Triple Force Friday!

The Star Wars merchandise event of the year is here!  It started with the Sequel Trilogy, Force Awakens, in 2015.  I was told that at Downtown Disney they had Star Warriors wait in the parking lot!  The last Force Friday was disappointing in terms of product and promoting it as an event.  So, this one kicked off with a live stream in a global reveal on September 26th.  It is Triple Force Friday since it not only covers the latest Star Wars film, Rise of Skywalker, but also The Mandalorian, set to debut on Disney+ on November 12th, and also the video game, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order which comes out today, on October 4th.  So I decided I would try for Downtown Disney and the midnight sale.  I will save Disney Store, WalMart, and Target for later.  I actually called Disney Retail to get details on the time and sale.  

World of Disney during Triple Force Friday sale, photo by the author. 

I thought the best strategy would be to go about 2 hours before midnight.  There was a procedure which I found out by walking over to the World of Disney store.  The front part of the store was blocked off for the event.  Cast members informed me that I had to go to the ballrooms of the Grand Californian to get a wrist band and a Triple Force Friday button.  Then, there was a room that we waited in, the rows were seated according to the lines that would head to World of Disney around midnight.  There was an over flow room so around two hundred people!  We moved to the security line and then along the now empty stores.  We reached midnight and slowly moved into World of Disney.  The Rise of Skywalker was featured of course with t-shirts, hats, pins (I really like the pin of the Resistance logo, blue with ocean-like waves), Lego sets, prints, plushies of the new droid, D-O, and Chewbacca, the new First Order treadspeeder, and Poe’s X-Wing Fighter, but no Black Series figures. The Mandalorian featured three shirts, a helmet cup, and a Lego scout walker.  There was no merch for Fallen Order.  

The Mandalorian display at World of Disney, photo by the author. 

The event featued a dj who played some great tracks to get you shopping!  The cast members kept up the energy and cheers for guests with some holding a Triple Force Friday photo op frame.  Later in the day, I got the lithographs spending $20, the Rey & D-O Black Series figure, it has The Mandalorian, The Rise of Skywalker, and Fallen Order.  I did see Fallen Order Black Series figures, Cal Kestis and Second Sister Inquistor, at the Disney Store and also a few Rise of Skywalker figures.  They had a number of items that I saw at the midnight sale.  I also picked up a tote bag at Disney Store. Target, nothing, they had a cardboard image of Rey, but on the opposite aisle.  Disappointing since there was an incredible selection of merch and a great lightsaber light up display.  Also, because Disney is a partner with Target.  I wonder why partnering up would result in less merch.  WalMart, they had two Vintage Series figures, Poe Dameron and Zorii Bliss, who looks like a version of the classic arcade character, Mega Man.  The card of her figure was almost bent in half.  An exhausting, but fun, full day for Triple Force Friday! I hope all of the Star Warriors get the chance to get some great merch and have fun on Triple Force Friday!

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