Episode III Toys!

Yesterday was the big unveiling of all the Revenge of the Sith merchandise, from the novelizations (currently #1 on the Amazon.com Sci-Fi bestsellers list, followed by The Art of Revenge of the Sith in #2) to the toys.

To celebrate the event, I went to Toys 'R' Us and then to Target. Each of them had substantial displays -- Toys 'R' Us' was right in the front of the store. I was intrigued by how different the displays looked, though. Toys 'R' Us' centered around the "Vader in Flames" logo, whereas the Target display had more of a retro "Revenge of the Jedi" feel.

Wow... they have some great toys! :-) I especially like the vehicles, namely the BARC Speeder, the AT-RT (which neither TRU nor Target had), and Jedi Starfighters. Grievous' wheel bike also looks cool.

One of the most innovative new toys is a Lightsaber Battle Game. It comes with a short toy lightsaber and a control box in the shape of a training remote. You plug the remote into your TV, and then you can battle all the greatest villians of the Star Wars saga with your lightsaber! It's tons of fun. So much fun, in fact, that I'm off to play it right now!