What I would argue is that folks object paying these prices for the Walmart SA figures, but continue to do so (if they can find them in the “wild”) in hopes “hopes” that Hasbro will see that there is still a market. Does anyone really want a repacked Lando or Akbar? I would imagine not. The secondary market (scalpels, ToyWiz whatever) is a shame and an insult. This set is an insult. The big surprise reveal was an insult. I dislike that I continue to be so invested, but it’s real hard to give up this crack after 20 years of being on it.

I am totally with you on this. Cancelled my preorder as soon as the figures were confirmed. SA? Hardly. No matter what anyone tries to justify. The Disney Park droids are better value. So what it is 8 POA rather than 13, the’re just more of the same, just more astromechs.

How can anyone give one bit of consideration to anything this guy says? I don’t think he has made a single comment on this site in the past year or so that wasn’t some kind of bitching and moaning. Some people just expect everything to be handed to them on silver platter. Yeah, EE is looking for a nice little profit on an exclusive collector set. Being a fan of Star Wars doesn’t “entitle” us to this stuff. Especially not to unique obscure characters that the mass market doesn’t give a whiff about. If this doesn’t float your boat, move along. This set is very niche, very specialized and priced accordingly.

Honestly, I just wish the droids were more interesting. I love the two OT droids, but the animated ones just don’t do much for me.

I think the main point being lost on people who are arguing that the cost per figure is in line with individually packaged figures is that a single boxed set costs significantly less to produce than 5 single carded figures. The set is overpriced, but I think it’s still worth getting due to the fact that we would most likely never get these droids in the main lines.