30AC Wave 1 - Revenge of the Sith

[ruiner]

  I know that Hasbro does some manufacturing in Europe. 

Really?  Do you have a cardback that says "Made in Europe?"

I'd like to see that.

[Nicklab]

Check the card inserts.  You'll find some information on the bottom of them regarding manufacturing in the UK.

[JangoTat]

..Well im getting 3 figures from this wave for my birthday...Which i dont know But i DO know im getting 3 different ones :s

im just happy because they are finally around My area Ontario (where? well you dont NEED to know). im sure they will hit the states soon. after all we havent gotten a new wave of figures in over a month you guys just got a new wave (wave 9? i believe) But either way our cardbacks suck 

[Morgbug]

Open them.

[Nicklab]

Hmmm.  I have two days off.  Road trip to Canada? 

[MetalJedi]

But either way our cardbacks suck 

I happen to like the Canadian cardbacks on these. But I open so it really doesn't matter. 

[David]

i like the euro/canada cardbacks this year A LOT, maybe even more than ours.

OK, so now thats its arriving, heres what i plan on getting:

Vader w/Coin x0
G. Marine x4
Lava Miner x2 (to flank my lonely sentry from ROTS)
R2 x0 (paint aps just too ugly)
SBD x3
Obi x0 (seen that body too much already)
Mace x2
Airborne Trooper x1 (ehh...)
Concept trooper x1 (to keep carded-i dont see myself opening any concept figs but hey carded, its very cool)

[Darth_Anton]

Check the card inserts.  You'll find some information on the bottom of them regarding manufacturing in the UK.

Could it be that it's the Cardbacks get manufactured in Europe?

[ruiner]

Check the card inserts.  You'll find some information on the bottom of them regarding manufacturing in the UK.

I think that's in regards to distribution.  As far as I know, all figures are made in China...for obvious reasons.

[JangoTat]

For me i Plan on getting:

Vader x1(never got that version of vader before.
Marine x5
Lava Miner x0 (still thinking on this one)
R2 x1 (i noticed i only have 1 R2 soooo i need one more)
SBD x3
Obi x0
Mace x1
Airborne Trooper x3
Concept trooper x2 (one to open, and one to keep carded)

[JangoTat]

I officially Hate WM.

 Me " hey i came by this morning and asked if you had any Star wars figures in stock  and was told to come by at around 9:30 at night because they would be stocking then. I was wondering if you can help me find a box. ( there was huge piles of boxes..of toys of course... in the toy aisles)

Customer service person/  : oh i cant help you with that ask the toy employee

Me: i was actually told to come to customer service because the box i was looking for was supposed to be still in the back and they didn't have a key to open the doors. I was told you can help. Can you maybe check the computers to see if you have the items in the back?

Customer service: oh i cant help you with that. thats day staffs job we cant use the computers.

Me: But you were just using it for the person in front of me :S

Customer service: oh wait we don't have any (didn't even check the computers) Have a nice day.

and she just left me standing there.

Then maybe an hour before that at another WM i had asked a manager if they had any in stock and i was told they had never ordered any of the new star wars figures and were not ordering them till next month WHEN there was still R2 and Obi on the shelf. I wonder how they could have gotten there then :|

Then i asked another employee of the same store and they said they had only ordered 1 box of the new figures WHEN there was 4 obis and 3 R2's on the shelf. correct me if I'm wrong but last time i checked there wasn't 4 obis a box.

So i now HATE WM. Their idiotic ways are beyond belief.

[Nicklab]

How is this any kind of a surprise to you?  The WalMart employees are the dregs of retail, and as a chain they're just not customer service oriented.  The only thing that I've seen payoff when trying to patronize WalMart?  Persistence.  Just keep going back until you find the item you're looking for.  I have seen exceptions, when you would actually come across a fairly nice and helpful employee who isn't a complete moron, but those instances can be few and far between. 

[Nick]

I've had wave 1 on pre-order for a couple of months now and it finally arrived yesterday.

My first impressions are -


I like the style of the cards more in reality than I did when just looking at pictures on the internet.  As a carded collector I found them to have a more sturdy feel to them than the saga line (don't know why though)

Apart from the BD figuer I'm very happy with the sculpts.

The coin album is very neat.  It has some lovely artwork on it, a nice bit of infor about the history of the films and the figuer lines.

All in all, one very happy punter here.

[Morgbug]

I had a similar view based on pictures Nick, the cards looked like trouble.  But I agree, they have a solid feel to them (still too many corners) but they seem to ship better than the ROTS or recent Saga line, so carded folks should be much happier and mint cards will actually be mint again instead of slightly dinged.  Bubbles feel pretty solid too. 

But they open up just the same as the other figures when you rip the bubble off the card

No sign of Vader and the album up here yet, but it's only a matter of time.

[Brian]

Congrats on the find Brent.  I'm looking forward to the new line.  I'm pretty much caught up now, and could use a spending break (and time to look for a couple more Elite Corps troopers) - but I'm kind of ready for the 30 AC to get off and running (at least the basic figures, since we've seen other products under the banner).  I didn't preorder this wave, so I'm hoping it won't be too tough to find.