Toys”R”Us has issued a press release revealing details for thieir participation in midnight opening for Force Friday II. Products will also be available for purchase online at 12am EST. Attendees at the physical stores will receive a FREE shirt and poster*.
Those that were able to take advantage of early Black Series products offered via Kohls.com have started to receive their shipments. Jair shares the above tweet with us regarding his haul.
The upcoming newpaper insert for Target has made its way online and it confirms rumors and speculation that select stores will be opening at 12:01 am September 1. A list of participating stores will be available soon at www.Target.com/starwars. Also returning for Force Friday are discount coupons, this time instead of an instant discount, they redeemable for gift cards when thresholds of $50 or $100 are met.
UPDATE: Target has updated their site. Click find stores on Target.com to see if a store near you is open (12:01-2am) for Force Friday II.
Toys”R”Us has listed (by mistake?) four POP! figures from Funko for The Last Jedi. Bobble your head on over to get a start on your Force Friday shopping with the Porg, Rose, Praetorian Guard and Kylo Ren.
We saw them for The Force Awakens and Rogue One, and since Disney has tipped their hand ever so slightly in announcing official Force Friday II festivities at Disney Parks, we thought we’d share their is speculation of a new Droid Factory 4pk that may or may not include some spiffy new BB Units that have recently been revealed from a different manufacturer. We’ll have to see how this rumor rolls out.
The official Star Wars app has been updated with new content allowing collectors to “Find the Force” this Force Friday. Click on through for some screen grabs from the app. Head over to StarWars.com for more details.
Thanks to Twitter follower iOrder66 for the alert.
eBay listings for the first wave of new 6″ Black Series available on Force Friday confirm number designations for Luke (#46) and Thrawn (#47) and now reveal numbers for Vader (#43), Stormtrooper (#48). That leaves Rey at #44, Kylo Ren at #45, and we’ve known for while that Hera is #42.
Could there be another as yet to be leaked 6″ Black Series exclusive in the form of a two pack heading to Toys”R”Us for Force Friday. I don’t know. Maybe?
Force Friday is a few short weeks away and (aside from a few leaks) Star Wars fans have little idea what to expect. But some news was had at the two big Star Wars events in July — D23 and SDCC!
Shopko (Caldwell, ID) has gotten in on the breaking of street dates, and with it, we get the first look at the Rey with Praetorian Guard and Han Solo with Boba Fett Deluxe figure packaging. Click the link below for other products from the line due (officially) in a couple weeks.