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<\/a><\/p>\nI briefly considered getting all 7 but given the $25\/ea. price and knowing I had a couple of open pre-orders that would be hitting soon I decided to just wait for Boba. After putting a reminder in my phone I pretty much forgot about anything related to these for 2 1\/2 months.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to December 7th. I had deliberately arranged my schedule to be working later in the evening to pick up a couple of Boba\u2019s and run some family errands. At about 5 after 10:00a I walk into the Disney Store looking for him. Not on the shelves\u2026 Not behind the counter\u2026 \u201cExcuse me, do you have the Elite Series Boba Fett?\u201d<\/p>\n
This is where I got really annoyed and confused. \u201cNo, I\u2019m sorry, they don\u2019t come out until 1:00p\u201d (OK\u2026) \u201cBut you can come back at noon and put your name in.\u201d Huh? Now I\u2019m wishing I had brought that brochure with me.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, OK.\u201d So off I go to breakfast with my wife. Now what? I\u2019m supposed to be somewhere at noon. So I spend breakfast wrestling with what to do. Do I really want it? How badly? It\u2019s online tomorrow but will I get one that way?<\/p>\n
Finally I say screw it. I get to my noon appointment early and cut it short to go back to the mall. I walk back into the Disney Store and see an associate with a clipboard. She must be who I need to talk to. \u201cI\u2019d like to put my name in for Boba Fett\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, can I see your ID?\u201d (WTF?) \u201csure\u2026\u201d I hand her my license to surprised and confused to do or say anything else.<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, we have 16 of them and you\u2019re the 13th person on the list.\u201d She hands me my license back. \u201cSoooo why can\u2019t I just grab it now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you have to wait for the drawing.\u201d (*%^%!!!) This is a raffle? Are you for real? \u201cSo limit 1 per?\u201d Yep. I look at the slip she handed me with my license explaining the rules and sure enough, drawing at 1:00p. \u201cWas this advertised at all? The brochure I had picked up didn\u2019t say anything about this\u2026\u201d \u201cWell we\u2019ve done them all this way.\u201d -_- \u201cOK, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
So I spent the next 45 minutes on a bench outside the store surfing the web on my phone looking for ANYTHING that would have told me it was a drawing. Now I\u2019m not the best at web searching on my phone, desktop preferred, but I couldn\u2019t find anything on these figures being a limited release, let alone a drawing. (2 weeks later still haven\u2019t found any official thing from Disney about these figures being raffled away.) I\u2019m also wishing I hadn\u2019t had to drop my wife off to double my chances.<\/p>\n
So I head back in at 1:00p to find the associate with her box of name slips and hang out for the drawing. Fortunately my name is the 3rd one drawn so I don\u2019t have to sweat it out. The associate hands me a slip with my name on it and I head to the check out behind the first two winners. I get to the cashier and hand her my slip. \u201cCan I see your ID?\u201d Again? Is this for real? I hand over my license. She checks it off and grabs Boba from behind the counter and places it next to the scanner.<\/p>\n
I look at it and the first thing I notice is that his antenna stalk is bent. Are you kidding me? Now I\u2019m really thankful I didn\u2019t try for them all. I briefly consider asking for a different one but that just means someone else in line behind me gets screwed. I realize I\u2019m completely over this whole mess and just buy the one they gave me. When I get home I pull out the brochure and sure enough there\u2019s NOTHING about the figures being limited or raffled. Better yet, I look at the picture of Boba again and guess what. The antenna stalk is bent. IN THE BROCHURE PHOTO! They\u2019re all like that. Are you kidding me?<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t open mine but I did find a really nice video review of the figure unboxed by TheCollectorsHutt.com<\/a>. Click HERE<\/a> for the video review. The biggest gripe I have with the figure is that his gauntlet hose connects right to his jetpack instead of disappearing up his sleeve. I want to be mad about the bent antenna stalk but all the promo material shows it bent so I guess joke\u2019s on me there. Also his shoulder pads look like they\u2019re about to pop off because of the sculpt.<\/p>\n Compared to the other TFA elite figures on the shelf at the store (and due to it being die-cast metal) sure, this is a $25.00 figure. But for a limited release item, and having to go through a raffle (or stay up until 3:00a or whenever Disneystore.com rolls over) Disney should have put a little more effort in. For a limited release raffle prize I would have paid $50.00 no problem for a better looking figure. I guess I\u2019m saying the reward doesn\u2019t match the effort. Not just the effort I made to acquire it, but the effort Disney (didn\u2019t) put in to this promotion. No advertising or publicity regarding it being raffled? I wonder how many other people showed up at Disney stores at opening just to find out they had to kill three hours just to get a shot at getting one (for any of the figures).<\/p>\n Now I\u2019m in a relatively small market. Our store got 16 Boba Fett figures, and conservatively 3 people walked away without one, and that\u2019s after there were a couple of no shows. So in hindsight I\u2019m relatively confident I could have managed to get all 7. But how many people trying to do the same missed out on a complete set? It just doesn\u2019t seem like Disney really thought this one through completely.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nRating<\/h4>\n