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Revenge Of The Sith Toys R Us Midnight Madness: 9 Years Ago Tonight!

Posted by Paul | April 02, 2014 at 08:00 AM ET

Nine years ago tonight, many of us were at Toys R Us waiting for midnight jumping up and down in line ready to get our paws on the latest Hasbro Star Wars merchandise for what we thought would be the final Star Wars film (ever). Nine years ago! Why does time travel at lightspeed the older we get? Recount what you did on this day nine years ago with us in our comments. Share your funniest stories, or maybe just discuss what your anticipation was like for the final film in the Prequel Trilogy. Special thanks to Darth Eddie for the anniversary reminder and the article idea. Click through for more and to join in the discussion.

Hey Paul! I just wanted to send you a quick email to let you know that tonight marks the 9th Anniversary of the Episode III toy lines. Nine years ago tonight Midnight Madness launched at Toys "R" Us and other retail chains as the merchandise for ROTS officially debuted at stores all over the country. Hard to believe it's already been 9 whole years since those figures, vehicles and other goodies first hit our local peg walls and shelves and the blizzard of merchandise for the final Prequel movie was unleashed on the world.

I know it's not a "round" anniversary like the 5th or even the 10th but it's close enough to round off as being about a decade ago, and given how much has radically changed in Star Wars collecting since April of 2005 (both good and not so much) it definitely feels like a mini-eternity since we walked into our local retail outlets to pick up the new, hot figures in the oblong Lava Darth Vader packaging. So much has changed in our hobby and at Hasbro in the last 9 years I thought you might consider the idea of posting a story about the anniversary and possibly get a conversation started about not only the figures we flocked to collect back in '05 but also how far we've come in the near-decade since that last Midnight Madness.

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