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Although we all obviously love & prefer the original trilogy (otherwise why would we be here?!) - I’m wondering if anyone else is considering buying any force awakens figures?

me- I’ll probably get the Rey & BB-8 black series combo. I only just decided this after watching a little video review clip that shows BB’s articulation. Yes his head does move a bit, not able to move all over the base ball, but at least it’s somewhat pose-able.

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I picked up Black Series 6" Kylo Ren today. I had the Rey figure in my hand as well but had to settle on just one. I had no intentions of buying any at all, I originally went to get a Black Series IG-88 !

No mention at all on the box of The Force Awakens..

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I ad almost the opposite situation. Went in for a BB-8 & Rey figure, and saw only a Kylo! (which I didn't want) I went to the force friday midnight opening on thursday night, at a local toys r us. I was about 40 people back from the front of the line, maybe less. By the time I got in there were no black series left (although people standing around said there were only 4 of them!) Wow- talk about not being prepared for the mayhem. Anyway, once I discovered that I wasn't getting a BB-8/Rey, I quickly went to amazon while standing in the store and ordered it there. Had it in 2 days.

Wait- there's an IG-88 black series?!

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Oh yes..........

I picked up 6 inch Black series IG-88 and Princess Leia Boushh disguise as well.

I got to the London Forbidden Planet store as they opened on the Friday. Someone turned up with a bag full of stuff  that they had got from the Disney Store that must have opened early. I had a look at the Black Series figures from TFA and then went to look for the IG-88 and Leia figures. When I returned to the TFA figures, some guy had emptied a whole rack in to his basket. That's when I made my choice, grabbed the figure and was off........

I will return with the hopes of picking up the Rey figure. It does look pretty good.

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Very cool! So is that part of TFAs series or was that a pre-TFA release?

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That's a pre-TFA release. One of the last figures to be released in that range so far. I don't know if they have any more planned at the moment as they seem to be releasing more 6 inch TFA figures late October/Early November.

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I'm not willing to splurge on the Black Series stuff, but I've been snagging the 3.75" figures whenever I find myself with an extra few bucks. And I'm TAKING THEM OUT OF THE BOX, MAN, because to this day you can get a boxed Maul from the TPM release for a buck online, and posing them on my desk brings me more joy than just lining up the packages. I've got Rey, Finn, Kylo, Chewie, and a stormtrooper so far. Probably going to cool it on the TFA stuff after I find Poe and Phasma since I don't have any interest in the stormtrooper variants or random Jakku aliens, but going out and buying action figures for no reason as an adult (which is something I hadn't done prior to the aftermath of Force Friday) has proven enjoyable enough that I'll most likely get some OT stuff too (I let my cousin borrow all of my action figures from when I was an actual child about a decade ago and never saw them again, so it might be therapeutic to buy at least a Luke and a Vader now).

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I'm like you, everything comes out of the box! I want to be able to pose them and create groups of figures standing together- so keeping them in the box won't do! Although I'm buying mostly black series, I did pre-order the special 3 3/4" trooper set from amazon. It's not supposed to ship till the end of the year though- but it's worth the wait. I've recently bought a few new 3 3/4" order trooper/vehicle things, so thought the exclusive trooper set would be a good compliment to those.

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Picked up a Black Series 6inch First Order Stormtrooper in a back street sci-fi shop. Wow ! These figures are like gold dust.