Upon my travels this weekend hunting for the latest Vintage and Clone Wars goodies, I managed to stumble across a handy little carrying case over in the LEGO aisle at Walmart. The LEGO ZipBin TIE Fighter Storage Case holds approximately 500 LEGO bricks and doubles as a playmat when unzipped and opened and retails for about $10.
A local collector friend “GrandMoffNick” managed to score the new Bastila Shan, Echo Base Trooper, Ponda Boba, Keyan Farlander as well as Revenge Vader, Luke and Ackbar at his local Target here in Minnesota. It looks like Target’s purge of old stock is starting to pay off!
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that tomorrow kicks off a HUGE Sale Event at Toys”R”Us with 30% off ALL Star Wars merchandise, plus freebies! For the complete details, head on over to JTA!
UPDATE: Apparently “ALL” Star Wars on Sale for 30% off was a slight misrepresentation of the facts despite what their print ad states. Toys”R”Us is offering varying degrees of discounts depending on the license and product type so be sure to check those shelf tags and price scanners for the actual prices.
Target has started a new wave of TPCs (Temporary Price Cuts) starting this week (until 10/15) on Clone Wars Battle Packs and the Vintage 3 Packs. Both are marked down to $17.99 which breaks out to roughly $6 per figure.
This weekend (September 2-5) Toys”R”Us is having a Labor Day Sale offering great discounts on various Star Wars merchandise! Special include $25 off the Clone Wars Rise of Boba Fett Ultimate Battle Pack, $30 off the Hasbro AT-AT, $25 off a qualifying $100 LEGO Star Wars purchase, Buy 1, get 1 50% off All Star Wars Books and more.
Upon my travels this morning, I managed to scored some of the figures from the newest Clone Wars wave at Walmart. I missed out on Savage Opress but did pick up Chewbacca, Even Piell, Jar Jar Binks, R7-D4 and the new, and much-improved, Captain Rex.
Yakface forum member “combatJedi” reports that he found the Republic AV-7 at his local Toys”R”Us. Nice find!
The crew over at BanthaSkull.com have posted a new list of Target DPCIs taking us from now through the first part of 2012. Head on over for the breakdown.
UPDATE: I hit up my local Target today to check out the new DPCIs and grab their corresponding prices:
087-06-0269 Vintage Vehicles – $24.99
087-06-1732 Vintage Vehicle (Landspeeder & Tauntaun) – $24.99
087-06-1736 CW Figure Collection – $19.99
087-06-1749 Vehicle Figure Scene Pack (Search for Luke Skywalker) – $24.99
087-06-0320 Darth Maul double Lightsaber – $20.00
087-06-0765 Battlefields of Naboo – $29.99
087-06-0780 Attack Vehicles – $24.99
087-06-0920 Villains and Sith- $14.99
The Star Wars toy finds continue as exclusives and non-exclusives keep appearing at K-Mart, Toys R Us, Walmart, and Target! Listen to this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast as Marjorie and Arnie run down their store finds, and play your voicemails reporting what Star Wars Action News listeners have been finding, buying, and what they think of it!
Also this week, Star Wars Action News Book Club liaison Brock reviews the new Timothy Zahn novel Choices of One, Marjorie reviews the new Jedi Force figures, and Garmin uses the Force to help you find your destination! All this and more on this week’s Star Wars Action News!
Regular Version:
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/SWAN307.MP3
Enhanced Version
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/Enhanced/SWAN307.M4A
Our friends at JediDefender are reporting that the new Toys”R”Us exclusive Video Game Figure Sets (The Force Unleashed and Republic Commando) have hit stores in California. Head on over for an in-hand photo and keep and eye out in those aisles!