So it looks like free shipping for non members is no more at Pulse. Just ordered the throne room and two TBS figures and there was a $6.99 shipping charge ($10.99 for “expedited” shipping). For most items, like JMan just said and I mentioned previously, when most items can be found elsewhere, for less price and free shipping, Pulse is going to be a tertiary option at best for most orders going forward.

JMan - did you find Tank Driver Din on Target? I can’t locate a listing there for him. Thanks!

Yeah I don’t know if I could make 8 or more orders over whatever the threshold is (I can’t find it listed on their site) to justify the $50 Premium membership. Not when I can get almost everything at Amazon, Target, or Walmart with free shipping and often for less (did I mention Target has the Darktrooper for $2.50 less than Pulse and Amazon?).

Jeff - so the o-ring retro Joes are all exclusive to Pulse? If I had confidence that they would make a deep lineup with consistent releases that could compel me on the membership. But I don’t see Hasbro having the attention span once they get past the handful of characters they always dole out and then repaint ad nauseum.

So i noticed todaywhen trying to get the latest preorders in, that Pulse has changed their free shipping model for non premium members. It used to be that an order of $50 or more would get you free shipping,  but thats no longer the case. I ordered two TVC Dins and one TBS Darktrooper for a subtotal of $64 and i was charged $6.99 for shipping.

Not too long later i made an order at Amazon but for 5 Dins & a Darktrooped and got me free shipping without Prime. Plus Din was $1 cheaper per figure.

 Now that Pulse has limits on purchases, its hard for me to reach whatever their new free shipping threshold will be. Considering,  they are often way behind other retailers at delivering items, the change is going to see me ordering from them far less I think...

I wonder if the Fett going out today may be a mistake. Today is the next drop of info for the weekly bounty program which happens at 1pm et. The preorders usually happen the following day at 1pm et so there might be some miscommunication going on there with when Fett was gonna be available?

.  Hasbro went for the layup here instead of taking a shot.  And frankly, for the rollout of a new assortment / "expression", they should have been shooting for the lights with something completely new.  Even if they had included something like the carrying case that the Stormtroopers unloaded the E-WEB from would have been that extra little bit of effort that would make this set shine.

We shouldn’t be surprised by Hasbro taking the easy way out. This has been their MO for sometime with new lines/SKUs - first wave or two will be simple rehashes they can quickly pump out. If it succeeds they make new items. If it fails they say there was no support when it should have been obvious they shouldn’t have started with all rehashes. Rinse and repeat.

Might get the Ahsoka set for the birdie and cloak but will be a tough cost to swallow

The counter stopped at 832, they must have overloaded the system handling the CC hold removals. 

Now at 8530, the fudging has begun. Of course they will claim slow processing...

Just saw it hit 857, then drop to 8536 and then again to 8535. Me thinks someone hit the minus key accidentally