September 2006
Story and Photos David Syczylo (Boba Binks)

TIE Fighter with TIE Pilot
Toys 'R Us Exclusive 2006 for $49.99

TIE Fighters swarm into space to attack the heroic Rebel Alliance forces! TIE Fighters are the standard starfighters of the Imperial Forces. The TIE Pilots are highly skilled but are no match for the daring and resourceful Rebel Alliance Pilots. TIE Fighters waged a fierce battle above Yavin to defend the first Death Star from the Rebel’s Attack! Now you can recreate the action and adventure of TIE Fighters battling Rebel Forces with the second release of the Larger Scale Winged TIE Fighter brought to you by Toys-R-Us in 2006 in the appropriate gray color. The first Larger Scale Winged TIE Fighter was from Target in 2005, which was a blue color.

This TIE Fighter shares the same cockpit as the POTF2 version of the TIE Fighter with the same POP-OFF wings feature.

Packaged with this TIE Fighter is the TIE Pilot. Two versions of the TIE Pilot figure have been selected for package. The first version is the SAGA TIE Pilot with all the articulation and then there is the second version that is the POTF2 TIE Pilot. Why Hasbro decided to have one or the other of the TIE Pilot packaged within is unknown. Maybe they had a surplus of POTF2 TIE Pilots and this was a way to get rid of them.

Overall many Star Wars fans are happy that Hasbro has made an accurate scaled wing TIE Fighter though many fans are not happy with the $49.99 price tag.