Come on guys. Greg only does it to help the collectors. It's got nothing to do with him wanting to see his name at the top of every page.

From what I've seen:

The OTC Role-Play lightsabers have turned up at RETAIL (Target/TRU).

The OTC Vehicles (X-Wing & TIE Fighter) have turned up at a few retail locations and most on-line shops (EE, Kebco, etc), all little guys who got stuff from Hasbro.  No signs at the big three yet...

The OTC figures have NOT been "confirmed" at retail yet, as far as I know.  None of the big sites is reporting it, and if they were out, someone would have a figure w/receipt pic.  


The order on figure timing usually goes like this:

1 - EBay Auctions from Asia

*2 weeks pass*

2 - Asia Based On-Line shops start selling the figures

*2 weeks pass*

3 - On-Line scalpers er... Price Gouger er... "High Demand Product" On-Line stores get them (Action-HQ, Brian's Toys, Cloud City).  These are the stores who pay a crapload to have the items air-shipped from Asia.

*2 weeks pass*

4 - "Regular" On-Line stores (EE, New Force, Kebco, etc) start to get ship notification and/or the figures start turning up at the Big Retail 3 (Target TRU Wal-Mart).

This pattern has held pretty true for some time, with minor variations for shipping problems, etc.  From the first auctions we see from Asia to Retail stores is usually 4-8 weeks.

Given that we are just hitting about 4 weeks since they turned up on eBay, I'd say that they realistically could start hitting Target/TRU/Wal-Mart any day now really...

Jeff

This:



Plus This:



= This:




Mark my words...

 

Jeff

Just noticed while browsing EE that they're now selling these:

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/hitlist.asp?company=ACCOUTREMENTS

They've got:
Edgar Allen Poe
Anne Bonny
Blackbeard the Pirate
Beethoven
JP Patches
The Librarian
Einstein
Shakespear
Rosie the Reveter
Pope Innocent III
Albino Bowler
Cleopatra
Barista
Fuzz  <------ CREEPY
Freud
Jesus
Moses
Ben Franklin (the man, not the store)

Collect all 18!

Too strange.

Jeff

Well, last night's game deserves a big "Randy Award":




This one goes to "Mr. At-Best Adulterer":


Hero of Game 2, Goat of Game 3.  ONE point in the first half?!?  My favorite part of the whole thing though was the pre-game interview in which this dorkwad was talking about how he'd like to leave the Lakers for the Knicks next year to play with Stephon saying that his heart isn't in it anymore with the LAkers.  

HUH?  Complaining about your current team just hours before a pivotal Game 3 in the Finals?  Way to have your head in the game jackass!

Jeff
"Asleep at the switch?  I wasn't asleep, I was drunk!" - Homer Simpson

I heard the song "The Future Freaks Me Out" on the radio and thought it was kind of catchy:
The Future Freaks Me Out Free Download

I saw that the CD was $10 at Target so I bought it.  Great little CD.

Jeff

Trio of NHL All-Star Defensemen named to Hall of Fame:

Bourque, Coffey, Murphy to the Hall of Fame in 2004

Three VERY talented defensemen.  All three won the Stanley Cup at one point and played for the teams that most of here root for (Edmonton, Pitsburgh, Detroit, LA and more).

Jeff