The SWTVC Podcast

May the 4th be with you… on May the 1st… which we’ll talk about on May the 2nd! Join us as we chat about this year’s Star Wars Day offerings for TVC. There’ll be laughs, there’ll be thoughts, there will no doubt be impressions. Helping us navigate it all will be our good buddies Toys Are The Way and Finndor Moon! Make sure you’re subscribed to our channel and Insta and don’t miss out! As always, #...

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? J...

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 d...

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 channe...

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 votin...

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 begi...

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 Trans...

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 Ag...

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 eve...

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...

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 ver...

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 sur...

[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 b...

**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 fo...

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 mem...

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...

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 t...

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...

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, #ke...

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?...

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...

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, ar...

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...

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-W...