First of all, congrats once again to Scott on Willrow finally getting made. I know that us fans can be (and often are) a contentious bunch, so I know it has to be fulfilling to see something you care about so much come to fruition. So, again, congrats Scott, and I know I'll be buying a second one for an autograph if you decide to go that route.
That is precisely what I heard from Hasbro in their booth. They are painfully aware of the Yarna situation and are taking measures so that we don't have another such situation again with a collector targetted figure.
The problem now is that, at least in my neck of the woods, there is such a glut of figures like Yarna (who is, admittedly, Pegwarmer of the Year, but around here, not by as large a margin as in other areas), Bail Organa, Breha Organa, Ak Rev, and Stass Allie, that it's keeping newer figures from actually reaching the shelves. As I've belabored and moaned about so many times before, the ONLY TLC figures my local Target has or has had since prior to Christmas 2008 is Yarna, Bail, Breha, and Allie, and then it's at least 5-10 of each of those figures. There is no room on the pegs for any new TLC figures at all. TRU has about 10 Yarnas and 5 Ak Revs for TLC and that's it. No new TLC has arrived since wave 4 back in March. Wal-Mart, believe it or not, is doing fairly better, although one WM STILL has 15 Jerjerrods from 2006 hanging on the pegs, now at higher than original price.
I really think that Hasbro needs to do another "return for store credit" move like they did in 1999 and 2002 where they send out the reps, box up all those Yarnas, Organas, and (at least here) Jerjerrods, and switch them out for newer figures. Because, in all honesty, if those figures haven't moved an inch in the last 12 months (or 36 months, as the case may be with Jerjerrod), they aren't going to move at all.
