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Big Joe reveals coming at Pulsecon! Go Joe!
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>>8421999 >Archived Threads: https://archive.nyafuu.org/toy/search/subject/G.%20I.%20Joe%20General%20/ >Free Episodes of Joe: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXV9Mb7egjH0ccOkdYG-SWdLNFuYpBmF >Target Exclusive Cobra Island figures are out-- Target says they were released in stores on 7/26 and meant to be online on 8/14, but due to an error are showing up as 8/14 for in store as well. Hasbro has also said 8/1 for the release date after moving them up from 8/14 in the first place.
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FUCK TARGET, FUCK WALMART, AND FUCK HASBRO
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Off to a good start guys.
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>>8456824 I'm taking my chances on tomorrow's sale for non members. If they're not turtle-fucking incompetent they'll have some leftover for tomorrow.
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>>8456824 I missed out. Forgot there was a early release thing for Premium members so I didn't get to Pulse until like 12:30 and he was already sold out. Have to try again tomorrow.
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I'm really feeling that lack of calf cut. It'd be more manageable if the ankle rocker wasn't at a shitty angle.
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Also the new sword from marauder's gun-runners fit perfectly in his sheath if you want to toss that scimitar.
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>>8456824 I bought Bling Commander. I'm only gonna have one of those guys, and I want him in his classic blue, just tramped up some.
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>another fukken hiss
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>>8456824 Don’t have premium so I’m stuck waiting for tomorrow and he’s not my priority. Definitely want him though. That deco looks baller.
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>>8456845 Saddens me to say, but Storm Shadow has been the bottom of the barrel for me. Still peep him, but between his wobbly ab crunch and lack of boot swivel, it's rough.
The hood bothered me until I put some gorilla glue in there and permantly attached it. Now it sit just fine
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>People hate the movies >Me waiting for a Neo Viper
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Got Cobra yesterday. Pretty happy with it. I don't really plan to go all out on this line. Would be nice to be able to find a couple troopers to go with him though.
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So are they doing any sort of reveals at this Pulse Con thing or is it just to sell exclusives?
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>>8458272 Did the same but with blue tac so that I could still remove it later if I want to
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>>8458298 No one knows. After that sneak peak bullshit on wednsday I doubt they're doing anything at all.
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>>8458298 >Panels – Day 2: Saturday, 9/26 at 10:00am-5:00pm EST >G.I. JOE PANEL >Panelists: Hasbro G.I. Joe Brand Team >Even more news and reveals are waiting for you during the G.I. Joe event at Hasbro’s PulseCon! Tune in and be the first to see new items, find out which characters will be launched next, and get a peek inside our development process directly from our team. per their schedule.
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Bling CC is still up on pulse, but they changed him to a preorder that ships at the end of March next year. Wonder if that effects people who ordered yesterday too.
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YAY got an order through for SCC!!
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>>8458493 Sounds like they only allowed Pulse members to actually buy their ready stock
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>>8458450 Thanks. I haven't seen anything of a schedule.
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>>8458511 https://www.endorexpress.net/events/hasbro-pulsecon/hasbro-pulsecon-2020/2020/09/hasbro-pulsecon-2020-schedule/ Its a shitty schedule because they dont give actual times for anything, just saying which panels are on friday and which are on saturday, with musical guests spread out. No way I'm watching that cringe all day long. I'm sure someone will report the actual reveals as they happen.
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>non-premium members have a 6 month wait tax getting Supreme CC
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>>8458520 I just hope there aren't too many "Here's a reveal and you should get online and preorder it RIGHT NOW or you're fucked" type shit.
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>>8458528 Wow. Maybe they did blow through their entire stock yesterday and feared the backlash of people having it sold out before the public sale. Not a good look for trying to revive your dead brand of figures especially after the Target fiasco.
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>>8458529 If it’s like NY toy fair, the preorder will be at like 5pm the same day.
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>>8458542 What makes it more mind blowing is this means they had no one restricting the orders, like say they had 6k units, no one set it to count as sold out yesterday at say 3k, they just let it all burn through
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>>8458557 Looks to be the same across the board. Same thing with the Hellfire Club set, too. Preorder's open till sunday it says.
Frankly, thgis is fine. Glad to see more companies doing this shit.
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>>8458563 Agreed. I would much rather preorder and wait than pay some piece of shit scalper. I have no problems with waiting as long as I know I’m guaranteed to get it.
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>>8458563 >>8458574 Haslabs might be giving them the data they need to see if they can do open preorders like PBandai where they just offer to meet demand. This could be a serious game changer in the scalper world
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>>8458047 true, but they keep making the same shit over and over.
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>>8458585 >could be a serious game changer in the scalper world I mean sure it'll likely prevent day 1 scalping but it isn't going to affect things like aftermarket prices once the items start becoming rarer on the secondary market. Some P-Bandai Kamen Rider SHF regularly sell for over $200 even though there was a pre-order window just like every other figure
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>>8458528 same for the hellfire club. I think they sold everything yesterday and are just producing more.
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>>8458592 Yeah. Don't miss the preorder, but having the option does relieve a lot of the fomo stress. There's always going to be a secondary market, but there'll be less rubes to fall into it.
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>>8458597 >I think they sold everything yesterday and are just producing more. give it 5mins. someone will start ranting how there needs to be some special note of a day 1 purchase vs the pre-order one so that theirs is even more special to resell
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>>8458592 It’s not aftermarket prices that have made people go nuclear, it’s not being able to get the figures in the first place. Most people understand if they miss a release widow they’ll be paying the late tax.
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>>8458622 Man. I saw the Super7 guy saying they're going to re-run the first wave of TMNT with a super slight variation to probably the color of the weapon racks so that the people who got the first run won't bitch that ours aren't special anymore.
Why are collectors like this? Or is it just speculators/resellers?
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>>8458631 Joe community is pretty famous for these kinda rants, too. The best was the JoeClub re-running a con set and then there were variations/improvements in the second run which made the shitfest 10 times worse
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>>8458646 I sometimes have to wonder what wires got crossed in my fucking loser nerd ubringing where I don't get mad at all this type of shit. I've got my figures and I just want other people to be able to get them, too. I don't need mine to be "special".
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>>8458652 Depends, do you make additional purchases with the intent to fund your hobby? If not, that's just normal. It's the have their cake and eat it too crowd trying to justify their existence of collecting.
The only annoying thing is the pre-order delay until next year. Not sure I'll give a fuck that long from now. Missed the Regal variant and Deluxe SE already.
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>>8458592 Some of that stuff was before the US store launched. As already stated late tax is a thing but this will crunch stuff down like what we are witnessing with Target exclusives going for 4 times their value only a month later.
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>>8458652 The type of people like that are like the comic book guy from the Simpsons. Their life’s validation is based on owning rare shit piles that others can’t get as easy. When the product is remade it reduces their personal value in themselves.
Basically if you have a few things like love, kids, a job and/or self worth in abilities or skills you won’t care your carded Cobra dude is worth less due to reprint. But if you have none of those things then that reprint is like getting bullied about how worthless you are.
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>>8458298 Pretty much every panel they had planned for SDCC is going to be at this event instead. They've had the schedule floating around for like a week now, the whole weekend is packed with different online panels for every major Hasbro brand.
>>8458520 ....dude, the actual site has a full list of events with times and it's been up for days.
>>8458592 There's no way to predict or control after market prices, especially on stuff that's long out of production. But you can control releases and make sure there's enough supply to meet demands. Pulse as a website just seems really good at restocking old stuff and keeping toys available to buy even months after their release. Compared to the old Hasbrotoyshop, the Pulse site has been fantastic.
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>>8458662 I only ever did once, and it was an accident. I'm still waiting for the late tax on the MOTU movie figures to go up so I can flip the second set I bought after I thought FedEx lost my first.
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>>8458631 I’m so sick of people buying anything they perceive limited or rare and trying to flip it this year. Circle K gas stations got the winter Red Bull as a pre launch exclusive. I went to 4 in my town and all completely sold out. The one clerk told me a guy asked to buy all they had but they said they couldn’t sell him all of them so he called the store manager in the parking lot and she let him buy it all. They said he had a dolly in his van to get them out of the store. And another store said about the same thing with a dolly and a van. Go on eBay and they’re selling 2 cans for $25 or 6 for $54 with big SOLD OUT in the title. Some brainlets might fall for it and buy it or the people who can’t wait or do food reviews on YouTube. Saw this last weekend with the Super Mario 3D Allstars, I have a Wally gift card to burn and they didn’t get them on launch day. Found out Saturday afternoon they arrived and went to get it. Some guy was waiting in the parking lot since before they opened. They didn’t even have the case open and the guy wanted to buy all 30 they got it!! Hasbro did good with this sale.
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So did anyone try buying another SS Cobra Commander under the same account since it looks like an open preorder now?
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>>8459257 Now they just have to address Cobra Troopers.
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>>8456845 It really does suck that he doesn't have that cut but I've gotten used to it. I just hope it's not a sign of things to come later. I guess they just didn't want to break the sculpt up on the leg but I think they should have just done it anyway.
Also I'd suggest stringing his bow if you have some thread. It adds a little more to him to be able to store it on his back.
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Cobra Island stuff are hitting Canadian Toys R US. Only baroness was on the shelves at my local TRU.
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>>8458631 With super 7 I can understand it, their entire business model is 1 and done, if you miss it oh well not our problem. If they send the message that this is anything other than a special occurrence happening because of a huge unforeseen demand they run the risk of lowering sales numbers on later waves after this.
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Fucking Amazon lied to me. They said these wouldn't be delivered until October 6th.
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>>8459512 All the preorders have been like that since the summer. All my October orders came this month. I suspect all the November ones will be the same
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When the fuck will I be able to buy 3 3/4 joes at retail? They aren’t fucking anywhere
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>>8460118 Nah, just makes him look out of place with the rest of the line then. I’ll wait for hasbro to start doing their own classic style versions, it’s basically inevitable.
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>>8460118 No, but I might buy the weapon set that comes with just the hat, because the hat is the only thing that wouldn't look out of place. But then again I think the hat he has looks fine. Is that style of hat even still worn in the Marine Corp?
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>>8459512 Amazon keeps sending me Ninjas one by one
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>>8458574 You'll be dead of the amerimutt civil war by then though.
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>>8460118 Nah, I'm not stuck in 1983. I like the updates he got for the Classified version.
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>>8460118 All I'd really want is the hat and grenade launcher, but I recently bought a bootleg punisher that came with a grenade launcher so I'm not dropping that much for just a hat.
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>>8460118 In case anyone was wondering how it looked on Gung-Ho.
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>>8456845 >>8456868 >>8458272 >>8459355 how does storm shadow's egg/cream white look in person?
all the photography has turned me off but he's cheap on amazon and i'd regret skipping him
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>>8460617 It's really not bad in person. The golds, blacks, and textures distract you from his eggshell white. It's only really a problem if you stare too closely at the different white pantern on his stomach and biceps.
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>Pimp Destro shipped
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>>8460569 Doesn't look bad, but yeah it doesn't fit with the aesthetic of the rest of the Classified line.
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>>8460239 Yeah, the utility cover is still a thing.
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>>8460118 >make a kit to make your Gung Ho more vintage. >include an MGL and not some weird M79/China Lake grenade launcher hybrid ngmi.
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>>8458291 Once I get Destro and Baroness to go with CoCo, I'm done.
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>>8461343 I saw 3 of those the other at 2 different Targets. It helps that Brickseek and the actual Target app shows it as instock. Got mine the week before. Hopefully some stock of the other figures get delivered late as they are discontinued they might not show up instock on computers and scalpers won't know when they arrive at the store.
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>>8460569 That looks worse than I thought it would. I already ordered it, but I may cancel now.
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Hasbro just announced a 6 inch Dungeons & Dragons line that has articulated animals. It's only a matter of time until animal partners show up in G.I. Joe.
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>>8461491 6" scale Horses, finally. Now we can get, pegasuses, unicorns, centuars, realistic my litlle ponies, etc. Can't wait for Hasbro to not do any of these.
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>>8461491 >Hasbro just announced a 6 inch Dungeons & Dragons line Did they show any off?
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>>8461529 Yes, a set that comes with an articulated panther that's up on Hasbro Pulse.
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>>8461580 I hope G.I. Joe articulation is in the line: butterfly joints, double jointed necks, and drop-down hips.
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>>8461595 If they've got it, they're not showing it very well.
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>>8461598 whatever articulation they have is going to be severely hindered by the rubber armor on him.
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>>8461598 I think he has the butterfly joints just looking at his underarms. The armor kinda hides it.
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>>8461598 where are these pictures coming from, I'm not seeing anything on the hasbropulse site.
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>>8461628 Pulse's facebook page
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>>8461598 When has Hasbro ever articulated their figures well in photos?
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Asked a milf stocking the toy section at Target today if there were any joes, she said no, told me that you losers literally wait outside until the store opens. What the fuck is wrong with you virgins?
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>>8461791 We'll find out in a few hours. everything goes up on the pulse website at 5pm est.
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>>8461791 >>8461976 >>8462047 We already know, it's 39.99.
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Who else got their shipping notification for Snake Supreme?
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>>8462399 >he's a pulse premium member GAYYY
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>>8462413 >don't have to wait six months for my exclusive Eh, was worth it.
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Are they seriously going to make people who waited one extra day to order the CC have to wait almost 7 months for it to ship, or is that just a placeholder date?
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>>8462423 would you rather people who had to wait just not get it at all? If they start running exclusives as made to order, it'll be a lot less headache for collectors.
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>>8462421 >fifty dollar upcharge for it Might as well go to a scalper.
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>>8461580 I didn't know I wanted this but I do.2
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They're opening with Joe tomorrow and just announced two HEAVILY requested Marvel Legends as Target exclusives. They aren't addressing CI shit at all.
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>>8462756 Why would they? They make money regardless if Scalpers use bots to buy everything up and buy entire cases before even getting put out on the shelves.
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ffs. Look I’m not an MISB faggot but I do keep the boxes. Is there a way to make sure Amazon ships you stuff in a fucking box? I got two Joes this week, including the Commander just now, and each came in a god damn bubble mailer. Both boxes are crushed and any shelf aesthetics are ruined. What the fuck. Bubble maulers are cool for books and even Blu Rays and vidya, but this is some bullshit. And then when you try to complain about it, they just take you to this form to get a refund where they want you to send it back. “I want the toy, but I think your packaging fuckin sucks”, is the message I want to convey. That’s all.
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>>8462832 >bubble maulers lol exactly
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>>8462832 Nah man, you are at the whim of an underpaid factory worker trying to make quota so he can take his piss break. It’s what you gotta expect from amazon, if you really value the packaging order from BBTS, EE, or another company that actually caters to collectors.
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>>8462756 >due to the unprecedented success of Cobra Island we've once again partnered with Target, this time to bring you Assault on Cobra Island! This exclusive wave will bring you the likes of >Wetsuit, the Navy SEAL >the villainous Croc Master >the Joes' own army builder Steel Brigade >and Zartan packaged with his Swamp Skier! >look for these online two hours ago and in stores sometime over the next five months. We say next week, Target says December 25th. Anonymous
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>>8462879 >amazon >piss break Anon...
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>>8462807 Hasbro has no ability to dictate how Target runs it's website. But Hasbro DOES have a capcha and figure limit on it's own store, and is actively re-releasing older, hard to find, highly scalped figures for collectors to get their hands on again.
So everything you just said is dumb.
>>8462832 I think if you use the "This is a gift" option, they put everything in a box regardless. I know everything I had shipped as a gift came that way.
But if you think bubble mailers are bad, I've had them ship things without any packaging. They just slapped a label on a keyboard I bought and surprise surprise, it came broken. Hell, I've heard stories of them doing that to toys, just throw a label right on the outside of the actual toybox with no mailer or plastic or anything.
Long story short, no one cares about this stuff but us.
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>>8462930 >and is actively re-releasing older, hard to find, highly scalped figures for collectors to get their hands on again. Yes, as Target Exclusives.
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>>8462458 Do you add the price of Amazon prime to everything you purchase off Amazon too?
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>>8463049 I order much more from Amazon and they tend to actually ship their product within days unlike Pulse who get their supply last.
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>>8462930 >Hell, I've heard stories of them doing that to toys, just throw a label right on the outside of the actual toybox with no mailer or plastic or anything. My TVC Rogue One tank came that way
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>>8463032 There's more then just Rogue and Gambit coming.
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>>8463091 Like who? Who is more popular and wanted than those 2 that are getting re-issues?
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>>8463032 >and is actively re-releasing older, hard to find, highly scalped figures for collectors to get their hands on again. >Yes, as Target Exclusives. >>8463091 >Rogue Like... proper Jim Le '90s Rogue or did she get a tit reduction like everyone else?
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>>8463106 Older, bigger tiddie body.
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>>8463106 >Like... proper Jim Le '90s Rogue or did she get a tit reduction like everyone else? Full reissue on the the glorious THICC female buck
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>>8462930 Re-releasing them with a retailer that only scalpers can get product from isn’t exactly helping collectors.
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>>8463112 >>8463115 YES!! Scalpers will suck, but there's a chance of seeing it.
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>>8463197 The old one floated around online at like $15 forever until the Selects Rogue with the good head(heh) to replace its fish eyes dropped.
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might get the new marvel legends for some classic red ninjas
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>>8463201 The old one started to get expensive once Cyclops came out, not when the select came out.
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>>8461805 Too slow, faggot
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So what are the odds Hasbro grew some brains and Cobra Trooper army builder packs go up on Pulse tomorrow?
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>>8464061 >It ends up being Alley Viper instead Anonymous
>>8464076 The best would be a pack of one Alley Viper and one Cobra Trooper with all the accessories for $40. That would make all the people who resorted to scalpers seethe.
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>>8464103 >The best would be a pack of one Alley Viper and one Cobra Trooper with all the accessories for $40. That would be fucking lame. I mean a pack of Alley Vipers would be cool, but packing a single Trooper with them is fuckin lame. I'd rather they just do the Army Builder thing with the Trooper.
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>>8464106 I'd buy them either way. I'm just saying scalpers and their clients would be pissed at getting the same figure with an added bonus army builder for less than the price of one CI trooper right now.
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>>8464061 Seeing as they made an all new figure their recent Pulse Army Builder and then included a multi-builder baf piece with another highly demanded troop builder in their Marvel Legends line, it's pretty clear Hasbro cares about troop builders as a concept. While I don't know if we'll see the Trooper set as a Pulse figure tomorrow, we *will* see it eventually. Though with less paint apps and accessories.
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>>8463332 Can you stack the silts more and more so you can extend stilt man while you army build figures?
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>>8464247 they made a point of showing you could on the stream, yeah.
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I didn't even bother trying to go back into Targets to find Cobra Island figs again, did anyone's storea get restocks.
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Classified Shipwreck and Wild Bill when?
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>>8464598 Popfindr hasn't shown stock in any of the almost 20 Targets near me in probably three weeks. Well, aside from a sea of CI Roadblocks, that is.
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>>8464598 Nope. All my city got was one shipment before August 1st and thankfully I was able to grab Beachhead and two troopers. It's been a dry desert ever since. Not even a Roadblock floating around. We got a shipment of Baroness a few weeks ago but I didn't even bother since half of my stores weren't carrying her and the store closest to me that was selling her only had 1 in stock and I had a feeling an employee was holding it so I didn't bother. I watched Popfindr that day and it stayed there for roughly 8 hours before it finally listed 0.
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I stopped checking popfindr a few weeks back but I had off yesterday so I swung by target for some floor cleaner stuff and randomly found one baroness on the shelf, still no troopers though.
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>>8464598 My target never even got Joes
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Sounds like Classified is going pinless with Zartan
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>Mark is high as fuck again
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>More Troopers >Not a Target exclusive
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>>8464693 >>8464695 Lighter blue. No long gun. Looks like guns don’t have pegs on them this time? And no goggles. Overall decent release.
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>>8464703 The rifle still has the peg, they made a point showing that it can fit on the back of the figure. It's also lacking the arm band, which is fine by me.
I'm glad he's getting a wide release, would've been cooler if he was a Pulse Troop builder, but I'm still getting at least two of em along with Zartan.
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>>8464703 Still had the peg on the assault rifle
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>Firefly >Part of Cobra Island line >Likely only a Target exclusive
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>CI Firefly...
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Are These fuckers really doing another exclusive wave so soon after the fucking target debacle, unbelievable.
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>>8464703 Damn, the snake goggles were my favorite part.
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>That Classified Viper
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Cobra Vipers are fucking exclusives, in other news I’m dropping this line
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And the Vipers are CI, too?
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I'm liking that Viper since it reminds me of the Sideshow Collectibles figure.
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Pictures? I didn't watch the drug addict stream.
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>>8464726 >>8464727 one step forward, five steps back.
Surprisingly villain heavy wave though.
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>>8464743 >>8464727 >>8464726 At least they're going up today, so with next to no warning, maybe bots won't be primed and ready?
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>>8464744 It takes literally a minute to set up a bot.
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>>8464744 They've already been hunting Target due to other exclusives from this event.
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Couldn't they at least announce a non-exclusive Baroness?
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>>8464744 Lmao that hasn’t stopped scalpers before
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>>8464694 This is honestly the most fun panel they've had yet cause of this dude lol
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QUICK SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THE NEW 3.75” JOES ARE WALMART EXCLUSIVE AND OR WHEN I CAN PREORDER THEM
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>>8464760 Yes, I want to preorder the FANG copter but it's going to be a bitch.
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been watching on mute, did they actually say these guys are target exclusive, or are people just assuming based on the cobra island artwork?
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>>8464754 I didn’t like Mark at first but I’ve come to appreciate him. Seems like a fun dude to grab a beer with
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>>8464765 Firefly and the Viper are indeed Target exclusives, they go up at 5:00 pm est today and will be sold out at 5:01 pm est today.
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>>8464770 More like milliseconds
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I actually like the colors on this trooper better. Especially with the vest. My CI troopers are going to be officers or specialists. I guess it's a good thing I only got two.
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>>8464770 they go up at 5:00 PM and will be sold out before you can refresh at 5:00 PM
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>deluxe Snake Eyes up again >limited quantities
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hopefully someone finds the links to them before then so we can at least have a chance at being disappointed. I'm not seeing anything on target's site yet.
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>Zartan includes Monkey's Paw >Firefly and Cobra Viper are TARGET exclusives
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Did they address the disaster of the CI release at all or are they being typical and keeping their head in the sand about it?
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So Zartan and Trooper are a Pulse exclusives. The CI 2nd wave are Target exclusives, and that FANG copter is a Wal-Mart exclusive? Okay...
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>>8464782 They made jokes about it when they revealed the trooper but that's it.
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>>8464784 Zartan and Trooper are going up everywhere I thought.
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I was kind of okay with the CI trooper mess. Sure it sucked not getting one, but at least that ment my favorite army builder, the Viper would get a wide release, right? Nope fuck me. I guess there's precedent now that says we might get a non exclusive viper in a few months with less accessories, but I don't take that as a given.
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>>8464770 They'll be sold out before the page loads, at best you'll get one in your cart but it'll be gone when you try to purchase
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>>8464786 So basically they know about it but won't do shit on what will be a repeat later today.
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>>8456477 >Literal Who Ski-Mask Man is a Target Scalper Exclusive REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
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>>8464798 Don’t make fun of burn victims.
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>>8464796 They've probably been locked into the deal since a year or two ago. The best we can hope for is more releases like the trooper vs infantry.
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>virtually entire line being made exclusives >Snake Eyes DOA due to releasing up against fucking Batman
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No one is posting pics so I’ll do it
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>>8464788 I think we'll see them elsewhere. I don't think accessories would be left out since it's all pretty basic gear a Viper should have. Maybe the bandana would be gone or it would be a different color to go along with whatever the new deco would be (I'm guessing more red on the arm guards and blue to match the standard trooper).
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>>8464773 They really are missing out on the troop builder aspect like the Marvel Legends henchmen figs they are putting out.
Guess they need to justify the costs associated with the new line before they offer that in a year or so. I don't need all the accessories, just a handful of basic Vipers and a rifle and i'm good and i figure the majority of collectors would be too.
Anonymous
>>8464807 This dude looks super bulky. Kinda on the fence.
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>>8464806 The Batman movie could still be terribad.
Anonymous
>>8464811 >Guess they need to justify the costs associated with the new line Most likely. How old is that buck they're using on the Hydra and Hellfire guys?
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>>8464816 No joke, like ten years old.
Anonymous
>>8464813 I think I'd rather just get that fortnite character instead, if it wasn't for those accessories.
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>>8464809 That's not a lot of accessories to ditch any for a wider release. I'm scared guys.
Anonymous
>>8464809 Why does it come with goggles if it has a face shield...?
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>>8464826 They do nothing.
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>>8464778 Wait what? When? He’s still sold out on Pulse.
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>>8464819 I have him, he's not that great. He certainly doesn't feel nearly as nice as my Classified figures. Also the stupid articulated fingers they use on those Fortnite figures makes it hard for them to hold their weapons.
>>8464833 He'll be going up at 5 like everything else revealed today.
Anonymous
>>8463332 Better looking than the Fwoosh ninjas.
Anonymous
>>8464826 because goggles on helmets look cool
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>>8464841 While I'm certain it's got better engineering, and the sculpt is great, those elbows and knees LOOK way uglier.
Anonymous
>>8464848 But they don't have face plates so those are functional goggles when they need them.
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>>8464858 no one likes face plates though, hence the goggles despite many helmets having face shield options and goggles on helmets look cool as fuck.
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>>8464809 >they just recycled cobra commander’s head Anonymous
>still no Storm Shadow or Alley Viper that have had art revealed for months >same with single carded Baroness
Anonymous
>>8464944 Storm Shadow is probably based on the movie's storm shadow, and since that keeps getting pushed back, the toy gets pushed back too.
Anonymous
>>8464782 They opened a panel yesterday by making fun of their fans. They don't give a fuck about stuff like this.
Anonymous
>>8464971 Pretty sure the snow set storm shadow is from the movie, the game version should be their regular version they put out.
Anonymous
>>8464773 Am I stupid? I literally can't tell the difference between this and the Trooper aside from missing the goggles and sniper rifle
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Glad for the Wave 3 offerings. I'll try for one shitty viper on Target today. I am glad they went for a fun drone bomb accessory for Firefly like I had hoped.
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>>8465048 Paint apps are different & they painted tac vest.
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>more exclusive bullshit
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>>8464786 What was said? I need to be even more pissed off.
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>>8464979 To be fair, those "fans" deserve to be made fun of.
Anonymous
I'm trapped at work what's been announced for the 6 inch line, any vehicles?
Anonymous
>>8465180 Cobra trooper rerelease and Zartan, not exclusive
Firefly and Viper trooper, exclusive to Target. Again.
No vehicles.
Anonymous
>>8465192 Thanks. Pretty thin offerings compared to the other brands, I wonder how much Snake Eyes the Movie stuff Hasbro has stuffed in a warehouse somewhere.
Anonymous
>>8464979 Which one was that? Star Wars??
Anonymous
>>8465212 It seems like G.I. Joe just has limited focus compared to other brands that have been going strong for years. The fact that they're relying on exclusives to release so many figures is a sign there's not much retail support for Joes, which is probably why they're so hard to find.
Hopefully Hasbro keeps doing what they did with the Infantry Trooper and just re-releases Exclusives with some slight changes to get these things out there. For all the bitching done about Target, the Retro stuff was even worse to find.
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>>8465220 The Marvel panel opened with the designers reading offensive comments from "fans" and let their talking Deadpool head respond to em.
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Is the trooper release a black dude?
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Heads up, I’ll be posting all my Classified in the BST sometime this weekend. I have all of them released to this point except, of course, for the Trooper
Anonymous
>>8465192 Did they explicitly say no vehicles or were there just none revealed?
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>>8465375 None revealed. Since they already threw a brand new mold bike into the line it's clear they're not against it for Classified. But with how new it is, I can see them hesitating to do anything too big.
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>>8465375 Haslab Skystriker only $600 coming in 2028
Anonymous
>>8465375 1/12 dont buy vehicles
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I can't believe they didn't show Storm Shadow. How fucking lame.
Anonymous
>>8464826 because cobra is run by retards
Anonymous
>>8465398 It’s more of we live in an era where convincing stores online or otherwise into stocking large costly toys is getting rather hard. 3 of the Haslab projects ended up as such because not even Amazon was ok with the size and cost of them.
Anonymous
>>8465577 yeah stores didn't want to even stock 1/18 ones a couple years ago and the retail market just keeps getting worse
Anonymous
>>8465577 >>8465587 Retailers don't really care about stocking toys, they only did it to drag moms with kids into the stores to do one stop shopping. Why go to the clothes store then the food store then the toy store when you can do it all in one place? These places usually lose money with toys outside of xmas, but if it draws people in to buy other stuff it's worth it.
Especially without TRU as competition any more, toy aisles aren't even worth stocking for most chains.
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>>8465224 actually, the fact that they are getting exclusives is because they're drumming up sales.
You ahve both Target and Walmart getting exclusives, and that's pretty much the biggest oyu can get right now.
If one of these stores weren't carrying the 1:12 line, then it'd be a sign there's not much retail support.
Anonymous
>>8465027 The snow set Storm Shadow is based on the 90s Ninja Force figure. Hopefully the reason the normal Storm Shadow is delayed is because they decided to get rid of that stupid full arm tattoo the normal Storm Shadow had in the classified art.
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Target pre-orders supposed to go up today same time as Pulse pages?
Anonymous
>>8465696 They won't because he's a yakuza in the movie.
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Baroness is in Canada? And at TRU? Please, tell me there's some way to get one for under $60. I'm willing to pay scalperbux at this point , Target is horrible, I hope this pumps more out into the market
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I'm tired of this gay-ass Target bullshit. Here we fucking go again.
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>>8465711 The movie will suck anyway. Everything I hear about the movie is awful. The things Golden says about it just prove it's made by people with no understanding of what GI Joe even is.
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>>8464826 What if your face shield breaks or you need to take it out to use a long range scope?
Anonymous
>>8465604 They care and they want the inventory but gone are the days where uss flagg, AT-AT, and 20inch+ Robots fill all the toy isle. Usually it's just smaller scale and places like Walmart and clearly locking into a $30 or less style inventory.
>toy aisles aren't even worth stocking for most chains Disagree at least here in the states, most stores are filling up in inventory otherwise why are Walmart and Target even locking in so many exclusives? Both did a hard past on the Haslab Sentinel and Unicron but still made bids on the Cobra Island wave as well as Walmart fighting for timed exclusives like MOTU Origins. They see the worth, it's just you'll likely never see a market where a table sized toy battle is worth the floor space in stores.
Anonymous
>>8465798 Like I explained earlier, it's just to get people in the store. They don't care about the toys at all, they just know there are those that do, and if they can force em to shop at their store specifically then they're more likely to buy more then just a toy.
They don't care about toys specifically, they just want something people can't get through other means.
Anonymous
>>8465871 Sounds like we are saying the same thing but differently. Our core idea is they care for the business sake but we live in an time where an average customer spending past $30 on a single toy is pushing it.
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>>8465881 I'm not even talking about how much customers are willing to spend on an item. It's more akin to the Loss Leader concept, you sell stuff that you actually lose money selling. But it's done because it will bring people into the store to buy more profitable items.
These stores can sell a 5 cent shirt or dress for 40-50 bucks, and make a huge profit. But toys have smaller profit margins, and putting aside large amounts of space for toys actually means they're potentially making less money. It's why shelf space is important and toy boxes are getting smaller.
Outside of the holidays, toy sales are slow and sporadic and not really a point of interest in a store's market schemes. But they do it, and especially with exclusives, because people are more likely to buy other stuff along with their toy.
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This Target thing is gonna be such a trainwreck...
Anonymous
And Cobra Island Wave 2 figs are gone. Fuckin Target.
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This new Target shit has proved to me that Hasbro does not learn from anything.
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>>8466145 I don't even see them listed
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How are you even supposed to look up the Viper and Firefly on Target? Why is this shit so obtuse?
Anonymous
Anonymous
Are Zartan and the new trooper pulse exclusive or are they going to be a normal release?
Anonymous
>>8466195 They are only limiting one figure for each order on the Trooper. I wanted two, so I had to put in a second order to get the other one.
Anonymous
>>8466200 Do they not cancel separate individual orders?
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>>8466195 Normal releases as far as anyone is aware.
>>8466200 I'll wait for Restocks, Pulse is pretty good at keeping things available to buy.
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Yay got a Cobra Trooper and the Deluxe Snake Eyes.
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>Hellfire club member is new >Gets instant army builder status and limit 5 per person >Cobra trooper repaint with less accessories >Limit 1 per person
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>8466214 >Already sold out Just like before. Of course. Fucking Hasbro.
Anonymous
>>8466214 I managed to get both of mine, but Target's website was weird and pulled both links to the top when I searched for GI Joes. Can't make the search do it again though, so here's the links. Still can't believe I actually got an order in.
Anonymous
>>8466214 God I hate Target and Hasbro management.
Anonymous
Is hasbro pulse shitting the bed for anyone else?
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>>8466214 In the cart but wouldnt check out.
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>>8466214 They still don't show up in any actual searches for me. How did you find them?
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>>8466227 >>8466223 ....guess we'll just have to wait for the inevitable repainted Viper release on pulse and the future Beachhead/Firefly two pack or something. Getting these things from Target isn't even possible.
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>>8466244 They show up in searches for me as of 5:10, but sold out. Searched Cobra Island
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>>8466205 They just did darn.
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Yeah, im done with this line. GG hasbro you fucked GI Joe up again.
Anonymous
Will Zartan and the Cobra trooper be available on Amazon?
Anonymous
>>8466219 So they're actually Ebay exclusives.
Anonymous
>>8466256 At some point.
>>8466259 I'd say everyone should start calling them that, but hasbro made fun of people who don't like the way they do this throughout the con so they don't care.
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>>8466251 gi joe classified, gi joe viper, firefly all return no results. fuck that site.
Anonymous
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>>8466265 How do you guys figure these things out? Makes me feel like a dinosaur
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>>8466240 Worked smoothly for me; already got the confirmation email.
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>>8464773 I like this release better when it comes to the paint, but the other version is really good and comes with an impressive amount of accessories. They should do a third release as a Cobra Officer.
Anonymous
Well, I managed to get a preorder for Zartan off Pulse and scored retro Scarlett off Walmart.
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>>8466275 Nice! Good score! I lucked out and got five troopers back when they were in store, so I didn't even bother looking for these. I hope the specialist vipers don't go exclusive this route.
Anonymous
Pulse Snake Eyes is sold out again.
Anonymous
>>8466290 3rd chance, technically.
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>>8466214 >Sold out befire anyone could even find their link Holy shit.
Anonymous
>>8466290 SHIT I forgot about that
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>>8466290 >>8466295 I'm sure we will get a 4th and 5th chance
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Scalpers are slow still no listings for Firefly and Viper
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New Fang! This is for the 1/18 Retro line. It's a new sculpt, and has a newly sculpted Fang Pilot, which during 25th was just a Cobra Trooper with a new helmet.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
Anonymous
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The pilot has >NEW ARTICULATION
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>>8466290 >Pulse Snake Eyes is sold out again. What ever happened to that Pulse SShadow we were supposed to get to bookend this SE? I thought it was going to be a SDCC exclusive but that was wrong.
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>>8466290 I had him in my cart, but I decided not to get him. I already have regular Snake Eyes and that green pants were a huge turn off for me.
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>>8466219 yeah nah fuck this im done with this line
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>>8466321 He has thigh cuts! They're starting to introduce more articulation in the retro line on new sculpts.
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>>8466265 wait, so does this mean Troopers is Carpenter BEE like Target?
>it is well. Ok then...
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>>8466295 Ah, true.
I took the my 2nd change as soon as I got it so I I'm not too bothered about the reissue, but it's nice for the people wo never got a a chance.
>>8466299 Hope you get another chance.
Anonymous
>>8466279 >>8466308 I got Zartan and a Trooper off Pulse no problem and I managed to get Roadblock and the Fang off Wal-Mart....supposedly. So far everything I've ordered off Wal-Mart was either cancelled or they sent the wrong item. Hopefully I actually get these things.
Really, the only problem is Target, they must order like 5 of these things for them to sell out this fast. Even with the damn bots, this is ridiculous.
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>>8466214 Hasbro needs to fucking quit it
Anonymous
>All these one star reviews for the Target figures.
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>>8466354 GUYS IT WILL BE AVAILABLE DON'T FREAK OUT :))))
Anonymous
Don't worry about about missing out on the Target figures. People will probably start finding them in stores. Next month. Or next week. Or next year. Or who the fuck knows. Some stores will break street date. Yours won't. Some will get one case that slips out the back door. Popfindr and Brickseek will be 100% inaccurate. You'll go to a Target that popfindr says has 6 figures in stock. You'll ask an employee if they can check in the back for you, and they'll tell you no, they can. You'll check that same Target 20 minutes later, and it will say 0 in stock.
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>>8466262 Hasbro absolutely loves this. They get to brag how hot the toy line is by selling out in minutes
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>>8466349 It has rove Target because the other sites are holding up fine short of Pulse with Cobra Trooper.
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The new Scarlett is decent-- not perfect, but decent. Considering it's made using existing parts and a new head, it's acceptable. Though the painted on shoulder armor detail is a little iffy, but I'll accept it. I would have rather they sculpted a new torso, or upper torso, and new forearms and hands so she could have more proper gloves.
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>>8466290 Supposedly most of this stock was canceled orders from people who preordered and went with the retail version.
Anonymous
>>8466373 im so fucking excited for when they start doing sunbow themed exclusives and the demand triples
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>>8466390 I really love this new head sculpt, it does look very much like the Sunbow cartoon. I'm really curious if it can head swap easily onto another body, either the 25th, 50th, or Resolute body.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
Anonymous
>>8466373 Target finally has the Seeker Earthrise 2 pack in stock and that faced a similar issue of not being easy to find.
So we all just have to wait for me to finally break down and buy these guys on ebay for inflated prices and then Target will start not only stocking, but discounting, the entire Cobra Island line.
....because that's exactly what happened with the god damned seekers.
>>8466390 I have no problems with full on repaints of figures, but this one just does not work. They should've just used the entire Resolute figure, because that body looks bland and the arms just don't look right.
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>>8466406 I'm sure this makes me a really bad person, but I'm legitimately excited for this, since I don't want Sunbow versions, so it'll be so much fun to sit back and watch.
Anonymous
Viper is back up, I was able to grab one.
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>>8466426 could you hurry up and buy a Baroness off ebay? Thanks.
Anonymous
I missed the Pulse orders so I just ordered mine from Dorkside Toys since Amazon was only bringing up Zartan but no troopers. Got 4 of them to make a squad with my two Cobra Island troopers (one will be an officer, the other will be the sniper) and Zartan. Hopefully I can luck out with Vipers at Target but who fucking knows.
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The new Roadblock. I don't hate him, but my reaction is, "But why?" Why is he using a Classified head sculpt? They have tooling that exists for the perfect Roadblock... and they made a completely different one with a new head! Why? It's just so bizarre. And why choose those lower legs?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Only-At-Walmart-G-I-Joe-Retro-Collection-Roadblock-Toy-3-75-Inch-Scale-Collectible-Figure-with-Accessories/817621399 I'll likely get this guy, but it's more or less like a different version of Roadblock to me, the same way Renegades is or Resolute, or Classified. This is Classified Roadblock. I want him, but he's not the Roadblock and been wanting in the first place.
Anonymous
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>>8466432 Might go up again at midnight too, who knows.
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I was blessed by god today. Got 2 vipers and firefly, and the snake eye pulse restock
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Anonymous
So I got Zartan and one Trooper off Pulse and another 3 Troopers off BBTS.
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So is this new cobra trooper a black dude?
Anonymous
>>8466408 You can’t be serious. That looks derpy as shit
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>>8466454 No worries. If they come back up on Amazon I'll probably get a few more but I've never had an experience of Dorkside not coming through for me. Plus I got other shit with them coming around that time anyway.
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>>8466471 Same. Just put the order in for 3 troopers to add to my pulse order.
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>>8466509 The new paint apps really make him look more like that Sunbow cartoon.
Anonymous
>>8466445 If they just made new retro-style art for the boxes, this line wouldn't come across so messy. They also apparently made a completely new FANG too?
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>>8466426 It’s happens to almost all their exclusives. I got Their Shiny Mando for 13 and some change last January.
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>>8466523 Yes, the Fang is a 100% new sculpt instead of just re-releasing the 25th version, they did a brand new sculpt that was based off of it, but is different. It's kinda strange that they did that, but I'm ok with it if they wanted to resculpt a vehicle and improve upon it, since during 25th they were sort of retooling and resculpting vintage vehicles.
Anonymous
>>8466519 >>8466509 I don't like that face sculpt at all. Looks like Michael Jackson's Moonwalker robot mode.
Anonymous
>>8466290 I didn’t! Got him, Zartan, and a Trooper. I didn’t even bother trying for the Target shit.
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>>8466562 That's how Destro looks
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>>8466471 >BBTS I never even thought of that, thanks for the idea anon, added two more Troopers to my ranks.
Still want at least one Cobra Island Trooper to act as a squad leader though.
>>8466432 Sure I'll go grab one right now
>checks ebay >90 bucks after shipping >nopes right out Sorry anon, you'll just have to wait a bit longer. This whole pulsecon weekend ate up a lot of my budget.
Anonymous
Wait for the Cobra Trooper regular release they said. It'll have as many accessories they said. Well fuck me I just wanted ONE with the goggles and now I'm stuck paying scalper prices out the ass because Hasbro can't even throw a bone for us international fans.
Anonymous
>>8466765 Don't do that. Give some recasters some time. I bet you someone will start making them and the arm band since the regular release doesn't have them.
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>>8466765 I'm pretty sure everyone expected there to be a standard release trooper, and that it would have different/less accessories than the CI version.
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Damn, I haven't had this hard a time collecting a line since the MOTU reboot. Maybe they'll keep up the Cobra Trooper route and reissue figures in later waves?
I was just curious as to the Retro stuff and I don't see any links on the first wave at
walmart.com ? I would think a sold out would be there at least.
Anonymous
>>8466780 I would hope so. I don't really care to get a single Trooper unless I get one with the goggles. The lack of goggles pretty much makes this one a deal breaker for me, so I hope that someone out there is smart enough to capitalize on it and start selling off recasts of the damn things.
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When will Zartan and the new trooper hit retail?
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Apparently Retro Roadblock has his vintage figure camo shirt under his vest. But if you want him to have his vintage toy look you're gonna have to swap some webgear on him from another figure. I'm curious if I can put the TF Roadblock's head on him; if the skin tone will be too different or not.
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Comparison between the Retro release and 50th.
Anonymous
>>8466903 You might be able to get a CI trooper for cheap with the new one being widely available. That’s what I’m hoping to do.
Anonymous
>>8466562 it's a fucking metal mask
Anonymous
>>8467081 It's a bad looking metal mask.
Anonymous
They are pretty fucking cool army building troops. You got to give them that.
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>>8467198 They are. I'm tempted to grab one of the newer ones to be my squads leader, but then I'd need to get the rank insignia cuffs off my current leader.
Anonymous
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>>8467008 CI has more gear and better colors, won't happen
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>>8467190 I dunno what to tell you dude, sounds like you just don't like Destro. Because that's what he looks like all the time.
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>>8467198 Literally since March I have been checking so many of the Targets around me and all I have is a single Beachhead and Roadblock
Hasbro can eat shit for all I care
Fuck this line
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Just noticed the removable magazine. Neat.
Anonymous
Saw this posted on a fancy site. Why wasn’t this brought up at the panel unless it’s a Pulse fuck up.
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Is deluxe Snake Eyes shipping immediately? I don’t see a ship date on his product page.
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>>8467529 They briefly mentioned that Zartan's character would change blue, but then never addressed if his new figure did or not. I remember, because when I was watching it, I kept thinking about how cool it would be if had the color changing gimmick.
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>>8467314 >$20 version of figure with three fewer accessories isn’t going to decrease value of $100 figure at all I’m glad you’re not the one in charge.
Anonymous
So how are you guys coming to terms with what happened today? They basically pointed at laughed at you.
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>>8467843 By getting angry, calling Hasbro a bunch of assholes, stewing in my anger and resentment and then buying the fucking toys if and when I can find them.
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>>8467819 Both figures are $20
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>>8465523 The viper helmet with goggles looks cool as fuck. It's a toy guys. Not real life. You all need to get your autism in check.
Anonymous
>>8467819 Sometimes it Doesn’t
More so with army builders. The 20th mass released stuff didn’t even dint the Target exclusives of the time. Hell they went up in price. Same could happen here thanks to the rank badge that comes with the CI one.
Anonymous
>>8468439 If it was a one off main character I could see this being the case. But the reason the Troopers were so sought after was to troop build. With a wider release available, you don't need 20 versions of the CI Trooper, you only need one. You can use the mass release version to troop build the rest.
I have a feeling we'll be seeing the CI version in Target stores a lot more in the next few months as having better access to the troop builder figure will greatly lower demand for the CI one.
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>>8468456 >discontinued Shut the fuck up you stupid shill. No one is buying that bullshit anymore. Fuck you and fuck Hasbro.
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>>8468456 >If it was a one off main character I could see this being the case Nope. Those dive hard if the newer offering is near the same. Most people just want one Beachhead, Roadblock, etc, so if tomorrow they announced a mainline Beachhead that's the CI with less stuff, the CI one would crash in value hard because most wouldn't want both.
>But the reason the Troopers were so sought after was to troop build. Exactly which means the more options in variation the more the demand feeds. We saw this feeding frenzy both with Marvel Legends and the 20th Anniversary Joes. Demand goes up because now you can have a crew of dark officers leading your light blue grunts.
>you don't need 20 versions of the CI Trooper, you only need one. If you army build you -never- stop at just one, hence why army builders take forever buckle in price and it's usually because a change in the brand style.
>I have a feeling we'll be seeing the CI version in Target stores a lot more in the next few months That's just dude to supply and demand, Target's exclusives have almost always tried to meet demand and beyond with their Christmas season stuff but Target does struggle sometimes like Red Hulk, AT-ACT Driver (army Builder), Imperial Shadow Squadron (army Builder).
I get why you speculate as you do but realistically as hot as this IP is right now you could have a blue Cobra Trooper exclusive for every store and they all sell out. People are buying up the fucking Red Ninja and he was a shelf warmer of the 20th ann. line
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>>8468456 >better access to the troop builder figure he doesn't release until March anon
by that point CI will be cemented in cost due to discontinuation
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>>8467647 Duke doing what he does best.
Anonymous
I might bend the knee to the scalpers for a Viper to make a Mercer custom.
Anonymous
>>8468880 It's possible they go the Trooper route and just re release it slightly differently later on
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>>8466390 The arms look weird on the upper torso.
Fuck it I'm getting a Faux Scully from Gun Runners instead.
I'm in Canada so my chances of seeing it are pretty bad anyway.
Anonymous
>>8468902 Most likely without the cool scarf, though.
I'm more interested in knowing how long Firefly's going to stay exclusive.
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>>8466490 Agreed. the new headsculpt looks like crap and I don't like the arms with that torso.
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Anyone know where I can get one of these figures (or just the painted head) for under $25 Can?
Amazon.ca has her for $19.99 - but with $18.99 shipping. Ebay is similar.
Anonymous
So where do you guys get your 1:12 accessories? I tracked down Roadblock and he needs some proper heavy weaponry.
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>>8468909 We're definitley losing the scarf, but there's not much else to get rid of out of that set for a general release. The cobra trooper came with a whole lot more crap. I'm more worried about the lack of paint apps that Vipers going to get instead.
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>>8468970 There was a Marvel Legends Punisher with a really nice M60 that also works great for Roadblock, or if you wanna go even heavier one of the McFarlane Fortnite figures has a big ass mini-gun. Otherwise, as previous anon suggested, try Marauders. Though their M249 feels kinda tiny in Roadblock's hands the ARs work fantastic for the other Joes and I bought a bunch of the Tavor's to use for my Cobra Infantry when they show up.
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>>8466408 >that pale skin and dark lipstick Anonymous
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>>8466408 Whatever head with a similar length neck joint that the Shooter/Female Cobra from the 50th. So the Renegades Scarlett/Retaliation Lady Jaye, maybe the RoC Blue BDU Scarlett (also used on the 50th SDCC Set). Maybe even the 50th Lady-Jaye.
Anonymous
If the trooper infantry is an indicator, is this what we should expect for the Viper mass market release? Less paint and accessories and red gloves to match the cartoon.
Anonymous
>>8470034 I think the backpack would go before the sidearm and holster. Honestly I don't think anyone outside of people who pay scalper prices would have an issue with this getting an unchanged later release.
Anonymous
>>8470046 I think the backpack will still be there, but it'll be unpainted. Maybe the big gun will be one piece too. They showed the magazine is removable in some of the pics.
Anonymous
>>8470034 >>8470046 Speaking of painting, I see some people saying the general release trooper is black? what if they made the viper's neck black too.
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>>8470067 He looks marginally darker than the CI one. Wouldn’t say he’s black honestly.
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>>8470063 Yea, GI Joes and back packs are pretty standard so I would think they would include it. It looks like it's made of separate colored piece with just the logo being painted on the blue part so no paint wouldn't be too bad. Unless they make a new mold or include a different gun, I think the rifle would come as is. Goggles were on the original figure so I don't see them removing that. Bandana and side arm weren't.
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>>8467650 >>8467651 This is a really nice looking figure. Pinless, unhindered articulation, detailed face sculpt, armor that's updated but not overdone for the character, a nice batch of accessories, and really good proportions.
This is up there for me with Snake Eyes and Destro.
Anonymous
So for whatever reason CI wave 2 isn't coming to the UK despite us getting the first one and the normal line, no reason given, just Hasbro UK being bad as normal.
Anonymous
>>8470895 at least you still have shakespeare, anon
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>>8471130 True, also that con CC too which is cool too.
We'll probably end up getting Firefly and the Viper in the mainline anyway so it's not the end of the world.
Anonymous
Is there a Marvel Legends or Star Wars figure that uses that same scarf? Hasbro loves reusing parts, and it would be good to find an alternative source for the scarf for the inevitable general release viper.
Anonymous
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>>8470046 Nah man, the backpack is like an essential Viper accessory but a sidearm is not.
Anonymous
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>>8471210 Not that I know of. I'm honestly surprised Zartan comes with a different scarf.
>>8467651 Anonymous
Its not quite the same, but both the new and old Silk figures have a red scarf that might even work better than the grey one. Only question is whether or not they'd fit his neck.
Anonymous
Can't wait to see more Scarletts and Roadblocks out there
Anonymous
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>>8471746 They should have reissued Destro or Snake Eyes instead, Roadblock is shelfwarming hard as is
Anonymous
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>>8471746 God forbid they take the opportunity to just stock Red Ninjas.
>>8471700 Not trying to burst your bubble, but that scarf is super tiny. Judging from the size of Duke’s neck, it won’t fit. Just my two cents.
Anonymous
Finally found the retro vehicles in my area. No Baroness and it seem they only put out a couple of each carded figures instead of the endcap.
Anonymous
>>8472115 What did you pick up
Anonymous
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>>8472334 Both vehicle sets, SE, and SS. Didn't find Baroness at the 3 WM I checked.
Anonymous
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That finger for CC makes him surprisingly expressive
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>>8471746 Are they literally trying to make shelfwarmers? Is it just the black character and the female character so they can pretend it's some problem with those characters selling?
Anonymous
