good to see some normal tan colored battle droids hitting the shelves. was getting disappointed seeing all the red ones lately. i will be on the lookout for this set when it hits target next year.

Weirder is that Targets are still sitting on gobs of wave 1 at $16.95 or so now.

That seems to be the same case for the Targets in my area. I think whats happening here is that Target( the company as a whole) is simply identifying the product by their UPC's or some sort of item number. different waves would  normally share these identifying codes. their regional distribution centers are probably stocked up on wave 1 and are likely shipping out the product to various stores without really discriminating between the waves. it may take a few more months until target finishes distributing out the bulk of the first wave until we see more of the new stuff frequenting our stores. From my experience with retail that is my best guess.