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Offline jediwes

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I had ordered what I hoped would be the .45 replica of Count Dooku's lightsaber from AotC.

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_16/601-3308929-5420158?%5Fencoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0007YWIOA

As you can see, the description and photo matched up, and I had hoped I'd be able to buy it cheaper than I had been finding them on Ebay.  However, when the package finally arrived today, they had shipped the .45 Darth Tyranus from RotS - different, and easily available.  So now I'll have to mail it back.  I was hoping to secure two of the more difficult to find cheaply .45 replicas (Dooku from Target, Kenobi from Amazon-which is due to ship mid-May).  I hope this helps anyone who was thinking they might be able to get Dooku's lightsaber for retail.

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 02:43:42 PM »
Yeah hopefully amazon won't do that with the obi saber.  I've noticed on ebay though people have been selling the 2004 sith collection for pretty cheap.  I saw the case, maul, vader anh, and dooku atoc sell for only 60, 75 with shipping.  The best way to get the dooku seems to be to find a sith collection on ebay.

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 03:19:51 PM »
Yeah hopefully amazon won't do that with the obi saber.  I've noticed on ebay though people have been selling the 2004 sith collection for pretty cheap.  I saw the case, maul, vader anh, and dooku atoc sell for only 60, 75 with shipping.  The best way to get the dooku seems to be to find a sith collection on ebay.

that's cheap man! is this USD?
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2006, 03:45:13 PM »
The Dooku .45 was available on the KB Toys website until last month.  When I returned to order the mini, it was no longer on the site. 
I got a Dooku mini a couple of weeks ago on ebay for $35 plus shipping.  Keep an eye open and you'll find one there for retail or less eventually. The price of these minis seems to keep going down. 

The 2004 Sith Collection I saw for $80 BIN on ebay this afternoon sold just before I posted this.

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2006, 04:40:02 PM »
Hmm... I don't know about Target's product listings. They have the BD Maul mini listed as Episode II. It also looks like they removed the Episode II part from the Dooku discription.
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2006, 04:52:44 PM »
that's curious...."I will soon find the reason behind this plot" lol ;) - ani ROTS
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2006, 01:00:00 PM »
If you hurry, here is a Dooku AOTC mini on ebay going for around $22 with only 3 and a half hours left.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Master-Replicas-Count-Dooku-AOTC-45-Lightsaber_W0QQitemZ6621962365QQcategoryZ99971QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2006, 06:02:02 PM »
DUN DUN DAAA!!
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2006, 06:15:35 PM »
Missed it while I was at work.   $36+5 shippig is actually a decent price I would've paid.  Oh well, I'll have to continue keeping an eye out for it.

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2006, 06:31:49 PM »
The secret to the problems with Target listings is that Target.com is really run by Amazon, and we've seen a fair bit of their SR picture accuracy lately. ;)

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2006, 07:16:14 PM »
i didn't know they were the same co.         that's interesting.
they have accurate pics of SR's? can you give me a link please LS?
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2006, 08:37:04 PM »
Actually, they really have both been notorious of late about throwing up just any old pic and calling it a completely different SR.
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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2006, 09:53:34 PM »
Seems like some of these big retaliers are getting a bit dodgy  :-\

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2006, 05:15:03 PM »
lol, yeah....jack XXX'X

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Re: Target.com 'Count Dooku' .45 ... isn't. Rec'd = Darth Tyranus
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2006, 10:57:08 PM »
Not any more  ;D

 

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