Living in Minnesota, home to retailer Target, our stores are often used as a test market for product roll outs as well as pricing – meaning that a particular item at one store may cost higher or lower depending on the area of “the Metro” (Minneapolis/St. Paul and its suburbs). Our friend Jeff at JediDefender has posted an interesting observation in his area regarding “spring price exploring” for Saga Legends, Mission Series, The Black Series products.
Could this be just a regional experiment or can the rest of the country expect an average 10% bump in Star Wars action figure pricing as well? Like most things, only time will tell.
If you’re like me, you enjoy checking out the after Christmas clearances at Target… those toys are starting to disappear now though, as many stores now have the remainder of their clearance toys at 50-70% off. So if you’ve been holding out on getting sets like the Rise of Darth Vader battle pack for a great price, now may be the time before they’re gone.
The Clone Wars Republic Attack Shuttle Vehicle/Playset is on clearance at Target.com for $38.48 plus get 5% off and free shipping if you use your Target Red Card.
Upon making my usual stop at Target this morning, I noticed that they have started affixing foil, tamper-evident, security stickers on all of their LEGO sets priced $29.99 or higher.
It would be nice if Toys”R”Us would utilize this method of theft prevention instead of using those Spider security devices we’ve all seen marring the boxes of vehicles like the Millennium Falcon, Republic Gunship and AT-AT.
Reports are sporadic at this point, but some collectors are finding the second series of Hasbro’s 6″ Black Series figures at Target stores.
Be on the lookout for these, as at the store I saw these, they were stacked behind a stack of Wave One Darth Maul and Luke figures… I almost didn’t realize they were there!
Issues continue to mount with Hasbro’s 2013 line, ranging from questionable figure selections to bubbles falling right off the pegs… and now today I came across two Black Series Scout Troopers with severely warped helmet ridges…
Hopefully this is an isolated incident… but if it’s not, collectors will surely leave these on the pegs and kids that receive them as presents will be disappointed. Anyone else coming across this? Share your thoughts/reports after the jump!
A heads-up for LEGO collectors, Target is starting to reset their aisle for the Halloween season and amongst the goodies, be on the lookout for the Umbaran MHC (Moblie Heavy Cannon) polybag set. I was able to find a few today at my neighborhood store.
One of Hasbro’s better toy offerings this Fall in my opinion isn’t even in the regular Star Wars section – it’s down by the Imaginext toys – it’s the Jedi Force Jabba’s Palace Rescue set. Priced at $16.99, ths is clearly one of Hasbro’s better values these days and is a great set. It would be nice for Hasbro to continue this format for a while and include some more creatures and cool centerpiece toys in this line for the younglings.
While your mileage may vary, I’ve seen this set at a handful of Targets – but not yet at Wal-Mart or Toys”R”us. Good luck hunting if you’d like to add this to your collection (or buy for a little one!).
Yak Face reader Adam Vinson, writes in with an interesting find at his Target. It appears that the latest batch of The Black Series figure have the bubble taped fresh from the case in order to address the bubble adhesion issue. Here is his report:
Looks like Hasbro is reading the reports or at least Target is….Notice the tape, this was a fresh new case, all of the figures had it.
