Except Wedge is rocking the hood... And I'd say it's only your area with all the Daks, CHEWIE. Everyone I've talked to anywhere said he was one of the better sellers out of wave 1.
Even K-Mart and TRU sold out of him and they were higher prices.
I see the same 2 Evolution Rebel sets (the last ones that were general release) at TRU. Of course though, since I could've counted probably 30 of just THAT set at one point at my TRU, I think that's actually pretty good sell-through. At least here. I'd probably buy those last two if I wasn't buying other stuff, but 2 are lingering on here. The only other orange I've seen routinely is Hoth Luke Pilot... He's around.
I think Wedge would do just fine doubled up in the case then.
First, he's getting his first basic carded figure, ever. He's one of the rare background guys to make it into all three films so that's kind of amazing he's getting his first basic carded figure in 2011. Second though, it's also putting a "Vintage Wedge Card" out there which is up there with a Vintage Fleet Trooper, Tarkin, Han Stormtrooper, etc., that people may buy just for the carded aspect of him. And then of course he's an army builder to some degree. He's fairly generic in the most common Rebel pilot uniform (short of the helmet deco) in the films. It's debatable by a pretty big margin as to how well pilots sell, but Hasbro says they do and have kept putting sets out because of it, and so far I know I've seen nothing to disagree with that. So I think doubling up on him would be a fine thing since Wedge has been long overdue for a basic carded figure. I know I'd probably actually keep a carded one of him if he's easy enough to find.
ROTJ wave sold here, so I think the assortment isn't horrible, but floatching chair Yoda and the Clone have to go, so there's two slots. I'd remove the Sandtrooper too (I like him, but he's around). That is the first three cards on the list even!
I'd also pull Woof and R2 w/Tray. I'd also consider pulling Ackbar actually. Woof, Ackbar, and Bar2 (saw Bar2 the most by far) were the three of Wave 3 that I saw linger at all, despite ROTJ's selling pretty well. Those three still started to stagnate, and like I said, one Woof is even hanging around for some reason. Why not squeeze in more of the army builders and such from Wave 3 that really would be nice to have in some more abundance. I'd triple up on the Gammie, 2 Wedge's, 2 Endor Rebels, 2 Lukes, 1 Vader, 2 Wedge. I'd probably buy 3 cases right now of that.
