Our friends over at Jedi Temple Archives managed to get Wave 16 in hand and have detailed pictures of the 8 new figures from the wave (best wave of 2012?). Head on over to feast your eyes on some of the best the Vintage Collection has to offer.
If you’re thinking of making the trek to Disney World to build yourself some astromechs, you make want to check DarthChucks inventory report.
If you’ve been following the reports, wave 16 (the online only wave) is getting close and closer, and now it appears on Ebay (from Singapore). If you have to have it NOW, $59.90 + $9.90 shipping will get the Emperor’s Royal Guard to your door. Click here to view the seller’s Vintage Collection offerings. The other ones for sale from this seller are the Republic Trooper ($56.90), Ahsoka Tano ($44.90) and Lumat ($39.90).
Or you could just wait for your Amazon pre-order to come through.
I caccia d’attacco della Repubblica si lanciano in battaglia per dispiegare i soldati! At least that’s what the box says on this internationally packaged version of the freakin’ impossible to find Republic Attack Dropship and Clone Pilot. Supposedly, a repacked and repainted version of this vehicle, with a different figure, will be out in a few months. In the meantime, click the banner or the thumbnails below for some pics of a pretty neat mini-rig.
Check back in a bit for a very short video with incredible production values that demonstrates, in startling detail, the troop deployment feature.
EDIT - Here it is! It’s tremendous!
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives first alerted us to the awesome Buy One Get One 75% Off Toys R Us coupon that would be appearing in this past Sunday’s paper. If you are not so inclined to purchase the antiquated printed media, you can go to the “weekly ads” section of of the Toys R Us website and print the coupon yourself from the flyer. There is a catch, however.
Apparently the coupon is regional. Depending on your region, there may be no promotion, a Buy One Get One 50% Off promotion or the aforementioned Buy One Get One 75% Off promotion. There is a catch on the catch. Nothing on the coupon itself states that it is regional. Sooooo…if you printed the coupon from the flyer from a supporting region, there’s no reason it should not work in a region that is not running the promotion (right?). If I’ve done this correctly, you will be linked directly to the PDF for the coupon. Click here (or the image below) to being your savings adventure.
Target insider extraordinaire, DathChuckMC, provide the low down on the upcoming Target exclusive Darth Maul Fighter Pod tin. The tin will be $24.99 and is set to hit the week of 10/7. The DPCI number is 087-06-1178.
Thanks to DarthChuck as always for the info.
Our weekend image blitz concludes with the Bespin Battle battle pack which captures the participants in the climatic battle at the conclusion of The Empire Strikes Back namely Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and…err..Boba Fett?
Chances are if your in our target demo of 30-something man-children who get seriously ticked off at browsey little kids in the action figure aisle, this battle pack isn’t for you. It’s a throw back to the POTF2 days with figures that sport five points of articulation and heavier molds, but if you collect them all, you need this. I kinda like the Luke for what it is. Check it out.
And here’s the second of the K-Mart exclusive 2 packs, the AT-ST Crew. Click through to check it out.
Once again, thanks Jim.
And now for something a little more timely, here’s the Ewok Scouts Special Action Figure Set 2 pack that is exclusive to K-Mart. Click through to check out the pics.
Special thanks to forum moderator, BIGJIM, for saving me several fruitless 45 minute drives to my closest K-Mart.
One of the major downsides to contributing to a web site in your spare time is that work and life sometimes gets in the way. So while most of you probably already own this item, here’s our Photo Archive entry for the Target exclusive Darth Maul Returns which contains two Clone Wars styled figures and the realistically styled Nightsister (which is a repurposing of the unused Comic Pack Mighella figure). Click through to check it out.
We need to get this web site to start making money so I can quit my day job!
The Target exclusive Darth Maul Returns Battle Pack has arrived in the Bay State (Massachusetts to you troglodytes), so with the exception of perhaps the upper reaches of Maine, this set appears to have made the coast to coast swing.
The highly anticipated Toys R Us exclusive Speeder Bike with Scout Trooper is here for your viewing pleasure. Click through to check out this highly worthwhile upgrade.
It’s a good day to be a nerd. Just yesterday, there were reports of the TRU exclusive Speeder Bike hitting San Diego. Today I found the new Speeder Bike here in Massachusetts. Rarely does product make such a rapid eastward procession. As Obi-Wan Kenobi would say, “that was short”.
All standard apologies for the hastily taken cell phone pic while at work.
A Target exclusive feature length director’s cut of the Darth Maul Returns Clone Wars story arc will be released next Tuesday. Special thanks to DarthChuckMC for the heads up on this one.
I think it’s safe to speculate that the reset to release the Darth Maul Returns battlepack will be timed to coincide with the DVD launch.
If you missed the suicide king Vader t-shirt when it was offered on Shirt Punch, here’s your chance to make up for your foolish mistake. It is available on othertees.com for $12. Click through to order yours.
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