Yeah, those results blow my mind too.  It just goes to show you that the folks at most of the "adult" oriented collecting sites online aren't at all representative of the overall voting pool.  Blech.

Not surprising at all to see that Bespin Guard in the last place slot.  That was only (originally) included since folks were hoping for the black variant.  When Hasbro accepted that vote, then changed their mind, to only include the ****** POTJ version, they should've just pulled that horrid choice out of the lineup altogether, and given the spot to a more deserving choice.

Nice to see R3 finish in the Top 10, and a bit surprising since that figure apparently finished 21st in the original vote, and only squeeked in there when the VOTC Han got ditched at the last second.  I still can't believe how low the VOTC Stormie finished.  That's really the best indicator on who's voting for this ****.  People (mostly kids) want boatloads of Prequel/EU army building Clones, but not the ultimate OT army builder.  Go figure. 

As far as EB Chewie's terrible finish, I'm guessing that the voting majority were just completely unaware of the differences with this Chewie, so they weren't even remotely inclined to vote for it, just seeing it as another rehash/re-release.  Equally ****** and surprising finish for Blue Snag.  In fact, come to think of it, based on these other results from the OT based figures, I'm pretty perplexed as to how Zev managed to do so well, when all of his OT counterparts stunk the joint up.

****** poll.

R5-X2 is in Stock

I just checked my order status at SWS.com, and apparently both of my droids have already shipped out.  $91+ for four astromechs.  Puke.

Happy birthday, Jess.  Hope you're having a great day...

- M

Congrats on making yourself feel bad. 

Thank you.  I try. 

I wish you hadn't made me actually verify things though.  I felt better not specifically knowing.  But I felt bad long before I saw your post...  Somewhere between the second (fourth) wave of Legends and Wave 6 of TAC, probably. 

So, anyone know the deal with the clean white paldron Sandie? That's a surprise.

You mean like this one, that CHEWIE just found...?



Yep, looks like a definite (intentional) variant there.  I dig the fact that they're making the Sandies both clean and dirty.  I'm guessing they'll do a clean one for every color that they're doing a dirty one for.  Twice the variants, for double the cost.  But will it ever end?!?  Oy.  Makin' my head spin, all this stuff is...

Outside of a few reports, I have not heard about Traget getting anything in stock. WM now is up 3 waves on Target.

Being in the same area as you, I'm definitely seeing the same thing, and it's really odd since Target usually kicks WMs ass around SoCal.  But for whatever reason, they've been totally high and dry for the last couple months around here, with only a brief glimpse of a few Wave 4 figures here and there, along with hardly any of the new Legends stuff.  In the meantime, WM is completely flooded with waves 4, 5 & 6, and all the new Legends figures.  So they're really up about 5 waves, if you include the Legends line too.

I hate this, because I'm a huge Target supporter, and prefer to do ALL of my SW shopping there.  I absolutely abhor WM, and it completely disgusts me every time I step into that store.  But aside from the lack of any new SW inventory, Target as a store still wipes the floor with WM, which is the most repulsive environment a shopper could possibly step into.  As far as employees and customer service, I think it's night and day between the two of them as well.  Try returning a couple figures to both stores and see what happens.  At Target, you're in and out in 15 seconds with no line, and maybe a few minutes if there is a line.  At WM, it takes nearly 5 minutes with no line (with their ridiculously antiquated returns system), and if there is a line, forget it.  You're looking at nearly an hour sometimes.

Anyway, I better just shut up or I'll go on and on about the differences between these two stores for hours.  One thing's for sure, as soon as Target finally gets some new figures in, my Waves 4, 5 & 6, and Legends figures that I bought at WM, are all getting returned to WM.  I hate supporting that ****hole.

Yeah, glad to finally see you pop on over here to JD, Chris!  Like Dale said, it was fun hangin' out with you guys at C4.  Good luck with your Hasbro fire sale, and we look forward to chatting with you around the boards here... 

- M

P.S.  Roger's already here, just rather infrequently.

Yeah, I agree.  While the character/outfit of the VOTC Lando may be rather boring, IMO Hasbro did as good a job as they could with the figure, and in that respect I think it turned out great.  No complaints.  Same can be said for the Smuggler version, I think.  Boring outfit, but it looks like the figure's turned out pretty nice.  I haven't seen one yet, so I can't comment on the articulation, but otherwise I dig it, and am stoked to finally be able to cross that figure off my wants list after all these years.

As for the Torture Rack accuracy, as a basic figure pack-in accessory, I really can't complain.  If this figure was in a deluxe line where the TR (and pricepoint) were more of a factor, I'd probably be willing to nitpick it a bit more.  That said, I'm all for accuracy, and would love to get another TR later on down the line, perhaps in the aforementioned Deluxe line, where I pay a little more to hopefully get a bit more detail and accuracy on the accessory.  But for the time being, this one will do just fine.  Again, I'm just thrilled to finally get this piece and cross it off the wants list of many years!

Can't believe this wave is already out.  Waves 4, 5, and 6 have come in a complete blur.  I only found Wave 5 a few days ago (wave 4 maybe 3 weeks ago), and now 6 is suddenly here.  At this pace, we'll be half way through the 2008 line before 2007 is over...