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I really like Col. Hawk as well, but I don't get much nostalgia from the set because, as you have well detailed, they botched the Hawk style missiles. It really doesn't look much like the OG version I got as my first Joe "vehicle" for Christmas 1982. Fun fact I ran across when looking up the old...

And... cue the leaked images: https://toynewsi.com/278-58210 https://toynewsi.com/278-58211

https://toynewsi.com/278-58207 They are really leaning into the Cold Slither... mania(?), I guess mainly to sell those SDCC exclusive sets. I dunno, maybe I'm the oddball, but I have less than zero interest in the whole thing. I don't want the set, or the CD or anything. I'm not complaining...

They definitely bring the toon nostalgia! Crazy how curvy the pink one (Arcee?) is compared to all the other blocky bots. What robots in disguise vehicle looks like that? That's signature Japanese animation. They love their females feminine, even the transforming robot ones! :LOL:

I have a feeling that, at some point, when the price is right, I’ll also end up with a retro Viper. He’ll likely stay on the card, just like retro Beach Head. Neither (IMO) is better enough to replace the versions I already have in the display. While it can’t be said of all the retros...

It's funny but yes, I had the slightest weird feeling when Spirit arrived and I added him to my (much smaller at the time) display, which then was still located at my (not home) office. I made sure he was in the back and somewhat obscured from casual view. We live in a weird time, where some...

Yeah, he’ll surely be a deluxe fig, but I’ll not be paying extra for the period costume. The modern option was a pleasant surprise for me, and the bulk of what interests me at all. I have no interest in the full period garb, but a modern warrior that has a bit of a fetish for his ancient warrior...

PO or full price? Nah, but he does look cooler than I would have expected. I'd pick him up at Ollie's or after market for less than the regular fig $25 price. I'd go modern kit heavy though (the olde timey armor, extra swords, head and helmet are fully expendable), and I'd have to give him a...

I don’t get their breaking the “if it ain’t broke” rule with any figure that has already been made once. Kinda the same thing with the artwork. How do you make the choice to (poorly) recreate retro art that you own the rights to? I mean, even if you had to pay royalties to the surviving family...

Yeah, the QC on the retro card art is really bad. I mean especially when you consider they are trying to mimic the classic art. *cough* fatheadflint *cough* I also just recently noticed they are now starting to introduce the "digital" explosions to the retro cards. Too late for Beach Head...

From what I am seeing, it looks like only EE has raised prices on anything currently up for PO, and only on the last batch. I think that’s more likely to burn them than to help offset costs. Who would pay the premium with them when the other major retailers are holding steady, at least for this...

I’m glad I’ve got all the figs from this year locked in as POs. They should have trade deals made before next year’s releases. The real question is whether H’bro will drop the prices back down when that happens or just keep raising them like they always have. If they don’t, I see a ton of more...

I wondered because of how they handled MT's origin in TF1. Since they made him more sympathetic and formerly a pal of OP's, I was thinking they might have gone full circle with that lore. MT dies in battle, but his essence lives on as part of OP or something like that.

That's wild. Not being an avid fan, I'd never heard of that storyline. Does he have Megatron's consciousness communicating to him as well? (Looks like he might be talking to it in the comic panel there).

Wow, that is weird. I wonder if, tying that in with the other "delays this year" talk, he could have been a casualty of moving production. I know there has been talk of H'bro manufacturing GJCS outside of China (yes, please!), and I wonder if they picked up and moved this past year, anticipating...

I wasn't planning to PO anything from this latest drop until I got enough gift card credit to cover them, but then I got spooked when MW went out of stock at AMZ yesterday afternoon. I don't want to risk missing out (like I did with Low-Light and Dial-Tone) or having the price hike up before I...

Yeah, very poorly handled on their part. Whether they is WM or H’bro is probably a good question. You gotta wonder what kind of chaos abounds with the current tariff discussions ongoing as well. Crazy times.

The CS seems to be trending toward a weird place with brick and mortar stores right now. I stopped by two of the larger WMs and two Targets in the area last night to see what was around. One WM that had been carrying Joe for quite a while had the Joe section entirely replaced with some kind of...

Yeah, I know DD sells on WM.com too. I really think the level of care and service dropped when AMZ and WM started hosting third party sellers on their sites. It's almost like they think the extra traffic will hide any lack of service from their main sites too. I'm also not a fan. I don't like...

In case anybody needs extra girl fig parts for customs and such, WM has Shooter for $15 right now and one LJ left for $10.