Our friends at Galactic Hunter have alerted us to a new exclusive Fighter Pods Rampage tin hitting Target. It features the new Series 4 packaging with the Yoda line look and includes 18 Fighter Pods figures, 4 pods, spinfire launcher and Yoda tin. The set retails for $24.99 and should start hitting everywhere soon. Doesn’t look like it includes any (advertised) exclusives so it might be a pass unless collectors want the tin. Head on over to GalacticHunter.com for Adam’s full rundown of the figures.
After a brief delay, the LEGO Star Wars Umbaran MHC (Mobile Heavy Cannon) has started showing up at stores. For some reason this set took a little longer to hit shelves (here in Minnesota anyway), but I managed to find this set at Target yesterday for $49.99. Click the image above for a closer look.
It looks like various items are heading to clearance at Target this week. Upon checking one of my local store this morning, I found Vintage Collection figures are marked down to $6.98, TVC 3-packs are $17.48, Class II Vehicles (Podracers, AAT, etc.) are $23.08, Darth Maul Returns Battle Pack $9.98 and Early Angry Birds Star Wars Sets are $6.98. Your store may have a few additional (or less) items available but if you’re looking to pick up some stuff on the cheap, now is the time.
In other Target news today, our friends at Galactic Hunter are reporting that the Canadian retail chain, Zellers, is converting a majority of its store to the Target brands, with a few other stores taking on the Walmart name. Visit o.Canada.com for more details.
Target Corp. today has announced, effective immediately, that they will be offering year-round price matching of top online retailers including Amazon, Walmart, BestBuy and Toys”R”Us/Babies”R”Us. Target stores will also price match their own website. Keep that in mind when looking for your favorite Star Wars collectibles! Head to Target.com for the full press release.
A topic of rampant speculation for a while now, our friends at JediNews, courtesy of Dan Curto, have posted details of Target upcoming planogram for 2013. It appears that the Legacy Collection/Droid Factory/Build-A-Droid assortment has indeed been cancelled. Head on over to JediNews to read the full report. Stay tuned for more details as they develop.
The last time I checked, the pickings were slim on Hallmark Star Wars ornaments in my area, but yesterday I noticed a lot of different (non-Hallmark) Star Wars themed ornaments at Target, and they are all priced under $10.00. So you may want to head on down to your local Target if you’re needing a finishing touch or two on your Christmas tree!
Looks like several items are starting to hit clearance at Target. Reader Scott from Tulsa tweets finding the Darth Maul Returns Battle Pack marked down to $13.98 and various LEGO sets red tagged as well. Time to stock up for gifts and be sure to pick up a few extras for Toys for Tots!
As I was preparing to check out of my local Target this morning I noticed that the the LEGO Republic Attack Cruiser polybag has finally been replaced with the TIE Fighter (8028) Set. This is a simple repack from 2008 features 44 pieces.
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from Adam Pawlus on Twitter, it looks like this and the MTT and Star Destroyer polybags are also available at Walmart.
WALMART stores are getting LEGO PDQs with polybagged sets. Includes MTT, TIE Fighter, and Star Destroyer for $3.96 per.
