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Posted by Melissa8781 on 05/19/2004
HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK -- This is the most horrible company I have ever experienced in my life. In june 2003 I purchased a complete bedroom set from Levitz in Hauppauge, NY. In November 2003 the headboard legs broke and I wanted to replace them. I called customer service and I paid $50 for new ones and was told they would deliver in December. They never came in December. They never came in January. Each time I called them, they gave me the run-around saying there was delivery issues with the manufacturer. I filed a complaint with the BBB in the beginning of May 2004 because I was sick of seeing my bed in shambles. Finally 7 months after I intially ordered them they were delivered on May 13, 2004. I ask them when I first ordered over the phone if they could mail me a receipt so that I could be reimbursed by my landlord. They told me a receipt of purchase would come with the package. NO RECEIPT CAME! Just a packing slip showing no amount of payment. I called them back again and requested a receipt, invoice or something showing what I ordered and what I paid. They denied my request saying they dont't have receipts or invoices there. WHAT KIND OF COMPANY IS THIS? I'm currently trying to find out if there is a law in NY state, that a company must provide a receipt. If you're thinking about buying from them I STRONGLY urge you not to. This company is horrible. Would NEVER recommend them or do business with again.
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Posted by Sjporreca on 03/09/2005
FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA -- Moving into a new home is supposed to be a happy experience. A month prior to our move, my husband and I went to Levitz Furniture in Oxford Valley/Fairless Hills in need of a bedroom set. Last Saturday, Mar. 5, was our moving day. We requested delivery on that date. When the furniture arrived, there was a flurry of activity. After it was unpacked and placed in the master bedroom, I signed for the furniture. The deliveryman did not give me a copy of the slip.
About 1 hour later when my husband and family arrived back with our next load of belongings, my husband checked the furniture and found that it was the wrong set. We notified the store that same day. They apologized and said feel free to use the furniture until they could pick it up. I advised them we would not use it at all (because we did not want to be held accountable if there were any damages.)
Four days later, we are told the correct set won't be here until at least the March 23, and they can't pick the wrong furniture up until at least March 19th.
How is it that they were ready to deliver within 48 hours but it will take them 2 weeks to pick up the wrong furniture, and 3 weeks to deliver the right furniture?
We told store management we would take the floor model; they refused to sell it to us. All they would do is offer us an additional nightstand at no charge for the inconvenience.
Inconvenience??? We can't unpack any clothing because we have nowhere to put it. We have nowhere to sleep except our living room sofa. I can't unpack any of our belongings that go in the master bedroom. I worked in retail and retail management for more than 15 years and if I allowed customer complaints to reach this level, I would have been out of a job.
Is there any way you can help? I just want the wrong furniture OUT of my house so we can get unpacked and on with life! I'll shop elsewhere for furniture and recommend others do the same.
Any assistance you can offer is appreciated!
Thank you!
Susan Porreca
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Levitz – Fairless Hills Showroom
110 Commerce Blvd.
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
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Posted by guchiedad on 2005-10-13:
Hi Susan, we had a similar bad experience. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I also live in Eastern PA, and I, along with several others, are contacting local media to expose Levitz for their disgusting service. You can contribute your story to the media along with us.
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Posted by Ljshelton on 06/01/2006
PORTLAND, OREGON -- I havae cut and pasted my letter to Levitz. Please note: I still have not received a response from Levitz and continue to call daily.
Let me begin my experience with Levitz.
First of all, I went to the showroom in XXXXX and purchased a bedroom set. I informed the salesman that I wanted the bed, dresser, mirror, chest and two night stands. When the furniture was delivered, the dresser and night stands rocked. The delivery person, who set up the furniture, told me to go buy a chive and put it under the leg and then left very quickly. When they left, there was a mess in the street that I had to clean up. I also found an unopened box in my garage. And also, my chest was not delivered. When I contacted the sales man and told him that the furniture did not have the chest, he informed me that we never told him to order it. When I explained that I told him everything I wanted (the entire set, an extra night stand and chest, he gave me the cost). He denied telling me anything of the sort. I guess he was calling me a liar.
I called the shipping department, in XXXXX. They ordered a new dresser and night stands to be delivered the next weekend. They were also going to install the center support on my bed as that was what I found sitting in my garage. The installers showed up in the evening, checked the dresser and told me all the furniture was adjustable (why didn't customer service know that). He then adjusted everything and looked at my bed. He told me that I did not need the center support.
My husband and I wend to Levitz to return the center support as again, it wasn't needed. The manager at the store told me that my bed had to have this support. Another appointment was set up to install the support for the third Saturday in a row.
Levitz called to inform me that a tech would be out that Saturday between 12:00 and 4:00 pm. A little later the shipping supervisor called from Portland and told me they would be out between 8:00 am and 11:00 am. When I told him about the earlier call, he informed me that he was the manager and assigned all calls. Someone would be out Saturday morning.
Saturday morning I waited for Levitz. At 11:30 am, when no one had shown up, I called the customer service again. I was then informed that my appointment time was set for that afternoon. I called the shipping dept. in Seattle and the manager there told me that he could not see why my appointment had been voided (unknown to me). Around 3:00 pm, the tech showed up to check out my bed. He again stated that my bed did not need the support. While he was looking at my bed, another tech called to say he was on his way. When I told him that someone was already there, he was confused (as was I).
Later that night, a magazine fell behind my dresser so I reach back to retrieve it. Guess what, I cut my hand because the wood in the back of the dresser had been broken and pieces were missing making sharp edges.
When I called customer service, I was told that I again was going to have to wait for Levitz to come out on Saturday (or take time off from work to wait for them during the week). In talking to the shipping department, they said they would order the piece and ship it to us. We could either install it ourselves or call for an appointment to have a tech do the installation. Why, when we spent so much money, would we want to work on this furniture. This will be my fourth Saturday waiting for Levitz. I of course was told my Daniel, at the New York customer service that there was nothing no one could do and no, I could not return my furniture as by now, I am totally fed up with the entire ordeal.
I can not believe that I could spend so much money in your store, talk to several different customer service employees, whom most of were very rude, and receive damaged equipment. I know when the first people delivered the furniture and sat it up, they had to know that the dresser was damaged and tried to hide that fact. Also, to tell me to go buy something to make my furniture not rock is inexcusable.
I am totally frustrated with your company and am at a loss as to what I need to do. I am tired of spending my Saturdays at home waiting for Levitz to fix things when I spent $2500.00 in your store.
Please tell me what I need to do to get this entire situation fixed.
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Posted by Doc J on 2006-06-01:
It pains me to say this. Go to a personal injury attorney, pay $200 for a letter from the attorney stating a desire for a the quality of bed you were led to believe you would receive and coverage of your legal and medical expenses. That's all. Don't try to put the kids through college on this. I foresee a resolution.
Posted by Hugh_Jorgen on 2006-06-01:
You might try bringing your sales rep in on this. You can be sure he made a nice commission on your sale, you need to let him know his job isn't done until you are a happy customer. Let him run some interference for you with the corporate call center types.
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Inferior product and terrible customer service
Posted by DontBuyLevitz on 04/20/2005
I purchased a bedroom set about a year ago. Recently, I found a hair line fracture on one of the side rail. It was hard to see, but definitely noticeable at a certain lighting angle. I called Levitz customer service and they told me that it was just out of warrantee so they couldn't do anything for me. I persisted and called several times. Finally, they decided to send someone as "courtesy" to inspected the damage.
First, they didn't confirm their appointment so someone showed up to my house while I was not at home so I had to reschedule. When the serviceman saw the crack, he immediately told me that this was definitely a material defect and it was not fixable. I had to get a replacement part. He said someone from Levitz should be in contact for a replacement part.
I waited 2 weeks and no one called me to follow up this service call. When I called Levetz, I waited over 20 minutes for a CS to answer my call with a rude tone. I explained my situation and asked for some sort remedy. But he responded with a rude attitude that it was out of question. As an example, he had the audacity to tell that "one doesn't ask for a replacement cushion because it sagged after using it for a year." The bed that they sold to me failed because of material defect. Also, it shouldn't fail because I SLEPT on it either! So I asked for a manager and he insisted that it will not change anything. I had told him THREE times before he asked me why I wanted to talk to a manager. It seemed a bit obvious, but I spelled it out for him that I wanted to have a formal complaint. Manager was not helpful either. She had the same reasoning.
I am in the process of submitting a complaint with the BBB. If you had a similar experience, please contact me so that my lawyer can have some of track record of this company.
It unfortunate that a company is selling such a inferior product and getting away with it. Before this experience, I didn't have much opinion about Levitz, but only enough good faith in this company to spend over $2500 in home furniture. Now, they have lost my trust and hopefully many will see my experience and avoid this trap.
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Posted by guchiedad on 2005-10-13:
Hey... I had a similar bad experience with Levitz. I wish I had seen this site sooner. You didn't leave any contact information, so contact me. My email is email@example.com.
I'm contacting local media to help me expose this company. Let's work together!
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Inferior Bedroom Set and Horrible Customer Service
Posted by Timmn on 03/12/2005
BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA -- We purchased a bedroom set from Levitz in Brooklyn Park, MN and asked the salesperson if the furniture was hardwood and she replied yes it was. Everything went fine up until they delivered the furniture a month later. The dresser was cracked, the armoire was two different colors, the laminate was peeling, nothing was aligned properly and overall it looked very tacky. They also forgot the footboard and hardware for the mirror. We called Customer Service after we picked up the items they forgot to deliver. After we took a good look at the final items we decided we couldn't live with this since it costed us $3,000.00 and it looked like something we could have purchased at a discount store. We called the following date to ask for a refund and for them to pick it up. We were then informed that they could order us a new set or if we didn't want the bedroom set we would be charged a 25% restocking fee. Why should we be charged 25% when the product was terrible? We went to the store that evening and spoke with the Manager and she was very rude and disrespectful and wouldn't do anything for us. She admitted to us that it was mostly particle board and basically blamed us because she said we should have read the card that is hanging on the products and we would have known. She told us "what you see is what you get" which is not what a dissatisfied customer wants to hear. No signs of being sorry for anything. We were also told that "all sales are final". I let her know that this is always the case when a company is closing their doors but never heard of paying for full price merchandise and "all sales are final". Interestingly enough this was never mentioned when they sold us the bedroom set. This is the most deceptive company we have ever done business with and we have since filed claims with the Better Business Bureau and the Attorney General's office. Just today we went shopping to replace this furniture at PM Bedroom Gallery and paid a little bit more but got solid hardwood with a lifetime warranty free of charge. These are the companies we will be seeking out to do business with in the future. BEWARE OF LEVITZ, they only want to make the sale and forget about how to treat customers properly with respect. The rumor is they are going to be bankrupt and are having a hard time making the rent payments. If anyone has had luck getting anywhere with Levitz I'd be interested to hear how it came out.
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Posted by Upsetandstuck on 02/09/2005
LAKE GROVE, NEW JERSEY -- I purchased a bedroom set in Sept of 2004. It was to be delivered on 9/31/04. It was with multiple damaged pieces. The delivery men told me that we need to accept the order and call right away for replacement. Which we did. The next delivery came and the pieces were even worse and one piece never arrived. We declined the shipment and were told they woul redeliver. We were given a date of 2/05. When I called to complain about the amount of time we have lost staying home from work they told me that it was a manufacturer's problem not theirs. I asked why they would deal with manufacturer's that make poor quality product they said that they have never had a problem with this manufacturer before. They promised me that I would get my delivery in Feb and it would be in perfect condition. I got a call a few days ago that the exchange would be today. I never got called with a time frame and when I called customer service the recording said I would get the delivery today but no time frame was scheduled yet. At 9:20 this morning we called and were told they would be here between 10-2. At 4 when I did not receive a delivery or a call I called the store that told me they could not help me to call Presidential. I did so and they told me they would call dispatch and I would get a call in 15 minutes. No call. I called back at 4:35 and was on hold until 5PM. And spoke to a woman who said they don't deliver to Long Island on Wednesdays they could do it on Saturdays. I said so why did I get a call about today. She put me on hold for 10 minutes and came back with the same story. And she could not doing anythiong for me for their mistake. Another lost day of work. Then she said they would deliver again on April 12th! So I asked to cancel and they said all deliveries to the home are final sale that I could not cancel. So I called the store and they told me that customer service has the last word. His only suggestion was that I write to the CEO. I am now waiting for a supervisor to call me back. If you are crazy enough to buy from these company INSPECT everything and do not except if you are not 100% or you will be UPSET AND STUCK.
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Posted by ENOUGH! on 2005-03-09:
This person could not be more exact when describing this AWFUL company.
How long did you have to wait for a representative to answer your call at "presidential?" It is unbelievable. We ordered the Chateau bedroom set back in October, and were told that it would be delivered the following week. Needless to say, after I rushed in a carpet installer thinking my new furniture was coming, it did not come until December 21, AND it was not delivered in full, in fact the bed rails did not come with holes, so the driver could not even put it together. Pieces came damaged, warped, broken, scuffed, and had to be repalced. I missed countless days from work. I was told by the "store manager" as well as the district manager that the pieces would be personally inspected by them before being shipped to my house, NOT TRUE, since just yesterday antoher damaged sweater chest arrived. Yet, they all seem to want to think they are doing their jobs...just another laugh! I specifically told them that after 5 months I am finished, that the pieces had to be delivered perfect by March 8, or whatever is here has to be removed and a full refund, once again, after the manager knew of this, the furniture was not taken. BUYER BEWARE...I have called the store under different names, attempted to purchase the very furniture in question and am still being told, "oh, we can have it there in a week" NOW, WHO IS BLOWING SUNSHINE UP MY A@@?
I urge anyone to be smart and NOT SHOP AT LEVITZ...THEY ARE A SCAM COMPANY THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SOON BE OUT OF BUSINESS!!
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Disney hosted an executive breakfast today to talk about Star Wars. Fan site MakingStarWars.net got the scoop that Boba Fett apparently came up during the morning:
From what we have heard about the event, there was a lot of discussion about Boba Fett at the breakfast. The executives are apparently enthusiastic about the rocket man. There are some minor problems going forward with a film about a villain, however. The general problem with Boba Fett is how to use him effectively without ruining his evil essence to make him the protagonist of a Star Wars Spin-off film. The executive was overheard (paraphrased) as saying:
Lucasfilm wants Boba Fett to remain menacing and scary but we have to make him the hero of the film and it is a real challenge.
Lucasfilm is adapting the Marvel model for most of what they are doing but there isn't a clear cut precedence for a Boba film to follow. So far, Marvel hasn't been able to figure out how to make a villain into a hero while keeping the villain dangerous and evil outside of Loki's antics through various Marvel films.
Note that the exact source of which executive spoke, what he/she said without paraphrasing, and who in the room reported this news is not clear in the report.
What do you think?
(Helmet nod to TheForce.net for spreading this news from MakingStarWars.net.)
Thanks to rock-star reporter Adam Pawlus over at Entertainment Earth, we just found out that the latest "wave" of Star Wars Black Series action figures will include more Boba Fett.
It's not a re-paint (e.g. ROTJ vs. ESB) and not a variant (e.g. circle or no circle on the wrist). It's the same UPC and SKU, now packed with different figures in the case.
This is great news for fans who are still having trouble finding the figure. (See our updated post on which stores have healthy stocks of the figure, as reported by buyers.)
According to Pawlus, Hasbro has been doing this for years, but not with the Black Series. There will be a new date stamp on the figure, and "batch variation is possible, but well, it always is. I wouldn't expect anything mortals without microscopes will notice," he tweets.
The wave includes Anakin Skywalker (Revenge of the Sith), Stormtrooper, Clone Trooper (Attack of the Clones), and — finally — the same Boba Fett (Empire Strikes Back) was Wave 2.
At Toy Fair this year, Wave 4 was supposed to include Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker instead of Boba Fett and Clone Trooper.
Pre-order the case right now. The release date is June 2014.
Entertainment Earth is also still selling cases of Wave 2, which includes Han Solo, Greedo, and Slave Leia in the case.
[Updated 4/7/2014 10:00am - Despite dozens of coordinated posts every 4-6 hours across multiple social media channels -- including tweets from Daniel Logan, John Morton, and MC Chris -- the vote for Boba Fett never varied from approximately 35% at any point across three entire days. We're surprised. Meanwhile, Darth Vader moved on to the next round.]
The Final Four lasts three days. On the Dark Side, it's Darth Vader against Boba Fett. If the bounty hunter wins, that's quite a statement as the clear underdog. And if he loses, he's out of the game.
Spread the word. Share the link. Use hashtag #TeamBoba.
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See our previous reports on Boba Fett vs. General Grievous and Boba Fett vs. Jango Fett in this online game.
Last year, Boba Fett made it all the way to the Final Four — and then faced Darth Vader just like this year. Will this year be the same?
Hit television show "The Big Bang Theory" will feature at least one Boba Fett reference in their upcoming show this May 1st in an episode entitled "The Proton Transmogrification," according to a recent exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter.
As you can see, the character known as Howard Wolowitz — played by actor Simon Helberg — is wearing one of the new athletic, "muscle" Boba Fett t-shirts. Be sure to give a shout-out to Helberg on Twitter or to his character, who's also on Twitter at @TheRealHowardW.
This will be the fourth clear Boba Fett reference that the show has had over the years. We've documented each on Fettpedia. This is the first time working with Lucasfilm, in which Industrial Light & Magic is helping them recreate Dagobah.
[Updated 4/3/2014: Winning 67% of the vote, Boba Fett beat General Grievous.]
You've got less than one day to vote over at the Official Star Wars website's This Is Madness bracket-style voting game. With barely any time since his last match, Boba Fett is now up against General Grievous in a match of the click-thrus.
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Here is the official promo graphic for the matchup:
See our previous report on Boba's prior matches in this online game.
Last year, Boba Fett made it all the way to the Final Four.
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Starting today and going for the next 2 days over at the Official Star Wars website's This Is Madness bracket-style voting game, Boba Fett is up against Jango Fett in a match of the click-thrus.
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Here's the official poster, shared today on social media:
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Also facing off right now is Yoda vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi. Last year, Yoda won the entire series.
This year, in a round one match, Boba Fett defeated Greedo:
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Last year, Boba Fett made it all the way to the Final Four.
I have a love/hate relationship with Sideshow. Their customer service is top notch, their promotional material makes everything drool worthy, but then you actually get the product.
The prototype armor figure is my 5th Sideshow made piece; 1/4 scale Boba, 1/4 scale Han in Carbonite, 1/6 scale Boba (Scum and Villainy), and the Boba Fett Mythos statue round out the other 4. I hope to add reviews for the rest later so I'll focus my critique on the prototype figure. I will however go on record and say that the Mythos piece is probably the favorite of my entire collection at the moment.
I always found the prototype Fett a curious piece of Star Wars lore. I'm pretty sure no other character has been so heavily documented, both officially by LucasFilm, or though fan research. Tip of the hat to The Dented Helmet. As a fan of the character I was fascinated by the black and white introductory video featuring Ben Burtt narrating the costume design. However when Hasbro introduced the McQuarrie Concept, and had their mail away offer I wasn't really interested in hunting them down. Sideshow's release of a 1/6 scale figure however peaked my interest, and now having gotten it I'm scouring eBay for the Hasbro figures.
So here he is, in all his glory, the Sideshow Collectibles 1/6 scale prototype armor Boba Fett…
The packaging is nice. An enlarged t-visor on the front with a picture of the figure on the back. The front also has a flip open panel that offers a brief history of the prototype armor on the backside while allowing us to see the actual figure through a plastic window. And thus began my frustration with this particular piece. I immediately noticed that his right breast plate was detached and hanging out in the bottom of the figure tray. I quickly realized however that it was simply the Velcro used to affix the armor that wasn't holding as opposed to a more permanent attachment method having failed. The packaging inside the box is well designed, the figure sits in one layer of the tray while all the accessories sit in custom molded recesses in a second layer of the tray. Plastic sheeting helps protect some of the parts and a piece of tape is used to keep the shin tools in their slots.
After pulling the figure out and reattaching the breast plate I was feeling a little better. Then I checked the gauntlet hoses and was happy to find they weren't kinked or bent. I finally got him to stand up on his own so I started pulling out the accessories. First the stand. Sideshow packed this in a way so that it was stuck together in the wrong configuration. It literally took me 5 minutes to figure out how to separate it (why no instructions?) so I could reassemble it. I was disappointed to find that Sideshow's method of packing left some minor damage to the base where the stand is inserted. While it is incredibly minor, and wouldn't be noticed without me pointing it out, I know it's there. The next thing I noticed was that the holster belt wasn't positioned like it was in the picture. In my attempt to address that the cod piece fell off. This part isn't velcroed. The front half of the cod piece clips into the back half and friction is basically supposed to hold the two pieces together. I managed to wiggle the belts into a position to help hold it in place and got the holster belt repositioned but not without a lot of time and frustration.
My next challenge was to actually put the pistol in the holster. The holster itself isn't a pouch but a strap that somehow wraps around the pistol. I did my best, and you can see it in the pics, but again no instructions. The other tricky attachment is the cape. The attachment point on the shoulder is a single looped stitch to hold the hook on the corner of the cape. Luckily the jet pack helps hold it in place because it flops out pretty easily on it's own. Next up the shin tools. The shin pouches can barely contain them, in fact a couple have to go under the knee pads to be hidden. It appears to be a scaling problem because even the picture on the box has the tools sticking up under the knee pads. My final production criticism is the coloring. While the soft parts are practically pure white, the armor has a bit of a cream hue. On the box everything looks exactly the same shade, while on the figure there is a distinct difference in color. It actually isn't as bad as the pictures seem to make it out but it's still off.
The only artistic criticism I have is the base. Not really a fan of the design, probably because it matches the beach towel. Kudos though to Sideshow for making the extra effort to include the beach towel cape which is a nice nod back to the introductory video. I doubt I'd ever display it on the figure but still a nice gesture.
Believe it or not there are some other things I like about this. The figure itself is a lot less stiffer than the other 1/6 Fett. It's easier to manipulate and pose, and the hands interchange MUCH smooth than the other Fett. Also the vest and chest armor are worn better by the figure. The chest on the other 1/6 Fett looks like it's caving in, not the case on the prototype version. The packaging is well put together and aside from a couple pieces of tape I didn't have to destroy anything to open it.
I also want to give a huge shout out to Sideshow's customer service. I was hoping to change the shipping address last minute and due to the timing of my call they literally pulled it back off the truck so they could make the change. I may be critical of their products sometimes (because I want the perfect piece) but every interaction I've had with their customer service associates have been incredible, and this put them over the top.
Amazingly Proto Fett's arrival closes out the last lone existing pre-order I had. Now what?
(Re-published with permission. Originally published at The Boba Room.)
In the thank you to the fans by Dave Filoni, posted today on starwars.com, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes sketches from the writer's conference.
Look at this one with a filename prefix of season 5, which did not include Young Boba Fett. Isn't that Young Boba Fett in Cad Bane's posse?
Matt Michnovetz, the writer of the bounty hunter storyline in the show, was also rumored to have written a wrap up for Young Boba Fett. That effort didn't make it into the final season, which came out last Friday morning on Netflix.
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Updated March 28, 2014 with more stores!
After the San Diego Comic Con exclusive release, the regular Black Series Boba Fett release flies off shelves. Lately, months after its release, there's one place that we're finding across the country — thanks to Twitter — that regularly stocks the figure for its retail price: Disney Store.
According to the store's Wikipedia data, there are over 700 stores in the United States (as of 2001) and some others "located in malls and commercial areas in … Canada, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Australia and Japan." For more accurate information, try their store locator.
Don't waste any time looking on their website. This is about their retail stores. Fortunately, one perk we're learning is that the Disney Store will apparently hold an item in stock for you. Save yourself the hassle, calling ahead, and see for yourself.
Bypassing the high prices via eBay, as far back as November 2013, we reported the figure was available in stores. In December, both Amazon and Toys-R-Us had very quick sales of inventory without scalper mark-up prices. Some of that inventory came in pretty beat up packaging, where Amazon even noted in the fine print: "minor cosmetic imperfection." In this case, the Disney Store's inventory is all in mint condition.
Now, on to our report. Here's our own stocking log. We'll update this as we hear more reports this quarter via your comments below and dialogue to fans via our Facebook and Twitter:
- Disney Store, Santa Rosa, California (Seen 2/19/2014. Hat tip to EndorExpress.net.)
- Disney Store, Modesto, California (Not in stock 2/25/2014. Helmet tip to James V.)
- Disney Store, Northridge Mall, Northridge, California
- Target, Simi Valley, California (Seen 2/27/2014.)
- Target, Grenada Hills, California (Seen 2/27/2014.)
- Disney Store, Carousel Mall, Syracuse, New York (Seen 2/28/2014. Helmet tip to Scott C.)
- Disney Store, Times Square, New York City, New York (Seen 2/19/2014. Helmet tip to Kristin H.)
- Toys"R"Us, 540 Centennial Pkwy N, Hamilton, Ontario (Seen 3/28/2014. Hat tip to Hammerhead.)
- Disney Store, Kenwood Towne Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Seen 3/8/2014. Helmet tip to Brian T.)
- Disney Store, Toledo, Ohio (Seen 3/3/2014 by AtlaskyPrime.)
- Disney Store, SouthRidge, Wisconsin (Seen 3/27/2014. Hat tip to Firebreaker Chip.)
- Walmart (South End), 4500 Gordon Rd, Regina, Saskatchewan (Seen 3/8/2014. Hat tip to Jason P.)
Did we miss somewhere? Let us know in the comments below.
Correction: We initially reported that the Disney Store was not owned by Disney. While this was true between 2004 and 2008, this is no longer the case.
All of the final season of "The Clone Wars," coined "The Lost Missions," is premiering right now on Netflix.
Who's watching all episodes in one sitting — aka binge-watching — and who's going to be the first person to let us know if and where they brought back Boba Fett?
Update 3/7/2014 12:50am PST: We did. Despite the synopsis for Season 6 Episode 5 "An Old Friend" mentioning that there's a bounty hunter (who we quickly see isn't Boba), we skimmed all episodes very quickly and did NOT see Young Boba. No cameo is unfortunate.
Young Boba Fett, voiced by Daniel Logan, last appeared in Season 4. His storyline was not wrapped up, leaving unanswered questions. Check out the episode breakdown on Fettpedia.


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Rock Band Blitz is a peripheral-free take on the rhythm genre, with gameplay evocative of Harmonix classics Frequency and Amplitude. As in those games, you'll press the correct button as colored gems descend down the screen, hitting them in rhythm with the song and earning combos while juggling between five different tracks (drums, bass, guitar, vocals, and keyboards) as you hit gems to the beat.

There are a few differences though. For starters, you'll only be matching two gem locations per track as opposed to the three that you'd find in the aforementioned games. The default control scheme for doing this is by pointing the thumbstick in the gem's direction and pressing the face button. This didn't feel very intuitive, but fortunately you can change the controls to the more traditional shoulder button layout from similar games.

Another key change is the inclusion of power ups. You can unlock power ups and select them through the menu before you start a song, granting you specific boosts for completing segments of a track. There are 10 power ups to choose from, and include bandmate, a boost that will take over one of your tracks for you, bottle rocket, which takes out upcoming gems, and pinball, where a pinball will knock out gems, but also requiring you to keep the ball in play by switching tracks and catching it before it falls off the screen.

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Rock Band Blitz aims to not only offer its own arcade-style take on the franchise, but also extend the Rock Band universe in some key ways. First of all, the game will work with any and all existing Rock Band DLC. If you were a Rock Band player in its heyday (and really, who wasn't?), you've no doubt at least some DLC tracks kicking around on your hard drive that you simply don't play anymore. Well, if you pick up Rock Band Blitz, not only will you be able to access that whole library, you'll have a brand new way to play all of those songs.

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Rock Band Blitz isn't quite a proper follow-up to Rock Band 3, but will undoubtedly offer a low price point and fun arcade style gameplay. Perhaps the most compelling feature for Rock Band fans is the ability to pull over all of your previously downloaded songs, increasing the tracklist by a huge margin. We'll know more about what Rock Band Blitz will offer fans of the genre when it launches this summer.

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I arrived at the Democratic National Convention around 2:30 on Saturday. While waiting to catch a cab I met a very nice young man who was also part of the Washington Center. We decided to split the cab and head to the hotel. The staff at the hotel was incredibly friendly. After we dropped off all of our bags we decided that we would wander around Charlotte for a little while. Charlotte is a very nice little city. It is small enough that we can walk around it no problem. We arrived back at the hotel around 5 and decided to change and head to dinner. While on the way out we ran into a group of eight or nine students who were all part of the Washington Center. We ended up going to dinner with these people. It was awesome to meet new people from all over the country. My roommate is from Texas and the young man I met earlier was from Boston. Everyone was so excited for the convention to start. It's such a cool feeling to be around so many students with such a passion for politics.


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by, 12-11-2012 at 09:46 AM (4534 Views)
So that's what an episode of Raw looks like when its central focus isn't on the, now injured, WWE Champion CM Punk.
I have to say that after last week I was expecting something a little bigger than a riot to close the final Raw heading into TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs. I was hoping The Shield would one-up their opponents for Sunday, but with Punk injured WWE had to shed light on more than one rivalry.
That being said, I didn't dislike this week's Raw. I didn't particularly love it (I actually fell asleep after MizTV and watched John Cena versus Big Show just before writing this), but I think it was a good enough way to head into a TLC card.
Also, Cody Rhodes returned (with a moustache that's more over than himself), Alicia Fox still apparently has a WWE contract (I REALLY don't see the point), and I saw hints at two Royal Rumble builds involving (the obvious) CM Punk & The Rock and (the interesting) Dolph Ziggler & Sheamus.
Ziggler & Sheamus to triumph at TLC?
With CM Punk injured, and TLC consequently up in the air in terms of what its main event will actually be, this week's Raw became a World Heavyweight Championship-heavy affair. It started with Dolph Ziggler atop a ladder, we saw Ziggler again in a great match versus Sheamus, and John Cena & Big Show faced off for the umpteenth time in the main event. What I wanted to focus on, however, is the chemistry between Ziggler and Sheamus.
As much as last night's Raw was influenced by a no contact clause, Sheamus' targeting of Dolph seemed to be a pre-emptive strike for a potential clash between himself and the Show Off for the World Heavyweight Championship.
I only suggest this based on the amount of time the two got on Raw this week. It seemed obvious that a Ziggler/Sheamus programme is on the cards very soon, and it would only make sense for the two to be victorious at TLC and make it more interesting than a simple back and forth that fizzles out in a month or so.
Also, WrestleMania is coming, and as much as I don't see the relevance of the World Heavyweight Championship in today's WWE (the roster seems too thin to justify two heavyweight championships in my opinion) it should get a decent build heading into WrestleMania for once. The last two years have gotten nothing more than phoned-in Royal Rumble winner builds from Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio, where there was no personal animosity to speak of. Why not change that and give us two championship matches at WrestleMania to look forward to?
It also wouldn't hurt to put Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler on the card at WrestleMania given how good their match was last night.
Is The Shield gathering dents?
I'm actually a little disappointed at how this angle has panned out.
I was hoping they would be a dominating force that made an instant impact on WWE and its superstars, but they seem to be like every other faction in WWE history. They aren't capable of holding their own when the numbers are even.
I'm not saying it's not an interesting turn of events heading out of 2012, but it could be better. The Shield have yet to back down from anyone, but they haven't held their own when Ryback comes out to save the day and the numbers are even.
I know WWE wants to build a fairly even main event for TLC, but in my eyes The Shield should have the upper hand. They came in as a force and they should go into their first match in such a fashion. It makes the potential loss they could, now easily, suffer more of a surprise, and ultimately adds to the hype behind Ryback (let's face it, Ryback now has a pretty strong fan base and a few weeks of being one-upped wouldn't hurt that). Instead, we're being subjected to a fair battle ground between The Shield and Team Hell No & Ryback.
I just hope WWE doesn't have The Shield lose and kill their momentum completely.
In other news…
R-Truth def. Wade Barrett; Mr. McMahon forced Vickie Guerrero to make two matches on Raw – I disagree with both parts of this segment/match. Why is R-Truth picking up momentum over the Barrett Barrage? And am I the only person sick of seeing Vince and Vickie have these exchanges? Either let her run the show as a heel or take control back yourself, Vinny.
Team Rhodes Scholars def. The Prime Time Players, The Usos, and Primo & Epico to earn the right to face Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara at WWE TLC – I enjoyed this match, but I was pulling for The Usos. It's a crime that they're yet to be crowned Tag Team Champions, and when it does happen the crowd will explode. But it is good to see Cody Rhodes back in action, even if he has forgotten that Movember is over.
Divas Champion Eve def. Alicia Fox - Does the Divas division need a jobber? The matches are always very short, and the winners are usually pretty predictable as it is. My point is, why does Alicia Fox have a WWE contract anymore?
WWE Champion CM Punk addressed his knee injury – Assuring us that he will be at TLC this Sunday, Punk made it clear that his injury is very real. More interesting, though, is that he's thrown the next shot in his impending build with The Rock for Royal Rumble.
Sheamus def. Dolph Ziggler via Disqualification – A DQ ending was the smart option here. Even though it was the match of the night, both superstars need the momentum, and they both got the chance to leave this match strong.
Alberto Del Rio def. Zack Ryder – Watching this, I couldn't believe how far ADR's star has fallen. I've never said Ryder couldn't wrestle, but the gimmick is in dire need of a change before he holds his own against Del Rio and doesn't make me feel sorry for the Mexican Aristocrat.
Vickie Guerrero def. AJ Lee – I never understood why this match was plugged seven or eight times on Raw. It only happened on Raw because WWE knows it was an uninteresting storyline to begin with and it needed to be removed completely. At least Brad Maddox is back though, give him a contract!
U.S. Champion Antonio Cesaro def. Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston – Another good match, and I would have been happy with either superstar winning. I really like what WWE is doing with its midcard championships right now.
The Miz interviewed Team Rhodes Scholars on MizTV – This was interesting, but mainly because The Miz makes a great cocky baby face.
John Cena def. Big Show via Disqualification; The Shield attacked – This match happened purely to spark a brawl, but I'm okay with it.
Looking back on this week's Raw, I realise that nothing truly interesting happened.
This is the lull in the WWE calendar before the build to WrestleMania happens, and it is hurt even more by there being no WWE Championship match at the last PPV of 2012. It's a shame, but WWE seems to have the cracks covered well enough to make me buy TLC and enjoy it.
I just have to avoid watching any of the classic TLC matches beforehand.
Thanks for reading, and as always follow me on Twitter (@SpringerAJ) and tweet me with #YYYTRR.


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Less flooding means more saving for the Red River ValleyFargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- With only a small chance of major Red River flooding this spring, local leaders say it shows signs of large savings for the metro area, great news for city budgets.
By: Kay Cooley, WDAY
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- With only a small chance of major Red River flooding this spring, local leaders say it shows signs of large savings for the metro area, great news for city budgets.
As the frozen Red River currently sits around fourteen feet....the chance of it causing major flooding this spring, is a low six percent.
Pat Zavoral/Fargo City Administrator: "It's going to be a relatively easy spring if the predictions hold up."
Easy thanks to less sandbagging, equipment damage, and city wide spending.
Zavoral: "We have to find money to use to fight the flood and we take it out of all kinds of budgets."
In Fargo, 2009's flood brought a steep 12 million dollar bill..while minor flooding like 2010 or 11, chalk up about 2 million.
In Moorhead numbers are lower in comparison, but still high. 2009 costing roughly 4.5 million dollars..and 2010 and 11 coming in around six hundred thousand.
Most money ends up reimbursed months or sometimes years later, but until then..it has to come from somewhere.
Mayor Mark Voxland: "If we were to have had a flood this year, probably would've meant borrowing dollars to keep operations going until we start getting dollars from the state."
Even though it's still early, whether you're in Fargo, Moorhead, or West Fargo, the though of no spring flood, means more money for city services.
Rich Mattern/West Fargo Mayor: "Money saved is a good thing, is the way I see it."
West Fargo's diversion brings costs down..but the city still pays thousands to monitor dikes during flood season.
"A lot of people in West Fargo work in Fargo, have family in Fargo, and vice versa, and they worry and not having to do that is a good thing."
Not only saving money, but giving peace of mind. Right now there's a 74% chance the river will reach minor flood stages, of 18 feet.
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