Sorry for confusing Scotty earlier...

What I was trying to tell him is that these are the Wal-Mart equilvent of the Order 66 packs.  Exclusive, 2 figures, collector packaging, etc.  Basicaly Wal-Mart saw reaction to the Order 66 sets and wanted something, this is what they got.

Line-up for the Wal-Mart sets =

Vader and K-3PX (black C-3PX essentially)
Plo Koon and R4-F5
X-Wing Luke and Battle Damaged R2 (easily the best one)
Kit Fisto and R4-H5
Watto and R2-T0
Hoth Han (Hood-Up) and new R-3P0

Like others have said, buy all 6 sets and you get the parts for C-3PX hunter protocol droid...

Rex will be available in two forms -

Preview Figure = "Clean" version on a "premium" card.  The card has a fold-down back, similar to the EU cards from back in the day.

Basic Figure = "Dirty/Battle Damage" version on the standard Clone Wars card found in Wave 1.

Was there an exclusive pack-in?

There is a pilot... arvyl crynyd.  What was pictured was a the new A-wing/Tycho body with a new head...

Is that first one a Terminator?   

I must have missed his cameo in a Star Wars movie...   

On one hand, I look at the price increase like this - if you buy all 30 "droid factory" figures, you get the pieces for 7 unique droids.  By my count, that's $240 bucks (30 x $8) to get 37 figures, which works out to about $6.50 each (plus tax of course). 

Not that different from what we are paying now for the 30AC stuff, so I am fine with it (especially if a few of the figures still have a larger pack-ins, like Ak-Rev with the drum and what-not).  That's just me though.  If you don't buy them all and you are not into the 7 bonus figures/droids, I can see why the increase would bother you.

On the other hand, for the Clone Wars figures (with no announced pack-ins yet), it's a harder pill to swallow at $8 each...  I still have to decide where I'm going with that line. 

Just an FYI that I had to change the potential price ranges listed above.  I was going a little fast this AM and I grabbed the wrong numbers... 

Originally, I had listed the price range that we saw for Series 6/7:
   1) Master Case  ~$305-$325       
   2) Box of 12  ~$80-$85       
   3) Set of 6  ~$45-$50

But, based on the info from the Series 8 pre-order price at Robby, the cost will most likely be 8-10% higher than Series 6/7 were.  The new price ranges listed below reflect the increase...   

The approximate price range for Series 8/9:
   1) Master Case  ~$325-$350       
   2) Box of 12  ~$85-$90       
   3) Set of 6  ~$50-$55

There are a number of factors that play into this increase (7.5% higher wholesale price, higher shipping rates, weaker USD vs. JPY).

Once again, these are just ranges.  I won't know the exact cost until they ship.  Sorry for any disappointment, just trying to give everyone a realistic expectation on the cost. Better to know now than to be surprised with it later when they ship...   

shouldn't you have heard something from Robby.jp by now? 

Like Brent already said, nothing from Robby yet.

One thing I've learned while collecting these little buggers is that there is no rhyme or reason to the announcements and when they go up for sale.  Robby used to be a lot faster, but they did have some turn-over in the webstaff a while back.  Things seem to run slower now than they used to run.



And on that note... 

I've had a lot of stuff going on this month so I was hoping to put this off until after Toy Fair, but since I've recieved so many e-mails/PMs, I'll just start it now: Jeff's Kubrick Star Wars Series 9 Mega-Order!


- First off, there are no guarantees.  Until I put in the order with Robby (and even after the order goes in), there is always a small chance that we won't get enough to cover everyone's wants.  So far though (Series 4-7), we've always been able to help everyone who has asked for help.


- All I will take "pre-orders" for right now is
   1) Master Cases (4 boxes of 12, 100% chance of at least 1 chase figure)
   2) Boxes of 12 (approx. 50% chance of at least 1 chase figure)
   3) Basic Set of 6 (1 of each of the commons)

Since we don't know ratios yet, it's hard to guarantee any specific individual figure requests yet...

 
- Since they are not officially up for pre-order at Robby yet, I have no firm prices.  The final price will depend on a number of things - wholesale price, shipping from Japan, currency exchange rate, bank fees, etc.  If the prices hold similar to the past series, you are looking at...
   1) Master Case  ~$325-$350       
   2) Box of 12  ~$85-$90       
   3) Set of 6  ~$50-$55


If I haven't scared you off yet and you are still interested in joining the mega-order, please post in this thread or just drop me a PM. 

never posted a question here, where do we post our hasbro questions?

Questions for Hasbro?