Been seeing that there is a variant of The Child hitting retail stores, with the collar and cuffs of its robe having a different paint job (slightly lighter beige). Guess I have to track this one down.

I wouldn't mind the slow shipping from EE if they didn't charge so much for it. I think a case of figures I preordered will cost nearly $20 to ship. That's the same amount I can spend to get items FedEx'd from Japan in 4 days!

Saw on Twitter that the Yoda is a completely new figure with more articulation, so I'd go for any option with Yoda outside of the backback.

Yeah no announcements on any of this stuff and the preorders are gone, likely to bots/scalpers. Really frustrating for real collectors.

That said, I have zero doubt that this will sit at stores for months after the initial shipment. The price guarantees that no casuals will pick it up, so I think anyone who wants one will get a shot. At least I hope so. The last year's worth of Target exclusives never even showed up at any of my local stores.

https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2020/07/20/rumor-confirmed-hasbro-pulse-exclusive-wampa-revealed/

$29.99 in vintage packaging. Need to wait and see if there are any major differences between this and the 2014 Wampa from the Luke 2 pack before ordering, since I was lucky enough to grab that one.

Quote from: JediJman on July 17, 2020, 02:44 PM

I'm also super frustrated with how Hasbro is releasing this stuff.  I've always been against exclusives from the start, but now adding in that you have 10-15 minutes to order or you miss out is a massive joke.   Great business model.   

One thing that has really helped me is to follow Jayson's Yak Face Twitter account.  I do almost nothing on Twitter, but one of the few things I do is follow Yak Face so that as soon as pre-orders are up he sends out a tweet and if I'm not totally off the grid usually manage to get in my order.

Jayson is a godsend for news and links and such. I don't know how he does it. Other great resources are Reddit (r/starwarscollecting and r/actionfigures) plus the various Reddit Discords.

If anyone knows how to use Discord, or wants to learn, PM me and I can send you an invite to the Star Wars Collecting Discord.

It's not much, but it at least helps you get a sense of when this stuff is available so you have a fighting chance

Only 3 figures on this entire "Walmart Collector Con" page are even showing up, and everything is out of stock. What a joke.