Week of: Sept. 8th, 2003

Friday, Sept. 12th

Wave 2 Saga Scenes

After work today, I stopped at Target east in Madison and they had out two each of the latest wave of Saga Scene 3-packs. The Geonosian War Room now includes Nute Gunray, Passel Argente, and Shu Mai. Shu Mai is pretty cool looking, but doesn't have any extra articulation. Nute appears to have a swivel joint on his right arm while Passel only has elbow joints because his upper arms are molded into his body. Adding to the Jedi Council are Yarael Poof, Depa Billaba, and Yaddle. All of the Jedi have swivel joints at their elbows. This set is really nice although I don't like how Yaddle is packaged sitting. The sets I saw were all badly crushed although this didn't show up in the pictures much.

Clone Wars Figures

Kay Bee Toys east in Madison got in a case of the first wave of Clone Wars figures today. This includes Anakin, Yoda, and ARC Trooper. Needless to say, only Anakin was left by the time I arrived.

Thursday, Sept. 11th

KB Tie Fighter

Kay Bee Toys east in Madison finally got in some of their exclusive Tie Fighters today. I think they were the last store to get them. They had two cases of 4 (8 total) along with a few cases of their 12" Gamorrean Guards. At $29.99 each they are a little pricey and I wish the packaging would better show off the newly revised back of the ship.

Wednesday, Sept. 10th

TRU East Report

TRU east in Madison got in some of their exclusive Battle of Hoth 4-packs. This is by far the best one of their 4-packs to date. Included are POTJ version of Leia, Luke from the beast pack, Chewy (25th anniversary?), a clear topped R2 unit, and a split belly version of Luke's Taun Taun. The Leia figure has swivel joints on her arms, but comes with a weird light gray Stormtrooper blaster. Chewy has multiple points of arm articulation.

Also on the shelf were several more of the Saga Scene 3-packs, more Clone Wars 3-packs, and tons of Clone Wars ships.