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Title: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: iFett on May 25, 2007, 06:44 PM
Scum has a pic of her (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=http://www.rebelscum.com/c4/c4hasbropresentation/IMG_2664.jpg)
Title: Re: R2-KT
Post by: Dressel Rebel on May 25, 2007, 06:45 PM
An easy pass, something that's very rare in 30 AC for me.
Title: Re: R2-KT
Post by: evenflow on May 25, 2007, 06:48 PM
An easy pass, something that's very rare in 30 AC for me.

Its for charity, even if you are not interested, give it another thought.

I am buying one.
Title: Re: R2-KT
Post by: Jesse James on May 25, 2007, 07:10 PM
I'll buy one...  It's one of those things I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about, haha, but yeah a pink astromech is different so I like it enough as a toy...  It's for charity too, that's a positive obviously as well. 
Title: Re: R2-KT
Post by: Dressel Rebel on May 25, 2007, 07:11 PM


Its for charity, even if you are not interested, give it another thought.



I might warm up to it for a tax deduction.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Jeff on May 25, 2007, 10:21 PM
I will gladly pick up two.  I love Astromechs and I love the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  :)

I guess I'll use ot for an Ep1 "handmaiden droid" or something...
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Reid on May 25, 2007, 10:44 PM
If this is available on HTS or SWS I might get it.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Jesse James on May 26, 2007, 01:51 AM
I've found the astro figures I cannot really place in a display particularlly, I tend to move right to the Rebels.  What I may do then is see if someday I whip up a female Rebel Pilot and give her the pink droid as her cohort...  I think that'd work.

Reid, they're to be available at both outlets actually, during SD Comic-Con... 
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Blackwolf13 on May 26, 2007, 01:54 AM
These are for a good cause so I'll definitely get at least one. I'm sure my daughter would dig one as well.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Artoo on May 26, 2007, 03:21 PM
I'd buy one, I may use it as a character in a PN.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Paul on May 27, 2007, 08:51 AM
These are for a good cause so I'll definitely get at least one. I'm sure my daughter would dig one as well.

These were exactly my thoughts.  Finally a droid that my daughter won't have to ask "Is this one a boy or a girl?"....R2 D2 will finally get his masculinity back..

And I am right there with Jeff..Make a Wish is something that deserves all the help it can get. 

So I'm down for 3 at least.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: David on May 27, 2007, 03:23 PM
I'll get two if possible, a charity fig is a nice thought, and the pink droid would work well in a dio or something.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: jedi_master_sal on May 28, 2007, 01:19 PM
I'm getting three at least. One carded, one loose to display and one for my Pink 5 diorama....ok that last one is a stretch, but seriously I'm down for two at least and might buy more for toy donations.

It is charity afterall and I WON'T be looking for this as a tax deduction either. No offense to the person who said that, but personally for me, if I'm buying figures for the tax deduction, something is wrong with me. I'm of the belief that if you do something for chairty it's not because you get something out of it, it's what you can GIVE. (That being said we are getting something out of this in the form of a figure, so I won't look to get even more in the form of a deduction. Again I really mean no offense to that poster, I'm looking at this from my perspective for me personally, not anyone else. I just wanted to get my viewpoint out on it thought as well.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Nicklab on May 28, 2007, 07:59 PM
This is a truly heartbreaking story and I think it's a great gesture on Hasbro's part to donate $100,000 to Make-A-Wish and create this figure in Katie's honor.  I spoke with the Hasbro people on this and they will not be making any money off of this piece.  It's nice to see that their hearts are in the right place.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Diddly on May 29, 2007, 02:10 AM
I suppose I'll try to get one but I'm not going to break my neck over it. Hopefully Hasbro doesn't cheap out on the plastic like they've been doing with recent astromechs.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: Brian on May 29, 2007, 08:59 AM
I'll pick up at least one, maybe two.  Its for a good cause, and with a baby girl on the way this summer, this can be her first Star Wars figure :P.  My wife was even excited about it when I told her about it.
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: ruiner on May 29, 2007, 09:42 AM
It's a neat idea and I'm glad LFL allowed them to do it.

Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: stormie on May 29, 2007, 03:47 PM
Yeah, this is an awesome idea. And maybe it's the mopey sap in me, or the fact I have two little girls of my own, but just reading about this makes me all teary and want to buy every last one of these pink R2s.  :'(
Title: Re: 2007 SDCC Exclusive R2-KT
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on May 30, 2007, 01:42 PM
There is no way I am passing ont his one. It means too much. How could you not give in...
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Brian on July 30, 2007, 10:50 AM
R2-KT is currently in stock at HTS.com - its under the "exclusive-Other" menu in the Star Wars section.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: iFett on July 30, 2007, 12:12 PM
She's gone  >:(
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Morgbug on July 30, 2007, 04:28 PM
I can't imagine she'll stay gone very long.  Truthfully, I'm a little baffled at the notion of a limit on these anyway.  I'm operating, perhaps wrongly, under the impression a portion of the sales goes to charitable sources, so why limit this in any way?  Couldn't they just put up the statement if these are out of stock, be patient, it will remain available online at varying times until everyone who wants one has one?  I can see creating demand (aka pissing off collectors) with the McQ pair, but isn't the intent of this figure a little more noble than profit? 

I ordered my two this morning, but would have ordered three so my daughter could have one too.  Geez, I'd probably have ordered a bunch more to give to all the kids living on my street, given it's a way of donating to a good cause.  Bizarre little world we live in. 
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Nicklab on July 30, 2007, 04:45 PM
Hasbro is NOT profitting on the R2-KT figure at all.  Derryl DePriest explained this to me at C4.  They made the $100,000 donation and sales of the figure are just going towards covering the costs of producing the figure.  Hasbro could not legally state that all proceeds were going to charity, but they are not profitting on this figure at all.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Darth_Anton on July 31, 2007, 09:43 AM
I'm glad it's selling out, however, I can't wait to see this charitable item being scalped on the secondary market. >:(
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Ook on July 31, 2007, 07:01 PM
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=414132
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: MetalJedi on July 31, 2007, 07:20 PM
I'm glad it's selling out, however, I can't wait to see this charitable item being scalped on the secondary market. >:(

The scalping already happened at SDCC. Some tool had a few of them for $35 bucks each at his booth. Real nice marking up a charity item.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Scott on July 31, 2007, 07:55 PM
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=414132
Thanks Ook, missed this one yesterday.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: BrentS on July 31, 2007, 08:21 PM
Just got one ordered.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: jadesfire on July 31, 2007, 08:43 PM
Ohh-thanks for the link!! I finally got one  :D
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: iFett on July 31, 2007, 11:37 PM
Thank god for a site actually putting up a charitable item and keeping it in stock for longer than 3 minutes...Here here!!   ::)
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Darth_Anton on August 1, 2007, 09:27 AM
I opened mine up yesterday. My kids (both girls) really love the color.

Wish I had heard about the card varient while I was at the con. I might have looked for one of each.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: solrac on August 1, 2007, 10:23 AM
what card varient?...
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: ruiner on August 1, 2007, 10:33 AM
I think I'll wait (even though I want to support the cause).

Six dollar shipping on a $10 figure is hard to swallow.

Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Ook on August 1, 2007, 05:24 PM
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=414132
Thanks Ook, missed this one yesterday.

Just got one ordered.

Ohh-thanks for the link!! I finally got one  :D

Glad you guys scored! :)
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Darth_Anton on August 2, 2007, 09:29 AM
what card varient?...

Apparently there's two different trading cards. One with the Droid, the other with Katie.
Title: R2 KT
Post by: Else20 on May 13, 2008, 12:39 PM
Does anyone know where I can find a R2 KT?

THX.
Title: Re: SDCC 501st Legion R2-KT
Post by: Keonobi on May 13, 2008, 01:15 PM
I've seen them go for pretty much what they originally sold for $10, on ebay.  Plus 4 or 5 bucks shipping, but I had to pay atleast that to get it from Hasbro originally...  Someone, found a couple at a TJ Maxx a couple months ago.