2017 Droid Factory Sandcrawler Playset

[Darth_Anton]

Sadly, I'm a bit underwhelmed by this set as a whole. Paint app aside which I think is universally panned, it seems a squashed and I think more can have been done with the interior.

[GrandMoffNick]

Saw these for $100 at a Disney Store today

[Jesse James]

Was that an outlet store Nick, or a regular one?

[GrandMoffNick]

Was that an outlet store Nick, or a regular one?

Regular

[Darth_Anton]

Saw these for $100 at a Disney Store today

Not sure why all the park exclusives aren't sold at the Disney stores. Wonder how the sales numbers justify their decisions either way.

[GrandMoffNick]

Saw these for $100 at a Disney Store today

Not sure why all the park exclusives aren't sold at the Disney stores. Wonder how the sales numbers justify their decisions either way.

I would love to know that too.

[Nicklab]

I have to wonder if Disney ordered another production run of the Sandcrawler after it appeared in The Mandalorian?  They already had the tooling, so why not get it out to stores, too?

[Jeff]

Not sure why all the park exclusives aren't sold at the Disney stores.

When the Droid Factory stuff was released, Disney went on record saying that certain Star Wars merchandise created for Disney Parks was primarily intended to offer experiences/shopping you can’t find anywhere outside Disney Parks.  When you go there on vacation, they want you to find stuff in the Parks that you've never seen before - can't do that if all the stuff in the park is the same as the stuff in your local Disney Store.

Some stuff does eventually make it on-line or out to Disney Stores, but not everything will.  Disney has said that most of the Galaxy Edge stuff will stay in that park for the experience for quite some time.



In other news, if you don't have the sandcrawler yet, you can grab it on ShopDisney right now and use DISNEYPAL to get 25% off your order.

[Jesse James]

And it’s kinda cool, tame paint job aside.  It makes a nice droid display area.

I’ve never understood why they don’t release the Starspeeder in the other decos.  I’d buy a yellow or blue one in a heartbeat.  It’s still one of the best toys for Star Wars figures ever.  Imho it’s far cooler than the barge.

[Darth_Anton]

Not sure why all the park exclusives aren't sold at the Disney stores.

When the Droid Factory stuff was released, Disney went on record saying that certain Star Wars merchandise created for Disney Parks was primarily intended to offer experiences/shopping you can’t find anywhere outside Disney Parks.  When you go there on vacation, they want you to find stuff in the Parks that you've never seen before - can't do that if all the stuff in the park is the same as the stuff in your local Disney Store.

Some stuff does eventually make it on-line or out to Disney Stores, but not everything will.  Disney has said that most of the Galaxy Edge stuff will stay in that park for the experience for quite some time.

Thanks for that explanation.