Toys R Us Black Series 6" First Order Snowtrooper Officer

[Jeff]

Working my way down the Hasbro press release...

Toys "R" Us is your exclusive destination to pre-order the STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-inch FIRST ORDER SNOWTROOPER OFFICER action figure – this character won't be available anywhere else! Build up your troops with this officer, which comes with a blaster and an exclusive red pauldron. Available for pre-order by 9/6.

[Jeff]

Now up for Pre-Order at TRU - $19.99, Estimated Ship date: 10/22/2015

[DoctorPadawan]

And, just like that, pre-sold out. Guess I'll be hoping for TRU to actually get these in stores.

[P-Siddy]

I checked on my laptop- sold out.  Tried on my phone and got 2.  We'll see if the order holds.

[Nicklab]

Wow.  Already?  This is almost like dealing with SDCC exclusives.

[P-Siddy]

Try with your phone.  It had been sold out for a while when I was on my laptop, but for some reason I was able to get 2 through the mobile site.  Not sure if it's a glitch, but I haven't got a reject notice either from TRU.  If I do, then I'm not going to worry.

[Nicklab]

Thanks, Steve, but no luck there.

[Brian]

I got a preorder for this in yesterday, glad I decided not to wait.  After spending so much already with the releases, I thought about holding off on this, but you just never know with those Black Series exclusives.  Pretty nice figure, from what I can see.

[McMetal]

Jesus, that was asinine...didn't even last til I could get off work and order one. I don't get this new business paradigm of underproducing for the consumer demand.

[Darth_Anton]

Was lucky and pre-ordered before I left for work yesterday.

[JediJman]

The Snowtrooper TRU Preorder is sold out?  What the hell?  I had a blast with the midnight madness stuff, but pretty pissed at TRU for how they ran this exclusive.  No sign of it in stores and no way to preorder for those that waited in line?  Then a day later its sold out?  ******* exclusives drive me nuts.

[JediJman]

I'm with the crew that somehow missed the preorder.  I was up and around all through Force Friday, so could have ordered it at 1am or while waiting for Disney to open at 5am the next day.  Silly me trying to enjoy the moment and not worry about crossing every single thing of the list when I had a free moment to think.  I should have known that a PREORDER wouldn't be available for order later in the day. 

Awesome job ruining an otherwise fun event TRU/Hasbro.   

[P-Siddy]

I would suspect that these will be in stores in October/November.  Don't hate yet.

[JediJman]

I would suspect that these will be in stores in October/November.  Don't hate yet.

My hating is based on principle at this point.  I went to the TRU Force Friday event and waited two hours, and a big reason I went there was for their "Exclusive Blue Trooper" that had been rumored.  They obviously didn't have any on hand.  There was a press release stating the Snowtrooper Officer Exclusive would be available for pre-order on 9/6 (today).  Then the figure goes up for pre-order 2 days early and sells out well before 9/6...just crappy handling all the way around.  It should have been on hand for the Force Friday event or at the very least not up for pre-order until today.  I was one of the few who really didn't mind being in the dark about Force Friday for most of the offerings, but handling of this figure could not have been any worse IMO.

[P-Siddy]

There was a press release stating the Snowtrooper Officer Exclusive would be available for pre-order on 9/6 (today).  Then the figure goes up for pre-order 2 days early and sells out well before 9/6.

True.  I forgot about the 9/6 Pre-order date.  I just hear that they had them up so I just went for it.  But for the casual person who doesn't check fan sites, etc... just figured they'd wait until Sunday, it'd be a disappointment to say the least.