Ohh thank you for pointing that out. I'm usually on top of my pilot knowledge but that is the first I've heard of the change. That's pretty cool, thank you!
Same here, and the ones they do have are mostly older ones that they refuse to clearance. GameStop has stopped carrying the line quite as heavily as well.
That's what happened at my local B&N as well. Half the store was closed off while they did it.
The only reason I got a FO Tie fighter was it was clearances, I had a 10 % discount and I had a gift card with 40 bucks left on it.
That seems like a fatal error in the era of digital book distribution.
Also, it will probably be the only way to get a Dak figure now or in the future. Not that he's super desirable a character, but it's a little more motivation to get this.
Yeah, I remember going in and they had that entire section closed off by a tarp during store hours and I could hear buzzsaws and hammers.
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I'm sure Hasbro learned from the last ship they sold (FO tie fighter) and most likely this one won't be at regular retail (Walmart/Target etc...) I'm almost sure that this one will be a fan channel, and also most likely depending on pre-orders the web shops (Hasbro Pulse/EE/BBTS/Dorkside, etc...) that's how many will be shipped to the websites, most internet web sites do not like to sit on a product that will not move. also as of right now is available on pretty much on all e-tailers, maybe the web shops might get one or two extras to have some in stock merchandise but I'm not foreseeing a lot of them ordering more than the pre-orders. I'm almost sure this ones will not go on clearance.
At the reveal it was shown to be an Amazon shared excusive.
Depending on how well the Snowspeeder sells and keeps its MSRP, I'd say pretty good. I do wonder though if, despite its size, a Black Series X-Wing would sell slightly better than an A-Wing.
Best Buy is carrying it, so maybe there's a possibility you might see it on the shelf at Best Buy?
An A Wing would be nice, but if the Snowspeeder is a success, I'd quite like an ETA-2 next. Another one of Hasbro's 'make the first release oversized so everyone thinks it's bigger than it is' vehicles. The smaller re release of the 3.75" version was pretty much spot on. (Not forgetting that the full size mock up was actually so small the actors feet stuck out of the front window!)
For this reason Hasbro is changing the way of selling some figures/vehicles. I think this Snowspeeder is a Fan Channel Exclusive, which means that production is much more limited to the potential buyer. It is the case that many of these exclusives appear on Amazon for a few months and then disappear or simply raise the price, but do not get to lower the price permanently. It's happening recently with the Emperor, Chewbacca & C-3PO, C-3PO & Babu Frik, Luke Jedi Knight and Clone Fox (I don't know if all them all exactly "Fan Channel Exclusive"). At least this is my conclusion according to my experience from my country in the European Union.
True.. However I'm pretty sure the 3.75 Black series version was the 3rd, or 4th, release of it. The problem was just that they were released to close together. I'm sure a 6", especially if we get an AT-ST co-pilot separate, will do really well.
I personally agree but we've also seen the logic Hasbro uses in picking things to make. They'd likely look at the last release of the "Black Series" AT-ST and consider it a low performing item and leave it at that. That was really my point that I did not articulate clearly.
Yeah, it was confusing. The full size props didn’t have the marking though the models did.I personally agree but we've also seen the logic Hasbro uses in picking things to make. They'd likely look at the last release of the "Black Series" AT-ST and consider it a low performing item and leave it at that. That was really my point that I did not articulate clearly.
Luke's has the grey striping in the movie, however, the locations of the grey striping varies from in-flight to the crash, in the crashed version two panels toward the rear no longer have the grey but you can still see it on the panel closest to the harpoon. Hasbro's version is missing the grey on top of the panel at the mid-cannon mounts (it's light grey in flight & dark grey in the crash scene).
I'm sure you've seen this.
Don't get shot dude!Looks great, good price especially with Dak. I'm going to hold off for now because I just don't have shelf space and if I add a new one just for this my wife will likely shoot me. That said I did preorder Hoth Luke off dorkside in case I change my mind or find it on clearance
Might keep one boxed until I need to photograph two together....
