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[Sean Whitmore]

Speaking of, what is "NYCC Lady Jaye"?

[MightyMegs]

Speaking of, what is "NYCC Lady Jaye"?

It's the movie Lady Jaye that's out now... she was originally going to be a show exclusive (hence the bonus weapons).

[Spark]

Not preordering that whole chunk just to get a Night Viper. Geez.

[Steevy Maximus]

Not preordering that whole chunk just to get a Night Viper. Geez.

Same, and the Night Viper is higher on my list than the Crimson Guard or Data Viper.

Guess I'll roll the dice on retail.

[Fortress Ironhold]

Not preordering that whole chunk just to get a Night Viper. Geez.

Same, and the Night Viper is higher on my list than the Crimson Guard or Data Viper.

Guess I'll roll the dice on retail.

I'm in the opposite boat.

I *want* most of the figures in that assortment, but my Half.com store has been operating below par and so I've had to scale back my collecting budget to compensate; there's no way I can fit a full case into my budget.

[Detour]

Not preordering that whole chunk just to get a Night Viper. Geez.

Same, and the Night Viper is higher on my list than the Crimson Guard or Data Viper.

Guess I'll roll the dice on retail.

With USPS raising its shipping costs to Canada, I'm gonna be rolling that dice too...

But Data-Viper's probably the lowest on my army builder list... He's neat, but limited in functionality. I'm getting one, but just one.

[Spark]

Not preordering that whole chunk just to get a Night Viper. Geez.

Same, and the Night Viper is higher on my list than the Crimson Guard or Data Viper.

Guess I'll roll the dice on retail.

With USPS raising its shipping costs to Canada, I'm gonna be rolling that dice too...

But Data-Viper's probably the lowest on my army builder list... He's neat, but limited in functionality. I'm getting one, but just one.

Speaking as someone who doesn't army build anything, Data Viper's tops on my list and probably the figure I'm most excited for in, like, years. But I have a soft spot for all the '89-'90 Cobras, so I want that Night Viper.

[Dake]

I keep going back and forth on the last wave. I'm almost certain we'll never see it in stores and if we do it will be one case worth and then gone. But man, all the repacks aren't even of the good figures. They're still mostly on pegs right now. The only one worth keeping for customs would be the Lady Jaye. I suppose from that perspective I'm saving money by overpaying for the four new figures... screw it preordered the four. Maybe I'll get lucky and see them before BBTS gets them in stock. Worst case scenario I should be able to sell them again if I have to.

Edited by Dake, 27 June 2013 - 11:48 AM.

[Steevy Maximus]

But Data-Viper's probably the lowest on my army builder list... He's neat, but limited in functionality. I'm getting one, but just one.

With wave 4 (Ultimate wave), I'm fairly excited/interested in 10 of the 12 figures, so I figured that was a good ratio to justify the expense of a full case purchase. I've been rereading the old GI Joe comics so Kwinn has SOME interest (in that his IS a quality release, though given the option there are about a dozen different things I'd rather take, even an extra CG or CCN or even Data Viper). Budo does NOTHING for me, at all. I think he's a case where hasbro had his tooling done and just dumped him in the assortment (like Kwinn)

I keep going back and forth on the last wave. I'm almost certain we'll never see it in stores and if we do it will be one case worth and then gone. But man, all the repacks aren't even of the good figures. They're still mostly on pegs right now.

But, according to Hisstank, the only thing you can find on shelves are wave 1 figures and the "same old, same old"

I still think a LOT of those people are "seeing what they want to see", not necessarily what's accurately on pegs. Given the naming confusion and all that, I'm very much inclined to say that there were parts of Hasbro's marketing/sales/brand team who didn't realize wave 3 (LJ, etc) saw the kind of saturation it did.

[Spark]

I don't really care about Kwinn at all. He looks boring and isn't a particularly compelling character. His only outstanding trait is that he didn't already exist.

[Dake]

But, according to Hisstank, the only thing you can find on shelves are wave 1 figures and the "same old, same old"

I still think a LOT of those people are "seeing what they want to see", not necessarily what's accurately on pegs. Given the naming confusion and all that, I'm very much inclined to say that there were parts of Hasbro's marketing/sales/brand team who didn't realize wave 3 (LJ, etc) saw the kind of saturation it did.

Heh yeah - it doesn't help that the Roadblock's are so similar at first glance and really the upcoming "Ultimate" is mostly a more articulated version of what we've had before.

I'm sure it's regional as much as anything else (and there aren't any currently left on the pegs) but there were plenty of Coltons and Jayes to be had initially. But the extra wave 2 SE/SSs aren't going anywhere - as usual.

Edited by Dake, 27 June 2013 - 04:52 PM.

[Steevy Maximus]

I'm sure it's regional as much as anything else (and there aren't any currently left on the pegs) but there were plenty of Coltons and Jayes to be had initially. But the extra wave 2 SE/SSs aren't going anywhere - as usual.

Storm Shadow I'll give you, but around here at least, the wave 2 Snake Eyes was EXTREMELY popular, usually among the first couple figures sold of a case it seems. I actually couldn't find him until the 3rd or so refresh here.

[lastmaximal]

I'm mainly into these two waves for Ultimate Roadblock -- prefer this outfit to the Battle Kata one, although I dunno what to do with the chair thingy -- and Jinx. Want to get two or three Jinxes actually, one to keep yellow and one to repaint as Vypra and one I dunno yet. Possibly Data Viper just because he's so unusual, and maybe Blind Master, but even that's a bit iffy since his character in the film wasn't really anything.

The rest... all look good, but I don't really need. Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow, Kwinn... all amazingly done, and I'm glad my passing on them at least means there's theoretically more for those who want them.

[Detour]

I really wish I could find the Tread Ripper, but no luck yet in my area.

Shame, really wanted that for my custom Steeler to drive....

[Betty Nor]

One of my local Target stores has put all Joe stuff on clearance.
Starting to consider pre-ordering that case from BBTS.

[Detour]

One of my local Target stores has put all Joe stuff on clearance.
Starting to consider pre-ordering that case from BBTS.

Clearance =/= cancellation.

[Dake]

Target is draconian in their clearancing before resets. Then again - when it comes to this line I am not trusting to retail for the tail end.

[Dr Syn]

I really wish I could find the Tread Ripper, but no luck yet in my area.

Shame, really wanted that for my custom Steeler to drive....

Do you hate your custom Stealer or something?

[Detour]

I really wish I could find the Tread Ripper, but no luck yet in my area.

Shame, really wanted that for my custom Steeler to drive....

Do you hate your custom Stealer or something?

No, but I love the Tread Ripper's look. Does it have a fundamental flaw I'm unaware of?

[Dr Syn]

I really wish I could find the Tread Ripper, but no luck yet in my area.

Shame, really wanted that for my custom Steeler to drive....

Do you hate your custom Stealer or something?

No, but I love the Tread Ripper's look. Does it have a fundamental flaw I'm unaware of?

This is all my own stupid opinion

It's rather dumb, doesn't look much if anything like the actual vehicle.

The driver sits so far down that if you plug the big gap between the cage canopy (that extends beyond the vehicle's front) he can't see where he's going. The weapons when both are mounted can't rotate 360 any-more since they bash into each other. I'd say it's one of the worst vehicles since the VvsV NEUTRALIZER, the Mole Pod is a better vehicle than this.

It's just a poorly thought out vehicle. I'd say go get a PTE tank or track down a RoC Armored Panther.



It is save-able, if you are prepared to do a ton of scratch building and hours of work

Edited by Dr Syn, 29 June 2013 - 10:15 PM.