I was practically begging for an excuse to jump into this line. But like Chewie, these NEVER made it to a reasonably priced Walmart or Target around here. Nor to either of our remaining K-Marts. I would have gone nuts on clearance Hobbit figs. Guess it wasn't meant to be.

Our TRU still has a buttload of these too, and based on their stubborn refusal to lower the price, they will be collecting dust for awhile. They've still got Pirates of the Carribean figures on the pegs for chrissakes!

Hah ha, very late arriving to the party but I broke down and loaded up on this stuff today. 

The combination of TRU's 50% Off all Hobbit merchandise + payday = toy throwdown.

Have been re-reading the thread from start to finish to see what else I may be missing, and there are definitely a few things. Gonna try the other TRU across town to try my luck this evening.

And one thing's for sure: I'm opening the crap out of these things!

I saw those today for the first time at TRU too. They had all of them, even Widow.

Not my thing, but they looked halfway decent.

Walmart uses kid-test groups to rate the hot holiday toys this year:

http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130912&id=16890746

They don't give the full Top-20 list in this article, but I'm willing to bet Angry Birds did not make the cut.

1) Duchess Satine (Clone Wars)
2) Bo Katan (Clone Wars)
3) Chancellor Palpatine (Clone Wars)
4) Black Sun henchmen (Clone Wars)
5) Sugi (Clone Wars)
6) Nightsister(s) (Clone Wars)
7) Umbaran Soldier (Clone Wars)
8. Rako Hardeen (Clone Wars)
9) Derrown (Clone Wars)
10) Latts Razzi (Clone Wars)

The problem is that you should not be allowed to hit the QB if he does not have the ball. The NFL Refs inexplicably green-lighted this last week for some reason. The onus is now on the QB to clearly show he does not have the ball in that scenario, which should be the defender's responsiblity to figure it out.

While I agree that hitting the QB has always been a basic tenet of pro football, this latest round of talk sounds like it is going a little too far. The NFL should realize that the star QB is their cash cow, and you can't just declare open season on those guys because of the advent of the read-option.

If the refs want to change the interpretation of the rules to mute the impact of new offensive schemes, I really look forward to seeing what they come up with for the Eagles. That was some Arena league stuff there.

I have four different RG3 McFarlane Sportpicks figures and they are all pretty sweet. They seem to sell pretty well in general around here, although TRU is pretty much the only place left carrying them.

Another thing I forgot to add is quality control. LEGO must have their toys made in some magical fairy land because they always seem to have the correct paint apps, the boxes aren't falling apart on the shelves, etc.

Hasbro seems to really struggle to maintain quality across all their lines. They use the wrong images, inferior packaging, sloppy paint apps, you name it. It just comes across as half-assed.