The SWTVC Podcast

64 characters entered, only 2 remain. Who will be this year's TVC March Madness champion? YOU DECIDE! In this year's title matchup, #1 Luthen Rael is going up against #6 Pong Krell. Will Luthen's momentum from winning Last Figure Standing last fall carry him through with minimal sacrifice, or will he become another casualty in the carnage of Krell? Could we have our first-ever two-time champion? Join us as we go over this year's tournament, recap some MM history, chat about the deluge of new stuff in-hand at the moment, and more. There may even be a surprise or two in store... As always, thanks for helping #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

The Sweet Sixteen of TVC March Madness VI have arrived and, at the time of this livestream, are duking it out! To help Evan and Tyler go over the past week of the tournament and catch up on stuff, they'll be joined by some special guests: John Miko (SW The Vintage Collection Facebook Group) Darth Xander (The Vintage Collective Discord) Trowaman (Reddit, Discord) How are your brackets faring? Who do you think will advance to the next round? Tune in and find out the results of this round LIVE! Be sure to like and subscribe to this channel and find us on Instagram so that you don't miss any of the TVC March Madness news and updates. Reminder: voting occurs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout March from 12:01am ET to 11:59pm ET at https://linktr.ee/swtvc As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Week two of TVC March Madness VI is well underway, with the Round of 64 coming to a close while we stream! The SWTVC team will be joined by special guests MAKMCSWF and Adventures in Collecting to talk through the excitement thus far, how our brackets are doing, a recent reveal that changed up the tournament, and where we think the madness is going next. Be sure to like and subscribe to this channel and find us on Instagram so that you don't miss any of the TVC March Madness news and updates. Reminder: voting occurs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout March from 12:01am ET to 11:59pm ET at https://linktr.ee/swtvc As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you! ********* Middle Aged Kiwi Man Collecting Star Wars Figures: https://www.youtube.com/@kiwimanMAKMCSWF Adventures in Collecting: https://www.youtube.com/@aic_podcast Carbonites x SWTVC Collab: https://carbonites.company.site/March-Madness-2026-p819336207

TVC March Madness is here! As day one of voting came to a close, the SWTVC team went over some key details, talk about recurring characters and some previous March Madness stats, and cover the day's matchups in the Northwest quadrant in the Round of 64, Who will continue on to the next round? Who will find themselves waiting for a chance to return next year? Tune in a find out! Reminder that voting days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays throughout March. Find everything you need for TVC March Madness VI at https://linktr.ee/swtvc As always, thanks for helping #keep375alive and may the Force be with you (and VOTE IN MARCH MADNESS)!

The is where the fun begins! Join the @SWTVC crew to discover which 64 characters are making this year’s TVC March Madness bracket! Did your favorites make it in? Tune in to find out! Downloadable brackets will be available after the stream so you can fill it out before the madness truly begins. Polls will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through March from 12:01am ET to 11:59pm ET beginning on Wednesday, March 4. Voting MUST be done via the “VOTE HERE” link at linktr.ee/swtvc (save that link!). That is the ONLY place to cast your votes for them to count. Oh, and be sure to tune in to Bossk's Bounty's annual bracket stream on Sunday, March 1, where he’ll be joined by John and others as they fill out how they think this year’s tournament will shape up! That will be over at YouTube.com/@BossksBounty Make sure you're subscribed to us on YouTube at YouTube.com/@SWTVC and follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/swtvc so that you don't miss any of this year's action! TVC March Madness is brought to you by @SWTVC with help from our friends in the community. Please note: this is just for fun, to see where fans’ priorities are with The Vintage Collection. This is not officially involved with Hasbro or Lucasfilm in any way. Hasbro is not guaranteed to make any characters from the tournament, but Hasbro Star Wars brand team members are following along and paying attention! As always, thanks for helping #keep375alive and may the Force be with you! [Recorded live on February 28, 2026]

Before John has a mental breakdown from working on the TVC March Madness data, we’ll have a Toy Fair breakdown about all The Mandalorian and Grogu reveals for The Vintage Collection. Join the team and special guest Blitz Transmissions as we talk through all the TVC goodness! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swtvc/ Blitz Transmissions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlitzTransmissions

Last call for top 25 lists! Join the @SWTVC crew and some special guests as we count down to the end of the submissions period where YOU can help shape this year's TVC March Madness bracket! We'll discuss their lists, catch up, plus talk about recent arrivals and reveals! Be sure to submit your top 25 list at https://linktr.ee/swtvc by 11:59PM ET on Sunday, January 25th! Links to guests: Middle Aged Kiwi Man • https://www.youtube.com/@kiwimanMAKMCSWF John Miko • https://johnmiko.com/ • https://www.facebook.com/groups/191315294789826 (TVCFB Group) Bossk's Bounty • https://www.youtube.com/@BossksBounty Blitz Transmissions • https://www.youtube.com/@BlitzTransmissions As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

This is where the fun begins! Celebrate the launch of the TVC March Madness VI Top 25 list submissions with the @SWTVC crew! Submissions will open at the start of the stream, so join us at YouTube.com/@SWTVC to discuss the rules, how much progress Hasbro has made on previous tournaments, and our own lists for this year! Be prepared to submit yours at linktr.ee/swtvc

Hello there! Can you believe that 2025 is over? This past weekend, Evan (@milehighground), Tyler (@swcollector3.75), and John (@thevintageconcepts) got together to share their thoughts on the latest reveals from CCXP and the @hasbropulse Fanstream, as well as looking back at the year in review. Subscribe now at YouTube.com/@SWTVC and instagram.com/@swtvc to make sure you don't miss any news or events! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Shake off the Sunday scaries with an evening edition of The @SWTVC Show this weekend. Don’t be a stranger! Evan (@milehighground), John (@thevintageconcepts), and special guest @toysaretheway will discuss the latest TVC reveals and arrivals. Then begins the long-awaited deep dive into shared Jedi tooling! Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube (and subscribe to our channel while you're there): https://youtube.com/live/RiZ3SQlPtQE Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with SWTVC at https://www.instagram.com/swtvc/ Make sure you're also subscribed to Toys Are The Way: https://www.youtube.com/@ToysAreTheWay [NOTE: This episode was streamed LIVE on November 2, 2025. There is a lot of visual reference that may not lend itself as well to the audio format.] #swtvc #keep375alive #fightfortvc #backtvc #teamtvc #starwars #tvc #thevintagecollection #starwarstvc #starwarsthevintagecollection #hasbrostarwars

With just over a week left in the campaign for the TVC LAAT/i Republic Gunship, Evan and John had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Steve Evans and Chris Reiff of the Hasbro Star Wars Brand Team to discuss the gunship, HasLabs, TVC, and the community around it. There's some insightful stuff here across a variety of topics, including: - How and why this gunship differs from the previous version - Pipelines vs surprises (and some teases for the future...) - What TVC means to the team Have you backed the gunship yet? If you are a backer, you're eligible to enter our Great Big Ghost Giveaway, where the winner will receive a TVC Ghost with all tier unlocks, the Sabine and Chopper 2-pack, and a commemorative #GotTheGhost sticker. Head on over to @SWTVC on Instagram for full details. As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you! Oh, and #GETTHEGUNSHIP! (This podcast is also available as a video of the interview on our YouTube channel)

Get ready for SDCC this week by listening to the latest SWTVC Live Show! Evan (@milehighground), John (@thevintageconcepts), and special guest John Miko (@thefarsideofendor) got together for a surprise late night livestream on the @SWTVC YouTube channel to discuss @last.figure.standing, their SDCC hopes and dreams, and go on a deep dive even more deranged than the sandtrooper pauldron talk. Be sure you're subscribed to @SWTVC over on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@swtvc) to catch future live shows. Note: this episode was streamed live on July 16th at 10PM ET.

[BROADCAST LIVE ON 2/22/25] It’s hard to believe, but February is on the way out and March is fast approaching… which means #TVCMarchMadness is almost here! But why save all the fun for next month? After a month of crunching numbers and deciphering wild spellings, John (@thevintageconcepts) is ready to walk us through the characters that have risen to the top and will be competing on this year’s bracket! Be sure to follow us on Instagram at @SWTVC to stay up to date with all the latest TVC March Madness news and updates! We can’t wait to see which characters will make the cut this year! Got any fun predictions? As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you. #starwars #starwarsthevintagecollection #thevintagecollection #tvc #marchmadness #swtvc #tvcmarchmadness2025 #hasbro #hasbrostarwars #mtfbwy #maytheforcebewithyou #backtvc #starwars375

**Note: This episode streamed live on Feb 8, 2025.** How are the TVC March Madness submissions shaping up? Will TVC get anything in the Power the Force campaign? And how ‘bout that German Toy Fair poster?! Tune in as we discuss it all! Subscribe to us at YouTube.com/@swtvc to watch the stream and get all the nitty-gritty visuals of Professor Mustache's sandtrooper lecture! Make sure you're also following us on our Instagram home: Instagram.com/swtvc/

It's a belated Life Day miracle! As you digest your turkey dinners, recover from family time, travel, and shop, we've put together a very special episode of the show this week to be the perfect dessert and set the stage for next week's debut of Skeleton Crew! That's right: E-E-E-E-E-E-EWOKS! Evan and John revisited the Ewok films with their significant others and took a caravan of courage down memory lane, taking time to discuss their unblinking love for Star Wars and all the oddity is comes with. Will Evan be buying a new lightsaber this weekend? Will John be making more Ewok content on Instagram? Are Aliza and Quinn still with these guys? Listen to the episode and learn the answers to these questions, as well as hear all about the Ewok duology, the Mamma Mia saga, and more! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Somehow, we've returned! After a much-needed break, Evan and John finally got together to catch up on all the reveals, events, and hullabaloo that've kept the TVC community engaged over the past few months. Has John opened any new figures? Is Evan super excited about a certain upcoming figure? Where have we been? Where are we going? Tune in a find out! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

The bar has been backed, Wuher has been wooed, it's time for Tonnika, Greedo is neato, and Nabrun has been nabbed, which means it's time for the SWTVC team to put a cap on their coverage of the 4th Star Wars The Vintage Collection HasLab! Join Evan, John, Tyler, and Lewis as they take a look at the campaign, celebrate the success of yet another TVC campaign, and talk over some things they'd like to see Hasbro perhaps adjust for future efforts. How many did Evan end up backing? Will John put Arleil Schous on his Top 25 next year? Has Lewis gotten any new figures in the mail this year? How many Enochs does Tyler have? Tune in and find out! Be sure to follow the SWTVC team over on their Instagram home (@SWTVC) for the latest goings-on and join in on the community fun! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

The long-awaited Star Wars The Vintage Collection HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina is finally here! During the first weekend of the backing window, Evan, John, and Lewis got together to catch up about Hasbro's latest TVC crowdfund effort and share some thoughts on the offerings and figures. Will we #WoohooWuher? Is it finally #TimeForTonnika? Will #GreedoBackFirst? Can we #TakeTheLeids? Are we all gonna #SchousWisely? To find out, listen to the episode and, if you haven't already, be sure to #BackTheBar! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Every saga has a beginning... and can you believe that it's been 25 years since Episode 1 came out? We can't! Join Evan and John as they reminisce about this historic movie event, run through the toylines, share some memories, and beg Hasbro for some updated figures. How many times will John bust out the Jar Jar impression? Be sure to follow the gang over on Instagram over at @SWTVC. Remember, #keep375alive and the may the Force be with you!

It's a belated May the Fourth miracle! The SWTVC Podcast returns! After taking some much needed post-March Madness rest, Evan and John took some time out of their busy Star Wars Day festivities to chat about the recent Hasbro reveals. Were the promised TVC updates indeed exciting? Was not having a HasLab launch on the holiest of holy days too much of a dark cloud to shake? What have we been up to? Will John ever open his Razor Crest? Find these answers and more when you listen to this episode, available now wherever you get your podcasts! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!