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Post by okcomputer on Aug 24, 2020 15:17:40 GMT -5
Roadblock is supposed to hold his railgun like this: It looks cooler and he can stand up.
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Post by frinspar on Aug 24, 2020 15:57:10 GMT -5
Now that I got him to stand that way, he's staying.
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Post by frinspar on Aug 25, 2020 21:01:24 GMT -5
Just got 50 stands from Marauders. Best price and shipping, and they have 2 peg sizes on each for small and large figures. And I got a cool tan sniper rifle, probably for Duke, just because.
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Post by frinspar on Aug 30, 2020 20:53:10 GMT -5
I think I just got lucky seeing the first wave of regulars. Not going to hunt like I used to, and Popfindr didn't help me out except to waste gas. If they show at the store they're not ending up on the pegs, just straight to the employees and their scalper buddies. Whatever I can get from BBTS in future will have to suffice. And if I happen across anything that one time of year it may happen again, I'll get what I like.
Might need to save up for ammo and bamboo to make punji sticks anyhow.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 4, 2020 17:26:32 GMT -5
Grabbed CI Roadblock out of spite because he's the only one that will ever actually make it on a peg from the exclusive series. But he's pretty cool at least.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 4, 2020 17:34:10 GMT -5
Grabbed CI Roadblock out of spite because he's the only one that will ever actually make it on a peg from the exclusive series. But he's pretty cool at least. I like that figure. With the do-rag, longer beard, and sunglasses and the more subdued color scheme, he's got a special forces kinda vibe to him. I think hneeds a tac vest, tho, and I do not want to give him the goofy thing that the series 1 Roadblock or even the one Gung Ho has.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 4, 2020 19:13:38 GMT -5
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 4, 2020 19:36:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I saw that. Not sure it'll fit. Roadblock's a big figure. I'd ask Bobby Vala on social media, but he seems to really hate Hasbro now, so I'm not sure if he'd anser.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 4, 2020 19:38:40 GMT -5
The torso doesn't look much different from Duke's. But they're not close enough for me to grab and compare. Be good to hear his answer, if he does, to know if they're worth preordering.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 4, 2020 19:47:02 GMT -5
Roadblock and Gung Ho share the same body and the torso is larger than Duke's.
Edit: Just confirmed/extrapolated some info from The Valaverse Instagram page. It looks like the riot gear vest would fit a Cobra trooper, but even the jacket off of the Sgt Slaughter figure (as a vest) is a tight fit on Roadblock and restricts the hell out of the butterfly joints, so it seems there's nothing he makes as of right now that really fits that torso.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 11, 2020 16:49:53 GMT -5
Just noticed your edit. That's a bummer. Maybe eventually.
Stopped into Target on the way home and they actually had a Baroness. Had it in my hand before I even fully saw it. Nothing else, but that was enough.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 11, 2020 17:12:31 GMT -5
Glad you found her.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 11, 2020 17:59:33 GMT -5
The figure is fantastic. I'm so impressed with all of them. Not surprising how good they are, but I tried really hard to convince myself they'd be boring and not worth buying into. I lied.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 11, 2020 18:09:19 GMT -5
I'm a little irked because I discovered the one I got from Wisconsin has some extra plastic on the face and looks kinda like a scar or a big mole, and I'm scared as hell about trying to sand it off or something, so now I have to try to find another one. There are supposedly two Baroness and Coil bikes at the Target nearby in Burke, and while they're supposed to be on the shelf, nobody can fucking find them.
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 12, 2020 13:34:48 GMT -5
Some asshole probably hid them somewhere. Those people are the worst. Last fall at Target I found two Black Series Carbonized Mandalorians hidden way over in the housewares section. I bought them both because I wanted one, and just to fuck with whoever hid them there I gave the other one to Toys For Tots. Sucks for that guy that I happened to be buying lightbulbs that day and found his stash spot.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 12, 2020 20:24:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I have no doubt some prick hid them somewhere. The box is pretty big, so I've been trying to picture where someone could actually hide these things. Without going in, of course.
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 12, 2020 23:38:29 GMT -5
Every other time I’ve found someone’s hidden stash it’s been in the same aisle it should be, just stuck behind some bigger boxes, usually on the lower shelf. You don’t even need to shift things around (that just makes more work for the stock people) but if you can see a gap between a box and the back of the shelf, chances are there’s a smaller box stuck behind the bigger one.
Just today at Target I found the new NECA King Kong figure stuck behind the dozen or so boxes of Jasons and Godzillas. Kong is a brand new figure, so someone clearly shifted him behind the older stuff thinking nobody would check. Well I checked, and now it’s mine (and it rules btw).
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Post by frinspar on Sept 13, 2020 0:02:44 GMT -5
I remember finding hidden Sportspicks a couple of times. If they weren't something I wanted I put them back on the pegs.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 26, 2020 12:17:34 GMT -5
Good news: Firefly is on his way. Bad news: He's another fucking Target exclusive.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 26, 2020 16:54:39 GMT -5
Sold out on the app before he even hit the website. In other news, BBTS has an exclusive Valaverse kit to make Gung Ho all retro and whatnot.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 27, 2020 10:25:55 GMT -5
That's shit about Firefly. He'll be impossible to get and I'm not paying some poor kid's jobless pedophile uncle $80 for one. Might make my own from the Vala figure. I do have Gung Ho on pre-order, might have to get that set. Just pre-orderd Cobra trooper and Zartan. Not slated until March, but I'm doing that with everyone I can.
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 29, 2020 8:09:26 GMT -5
I braved the COVID-infested wasteland of Walmart yesterday looking for the NECA Back to the Future figures (didn't see any), but they did have Cobra Commander and a red ninja so I grabbed those. This is a fun line even though I know nothing about any of the characters. Commander comes with a cool sci-fi looking flintlock-style pistol and a sword with a snake on the hilt (it's a cobra, get it???). He's a cool figure, and he looks good next to the new Legends Doctor Doom. The ninja is kinda generic, but packed with tons of weapons and an insane amount of articulation.
And I'm convinced the Target exclusives in this line are just a prank to mess with me, because I haven't seen a single one since the ones I tried to buy before the official release date. It's annoying.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 29, 2020 17:11:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think they ever hit the floor. I'm still amazed I found what I did of just the regulars. The stores never get many in at a time. About the same as it was with the 3-3/4" towards the end a couple years ago. Couldn't find them anywhere. I always did well at a couple grocery stores because they actually stocked them and I guess not too many people think to look there.
I was on the fence with the ninja, but I knew I'd regret not getting all of them that I can easily.
Just got notice CC arrived at BBTS, so that's now in my pile.
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Post by frinspar on Nov 25, 2020 18:56:50 GMT -5
How can Hasbro crank out 6 million each of the waves of both Legends and Star Wars, and put those waves out a month apart throughout the year, but can only manage 2 Joes at a time every 3 or 4 months with very limited availability?
Zartan and trooper are slated for March with Flint and Lady Jaye due in June. Mas rapido!
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Post by S. Griffin on Nov 26, 2020 14:08:30 GMT -5
How can Hasbro crank out 6 million each of the waves of both Legends and Star Wars, and put those waves out a month apart throughout the year, but can only manage 2 Joes at a time every 3 or 4 months with very limited availability? Zartan and trooper are slated for March with Flint and Lady Jaye due in June. Mas rapido! 1. After the Retaliation figures languished on pegs, retailers were apparently skittish about this line, and Hasbro has been overcautious. 2. There were supposed to be a couple of movie waves (or partial movie waves) at the end of this year the beginning of next year, I believe, but with the Snake Eyes movie being delayed by Covid and Hasbro and MGM not wanting those figures on shelves with no movie, that threw a monkeywrench into things.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Nov 26, 2020 15:32:32 GMT -5
Man I know it's probably foolish but I really hope that movie doesn't suck.
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Post by S. Griffin on Nov 26, 2020 18:25:01 GMT -5
It's going to be fucking terrible.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Nov 27, 2020 0:36:02 GMT -5
I don't understand why it's been so hard for someone to crack a G.I. Joe movie. Rise of Cobra was dumb fun but nothing special while Retaliation was just bad.
Still wish they hadn't canned Renegades after only one season. I loved that show.
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Post by S. Griffin on Nov 27, 2020 1:30:20 GMT -5
Huh. I actually thought Retaliation was a much better movie than Rise of Cobra. That said, I also loved Renegades, and I would gladly trade the existence of both of those fucking movies for a second season.
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Post by okcomputer on Nov 27, 2020 14:37:48 GMT -5
Hey guess what Target actually had on the shelf today?
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