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<blockquote data-quote="stratpack" data-source="post: 464871" data-attributes="member: 5386"><p>I'll chip in with what meagre information I remember from the time. :wink: </p><p></p><p>Heres a link to the chat ScruffyLooking NH and I had a while back:-</p><p>http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33508</p><p></p><p>Basically this wave came out in 1998 when the Freeze Frame figures were in full swing in the States. Hasbro Europe never really got to grips with the US in terms of figures released. In 1995 they mirrored the US releases with Trilogo compatriots but very quickly couldn't keep up - Luke Jedi, Jawa 2, Han Carbonite pack were released on red cards but didn't turn up in Green Trilogo packaging till 1996/7! As each wave went by and we went on into the green cards fewer and and fewer figs were getting released in Europe. ASP-7 Droid, Dengar, Yak Face etc</p><p></p><p>I think it was becoming easier for retailers/wholesalers to ship over cases of POTF2 from the US/Canada and Japan. I remember going in to bargain basement shops and getting foreign cards for 1.99 when many weren't officially released here. Because of this Hasbro Europe slowed putting out their own cards. Perhaps the logistics of making a Trilingual Freeze Frame also made them stay away from doing the same and decide to put out the Long Picture Cards instead.</p><p></p><p>Ackbar and Luke Bespin were the only ones I ever saw at retail. These figures were cased with previous Red and Green Trilogo cards. The Red Trilogos were manufactured up to as late as 1997 according to the date stamps, even though the copyright date says 1995! (Nita Nitro and I worked out the date codes one time! :lol: ) I can only assume for mainland Europe a different assortment was created with the other 7 LPC figures and retailers in the UK just didn't really pick them up.</p><p></p><p>As for the card backs, there is a sense of progression not a straight jump to the LPC cards.</p><p>RED TRILOGO....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166618[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>...turning in to GREEN TRILOGO....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166619[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>...then the TRILOGO gets pulled becoming a MONOLOGO card....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166620[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>...and finally becoming the LONG PICTURE CARD incorporating the Collection references that the US Freeze Frame cards have.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166621[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stratpack, post: 464871, member: 5386"] I'll chip in with what meagre information I remember from the time. :wink: Heres a link to the chat ScruffyLooking NH and I had a while back:- http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33508 Basically this wave came out in 1998 when the Freeze Frame figures were in full swing in the States. Hasbro Europe never really got to grips with the US in terms of figures released. In 1995 they mirrored the US releases with Trilogo compatriots but very quickly couldn't keep up - Luke Jedi, Jawa 2, Han Carbonite pack were released on red cards but didn't turn up in Green Trilogo packaging till 1996/7! As each wave went by and we went on into the green cards fewer and and fewer figs were getting released in Europe. ASP-7 Droid, Dengar, Yak Face etc I think it was becoming easier for retailers/wholesalers to ship over cases of POTF2 from the US/Canada and Japan. I remember going in to bargain basement shops and getting foreign cards for 1.99 when many weren't officially released here. Because of this Hasbro Europe slowed putting out their own cards. Perhaps the logistics of making a Trilingual Freeze Frame also made them stay away from doing the same and decide to put out the Long Picture Cards instead. Ackbar and Luke Bespin were the only ones I ever saw at retail. These figures were cased with previous Red and Green Trilogo cards. The Red Trilogos were manufactured up to as late as 1997 according to the date stamps, even though the copyright date says 1995! (Nita Nitro and I worked out the date codes one time! :lol: ) I can only assume for mainland Europe a different assortment was created with the other 7 LPC figures and retailers in the UK just didn't really pick them up. As for the card backs, there is a sense of progression not a straight jump to the LPC cards. RED TRILOGO.... [ATTACH=full]166618[/ATTACH] ...turning in to GREEN TRILOGO.... [ATTACH=full]166619[/ATTACH] ...then the TRILOGO gets pulled becoming a MONOLOGO card.... [ATTACH=full]166620[/ATTACH] ...and finally becoming the LONG PICTURE CARD incorporating the Collection references that the US Freeze Frame cards have. [ATTACH=full]166621[/ATTACH] :D :wink: [/QUOTE]
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