This is a book where in 4 weeks it might be selling higher. Get past this initial surge of undercutters.
Those of us in the know ordered ahead. But I don’t think shops acted fast enough, nor was there an incentive to pump up orders.
We’ll see. I have 4 copies coming so I didn’t venture out today.
I always sell too early, so I’m sitting easy for a while. If I miss heat, I miss heat. A Star Wars collector with a couple extra copies of a 2nd print could have worse problems.
My shop had em all priced at $25.
I have a couple from TFAW and one from Midtown. Expected to not find any in my area.
Be interested to see how long they sit there marked up.
No shelf copies at any of the shops I visited or called today…including two multi-store chains.
I was lucky to get 2 copies from my backup LCS because I asked for them a week ago and the owner set them aside for me. I was pleasantly surprised he could accomodate my request b/c he said his order was small.
So … I added 3 copies of the 2nd printing on 1/7 at TFAW. But today - it only processed 1 copy. At the time I added, there was no restrictions.
What gives TFAW?
They are spot on with pre-for orders, but post foc they limit 3, but it’s not guaranteed.
You must not have ordered pre-FOC.
I’ve always been limited to 1 copy of a ‘hot’ book if ordered post-FOC (this includes ordering on the FOC date itself), no matter how many copies I order.
I have 1 processing but ordered 3 copies… this is typical.
The only time I’ve ever been shorted at TFAW is when they get damaged books. I’m still waiting for Solid Blood 17, TMNT 112 1:10, and Sea of Sorrows 1 1:10. I’m assuming those were titles that had damages, and TFAW is waiting for more. Whether they ever get them is another thing all together. I have no idea, as they just keep bumping to the next ship cycle.
Probably time to check in with customer service to see where those are. I can probably live without those three if they never show.
Managed to reserve one just in time…but they didn’t last long
Same here. I pre ordered 2, says 1 shipped
Yeah i’m still waiting on a solid blood 17 copy, keeps getting pushed on my orders but I can’t cancel it lol
We were shorted a few hundred copies by Diamond. So if you ordered near the end of our orders post-FOC you may have gotten only one for now. But if they still show up on your pre-order page they aren’t cancelled and we’re waiting on replacements.
New Pre-orders for High Republic at TFAW:
If you guys want to go deeper down the rabbit hole here, I’m piecing together solicit clues.
So, in the Charles Soule book, Light of the Jedi, the Eye of the Nihil, Marchion Ro, has access to special hyperspace lanes that are not known to the core worlds, the republic, or generally to anybody except the Nihil. These are untested, wild “Paths” through hyperspace. It’s what give the Nihil the ability to seemingly appear out of nowhere.
Looking at the new Star Wars solicits today, I came across the Doctor Aphra #9 solicit (April 21, 2021):
LOST TECH! CRIME SYNDICATES! ASSASSINS! DOCTOR APHRA and SANA STARROS’ search for the NIHIL HYPERDRIVE gets deadlier as GENERAL VUKORAH and THE UNBROKEN CLAN enter the race for possession! What powerful secrets of the HIGH REPUBLIC era could the lost technology hide?
So, it would appear that the mission Aphra has been on, as tasked by the Tagge family since issue #7, is to recover the Nihil hyperdrive, potentially giving the Tagge family access to the Paths of unknown hyperspace lanes.
In issue #6, it’s referred to as a “Path Engine” of “Nihil Design.”
In issue #7, the artifact is simply referred to as “The Engine”.
So, we’ve already seen the thing in a hologram twice and we know it’s name and its origin. However, I’m wondering if we’ll get flashback sequences to the High Republic times, maybe some holograms of Nihil characters. There’s even a woman that Marchion Ro has kept in stasis for hundreds of years in the book that could potentially resurface as an ancient “Path-Finder.” I’d keep my eyes peeled on these issues as Alyssa Wong brings the Nihil and High Republic concept into the original trilogy era.
Caveat: I haven’t finished Light of Jedi yet, so I don’t know if the woman in stasis dies before the end of it.
This is some spicy spec. Thank you! Wonder if she will actually find it in 9 or build up for #10.
Do you think it would it be worth picking up some #6 or just waiting for #9&10?
Also does anyone know how we pronounce Nihil 
I always thought it was “Knee-Hile”. I’m probably way wrong lol
Yeah the Aphra #9 1:25 has her holding that lil ball on the cover. A must grab when it drops.
Like the Nile river.
