tnswman said:
, FORTUNATELY, Hasbro is very aware of how popular and APPROPRIATE the vintage card-backs can be.
As usual, Montana has said what was in my head far more eloquently. But I'll just add this -
Yes, Hasbro knows when and where Vintage cardbacks are appropriate - and Indy ain't it.
There is a massive difference between appealing to the nostalgia for a MASSIVELY successful line that lasted ten years, produced hundreds of figures and was bought by millions of people, versus the non-existent nostalgia for a one year line with roughly have a dozen figures that many die hard fans (like myself) never even knew existed.
The reason Hasbro went full on vintage for their modern line is that the adult collector market was drying up. The Legacy line underperformed and they are desperate to boost interest from the grown-ups for their SW product.
Even with the spiffy new vintage look, the line STILL isn't doing very well and Hasbro's Star Wars line is being driven by the wild success of the Clone Wars line. The kids are buying that stuff in droves. The adults (largely) are staying away.
There is no remotely significant advantage to releasing Indy figures on a vintage cardback except to extreme diehards (in case there is any confusion, anyone who has an account on the Raven automatically qualifies as such.)
Let's be honest - free from the haze of nostalgia, those old Indy cards aren't even that good. They are just badly designed with only a few cool elements (like the hieroglyphs) and don't have 1/100th of the cultural significance of the classic Star Wars toys.