I went to Disney Springs on Sunday and there were no Sandcrawlers to be found. We went to Hollywood Studios last night after the kids got out of school, and I only saw 2 in the entire park. Keep checking the ShopDisneyParks app for your best chance of finding it once you’re here.
boo18 is available on eBay ATM, and most are under $20 shipped- one listing as low as 13.50 shipped. (sadly most expensive is $40 shipped loose, lol)
Yeah, I remember seeing it for the first time when I was at DW last fall. I also see a bunch of them every time I go to DL, too. I need to buy it because I know it's going to disappear sooner rather than later with Episode IX around the corner.
Does Disney ever run sales? Not because I don't think it's worth it, it's a very awesome vehicle, but the inside leaves a lot to be desired to me. I would rather have a giant HasLab one, but if this will be the only one for awhile, I may bite.
I believe they sometimes run promotions like a certain % off of Star Wars toys at times. Though, it may be on "select" toys, unfortunately.
Yeah that's a small detail, but definitely missing inside there. Love that about the Barge, it's got a stairwell to the cockpit.
That's my one major gripe about it. I can let the basically blank interior slide, and the treads being a little small I can ignore, but the no connection between the control room and the hold, like the original... tsk tsk.
Diamond Toys had an exclusive Sandcrawler!? I gotta see what that looked like.For years I kicked myself for not buying the Diamond Toys exclusive redeco of the Kenner Sandcrawler. My bottom feels much less sore having bought this Disney versionI wouldn't say no to an even larger one through HasLab, though.
This one was the OTC one, I was well aware of this being in existence at the time it came out, but what of this Diamond Toys one? Is it one in the same? I just assumed the OTC one was produced by Hasbro like everything else. Was the vehicle exclusive to Diamond? I think I was confused in thinking Diamond Toys was a toy manufacturer like Diamond Select.Rebelscum.com: Photo Archive
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Diamond/Previews sells to many different outlets but mostly (wholesale) to Large Comic book stores etc. If you go into some of the Larger Comic book / Toy stores you will see at the counter a large Catalog for customers to go through for preorders for up coming multiple different merchandise . This includes limited edition items of all kinds from multiple different manufacturers. It also includes upcoming comic books, toys (all kinds of different toys and comic book brands and misc items). They also sell these Catalogs and you can get a subscription for these Catalogs at the store so you get one every month. You usually get a unusual or limited edition comic inside as well. Before the internet it was a great way to see upcoming toys etc before they were in the store
I rarely go into comic book shops, but I oddly do know the catalog you are talking about. Definitely makes sense, I remember it being a pretty cool Sandcrawler at the time. This Disney one is certainly the best to date especially with all the special features it packed in. I'm still hoping we get a TVC one someday with even greater scale. I also fondly remember playing through the NES Star Wars game on Tatooine and following the tread tracks with the land speeder in order to find the Sandcrawler and rescue R2. The whole system of conveyer belts inside is what I imagined it was as a kid, but now I know better hahaDiamond/Previews sells to many different outlets but mostly (wholesale) to Large Comic book stores etc. If you go into some of the Larger Comic book / Toy stores you will see at the counter a large Catalog for customers to go through for preorders for up coming multiple different merchandise . This includes limited edition items of all kinds from multiple different manufacturers. It also includes upcoming comic books, toys (all kinds of different toys and comic book brands and misc items). They also sell these Catalogs and you can get a subscription for these Catalogs at the store so you get one every month. You usually get a unusual or limited edition comic inside as well. Before the internet it was a great way to see upcoming toys etc before they were in the store
This item (Sandcrawler) also appeared at some Hot topic stores but mostly was purchased through there website. I never seen it ever in the store but I know through others it hit some stores. Towards the end of the Sandcrawlers run it went down as low as $20.00 or less on the website and they could have been ordered easily through the store and then sent to the store for you to pick up, but most didn't know anything about it. Including myself. D’oh!
As far as The previews/ diamond Sandcrawler it’s basically the Vintage one minus the electronics. It has a nice detailed aged paint wash on it as well. I think the Disney one though is the best one ever made up to this date. Hope this helps some.
If you go the Ebay route don't go for the lowerest price. For me it was a bad seller, & I had to rebuy Boo from another seller then go though the ebay process to get my money back. PITA.
You are a wellspring of factual SW factoids. The mind boggles...
