TRU 6" Commander Gree

[Jeff]

At the Hasbro panel today, Hasbro said the higher price on Gree is due to all the extra paint aps - over three times as many as the usual figure because of his deco.

Regular issue figure would have been too toned down, so they went the exclusive route.

[Jayson]

Details released today for this figure.

It will be available at SDCC (Entertainment Earth Booth #2343), then online starting July 20 through July 23, then hit retail in the fall.

[Jayson]

Now hitting the Great White North

[McMetal]

I stayed up late to order this thing right at midnight from TRU.com, but it never went up, so I got up early today and STILL not up.

Gonna be a long day of HTS style F5ing...

[Nicklab]

I just have to ask....

WHY?!?!?

It's nice to get this stuff when it's new on the market.  But you have to know that in a couple of months TRU pegs are going to be lousy with Gree.  TRU overestimated demand for the Hovertank Trooper, the First Order Snowtrooper Commander, and it's probably going to happen with Gree as well.

[Nicklab]

FYI, it's up for sale now:  https://m.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=119529496&ab=TRU_ComicConvention%3A11433485%3ASWBlackSeriesCommanderGree%3AComicConvention

[Diddly]

Good to see it's $24.99 after it reportedly rang up as $39.99 Canadian.

That being said, I'll wait until the inevitable overflowing of the pegs along with the BOGO discounts TRU has run lately

[McMetal]

I just have to ask....

WHY?!?!?

It's nice to get this stuff when it's new on the market.  But you have to know that in a couple of months TRU pegs are going to be lousy with Gree.  TRU overestimated demand for the Hovertank Trooper, the First Order Snowtrooper Commander, and it's probably going to happen with Gree as well.

Only Because I had a couple of other items I was planning to order off TRU.com and needed Gree to put me over a certain threshold. The stuff I had was not going to last long so I was hoping to include him ASAP. The timing is just more advantageous for me this way, purely a financial consideration.

I also think he will sell out quickly online, at least initially, before the eventual deluge.

Anyway, I got one with no troubles, so no biggie. I should be so lucky on 8/14!

[McMetal]

Got my shipping notice for this yesterday. Interestingly, it looks like GREE is bring shipped from OH and all the other stuff I included in that same order is shipping from CA. Should be here Friday, fingers crossed.

[Nicklab]

Only Because I had a couple of other items I was planning to order off TRU.com and needed Gree to put me over a certain threshold. The stuff I had was not going to last long so I was hoping to include him ASAP. The timing is just more advantageous for me this way, purely a financial consideration.

I also think he will sell out quickly online, at least initially, before the eventual deluge.

Anyway, I got one with no troubles, so no biggie. I should be so lucky on 8/14!

That's cool.  From what I heard Gree sold out online pretty fast.  And if you can get him with free shipping?  So much the better.

[McMetal]

Gree showed up today and man, what a cool figure! Easily my favorite Clone they have done so far. The paint apps are impressive to say the least.

Only gripe is he doesn't seem to want to hold the binoculars, and there's no ready place to affix them otherwise. Not that I have figured out yet anyway.

[Diddly]

Got a notification that Gree was in stock online just now, and as soon as I clicked the link, out of stock.

[McMetal]

I have a feeling this is going to be a lot more like the Astromech 3-pack than the Snowtrooper Captain or Hovertank Driver in terms of scarcity. That was an SDCC exclusive too as I recall. And it only made a very brief appearance in stores around here.

[P-Siddy]

Mileage varies then.  The Astromech set sat around here

[Diddly]

A number of TRU exclusives have never hit here. Mainly Marvel stuff (still waiting for that Spidey/Mary Jane set), but my store never got the Astromech set or the Black Series 3.75 inch Jabba set from a few years back.