Episode III – The Unlove for Star Wars Black Leia and Greedo Action Figures

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1. Was literally just a Target over lunch (picking up the JLA Target exclusive DVD) and I took a look at the Star Wars Black selection and it was identical to the picture above. A full peg of Greedos and a full peg of Slave Leias with 1 Han tucked away in the back.

2. This has to be a regional thing, because I’ve only seen 2 Leias at retail, and one of them hasn’t sold because it has bad paint deco on her face. Hans and Greedos are fairly easy to find.

   I do think Hasbro needs to rethink how it does case packs for this line. The one of each doesn’t work too well at this price point.

3. Yeah, this really makes me nervous for the continuation of the line. I really want all of the Bounty Hunters from Empire Strikes Back. Seeing Greedo everywhere doesn’t bode well for other Bounty Hunters or even EU characters (Sith Lords anyone?). On the plus side, I don’t see any Greedos on the pegs in my area. To be fair, though, I don’t see many SWB figs in general now. You’d think the Chicago suburbs would restock their toys after the holidays. They’re still nice and empty.

4. Meandering Thoughts:

   I visited my local Toys r Us (near Toledo, Ohio) the other day and only found two Leias, two Greedos, and a Luke. I looked in the toy section of a Walmart close by, and only found the 3 3/4 inch figures, and I’m not sure if that Walmart even bothered carrying the 6 inch figures. I’m only vaguely interested in either the sandtrooper, or the stormtrooper (if released), but only out of sentimentality–the stormtrooper was the first figure I owned from the ’77 line, and I always play stormtrooper in the Battlefront games. I really don’t pay too much attention to the line. And because it’s Star Wars, and it’s never really gone away, there’s this sense of returning to the well one more time, and I’m really not too enthused. I believe that toys are tools to stimulate the imagination, and, while I recognize one’s mileage may vary, for me, these figures are something of a dead battery. My inner six-year old whines, “it’s Star Wars….again?”

   At that Toys r Us that day, I actually picked up and looked at one of the Leias for the first time. I’ve never been a fan of of that particular outfit (or lack thereof). I noticed that the eyes on that particular figure were painted in such a way that in conjunction with that state of undress, the face suggested the fearful anticipation of some ugly fate–it occured to me this figure might as well been called “Victimized Leia,” and I became very uncomfortable.

   I’ve read it suggested that perhaps this figure this might have sold better if it had come with a Salacious Crumb figure–to additionally torment Leia, perhaps (no, I do know about the rumors of a Jabba the Hutt set), but I think that’s the wrong tack. I’m not sure if the classic white outfit would be deemed interesting enough by fans, though it’d be a step in the right direction.

   The franchise is called Star Wars, and this title promises action. At one point in the three films Leia was geared up in commando fatigues, ready for combat, and she succeeded all right. So why couldn’t the character be presented as a more assertive action hero? And would a more heroic, more battle-ready, more dynamic figure not sell better?

5. I have to agree with you, just because 1 TRU, has 1 Greedo does not equate to the wave selling great. There is no telling of how long that lone Greedo was there.

   I’ve been on an endless quest for Boba, and the 3 Targets & 2 TRU’s I’ve searched; they’ve only had Greedo & Leia

   At the TRU I visited yesterday: 3 Greedo & 3 Leia
   & Target: 2 Greedo & 1 Leia

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