**Official** Star Wars at DHS, Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party/Galactic Nights/Launch Bay/JT

[soniam]

Just got some goodies. I think Force Friday may have had an unintended effects for other online retailers. Well, at least in my case One more BB-8 yet to arrive. I can't decide if we should keep one for DH and I to play with.

 

[HCinKC]

Nice.

I was just doing my regular check for Lego and SW on Craigslist. Someone is selling a Kylo Ren Force FX saber for $300, and there are several Sphero BB-8s for $200-250. People are nuts to pay that. All they have to do is look around and/or be patient, and they can get it for MSRP from a store. I seriously hope no one falls for such shenanigans!

 

[soniam]

Nice.

I was just doing my regular check for Lego and SW on Craigslist. Someone is selling a Kylo Ren Force FX saber for $300, and there are several Sphero BB-8s for $200-250. People are nuts to pay that. All they have to do is look around and/or be patient, and they can get it for MSRP from a store. I seriously hope no one falls for such shenanigans!

I hope so too. They are already pretty expensive. I think that's sort of one reason we bought more BB-8 than we needed, so that we could sell one at cost to someone who really needed it, ie a fan or for their kid. Plus, I wanted to be sure that we got at least one. I did read somewhere that they were limited production. I have no idea if that's true or what the limit is. I think they would be dumb to limit it too much.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Nice.

I was just doing my regular check for Lego and SW on Craigslist. Someone is selling a Kylo Ren Force FX saber for $300, and there are several Sphero BB-8s for $200-250. People are nuts to pay that. All they have to do is look around and/or be patient, and they can get it for MSRP from a store. I seriously hope no one falls for such shenanigans!

Totally agree with not paying those people. Makes me mad.

That said, I can see not knowing when others will be produced and sold, and having something like a birthday coming up that may make you willing to pay more.

I can't promise that if this was for my son's bday this month, and it was meant to be THE gift and Amazon fell through, that I wouldn't pay an extra $50 for a BB8. I'd HATE it, but I must admit I might...

After Frozen Disney doesn't have the best track record wrt meeting demand... I can see not wanting to count on that if it was a gift.

 

[Jfsag123]

Got standard form letter response from Amazon... BB-8... blah blah blah... our supplier can't tell us when... Blah blah blah... we're sorry... Blah blah blah... upgraded to next day shipping. Wonderful. That takes care of it. :-/

I got the same one, but they also gave me a $10 credit on my account in addition to the one-day shipping "upgrade". Not much, but better than nothing.

 

[HCinKC]

Well, I can understand the pressure of an upcoming birthday...although, I still would not pay that much lol. I think what irks me is that these were clearly purchased to resell at a mark up. One person "bought two extras for friends, but the friends found their own, and now I need to sell them ASAP." Well, I'm sure you do since you just spent $500 on three BB8s, but selling them at a $50 profit doesn't seem to indicate that you are just hoping to unload them and/or get back what you paid. Plus, if they are unopened, surely you can return them. I saw that BBB limits a person to two, not that there aren't ways around that. It's sad that people buy it up just to up charge others.

 

[TigerTown]

I got my son the remote control one from Target. As soon as we decide that is definitely what Santa is bringing him, I will have to open it and test. I'll post, too, so people can compare to Sphero's.

Has anyone gotten or seen the build-a-blade in action? We watched the Hasbro video, but I'd prefer some real world experience.

I'm really interested to hear about the differences. I was tempted to get the Target version when I went to the Store Friday morning but held out for Sphero instead. Now I can't find the Target version in any of our local stores.

 

[slaveone]

I now have two bb8 shirts and two first order shirts. Plus a big hasbro first order stormtrooper and have gotten the family involved. My evil plan will come to fruitition on Dec 18

 

[TigerTown]

I was finally able to score a few of the new Hot Wheels ships on the way into work this morning. Apparently Wal-Mart got a shipment in overnight because the end cap was full. I don't think there were any changes to the Falcon and the X-Wing but I had to get the new packaging. I'm not sure what the appeal is with the Hot Wheels for me but for some reason I love them.

 

[yulilin3]

I now have two bb8 shirts and two first order shirts. Plus a big hasbro first order stormtrooper and have gotten the family involved. My evil plan will come to fruitition on Dec 18

 

[lovingeire]

Oh my goodness! 44 pages to catch up on! I am secretly dreaming of a return to SWW, but not sure it's in the cards with my husbands military retirement.

Since out trip in June my 1 1/2 year old has become completely obsessed! Who would have though some of his first words would be Star Wars and Darth Vader! He throws a fit if not watching something Star Wars!

A huge thanks to @yulilin3 and all the other great contributors for all the wonderful advice! Our trip was voted the best ever by my whole family, and that's largely due to the success of our SWW days and all I learned about the event here!

Most importantly I accomplished my goal and met an Ewok! My selfie was shown on the big screen at the end of the night too! Dream come true!

 

[yulilin3]

Oh my goodness! 44 pages to catch up on! I am secretly dreaming of a return to SWW, but not sure it's in the cards with my husbands military retirement.

Since out trip in June my 1 1/2 year old has become completely obsessed! Who would have though some of his first words would be Star Wars and Darth Vader! He throws a fit if not watching something Star Wars!

A huge thanks to @yulilin3 and all the other great contributors for all the wonderful advice! Our trip was voted the best ever by my whole family, and that's largely due to the success of our SWW days and all I learned about the event here!

Most importantly I accomplished my goal and met an Ewok! My selfie was shown on the big screen at the end of the night too! Dream come true!

thanks for the kind words...There's still a long ways to go until SWW so maybe something will work out and you can come back for it.

 

[jennab113]

I put together the Lego Rey's Speeder last night and I love it. I want to bring it to work to sit on my desk, but my coworkers would probably take it apart. I really want to get Poe's X-wing, but it's expensive. Maybe if I don't end up getting a BB-8, I'll get that.

 

[mesaboy2]

I put together the Lego Rey's Speeder last night and I love it. I want to bring it to work to sit on my desk, but my coworkers would probably take it apart. I really want to get Poe's X-wing, but it's expensive. Maybe if I don't end up getting a BB-8, I'll get that.

Jawas?

 

[yulilin3]

I put together the Lego Rey's Speeder last night and I love it. I want to bring it to work to sit on my desk, but my coworkers would probably take it apart. I really want to get Poe's X-wing, but it's expensive. Maybe if I don't end up getting a BB-8, I'll get that.

I love the Lego Millennium Falcon but a) it's really expensive and b) I really don't like Lego that much.
I've been calling everyday at 10 am to the Disney Store to see if the got a shipment for the Rey Elite Series figure. That's the only thing that I really wanted and because I waited until the evening of Friday I missed out.

 

[TigerTown]

I put together the Lego Rey's Speeder last night and I love it. I want to bring it to work to sit on my desk, but my coworkers would probably take it apart. I really want to get Poe's X-wing, but it's expensive. Maybe if I don't end up getting a BB-8, I'll get that.

Was it a pretty quick build? I've got it waiting at home but I think I'm going to do a video build and put it on the YouTube channel. That's why its still sitting in the box taunting me

 

[jennab113]

Jawas?

YES! I have a bobblehead on my cabinet that has multicolored puffballs taped all over it. My Lightning McQueen as Jedi Luke's lightsaber is broken because someone was swordfighting with it. Of the 4 TMNT legos, only 3 still have bodies. This place is terrible for my toys.

Was it a pretty quick build? I've got it waiting at home but I think I'm going to do a video build and put it on the YouTube channel. That's why its still sitting in the box taunting me

Yes, it was. 20 minutes or so, with watching soccer and feeding french fries to the dog mixed in.

 

[jennab113]

FYI - if anyone is still looking for BB-8, I ordered from Best Buy on Tuesday and they shipped yesterday with an expected delivery date of tomorrow. The original date was the 16th, so I was really surprised when it shipped.

 

[yulilin3]

unrelated but I went to MK yesterday and took pictures and a short video of the backstage walkway if anyone is interested. It's under the MK tab of my blog
http://parksintransition.weebly.com/

 

[lugnut33]

Long time WDW veteran here, but I've never done a SWW. If you could pick one weekend in May to do a SWW what weekend would that be?