EE Exclusive Black Series 6" Admiral Piett

[GrandMoffNick]

Thanks to Yakface for heads up. EE exclusive Piett pre orders are up

Black Series Admiral Piett 6-Inch Action Figure - Exclusive

[McMetal]

Pretty disappointing likeness compared to what they did with Tarkin.

Is this a shared exclusive and if so, with whom?

[GrandMoffNick]

True, but you could put a tird in an Imperial officer uniform and I'd want it.

And no Justin that isn't my feelings about the movies themselves.

[Nicklab]

I had seen some rumors about something like this happening, but I thought they might be just that.  Still, it does seem like Hasbro is moving forward with some Imperials in an interesting way.  I guess they must be capitalizing on the work they did with Tarkin and Thrawn.  And it leaves me hopeful that Hasbro might get to General Veers, too.

[Dave]

True, but you could put a tird in an Imperial officer uniform and I'd want it.

I'm starting to burn out on 6" figures.  I just opened about twenty that had been backing up in my Star Wars room.  Opening Finn in First Order disguise and the First Order Officer / Ackbar pack got me thinking about how many of these I have and how they've gone from must have iconic figures in to the realm of 3.75" blink and you've missed them on screen figures. 

Unfortunately Nick I think I've got the exact opposite opinion of this, but its probably just my OCD where I feel like I need to have a complete collection of these after I've bought the first 125 6" figures.  I think I just need to switch gears and only buy 6" figures that are interesting to me.

I loved opening the Jawa, Hera, Thrawn and others, but there were probably 25% of the figures that I opened that induced buyers remorse.

[Jeff]

Up for pre-order at BBTS now too...  as always (#ad) I like when folks support our sponsors (EE, Amazon) but I understand people have to pick the right option for their own budget.

EE = $21.99 plus $6.95 shipping [$28.94 total]

BBTS = $24.99 plus $4 shipping [$28.99 total] - (if you want mint/collector grade box, it's an extra $2)

[Diddly]

Whoops, I preordered last night at midnight when I was getting all my LEGO stuff out of the way. If I contact EE, do you think they'd change it so I could get the sponsor credit for JD?

[Nicklab]

Dorkside Toys also seems to be offering up Admiral Piett, too.  It's nice to know that there are some options, since I almost always get the shaft when it comes to shipping from EE.

[GrandMoffNick]

I'm totally missing what's so outlandish about $7 shipping and handling

[Nicklab]

I'm totally missing what's so outlandish about $7 shipping and handling

Price out their shipping to the east coast.  It's always a major pain.   Almost every EE order I've ever made where I don't load up the order to hit their pretty high free shipping threshold ends up with shipping being around $15 - $20.

[Nicklab]

So what is with the varying IN STOCK status of Admiral Piett among online retailers?  For a while it seemed like only EE had it in stock.  And now it seems that BBTS has them, too.  But Dorkside Toys, the etailer I ordered from?  Nothing.

[Diddly]

I got a shipping notice from EE about my Piett late Friday night.

[Jesse James]

Toy store stock is odd in general right now.  I’m waiting on an acid rain order that was a couple hundred and so I wanna pay it right away but bbts has had theirs forever now and EE I’m still waiting on.  Usually they’re perfectly in sync.

[Nicklab]

I saw word circulating about how etailers were getting Piett, down to the fact that they were doing direct imports.  I wound up ordering from BBTS and cancelling my prior order.

[Diddly]

Got my Piett in the mail yesterday, after taking almost two weeks to ship here from EE. Phenomenal likeness, and I'm really glad I picked this one up.