I was ready to pounce on this and the two new pre-orders. I reminded myself last night and when I woke this morning. When that 1pm ET (10am Pacific where I'm at) hit... I forgot.  But 2 hours later when I was reminded of the pre-orders after seeing related threads here, I was able to order without a problem. <relief> The world is (almost) OK again.

Hasbro needs to smooth out their real person verification setup. Like many, I had to jump back to the main page and redo the buying steps. It was a little hairy for a while, thinking an item (or all) would be snagged out of my cart before I could pay. I genuinely appreciate their attempt at purchasing fairness, though.

Not so with most of their buying steps. It was clunky at first, but after months with no improvements, I would classify it as LAME.

Picked up a couple of Plazir-15 Bo-Katan at Ross for custom fodder. (There was also a Fern and 4x Andor for those into into Black Series.) I figured I'd try my luck at another Ross on the way home. Nadda. Oh, well.

Same. I got tired of repeatedly checking Disney's online store to see if they replenished. We can't always expect Rob to overpay on the secondary market just so toys flow freely our way.   

5000!?  Wowza. I'm readying for a move. Random duplicate figures turn up in every non-collection box and nook-and-cranny like tribbles. Impressive how well you've organized 5000.

Short interview with Tony Gilroy on Hollywood Reporter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andor-finale-twists-tony-gilroy-interview-1236212162/

On Kino Loy's absence, Gilroy said anything he wrote bringing back the character would have minimized Serkis' performance and what they accomplished in S1.

Gilroy sees the sister being more valuable as a "deficit" in Cassian's life. Voids in Andor's life drives him and Gilroy didn't want to fill that hole.

Gilroy assumed Andor was merely repeating the phrase "rebellions are built on hope" from previous movies. His son, a Star Wars fan, said it was never uttered that way, so Gilroy wrote it in as something he picked up from the hotel clerk.

I totally forgot about this, also, until several hours later. Lots of "real" world distractions. Maybe in a week things will calm down enough for me to go ape shi*. 😃

Which one of you took the last Kenobi and 3-pack?   

I guess I got to keep yrying and hope they're back in stock. 

I forgot that Kenner Hammerhead wore blue. The set is a buy for me. Now I don't have to repaint extra figures to get modern day versions of the POTF releases.

Bring on TVC figs of the Uzay bootlegs!