Walmart Shelves Update

   Here's a typical look at what the Star Wars section has arrived at right now. As you can see, it's come to around $10 for Black Series 3.75 and $12 for Black Series 6 Inch. Only $4 for basic Build a Weapon figures! With clearances everywhere, now is a good time to check your local stores!

Also Halloween decorations have arrived, of all sorts...

This Halloween Trick or Treat bucket is $5, but is actually really spiffy. Makes a great storage container for odds and ends, too.

That's about all. Thanks for reading, and May the Force be with you!

Revell Snap-Tight Model Kit: Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle

Yesterday I was lucky to pick up a used unassembled Revell Model Kit of Kylo Ren's command shuttle. These are sold at the Star Wars Launch Bay, model shops, and online. Though you will see their smaller $20 counterparts at Target. 

   Those smaller ones are really easy to assemble, look great, and feature lights and sounds. This larger model I found much more difficult to assemble. Granted it was missing pieces (Wing underside paneling and side cannons) but it was still a difficult build that requires a flat work surface and good snippers. 

   No glue or paint is required, and as you can see the finished product looks great. (Micro Machines Kylo added for scale) 

   My biggest problem with the set is that the wing plastic is so brittle I managed to crack it in one spot trying to snap it together. This is definitely only a set I'd recommend to really experienced modelers. With Rogue One coming out we'll see a huge new range of models from Revell, so I'd give advice to stick with the small stuff. 

    If you have the skill and the patience though, this is the largest model on the market for Kylo's shuttle. And it really does look great. Hopefully we will see more of it in the future, though personally I'm still holding out for a good version of the First Order Troop Transport at some point. 

Thanks for reading, have a great week, and May the Force be with you!

-EpcotServo

2015 Force Friday Anniversary

Happy Saturday everyone! We've come year round since last year's Force Friday, and we've gotten back here with alot more toys and Force Awakens viewings on our belts!

  I'm sad to hear the rumor that only Toys R Us will be holding midnight events, but I expect there still might be hanging out at midnight at the local Walmart. Always in motion, the future is!

   But since we've marked one year of Zuvio I thought I'd take a look back on that wonderful Force Friday!

Not much before Midnight. And sparse it remained for so many months!

The product shippers rolled out at midnight. 

My first Captain Phasma!

First in line at Target the next morning!

Okay, who else misses seeing BB-8?

Still really like the TFA tie fighter. You should be able to find these on clearances at Target right now!

Here's hoping troopers return to the Target doors this year too! Well thanks for joining me on this memory toy run. Be sure to like, comment or subscribe! Please share your memories of Force Friday or a year of Force Awakens toys and collectables with us at any time!

Zu Zu Zuuviiiooooo!

     Hey everybody and welcome to ST45 collecting. It's probably your first post, and it's mine too. Heh heh. So this site is going to be pretty casual, not so much reviews as it is fun looking over Star Wars and Indy collectibles from my collection, new acquisitions, fun thoughts, toy hunting and clearance alerts, and of course talking about all the toys and action figures yet to come!

     First off we're starting with a bit of news and a new acquisition- As you may know: Begun, the clearances have. Even Walmart sometimes does not know this, such as in this case. Across the board most walmarts have marked The Force Awakens 3.75 Build A Weapon series to only $4! Only some stores have not changed the tag. (Always price check!) A great deal to be sure, so check your stores' stock as soon as you can.

     So at long last I picked up a figure we're all no doubt both familiar and unfamiliar with: Constable Zuvio...

      I remember first seeing him in person on Force Friday 2015 as they rolled the stock out onto the floor. An excited young fan was looking over them before we were allowed to buy them, his comment being that Zuvio looked like Embo from the Clone Wars, which was very true. Only it turns out, Embo had scenes. Zuvio's legend continued to grow. When no other figure could be found, there was Zuvio. Where nothing had been restocked, there was more Zuvio. Wherever there is injustice on Jakku, you can count on Zuvio to be there.

    Now I for one think the Zuvio situation has been overstated, but that's just really part of the magic and fun that is Zuvio. To me the big problem was obvious from Day 1: Why Zuvio in the Six Inch Black Series line? I recall hoping he was kind of a big deal in TFA, so that his figures would sell. Alas, many large Zuvios are still out there and awaiting buyers. I for one, bought this Zuvio.

    I think he's a fun figure in the 3.75 scale. He has a surprisingly nice amount of movement in the ball joint head. He can even pose a two handed hold on his spear unlike most of the 5 point articulation figures. And he's a nice looking alien, much akin to snaggletooth or hammer head. And he's actually in scarcer numbers than you'd think, with only four of these between both walmarts in my area. And I think the Black Series dilemma cast a shadow over poor Zuvio and stole the spotlight from the real peg warmer: Goss Toowers. That guy is still everywhere around here.

   That's about it, thanks for reading and May the Force be with you!

-EpcotServo^^