D23 Marketplace Sells Thor's Stormbreaker Replica and Captain EO Fuzzball
The D23 Marketplace's exclusive merchandise, including a limited Star Wars lightsaber set, draws long lines and virtual queues, showing the event's retail draw.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
At D23, the Disney fan event opening August 14 at the Anaheim Convention Center, the D23 Marketplace sells exclusive merchandise from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel. Highlights include a Stormbreaker replica from Avengers: Doomsday, a Daredevil mask, and a Star Wars Legacy Lightsaber Box Set limited to 1,500 sets worldwide. Remaining stock goes on sale online August 17.
The D23 Marketplace, the event's massive shopping booth, requires a virtual queue via the dedicated app, opening at 6:00 a.m. Standby entry without a reservation is only possible once all groups have entered. Fans have queued from early morning, and the shop's waiting lines have drawn crowds since day one.
Among the Marvel items are a Stormbreaker replica from Avengers: Doomsday, a Daredevil mask from Daredevil: Born Again, and T-shirts and bags from X-Men '97. The Star Wars highlight is the Legacy Lightsaber Box Set, limited to 1,500 sets worldwide, containing hilts from four Jedi Masters and a box that lights up when opened.
Other items include a droid figure wearing The Sorcerer's Apprentice hat, a remote-controlled Polar Mouse Droid, the Fuzzball creature from Captain EO, a Pixar lamp figure, and an animatronic from The Enchanted Tiki Room. After D23 ends, remaining stock goes on sale on the Disney Store online site at 8:00 a.m. local time on Monday, August 17.
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