Author Topic: 2012 Target Battlefields of Naboo BP - CANCELLED  (Read 14724 times)

Offline Jayson

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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2011, 11:17 AM »
Apparently cancelled/postponed... from Echo Base News

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One item that was shown at San Diego Comic Con, but was oddly absent from the New York Comic Con, was the Battlefields of Naboo pack. Is this set still slated for a January release?
 
This exclusive pack was unable to find a retailer home for 2012.  But it's something we can keep on the back burner for the future.
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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2011, 11:16 PM »
That's...  eh, that feels alright.

It was interesting but the old Tarpals sucked.
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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2011, 08:14 AM »
I guess I am just a bit confused how a pack depicted as a "Target exclusive" in their slideshow ends up not find a retailer home....  say...  at Target?

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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2011, 09:21 AM »
Because Target decided to drop it, perhaps they are savy now and know that repacks dont move as fast as newly sculpted items?

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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2011, 10:00 AM »
Maybe Target did a little research and saw that it was a completely rehashed idea?  Perhaps they wanted something that had a little more effort put into it?
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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2012, 01:16 PM »
Saw this at Galactic Hunter. The battle pack made it to packaging stage or at least sample packaging stage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Battle-of-Naboo-Battlefields-Battle-Pack-MISB-Unreleased-Prototype-/251052455954?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3a73e47812

They got the Battle Droids wrong, officer antenna's, no packs.

But hey, for $2000, we can overlook the little details.  :D

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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2012, 05:19 PM »
But it's got an exclusive Kaadu! That alone must be worth at least a grand!  ;)

I can just see someone buying this and then them showing up the next month at TJ Maxx.
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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2012, 05:26 PM »
I'd still like to see this hit retail... but for about $19.99.

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Re: Target Battlefields of Naboo
« Reply #23 on: May 24, 2012, 05:36 PM »
I can just see someone buying this and then them showing up the next month at TJ Maxx.

Agreed - if it got this far, who's to say that it won't eventually be coming out - like timed to better coincide with the release of the MTT?

The only thing going against it is that it advertises those two dud Target 2-packs on the back. If the balance of those Target 2-packs ends up at TJMaxx/Ross, like the WalMart ones did, who knows? These could be sitting in a warehouse somewhere hoping that whoever takes the balance of Target's stock also takes these....

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