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Click here to order the Amazon exclusive TBS6 [P3] Red Squadron Astromech Droid 3-Pack. As of this post, it is IN STOCK! In case you missed our review of this fresh set, check it out HERE. Special thanks to JTA reader and friend Ben I. for the alert!

It’s time to add the Amazon exclusive Red Squadron droid pack to our The Black Series [Phase III] Visual Guide. Click below to check out the full guide page. You can also read our complete review of this set in our review database right here. For some reason, this set has been a bear to find regularly in-stock on Amazon, but if you check frequently you can usually catch small quantities at a time a few times a day. 

Click here to order the Amazon exclusive TBS6 [P3] Red Squadron Astromech Droid 3-Pack. As of this post, it is IN STOCK! In case you missed our review of this fresh set, check it out HERE.

Let’s take a look at the Amazon exclusive Red Squadron (R2-D2/R5-D8/R2-X2) three-pack set. It’s partly nice and partly problematic. Learn more about the screen-inaccurate approaches taken on two-thirds of this set. It’s the focus in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We just received our sample of The Black Series [Phase III] 6″ Red Squadron three-pack of astromech droids. Forgetting that these sculpts are terribly out of scale, the set comes off as a genuinely nice effort. We have one major problem, however, R2-X2 has a white dome, NOT a silver one. This is deco basics, and we’re very disappointed Hasbro screwed this up. They did nail the deco on R5-D8 and took into consideration all of the differences that set it apart from R5-D4 (which is something they completely botched on the 3.75″ version). The battle-damaged R2-D2 looks good, but a true retooling will be required before it’s screen-accurate to the blasts he received during the Battle of Yavin. (Remember the 2008 TAC Luke Skywalker/R2-D2 Droid Factory set? That’s what Hasbro has to do to the 6″ version of R2-D2.) Aside from the figures suffering from too small of a scale, the set is costly. These three small figures will set you back over $60 with tax. Anyway, click through to check out this fun set.

Click here to pre-order the Amazon exclusive TBS6 Red Squadron Droid 3-Pack, set to ship on August 18th…

Update: Now it is listed as “currently unavailable”. Keep checking back as it is going in and out of stock. Hopefully, some of you were able to get it. Sound off in the comments if you had any luck!