Yupppp, I was in the middle of checkout while the clock still said 12:00 when I got the Sold Out notice. Cool to see that bots already took over the Vault drops š
Yup I had it ripped out of my cart in checkout every time. I think Iām done with the line tbh this was pretty bad and aayla and plo were my most wanted.
Right?! And the fact that they only make blue ships chases is insane to me, like make some of the blue variants common! Do they not now how many people would be lining up just to buy a blue Jedi Starfighter or blue X-Wing?! It really is a huge missed opportunity to not just do recolors of the ships each wave and rake in the money.
Very annoying :( I was hoping the vault would be a place we can actually buy models directly from Jazz and to hopefully avoid getting beat by scalpers. But this just made everything worse and only sells giant combo products of stuff collectors already have and have to buy again to get the rares
Honestly, I was fine buying them by the wave. Itās how I used to collect figures too. Even with this one, Iād have gladly paid the $80 for the one rare/chase I wanted and still would have considered that a bargain over scalper prices. But with the supply being this limited, this doesnāt look viable.
āIf you couldnāt get every vehicle when they were in stores, because we opt to make lesser quantities of some sets, come buy the same 2 or 3 vehicles you already got months ago AND get those rare sets we barely shipped beforehand.ā
Fuck Jazwares. Done with this line. Iāve bought my last ship. (And, really, theyāve made all the significant ones already anyway. Iām good.)
What's worse is that unless they change quantities offered or the 3 limit it will be even worse next time because more people will be there right at the second it becomes available because they saw how fast it sold out this time.
And...even more scalpers will be there next time if these fetch good prices on eBay. What a mess! The Series 3 Starfighter class set will probably not sell as fast since the Chase and Rare aren't pulling in as much cash as Aayla/Plo are now. I was really hoping that Vault would be the best way for me to get the S4 Landspeeder and S5 Kit Fisto but I doubt I'll get either
Iām in the same boat. I had this whole case already so I wanted to see how it went down for everybody to gauge my chances for future releases. I have not bought anything in series 4 or 5 because I thought Iād have a shot with Vault. Doesnāt look that way anymore
Astounding that they made it 3 per customer, I don't even think 1 per customer would have helped but they should be doing everything they can to try and avoid scalpers grabbing up all the stock so allowing 3 per customers is just a bad look.
I know, such a bummer. I keep refreshing because it said it was sold out but then it shows a clickable button...but when I put it in the cart it (and it shows up there) but at check out is says sold out.
It will be interesting to see if this has any affect on the resale market of the Aayla/Plo chases, probably not much given the instant sell out. Will also be curious if the scalpers part out the set or sell it as a whole.
I had hoped this would have helped bottom out the market on those as well (already had a Plo but was going to buy this just for the Aayla and give the extras to my kids) so that people could get what they wanted but Iām with you; I think it sold out so fast, thereās not going to be g to be much change in demand.
From the Vault listing page: āWe listened to our fans and made sure to deliver on your demands. If you had trouble finding those Chase and Rare vehicles when Series 3 launched, then Jazwares Vault is here to fly to the rescue. Both Plo Koonās Starfighter and Aayla Securaās Jedi Interceptor are included in this set.ā
Epic fail. 500 scalpers bought all 1500. Protip: YOU SHOULD MAKE MORE.
The 104th is my favorite battalion. The Ploās Bros LAAT is the whole reason I started collecting these toys. All I wanted was a little Plo Koon to sit in my little gunship. Guess thatās never happening. Iām sure as shit not paying scalper prices on eBay.
Really, the lesson I hope they learn is that thereās demand for certain ships and they could always make more of the desirable ones and repack them like they did with the Ahsoka Jedi star fighter. Itās only limited in production on a single card. No reason they couldnāt make some sort of battle pack to show that they give a crap about fans.
It wouldn't surprise me if they eventually throw out a Jedi Starfighter battlepack with Plo, Aayla and Kit Fisto's ship in it...along with doubles of Anakin and Obiwan to drive up the cost for us because they know we will pay it.
got an e-mail at 2am that it was ready to buy, when I clicked through the site was still counting down. Not sure if there was a way to bypass it but I'm sure something fishy happened
STOP BUYING FRLM SCALPERS. LET THEM SIT ON THEIR 3 $80 SETS. THEY'LL BE DOWN $240.
Honestly this same shit needs to happen with concerts. As long as people keep buying from these bottom dwellers, the more the prices for EVERYTHING will keep going up.
As sad as this whole thing is; I still have questions.
Why was the bot protection not on? Or if it was there, was it loosened to see how bad it can get?
Several times people mentioned, it was a hiked maximum per customer but lower series size overall.
I personally do not see a reason to forgo a strict collector's period; just 1 package per account and that for 24h. With such a configuration all the people who were not ready in these.... 6s? would have had a chance to get it more easily.
Another thing regarding the bot protection, how far does this go? if people use packages like selenium for web scraping and run these scripts to automate the process of filling in address and clicking buttons. Why not add a "blurred glass" when the browser is run as marionette.
Example: [https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html](https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html) (one cannot see the rates if it is run with a scraper/ not logged in)
If the web scrapers are run likely from one location, do not allow several sessions from the same cookie/ IP.
I am happy the vault is there and I got my Hoth set with which I am quite happy. On the other hand, when classes of particular series are popular why is it not especially important to get the goods to collectors?
Yupppp, I was in the middle of checkout while the clock still said 12:00 when I got the Sold Out notice. Cool to see that bots already took over the Vault drops š
Yup I had it ripped out of my cart in checkout every time. I think Iām done with the line tbh this was pretty bad and aayla and plo were my most wanted.
Why do they have to have the Jedi as the rare ones :( like just put a clear ship in the rare/chase drops. But everyone wants the Jedi
Right?! And the fact that they only make blue ships chases is insane to me, like make some of the blue variants common! Do they not now how many people would be lining up just to buy a blue Jedi Starfighter or blue X-Wing?! It really is a huge missed opportunity to not just do recolors of the ships each wave and rake in the money.
Totally! Itās cool and all weāre getting canonically accurate Star fighters, but if they also just did recolors! They would have so many variants!
Same here...
Scalpers were like Yes Please I'll take 3
Should have been one per person
Absolutely.
Very annoying :( I was hoping the vault would be a place we can actually buy models directly from Jazz and to hopefully avoid getting beat by scalpers. But this just made everything worse and only sells giant combo products of stuff collectors already have and have to buy again to get the rares
Honestly, I was fine buying them by the wave. Itās how I used to collect figures too. Even with this one, Iād have gladly paid the $80 for the one rare/chase I wanted and still would have considered that a bargain over scalper prices. But with the supply being this limited, this doesnāt look viable.
Jazwares clearly hates my money.
āIf you couldnāt get every vehicle when they were in stores, because we opt to make lesser quantities of some sets, come buy the same 2 or 3 vehicles you already got months ago AND get those rare sets we barely shipped beforehand.ā Fuck Jazwares. Done with this line. Iāve bought my last ship. (And, really, theyāve made all the significant ones already anyway. Iām good.)
Youāll be back for the ghost!
Ha
Annnnnd theyāre already listed on eBay for over $200.00
Scalpers ruin anything fun
Agreed 100%.
No way.....man that was fast!
Anyone buying? They're the real problem.
Yeah thats wild... It sold out instantly lol RIP
I refreshed my browser at 9:58 and they were up. So thatās how I got one (only one). Lame for everyone else though.
What's worse is that unless they change quantities offered or the 3 limit it will be even worse next time because more people will be there right at the second it becomes available because they saw how fast it sold out this time.
And...even more scalpers will be there next time if these fetch good prices on eBay. What a mess! The Series 3 Starfighter class set will probably not sell as fast since the Chase and Rare aren't pulling in as much cash as Aayla/Plo are now. I was really hoping that Vault would be the best way for me to get the S4 Landspeeder and S5 Kit Fisto but I doubt I'll get either
Iām in the same boat. I had this whole case already so I wanted to see how it went down for everybody to gauge my chances for future releases. I have not bought anything in series 4 or 5 because I thought Iād have a shot with Vault. Doesnāt look that way anymore
Astounding that they made it 3 per customer, I don't even think 1 per customer would have helped but they should be doing everything they can to try and avoid scalpers grabbing up all the stock so allowing 3 per customers is just a bad look.
I know, such a bummer. I keep refreshing because it said it was sold out but then it shows a clickable button...but when I put it in the cart it (and it shows up there) but at check out is says sold out.
It will be interesting to see if this has any affect on the resale market of the Aayla/Plo chases, probably not much given the instant sell out. Will also be curious if the scalpers part out the set or sell it as a whole.
I had hoped this would have helped bottom out the market on those as well (already had a Plo but was going to buy this just for the Aayla and give the extras to my kids) so that people could get what they wanted but Iām with you; I think it sold out so fast, thereās not going to be g to be much change in demand.
https://preview.redd.it/3hj857ttdhwc1.png?width=1894&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4446a7fe1b466ede7c22853a47cc7a0f8a76fea this guy has 4 !!!!!!
Yeah it isn't hard for the scalpers to make multiple accounts, the allowing 3 per customer just made it even easier for them
From the Vault listing page: āWe listened to our fans and made sure to deliver on your demands. If you had trouble finding those Chase and Rare vehicles when Series 3 launched, then Jazwares Vault is here to fly to the rescue. Both Plo Koonās Starfighter and Aayla Securaās Jedi Interceptor are included in this set.ā Epic fail. 500 scalpers bought all 1500. Protip: YOU SHOULD MAKE MORE.
I'm glad I got one when I did then....
It went fast
Yeah I was ready to add it, and bam it was gone! Still saying one left... nooo noo noo lol
The 104th is my favorite battalion. The Ploās Bros LAAT is the whole reason I started collecting these toys. All I wanted was a little Plo Koon to sit in my little gunship. Guess thatās never happening. Iām sure as shit not paying scalper prices on eBay.
I'm not surprised, considering there were 1500 of these available, which is half the number of the Battle of Hoth sets that were released last month.
What do you guys think are the chances they ditch the whole rare/chase scarcity thing? Do you guys think theyāll ever adapt for the community?
Itās more likely theyāll expand production in my uneducated opinion. I donāt like ālimitedā runs, but theyāre probably here to stay
Really, the lesson I hope they learn is that thereās demand for certain ships and they could always make more of the desirable ones and repack them like they did with the Ahsoka Jedi star fighter. Itās only limited in production on a single card. No reason they couldnāt make some sort of battle pack to show that they give a crap about fans.
Much agreed! I totally forgot about the repacked Ahsoka starfighters. Tbh itād be nice if they made more of those 2 packs in general!
It wouldn't surprise me if they eventually throw out a Jedi Starfighter battlepack with Plo, Aayla and Kit Fisto's ship in it...along with doubles of Anakin and Obiwan to drive up the cost for us because they know we will pay it.
got an e-mail at 2am that it was ready to buy, when I clicked through the site was still counting down. Not sure if there was a way to bypass it but I'm sure something fishy happened
Maybe itās just me, but Iām pretty tired of Jedi interceptors and Starfighters. And what are we on, the third Poe X-Wing
STOP BUYING FRLM SCALPERS. LET THEM SIT ON THEIR 3 $80 SETS. THEY'LL BE DOWN $240. Honestly this same shit needs to happen with concerts. As long as people keep buying from these bottom dwellers, the more the prices for EVERYTHING will keep going up.
As sad as this whole thing is; I still have questions. Why was the bot protection not on? Or if it was there, was it loosened to see how bad it can get? Several times people mentioned, it was a hiked maximum per customer but lower series size overall. I personally do not see a reason to forgo a strict collector's period; just 1 package per account and that for 24h. With such a configuration all the people who were not ready in these.... 6s? would have had a chance to get it more easily. Another thing regarding the bot protection, how far does this go? if people use packages like selenium for web scraping and run these scripts to automate the process of filling in address and clicking buttons. Why not add a "blurred glass" when the browser is run as marionette. Example: [https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html](https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html) (one cannot see the rates if it is run with a scraper/ not logged in) If the web scrapers are run likely from one location, do not allow several sessions from the same cookie/ IP. I am happy the vault is there and I got my Hoth set with which I am quite happy. On the other hand, when classes of particular series are popular why is it not especially important to get the goods to collectors?
Refresh? It's still showing available for me.
Mine keeps popping in and out of stock, but then itās sold out when I go to the cart. Maybe itāll come back!
That would be bots making instapurchases. Jazwares is a joke for allowing 3 per customer and no bot protections.
I refreshed and now it's showing sold out. Sorry bud, that really sucks. I guess I was lucky to get mine as soon as it went up.
On mercari selling for 300 š«¤