Agreed.  I can see how local marketing reps would work their way through stores in order to manually clear out some old stock.  But when those chains have backstock of older figures in their warehouses, then it's a more substantial problem.

Yeah, I found at least 3 cases of Wave 6 at a store today.  It's definitely frustrating.  But I made up for that by finding the TVC tauntaun today, too.  Not happy about that price tag though.

So, I DIDN'T see this set today at Target.  But I did see the shelf tag.  So, both this tauntaun AND the landspeeder both have the same DCPI number, and as a result of that both are priced at $24.99.  When I saw that things started to click on the price front.

Personally, I think both should be priced at $19.99.  But then there's the whole shelfspace / box size issue.  Plus, they're exclusives.  That may explain Target's methodology here.  But then I remember just how much the SAGA Landspeeder cost and it wasn't even $19.99.  And at $24.99 I passed on the new TVC landspeeder.  I probably WILL buy this new Luke Skywalker tauntaun because of the new sculpt.  But I'm much more concious of how it is a bit overpriced.

Q&A around the time of industry events where the Hasbro Star Wars team will be making presentations are tricky.  There are things they want to hold so they can reveal them at the event, and there are also plenty of questions that might be rendered pointless after said presentations.  It keeps the sites from looking a little foolish in the process.

In the grand scheme of things, Hasbro probably should not have scheduled sessions immediately around NY Comic Con.  That seems to be an error on their part.  But this sort of thing just makes them look bad.  Hopefully the next round of Q&A will be a bit more meaningful.

He dressed like Michael Jackson.

If nothing else, it looks like they both had the same wig maker.

Wake up, zombie thread!

I saw the cover art for this book at the Del Rey books booth at NYCC.  It's a throwback to a shot from TESB, with Vader kneeling before the hologram of the Emporer.  But in this illustration it's Sidious kneeling before the oversized visage of Darth Plagueis.  And he's still a Muun, too.



Amazon now has it listed for a January, 2012 release.

Nuke the Fridge.com is reporting Sam Witwer is voicing Darth Maul.

I reported last april from the Pittsburgh Comic Con that Sam was voicing a character in upcoming Clone Wars episodes.

http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1303172652,28554,


Thanks,
Jim

Frankly, I think that news sucks.

Peter Serafinowicz originally voiced Darth Maul for TPM.  And he's developed a pretty solid rep as a comedic actor in both the UK and the US since then.  His twitter feed alone is HILARIOUS!  I'm very disappointed that he didn't get the gig.