This is one of the better waves so far...  At least to me.

Hoth had the AT-AT Driver as the single really fantastic figure.  The GNK Droid with his nice "pack-in" buddy made for a good purchase too...  Veers and Derlin felt like you were paying too much for too little...  Derlin moreso.  The rest of the wave sucked pretty hard then since it was a whole lotta rehash and sorry kitbash.

Carkoon wasn't much better.  Bib Fortuna wasn't Hasbro's best foot forward in the figure world.  Han's so-so, but definitely could've been a better figure for the cash.  Again the wave wasn't a huge "wow" kind of thing where you were giddy at the thought of the figures you were buying, and this was to kick off a new direction for the line.  Ugh... 

Geonosis...  MOre of the same to me.  Poggle blows, Scorch was a letdown, the Utapau Clone was nice but ultimately I don't count him as part of the wave plus he's technically a rehash, Sun Fac is nice but underrated...  There was just a lot of blah in that wave, with repacks and whatnot, and nothing to get too excited over.

COruscant...  Cody's disappointed many (I yet to have found one).  I actually like Foul Moudama but he is only semi-new and has questionable support from fans due to his EU status.  Lushros Dofine is cool for what he is, but hardly anything to get excited about since he's in that "Senator-ish" category of boredom, nto to mention an alien species we've now seen the piss be beaten out of it...  The Utapau Clone's still cool, and yeah I want some, but still not something I'm going ga-ga over when I buy them, I just like having them to display.

Tatooine though you have interesting aliens, R5-D4 who's probably been the most wanted resculpt in the line for some time now, and hell even a repack like the Luke figure has been made interesting enough that people really want to buy it.  It's a good solid collector's figure, though we all own it and only want it for the cool **** it comes with.  That's genius on Hasbro's part and why the Gonk Droid ultimately is a hit to me too...  It's not "new", but it is...  And it's a droid so I want it.

R5's sorta similar to that too.  And I'm ok with that.

Tatooine isn't great to me, but it's not bad because of character choices.  The Arcona rocks, and Garindan was one of my top resculpt figures I think...  Both fall short in overall quality than what I want, considering we got a whole wave of Cantina aliens in 2004/2005 that had better articulation and similar features to the Arcona and Garindan, but still these are at least really appealing figures because of who they more than what they are.

Definitely a wave to look forward too, but I'm like some of you in that I wouldn't mind these being a little ways off.  I could use the recooperation time to get everything in order and just be prepared for these when they do ship.

If they redo R2: Pop-Up Saber, I'd really like them to just make it a plain R2-D2 with a slot on his head you can fit a hilt into...  Nothing flashy or gimmicky, just R2 for that single moment.

If they want a bladed saber, include a removable blade or something, but Hasbro needs to appreciate the K.I.S.S. motto on this one I think.  A simple, new dome for Bar2-D2 would suffice IMO.

1 loose, and oh man is that a great figure....  5 on a slow boat.

Different frequencies?  Ooooooooo, that's a deal breaker, I must have these now.

They're becoming findable around here.  I'm not gonna go on and say "abundant" right now, as when I pass on them at any given moment they're gone the next time I'm at the store...  Definitely not sitting here yet, but they are more readily available anyway.

I've passed on maybe 5 total...  I never have seen more than 3 at a given time though.  I buy one here and there, sometimes two as funds permit, but when I saw 3 I left one of them...  Spread too thin right now.

Scorch and Cody are still the "hot" item that I can't get ahold of in stores.  ALl of Coruscant Wave actually is hard to find here yet.  The other 3 waves are stagnating somewhat, though Scorch and anything 1-per in a case is still not too common.  Like even the Gonk Droid isn't terribly easy to find and that wave's been out a while.  Oddly enough I'm noticing Veers drying up a bit too, even where Hoth Wave's in mass abundance like TRU was before this sale.  Even the Gonk's easier to find than he is at the moment.

VTSC isn't even outside the backroom yet so I'm not even judging it at the moment...  The Scout's gonna be a pain though for everyone.

With the TRU Sale I decided to stock up some.  It brought figures to roughly $4 and change after tax, not tooooo bad really...  COnsidering this year's crappy prices and weaker figure efforts I figured it was the only way I'd really cave on some custom fodder and army builders.

I got:

5 AT-AT Drivers, 2 GONK droids, Major Derlin, and a SNowtrooper.  The snowtrooper was for my gf's son.  I'm refusing to buy that POS kitbash.  Super articulate it or don't put it out there, that's my opinion on him.

I went to another TRU then last night, they'd had some COruscant Wave and Carkoon remnants...  They have 0 figures.  The one I got all the above stuff at has barely anything left now I hear tell as well.

When will these stores realize that $4 and change moves figures well...  $7 let's them rot.  The only way my TRU's make room is when either the figure is rare and moves like Scorch and Cody, or when there's a sale.  Otherwise finding stuff (if you aren't picky) at TRU has been a breeze.  They're the only store with a lot of dedicated peg space for Star Wars these days.

I agree with Brent's thoughts on it going some place like Vegas.  If I'm in Vegas it's to drink and gamble, not go to SW conventions.   That was a benefit to it being at an incredibly dull location like Indianapolis...  No offense to the Indy folk of course.

A flat small city with little "attraction", lots of restaurants, good hotels, and everything fairly central, was all beneficial...  THe Con was what you were there for, and you enjoyed time with friends in the evening.

The idea of it moving around some isn't a bad idea...  I'd be ok with going to Indy again though.  It was convenient on a number of levels.  The show was run like crap, but it seems to be every year?  That's always been my impression when everyone got home anyway.

I only want some better handling of the con more than it moving...  I helped with the www.FFURG.com booth they had set up in the Fan Group area...  I got there early to start setting up, and I have to say it was a real screwjob to some of the fan tables.  We were able to secure little support from the convention's employees, they were incredible arrogant and hostile towards those asking for help...

Our group needed more space, more tables, information, and the ability to get our volunteers in so we could work early.  We were given none of the above.  We had to fight to get any of it, EVERY day.  It truly was a pain in the ass in that regard.

It was a little irritating too, to see that some booths had tons of perks while they had little actual effort and/or "work" going on at their booths.  It was mostly a PR thing.  The FFURG booth had actual work going on, big crowds every day...  And a big middle finger from the people running the con.