Hardest ships to find? (US)

By drylndsurf, in X-Wing

Yeah it's a tough question because I suspect it varies pretty wildly by region. When *everything* but the base game and big ships were impossible to find I was cherry picking Barnes and Nobles in my area grabbing ships they had in stock. For a while there the plain old TIE was the hardest one to find and at one point I had to buy a second core set just to get a couple more.

For quite a while, the A-Wing and Interceptor were definitely the rarest, but then there was a big wave 2 restock a month or so ago and while they sold out in a week, everyone was able to get their hands on more of those at the time. It's possible the Y-Wing is now hard to track down - I haven't looked, because I already have 3 or 4 - but for the longest time I thought I was the only person in the country who WANTED a Y-Wing, so... ;)

A-Wings and Tie Interceptors are commonly available in my area (Milwaukee) as well as Slave-1 and the Milennium Falcon. I picked up one of each fighter and an additional TIE fighter on Saturday as my first post core set x 2 purchase. Everything else I have had no luck with at all.

Would anyone be willing to do a straight up trade for unopened product? I would happily trade A-Wings or TIE Fighters/Interceptors for an X-Wing, TIE Advanced, or Y-Wing.

I doubt they ship products from their HQ in Minnesota but figured I'd throw the offer out there in case we in the midwest are receiving product significantly earlier than those on the coasts.

Edited by Deerock

Look. If the Barnsies near me still has Y Wings, I can try to pick them up for people. There are some Tie Advanceds too.

If you are able to pick up one of each that would be amazing. I could transfer money from paypal if that would be easiest.

Both gaming stores I frequent have starters, x wing, tie fighter, falcon and slaves. No A wings or interceptors yet. Still waiting on those.

A-Wings and Tie Interceptors are commonly available in my area (Milwaukee) as well as Slave-1 and the Milennium Falcon. I picked up one of each fighter and an additional TIE fighter on Saturday as my first post core set x 2 purchase. Everything else I have had no luck with at all.

Would anyone be willing to do a straight up trade for unopened product? I would happily trade A-Wings or TIE Fighters/Interceptors for an X-Wing, TIE Advanced, or Y-Wing.

I doubt they ship products from their HQ in Minnesota but figured I'd throw the offer out there in case we in the midwest are receiving product significantly earlier than those on the coasts.

There's a store in Reedsburg that has stock of all Wave 1 and 2, if you're interested in driving for a bit. I'm 50 miles north of there.

My LGS managed to pick up 2 A's and 2 TI's while I was way. But has had no luck in getting anything from Wave 1 other then a core set.