I've been to two Targets, with no indication that either ever had this. One had no Han Solo merchandise whatsoever. Ditto for the three Walmarts nearby. The launch for this seems spotty at best.
The biggest problem with this otherwise nice mask is of course the dome, as others already discussed. While this piece makes for a very nice display with just the mask and neck piece and no dome, it still drives me nuts the dome Hasbro supplied is so small and cartoonish. I therefore took to fitting a Rubies Supreme DV helmet dome on to this mask. I had one sitting around that came new in box, but badly scratched. I'm going to fix it up by 1) fitting it with the magnetic mechanism of the Hasbro Helmet, 2) adding epoxy putty to the edges of the helmet so it looks thicker, 3) add multiple coats of primer paint in a stripe on the center of the helmet to better define the missing center strip that should be there, and then lastly 4) paint the entire Rubies helmet (after light sanding) in primer and then gloss back. I'm also going to harvest the real metal tusks from the Rubies mask and put on the Hasbro in place of those plastic ones. Here's the Rubies dome sitting on the Hasbro. As you can see, getting a dome of approximately the correct size and shape on this Hasbro mask suddenly adds a lot more credibility to it's overall look. At least that's my humble opinion.
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Here in the UK they're mislabeled, stumbled on it last night and got a pre-order in. It's called "STAR WARS E0328EU4 S2 BL Black Series Helmet, Boys, Gray, One Size". It disappeared just after I placed the order, but looks to have come back again overnight.
Just curious, but what happened with this? I ordered mine on the 14th and it has been saying it would be delivered today since then, but it hasn't dispatched yet and apparently they don't even have it in stock.
Yeah - I'm in the same situation. I think Amazon UK are having some issues as I has the exact same issue yesterday with the latest Hitchhiker's Guide CD too. Thankfully I could buy that locally on my way home yesterday. I wonder if they underestimated demand? Or if it's an IT glitch in their ordering process?
On a few other UK sites the release date is listed as 30th April, so maybe it's not actually out yet or something? Who knows. I also found it on the Very catalogue but it's listed as not in stock. I'd been checking there forever though, so I don't know if it ever was in stock.
This is all very annoying.
Remember, US prices have sales tax added at the til, so with our VAT, it comes in at £86 or so.... still cheaper, but not as bad as the 50% hike we get on most of the figures.
I bought several of these for modding and gifts. The price can't be beat and down the road people will be wishing they got one after these all get sold out. Expect them to get a lot more expensive NIB on Ebay in the future. It is great that Hasbro went into doing a reveal helmet - but I don't understand why most people keep considering this to be an ROJ helmet. The symmetry and color scheme shows it to be based on ROS - as many Lusasfilm Disney licensed toys have been for years. I personally don't like the symmetrical look of the ROS Vader, but the reveal scene at the end of Episode III is the big finale, so I'm into this. High end reveal helmets are extremely expensive and hard to get, so this is a bargain for entry level display. And the sounds are just extremely cool. There's not much that can be done to fix the shortened neck which is a shame. But there's lots that can be done to improve the rest of this as a project. For starters, here's some orthodontic expanders I got from Ebay for the greebles on the exterior forehead and neck. I got a pack of ten (stainless steel) for about $25. Large and small ones are needed. Then I also got a batch of old hard drive heads $20 for the inside of the mask. I'm going to carefully glue these real metal parts over the molded simulated parts of the mask to give this a more realistic look.
Ah yes, I forgot you guys add sales tax when you pay!
Your stores seem much better than ours in terms of choice, though: the Solo hauls I've been seeing from places like from Target are crazy.
Saw this at a different Walmart for $99 instead of $88, not sure what’s with that.
I bought mine a my local Walmart about a week ago. $99 each. There were two.
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