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So I finally got a chance to unbox my SAW Viper as well as the CA:BNW Falcon I'm converting to an advanced Grand Slam. I actually like the SV a lot. He really ups the firepower on the Cobra side to start to catch up to Roadblock and Heavy Duty (my minigun versions). I dumped the neck protector...

I’d love it if GJCS were to be manufactured in Vietnam or some other non-China country. And they should start embossing the ”made in” country name on the butts, just like in the old days. 😆

I suppose I am equating lots of POs with lots of product. You might be right on the delivery dates, but, if history repeats, I could see them actually dropping weeks to months before that, based on previous dates moving left. At least currently we have time to prepare our wallets for the...

I agree that, despite my own differences in taste and priorities, this team has done right by the line for the most part. I get why they would occasionally introduce some obscure new character for some sub-team to help stretch out the duration of the line - as long as there is a high level of...

Those are a lot closer to the OG ones for sure. Can't wait to see the improved version!

The full fanstream plus additional pics: https://toynewsi.com/278-57054 Only additional item I am a little excited about is the Col. Hawk w/ MMS. Has brown-ish hair but looks pretty cool. I don't need an MMS (or another version of Hawk), but it does bring the nostalgia as my first ever vehicle/fig.

New official photos: https://toynewsi.com/278-57051 I wouldn't call any of these "top tier," but I'll probably end up with all but Darklon... eventually.

Set to displace retro Duke as Walmart’s biggest peg warmer? He certainly was back in the day… https://toynewsi.com/278-57000

Yeah, they and Hasbro are definitely cheaping out on their artists. That showed at times in the CS as well. Stalker and Zarana come to mind. There have to be plenty of digital artists that could pull off passably good versions of the original OG and/or 25th art - which Hasbro certainly has all...

Looks great! Glad it was a good buy. It's amazing what is already out there to support this line, thanks to 3D printing, dedicated support lines and competitors, long before Hasbro gets around to their versions.

Huh, does your wife maybe use the same account and maybe surf a lot of other stuff? Mine seems to substantiate their claim that the offers are tailored to my interests pretty well.

Sorry that didn't work. Since I'm back on the Target train a little now that their behavior has improved, I'd say joining the free Target Circle might be a good option for you. You would likely be ordering plenty to get the free shipping so it might be a way to benefit on getting their...

So I went back to find it, but it was apparently a one purchase thing listed as a "Target Circle deal." Maybe it's some kind of a legacy thing I'm qualified for, but I don't believe there has ever been a charge for (regular) TC, at least not one I've detected. The deal just showed up when I...

I am weak. :LOL: Breaker is up for pre-order at Target, who also happens to be running a 20% off sale on Joes and ML. So... I pre-ordered Breaker and ordered ML Falcon (who will become my Grand Slam). Total with the sale was $25 per figure w/ tax and free shipping. If you are getting more than...

https://toynewsi.com/278-56865 I don’t think I’ll be preordering tomorrow, but I’ll likely end up with all three retros and Breaker from this wave. Hasbro did a nice job on all, particularly Cover Girl. Had she come with that face with red hair originally, there’d be no need for this one, and I...

Good to see all that product there on display! Looks like the SNAKE is huge as expected. Law & Order, Breaker, Blowtorch and Footloose (despite the backwards mag 🙄) all look as good as I hoped. Tele-Viper is as expected as well. Frag-Viper needs to leave that helmet on. CG looks better than the...

Yeah it was crazy how little Duke’s actual head looked like his portrait or the cartoon. He wasn’t the only one. There had to have been some serious challenges with getting the figs mocked up and approved back in the time before easy global communications. I do remember the Art of GI Joe book...

So I found myself at Target this evening and got my first look at a couple things. First, I saw the Duke and Serpentor Reaction+ figures. They are pretty spot on replicas of the original O-rings, but with more vivid paint colors. Not worth the $21 price to me (even if I were interested in them)...

I suppose it’s not too different from the 5 poa Reaction figs’ relegating Joe figs to glorified paperweights. There will always be people that will buy them. Not that many, but there will be some.

Yep, I think a big reason I never really got that far into Transformers back in the day was the clunkiness and immobility of the actual toys versus the characters in the cartoon, which I generally enjoyed almost as much as Joe. If I did have the bandwidth for Transformers these days, I would...