Where to get Falcon/65nm XBOX 360 from?

I got mine at Best Buy the day after Christmas. 175W, FDOU, I think lot 747. BenQ drive w/ Delta fans (loud).

Wasn't a bundle. No Forza 2 / MUA, "Go Pro" was printed on the box (not a sticker), and the back of the box was showcasing new releases like Halo 3 and Rock Band.

actually those box indicaters are jsut one factor. if the PSU is 175watts you have a falcon board. If it says 203watts on the outside it still could be a falcon board. Like i said just check your PSU if it 175, you have a falcon

yea i got one of the bundles about 2 months ago and it's a falcon. i would deff by it at a local store and not off the internet. make sure that you get a falcon.

Just saw that Best Buy no longer carries Elite units in stores. Circuit City pulled the Elite from website, not sure if the aren't going to carry anymore? I ordered my Elite bundle with Forza2/Marvel last week from Amazon. From what I hear Amazon has been shipping all Falcon units since just before xmas.

Wow, I went on a search for a Falcon 360 yesterday, and they are out of stock EVERYWHERE. All that's left is September-built Arcade systems, so I picked one up (have a Premium system with a dead dvd drive, so I just transferred the hard drive) that had a manufacture date of 09/30/07, which made me nervous as that's right around the zone where it's 50/50 to get either a Zephyr or a Falcon. 203W on the outside of the box, 203W on the power supply, Hitachi-LG drive... but a flashlight test revealed two inductors laying flat, so it's definitely a Falcon. The Arcade may be a good bet if you are going to use HDMI anyway and can find a deal on a 20GB/120GB hard drive.

The three Costco's in my area have 'a lot', per the nice people at the customer service desks.

I just got mine yesterday from buy.com and I believe that it is a Falcon. On the outside of the box it says 203w, but on the PSU, it says 175w. MFR Date is 2007-10-30 LOT NO : 0743

I got it for $434.99 to my front door. I found a 5% OR a maximum of $15.00 off coupon in a different thread. And yes, they currently have some in stock.

Most Best Buys sold out of 360s on Christmas, so if you wait till they get restocked they will almost certainly have 100% falcons in their 360 premium stock.

There are a couple of stores no one ever thinks to check.

For example, I had great luck tracking down a 175w pro bundle at Radio Shack. Their online store lets you do a search for local stores with pro bundles in stock. I called the few places nearby with them in stock and asked them to hold them for me for a few hours while I went over and tracked down one with the "175w" bit on the sticker. Found one at the very first store.

Wish I'd done that earlier since it would've saved me a lot of running around to Best Buys, Targets, Circuit Citys, Walmarts, etc.

Got mine today from Amazon haven't openned it yet. Hoping for the best.

well my circuit city got some in stock yesterday, it snowed so figered I could wait a day. They've sold out in a day. =(

I got mine at Radio Shack, it was a Forza 2 bundle, lot 745. Also might be worth to check Target, Wallmart.

The problem with Target (as others have discovered) is that they put a sticker right over the one we need to identify the new unit!

if you get a box that says go pro, shouldn't it be the falcon?

also what days are the shipments?

exactly what sticker are you referring to? i've never seen anything like that there, all of the systems i've seen there are clearly marked 203 or 175, the only downside to Target is that the 360's are usually locked up so you normally have to ask someone to unlock the case to look at the systems. then, if you're looking for a 175 and they don't have one, you look stupid for asking them to open the case and not getting one...

Target puts stickers of the same size, shape, and color directly over the manufacturing sticker that includes the wattage rating. Sounds like maybe your local Target avoids them somehow, so I guess it's not a universal thing.

Before I found this out, though, the employees at Target (three separate stores) were very helpful in letting me take a look at the boxes and in grabbing some from their overstock area in back for me to look at. Good folks for underpaid, over-young, under-informed employees working in the electronics dept. Unfortunately, all the 360 pro bundle boxes had those pesky stickers over the non-pesky stickers, so all their help was for naught.

are all arcades falcon? does arcade come with wired or wireless controller?

Wireless as per the XBOX website but no headset comes with it.

I got mine at Wal-Mart last week. Called and asked them to check the wattage, lot #, and team before going up there. They asked me why and I had to try to explain to them...I guess it isn't enough that I am a paying customer. They had the falcons though so I bought one. Loving halo 3!

The one I got at radio shack had the same sticker but under direct light you can see what it says underneath.

My 360 died this week that I originally got at Best Buy in December 2006. Fortunately, I purchased their PRP. Unfortunately, they do not have a single Pro or Elite 360 in stock. No 360s at any Best Buy in the city even ( 6+ locations.)

Hopefully Best Buy will get new stock soon as I am without my 360 until new ones come in (the manager would not simply give me a gift card, she indicated that I HAD to exchange in store.)

Come on new shipment of Falcon Elites!!

I ordered one online from Buy.com. No tax and free shipping. It arrived in 7 days.

I've been searching the forum looking for an answer to this same question.

So, if the box has "Go Pro" printed on it, is it for sure a falcon?

I'm trying to find a Go Pro system at a San Diego CostCo. I know I saw one a week or so ago, but now all I see are tons of the holiday bundle with the regular ole "Xbox Live" on the front. I want the Falcon because even though I can return a(nother) dead console, I don't like returning stuff. I just like it to work.

So any help with "Does 'Go Pro' = Falcon?" question is greatly appreciated. And if anyone in San Diego county has seen a Go Pro bundle at their CostCo, let me know.

TIA

From what I've read on the official Xbox forums, not every "Go Pro" box contains a Falcon 360. However -- and please DO NOT take this as always being 100% true -- I will relate how I tracked down my Falcon. It might help you and others in the "hunt."

I did quite a bit of research before I went into the stores, and many people who found Falcons reported that the stickers on the outside said TEAM: FDOU and listed 175W on it. *However,* this wasn't true in all cases, because some people who purchased units with 203W printed on the outside actually got 175W units, confirmed by the power brick inside.

It seemed there was no consistent method of identifying Falcons *just* by looking at the outside. But following a tip someone posted on the Xbox forums, I found the VERY LAST 360 Elite in my area at a Target and noticed that the original sticker had another sticker over it that had very little info. The "flap" that you could pull up to look at the manufacturing date on the 360 itself was missing, as well. Instead, there was a rectangular hole punched-out.

The kid working the register was kind enough to let me peel back the top sticker, and underneath it, the original sticker read "TEAM: CSON" and listed 203W.

I was about to put it back. But then I recalled that this guy on the forum said that they were redoing the packaging to make it harder to identify Falcons, but in so doing, actually left a telltale sign that indicated there was a very good chance a Falcon was inside:

The punched-out hole on the side of the box.

So I took a chance, brought it home, and sure enough, it was a Falcon, confirmed by the 175W listed on the power brick.

Apparently, if you find packaging like this, there's a greater chance it contains a Falcon 360. I don't know if this is always the case, however, so buyer beware.

Amazon went out of stock a few days ago and expects new stock jan31/feb 1. I took a gamble and ordered one hoping it'd be a new shipment of falcons they'd be getting in.

Just traded my RRoD release day pre-order console in at CostCo. I went to the three most convenient ones first, and they all had xmas bundles with "Xbox LiVe" on the front of the box and 203W stickers. I was going for the last gasp on the 4th CostCo that is only mildly out of my way, just to check. I was pretty much resigned to getting the old-style console.

Funny thing was this CostCo had a 360 in a wire cage with the bundle stuff on display, and no boxes on the floor. Just the "take this paper to the register an pay and then pick up at Merch Pickup" tags. So I go to Merch Pickup and ask the guy if I can see a box. Sure enough the exact same looking Xbox Live on the front xmas bundles. So I look at the sticker anyway and...........175W!!!

I ask him to hold it and go grab my dead console, return it, and buy the new one.

CostCo on Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad. Had to return Kameo, but got Marvel UA and Forzo instead. And it was a hundred bucks cheaper than launch day. Normally I wouldn't abuse the return policy, but since my console was still under warranty I figured that isn't abuse.

Off to rock out now...

if amazon does not ship falcon, how do i return it