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    Takara Transformers

    Every time I see an SS86 constructicon at the store, I have to convince myself that... "NO, I DON'T COLLECT CHUG... I have plenty of Devastators already"... because they just look like good, fun, toony transformers. When he was younger, my son collected / played with Combiner Wars era TFs, and...
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    Takara Transformers

    That sucks that there are people who would stoop that low... but I'm glad you got it resolved! Does he have the rest of the team? SS86 Devy looks like a really fun toy.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    It's far sadder when you realize that TRU went under, not because they couldn't make money selling toys, but because a VC firm (thanks, Mitt Romney) bought the chain using funds that were leveraged against the assets (i.e. the store stock and real-estate) and saddled the chain with the debt they...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    There is legit truth to this. Yesterday, I found myself making a trip westward 45min to the Bucees (wife and daughter like treats from there), and so I did a little shopping nearby at the "good" WM. They still carry joes, more than I see anywhere else. They had several retros (not *just* CoCo...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Eh, they didn't lose everyone that knows Joe. BMac is still there running the ship. Emily is still there, just promoted (she isn't a Joe fanatic, but she clearly understood how modern Classified worked). Dwight is just down the hallway and could easily be called back to active service on Joe...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    It shouldn't take a design wizard to make classified versions of ARAH figures... or sunbow designs. They need not reinvent the wheel.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    On a human level, I wish him well. On a Joe level, I don't know what he specifically did or didn't do for the line. He seemed like a nice guy on the streams, but I have zero clue what this will mean for Joe. The franchise existed long before he and Lenny came along, and it'll exist in some...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    camelcamelcamel is a website that tracks amazon prices and lets you set threshold alerts if a price dips below what you want to pay. But they have a browser add-on called "the camelizer" that makes it easy to look at the price history of any item while on the amazon item page. It's pretty...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I have zero use for a Warthog or TTT. No chance my shelves have room for a wrassler's vehicle. I liked Mercer back in the day... definitely the coolest of the three Renegades. Except I remember in the late 80s I desperately wanted X-Men figures (long before Toybiz started making Marvel...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Got Ketchup and Mustard today. I know the reception on them was lukewarm, but I'm glad to have them. If nothing else, it mean I have some troops to service the Rattler without having to steal troops from other units. Interestingly, I had not seen this before... Ketchup has a red face mask...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Wow, friday. That's quick! Zanya arrived here just minutes ago. UPS rolling early today.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    It seems that most people's POs got cancelled, so one has to imagine that these will be clogging displays very soon. I'm not even sure they'll be on pegs, but rather mid-aisle seasonal displays. I saw several red-white-blue themed setups in the main aisle in front of the toy section over the...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Right on cue, WM canceled my 250th Duke. Ugh. Would have been nice, but no big loss. Maybe I'll stumble on one in the wild eventually.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, he made a set of Top Gun pilot figures... but they were really expensive... hopefully because he was new to the figure game and was dealing in very small batches. I don't know anyone that actually bought them, so I can't speak to their quality. There's probably a review on the youtubes...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, he's been teasing this for a while. I'm on the fence about it. On one hand, I need a Mauler and if he's sweetening the deal with a Heavy Metal figure, then it'll be hard to pass up. On the other hand, I went full-in on the MOBAT and all its attachments, and TBH, they were a letdown...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Zanya shipping from AMZ (and according to reports, pulse as well). And WM charged me for 250th Duke, but no word on when it'll ship.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, part of me agrees that buying a dead line feels weird, but on the other hand, you know it's finite and not going to drain your wallet for years to come. Despite the figure limitations, I don't even feel bad having paid msrp for them. They're so staggeringly toony and well sculpted, they...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Just when you thought Ultimates couldn't get any cheaper... 80% off! https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideInStock=false&HidePreorder=false&HideSoldOut=true&InventoryStatus=i,p,sa&PageSize=100&SortOrder=Discount&Company=279&FeaturedIn=2365 And don't buy the full waves... because for some...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I think it's just that they pretty much all have coats/tunics that make the torsos look thicker. The under-bodies are pretty much the same as ML/Classified. Red Laser definitely has a big-looking o-ring-style head though. The basic trooper heads definitely are more simple-vintage-looking than...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Got a whole box of Crimson Moon not-Red-Shadows figures today. They're pretty great once you get rid of all the werewolf parts and get the heads all swapped around to be the correct RS characters. I skipped Red Jackal's metal head because despite being a repaint originally back in the day, he...