These retro figures sure have split the SW fans like The Last Jedi :lol: !
I still do think they're a slight cash grab from the point of view of jumping on the retro 5 POA figure bandwagon that companies like Super7 and ReAction have been building up over the last few years (also Mezco are moving into this area this year). I don't blame them as like any big business they're looking to make a profit so are trying to find something that will market well.
For me I did buy into TFA, Rogue One and TLJ figures even though I don't think of myself as a modern SW collector (I might have to have a think about that though
), but even though I do think the Solo figures are some of the most interesting figures that have been made for this new era of SW I'm only going to pick them up on discount. What does always turn my head though is any product with a vintage twist like the 40th anniversary 6" series, Helix and this series. Their marketing sure works on me (damn you Hasbro!), and I think it's just to do with the nostalgia of seeing this 70's card art again. I think that's the reason the Tarkin isn't really grabbing me at the moment, it's not something I ever owned so it just looks like a modern figure to me (including the card art). These certainly don't upset me in any way and it would be nice to see them hanging from the pegs at some point as I'm sure it will bring me back to when I was young and seeing them for the first time.
Hasbro have done their research enough to realise that they just can't please all the SW fans out there who must seem to them to be never happy with what's released (that might just be to do with the amount of complaints I've read over the years), and it was very hard to pick up the 40th anniversary 6" on release so they must have sold well so why not try this. We'll see what happens to them on release and also what comes from it in the future but I'm happy to see them and don't think they'll really effect much of the vintage line in the future. There will always me a market for the real deal and as someone mentioned here I don't think vintage Transformers ever really took a hit from all the modern/retro Transformer products that have been released since the G1 era.
Ian