I love seeing a positive video in a line where everyone says its dying 🤣! You make a lot of great points and are super well spoken on them! I've seen you on other peoples lives but somehow havent actually watched you directly yet but you're on my bell notification list now ❤️. Happy collecting!
Thanks so much man, I really appreciate that :) yeah I've seen a lot of you on other channels as well! Subbed now :)) super thrilled for you getting that awesome Chewbacca set at ICCC! That was a hell of a find!!
Same here, the red line was my bread and butter for when I got started, I used to love going out looking for those boxes on pegs! Recently it's just been incredible seeing them back on shelves with the rereleases!
This is a very well-thought out and excellent discussion of the state of the line. I just discovered your channel today, and I'm an instant fan. I share a lot of your opinion on how far TBS has come in the last few years, and while display space has become scarce for me, I still find myself ordering these figures. Great job, GMT, and I look forward to seeing more of your work too.
Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean the world to me! I'm in a similar situation with display space, but I'm hoping to resolve that soon once my basement is completed and my new collection room is up and running :) Ikea is really going to like me in a couple of weeks! Thanks again for your comment!
I have to agree this is effectively the Black Series finest time, currently. My main gripe would be the general lack of accessories, but I made my peace with Hazza being penny-pinching gits a long time ago. This was a top video T!! Loads of "food" for thought. Personally, I want more characters than re-dos... I know people want the ultimate Luke Farm, but I can live with my original red and black box version. I swapped his head with a Yavin ceremony and I pinched his robe backwards and it holds with his belt. I'll buy the new one, but even now, the headsculpt looks rubbish. I'd rather have Snaggletooth, Lobot or FX-7. My largest hope for the line overall, is they make the 100 or so 3.75 Kenner/Palitoy figures I had as a kid, before it ends. Ever since I got my first few 6 inch BS OT figures, my ambition was always to have the original 3.75 figure presented next to the 6 inch version of it.
I definitely agree on the character choice mate, I feel like Kenner gave them a blueprint for a perfect line of classic characters and I've always liked the idea of doing something like The Padawan Collector with a Black Series twist. So tracking down all the original Kenner characters in their Black Series realisations and displaying them like the originals. Don't know why, it always made me happy to think about :))
@@grandmofftony Ohhhh Yesss!! I've never even considered that way of presenting the BS figures... That would look superb on a giant yellow case with the classic SW track around the edge!!
@@timberry4250 Thank you. It is my main collection ambition to show my original hundred or so childhood figures together with what I collect now, 40 years later. The very first 3.75 figure releases from the 70's and 80's, next to a modern 6 inch counterpart.
I started collecting in 2015, and I have all but about 2 of the early figures, and I agree the quality of sculpt and articulation is definitely better now than it's ever been. I question some of the character choices, but Disney drives a lot of that (at least that's my understanding). What truly baffles me is how you don't have 10,000 subscribers yet. Something is definitely off with the algorithm...
Yeah there is kind of this unspoken understanding that new media occupies a certain percentage of the new figure slots each year, and that's good for new-new characters to get into the line. I feel like we could allow a few more classic and prequel era character slots, maybe tip the scales more toward established characters, but overall I've been pretty happy since each new series has brought great new figures. Thank you so much for that! You really made my day when I read this comment! My little corner of the internet brings me so much joy, more will come! :))
I came to the various series quite late and I've pretty much binge watched all of them. I've really enjoyed them. So I'm definitely looking to pick up a few black series figs. I have a handful at the moment. I collect other lines. All in all The Black Series is high quality and well done. Especially in comparison to Marvel Legends. Loving the vids dude 👍🤘
Hey thanks so much for the feedback :)) I really appreciate it :) I've watched everything as it came out since Phantom Menace in '99, though I was a couple of years late to Clone Wars admittedly. I've had a great time with everything they've done, keep telling great stories and I'll keep showing up to buy the toys 😅😅 What other lines are you into?
100% agree with this. I understand why they pulled back from large vehicles, but speeders and ride-ons are the perfect size for this scale. I hope we've set a good precedent with the sales on the STAP and Bloodfin to entice Hasbro into giving us some more!
@@grandmofftony Yes! I had to pinch my nose and swallow an £85 kick in the testes for ebay Anakin, but he completed the thirteen. I also created the "legendary" number 13 Chewbacca from a blue line box release and melded that with bits from the orange boxes that they never released to give me 1-14, which I've never seen anyone else do.
Ahh the original Anakin! I remember seeing that on Ebay for a similar price back in the early days of getting into the line and thinking "can I have a Star Wars figure collection without Anakin?" because the price was really scaring me off! XD
@@grandmofftony T!! It scared me recently!! I still haven't got that figure loose either. Not Orange or archive. It's a bit of a collection hole, alongside no loose Why've-You-Gone-Jim? My only versions of him are the force ghost and a carded Phantom Menace which I refuse to open as he is part of the Jin/Maul/Shinobi PM carded threesome.
It's a Tony video!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤ To answer your initial question, NO. The Golden Age of BS was 2016, the red and black boxes and more specifically, the Rhuuge Uno figures!!!
I agree the sculpt and articulation has greatly improved, but it's just not an exciting line (for me). They've given up on extra accessories, dioramas, large creatures and vehicles ( GI Joes Classified is doing it right). Aside from a few Andor figures, I've not collected many Black Series this year. That said, I'm happy for my fellow collectors finding joy in this line.
It's definitely a bummer they've scaled back on vehicles and accessories, but I hope that'll change down the line. The Bloodfin and STAP give me a lot of hope :))
I still think the black series would be much better if the Articulation was better like Double jointed Knees and elbows rotating ankles and wrists Butterfly shoulders this would improve the line so much !!!!
Yeah that would do a lot for the articulation, I don't want to lose too much of the silhouette though. Some of those super-articulated lines look like mannequines 😅
i dont think i can go back to collecting SW again im old now. I hope the franchise cater to younger audiences rather than to the old fans. roblox and star wars maybe?
That's fair if it's not for you anymore, I've outgrown plenty of fandoms and more toy lines than I care to admit 😅😅 I'll keep doing it as long as it makes me happy :)
What kills me is that i have most all these characters (except the disney ones) in 3.75 inch with a few vehicles. I'm not rebuying them and disney killed all my interest in star wars
That's completely fair, that scale works really well for a lot of people and I can respect that :) I collected the smaller figures when I was younger, I still have a box of them at my mum's house back in sunny England that I'm hoping to get over here soon. I think it would be a great retrospective to look back at the figures I played with as a child and see how they've informed my choices as an adult collector, might be some cool ideas for new Black Series figures in there too!
Of course the quality of the figures is the best its ever been, but surely thats a given, just like the figures in 10 yrs time will be better than the figures of today. Modern sculpting is top of the range and will only improve. But the line falls flat in terms of dioramas, background pieces, creatures, small vehicles and accessories. All of which i think hasbro need to start thinking outside of the box on. With a little more effort, hasbro could turn the black series into something even greater than it is today.
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I love seeing a positive video in a line where everyone says its dying 🤣! You make a lot of great points and are super well spoken on them! I've seen you on other peoples lives but somehow havent actually watched you directly yet but you're on my bell notification list now ❤️. Happy collecting!
Thanks so much man, I really appreciate that :) yeah I've seen a lot of you on other channels as well! Subbed now :)) super thrilled for you getting that awesome Chewbacca set at ICCC! That was a hell of a find!!
Great Video Tony, You Nailed this one Mate. Well said All-Around. Thanks again for sharing.🙏👍👊☮️
Thanks so much mate, very much appreciated! Always great to hear from you :)
22-24 has been pretty amazing! I came into the line about half way through the red box era, but honestly ive just been having a blast!
Same here, the red line was my bread and butter for when I got started, I used to love going out looking for those boxes on pegs! Recently it's just been incredible seeing them back on shelves with the rereleases!
This is a very well-thought out and excellent discussion of the state of the line. I just discovered your channel today, and I'm an instant fan. I share a lot of your opinion on how far TBS has come in the last few years, and while display space has become scarce for me, I still find myself ordering these figures. Great job, GMT, and I look forward to seeing more of your work too.
Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean the world to me! I'm in a similar situation with display space, but I'm hoping to resolve that soon once my basement is completed and my new collection room is up and running :) Ikea is really going to like me in a couple of weeks! Thanks again for your comment!
Excellent video. Your presentation was spot on. Thank you.
Thanks so much :)) I really appreciate that
I have to agree this is effectively the Black Series finest time, currently. My main gripe would be the general lack of accessories, but I made my peace with Hazza being penny-pinching gits a long time ago. This was a top video T!! Loads of "food" for thought. Personally, I want more characters than re-dos... I know people want the ultimate Luke Farm, but I can live with my original red and black box version. I swapped his head with a Yavin ceremony and I pinched his robe backwards and it holds with his belt. I'll buy the new one, but even now, the headsculpt looks rubbish. I'd rather have Snaggletooth, Lobot or FX-7. My largest hope for the line overall, is they make the 100 or so 3.75 Kenner/Palitoy figures I had as a kid, before it ends. Ever since I got my first few 6 inch BS OT figures, my ambition was always to have the original 3.75 figure presented next to the 6 inch version of it.
I definitely agree on the character choice mate, I feel like Kenner gave them a blueprint for a perfect line of classic characters and I've always liked the idea of doing something like The Padawan Collector with a Black Series twist. So tracking down all the original Kenner characters in their Black Series realisations and displaying them like the originals. Don't know why, it always made me happy to think about :))
@@grandmofftony Ohhhh Yesss!! I've never even considered that way of presenting the BS figures... That would look superb on a giant yellow case with the classic SW track around the edge!!
This post is spot on, I’d love BS versions of all my childhood figures :)
@@timberry4250 Thank you. It is my main collection ambition to show my original hundred or so childhood figures together with what I collect now, 40 years later. The very first 3.75 figure releases from the 70's and 80's, next to a modern 6 inch counterpart.
@@DavidEdge69 that will look amazing :)
Great video!
Thank you very much mate :))
I started collecting in 2015, and I have all but about 2 of the early figures, and I agree the quality of sculpt and articulation is definitely better now than it's ever been. I question some of the character choices, but Disney drives a lot of that (at least that's my understanding). What truly baffles me is how you don't have 10,000 subscribers yet. Something is definitely off with the algorithm...
Yeah there is kind of this unspoken understanding that new media occupies a certain percentage of the new figure slots each year, and that's good for new-new characters to get into the line. I feel like we could allow a few more classic and prequel era character slots, maybe tip the scales more toward established characters, but overall I've been pretty happy since each new series has brought great new figures.
Thank you so much for that! You really made my day when I read this comment! My little corner of the internet brings me so much joy, more will come! :))
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I came to the various series quite late and I've pretty much binge watched all of them. I've really enjoyed them. So I'm definitely looking to pick up a few black series figs. I have a handful at the moment. I collect other lines. All in all The Black Series is high quality and well done. Especially in comparison to Marvel Legends. Loving the vids dude 👍🤘
Hey thanks so much for the feedback :)) I really appreciate it :) I've watched everything as it came out since Phantom Menace in '99, though I was a couple of years late to Clone Wars admittedly. I've had a great time with everything they've done, keep telling great stories and I'll keep showing up to buy the toys 😅😅
What other lines are you into?
I would LOVE a Palpatine epIX with his chair....It was and great desing!!!!
It's honestly one of my most wanted characters 🤩🤩
I cant say about before and now being i just started collecting a year ago .I'd like to see more vehicles and ride ons .
100% agree with this. I understand why they pulled back from large vehicles, but speeders and ride-ons are the perfect size for this scale. I hope we've set a good precedent with the sales on the STAP and Bloodfin to entice Hasbro into giving us some more!
I'm officially offended on behalf of the Original Orange line box figures!! 😅😂😅
You have a complete set of those guys now right?
@@grandmofftony Yes! I had to pinch my nose and swallow an £85 kick in the testes for ebay Anakin, but he completed the thirteen. I also created the "legendary" number 13 Chewbacca from a blue line box release and melded that with bits from the orange boxes that they never released to give me 1-14, which I've never seen anyone else do.
Ahh the original Anakin! I remember seeing that on Ebay for a similar price back in the early days of getting into the line and thinking "can I have a Star Wars figure collection without Anakin?" because the price was really scaring me off! XD
@@grandmofftony T!! It scared me recently!! I still haven't got that figure loose either. Not Orange or archive. It's a bit of a collection hole, alongside no loose Why've-You-Gone-Jim? My only versions of him are the force ghost and a carded Phantom Menace which I refuse to open as he is part of the Jin/Maul/Shinobi PM carded threesome.
It's a Tony video!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤ To answer your initial question, NO. The Golden Age of BS was 2016, the red and black boxes and more specifically, the Rhuuge Uno figures!!!
Pretty sure my local Five Below is still haunted by the restless spirits of red line Jyn and Cassian 😅😅😅
@@grandmofftony😅😅😅😅😅 You need to buy them and set those pegs free!!
I agree the sculpt and articulation has greatly improved, but it's just not an exciting line (for me). They've given up on extra accessories, dioramas, large creatures and vehicles ( GI Joes Classified is doing it right). Aside from a few Andor figures, I've not collected many Black Series this year.
That said, I'm happy for my fellow collectors finding joy in this line.
It's definitely a bummer they've scaled back on vehicles and accessories, but I hope that'll change down the line. The Bloodfin and STAP give me a lot of hope :))
Where's Moss Man and Stinkor?
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I still think the black series would be much better if the Articulation was better like Double jointed Knees and elbows rotating ankles and wrists Butterfly shoulders this would improve the line so much !!!!
Yeah that would do a lot for the articulation, I don't want to lose too much of the silhouette though. Some of those super-articulated lines look like mannequines 😅
i dont think i can go back to collecting SW again im old now. I hope the franchise cater to younger audiences rather than to the old fans. roblox and star wars maybe?
That's fair if it's not for you anymore, I've outgrown plenty of fandoms and more toy lines than I care to admit 😅😅 I'll keep doing it as long as it makes me happy :)
What kills me is that i have most all these characters (except the disney ones) in 3.75 inch with a few vehicles. I'm not rebuying them and disney killed all my interest in star wars
That's completely fair, that scale works really well for a lot of people and I can respect that :) I collected the smaller figures when I was younger, I still have a box of them at my mum's house back in sunny England that I'm hoping to get over here soon. I think it would be a great retrospective to look back at the figures I played with as a child and see how they've informed my choices as an adult collector, might be some cool ideas for new Black Series figures in there too!
Of course the quality of the figures is the best its ever been, but surely thats a given, just like the figures in 10 yrs time will be better than the figures of today. Modern sculpting is top of the range and will only improve. But the line falls flat in terms of dioramas, background pieces, creatures, small vehicles and accessories. All of which i think hasbro need to start thinking outside of the box on. With a little more effort, hasbro could turn the black series into something even greater than it is today.
I wouldn't say no to a few more diorama pieces, something to spice up the display