The upcoming Droid Factory set from Amazon.com has already seen a price drop – now down to a much more attractive price of $49.99 + free shipping. Thanks to forum member Raww for the heads up!
UPDATE: The price has returned to $59.99. Hope you got in on the sale.
At this point, you’ve learned all you need to know about these figures and most collectors are in one of three camps: “hate’em”, “love’em” or the ever popular “meh”. I’ll go on record again saying that I love them and can appreciate them for what they are – an inexpensive alternative play pattern for kids with a bit of nostalgia thrown in for collectors who grew up in a simpler time.
Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether these figures are 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.
Check out the new Hot Toys, Superman, Assassin’s Creed, TMNT, Transformers, Anchorman, Star Wars, GI Joe, DC, Marvel and More in this week’s Big Bad Toy Store Newsletter
By now, we should be able to have a pretty good gauge on how well Hasbro’s new scale of Star Wars figures are moving. In my neck of the woods, the first wave is starting to dry up, but Luke and Maul aren’t exactly flying off the shelves.
Thoughts? How’s this line doing so far in your area? Let us know by sharing your thoughts here or in our forums!
A very cool presentation video is circulating showing off Lucasfilm’s powerful CGI rendering technology applied to real-time motion captured actors. The possibilities truly seem endless.
To continue your collection, Attakus expands the Star Wars Elite Collection (tenth scale figures) with the release of 2 new characters in November 2013. Click on through for the details.
It looks like the shipping condition woes that plagued Slave I have been prevalent enough for the TIE Interceptor that it has been temporarily taken offline as well and is “Under Review” as evidenced by the below message on their site:
While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it’s described here. (Thanks for the tip!)
We’re working to fix the problem as quickly as possible.
This week, Toys”R”Us is having a Buy one, get one 50% off sale on most LEGO Star Wars sets. Certain sets are already on sale and are not eligible for the promotion.