Hasbro’s theoretical street date of Jan. 30 continues to be ignored. We’re receiving reports daily of collectors finding new products at their local Target and Walmart stores. In fact, today I managed to score myself the entire Vintage TPM wave and New Clone Wars assortment at Walmart. Remember, persistence pays off sometimes, but it also costs an arm and a leg too.
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K & C Collectibles has received the all new Clone Wars Action Figures, Movie Heroes Action Figures and Figure with Vehicle deluxe packs. Pre-Order the Vintage Carded “Rocket Firing Boba Fett”. Click through for the complete list!
ToysRUs has updated tonight and now has their exclusive Podracer Pilots action figure pack in-stock and ready to ship. Recreate the Boonta Eve race with this set today!
Thanks to Facebook follower Ruben for the report!
Here is a quick update from bigbadtoystore.com about some great new arrivals and cool new pre-orders.
It seems that this wave, though barely unofficially out (let alone officially), already has variant packaging. Cases of the The Phantom Menace wave have hit Walmart without the Darth Maul Giveaway/Promo sticker nor do they include the mailaway entry forms packed in the bubble. You can check out a shot of this in our forums courtesy of member Jedighost009.
It’s a month before Toy Fair so what better time to spoil some of Hasbro’s fun with a first look at carded shots of the Blu-Ray Deleted Scene wave of Vintage Collection figures. Head on over to Sandtroopers.com for images of Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction), Princess Leia (Sandstorm Outfit), Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit), Colonial Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew), Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari) and more!
This week @ PastGenerationToys.com: FREE SHIPPING at Past Generation Toys on ALL orders shipped within the contiguous United States! Click on through to check out all of the pre-orders and in-stock items!
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of the B-Wing Pilot (Keyan Farlander) (VC63) from The Vintage Collection.
PROS: A solid sculpt from the TLC Evolution set makes for a great release on the Vintage card. The perfect accompaniment to the Kmart exclusive B-Wing Fighter.
CONS: The relatively unexciting nature of the figure, coupled with it shipping on two different cardbacks pretty much guaranteed this figure “pegwarmer” status. Keyan Farlander again? Really?
Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth adding to your collection.
You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on facebook and in our forums.
New toys have been found coast to coast. Despite Hasbro’s intent that new Star Wars figures be held back until Jan 30, many stores are putting new figures and vehicles out early breaking street date. What is out there and where can you find it? On this week’s Star Wars Action News, Marjorie and Arnie run down all the new Star Wars items hitting. In addition to new Hasbro toys, they run down the new Valentine’s Day items showing up at Target, and post-holiday discounts as well.
But almost as shocking as new figures found before street date is the new sticker price. Star Wars figures have gone up $1 in price in 2012, and deluxe figures with mini-rig vehicles and mid sized vehicles have gone up even more. What does this mean for collectors? Hear the hosts’ take, and then give your thoughts at 415-508-JEDI.
With a review of the new Star Wars novel Shadow Games and some Star Wars Christmas Gifts, it’s all this week on Star Wars Action News!
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