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  1. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Not sure they’re gonna get any takers for that price. I used to consider WM’s web presence the worst, but Target has swept in and gotten worse, while WM seems marginally better than a couple years ago.
  2. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Well, it‘s not surprising or unexpected really. WM and AMZ had theirs marked up for the next wave already anyway. I got them PO’ed at the lower price with EE. I‘m not sure if EE has a low price guarantee or not. If they raise them between now and delivery, I’ll have to cancel and see about...
  3. ThunderDan19

    Happy 15th Anniversary! Officer Drive'ish Thing

    Oh, I’ve finally gotten around to using VPN, but still don’t trust running my payment methods over hotel wifi. Just in case.
  4. ThunderDan19

    Happy 15th Anniversary! Officer Drive'ish Thing

    I’ll send in my contribution when I get back to our side of the world. I learned to not do any transacting over foreign hotel wifi.
  5. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I also gave Duke an upgrade using a Vala modern helmet and armor kit that nacho hooked me up with. Great minds think alike and all that! 😆 I think there‘s a pic somewhere way back in the thread. I’ve done a fair amount of upgrading and modernizing of my CS joes as well, and have posted pics of...
  6. ThunderDan19

    Anybody still collecting SW on here?

    Yeah, as a casual, I can assure you that the SW franchise as a whole, minus the Mando (though not everyone was ok with the latest season, thanks to mishandling there as well), has all but lost its intrinsic appeal. I‘m not at all surprised they can’t support an overpriced Haslab. Yeesh, talk...
  7. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    So I think maybe the cRV has three things going for it that got me hooked. First, I never had any version of the original, so don't have nostalgia for the fig or the character in its original colors. He came out past when I was heavily collecting, and frankly was a little weird and out there for...
  8. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I also went ahead and PO'ed Sci-Fi and Camo Range-Viper at EE today. Got them locked in at the regular price, with a store that has been pretty on point lately, delivering pretty early when figs drop, and with actual protective packaging for shipping, unlike some other *cough* Walmart *cough*...
  9. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Finally got WW yesterday and was able to open him and BACC. Wow! Both of them are great figs, and two of my all time favorites. Wild Weasel has taken his place in the cockpit and now my Rattler is complete. Truly the best offering from the line so far in my opinion and one of the, if not the...
  10. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Seems maybe WM stores are finally getting product again, as, at least according to the website, I have CBs at mine. Hopefully it’ll lead to them stocking more than just the exclusives again as well.
  11. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Looks like my MW is processing at EE. If accurate, that means he’ll get shipped next week and here the following, probably when I’m out of pocket (naturally). At least WW and BACC are due the first part of this week. No movement yet on Dial-Tone, but I did see that a notable YT personality...
  12. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Awesome! Love the pics! It’s a serious upgrade, but I am slightly torn though, as the tires really do change the look, as you had mentioned. I think I just need to embrace the improvements and let it grow on me. Maybe Hasbro will take note of what GI is doing, get on their horse and get that Mk...
  13. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Speaking of Tele-Vipers, my TB/TV finally came today. I immediately put TV in the gunner seat in the Rattler. He looks great there and fits the part with the full mask and it nicely hides his weird black spandex arms. As cool an idea as a dedicated gunner fig was, he's easily the weakest of the...
  14. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I do remember over on the 'stank that there was at least one guy who found a way to get ahold of prototypes and such. I think I would understand that happening early, but some of these folks have the full, finished product weeks ahead. Maybe it is just a distribution thing, because it doesn't...
  15. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    MW went right out of stock too. It'll be interesting to see if he keeps going in and out like BACC has for WM. EE has been a little frustrating with my order too. The TB/TV took a minute to ship, and at the time I was hoping it was because they were going to bundle BACC with it. Nope. Then...
  16. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    It looks like Monkeywrench is beginning to arrive. He's in stock at WM.com now, so hopefully that means EE will be getting him in the next week or so and can fulfill my PO another week or so after that. As tempting as it is, I'm not gonna play the buy it and return it game with them this time...
  17. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I wish we'd gotten that "stupid tank" too, CoCo... :LOL:
  18. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, having never seen the DIC episodes, I also don’t know what the deal is with the iguana, or the reptile eyes for that matter. Those may be leftovers from the once-a-man CC from the movie. The eyes do look kind of cool though, and I might use them, more as BACC adding that additional...
  19. ThunderDan19

    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Apparently you weren’t the only one that just got them. There have to be 50 of them up for way too much on Mercari right now. Did all those scalpers forget how much of a peg warmer he was?