Finally... Lego Rocket Raccoon

After months of thinking I would never get this figure, and about a month of not knowing when I could get this figure, Lego's Rocket Raccoon Minifigure is finally out...

Only at Toys R Us :(

Although I'm still not sure I should have this...

I never saw anything official about this release. There were rumors spreading around the web that it would be available on November 16 at Toys R Us, still wasn't clear if it was something to be purchased, or a give away after buying X amount of Lego.

So after a night of drinking, I woke up at the crack of 8:30 to go out and see if I could get my grubby little hands on my furry little friend.

And I did!

After speaking with a manager, he mysteriously produced one from the back and disappeared into the store never to be seen again...

So without further ado,

Pieces!

And stickers!

For $4.99, you get the 12 pieces that make up Rocket and Baby Groot and this fancy sticker sheet for the Milano Spaceship.

And since there really isn't anything more than the pieces needed to build a minifigure and a weapon, here's the final product.

Studly... see what I did there?

Queue The Jackson 5

I'm not gonna bother reviewing this figure since it's pretty cut and dry. If you're a fan of the Guardians, or you picked up the GotG sets and were disappointed that Rocket wasn't rocking his Guardians costume (like I was), you're gonna want to pick this guy up. It's kinda dinky to only get one minifigure for $4.99, but considering the Collectible Minifigures retail for between $2-3.99, and you know what you're getting out of the bag, it's well worth it.

And one more thing, this cracked me up

Marvel Kids... right...

Lego knows this was made for the adult collectors in mind... and I don't mind that at all.

So they're finally releasing a Rocket Raccoon... Kinda

When Guardians of the Galaxy was released back in August, and I finally got a feel for what was going on in their Lego sets, I blasted Lego because the only place we could get Rocket Raccoon in his Ravager/Guardians outfit was through an over-priced San Diego Comic Con exclusive that later became ridiculously over-priced as it hit eBay.  And since it didn't seem Lego would be releasing any more Guardians sets featuring this minifigure, I resigned myself to being without it. 

But it looks like someone at Lego finally listened to the internet's complaints, as they'll be releasing a Ravager-garbed Rocket Raccoon Toys R Us polybag exclusive.

Thanks to this eBay listing posted to Reddit, this came to my attention. And I must say, while I'm pretty excited this minifigure is being released, I'm a little disappointed in how it's happening. 

I'm just not looking forward to overpaying for something just so I can get this minifigure that I desperately want. And I'm not talking about the standard price of Lego, I'm talking about the fact that Toys R Us loves to mark up the price of what they sell. It's pretty damn ridiculous to walk into my local TRU, and see an X-Wing that sells on Lego.com for $59.99 jacked up to $79.99. Or the "hot" price of the Lego Movie Super Secret Police Dropship being listed at MSRP. It just really annoys me when I see this, and when I see people fall for their pricing structure. I know TRU price matches, and that's pretty much the only reason I occasionally shop there. But generally, I walk in and just feel like I'm getting ripped off. And I hate that feeling. 

So will I be buying whatever it is that will get me this polybag? 

Most likely. Hopefully it comes packaged with the GotG blu-ray and won't cost an arm and a leg. 

But will I like doing it? 

Probably not. 

I'm part of the problem. I accept that. 

But it still pretty much sucks nard.