[Trivial Psychic]

Can't say who I agree with, but I can't dispel the notion that this was an epic fail on Hasbro's part. While I was fortunate enough to find the lone Black Series 6inch figure I was looking for, nearly every Walmart I went to was down to only Mashers, lightsabers, and giant dolls. It was pathetic. I went to a Walmart nearby just 5 minutes after midnight, and this was their entire display...



Again...this was 5 minutes after midnight, with only 4 or 5 other people rushing the toy aisle, nearly all of which, myself included...went home nearly empty handed when there should have been more than enough for the 5 of us...

The shelves to the right were full of the Air Hogs vehicles...but other than that...nothing. One case of Black Series figs, NO 3.75" figures (which SHOULD be the bread and butter of this line...not the role play, die cast vehicles and giant dolls.) There were no aisle shippers, and when I asked an employee, they told me that this was seriously it.

Don't' get me started on my TRU. A friend of mine who attended my local TRU event scouting figures for me said that they too got no 3.75" figures, and that the only Black Series figures that were available were green striped clone trooper sergeants and Obi Wan-Bumblebee...at non clearance prices. How they could drop the ball on something as simple as 3.75" figures is beyond me, and it saddens me when I think that both the midnight events for the Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars absolutely destroyed this launch party, especially when this new film is being hyped as the one to bring Star Wars back to it's full glory...