Originally Posted by TomsToyChest (Post 617710)

I picked up Poe’s X-Wing Fighter Die-cast Vehicle today at a Disney Store. It’s one of their many exclusives for the forthcoming Star Wars film that I didn’t see for sale on their website. Sorry the photo didn’t turn out better but it does have a rather large packaging window that reflects a lot of light.

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/...psgcanskqx.jpg

The store clerk also included a small pamphlet showing the forthcoming Elite figures that will be released later this year.

Darth Maul: September 28

General Grievous: October 26

Darth Vader: November 23

Boba Fett: December 7

There’s also a forthcoming mystery figure to be released on December 18.

Originally Posted by midwmaniac (Post 617714)

^^^ how much do those run and the size ?

Originally Posted by Barefootabe (Post 617717)

grievous sounds promsing but i hope the screw holes arent too bad

Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd (Post 617695)

Scavage is pretty cool, I passed on him in favor of Renegade and Cracked Tusk since the unpainted netting really doesn't bother me. I got all of series 10 back in 2013 and since I like Nightstorm's look a lot more than Scavage it made passing up Scavage a hell of a lot easier, he is still a little bit tempting occasionally. Black/dark blue and faded gold > teal green and silverish IMO.

Originally Posted by midwmaniac (Post 617723)

^^ is there a way someone could pick me up one and the white and blue ship? I don't have a Disney store around here and people are asking more than 20-30 for them?

Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic (Post 617351)

Got a little lucky today, I ran into a little old lady today at Target today who needed some help picking out a Star Wars gift for her 7 year old grandson. After helping her pick out some of the new SW Mashers (which I think are incredible, and might be picking some up...) I was about to leave the aisle with my own disappointment of having not found what I was looking for when she told me that there was another display inside of Target with even more SW stuff. Curious...I went to go check it out, and lone behold, I found what I was looking for.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...904_104054.jpg
I saw her again as I walked to the check out line and thanked her for having pointed me in the right direction, because I otherwise would have missed out. Upon seeing Kylo, she asked if they had any more, and sure enough, I was able to find one (the last one no less) for her as well. So her grandson will get an awesome set of Mashers (Vader and the Stormtrooper) and a Black Series Kylo Ren for his birthday next week. It sure felt good to pay it forward.

That said...be sure to check the Seasonal/Halloween display at your local Target, as two of the stores I went to today had 2 separate displays in them, one in the toy aisle, and one by the Halloween costumes.

Originally Posted by Dreadnox (Post 617369)

So finally got a pic of last nights haul...
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psadad21f0.jpg

Went to TRU first, was third in line and after 2 hours of waiting found to my dismay they only received one case of Black Series like many stores, so first two in line cleaned out all but the Finn I grabbed. Moved on to a Walmart on the way back home and luckily they had no clue what they were supposed to be doing. After helping an employee open cases, scored. The last pallet we opened had Black Series but by time we opened it at 1am the TRU crowd had arrived behind me. Was able to get first choice at the Black series though and quickly snagged the rest needed. Went back today and grabbed a few of the smaller scale to see they were cleaned out of almost everything. Tonight TRU, Target, and 2 Walmarts officially have no figures left except mashers and little in the die-casts. I would say this was a success for retailers here.

Originally Posted by TimothyR (Post 617399)

i would have to disagree. retailers may be cleaned out of the action figures.. but none of them seemed to have enough stock to please everyone.. hell, a lot of them only had enough to please 2 people. that's awful for such a big, heavily promoted event.

i read somewhere that hasbro wasn't prepared for this to be such a big deal and weren't able to supply retailers with enough stuff. if that's true, i think they and the retailers missed out on a much much bigger day.

Originally Posted by Dreadnox (Post 617417)

I was really speaking more to my specific area but I do agree that some were not prepared. For example, my local TRU only receiving one case of Black Series was a missed opportunity.

On the other side though, my local Target and multiple Walmarts started with huge supplies and now have nothing left, I think they would call that a success. Should some have bought more? Maybe so but then at some point they decide the risk of how many peg warmers or dead stock they want to discount and we know they have been burned before, slave Leia, Obi Wan.

Now with that said, I don't think Star Wars is a huge gamble for them and don't see it ending with stock like Phantom Menace did but when you think about how much they are buying for each store in a nationwide event for an unreleased movie I don't think we were going to get perfect. Trust me I am the guy frustrated every time we have an exclusive or event that employees don't seem to know enough about but I think overall Hasbro and most retailers are probably happy with the results from the figure sales and it should drive us getting more figures for the next year.

I do hate it for anyone that missed out especially those that because of location didn't have a participating local store. I had to deal with it for many years before I moved from a lower population area and even though online retailers had much of these figures and toys still stocked into early yesterday nothing is like finding it in the wild.

Originally Posted by Falconhood (Post 617554)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5799/2...c1fbecfd_z.jpgFriday + Saturday hauls by Tsak Knight, on Flickr
The Marvel Legends are NEW, but on Clearance at Wal-Mart!!! So, I got them all...Hulkbuster is MINE!
argh...Disney Infinity and Star Wars Force Friday in the same week...my wallet is in pain right now!

Originally Posted by midwmaniac (Post 617813)

Thanks manI would appreciate it ... if there's a at at or anything else I would take one if you have a chacne ...thanks a bunch

Originally Posted by tgbobafett (Post 617843)

cuz it was high up on a shelf above some maxipads and some old lady saw me taking pics on the maxipad aisle!! probably thought i was some kind of pervy creeper or something!! >.>

Originally Posted by tgbobafett (Post 617843)

so i went to one, and only one (thank goodness) walgreens today and found prototype boba fett pop vinyl! also saw the DiY stormtrooper helmet and batman cowl! anyone have these or know anything about them?

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 617845)

haha...perv

Originally Posted by Zorn88 (Post 617847)

Is that Batman cowl adult sized? I might want to use it for making a costume.

Originally Posted by TomsToyChest (Post 617710)

I picked up Poe’s X-Wing Fighter Die-cast Vehicle today at a Disney Store. It’s one of their many exclusives for the forthcoming Star Wars film that I didn’t see for sale on their website. Sorry the photo didn’t turn out better but it does have a rather large packaging window that reflects a lot of light.

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/...psgcanskqx.jpg

The store clerk also included a small pamphlet showing the forthcoming Elite figures that will be released later this year.

Darth Maul: September 28

General Grievous: October 26

Darth Vader: November 23

Boba Fett: December 7

There’s also a forthcoming mystery figure to be released on December 18.

Originally Posted by zombombie (Post 617756)

Nightstorm is crazy prices on the secondary market here, and I prefer the silver on Scavage so it's a win win for me! I am still very tempted by Cracked Tusk and Renegade though.

Originally Posted by Zorn88 (Post 617850)

I would use it as a sort of mannequin head to figure out fabrics. Did the head seem adult sized?

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 617836)

You should have been more specific with..."or anything else"
They have..
Tie advanced fighter
Y-wing
First order snowspeeder
Slave 1
Tie fighter
Star destroyer
At At (20)
Kylo Ren command shuttle
Rey's speeder
Millennium Falcon

And the two xwings...

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 617836)

Random Side note....the Disney store is out of ALL Elite series figs except Finn (which there are plenty of)everything else...GONE...