yes the 25th is the street date for these I actually saw pyre and the holiday troopers at target earlier this week, didn't want either but have seen reports on FB groups i am in that they are obviously register locked which has led to so many posts about people whining about street dates in general - which is dumb because this has always been part of the collecting game - and circumventing this by swapping figures at self check out - which effs up inventory for other collectors in you area and is even dumber
Just a reminder, there may be a Mandalorian trailer tonight during Monday night Football. New The Mandalorian Season 2 Trailer to Debut During Monday Night Football - ComingSoon.net
My Pulse order for RotJ Leia showed up today. Nice figure and basically what I expected. Her articulation seems on par with the modern Black Series figures and not the more limited articulation of the earlier figures. Overall decent figure. Also, finally saw Cara Dune while I was at Target today... shame I missed Beskar Mando by the looks of it, but Cara is a nice consolation prize. Again, a pretty average figure with good sculpting. Nothing spectacular but again a decent figure. Honestly, the above is one of the reasons I kind of question why I still buy these. It's not that they're bad, but nothing really ever wows me with this line either. Just kind of... it is what I pretty much expect it to be and then they go on the shelf and maybe I'll touch them again when I have to arrange them to add a new figure.
Pyre and R5 are both up on target.com for preorder Star Wars The Black Series R5-P8 Star Wars The Black Series Commander Pyre
Had to drive to two Targets to get Credit Cara x 2. Card and fig are awesome! I had to ask for someone to check the back at both stores. I never saw a place for it on the shelves unless they are putting them randomly in GE section.
I had to fight customer service to even go look in the storeroom but got one finally I had to go to customer service twice, once they said they would send someone over to the aisle to help search but nobody came. Then they said it wasn't possible to search the storeroom because it could be anywhere but that didn't make any sense to me as I've used the dpci trick before and people have somehow managed to find the item (sometimes admittedly, sometimes they say it isn't there even though it says it should be)...
R5 shows still available for preorder, I am just waiting until sunday though, popfindr shows all stores around me have 6
Couple of things that may be of interest: - Armorer has a rectangular peg behind her neck, which I'm guessing is how her plastic cape will attach. - The helmet is Mando's mold, but with no head inside. It's translucent yellow with gunmetal spray and a touch of blue for where the impact mark would go. - the hot tools are translucent orange with silver paint. Both "hot" tools are considerably larger than her "cold" ones. - I could only fit her hammer in her left hand.
Glad you posted the pic. My IG's credit piece looks the same, at an angle. I may have to look at more closely to see why Cara's is more up right. Not a deal breaker, just curious.
Huh, yeah, I didn't notice the deeper angle on IG-11, but it looks like it's by design -- his bubble is taller than Cara's, so they angled the credit piece more. There's a groove inside that they're both resting against.
I still ponder over getting the Credit Collection. I may just keep them in package. I may do it for the Credit pieces only, but I don't need extra of those figures.
I plan on keeping mine in package. Really loving the card backs myself. Picked up Cara this morning from Target.
I have yet to find out all of their availability in Canada. I already know that IG-11 is available for preorder at EB Games.
Well if memory serves a lot of Target exclusives down here usually end up at your TRU up in there. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Mando and the Death trooper show up there as well.
Yeah, I bought them mostly for the art on the Kenner cards. I am also sticking them in figureshields. I never got the regular releases, so not double dipping.
