As if a Wave 3 wasn't bad enough, how about some revision cases?

Star Wars EIII Heroes & Villains Figures Wave 3, Revision 1
2x Darth Vader, 1x Anakin Skywalker, 1x Yoda, 1x Clone Trooper, 1x Chewbacca, 1x R2-D2, 2x Shock Trooper, 1x Obi-Wan Kenobi (Pilot), 1x Emperor Palpatine, 1x Clone Commander (Red).


Star Wars EIII Heroes & Villains Figures Wave 3, Revision 2
2x Darth Vader, 1x Anakin Skywalker, 1x Yoda, 1x Obi-Wan Kenobi, 1x General Grievous, 1x Mace Windu, 1x R2-D2, 2x Shock Trooper, 1x Obi-Wan Kenobi (Pilot), 1x Emperor Palpatine.

Yes.

From Gentle Giant's blog:

Gentle Giant is proud to announce it has teamed up with their Japanese distributor, Blister, to cosponsor the Gentle Giant @ Blister Event Tokyo this May. On hand at the Japan Event will be the creative forces of Gentle Giant to answer questions and give the fans an inside look at how Gentle Giant works. And as a special treat for those in attendance, the Blackhole Stormtrooper mini bust and Chrome Darth Vader Statue will be available for purchase for the first time.

The edition size of the Blackhole Stormtrooper mini bust will be 1000 pieces. 500 will be made available to the Japan Event, the rest will be made available through Gentle Giant's U.S. channels.

The Chrome Darth Vader Statue has an edition of 2500 pieces. 1000 will be made available to the Japan Event. Those who preordered the Chrome Darth Vader Statue at last summer's conventions will be guaranteed to receive the statue and the remaining quantity will be available worldwide through Gentle Giant's channels.

What irritates me is the classic "re-packing" crap.

Wave 1 - 12 "new" figures
Wave 2 - 9 "new" figures, 3 duplicates from wave 2
Wave 3 - 5 "new" figures, 5 duplicates from wave 1, 2 duplicates from wave 3

I can tolerate these, but when you start re-shipping wave 1 with wave 3, well that just sucks.

If they would have swapped out Grievous and Mace in wave 3 with #28 "Sith Eyes" Anakin and a #43 Wookiee Warrior re-paint, that would have been a lot cooler.   

Star Wars EIII Heroes & Villains Figures Wave 3

Have you tried this one?

http://www.jedidefender.com/checklists/variations/greencardprint.php

Looks like these are now in-stock at Amazon.

I took the lazy way and grabbed one on-line because I had an Amazon GC to use.   


edit:
And yes, Hasbro confirmed that the "Defense of the Senate" = "The Hunt for Grievous".  The item underwent a late-stage name change... apparently hunting for Grievous is more fun than defending the senate.   

Re: Tonight's Ending.