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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2019, 06:42 PM »
My days of doing a midnight madness event are long gone.

Same here.  The last few Force Friday releases, I ordered some stuff online (like a case of basic figures) or just waited for clearance on others.  Hard to get amped up to pay $30-50 for vehicles that will be 50% off on Amazon by Christmas time.   I think for TLJ I got the A-Wing for $20 like a month after release and the Canto Police thingy for like $12 a couple months later.

I did the same but still enjoyed meeting friends out...  but again, no TRU kind of messes the formula up since they had it together on this.  I think I bought one figure for Rogue One and nothing for TLJ but that wampa.  Of course TVC was nowhere to be found sooooo yeah.
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2019, 12:30 PM »
I do midnight madness solely for the hanging out with my friends. I have few excuses to really drop everything for some me time, so Midnight Madness has been a great excuse to do so. Not sure where we can go without TRU.
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2019, 01:18 PM »
Keeping the thread alive, but has there been any news or previews of what to expect for the new movie toys and collectibles (apart from the 6” Sith Trooper)?  I would think we’d have heard a little more by this point, but it seems everything has been pretty tight-lipped about this film so far...
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2019, 03:59 PM »
Keeping the thread alive, but has there been any news or previews of what to expect for the new movie toys and collectibles (apart from the 6” Sith Trooper)?

I'll list the basics here.  If you're interested in tracking leaked specifics, I'd suggest following along with the Master UPC/SKU/DPCI List at Yakface.

The Vintage Collection 3.75"
 - one wave of six TVC figures expected at launch, more to follow in Fall 2019
 - at least one exclusive TVC figure (Yavin Ceremony Luke) at launch, more to follow in Fall 2019
 - at least one TVC vehicle (X-Wing) with another (Ep9) coming at some point Fall 2019

Galaxy of Adventures 5"
 - GOA 5" basic figures
 - GOA 5" figure 2-packs
 - GOA Rancor
 - GOA Vehicle(s)
 - possibly more?

The Black Series 6"
 - one wave of eight basic BS 6" figures
 - at least one exclusive BS 6" figure, potentially more
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2019, 05:36 PM »
6 measly figures... so sad.

I suppose they've had sequel trilogy launches with only like a dozen or so before.  Maybe by the time it's all said and done they'll do the film justice, but it'd be a real shame to have a fraction of the representation on the shelf that 7 and 8 got.

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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2019, 05:20 PM »
I was thinking about this today, but it is looking like this will be the cheapest Midnight Madness - or Force Friday - I've ever been to. I'm guessing that is true of many. The lineup for me (and that's even if I can find it all), is the vintage collection wave, aaaand a handful of Black Series figures. We have the rumored Vintage Collection vehicles, but since they haven't "leaked", I'm guessing they won't be out that day. Not that I'm complaining about not having to spend a fortune, but if I find everything I'm looking for I'm looking at 6 TVC figures and maybe 3-4 Black Series figures.

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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2019, 10:39 PM »
I'd like to get my hands on the TVC figs....other than that I'm good.
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2019, 01:10 PM »
I was thinking about this today, but it is looking like this will be the cheapest Midnight Madness - or Force Friday - I've ever been to. I'm guessing that is true of many. The lineup for me (and that's even if I can find it all), is the vintage collection wave, aaaand a handful of Black Series figures. We have the rumored Vintage Collection vehicles, but since they haven't "leaked", I'm guessing they won't be out that day. Not that I'm complaining about not having to spend a fortune, but if I find everything I'm looking for I'm looking at 6 TVC figures and maybe 3-4 Black Series figures.

Yeah I'm not going.  I'll just pick everything up later on.

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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2019, 11:00 PM »
I’ll get the TVC figs and call it a day. 
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2019, 08:42 AM »
The global reveal for licensed product will be on YouTube this Thursday at 2 PM ET.  Check out the teaser:

Star Wars Triple #ForceFriday Global Reveal Livestream Teaser

This appears to be footage from the event, so it's clear that LFL pretaped these segments to air in the event on Thursday.  While the previous global reveal events have been interesting, some of them could have benefited from some editing in order to hold the attention of the audience.
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2019, 03:15 PM »
I just watched the Global Reveal livestream and was very surprised to see that The Vintage Collection was not represented.... AT ALL.  The only 3.75" figures that were shown were the 5 POA gold renditions of C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8.

The 6" Black Series had far more time during this media event, along with the Funko Pop! line and some select Lego items.

BTW, the remote control D-O looks pretty awesome.
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #26 on: September 26, 2019, 03:52 PM »
Pretty cool that they got a ton of the actors to be part of the reveal.

CAUTION - I started to watch the reveal and ended up stopping as I felt there were too many spoilers involved and mostly stopped.  I'm a little anal in that I don't want to see much more than the trailers as we lead up to Dec 19th.  For example, they brought in Keri Russel and it became apparent what her character was in the movie and I didn't want to know that yet.

I did quickly scan through to catch a few glimpses but didn't dig in.  That remote control D-O looks cool.

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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2019, 09:02 PM »
Although we have started to see a lot more pictures get released now, after the fact, I was initially a little surprised how short/condensed the "global video" was. Some neat new Black Series reveals - and that D-O looks pretty cool - but overall it was sort of here's some Funko, here's some Black Series, and here's some LEGO. No TVC  at all, some GOA stuff, and that's about it. I guess I remember the Force Awakens one being several hours? Maybe I'm remembering that incorrectly.

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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2019, 10:59 PM »
Included in the Hasbro Press packet was a list of Walmart stores that will be hosting Triple Force Friday events - not really sure if that includes midnight openings.  If one of these stores is near you, it might be worth a call or stopping in to ask someone what (if anything) is planned for October 4th.

Alabama
•   14595 HWY 231-431 N, Green Hazel 35750 (Store #6878)

Arizona
•   3460 W. Chandler Boulevard, Chandler 85226 (Store #6480)

Colorado
•   16218 Jackson Creek PKWY, Monument 80132 (Store #3227)

Florida
•   15302 N. Nebraska Avenue., Tampa 33613 (Store #3197)
•   1041 US Highway 27 N, Avon Park 33825 (Store #3887)
•   1001 E Eau Gallie Boulevard, Melbourne 32937 (Store #956)

Georgia
•   260 Donald E Thurmond PKWY, Cleveland 30528 (Store #4616)

Iowa
•   1111 Holton Drive, Le Mars 51031 (Store #1625)

Illinois
•   1205 S Il Route 31, Crystal Lake 60014 (Store #1413)
•   12300 Route 47, Huntley 60142 (Store #4641)
•   505 Riverstone E PKWY, Kankakee 60901 (Store #4323)

Indiana
•   2501 Walton Boulevard, Warsaw 46582 (Store #1304)
•   2440 N Lebanon Street, Lebanon 40652 (Store #1275)
•   2100 N Main Street, Bluffton 46714 (Store #2819)

Kansas
•   205 S Centennial Drive, McPherson 67460 (Store #993)

Kentucky
•   6501 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Crestwood 40014 (Store #7290)

Maryland
•   1000 E Pulaski HWY, Elkton 21921 (Store #1860)
•   1 Frankel Way, Cockeysville 21030 (Store #2577)

Michigan
•   10772 W Carson City Road, Greenville 48838 (Store #3328)

Minnesota
•   9300 East Point Douglas Road S, Cottage Grove 55016 (Store #2448)
•   1550 Blake Avenue, Alberta Lea 56007 (Store #1020)

Montana
•   101 Bernhardt Road, Laurel, 59044 (Store #4412)

North Carolina
•   12500 US 15 501 N, Chapel Hill 27517 (Store #3182)

Nebraska
•   11350 Wickersham Boulevard, Gretna 68028 (Store #4600)
•   2500 Jamie Lane, Lincoln 68512 (Store #2432)

Nevada
•   1120 Pioneer Boulevard, Mesquite 89027 (Store #3847)

Ohio
•   10240 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati 45251 (Store #4609)
•   50 E Schrock Road, Westerville 43081 (Store #5857)

Pennsylvania
•   1450 Morrell Avenue, Connellsville 15425 (Store #5379)
•   1500 Economy Way, Baden 15005 (Store #4643)
•   200 Kocher Lane, Elizabethville 17023 (Store #3412)
•   300 Walmart Drive, Gibsonia 15044 (Store #2603)

South Carolina
•   11410 Anderson Boulevard, Greenville 29611 (Store #3192)

South Dakota
•   7821 South Minnesota Avenue, Sioux Falls 57108 (Store #2443)

Tennessee
•   4331 W Andrew Johnson HWY, Morristown 37814 (Store #6370)
•   9334 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy 37379 (Store #477)

Texas
•   3440 S Bryant Boulevard, San Angelo 76903 (Store #7281)
•   992 HWY 6, Missouri City 77459 (Store #5449)
•   1701 N 23rd Street, Canyon 79015 (Store #793)

Utah
•   1206 N Canyon Creek PKWY, Spanish Fork 84660 (Store #4068)
•   2705 E Parleys Way, Salt Lake City 84109 (Store #4208)

Virginia
•   2350 S Pleasant Valley Road, Winchester 22601 (Store #1406)
•   201 Hillcrest PKWY, Chesapeake 23322 (Store #3644)

Washington
•   1110 W Washington Street, Sequim 98382 (Store #5273)
•   1399 Nat Washington Way, Ephrata 98823 (Store #3260)

Wisconsin
•   10600 W Layton Avenue, Greenfield 53228 (Store #1394)
•   1905 McCoy Road, Sun Prairie 53590 (Store #1267)
•   15205 Wes Greenfield Avenue, New Berlin 53151 (Store #5438)
•   300 6th Avenue West, Monroe 53566 (Store #802)
•   222 N Chicago Avenue, South Milwaukee 53172 (Store #5667)
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Re: Triple Force Friday - October 4th
« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2019, 11:35 PM »
************* Winchester are you kidding me? That’s a freaking rest stop compared to Richmond. WTH Walmart? No love for the Capitol City?
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