Just found one tonight-- it's really impressive.  The wings are the same old.  The body is totally redone-- you'll notice the screw holes are gone.  While the center pod looks similar to the old one, even the ejector buttons have been retooled.  It's basically a whole new middle, and extremely impressive with all the detail  you could hope for in a TIE Interceptor interior. The ejector seat has painted red light elements on it and a clip "seat belt," so it's really cool.  It's a crying shame they stopped short of making it a legitimate toy, with the ability to, you know, eject.  At $50 it's obviously meant to be a toy collectible, which makes me wonder why they don't just go the extra mile and drop the ejecting wings too.

...it is worth noting that this is simply the most gorgeous TIE Interceptor toy I've ever had the pleasure of owning, and I own many.

Neat, but the $50 price tag feels like we're paying an aftermarket price for a brand-new toy.  ROTJ vintage ones are as little as $40 with a box.  POTJ ones are around the same and can be had as low as $30.  The TAC "Elite" model is $30-$35.  $50 for the new one is a sign that we're absolutely able to expect the price to drop unless Hasbro dropped the run size on these significantly.  If all you want is a 3 3/4-inch TIE Interceptor, the collector market shockingly has cheaper options to offer.  Assuming you can deal with the stigma of a slightly older toy.

Dang, EE has Dooku w/Speeder Bike in stock NOW! Hot off the truck as of 9/29...can we expect this to show up at brick and mortar stores any day?

Who will snag it first? TRU? Target? Walmart? Kmart?

Release the hounds!

Or you could, y'know, order it from us now what with our low price guarantee and everything... just sayin'.

Quote from: Adam_Pawlus on September 25, 2009, 09:13 PM

I haven't looked closely at the dome versus previous domes yet...

Do you usually make it a habit to study & compare different domes?

That depends. Would it be more or less disturbing if my answer was yes?

I got my cases last night and cracked them open so here is a quick review:

You nailed it.  I was surprised that the little stick thing with Major Panno fits right into the little sleeve thing on his cloak (really nice work) and that Luke's torso actually looks worse in pictures than in person.  Giran rocks my socks.  Like, this is a new level of greatness, Hasbro typically does its ROTJ aliens very well and this is no exception.

ALSO!  The revision case has the new Ugnaught in it-- I got mine from Entertainment Earth (as I work there) tonight.   It's pretty good, the legs are somewhat spindly without the apron covering them in part but I do still like it and I hope they ship more of them in the future.  As one probably won't cut it.  Same basic accessories as the first.

Really, really nice work on Hasbro's part.  I wish R3-M3's dome was less frosty, but hey, it's R3-O1 to me and I'm happy to have it.

All of my Targets are stacked double deep with ARCs so I'll be making more visits to WM to score this sucker.  Got my EE catalog today and they have the Imperial ARC advertised as a "best seller" at $74.99.  Yeeaaaaah right.

Are you saying I can't tell what's selling well at my job? It's a best-seller for *us*.

Seriously though, it's been doing pretty well for us. High-end toys and collectibles are kinda our thang.   

Got mine this afternoon... just happened to have a $5 off $50 Target coupon that I somehow got in the mail for reasons I don't clearly understand.

Here's a really crappy Flickr gallery. http://digg.com/u3Bhaw I included shots of the 3 red Astromechs so you can get a look at them side-by-side.

Has anyone scanned these lately?  I've had a few reasonable-but-unconfirmed reports of a couple of Wal-Marts marking them down to an even $10.00.  No receipts yet but certainly interesting if there's any truth to it.

Some good news for fans of this in our Q&A, at least as far as pricing goes...  Now, I just hope they make it.

A little gasoline on the fire never hurt nobody.