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Title: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Captain Piet on August 30, 2015, 02:06 PM
Saw first Force Awakens merchandise -- a lone TIE pilot, some low-tech role play masks -- at a K-mart today.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on August 30, 2015, 03:06 PM
I saw some of those "Box Buster" things and the Millenium Falcom Air Hogs dealio while making the rounds at Walmart this weekend, but nothing any good. I do like the new packaging though.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 2, 2015, 08:29 AM
Let's go Krogering!  ;D

I hit the mother lode last night at the grocery store of all places. I guess Kroger don't play that Walmart nonsense with cockblocking you at the register.

Picked up everything they had in 3&3/4" scale. (There was no 6" stuff sadly) They seemed to be complete cases, I ended up with:

2x Assault Walker w/Stormtrooper Sergeant
2x Elite Speeder Bike w/Stormtrooper (Spec Forces)
8x Armor Series figures
12x Basic Figures

The Class I stuff was $19.99, the Armor guys $12.99 and the basic figures were $7.99. The best part was though, that they had a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale going on for everything, even the vehicles. I had to get a manager to help apply them at the register, which was a bit of a hassle, but they had absolutely no qualms about selling them to me. I even ended up getting 3 of the basic figures for free because of some snafu.

All told I ended up with $279.76 (plus tax) worth of toys for $177.86 (plus tax). Not a bad night's work.

The nutty thing is - I don't even want any of this stuff. Literally. I got them for 2 friends I am planning on meeting up with for MM. Figured I would save them some work.

I plan to go out hunting for the 6" guys today at Walmart and K-Mart. Anything I can grab before tomorrow night would be a plus.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on September 3, 2015, 10:00 AM
Found some stock out at a local WalMart, but nothing that I'd actually buy.  Saw the first wave of TFA Hero Series 12" figures:  Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, First Order Stormtrooper & Finn.  Also saw some Hero Mashers, Micro Machines, Role Play masks & lightsabers
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on September 3, 2015, 05:35 PM
Picked up the 6" Kylo Ren and First Order Stormtroopers this morning at a Kmart near where I work. I also snagged a 2nd 6" Kylo Ren for a friend at work.

I don't collect 6" but these two figures are pretty cool - I'll probably just display them on my desk at work. If they ever release a Captain Phasma I'll probably grab her and then call it quits there, the last thing I want to do at this point is try to play catch-up with the 6" line...  :P
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: P-Siddy on September 3, 2015, 05:46 PM
If they ever release a Captain Phasma I'll probably grab her and then call it quits there, the last thing I want to do at this point is try to play catch-up with the 6" line...  :P

She's in wave 2... and may be out tonight.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Captain Piet on September 3, 2015, 06:13 PM
Picked up the 6" Kylo Ren and First Order Stormtroopers this morning at a Kmart near where I work. I also snagged a 2nd 6" Kylo Ren for a friend at work.

I don't collect 6" but these two figures are pretty cool - I'll probably just display them on my desk at work. If they ever release a Captain Phasma I'll probably grab her and then call it quits there, the last thing I want to do at this point is try to play catch-up with the 6" line...  :P

Right.  ;D
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 3, 2015, 08:50 PM
I saw Rey's speeder at Walmart on the way home from work, and a smattering of less interesting stuff, but I didn't even bother to try checking out. No more snacking before the feast!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 4, 2015, 02:34 AM
Ugh....long night. Target was a big letdown. Couldn't find enough product to use either coupon. And I was one of the first in line! They had everything split in two sections and all mine had that I wanted was the Kanan scout Bomber and a lone 6" Kylo Ren. Better than nothing though.

Next stop was Walmart and got Finn, Rey, and Chewie. Finally hit TRU after that and they were totally wiped out.  :(

I stopped at two more Walmarts on the way home and found 2 6" Stormtroopers, so I did end up managing to complete the wave. Good way to top off the night.

Never saw any sign of the big TIE or the Mission Series 2-packs...bummed about that.

Fun to hang out with friends but not nearly as much variety as I expected to see. And TRU and Target woefully under stocked for the demand.

Off to bed!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on September 4, 2015, 02:47 AM
Snagged Rey, Finn and Chewie. That was my entire Force Friday haul since stores apparently only got a single case of everything.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: P-Siddy on September 4, 2015, 02:57 AM
Snagged Rey, Finn and Chewie. That was my entire Force Friday haul since stores apparently only got a single case of every some things.

Fixed it for you.  Hit WM and TRU:  WM had 6" figures and TRU did not.  TRU had TIEs and X-Wings, WM did not.

I got what I wanted.  At the WM we stood near the pegs as the Hasbro reps put stuff out.  Then some guys brought out the pallets of 3.75" and 6" figures and put them out in the main aisle and everyone but me left the SW aisle.  I grabbed the 3 6" figures I wanted there with no hassle.  But otherwise, they has masks and ligthsabers there.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on September 4, 2015, 03:16 AM
I was able to get the following at the TRU I went to: (all Hasbro)
1x of the 5POA Wave 1 12 figures
1x 7 out of 8 Armor figures (somehow I missed the Finn one)
2x 3.75" TIE
2x Rey's Speeder
1x First Order Speeder Bike
2x First Order Scout Walker
1x Kanan's Scout Bomber
1x Finn's Desert Speeder
1x First Order Snow Speeder

Then I went to a 24-hour WalMart and got:
2x Captain Phasma 3.75"
1x Resistance Fighter
2x Poe 3.75"
1x First Order Stormtrooper
2x Constable ??
2x Finn 3.75"
1x Rey 3.75"
1x Bespin Luke
1x Darth Vader
2x Flametrooper 3.75"
2x Flametrooper Armor Up figure
1x Stormtrooper Armor Up Figure
1x Chewie Armor Up Figure
1x Poe Armor Up figure
1x Kanan's Scout Bomber
1x First Order Speeder Bike

No Millennium Falcon at all anywhere, no Poe X-Wings anywhere.

Toys R Us was going to restrict me to 3 figures TOTAL - when they put up the sign, I asked the person what it meant - 3 figures or 3 of each figure - I was told the later, I had to argue with the manager that if I had been told 3 figures total, I would have gone elsewhere - and I probably would have been better for it if I had just gone to the 24hr WalMart. Eventually after 5 minutes of arguing back and forth, I put my 2nd set of 5POA figures back and said, meet me half way, allow me to purchase a complete set of 12 and he did - I then proceeded to dole out those other 12 figures to whoever wanted them in line behind me at the register.

What a total cluster **** this was, clearly they did not get enough product to go around. Gonna go back out for openings of WalMarts and Targets that did not have stuff at midnight - hoping my luck will be better there...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on September 4, 2015, 03:50 AM
Just got Kylo (6 inch) off of Amazon... beats driving around looking. Stormtrooper was sold out though, but I figure those will be everywhere soon.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 4, 2015, 09:05 AM
I hit a nearby Target right at opening this morning and was able to pick up 2 more FO Stormtroopers and went ahead and got another Kylo to use the $10 off coupon. (Will return the one I got last night)

I did see Poe's X-Wing there, which was totally MIA last night, so that was cool. No sign of the TIE Fighter, big or little. Still no Mission Series.

I plan to hit K-Mart at lunch today because that's the only place I've even seen tags for the 2-packs. Worth a shot, every place else has been a bust so far.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Dave on September 4, 2015, 10:56 AM
Has anyone found the Mission Series figures?  My Target didn't have pegs for them (and didn't have the figures either)?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: tmanthegreat on September 4, 2015, 02:06 PM
I've managed to get the complete wave of the 6" figures, Rey's Jakku speeder, the elite TIE fighter, and a few figures, but have not been able to find Poe's X-wing anywhere, either last night or this morning.  Crappy or not, that was the ship I most wanted to get. 

I made a good sweep of my area this morning, checking several Targets, Wal Marts, and a Toys R Us.  Plenty of the new TIE fighters.  I did find the X-Wing on Amazon.com, however, and managed to get $10 off the purchase price, which brought it down to the same price it is at Toys R Us, etc.  I have Prime so the shipping was free and it will arrive in a couple days.  Should have done that first before I went out this morning as I easily burned $10+ in gas driving all over town for little gain!

Disconcerting thing was that in at least two Target Stores that I hit between 8:00 and 8:30am - stores that were not open the previous evening - things looked very picked over right at the offset.  Not sure if employees got first grabs, but it almost looks like they did :-\
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 4, 2015, 02:45 PM
Has anyone found the Mission Series figures?  My Target didn't have pegs for them (and didn't have the figures either)?

No, by all accounts they have not been released yet. I was at K-Mart today and they had shelf tags for these (DSN 2-pack $14.99) so hopefully they show up soon.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Dave on September 4, 2015, 03:27 PM
Disconcerting thing was that in at least two Target Stores that I hit between 8:00 and 8:30am - stores that were not open the previous evening - things looked very picked over right at the offset.  Not sure if employees got first grabs, but it almost looks like they did :-\

I've only stopped at two Targets and a WM today.  Both Targets appear to only have stocked one case of each assortment.  WM did a pre-packed pallet drop that seemed to be about two cases of the basic figures and one of the armored up stuff.

For those three stores, if you weren't the first one there, then I'm sure it looked picked over if a collector got there first.  I know there was one Target employee buying stuff at 8AM with me at one of the stores.

Haven't stopped at a TRU yet.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 4, 2015, 03:51 PM
Yeah, i was in and out of Target this morning within 10 minutes of opening time. There were 2 other guys waiting there with me. It's a pretty narrow window of opportunity with these things right now.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Brian on September 5, 2015, 10:42 AM
I wasn't able to make it out for Midnight Madness, so I made a toy run (first real one in a long time) Friday morning, starting about 9:30.  I hit Target first, not too much left really.  I was able to pick up the Black Series Finn, Kylo Ren, and Chewie there.  I also picked up Rey's Speeder, the Rey LEGO set, and the Rey POP Vinyl (can you tell my daughter is excited for the character of Rey?).  After getting the discount (plus my employer's discount), I saved quite a bit here.  No basic figures left aside from Luke/Vader - but a nice selection of SW toys overall.

Next I hit Wal-Mart.  I figured there would be something shortly after entering, but I saw no sign of Star Wars at all.  Hit the action figure aisle - nothing, aside from older stock.  Finally found a shipper dealy next to electronics where they had a good amount of the Black Series 6" (aside from the Stormtrooper), the basic figures, and the armor figures.  They had some of the LEGO too I think, but I didn't see any vehicles or anything here.  Overall, kind of a poor showing at WM as far as toys go.

Finally I stopped by TRU, not really expecting to find anything this much later, and didn't end up buying anything.  They had lots of stuff, plenty of basic figures and armor figures and everything else.  They had 6" Kylo, Finn, and Chewie and that was it.  Definitely the best selection overall of any place though.

Overall, it just didn't seem like there was that much stock for a lot of places.  The Black Series definitely seemed to be the hot item.  I only saw Poe's X-Wing at Target, so that must have been selling well too.  As far as things I didn't see at all (or even a spot for): the Millennium Falcon, the BIG TIE, the Mission Series two packs, or anything past the first wave of any line.  Oh, and also never saw the Stormtrooper, but it was obviously the first to go from the Black Series wave.  Aside from Rey's speeder, I held off on vehicles for now but I hope to pick some up later on.  I really like the design of Poe's X-Wing (and the TIE for that matter), despite the poor reviews.  I may grab that Snowspeeder as well, sort of waiting for some reviews on that one.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: GrandMoffNick on September 5, 2015, 11:35 AM
The Snowspeeder is disappointing to me. The nose is too narrow. I like the other vehicles. I wish the x wing was bigger. Love the tie. Love reys speeder. Like finns speeder more than I expected. Elite speeder is nice especially the trooper. Assault walker is meh
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on September 5, 2015, 11:53 AM
Anyone close to a Meijer, they have 10% off of select Force Awakens toys. One store I went to didn't have any regular figures left. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on September 5, 2015, 03:18 PM
Wow! What a bust for midnight madness. I couldn't believe how little product was out there. I have to caveat that I was lucky and got most of what I wanted, but the sheer lack of product for the crowds that amassed was appalling.

A few buddies and I arrived at the Burbank TRU at 10:30am. First in line. Three of us at first. Camped out, played games, caught up with each other. Around noon, management told us that they had only 5 cases of 6 inch and hadn't unloaded the rest of the palates yet. Also said that the line was getting long at Los Filez (a bigger store) and that they had less stock. First person behind showed up soon after, then left. Three more of our party showed up and the guy who left returned at 4pm to be in the same exact spot behind us. More people did't start showing up until 6pm. By then, we heard the other stores line was pretty big. Our line didn't really start going until 8pm, then just grew.

When we finally got let in the store, they only let 10 people in at a time. We were first 10. We were all shocked at how little of the figures were there. They must have gotten only 5 cases of each assortment. Although it was fairly calm getting my figures, which included all of the wave 1 six inch (no wave 2 there) and all of the stormtroopers, Kylo and a select few other figure I wanted right off the bat. The others I figure I can pick up later. Picked up all the vehicle except the x-wing, of course. After the third group of 10, the store was pretty much wiped out of figures and there were still more than 200 people in line. Even Seth Green (in line behind us) got denied. Ran into a buddy today who was way back in line who went in anyway after we left and said they kept the store open and just let people walk in to see for themselves that there was were no figures. I'm just so shocked over this.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 6, 2015, 12:55 AM
I got the Kanan and Scout Bomber deluxe set on FF, nothing else to be had for Rebels, sadly.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: DoctorPadawan on September 6, 2015, 09:43 AM
Midnight Madness, for me, had some odd twists and turns but I wound up getting everything I had planned on before I made it home (before 1:30 AM, amazingly).

A friend and I decided we would hit Target at midnight, so we drove by around 11 to see there was no line and only a few cars. "Great," we thought, so to kill a few minutes, we went to the Walmart a block up the street to see what they had done. As it turns out, they had already stocked about four cases of basic 3.75" figures and two cases of the "armor" figures but not much else, leaving a ton of empty space. We didn't see anyone else around working on the area, and this particular WM doesn't have the best reputation for, well, anything, so we left to go back to Target.

Thankfully (or so we thought) there was still no line although there were more cars in the lot. One guy was seated on the big red ball on his phone, so we walked over to stand with him, only to discover the doors were open. As it turns out, the doors had been open the entire time and Target was allowing everyone to go inside. So, after my friend picked up some cat food (spoiler alert: all we wound up buying at Target that night), we walked to the back to find two separate mobs of about 40 people total in no semblance of a line. About 15 people were crowded around the action figure aisle, which was cordoned off and "guarded" by a Target employee, and the remainder were in the seasonal area for the Chewbacca raffle and other items. No line, just a crowd.

My friend finally asked where the line started and one of the guys in the group responded "Uh, here?" which wasn't helpful, but it did motivate the Target employees to organize things a bit. Two things happened the. Which soured my mood considerably, though. The first was that I got to look down the aisle itself and saw that Target had not gotten any 6" Black Series figures (my main, and my friend's only, reason for coming out). The second was a guy who came barreling down the aisle with a cart toward the Lego section and began asking, "Are those old or new?" Is that from the new movie? Is that going to be hot?"  At that point, knowing how this was shaping up, and knowing we'd be leaving with nothing anyway, we left the line, she paid for her cat food, and we made it to TRU at the stroke of midnight.

TRU had about 16 people in line (counting us) and had a pretty good supply of things, all things considered. Oddly, most people went straight for Funko Pops or lightsabers, so my friend and I were able to check out the 6" figures. Unfortunately TRU only got 1 case, and a girl in front got Kylo Ren, so we split the remaining 4 (I guess the other Kylo didn't make it to the floor). I also got the Hero Mashers Fett, just because it's Boba Fett, and we got our posters and Lego brick as we left.

As we were leaving, and since it was so close, we decided to circle back to the Walmart from the beginning of the story to see if they had done anything else. As it turns out, they had done more than anybody else had, and had fully stocked EVERYTHING. So, we were able to finish our sets of 6" Black Series, plus my friend got her Hero Mashers Jar Jar, plus I got my Lego Buildable Grievous (which, let me tell you folks, is the best thing I've gotten from this whole Force Friday blitz. It's truly amazing and a lot of fun, and if you enjoy Lego and Technic building, or just want something huge and cool and fun, BUY THIS GRIEVOUS TOY.)

Over the course of the last two days, I've gotten some other things here and there at other stores, the various retailers now look like wastelands for the most part, and my bank account cries like a baby, although not as badly as it did in 1999, 2002, 2005, and 2008 thanks to the lack of SA stuff (especially in the latter). Could it have been handled better?  Absolutely. I think I had it luckier than a lot of folks due to living in a more rural area, so I'm thankful for that. Hopefully, though, the bare shelves will mean they get restocked soon, and hopefully it will be with new, wave 2 product, because I really want a 6" Phasma.  :)

So, that said, my haul since Thursday at midnight:

-6" Black Series Finn, Rey/BB-8, Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, Stormtrooper

-3.75" Rey's Speeder with Rey

-3.75" Desert Landspeeder with Finn

-Hero Mashers Boba Fett, Han Solo vs Boba Fett, Jar Jar Binks

-Funko Pop Vinyl Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, Rey (Hot Topic Exclusive Version)

-Lego Poe's X-Wing Fighter

-Lego General Grievous Buildable Figure (Seriously, guys and girls, BUY THIS!!!)

Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on September 6, 2015, 12:41 PM
Friday morning I was at my local Walmart and Target stores when they opened, neither was open at midnight.

Modest selection at both stores, but I wasn't blown away by quantities or anything.

I was shocked at how much extra "junk" is filling the Seasonal Section display at Target - and now even two days later all that stuff is STILL sitting there (no surprise really)

At Walmart, I grabbed:
1x Kylo Ren Armor-up
1x Finn Armor-up
1x Boba Fett Armor-up
1x Luke Armor-up
1x Kylo Ren Build-a-Weapon
1x Resistance Fighter
1x Rey Build-a-Weapon
2x First Order TIE Pilot

And then at Target I grabbed:
2x Poe Dameron's X-Wing
1x Finn's Desert Speeder
1x Kylo Ren (BAW)
1x Bespin Luke
1x Darth Vader
1x Finn Armor-up

On Saturday, I swung by Kmart, I had gotten an email that I had $3 in Shop Your Way rewards points if I spent $20 in toys, found:
1x First Order TIE Pilot
1x First Order Stormtrooper Armor-up

So I'm done with all of the Wave 1 figures and smaller vehicles. still need to get the Falcon (obviously). I keep hoping it will show up on Target.com so I can use the coupon towards it.

I went ahead and ordered cases of the 2-pack figures from EE just to get them out of the way - they indicate they're getting them this month so the wait shouldn't be too long.

Gotta find the WM Black Series wave 1 figures now and I'll be all set until the Wave 2 stuff starts hitting.

Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on September 7, 2015, 07:15 AM
I picked up Sarco Plank, Captain Phasma, a First Order Stormtrooper as well as the Special Forces TIE Fighter yesterday. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Rob on September 7, 2015, 03:48 PM
The Toys R Us I went to Thursday night had one aisle of toys.  Of that, maybe 2 dozen pegs of regular figures?

There was somewhere between 65 and 75 people there I'd guess, and none of them were 9 year old Billy with his parents.

The initial launch should have been completely collector focused, with the more kid oriented stuff taking a back seat.  I bought 6 figures and a handful of the small and mid-size vehicles, but the Kylo Rens and Phasmas were long gone by the time I got into the aisle. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: P-Siddy on September 9, 2015, 10:17 AM
Hasbrotoyshop has several of the 3.75" (non-SA) and all of the 6" figures (wave 1) up on the site.  At the moment you can get Kylo Ren (both scales), Phasma (3.75), Stormtrooper (both scales), Flametrooper (3.75).  All for decent pricing and no minimum for shipping.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Greedo The Green Menace on September 9, 2015, 05:09 PM
I've gotten 6 of the standard line figures, Kylo Ren, Rey, FO Stormtrooper, Phasma, Flametrooper and Constable Zuvio. I'm surprisingly impressed by these despite the low articulation count. They feel solid like a POTF2 figure, but with the sculpting and detail of a modern black series figure. I'm having quite a bit of fun with them, feels like when I started collecting again, before I was worried about POAs and was more interested in how awesome it was to finally have a Bossk and a Gonk and Jawa.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: JediJman on September 10, 2015, 01:46 PM
Has anyone found the Mission Series figures?  My Target didn't have pegs for them (and didn't have the figures either)?

Phrub found them at Target last night (West Coast), so they must be on the way.  I haven't seen any pegs for them either.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Phrubruh on September 10, 2015, 03:13 PM
Check your Target. This looked like the only thing they restocked since Friday.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on September 17, 2015, 03:26 PM
Found all of the Universe/Mission Series 2-packs except for the set with BB-8.  I guess that's the HTF set!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Captain Piet on September 17, 2015, 06:10 PM
Found all of the Universe/Mission Series 2-packs except for the set with BB-8.  I guess that's the HTF set!

At a genius-packed one per case!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 22, 2015, 02:14 PM
I found Wave 2 of the BAW TFA figures at Walmart today and snagged the Ezra and Kanan I needed.  :)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: P-Siddy on September 22, 2015, 03:43 PM
I found Wave 2 of the BAW TFA figures at Walmart today and snagged the Ezra and Kanan I needed.  :)

Lucky you finding the HTF figures.  ;)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on September 23, 2015, 01:32 PM
Found and bought the TRU exclusive Desert TIE fighter just now.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Phrubruh on September 26, 2015, 03:29 PM
Pilfering is alive and well at walmart.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/phruby/IMG_20150926_120506_zpshz6l8wol.jpg)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on September 27, 2015, 12:01 AM
Got a $10 Kohls rewards certificate in the mail, so I went into my local store to see if there was anything worth getting - found both the First Order Snowtrooper and Resistance Pilot Asty - they were on "sale" for $10.79 - but thanks to the coupon, they ended up being $5.79 each which is a bit more reasonable.

They did also have Ezra and Kanan, but I passed on them - they'll be peg warming everywhere as soon as Wave 2 hits, so I'm not inclined to pay Kohls prices for those two...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on September 27, 2015, 11:40 AM
I picked up a spare Ezra last night to open. He holds the light saber well. Also noticed the design on his back was different than the other one I had open, but I know that was a previously established variant from the 3-pack, so this may not be a third iteration.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on September 27, 2015, 03:45 PM
Pilfering is alive and well at walmart.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/phruby/IMG_20150926_120506_zpshz6l8wol.jpg)

Arguably a better figure. Removable helmet (that's Han Solo, right?), waist articulation...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on September 28, 2015, 08:09 PM
Someone picked up a few random TFA figs for me at DOllar General...  They have $5 off $25 coupons routinely for usually a Saturday only, and had full cases available so I got a Stormie, TIE Pilot, and Flametrooper to add some articulation to.

Love the Flametrooper in general...  Inspires me to make an OT one someday.  He's like he's fat though.

The TIE Pilot I wish his visor moved, but otherwise he's pretty nifty.  I hadn't gotten one of him yet.

The BAW's are really meh though.  I thought they were cool, and some are cooler than others (Stormtrooper's big rifle has some use), but I'd much rather they all came with just a 2nd rifle or something...  Just me though.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Brian on October 2, 2015, 02:39 PM
It might be worth a stop at TRU if you are still on the lookout for stuff. I stopped by there this morning and they seemed to have restocked pretty much everything. Fresh case of Black Series on the pegs, plenty of the vehicles, but more interestingly they had at least two cases of the 2-packs, and probably 4 new cases of basic figures (I saw at least 4 Phasmas at least). Way more stuff than I even saw on Force Friday. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on October 4, 2015, 11:34 AM
I came across my first case of basic figures stocked on the shelves since force Friday at a Target. Flame trooper case. Picked up the Vader which I neglected initially.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Matt_Fury on October 6, 2015, 12:56 AM
So my kid's 5th birthday was last week and I got for him Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, a couple of Flame troopers (the armor up one and one with those weird accessories), a regular Stormtrooper, the Snow Speeder and the up armor versions of Finn and Poe.

He loves all the first order figures, especially Kylo Ren (we got this large balloon of Kylo Ren from Party City and I've seen him hug it!), and for a five year old kid I think they are just fine...but I can't wait to get some better articulated figures for my collection.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on October 6, 2015, 08:56 AM
Found the whole wave with PZ-4CO, Goss Toowers, the Guavian Enforcer, etc at Walmart last night. Grabbed all of them, including the repacked Inquisitor. I wish I had as much luck with the 6" stuff!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 6, 2015, 12:43 PM
At two WalMarts locally I found two cases each of Desert/Snow Assortment Wave 1!!!!

(apparently, time displacement has put my local WalMarts back to Sep 4th)  >:(
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on October 6, 2015, 11:49 PM
I too am seeing Desert/Snow Series 1 at Walmarts here.

Tonight I caved and snagged Rey and the FO Stormie (my first 3.75 inch figures) along with Rey's Speeder. The speeder is probably the coolest and most accurate (and only?) vehicle we've gotten since the Speeder Bike in 2012.
Title: Re: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Qui-Gon Jim on October 9, 2015, 07:53 AM
FINALLY found a Chopper for my son in the 2-Pk with Zeb.  He is very excited!
Title: Re: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on October 9, 2015, 10:03 AM
FINALLY found a Chopper for my son in the 2-Pk with Zeb.  He is very excited!

I picked up that 2-pack as well.  I never opened the one carded Chopper that I got, which cost me about $25 on Amazon.  And I'm content to leave it on the card.  So I opened the 2-pack version.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 10, 2015, 07:25 PM
Now that we're done with the Wave 1 Desert/Snow wave, we are getting massive quantities of the Jungle/Space wave 1 assortment. I did use this as an opportunity to pick up another pair of First Order TIE Pilots to man the TRU exclusive TIE. Also grabbed another Captain Phasma since her upcoming armor-up figure comes with two sets of armor, I'll use this spare figure to display that extra armor.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on October 10, 2015, 09:07 PM
Saw tons of wave 2 at both my Wally's and grabbed a few of them.  Hux is the least fixable and Guavian guy is surprisingly neat to me.  He wasn't on my radar but glad I bought him.  Little alien and blue droid are fun filler.  General Huxtable I'm going to attempt to make him more fun but the legs are a lost cause.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on October 11, 2015, 05:12 PM
I had $ at TRU expiring so I stopped by today and they put out a new case of 2-packs so I got bb8 set for $2 and change. :)  Been a busy weekend.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on October 11, 2015, 06:21 PM
I was at Kroger and found a Force Awakens figure on markdown for $4.49 or something. It was Rey, but her eye paint was so terrible...really bad...I didn't get it.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Qui-Gon Jim on October 11, 2015, 09:30 PM
I had $ at TRU expiring so I stopped by today and they put out a new case of 2-packs so I got bb8 set for $2 and change. :)  Been a busy weekend.

Has anyone else noticed that these boxed figures can easily be opened, and then resealed?  It is a MOMC nightmare.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on October 11, 2015, 11:21 PM
Found BB-8 at TRU! They must have unloaded a fresh case because there were multiples of all of the 2 packs and they were just scattered around the shelf and not hanging on the pegs.

Also picked up a Finn because I saw one with a perfect paint job. There's something about Finn's costume that screams "generic OT background character" and I might snag more for customs.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on October 12, 2015, 02:31 AM
At least you can look and see you're not being ripped off.  Those Kmart exclusive 2-packs were a disaster waiting to happen.  Fortunately there didn't seem to be a lot of thefts with thwm.  I never got one (of many of all of them) that was tampered with.

I'm not a fan of the boxed stuff though.  In general it's my undersrandinf it's more costly and simpler packaging using blister cards are less $.

Anyway glad to get some stuff I actually DID want.  My  WM had to go through 3-4 cases of wv2 rhis weekend.  That's a lot in a couple days!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on October 12, 2015, 09:54 AM
I had $ at TRU expiring so I stopped by today and they put out a new case of 2-packs so I got bb8 set for $2 and change. :)  Been a busy weekend.

Has anyone else noticed that these boxed figures can easily be opened, and then resealed?  It is a MOMC nightmare.

Yep, I posted this in another thread a few weeks ago:

Saw all of these but the BB-8 set at TRU tonight.... and they had all been opened. ::) The only one that looked tampered with was the Vader/Ahsoka set, which didn't look like it had anything swapped out, but it still looked off. Passed on it all.

It was weird because the possibly tampered sets I saw didn't LOOK tampered, but the Vader/Ahsoka set had a E-11 blaster floating around near the feet, and the 3PO/R2 set had tape that had clearly been removed and put back into place. Thankfully the case I found yesterday didn't have any problems, but it is rather annoying to have to check stuff like that when you used to just have to do a quick check to see if the paint apps were decent.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 14, 2015, 02:19 AM
Scored the Toys R Us exclusive version of the First Order TIE Fighter today - looks like they got a case of them in - there was a total of four on the shelf - grabbed two of them - one to open and one to keep MIB. Not much different from the regular release, just the "sand/dust" paint app and then the TIE Pilot has the Elite Squadron vertical red stripes on his helmet. Kinda glad I picked up those two extra First Order TIE Pilots the other day so I could seat them in the cockpit and then display the TIE with the pack-in figure standing next to the TIE. While still 5POA figures, the First Order TIE Pilots with removeable helmets are superior figures over the single carded versions.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Phrubruh on October 14, 2015, 09:10 AM
Funny how the pack ins are better than the carded versions. I also saw those at TRU. My TRU actually restocked figures but only Finn, Rey and the constantable. No bad guys anywhere.

Found a really beat up 6" Chewie at Target. He looked like he needed a good home.

I could still use a Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma. I've never seen either at retail yet.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on October 14, 2015, 07:01 PM
If Finn Rey and the Constable are there, I thought that was an assortment that had the Flametrooper and someone else.  I saw it stocked somewhere...  No Kylo but I saw the Flametrooper and maybe Phasma in it I think?

Dollar General restocked heavy on Wave 1...  Kind of shocked at that.  K-Mart put out more Wave 1 too this week.

No clue how you get that free A-Wing because there's none out anywhere here, and nobody in the store knows anything about it, at all.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: P-Siddy on October 14, 2015, 07:40 PM
Got my TRU exclusive Snowtroopers today... without the stickers.  Look nice.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 16, 2015, 03:25 PM
Picked up the remaining 2-packs I needed today when my TRU restocked. I also scored a complete set of the Sarco Plank/Asty/First Order Snowtrooper wave.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Ben on October 17, 2015, 03:58 PM
Picked up Goss Toowers, PZ-4CO, Hux, and Guavian Enforcer at Blain's Farm & Fleet today. Their Toyland just opened, so.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on October 18, 2015, 07:26 AM
Picked up Atsy as well as the BB-8/Scavenger/Unkar's Thug 3-pack over the past couple of days.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on October 19, 2015, 12:15 AM
Snagged Phasma and Kylo while out of town over the weekend. First time I've seen them since Force Friday.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on October 19, 2015, 12:56 PM
Picked up a FO Snowtrooper and another FO Stormtrooper yesterday.  I really like how the Snowtrooper design harkens back to the Ralph McQuarrie concept art.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Rob on October 23, 2015, 05:42 PM
Found Atsy and Sarco Plank at TRU today.  It was a weird feeling finding new figures on the shelf when I wasn't expecting to.

Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 29, 2015, 03:50 AM
Hit up a 24-hour WalMart on my way home tonight (was around 2am) - came across THREE cases of the WalMart Black Series figures - of course it was all Wave 1 product - if it had been Wave 2 that would have been awesome...

I have NO IDEA how this store is going to get through 12 each of Luke, Chewie and Vader repacks... Here's hoping that a horrible Wave 1 doesn't "stock block" future waves...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Phrubruh on October 31, 2015, 01:21 PM
Picked up the BB8 3pack at TRU this morning.  ;D
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 31, 2015, 02:56 PM
Hit that same 24hr Walmart I referenced in my last post on the way home from work last night.

They were still sitting on a mountain of WM Black Series wave 1 figs, those aren't going anywhere - good luck getting Wave 2 at this store!

Anyway, among WAY too much Jurassic World toy boxes on a pallet was a lone Snow/Desert Wave 2 case - grabbed all of them so I could complete what I needed from that wave.

I keep thinking to myself "this is a movie year, this shouldn't be this hard..."
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Matt_Fury on November 1, 2015, 12:10 AM
I checked out my local WM and they had a ton of the Black Series wave 1 as well.  I'm hopeful to see Wave 2 at some point.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on November 1, 2015, 09:31 PM
I managed to get Hux, PZ-4CO and Goss Toowers for regular price ($7.99) each from Amazon today. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth Slothus on November 5, 2015, 11:09 AM
Saw some 12 inch FO Stormtrooper with ?ChickenWalker? pack-in. There was also a Poe Dameron with speeder bike. I hadn't seen these 12 inch figs with vehicles yet to this point. Anyways they couldnt be set because the store didnt have the mod set for it yet.

EDIT: there was also some kinda Kylo Ren lightsaber that was 29$ :o that also couldnt be set yet.

-Urb
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on November 5, 2015, 11:52 AM
Hasbro's 12" figure line looks terrible.  The only thing I feel like I can take from it is that some of the things offered in that line might eventually get offered in the 3.75" figure line.  I certainly hope that things like Poe in his Resistance uniform with the speeder bike will be offered in the Class 1 vehicle line at some point.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Brian on November 9, 2015, 05:05 PM
Picked up PZ, Guavian Enforcer, Goss, and Hux via HTS, so I think I'm sort of caught up now. I can't remember, do we know of any other announced figures at this point?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jeff on November 9, 2015, 05:13 PM
Picked up PZ, Guavian Enforcer, Goss, and Hux via HTS, so I think I'm sort of caught up now. I can't remember, do we know of any other announced figures at this point?

That info is still embargoed.  Online shops are taking pre-orders for Jungle/Space Wave 3 (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB3445c&id=JE-405087801) and Desert/Snow Wave 3 (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB3963C&id=JE-405087801), but they are not supposed to reveal contents yet...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on November 9, 2015, 07:05 PM
Gotta be a Han in there given his role in the trailers so far...  I'm anxious to see something new.  Anything really, haha. :)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Dave on November 10, 2015, 10:38 AM
Picked up PZ, Guavian Enforcer, Goss, and Hux via HTS, so I think I'm sort of caught up now. I can't remember, do we know of any other announced figures at this point?

That info is still embargoed.  Online shops are taking pre-orders for Jungle/Space Wave 3 (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB3445c&id=JE-405087801) and Desert/Snow Wave 3 (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB3963C&id=JE-405087801), but they are not supposed to reveal contents yet...

Do you know when the embargo is going to be lifted and we'll learn the contents of Wave 3?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jeff on November 10, 2015, 12:19 PM
If it hasn't been announced by now, it won't be until 12/18.  We'll probably have to wait for leaked cases to turn up in Asia to find out what's in them...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on November 11, 2015, 08:28 PM
Did some online shopping today...

Kohls.com -
2x of the Jungle Mission 5-pack
2x Guavian Enforcers

Hasbro Toy Shop -
2x of each of the other Jungle/Space Wave 2 figures

I'm SO tired of not finding this wave, the 20% off sale at HTS got me all but the Guavians for $65 - I'm totally fine with paying $6.50 each for the 5POA figures.

The Guavians I figure are going to be much harder so I didn't mind paying the Kohl's $10 price for each of them, I had $10 in Kohl's cash to use or loose so I applied that to the order and the way I see it, if I apply that to the two carded figures only, that brought them down to $5 each. The $40 pricetag for the 5-pack was a bit high considering it's all repaints/repacks, but not horrible.

With these purchases, I'm down to just future WalMart Black Series releases and the Wave 3 Jungle/Space/Desert/Snow figures...

Have there been any other regular release vehicles announced yet? I already have the WalMart White/Blue X-Wing and the EE Desert Scout Walker thing, so beyond those, the Nerf Falcon and the Force Friday vehicles, is there anything else on the vehicle side of things that's coming?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on November 12, 2015, 05:35 PM
I picked up the EE Exclusive 3.75" scale Desert Assault Walker with the FO Stormtrooper Commander from a local shop.  They have the EE distribution deal, and it's nice to not have to pay shipping. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on December 21, 2015, 01:59 AM
I have 2 WM stores in a relative close area (same highway, several exits apart), and a Target right by them.  All 3 got in a pile of TFA figures last week, and both WM stores have had lots of wave 1 4" TBS figs.

The Target and one WM are in higher traffic areas and the WM in particular is right by the mall I went to see TFA. 

Anyway, Target was picked pretty clean and only a couple of Hux and the PZ droid were left.  WM by the mall was down to Kanan, the little weird rebel alien ground crew guy x2, and not much else.  The TBS4" was down to Leia and a Chewbacca iirc.  The pegs were literally overflowing Thursday night after the movie let out.  Sunday, WM and Target were picked clean.

The WM which is a little further (10 mins or so) up the highway was still pretty well stocked with TFA figures but TBS4" was diminished.  They had a better general stock of ships, 2-packs, and basic figures in general but things were still well sold compared to early last week, and this store had gotten so much it was left on island displays even with no more shelf and peg space.

I gotta say, it's shocking how fast stores are being cleaned out.  It's Christmas time and the movie is onviously popular, but in a weekend, my stores went from stocked to the gills, to picked clean.  Hardly anything can be close to being called a pegwarmer.  Hux, maybe?  It's nutty out there.  If things sold like this in 99, or 02, we'd never have seen those big clearance gluts as the hype died down.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on December 21, 2015, 11:56 PM
Just dawned on me too, while Hasbro has restocked (and restocked) and continually sold out, Lego was devoid of toys this weekend...  The aisles were cleared out at WM and Target alike.  Yet, not quite the vitriol I'm reading online for Lego that I'm seeing for Hasbro.

 :-\
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jedi Idej on December 23, 2015, 09:15 PM
The EE exclusive deco desert assault vehicle at amazon now for ~$19. Eligible for free shipping. Don't see the EE sticker...for those into the packaging.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B015M68V9I/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1450918537&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=star+wars+entertainment+earth&dpPl=1&dpID=51eKwC6nzAL&ref=plSrch
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: 77Skywalker on January 3, 2016, 03:14 PM
For Christmas, I got only the elite series Finn (Jakku), Poe Dameron (Pilot) and Rey with BB-8 (with the lightsaber)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on January 19, 2016, 04:14 PM
Found the Hassk thug today at an area Walmart.  Must have missed Resistance Rey and Han Solo though. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on January 19, 2016, 06:01 PM
I am thinking Resistance Han + some ball joints + a KotCS head Indy will make a nice figure.  The holster works too, and I believe that coat is separately sculpted, so I'm pretty into Han since I'm not counting on a good version.

Resistance Rey isn't high on my give a **** list at the moment.  She had like 5 seconds in the outfit.  Her WM TBS4 figure is way cooler, obviously.

Hassk thug, I'd like a couple.  Anything weird like that deserves a spot on the shelf.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 30, 2016, 10:16 AM
I found the TRU exclusive Armor-up Poe. I had failed to notice that one was even out there to be had.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on January 30, 2016, 02:20 PM
I've been seeing those TRU exclusive Armor Up Poe's on a regular basis at stores near me.  If this was the only version of Poe available without his helmet, I would bite.  But there's the Black Series 3.75" version, plus the pack-in figure that comes with the Black Leader X-wing, and both of those figures feature removable helmets.  And with this figure the armor-up accessories really don't do it for me.

And the Captain Phasma, while a tougher figure to find, doesn't really offer up much that's different from the basic carded figure.  The whole notion of additional armor on an already armored figure seems frankly, a little silly.  The one upside to the armor-up Phasma is that the armor looks like it has a little more sparkle to it.  But I'm having a tough time justifying that purchase too, when there are indicators that WalMart is going to offer a 3.75" Black Series version in the next wave.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on January 30, 2016, 03:34 PM
I saw a bunch of TRU armor ups a few days ago, including Kylo, which I believe is the only version of Kylo so far to have no hood. I debated getting it to swap heads with my extra TBS Kylo but TRU wanted $17 for the armor up figures so I passed
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on January 30, 2016, 05:08 PM
Check Amazon if you want the Armor Up Kylo Ren.  I just got one for $12.50 with Prime Shipping, no tax just the other day.  TRU's prices have been a bitter pill to swallow.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 31, 2016, 10:07 AM
Didn't even know there was a Kylo Ren version. Will keep an eye out.

EDIT: Oh, I thought an exclusive TRU version was being mentioned there. As far as I can find, there are only two TRU exclusives - Poe and Phasma.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on January 31, 2016, 01:32 PM
I picked up a Hassk thug at Walmart. It's okay, the articulation kills it.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: JediJman on February 1, 2016, 09:31 AM
Correct - Armor up Ren is just part of the standard Armor Up line carried by everyone - not just TRU.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jayson on February 1, 2016, 10:01 AM
Scored Hassk Thug and the Sidon Ithano/Quiggold 2 pk today at Target.  8)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on February 1, 2016, 03:10 PM
No sign of the two packs near me yet but I grabbed the new Rey. Not too bad for 5poa. Now we need a Luke!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on February 1, 2016, 09:06 PM
Picked up Unkar, The Crimson Corsair pack, the Snap/SnowTrooper pack and the Finn Stormtrooper today.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on February 2, 2016, 12:51 AM
Anxious for the 2-pack of aliens and the furry dude.  Love alien randomness of any articulation style.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on February 2, 2016, 04:39 PM
One of Unkar's forearms swivels so we are up to 6poas! Woo-hoo!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on February 2, 2016, 09:06 PM
Nice actually.  Hey they're creeping it back up.

Again, I'd drop $10-per if they'd get back to 07 levels of articulation...  Some get, some don't.  Most get at least extra elbow/wrist or knee, or even angle-cut elbows, wrists, and ball jointed knees and leaving it at that.

I'm ok without waist or ankle articulation if ankles/feet are sculpted flat, and I'd think a single-piece PVC torso with a ball jointed head is easier/cheaper to make.

I just want better than we've had.  SA is nice, but it's never been a necessity to me on anything but the mainest of the mains, and Stormies.

At shows, I still buy the 06 DSG, AT-AT Driver, etc.  They're great figures.  Simple, have nice features and accessories, and they're really not SA, but they're nicely poseable.  They can sit, stand, "walk", hold a weapon 2-handed...  That's all ya really need.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on February 8, 2016, 01:20 PM
I was happy to find Ezra's Speeder Bike at Target finally at lunch today. Decent update to the figure. LOVE the speeder.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on February 17, 2016, 02:02 PM
Found a Han Solo today. And I have to say, the hair on this figure is way too brown. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on February 19, 2016, 05:03 PM
Picked up the Fifth Brother Inquisitor, Tasu Leech and Admiral Ackbar today.  The sculpt on Tasu Leech is pretty good.  And I'm definitely liking Ackbar!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: JediJman on February 19, 2016, 07:00 PM
Nice finds.  What retailer are you finding new stuff at?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on February 20, 2016, 06:54 AM
New 3.75" basic figures at WalMart.  Armor Up at TRU.  But at $14.99 each, TRU can keep the Armor Up figures.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 24, 2016, 07:43 AM
Finally scored the Han/Rey/Hassk Thug and Rex/Unkar Plutt/FN-2187 waves this week. The Han wave was at Target and the Unkar wave was at WalMart.

Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on February 24, 2016, 08:38 AM
I saw the new Han last night...first new figure I've seen in months. I can't seem to catch a break on Rex or the 5th Brother though, have been looking everywhere for those two. Every time I see counts change on Brickpicker I race out only to find it was another old wave.  >:(
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on February 24, 2016, 10:33 AM
Watching Amazon has finally paid off.  Managed to get Rebels Rex, Unkar Plutt and Stormtrooper Finn there for $7.99 each.  Also got Resistance Rey and the Snap Wexley 2-pack in a store this morning. 
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on February 28, 2016, 06:41 PM
Grabbed a Tasu Leech yesterday at Walmart in the Boston area. Someone had already grabbed Ackbar unfortunately.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 29, 2016, 08:45 AM
Grabbed a Tasu Leech yesterday at Walmart in the Boston area. Someone had already grabbed Ackbar unfortunately.

Had a similar experience this morning on my way into work - found the remnants of the Ackbar wave - mainly Tasu Leech and the Fifth Brother, which I grabbed.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Darth_Anton on March 15, 2016, 01:16 AM
Picked up the Sidon Ithono 2-pack because the figures look pretty darn cool.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Ben on March 15, 2016, 10:05 PM
Finally found Han tonite at Target. At this rate, I should see Ackbar around the time the Rogue One toys drop.
Title: Re: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on March 16, 2016, 10:28 AM
I finally decided I was sick of trying to find another Fifth Brother to open so I grabbed one off HTS just now. Still in stock if you need it.

Happy to not obsess over this guy anymore.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Nicklab on March 16, 2016, 11:08 AM
I picked up the WalMart exclusive Resistance X-wing yesterday.  I wish they could have made a functional droid socket with this vehicle, because the color scheme really lends itself to more pilots that just Poe Dameron.  Those markings work for pilots like Snap Wexley, Nien Nunb and Jess Pava.  And it was an X-wing just like this one that was in one of my favorite shots of the film.  It was very much like the gun camera style shot, like one out of TOP GUN, mounted on the fuselage of the fighter as it was rolling in on an attack run.
Title: Re: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on March 16, 2016, 09:54 PM
I finally decided I was sick of trying to find another Fifth Brother to open so I grabbed one off HTS just now. Still in stock if you need it.

Happy to not obsess over this guy anymore.

I was sick and tired of not finding this way PERIOD - I grabbed all three off HTS last week, used the SPRING16 promo code and got them with free shipping and less than $6.99 each.

Very glad to be down to just the unmasked Kylo Ren wave in the 5POA BAW line...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jedi Idej on March 18, 2016, 09:41 PM
Stopped by a big-ish local toy store last Saturday. They must have just stocked. Finally came across a Phasma; pleasantly shocked to find Tasu Leech, Fifth Brother, and Ackbar; and rounded it off with the Luke that I never bothered with until now. A nice side trip with the exception of my niece and nephew guilting me into buying them something.  :P

Found Ithano/Quiggold and Snowtrooper/Wexley 2-packs at a Target a day later.

Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: 77Skywalker on March 28, 2016, 08:37 PM
I recently got only the Black Series figure of Poe Dameron.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: indysolo007 on March 31, 2016, 01:24 PM
At this point I'm officially caught up. I ended up buying a second stormtrooper squad leader the other day. Just waiting on Takodana to hit.

(http://forum.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/500/image850.jpeg)
(http://forum.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/500/image849.jpeg)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on April 5, 2016, 06:38 PM
I was able to buy Captain & Taneal off Hasbro's Ebay store, so that was nice.  It was one of the few things I REALLY actually wanted to own.

I would like the squad leader Stormie and the unmasked Kylo (to custom up one of my good Kylo figures from Wal-Mart).

Looking at the rest of the stuff I don't have, I don't think I'll care much then if I don't get it.  TVC Nein Numb is all the Numb I Nein, and Tassu Leech I'd like, but meh.

I'm still on the fence TRYING to custom a Han.  I want one, but the headsculpt is so-so to me, and he's gonna be a bear to add articulation to I'm afraid.  But I really really want an articulated TFA Han.  :-\

May buy a couple more Hassk's if I see them.  I dig those guys for some reason.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on April 27, 2016, 08:20 AM
As of this post, the unmasked Kylo Ren wave is available on Hasbro Toy Shop...

Kylo Ren - http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-b6949as00
Nien Nunb - http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-b6951as00
Stormtrooper Squad Leader - http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-b6950as00

I took advantage of the availability and ordered what I needed just to be done with this wave since finding things locally has been an absolute joke as of late.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on April 27, 2016, 09:29 AM
Thanks for the heads up, Pete... Kylo sold out while I had one in my cart though. ::)

Was able to grab the Heavy Armor Stormtrooper and Unkar Plutt, plus a 6 inch ANH Luke. The hunt continues for unmasked Kylo, Han and Ackbar I guess.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: JediJman on April 27, 2016, 10:42 AM
Nice pics Indy!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on May 5, 2016, 09:40 AM
I finally caved and got an Armor Up Kylo Ren yesterday. I plan on putting the head and scarf on my spare Black Series Kylo, just need to sand down the neck peg on the Black Series Kylo and hope it doesn't have too much of a peahead look.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Ben on May 5, 2016, 04:44 PM
Picked up Rey's Speeder at WM for $13. That feels like all it's worth, honestly.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on May 6, 2016, 05:51 PM
Got home to find some stuff I had ordered waiting for me - among the stuff was my HTS order of the Nien Nunb/Unmasked Kylo Ren/Stormtrooper Squad Leader wave.

I bought three of each figure, one to keep MOC and two of each to open - they threw all 9 figures into a box with ZERO packaging/padding in the box, tossed in the order summary sheet and taped up the box - and shipped it just like that.

Thankfully there is one of each figure that I can accept as the one I'm going to keep MOC, but if all 9 had come completely smashed, I would have been super pissed - I haven't ordered from HTS in a while, but the last time I did, I could have sworn that they put in at least SOME packaging materials with the stuff to keep it semi-protected.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Rob on May 6, 2016, 11:46 PM
Got Unkar Plutt today. Did I leave the film with an inaccurate impression of his size or is this figure way too small??
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Muftak on May 7, 2016, 12:06 AM
Got Unkar Plutt today. Did I leave the film with an inaccurate impression of his size or is this figure way too small??

He stands on a platform in his booth to give the impression of height. Like Louie DePalma in Taxi. Simon Pegg is 5' 10".

Here's Unkar next to Rey and JJ at Maz's castle with no platform:

(http://blog.screenweek.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Unkar-Plutt.jpg)

So the figure is correct height-wise. I just wish the sculpt of the face was movie-accurate, as opposed to based on the costume (see above) that got heavily CG'ed.

EDIT: The more I look at that picture, is it JJ Abrams or Louis Tully from Ghostbusters?
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Rob on May 7, 2016, 10:56 AM
Cool, thanks.  That's kind of what I figured - but between his height in his kiosk, and then only really seeing a giant hand holding small child Rey's hand, and then the camera angle when he's yelling about the Falcon, I left the movie with the impression that he was about 7 feet tall.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on May 7, 2016, 02:01 PM
I found FN-2187 the other day. Still need a handful of 5POA figures and I can be done with the line.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: JediJman on May 9, 2016, 12:24 PM
EDIT: The more I look at that picture, is it JJ Abrams or Louis Tully from Ghostbusters?

He is the Key Master!
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Pete_Fett on May 10, 2016, 12:55 AM
Found the Takodana battle-pack (or whatever the correct term for it is) tonight at my local Target. I don't know why I was expecting the box to be bigger, but I almost overlooked it due to it's small size. Glad to be "done" with the 5POA line for the moment...
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Phrubruh on June 8, 2016, 09:34 AM
Picked up Ackbar, Fifth Brother and the asian pirate guy at Disneyland last night.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on June 8, 2016, 09:49 PM
Found Goss Toowers, Sarco Plank and Atsy at Wal-Mart.

Whoo-hoo.  :P



Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on June 30, 2016, 12:23 PM
Amazon has 5POA TFA Han in stock... for $16. I bought one. :'(

I used some Discover Reward points to take a few bucks off, but I've spent far more than that looking around for the figure over the last few months, so it's good to be done.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on July 6, 2016, 09:13 AM
Finally got a Resistance Rey from Amazon as well. I paid $10 for both the Rey and the Han, but beats the 3rd party prices online, and it's nice to have those unicorns finally out of the way since they are clearly not going to be shipping to my area.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on July 7, 2016, 03:54 PM
Poe's white X-Wing is $25 at wal-mart here.

Remaining regular figures were $6.50. Still more than I'd pay (at least for that peg warmer lot). BUT I'M ONE OF THE CHEAPSKATES WHO RUINED THE HOBBY. Or something.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on September 24, 2016, 12:22 AM
Odd thrift store find, the build a weapon part from the Resistance Trooper, in a bin of 3 for 25 cents toys.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Jesse James on September 24, 2016, 04:47 PM
Waiting for clearance is 'murica.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on October 9, 2016, 06:31 PM
$2 Inquisitor (yeah, the FIFTH BROTHER....I wish...it was grand inquisitor) at another Meijer, only other figs left were a pair of ZUVIOS. If you Constable the heat, get your butt outta the clearance rack!


Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Diddly on November 14, 2016, 09:06 PM
For some reason my Target put out a case of the Unmasked Kylo/Nein Numb/Heavy Gunner Trooper wave... I've never seen it so I can't complain too much. I snagged one of the Unmasked Kylos so I can headswap with the ultimate kitbash I made with the Rogue One/Black Series Kylo.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: 77Skywalker on January 2, 2017, 08:35 PM
Before the new year struck, I then had picked up one First Order Stormtrooper.
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: McMetal on July 21, 2017, 08:05 AM
Didn't know where else to stick this comment, so Ill throw it out here. I finally broke down and picked up the GH Ghost set when it hit $15 here at Target. It's a pretty underrated toy, IMO. Yeah, it's too small, but other than that it is a pretty good rendering of the ship. And it fires actual missiles, not NERF darts. It fits right in on my display shelf next to the Phantom.

Anyway, it'll do til we get a properly scaled version. (Someday!)
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on September 23, 2017, 01:04 PM
I went to a Mom2Mom sale (audience laughs)...at a nearby rec center because they mentioned Star Wars toys. I paid a buck entry fee and yeah, found some stuff.

First Order TIE missing pilot and missiles for $5 and a FO snowspeeder (missing the launcher's stand base) with the snowtrooper  (no gun or pauldron) for $3.

And some $1 loose figures that aren't FA, so they cannot be mentioned here.  :P
Title: Re: Recents Finds and/or Purchases
Post by: Scockery on March 30, 2018, 07:08 PM
Weeks ago I got the last 3 Force Awakens figures, all Goss Toowers, for 78 cents each at Toys R Us.