I didn't know who had to be Eyetwitch, I just figured it would be a really lousy thing to have your code name changed to.
G.I. Joe thread - 02/01 G.I. Joe Day Reveals: Doc, Torch and more
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Shipwreck is out, right? Is he any good?
I want him but I have no time to go to a specialty store.
I want him but I have no time to go to a specialty store.
Oh, okay. He just seemed like the most likely one, going by codename.
Shipwreck’s wave is shipping now, but probably won’t reach US distributors until mid-late July. Most online retailers have him slated to arrive between August and September. Unless you got those overseas “connections”.
Frankly, at this stage, if you aren’t ordering online, you only have yourself to blame for not getting him. My experience these past couple of years has shown a steady decline in how well a LOT of stuff is getting distrubuted. Hasbro is rolling out wave 6 Legacy Deluxe, yet my local Walmart, just a month ago, stocked wave THREE!
And I don’t know what’s happening with GI Joe: local Walmart and nearby Target ditched the line (short exclusives, in Target’s case), but the Walmarts I’ve been to that are still actively stocking the main assortment?
STILL loaded down with Movie Baroness and Akiko.
At this stage, if I was as resistant to ordering as some fans have been, I don’t think I would have gotten most of the GI Joe figures I do have. I’m not sure I’ve actually seen ANY of the main assortment Classified figures released after the movie waves in a physical retail setting.
I mean we had Ice Cream Soldier back in the 90s so the standards for "good code name" clearly aren't that high.
He's a great figure. No issues with mine at all. Not the star of the wave. But the wave is stellar all around. Wish Polly had swappable wings. But they're so small i get why he don't.
The wave has been showing up at Gamestops here in Canada.
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I don't collect Classified at all but that's an amazing looking figure.
What would Shipwrecks new code name be? "Sinky-in-Drinkie"? Or just "Real Downer"?
What would Shipwrecks new code name be? "Sinky-in-Drinkie"? Or just "Real Downer"?
YMMV, for instance, I have 7 Walmarts within about an hours drive from where I live that either me or my wife can check fairly regularly. Yeah, a few of them still have Snake Eyes Origins figures on the hooks, but I've also seen Spirit, Cobra Officer, Dusty, and Zaranna at regular retail. Even got some of the vintage cardback Destros and Gung Hos in our area. Online ordering is more of a sure-thing, but they are still showing up in some brick and mortars.
He can go hatless?!? Whoa!
Now we know what it looks like when someone looses a fight with Popeye. And his parrot is like "Whoa...???"
Oh, i thought it was an alternate head, not hair piece, haha.
I remember he was hatless when he went swimming in the ocean with Mara.
I gots me my own Shipwreck! Polly is taunting him while he's struggling with his bonds.
So Polly is a peg leg parrot now? Other than Shipwreck's wrist and rope, where else can she go?
So Polly is a peg leg parrot now? Other than Shipwreck's wrist and rope, where else can she go?
I don't know who Low-Light is, all I see is Fumbles. Thanks everyone.