LEGO News: V-Wing Replaces Jedi Starfighter
Posted by Jeremy on December 9, 2005 at 04:02 AM CST:
Thanks to Steve Witt, of the LEGO Community Team, we now have an explanation as to why this set popped up unexpectedly, and why it disappeared just as quickly:
"The Ultimate Space Battle was only ever intended to be a 4th quarter exclusive for Target, and it sold very very well (hence why its gone already)."
Since its retirement there has been a footnote at the bottom of the Ultimate Space Battle page at the LEGO shop@home website explaining "We’re sorry, this Collection is no longer available. Please see our new, exclusive replacement Collection: #K7283 V-wing Space Battle Collection." Sadly LEGO did not provide a link to K7283, nor did appear on the website.
Yesterday reader Trip O'Neal wrote in to point out that the V-wing Space Battle Collection was up for $44.97 (USA & Canada only), and Steve Witt has added:
"The V-wing was added into a new collection (K7283) and placed up on Shop@Home. Whether this was done as a replacement for the USB or just as a holiday collection I’m not certain."
So, for now there is another new LEGO set to add to your collection - assuming you feel the need to pick up yet more Vulture Droids and yellow Jedi Starfighters.
5 comments:
The real question is whether the dark red R4 head, and the other dark red pieces currently exclusive to Obi Wan's starfighter, will ever show up again.
Is the V-wing actually in the movie?
I think the V-Wing is seen very briefly in the opening battle. I'm so upset. I passed on the new Harry Potter Legos and now I can't find them anywhere, shit. does this usually happen?
There's a Christmas rush right now. I snagged what I like to think was the last Graveyard Duel set in the Bay Area for Jonah. It was in the overhead overstock section at TRU, and the only side of the box that was showing didn't have the set name on it, just the code #. I'm that good.
Even the Lego website is back-ordered.
I should know better after all these years to grab it when I see it. Damn, when am I going to learn!
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