Yeah, this might belong over in the Other Collectibles forum, but since these have been all the rage with the 4/2 figure release, I figured I'd pop it in over here instead...
So, as most of you are probably already aware of, Target was offering a very cool exclusive collectible Target Star Wars gift card this past week. I'd heard about it, and had planned on grabbing one, but in my laziness I let it slip my mind most of the week. So today, in a slight panic, I scoped out our 3 closest Targets during lunch, and they were all completely sold out everywhere - long ago according to the cashiers and customer service folks I talked to. But I hit one more Target on the way home and asked their customer service people, and it turned out they still had a couple of them behind the counter. So I of course bought them both, for $5 each, which I turned right around and just spent on an extra deluxe figure that I still needed anyway, and wallah - 2 free gift card collectibles!
Now if you haven't seen or heard about the specifics on this thing (like me), it's actually pretty thick - about the size of 6 credit cards stacked together. That's because it's got electronics built into it, and when you push an area on it, Vader's lightsaber lights up in red and starts humming, and then Vader's famous breathing starts up for several seconds (a windblown picture of Vader is on the front of the thing, in front of a bunch of spewing Lava).
It's a pretty fun and unique little collectible to add to the collection, so I'm glad I was able to track it down finally, before it was too late. I'd recommend folks try the same this weekend, if they haven't already. And ask behind the customer service counter for them if you don't see them in the store anywhere. That might help...
So, who else picked one of these suckers up?
