The SWTVC Podcast

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!

So how about the Hasbro Fan Stream, eh? This week, Evan and John sat down to catch up on all the latest reveals, a couple pieces of news, and get fired up about their feelings on the current state of TVC. Not to worry, even on days that are frustrating, there are still happy beeps to be had! Be sure to catch Tyler's thoughts on the reveals on this weekend's Bossk's Bounty livestream on YouTube as well! Oh, and one more thing: there's still a little bit of time to submit your Top 25 for this year's TVC March Madness tournament! You can do so at bit.ly/TVCMMTop25. If these reveals drastically changed your list, you can also edit your list! We cover all that and more in this episode. As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Can you believe 2023 is already over? Time flies when you're "having all the fun!" Join the SWTVC team as they sit down and take a look at how our beloved The Vintage Collection fared over the past year, reflect on some of the major events, and look to the future with hope. What are some of your favorite items to come from 2023? Favorite figure? Hopes and dreams for 2024? And, most importantly, are you thinking about your Top 25 submissions for TVC March Madness (yup, that submission window opens up in just a couple weeks)? Thanks for another great year! We are grateful for this incredible community and wish you all a happy holidays. As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

Repacks and repaints and reveals galore! This week, Evan and John got together to catch up on all the things currently arriving on our doorsteps, events that have yielded some new entires into the TVC pantheon, and the further adventures of the #BalanceTheScalesHasbro feature @SWTVC occasionally does. Does Tyler love the new Thrawn figure? How many Finns did Evan preorder? Will John ever read the Heir to the Empire trilogy? Tune in and find out! Join the community over on Instagram and, as always, #Keep375Alive and may the Force be with you.

March Madness talk... in September!? Hard to believe, but we are already at the halfway point between March Madnesses right now, which means John has a hankering for examining data. What are some of the trends for previous March Madnesses? What are some of the things that have shown up multiple years? Which figures have and haven't been made? We also talk a little about the recently revealed Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Vader "Showdown" 2-pack and some of the doors the tooling for the Obi-Wan could help us open moving forward. It's not like Evan was counting the days until this pack would be revealed... right? Be sure to subscribe to The SWTVC Podcast either on your favorite podcast provider or over on our YouTube channel via the handy-dandy link in our bio, and join in on the conversation in the comments below! As always, #keep375alive, get ready for #SWTVCMarchMadness2024, and may the Force be with you!

GOT. THE. GHOST. This week, the SWTVC team sat down to reflect on the smashing success of the Ghost HasLab, discuss what did (and didn't) work over the course of the campaign, and celebrate the fact that TVC is 3 FOR 3 in fully-backed-with-all-tiers-and-more HasLabs! Does John want a Sandcrawler as the next HasLab? Did Tyler get enough sleep for this episode? Most importantly, are you ready for peace and quiet without constant #GetTheGhost posts? Tune into this episode for answers to these burning questions and more! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

This week, SWTVC was invited by Hasbro to participate in this round of fan site Q&A sessions. John (@thevintageconcepts) sat in and asked Hasbro Brand Team members Chris and Jing some hard-hitting questions about the HasLab and some recent products. Check out the full session with the other participants over on our YouTube channel, and be sure to check out previous episodes of The SWTVC Podcast. As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you.

As Ahsoka prepares to headline her own show on Disney Plus, Evan and John step into the World Between Worlds to journey back through Ahsoka's story and the action figures Hasbro has made of her along the way. Who is Ahsoka? What figures exist of her? How does Evan have a connection to Morgan Elsbeth? What is John's version of "sealed with a kiss"? All these questions and more are answered, so come along with us and get hyped before watching Ahsoka's story continue! As always, #keep375alive and may the Force be with you!

This week, Evan (@milehighground) and John (@thevintageconcepts) enter the World Between Worlds and take a stroll through Hasbro’s Rebels offerings across lines past, present and future! They also look back and reflect on the animated series itself, the legacy it has left in the 9 years since it debuted, their favorite episodes and characters, and the many expensive toys Evan saw and didn’t buy in the days of his collecting hiatus. Are you excited at the opportunity to further expand TVC to include Rebels via the Ghost HasLab? What are your favorite aspects and characters from the show? Most-wanted figures? Are you ready to see how the story continues in two weeks when Ahsoka premieres? Join the conversation over on Instagram! As always, #keep375alive, #gettheghost and may the Force be with you!

It’s been a week since Hasbro dropped the mic at San Diego Comic-Con with some hot reveals and the awesome HasLab launch. Now that we’re a little further out from our collective hype-hangover, join Evan and John as they talk through some of the reveals and get a tad lost in the weeds on some “little details” stuff. Is John happy about the Life Day Chewie? Are VC numbers important? Has anyone checked on Tyler after the Thrawn reveal? What’s up with hats? How is Evan similar to Indiana Jones? Fire up the episode in your favorite podcast app and find the answers to these questions and more! As always, #keep375alive, #gettheghost, and may the Force be with you!

Even though the @SWTVC was unable to attend San Diego Comic-Con this year, Hasbro was kind enough to invite us to still participate in the convention hype and chat with Hasbro Star Wars' very own Chris Reiff. We chat a little about the pipeline, fan engagement, some QC issues, as well as [obviously] THE GHOST! Some really good nuggets in this interview, and thanks again to Hasbro and R&CPMK for making this possible. As always, #keep375alive, #gettheghost and may the Force be with you!