Finally managed to place an order and receive it myself.  My second set should be arriving today.  I'm glad this hassle is almost over.

Seems everyone is saying they ordered off the app, but I don't see a real difference between the app and the website.  Besides the time it disappeared between hitting add to cart and purchase, I have seen one at store like 40+ miles away.  My local target has the endcap with the tag, but zero stock.

Looks like the Target page has finally allowed the "look up in stores" portion for the set.  Of course showing up as out of stock everywhere.  Just another reason Target should never be allowed to have exclusives.

Either the US was way ahead, or Target screwed up the date by several months.  The UK date is July.  I bet they just raise the price and blame it on tariffs.

My order just got cancelled for "technical issues with the vendor" after I approved a delay a few days ago.  Listed out of stock on Target.   HASBRO, STOP THE DAMN TARGET EXCLUSIVES.  THE COMPANY IS INCOMPETENT AT STOCKING STUFF.

Quote from: Rob on April 16, 2025, 04:52 PM

I was surprised Hasbro didn't include him in the Ahsoka retro wave!

I've noticed over the years that Hasbro doesn't always make the best choices.

I think that is why all these customs exist.

If we look strictly at the retro collection, I can't complain about the figures that are direct copies.  I understand what they are doing there.  Once they go into the unproduced figures, that is where they get hit and miss.  The prototype ones are a big example.  The Vader was fine as a one off because it had an actual past in the Kenner process.  Once they started doing other ones, it just go annoying.  I think they have a lot of misses in the waves of figures as well.  Acolyte wave really comes to mind.  They should have at least had "the Stranger" figure.  Even the board game pack-ins weren't the best.  Tarkin was definitely a smart choice as an overlooked 70's figure.  The "Hoth Pilot" Luke was terrible, as was the Trivial Pursuit "dirty" remnant Stormtrooper.  Better choices could have been made for those two.

It does seem like they are getting back on track with the newest wave.  While Yavin Luke isn't the most exciting, I can see why he was done.  The rest are what they should have done from the beginning, hence why customizers have beat them to it.  Han ST, Sandtrooper, and Rebeltrooper are what people have wanted, but have been done on the secondary market.  Dr. Evazan is a great addition, but I'm almost certain someone has done him in the custom realm.  Understandable why Walrus Man is in the wave as well.  Perhaps he could have been updated with a normal version to be in a future wave.  That leaves 7 of the original 20 to be done:  R5-D4, Gonk, Death Star Droid, Hammerhead, Snaggletooth, X-wing Luke, and Greedo.

I have to think there is a bit more to Krahn saga than stated.  There is a lot of evidence of multiple court cases against him that are unrelated to SLC/TFSB.  Perhaps he didn't get into this to rip people off, but his later actions after losing the factory don't help his case.  All this nonsense about the alleged US manufacturer for the Bantha shows the type of person he is.  Also, retroactively trying to change preorders into "crowd sourced" product looks like a desperate attempt to cover up grand larceny. 

So you will have the full set of 13?  I managed to get SLC to actually ship me Thrawn and Han ST a few years back when he started the "do you want me to ship as they come in" stuff.  I was more excited about most of the rest of the figures, but unless they could be found for around $30/each, I really think I have to pass.

I guess we will have to wait and see how they turn out.  It is quite comical the grand design this guy had.  I chatted with him a bit when I first placed preorders and he said the plans were for a second ANH wave, followed by ESB wave, and then ROTJ/EU wave.