I picked up the new A-Wing this morning and just opened it.  Overall, I really like it!  The design is very much McQuarrie-inspired and looks almost exactly like his concept art for the A-Wing (so this may wind up being used as an R-22 Spearhead instead ).  Lengthwise, the ship is actually slightly longer than the vintage A-Wing tooling, although the new ship is much more slender top to bottom.  I suspect it is under-scaled compared to the "actual" ship in the films, but it still looks with figures standing next to it.  Canopy opens to reveal a reasonably-detailed cockpit, the nose landing gear is retractable, and the missile launching feature easily hidden as the guns.  The Tallie figure has a nice sculpt to it, but I am not a fan of the 5-POA figure style and non-removable helmets.  I also purchased the Paige figure this morning, which looks quite nice with removable helmet and oxygen mask, and am thinking about using that in the A-Wing instead of Tallie.  The TLJ A-Wing is superior to the Rebels one we got last year, but still falls short of the classic vintage tooling - nevertheless I am happy with it   

Picked up Rey's Speeder Friday morning at Target and opened it that evening.  This is a fantastic vehicle!  Lots of opening and removable panels on the speeder to expose the engine details.  The fit pedals and control sticks move, the flaps by the exhaust nacelles are adjustable.  Lots of small details and weathering too.  The real cargo net is a nice touch and the junk piece secures nicely to the side of the vehicle with some pegs.  A little better painting on the junk would have made the parts stand out more, but it's still ok.  The Rey figure is nice as well, but unfortunately the headgear is not completely removable...  But as I have the other 6" Rey figures w/o headgear, it is no big deal.  Thanks to the figure's articulation, it can be made to sit realistically on the vehicle.  While this was a relatively minor vehicle in TFA, this speeder is a beautiful display piece and definitely worth getting!

I actually had a rather good experience this morning...  After doing the midnight toy-run thing at Toys R Us for the TFA toy releases two years ago (and winding up being rather disappointed) I instead opted to hit a Target store right when they opened this morning (Friday) and was able to score everything I had wanted and then some. 

I was one of about 8 people awaiting the doors to open at Target this morning...  A big teenage kid got his monthly exercise running to the toy aisle to grab just about every 6" Black Series figure he could, but I was able to get the A-Wing, TIE Silencer, Ski-Speeder, the 3.75" Luke, plus a few other 3.75" figures that looked pretty neat.  Then I went to the other display at the rear of the store and scored some more of the 6" Black Series figures that the teenage kid didn't get, including TFA Luke (who looks like he could substitute for a Moses action figure ) as well as the 6" scale vehicles including Rey's tractor and Luke's land speeder.

I am not a completist collector by any means, so it doesn't matter if I need to get an entire wave or something, and just have specific items that I target for my collection.  I'm just happy I was able to get everything I wanted in one swoop, though I'm not sure my credit card was

Here's a YouTube video of someone that has the TLJ A-Wing...  While not as intricate as the old tooling, it looks FAR better than the Rebels A-Wing from last year, and even many of the  TFA vehicles...  Then again, I've long been a fan of the A-Wing going back to the old X-Wing games in the 1990s, so I have some bias 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89e2UdpF5s

Wasn't able to catch the full episode, but did find an excerpt of the Obi Wan/Darth Maul confrontation scene elsewhere online, which was what I really wanted to see.  I loved it.  Stephen Stanton did an awesome job recreating Alec Guinness' voice and the OT Obi Wan's character.  Despite the fact that the character was animated, it was a believable characterization that fits in with the OT films.  The more "limited" fight seemed very fitting as well...  It plays into Episode IV well where his fight with Vader was pretty static.  It would not have made sense for him and Maul to have taken out across the desert in a wild fight.  Obi Wan is older and presumably has had time to reflect and practice his sword arts into a fine craft...  I enjoyed the reference to him guarding Luke - the "Chosen One."

I was in a road trip for work today and found 3 of the Walgreens-exclusive C3P0 figures at the Walgreens store in Patterson, CA.  I've been searching the stores in my area for weeks, but never found anything until today.  I've had good luck finding figures in Patterson before, and once again, it didn't let me down

I've preordered both the single Baze & Chirrut figures as well and am very glad Entertainment Earth gave us the option.  I did not want to have to buy a full wave of mostly duplicate figures to only get a couple new ones...