I had a conversation with my Father when the cantina went up, he collected SW from POTF2 till 2009 Legacy Collection. Had every figure except con exclusives and vehicles. He told me if a backer hasn't collected from POTF2 to TVC, they will spend more money populating that Cantina than on the Cantina itself because those figures are going to skyrocket. It's not worth it if you don't have everything.

I wouldn’t have wanted this thing as a kid but as an adult let’s face it, we’re basically setting up dioramas for our collection, not playing with them.

I’m surprised you don’t feel more strongly about the cantina. As you said, it’s not an “action environment” in terms of people killing each other (mostly), but it is one of the most famous scenes in Star Wars, and one of the most well-known scenes in films in general. Even folks who don’t know Star Wars too well are aware of it. It was that moment during the original film where we see the Star Wars galaxy is far richer than just humans, robots, and masked tuskens and Jawas. A bunch of random, crazy looking aliens standing around drinking and getting into fights is what the scene is loved for, and which translates well into a great display and conversation piece. The modularity is ideal in terms of making it work for your display space. I’d also expect they’ll support it with more cantina characters and reissues next year around the time the cantina comes out. There was no stage for the band. This was done in reshoots in LA. They were filmed in a regular alcove like many of the other aliens, and they do fit as demonstrated in today’s Pulse upload. At the end of the day, they have made many cantina characters over the nearly 30 years of the modern line, and it’s nice to finally give them a home. And it’s nice to finally have access to the Tonnika Sisters after all this time.

There are a bazillion 3-3/4" figure lines that aren't Star Wars and I'm gonna fill my cantina with them. Indiana Jones, meet Captain Kirk... now kiss.

Play value... I mean, if a person wants to have their figures milling about in Castle Grayskull, Terrordrome, USS Flagg, Sewer Lair, etc. Who's going to stop them? If you wanna have bar fights, a droid uprising, alien orgies, pony invasion, or a Kylie Minogue concert in your cantina, go for it. If a kid can take a blanket and turn it into a mountain fortress getting invaded by ninjas, you can use your imagination to come up with a play scenario for anything.

I dunno, the cantina scene with space aliens hanging out to get drunk and discuss selling dope was a pretty classic scene in Star Wars.

C’mon Man! This is a work of art! Did you not see the amount of detail on this set? When we were kids we had the plastic piece with the cardboard background and that was our cantina. This is what we always wanted. It’s not like anybody willing to spend that kind of money on this set doesn’t already have a tub or two filled with figures waiting to quench their thirst. Hell, Cobra Commander and Spock can join Han for a drink! This hobby is supposed to be fun, remember?

The Cantina is my favorite scene in Star Wars. Something about seeing the various different aliens always strikes me with wonder

Speaking of jabbas palace, I’m printing a massive two floor jabbas palace made by Luke Massassi, with a rancor pit, droid chamber, and throne room. As you say, the fans are doing the best work.

"It's a bar/restaurant." Just imagining Han and Chewie ordering mozzarella sticks

I had actually stopped collecting modern Star Wars a while ago, but this is the one item that has brought me back in for one last hurrah. For me, there was something fun about collecting Cantina aliens. It’s just such a diverse scene that for me it makes for a very interesting display piece. I also have every single alien already, so in a way the pre-investment for this is already taken care of. I get that this isn’t for everyone, but I’m pretty stoked about this and hope that it gets made.

Remember: Wuher and the Tonnikas are only available with this Haslab. They will be some of the rarest Star Wars figures ever and command top dollars on the aftermarket.

1. I would agree that this doesn’t necessarily have a lot of action/play value as a “play set”. However, I don’t need it to. I’m not going to play with it, because I’m not ten anymore. I’m just going to be using it as a diorama. Which is probably what most adult collectors will be doing, and it is clearly aimed at adult collectors. I would also argue there is enough action value just as a diorama. This is after all where Obi Wan cuts off Ponda Baba’s arm, and where Han kills Greedo because he shot first. There are plenty of scenes to put on display 2. I have been collecting the aliens that populate this cantina for years. I’m thrilled to have a display to put them in. 3. I’m glad they didn’t include the cantina band! They just released a boxed set of the whole Cantina Band a year ago. I bought it then. I don’t want figure slots wasted on something already available; something I have anyway. 4. The band stand. This one I don’t blame people for not understanding, but they did include the bandstand. Sort of. The original film set of the cantina did not have the band. All those scenes were shot without them. You can tell when you watch the movie. They aren’t in a single wide shot, nowhere in the background. This is because the band was conceived of later and shot later by themselves in one of the alcoves from the cantina film set . This is also why in shots of the band, you can’t see anybody but the band. I think Hasbro wanted to be faithful to the original film set so you can set it up with all the alcoves full of furniture and patrons, or if you really want the band you can just remove the furniture from one of the alcoves and put the band in it and voila!

Looks like a great set! I ordered 2. One for me. One for my kids to play with. I will sell the extra set of Tonnika sisters.

It's a display piece. If you have the figures of all the (dozens of) cantina aliens (and realistically, most people who would be buying this probably do), it gives you a way to display them in context. As for the band, in the movie, they were just shot in one of the alcoves, so the playset allows they to be displayed exactly how they were in the film. There is no "stage" in the actual set. Realistically, I think the fact that they can produce the entire locale more or less to scale probably helps.

The only reason I'm buying this cantina set is to recreate the Bea Arthur scene from the Star Wars Holiday Special.

When I saw Star Wars in the cinema in 1978 aged 5, my favourite location was the Cantina - we first meet Han Solo, he blasts Greedo, we first see a lightsaber in action. I loved my Greedo, Walrusman, Hammerhead and Snaggletooth figures. The Cantina has been the most requested large playset for years, certainly since HasLab became a thing. There are some major issues with this, i.e. the lack of an exterior, it looks so unfinished. But this has been my dream item for decades, so I'm in. Many 3.75" collectors are very happy to getting a Cantina, despite its issues.

The cantina is one of the most iconic scenes in all of Star Wars. As you said, the collectors are getting old. Most of them probably don't sit around and actually play with the figures, they display them. This is going to be a great way to display them. Especially for those who love the cantina scene and world building alien. I am looking forward to this.

Disagree. The Cantina was the only dioramma display that I had back in the day when I used to collect. It was great to stick all kinds of figures in there from other lines. It was sort of an cross-dimensional watering hole. It is the one place you can stick just about any figure and it works. It's like mini Rotgut station.

The original cantina was my first Star Wars toy. I liked having my figures stand around in it. In fact, if I still had it, my remaining figures would be displayed it. After all, even action figures need a drink now and then.

"Over 100 cups included." I remember when my mother used to complain about having to attend friends' Tupperware parties. Who knew drinkware would be so enticing to Star Wars fans. We're going to sell you a $500 empty warehouse (with ceilings over every alcove, so even if you look down on it, you can't see in). You're going to have to provide the no-longer-manufactured, hard-to-find inventory to stock it.

If they charge 499 for that, I would be scared to see what they would charge for Death Star playset remake or AT-AT remake

I just wish they included more cups.

Aside from Jabba's Palace, the next placer with the biggest number of figures is the Cantina. That's why people like it, you can get a lot of characters together interacting and not just inside but also outside since they made the entrance areas. So you can put your Dewback there, Luke's Speeder, the Ronto, Sandtroopers, Jawas, droids etc and then all the aliens inside. Same with Jabba's Palace, he has a ton of goons and denizens and you can do various scenes like Boushh with Chewbacca or Luke confronting Jabba. Cloud City has one major sequence - The Carbon Freezing Chamber - which hasbro already did. That has a large amound of figures that can go in one space (Stormtroopers, Chewbacca, 3PO, Leia, Lando, Lobot, Bespin guards, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Ugnaughts, carbonite block). What are you going to do with a few corridor backdrops? There aren't Cloud City residents figures and they have only ever made two guards.

12:53 "yes, it has a lot of pieces! Mostly cups." Is one of the most telling points you could've made. That should be the tagline in your Manchild news next month lol.

I own the cardboard cantina ,its already completely overcrowded ,,, so i will go 4 the HASLAB bc i wanted this bar since a child

It’s iconic. It allows you to display an extraordinary amount of figures. It includes grail figures collectors have wanted for decades. The argument that these are obscure figures is ridiculous as the entire toy line thrived on background characters since the 70’s. Mando was created by people wanting to bring obscure toys to life. Also, “it’s just a bar.”? Then advocating for a swamp where almost no one goes? Great playset.

At least I already have all the figures to fullfil the Cantina

When I first saw the Star Wars parody short 'Hardware Wars' as a kid in '79, the moment the Obi Won character warns them of the wretched scum and villainy within and the gang then enter this Mos Esley bar, and it's a perfect time capsule of the seedest late 70s watering hole, sh*tbox dive of hippies, burnouts and shiftless layabouts put to film, even my 8 year old self laughed instantly rolling on the ground. I remember getting a huge unintentional laugh from the family when asked what was so funny about that scene and I said, 'Because, they said be careful of that place cause all the scary people, and it looks just like the place dad aiways goes to to see his friends.' Star Wars Catina set piece: A Small Mint. Accidentally ratting out pops to mom and in-laws on Easter Sunday: priceless.

No Ackmena or Richard Pryor as an unlockable tier? None of my dollars!

I'm glad they finally made a cantina I'm looking for :)

Hey! So the reason the cantina band wasn't included is because there was actually never a place for the band on the original set where the cantina scene was filmed. It was an insert shot picked up in the united states in a separate studio. The only time the cantina band has appeared on a stage was in the Star Wars Holiday Special. Adding some sort of band stand would have required changing the layout of the Cantina seen in the film, and film accuracy is always the goal, espcially with Haslabs.

I always thought Obi-Wan's home would've been an interesting little companion playset to Yoda's hut. Could have a little Leia "projection effect", the trunk with the lightsaber, maybe even a droid maintenance area in back where you can park the Landspeeder and give Threepio a hot oil bath?

I feel the same about Haslabs. Should not be a thing in the first place, but if they’re going to do it, it should be “dream projects.” This has nothing on the Sail Barge.

“It’s a diorama at best” Well yah dude. We’re like 35-50 yo’s. I wasn’t planning on playing with it. Damn thing is 500 so im definitely not tossing it to my 4yo either. They also chose Cantina w random figs because they know you’ll buy them as they’re not available in previous releases. Plus the music. I mean getting an arm lobbed off isn’t exactly boring either. It’s actually the most violent thing in the movie aside from Uncle Owen that is.

I feel like they need to change the terms for these kinds of items. This is just a diorama for adult collectors to display their figures on a display shelf. No kid is ever going to use it as a playset. My son was kinda into Star Wars on and off, mostly collected the Galaxy squadron ships. But man, it’s sad toy shopping these days. He goes to target to wander almost empty isles when I remember going to toys r us and there were wall to wall toys everywhere.

This could have been an email.

I can recall seeing collectors asking for a cantina playset ever since I first started collecting SW myself as a young whippersnapper back around the time _Revenge of the Sith_ hit theatres. I don't understand it myself, but it seems like the cantina has always been and always will be a fixture in the minds of many OT fans (maybe because it was a big "wham" moment with the plethora of alien creatures suddenly on display in a film that had up until that point been fairly retrained in its use of non-human characters), and I don't think that there's anything wrong with that, any more than people wanting Jabba's sail barge.

...Michael look, I love your channel, and I understand your desire to take down Hasbro, but your assessment that The Cantina is not a place of significance has me bewildered a bit.. The Cantina IS Star Wars!! I was five years old when I saw Star Wars in the theater. It had spectacular action, a very frightening big baddie, and some talking robots. We learned of the mysterious Force, met our Farmboy hero, and a crazy old wizard...BUT.. When our heroes arrived in the bar, and you see that first alien headshot, followed by a pan around the room to all these magnificently designed creatures, that’s when this galaxy BECAME a galaxy far, far way. I was only a child, but I was in absolute awe of what I was seeing. Everyone was. We met, for the first time, this wretched hive of scum & villainy..It was the first time we saw a lightsaber light up and do it’s thing!!! We met a cocky smuggler with a debt to pay, and watched him take out a bounty hunter BEFORE the bounty hunter took him out!! And those who wish to back this project, like myself, have or will have most of these characters from the modern line to populate it with..( The secondary market on some of these characters will blow through the roof I’m sure.) The Cantina, with all it’s strange creatures & renegade characters is what Star Wars was built on, and this set is a dream come true!!

Hey! Nothin really happened?! Greedo freaking died man! R.I.P. Insignificant bounty Hunter!😂

What's hilarious is that they didn't put the cantina in the disney parks but will charge you 500$ for the toy. What mismanagement all around for Disney Star Wars.

Who here heard the theme from Cheers in their head at some point in this video?

There’s no stage for the band because there was no stage for the band on the set. They were added in pickups shoots. There also was no “stage” for the pickup shots they’re in anyways, they just play in one of the alcoves

I like it. I backed the deluxe set.

with 25th anniversary of "The Phantom Menace", they could have made something for that.

The problem is- if it gets fully funded with all stretch goals met and you want to buy the exclusive figures ONLY, by the time you get them on the secondary market it’s probably going to cost more than if you just bought the whole thing in the first place.

I'm in for 2. For me the Cantina and Jabba's Palace are the 2 most iconic locations in Star Wars, so I can't say no to this- even though I don't collect the Vintage Collection line. Got the same buzz when they released Jabba's (sorry I mean Boba Fett's) Throne Room.

$500 for 3.75 playset for the cantina that people are making themselves with foam and styrene. And today, fans can 3d print it. Sisters figures…ok. But no blue snaggeltooth (which I’m sure they will announce as a 4th tier when they can’t meet their fundraising goal).

I’m getting it because I have always loved the eclectic nature of the Cantina. You can see an alien that looks like the Devil, wolf man, an insect, anything. Anything you could imagine would fit in there. It’s like an “alien carnival”, LOL. I’m not a purest. I will put Star Trek, fantasy, Joy Toy, etc., in the display. It’s not an essential part of the story, the kid in me just loves the idea! I do agree about LED lighting and including the band. I wish they would’ve done that. You watch, they’ll come out with a “Band set” (with characters and instruments) that will cost 150 bucks!😂😂😂

Some collectors want all of play sets no matter what some ppl love the cantina scene

So, I guess “This isn’t the playset you were looking for?”

I would guess it’s the most displayable playset for all the alien figures? I mean this is for collectors after all

12:56 the lights and droid detector are translucent so that you can put lights behind it.

I love what laserpants said that if someone slightly bumps the playset those tiny cups are gonna get lost lol

The variety of textures in the kisluxbag pack is impressive. From smooth leather to textured suede, there's something for everyone.

STILL...WHY NO REAL RETRO STYLE CLOUD CITY PLAYSET?! You are SO right! WHY WON'T THEY DO IT!?

Hasbro might as well include two exclusive aliens in the Cantina playset, two middle aged and overweight Rodians named Memba Dis and Memba Dat.

Hi Michael, I can definitely understand some of the points you mentioned... above all, for me it's exactly the same as you think: I want to stand in front of my diorama with my cup 😊 and enjoy the view of the cantina, as soon as all the figures one day have been produced. (Of course, I'll be happy before that.) Because I'm absolutely sure of one thing: Hasbro has also pushed the Cantina to bring more and more figures into the market... because if in the next few months (years) … approx if 15,000 people buy all the figures again, that would be - let's say - 20 new figures for $20 each... a nice $6,000,000. And money is money. I think the Cantina is an absolute cult, more so than for example, Echo Base... but of course, it needs the figures... which Hasbro will 100% deliver. As for the band, I just watched the sequence again... they're not standing on a stage, at least you can't see it... so I almost suspect, that they're actually standing in one of those round, hollowed-out sitting areas, although this would basically make no sense… but ultimately it's not that important. By the way, the bar in the movie actually seems to be exactly the same size as Hasbro made it... You can see it quite clearly at one point in the movie - so Hasbro did a great job with the deluxe version. I thought about joining or not and decided to buy a cantina almost at the last minute. I guess, that a lot of people decided to buy towards the end, because it was questionable for a long time, whether the Haslab would be successful. And how it was!!!In the end, just one extra figure didn‘t made it! So, this is a very good starter set. I think, that many of those, who thought about buying or not ended up buying it. And Michael... did you still join in at the end or did you actually not order a cantina? I love your videos for years… You have always a clear opinion and don't follow anyone's advice! Keep it up!

The cantina was not my first choice, and I'm not a hasbro shill, but I understand this from a business perspective. They can make new figures and reissue older ones, like the Khetanna. Michael is wrong on this one.

This is great, it’s Friday evening (here in the U.K.), it’s the beginning of the weekend, the Euro finals start tonight. I’ve got my Heineken in hand, and it’s a new retroblasting video too. Life’s great!

I sort of understand the complaint about the Cantina as not being prominent in the film. He does also mention the plethora of figures released from the cantina scene. I think most figure collectors have enough figures to fill it out.

$500 for beige plastic is probably how my mom sees all action figures.

I quite like the choice of environment. I'm displaying the figures, not playing with them. That being said, I'm not paying this much for this playset at that price level. It's twice the price it should be. Maybe $300 for the deluxe version with the included figures, but $500 is extreme. It's a few plastic walls with some detailed accessories.

Look at the USS Flagg. It was $109.99 in 1985 and that's $318.16 today. Nostalgia is mean sometimes.

EXACTLY!!! The band should be included with the bar..$500. 👀 Awesome video my friend!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

the carboard version was perfect and still works for me.

The Cantina is a great display piece (diorama) that you can populate many figures into for an accurate theatrical effect! It is much the same as Jabba’s Palace with all the alien denizens. It is not necessary “that not much happened” in the way of action, because this was the takeaway scene from A New Hope. Everyone in the late seventies was blown away by the cantina scene!!! Great point about the band though. Hopefully Hasbro will take your lead on offering alien 3-packs to populate this thing!

My plan is to back this Haslab. I’ll fill it over time. No rush and I’m not paying crazy prices for figures that will get rereleased

I wouldn’t mind seeing a real hoth base or even an updated Ewok village

The cantina has always been much more interesting then could city or the emperors's throne.It's full of cool looking aliens and bits and pieces that you can pose and move around and play with.

I'm 52, and gonna say that this is a hot take. Some fans' definitely want this set. Is it top of my list? No. But it's ANH. See nostalgia is a dangerous thing. I loved this scene as a kid cause I was a kid and the aliens were cool, mysterious and scary. So this set brings back strong memories. Just my pov.

500 USD? Do they think that we own a moisture farm or something?

$500 for the diorama, and probably another $500 to track down all the long OOP figures needed to complete the scene. So generous of them!

The Death Star (either one), Bespin Cloud City, The Emperors Throne Room, Hoth Rebel base, even the Rebel base on Yavin IV would have been a much better choice with more ‘playability’. The stretch goals on any of these have the potential to be fantastic. The old Palitoy/Kenner Cantina was ok but passed on by lots of fans at the time. This will probably sell out and then appear on eBay for stupid money. The Cantina had one purpose and that was to set up the meeting of Ben, Luke, Han & Chewie, nothing else. They sat round a table and struck a deal. Come on @hasbro give us something worth the money and worth the wait.

Let’s not forget Hasbro also “promised” to make every single character that interacted with the Razor Crest in Mandalorian as an action figure… That was over 4 years ago and nothing has been done… They’re no different than politicians. All the promises in the world and can never deliver. 😂

Next HasLab Star Wars project will be the Phantom Menace Senate scene where they were all discussing the laws of the Republic! LoL

Massive Pub? You just sold thousands. Lol. Spot on with Cantina overkill. Cloud City dinning room with Vader deflecting Han’s blaster would draw sales. Or, the infamous “I love you. . . I know” scene.

We know the 3D people will make a stand for a band

Bespin World could be made in quarters, four separate pie piece sets that when put together form a huge circular environment, that resembles the shape of Cloud City. 1. Guest Quarters/Dining Room 2. Dungeon/Torture Area 3. The Freeze Chamber 4. Luke/Vader Battle Area

2 Girls, 120 Cups for Yo Jedi June!

was waiting for this

Price point is too high that's true.as is what Mattel has with the Eternia playset,scaled to origins.. but yeah the second death star would be a good one too.with the details that can be achieved today.the unfinished look would be wonderful.at least we are getting more background characters

I completely agree. While modern toys are not my concern, I don’t like seeing people get ripped off and if this thing gets backed, it will give Hasbro license to jack up all their prices, safe in the knowledge that there’ll be a line of people saying, “take my money, Hasbro”.

While this is way too expensive for my tastes, I know folks who have a soft spot for the cantina. Some people have gone to the effort to 3D print their own so they can have a cool place to display their iconic cantina aliens. Hell, my favorite character is a two second cantina critter (Kabe). I personally am happy with my cardboard POTF cantina.

people are buying two just to get the sisters in and out of the package

I might consider it if it was a bit less costly, just so I could put the Emperor behind the bar serving Joker, Voldemort, and Cobra Comander with Thanos going into the restroom carrying a plunger.

An Andor droid builder playset would be easy to make and have massive playability.

You're right on the money. And I believe that's EXACTLY what it's meant to be. This *isn't* available at retail. And while I still think there's a lot of fun value here for kids, it's FOR the hardcore collectors who have been in this for years. But if you think Hasbro won't still capitalize on it and do reissues and resculpts to help fill it out, you're crazy. There's a whole campaign supporting this haslab into 2025. Yes, it is overpriced. But knowing their focus group and trying to get as much money as they can while we're still relevant and actively buying, it makes some sense. This is being sold as the ultimate centerpiece capstone of decades of collecting and a premium product. So using the old Sideshow logic, premium product equals premium price. It's that much because it CAN be. No one is happy about the cost, but by now it's almost expected and if you want it you'll pay it.

I love the giant lego cantina set, that comes with a lot more figures, droids and outside stuff 😝

The fact that Hasbro are writing, "Additional figures shown not included and not available for sale" and continue thinking that they're doing nothing wrong makes me think this isn't an issue of not being good at marketing but not being good at basic mental stability

Mike I was in Walmart and you could by a fully articulated and a bat mobile for $21 and a speeder bike with a standard biker scout for $43 End on clearance for 37 dollars it's absolutely nuts

I’ve been waiting for this one! 14 to 18 dollars for a 3.75 figure that at best is worth 6 dollars. Darn right Hasbro is charging way too much for this stuff.

I have just started rebuilding my POTF2 collection, since I still have the vehicles from when I was a teenager and, thanks to that “Last 17” bullshit, I’ve pretty much given up hope on rebuilding the vintage Kenner collection I used to have as a small child. I’m quite positive I can put together a cantina display using only toys from the POTF2 line, and it would not only be more satisfying, but also SO MUCH CHEAPER!

Maybe I’m crazy but my first guess seeing this is that they looked at the expensive UCS Lego set of the cantina and that was what made them decide it was a good and profitable location to choose for this.

I already had this playset when I was eight. Came with this blue guy and everything. I'm happy with my precious memories of priceless toys.

They should have gone back and look at your video regarding Cloud City and build their own version of the setting

The "playsets" should be made as dioramas that can be hung on a wall or otherwise made for easy display and do reissues of all the characters in that scene. It would be a year or multi-year series that collectors could be buying pieces of it (the figs). Like a series of several waves. "Oh, I got the Greedo" says Jeff the 48 yo dentist. Like marvels biuld a figure waves but in reverse. You get the cantina and a bartender and some other stuff, but then wave by wave, you'll be getting each of the figures, new sculps or reissues with improvements, so after a few years you can have the whole set, figure by figure. Easy, could do this with other scenes.

“Hey”! “We don’t serve your kind here”- hasbro to Star Wars fans.

Oh man, a Degobah could be so cool. And, yes, how do you forget the band? This thing should play the disco version at this price.

Unless you own a house with a giant empty room to use as a Star Wars room, where do you put all these lovely toys? I’m actually considering building a second story flat just to have that kind of space.