is official repros of existing vintage figures, which doesn't excite me in the least. I'm not bothered by them either however, and certainly don't object to them being made, providing that all parts are clearly distinguishable from their vintage counterparts, but sadly that seems unlikely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 505250, member: 7379"] Exactly. That is my concern as well. We are assuming that the date stamps on the legs will be different (although since the sculpts are from the 70's, and these are essentially reissues, that's not guaranteed), and if so, the figures themselves cannot be passed off as vintage originals. However the weapons and accessories are a very different matter. With vintage original Princess Leia capes and especially guns going for crazy money these days, unless the new accessory versions are indeed significantly different from the originals (and from the small pictures shown on the Target website they certainly don't appear to be), then it is as certain as Donald Trump spouting shite that they will be passed off as vintage originals and will fool an awful lot of collectors and, as indianawars put it, 'line the pockets of cunts'. I must say, when the announcement of this line was made, I was actually quite excited, as I had assumed (naively, it seems), that Hasbro would be producing new, previously unmade figures like Grand Moff Tarkin in a vintage style. I would have been all over those! However, whilst Hasbro may yet still decide to do precisely that, it seems instead that all we are getting is official repros of existing vintage figures, which doesn't excite me in the least. I'm not bothered by them either however, and certainly don't object to them being made, providing that all parts are clearly distinguishable from their vintage counterparts, but sadly that seems unlikely. [/QUOTE]
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