But I thought there was at least 1 wave of AOTC in the mix for next year. 

Maybe, but Hasbro said in the Q&A last week that "Episodes III-VI will each have waves along with a The Force Unleashed wave and a couple other surprises in there".  No mention of AotC.

But with Hasbro's logic like Jabba's wave this year that included figs from the Cantina is it really a ROTJ wave?  I don't know.

During the summer conventions, Hasbro mentioned that the reason you saw some "wave shift" this year was due to factory costs/issues.  The Cantina Figures were originally supposed to be in the Tatooine/ANH wave, and Hermi and 3PO were supposed to be in the Jabba's wave, but the factory cost/issues caused those figures to get bumped back a wave.

The same thing happened in 2006 when part of the Endor wave was pushed back into the TPM wave, and the same thing is entirely possible in 2008 as well...  and if you believe the rumors, it's already happened with the creation of the Panning Droid figure set bumping a figure from the RotS wave into another wave where it doesn't technically belong.

Hasbro has said all along that they most likey wouldn't get here until 2008.   

From the SDCC slides:  "we will continue with new in 2008"



And then from the Q&A:

Will we ever see a re-release of the Toys R Us exclusive Anakin and Obi-Wan Jedi Starfighters with the blue & green color schemes? (JI, 07/20/07)

Yes, our plan is to bring this into the 85196 Starfighter Vehicle Assortment, for a national release, early in 2008.


I think it was just wishful thinking that they would slip out early... and that may still happen depending on how fast things sell at Christmas. 

Yeah, the gang on Baseball Tonight ripped A-Rod pretty good for making his announcement then of all days and trying to steal some of the spotlight.  Peter Gammons pointed out that it's a pretty good indicator of what you can expect from A-Rod if you sign him - A-Rod first, team second.   

I'd love to see Mikey Lowell come back for a few more years, but you know his price tag just went through the roof with the season and post season he just had.

Yeah, that WS MVP trophy is a pretty good way to send yourself into free agency.  I'm sure he'll have plenty of offers on the table.  It would be nice to see Boston keep him, but I guess I won't be surprised to see him go and maybe end up as A-Rod's replacement at 3rd in NY. 

I know I am not in your league, but I am in a Yahoo league...

I believe that you are allowed to drop bench players at any time during a week, even if the games have already been started/played.  I don't think you can add/drop any of your starters until Monday/Tuesday though...  or something like that.

The latest Hasbro QnA has been posted.

- What's the deal with that Lava Droid/Platform? *
- Which EU Spacetrooper in 2008?
- Can we get more pack-In figures on basic cards?


* Yes, #1 is kind of old news at this point.  Unfortunately, we submitted the question last Friday morning not knowing that Hasbro would be showing off the 2008 carded figures at the Dallas show... 

my Wave 7 set is in my "pile of loot" and ready to ship from BBTS.

 

I would guess that EE and NewForce won't be far behind then... crazy!  Many folks around here haven't seen Wave 5 still and wave 7 could be just around the corner. 

I'd guess closer to Christmas, or worse, for the guards.

Or maybe the first week of November...  from the GG Blog:

The following items are currently enroute and will be landing within a week.  We should be shipping them out to retailers/distributors shortly thereafter.

Star Wars
Royal Guard/Senate Guard mini bust