I really hope that the trend of "complete repacks" is going to be an ongoing theme for the BPs from here on out.  BPs are, by and large, the most poorly stocked assortment of SW toys on the shelves, mostly due to the huge bottleneck caused by the Jabba's Palace and B'omarr Monastery sets.  While I think the Yavin Hangar set is one of the best things to come out of the Legacy lineup, for every one of those, we get two more Jabba's Palace sets per case, perpetuating the problem at retail.  

I haven't even seen a Gunship pod at retail (a friend was able to get me one of them, and that was four states away from where I live), and I'm really wondering if the Gelagrub overpriced beast pack BP will show up here at all.  As long as I can get one more pod to put on the other side of my 2002 AOTC Gunship, I'll be happy.

I noticed 4 disappear overnight at a local Target. A bit odd.

Whenever my Target has a sale on anything in the toy aisle, the amount of stock seems to suddenly either drop by 2/3 or vanish completely until the sale is over, at which point everything reappears.  While I am willing to concede that some stock vanishes rather quickly if the sale price is significantly less than the regular price, I highly doubt that tons of Desert Tracker Ratchets disappeared on the first day of the Voyager class sale only to reappear the day after the sale is over.   

(Sorry to veer off into Transformers talk for a second, but it was the easiest and most recent toy that I could point to where this had happened locally)

Anyway, I picked up one of the 3 Wedge X-Wings at my local Target yesterday, and got it for the slightly decreased price of 46 bucks, which decreased even further when I used the 20 dollars worth of Beatles gift cards at checkout.  26 bucks plus tax isn't bad for this.

Two questions, though:

1-Is the yellow ladder supposed to connect to something on the side of the ship?  There are small slots on the back of the ladder, but no corresponding pegs added to the ship mold that I can find to secure it.  Since the side of the X-Wing at the cockpit where the ladder should theoretically go is angled with no real "ledge" to rest it against, I can't figure out a way to display it with Wedge climbing the ladder, as it falls right over.

2-Is everyone else's pilot seat assembled incorrectly?  I know that the photo on the box has it assembled incorrectly (and thus has Wedge's head hanging out in the cargo area), but the incorrect assembly on the actual toy is really bothering me.  Sure, Wedge can sit up just fine with it in the incorrect position, but it's the principle of it all that irks me.  The really irritating thing is that it does look like I can fix it without taking the entire ship apart, as the hinge tabs seem to be really long and might break should I force the issue.

Also, if anyone wants the "kill marking" labels, PM me.  I don't really get into the post-ROTJ EU stuff, so even though there's a film-based reason for the kill marks, I have no need for them myself.

After spending far too much money on something other than toys today (namely the Beatles remasters) at Target, I wound up with 20 bucks worth of gift cards that I plan on using on the X-Wing when it finally shows up around here.  I don't really need another X-Wing, but given the fact that the stickers all over my 1998 FX X-Wing are starting to peel a little, I'd like a non-swamp gunk covered X-Wing to display. 

Question, though:  are the stripes and details painted on (as with the Dagobah X-Wing) or are they pre-applied stickers? 

I found this earlier today at one of my local Wal-Marts, and it's every bit as impressive as the photo Ghost posted makes it out to be.  Very tall, very sturdy (at least initially), and the action features (firing guns and "cockpit") don't detract at all from the appearance.  I try to restrict my army building, and I've never done any army building with a "vehicle" before, but between this and the Vulture Droid, it's really hard not to do so.

I saw (but didn't get) the Wal-Mart exclusive two packs earlier today.  I'm probably going to pick up the Tunnel Rat/Monkeywrench set for the latter and the accessories, but the Gung Ho/Copperhead and Night Creeper/Shockwave sets didn't really impress me at all.  Wish they would have given Monkeywrench the ridiculously oversized pitchfork gun instead of the Eel gun, though.

Picked up all three Wal-Mart exclusive Evolutions packs today.  $21.76, plus the Governor's drapery cleaning share.

Has there ever been any explanation from Hasbro as to why Agen Kolar continues to include a green lightsaber, despite all film evidence to the contrary?  I kind of understood the 2005 ROTS version coming with a green blade ("we were working off production stills"/"color hadn't been finalized"/etc), but at this point, it's a rather glaring mistake (albeit one steeped in admitted nerd minutiae), and I'm surprised that it hasn't been picked up on by either Hasbro or LFL.

The one Wal-Mart in my area that did what it was supposed to be doing (i.e. reset their action figure aisle) had two of these on the shelf Thursday at the aforementioned price of 64.98.  Needless to say, the first time I see the Y-Wing, I'll be buying it, because with the glut of ARCs that is already out there, it's going to be a nightmare finding the Y-Wing.  Especially if Hasbro pulls one of their typical case pack moves and ships the ARC again with the Y-Wing.

I find the fact that there have been no other announcements for this assortment either before, during, or since SDCC to be quite telling, especially given Hasbro's semi-apology for the ARC's existence in the first place.