Week of: June 18th, 2001

Sunday, June 24th:

ISP Down

Sorry for the delay in posting yesterday's news, but My ISP was down for the day and they are still having some problems.

Saturday, June 23rd:

New Collection 2 Case

I found a portion of a case at Wal-Mart Sun Prairie that seemed to match a case reported on YakFace.com. They listed the case as including:

(3) Gungan Warrior

(3) Coruscant Guard

(2) K-3PO

(2) Mon Calamari Officer

(1) Queen Amidala Theed Invasion

(1) Saesee Tiin

After talking with Ray H., he feels that was the same case that hit Wal-Mart west in Madison on Thursday.

.0400 Cards

With this last wave of figures, we are getting even more of them on .0400 cards. This case adds Gungan Warrior, K-3PO, and Mon Calamari Officer to the list while the rest in the case were previously on this card. Also, I have seen Han Bespin and Battle Droid Boomer Damage on .0400 cards. It looks like Hasbro may release most of the POTJ line on the card back with the likely exception of the current peg warmers (Ben, R2-D2, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Darth Maul). That would leave Battle Droid Security, Chewy Dejarik Challenge, Porkins, Boss Nass, Princess Leia, Sebulba, Fode & Beed, Darth Vader Dagobah, Scout Trooper Clean, and IG-88. Looking at the list, Porkins might be considered a peg warmer, Vader Dagobah might not come since the next new case will include a Vader, and the Clean Scout Trooper is likely to show soon as well. I would guess that most of these will show up in a case soon and they will appear before the switch is made to .0500 cards.

Friday, June 22nd:

Ketwol Wave

Tony C. reports that this wave has hit the Minneapolis area. He indicates that every Target in the area had gotten them in quantity.

Thursday, June 21st:

Queen Amidala Theed Invasion Wave

Ray H. reports that Wal-Mart west in Madison got in a case of these this morning. It has been a long time since I last seen them on the pegs. I wonder if they have been reissued.

Dirty Biker Scout Wave

Ray H. also reports that Target west in Madison had three Darth Maul Sith Apprentice figures along with some others that indicate that they had the Dirty Biker Scout wave in today. Needless to say the Biker Scouts and any Sandtroopers were long gone.

Wednesday, June 20th:

Dirty Biker Scout Wave

Dave P. found a case of the Dirty Biker Scout wave at K-Mart east in Madison today. This case included both Aurra Sing and a Sandtrooper.

Kaadu Price Drop

Area Targets dropped the price of the 12" Kaadu with Captain Tarpals set to $34.90. This is after raising the price to $49.99 last week. Grab them while you can. I believe that there would normally only be one more price drop.