That's what I did too, you have to give the DCPI # to an employee though. The number was blocked out on the normal scanners for some reason.

They haven't put out a shelf tag at my stores either.

D'oh! Yeah that's what I meant DCPI not SKU.

Has anyone actually found these sitting on the shelf yet?  Just looking back over the last few pages of the thread, and I admit many of the purchases don't specify, it looks as if nearly everyone had to use the DPCI to get one or more of these.

My point being is that if Target told Hasbro they wanted an item which would bring people into stores and buy more toys or any other items, and the only people who are getting them are those people who have the equivalent of the Target Super-Secret Handshake, it really doesn't do much for anybody outside of the internets.  Not that I'm complaining about the DPCI (I still owe Jeff and Jared their drinks), but isn't the point of having an exclusive to put it on the shelf and sell it, without making customers jump through red tape?

I think everyone just ends up jumping the gun and requesting the exlcusive before they put it out on the shelves. I'm sure they would have put them out eventually.

Oh yeah, that was good stuff. 

As much as I hated the design when I first saw it on Hyperspace, I'd like a couple of those really sleek-looking "chick" robots. I'd really like it if each senator came with their own protocol droid (just like I'd like it if each pilot came with their corresponding astromech).

Alot of the human senators are pretty damn lame, but I still want them.

Well, I broke down and bought 2 of these (big) bad boys. Yeah, they're ******* expensive, and there's no justification for Target charging that much. However, it was easier for me to justify to myself, since I don't buy 2 of everything to have loose and carded. Plus, I don't buy useless repacks.

And my collection just feels more complete with this fighter. It really does look excellent.

Well, I take the subway to and from work, and most of the time I go out. I drive my car when I'm heading out of the city, but I have a Jetta, so it doesn't suck down much gas at all...except when I run the AC, but even then its not bad.

Excellent! Thanks so much! I'll try that when I get home. 

When I started this thread, almost a year ago, it was really meant to be more about the figures than the packaging. I liked the high quality of the VOTC figures, and I wanted to see that quality passed on to all figures. I certainly wouldn't care for or need Jar Jar on a vintage-style cardback, especially since all my cardbacks end up in the trash. But I would like to see Jango, Maul, Greivous, etc. redone as high-quality, super articulated VOTC-ish figures. That was the original point of the thread.

Of course, this was before the ROTS figures, where we got SA figures as almost a standard.

Thanks Kevin! 

I thought that at first too, but I think she's wearing short booty shorts.