The SWTVC Podcast

This week, Evan is joined by John Lindquist (@thevintageconcepts) and Tyler Frechette (@swcollector3.75) to catch up with each other, talk about a little show called "Obi-Wan Kenobi," and discuss the handful of new reveals that came during Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. Also, everyone be sure to congratulate John on his insane Top 25 wishlist from this year and somehow having so much of it be...

@SWTVC is at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022! Hasbro kindly invited Evan (@milehighground) and John (@thevintageconcepts) to swing by the Hasbro booth on the show floor after the Hasbro Panel on Friday afternoon to chat briefly with Patrick Schneider and Chris Reiff about our beloved hobby and what the future may or may not have in store for it. Be sure to check out @SWTVC on Instagram from clo...

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 is almost here! Join Evan (@milehighground) and John (@thevintageconcepts) as they stroll down memory lane once again, this time looking back at the history of 3.75" convention exclusives over the past couple decades. John put in the exhaustive research, and Evan happily tags along for the ride! What will this year's convention bring to fans and collectors of The...

"Begun, the Clone Wars have!" Join John and Evan as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of Attack of the Clones and the history of its representation in the heritage scale of Star Wars collecting. John takes us on a comprehensive journey through the 2002 offerings, Evan occasionally waxes nostalgic about his past as a spoiled kid, and they both reminisce about the great memories provided by Star W...

Season 3 of The SWTVC Podcast begins! To kick things off this season, Evan is joined by team members John, Tyler and Lewis to catch up on the plethora of TVC reveals that have happened since we last talked at you. There have been quite a few, but just like our wishlists, the preorder pile keeps growing and growing...

In the thrilling season finale of The SWTVC Podcast season two, the gang's all here! Evan, John, Tyler, Carlo and Lewis sat down to reflect and chat about the all-consuming 2022 SWTVC March Madness Tournament, how it went, what we thought, and where we go from here! We also figured out which of us filled out our bracket the best, and who did the worst. No spoilers, but a couple of these guys are g...

We are closing in on the end of the @SWTVC March Madness 2022 Tournament! The Final Four have been chosen, the final matchups are imminent. Evan (@milehighground) and John (@thevintageconcepts) sat down before the Elite Eight characters duked it out on Monday to chat about the second week of the tournament, as well as take some time to get caught up about some other exciting things that occurred l...

Week one of #SWTVCMarchMadness has concluded, so that gang put together a recap of the week and a little look into what's to come in week two. There were some upsets, some painful choices, and some bittersweet defeats, but there can only be one winner. Who are your favorites still left in the tournament? Is your number one favorite still in the hunt? Let us know over on Instagram (@SWTVC) and join...

Hold on to your hats, because we've got a super-sized episode for you to celebrate the beginning of @SWTVC March Madness 2022! John and Evan sat down to run through this year's results of the Top 25 data collected earlier this year and how the bracket for this year's tournament has shaped up! Did your favorites make the cut? Who do you think will go all the way? Let us know! Full details on @SWTVC...

This week, the gang sits down to talk about the slew of new reveals and the arrival of long-awaited items! Oh, and stay tuned for March Madness over at @SWTVC on Instagram! @SWTVC on IG www.instagram.com/swtvc CTO Collectibles (Promo Code "SWTVC10") www.ctocollectibles.com

John runs down the reveals from Fan First Wednesday, then talks to Patrick and Emily from the Hasbro Star Wars brand team about vehicles, deluxe figures, Mandalorians, and more! For more, visit the other fan sites who participated in the same session: https://www.theforceguide.com/ https://www.endorexpress.net/ https://www.endorsystem.com/ http://starwars-figuren.com/

This week, the SWTVC team got together to explain themselves to one another regarding some of their picks on their personal Top 25 lists for this year as we ramp up towards @SWTVC March Madness. Which Leia does Lewis want? Is Tyler a bad guy himself? Why does John clamor of Cliegg? Will Carlo build some playlists based on characters he wants to hang out with? Why does Evan have such poor taste? Fi...

The @SWTVC team Top 25 journey concludes this week with Carlo (@txcarlo) guiding us through his desires for The Vintage Collection! Also, listen all the way through to hear Evan embarrass himself by trying to speak French! Anyways, the relevant links needed are below if you'd still like to submit YOUR top 25. Time is running out, as the submission deadline is January 31st at 11:59PM PT. https://ww...

The Top 25 saga continues! @SWTVC team member Tyler (@swcollector3.75) walks us through his picks and why he feels they deserve to be immortalized in our favorite action figure line. Have you submitted your Top 25 wishlist yet? If not, head on over to @SWTVC on Instagram and find the submission post in our story highlights, or you can check out the following links: https://www.banthaskull.com/stor...

Continuing our journey through the @SWTVC team's Top 25 lists, Lewis (@spacehutt) walks us through his picks and why he feels they deserve to be immortalized in our favorite action figure line. Have you submitted your Top 25 wishlist yet? If not, head on over to @SWTVC on Instagram and find the submission post in our story highlights, or you can check out the following links: https://www.banthasku...

Our journey through the @SWTVC team's Top 25 lists continues this week with Jonh (@thevintageconcepts) diving deep into the Star Wars saga for some of his picks. It's one heck of a list, so be sure not to miss out! Have you compiled and submitted your Top 25 wishlist yet? If not, head over to @SWTVC on Instagram and find the submission post in our story highlights.

Can you believe it's 2022 already!? Over at @SWTVC on Instagram, we are kicking off our Top 25 Wishlist submissions, which will culminate in this year's March Madness bracket! The SWTVC team have their wishlists, and we'll be talking about those this month! First up, Evan walks us through his wishlist, and also gives you a little bit of context for things to consider while working on your own wish...

The gang's all here! Evan, John, Tyler, Carlo and Lewis all sat down to gab about the four Walmart-exclusive deluxe TVC sets made available last week as part of the "Bring Home the Bounty Initiative!" Lots of really great signs for TVC!

Well, you asked, so here it is: the @SWTVC finally talks about the rancor. We wanted to wait until it was over before really putting too much out there, but I hope it was worth the wait! Evan and John sat down the Saturday before the backing deadline to chat about the campaign itself, and Tyler and Lewis chimed in the day of the backing to let their thoughts known. Spoiler alert: the rancor ain't...

This week, Evan repped @SWTVC at Hasbro's post-PulseCon Q&A with members of the Star Wars brand team. Thank you again to Hasbro and LitzkyPR for facilitating this opportunity! This episode is just the SWTVC portions of the show, so head on over to the following places to see more questions and answers, as well as watch or listen to the entire session: Bossk's Bounty (YouTube): https://www.youtube....

Evan, John and Tyler all sat down hot on the heels of Hasbro PulseCon this past weekend to chat about the exciting new reveals, as well as what these reveals could mean for the line moving forward. This episode has it all: playsets, pipelines, repacks, repaints, troop builders, you name it! We hope you enjoyed PulseCon as much as we did! Relevant Links: www.ctocollectibles.com (use promo SWTVC10 f...

This week, John (The Vintage Concepts) and Lewis (Space Hutt) join Evan to chat about The Retro Collection, upcoming figures in that Kenner-inspired line, as well as briefly take a look at the situation of the superb new TESB Lando Calrissian figure at retail. Relevant links: www.ctocollectibles.com (use promo code SWTVC10) www.instagram.com/swtvc/ linktr.ee/swtvc

This week, Evan had the opportunity to sit down with Sarah Lynn Reynolds, the sculptor behind many amazing action figures, including the recent Mandalore Darth Maul figure. She has some great insight into the makings of figures, what goes into sculpting, and some other juicy tidbits of things that never quite made it...

This week, the gang sits down for a super-sized episode and chats about repaints in TVC. We all know repaints are nothing new to the scale, let alone the line, but in this era of scarce figure slots, how do we feel about some of the new unconventional repaints recently revealed as coming to The Vintage Collection? Are you a Droids fan? Clone Wars microseries fan? Mandalorian fan? Then this episode...

This week, we talk briefly about the upcoming Emperor's Throne Room exclusive "playset," as well as dive into the top five most-wanted TVC playsets as voted by the @SWTVC community over on Instagram! Head over to the amazing posts created by John and Lewis to see some awesome playset mockups and join the conversation!