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  1. Transformers definitely sells, although it isn't DCUC Wave 8-10. Upcoming TFs: HA Skids, Bludgeon, Universe Classics 2.0 Hardhead and Powerglide (Repaint), ROTF Leader Class Starscream. Animated Soundwave and Jazz. Everyone else major has already been released. I'm waiting for Megatron and Devastator to go on clearance.
  2. I still have to find Wave 8 at retail. Grrrr...
  3. LOL! That's out of scale as well, but she's 6'4"...the second tallest regular female if you count Barda.
  4. DCUC shouldn't throw that particular stone with gems such as Sinestro, Lobo, Big Barda, Doomsday, Kid Flash and Starfire.
  5. It looks like a bag over someone's head. Think about that for a minute. A criminal mastermind, head of a worldwide terrorist organization, leader of evil.........wearing a bag over his head. If that doesn't invoke at least snickers.....I don't know what will..... It might look like a bag, but it's a mask of killers. The hood was so terrible it evoked ideas of the KKK, which isn't silly when you realize the implications. And terrorists wear masks (more like ski masks...) look at those execution videos. No one was laughing then.
  6. I don't get the studio disdain for the KKK Hood. COBRA Commander is a VILLAIN and terrorist! I'd think the hood would have really gotten that point across. First Marlon Wayans, then Storm Shadow's outfit, then the whole team in black X-Men suits, now COBRA Commander? This movie is really looking bad...
  7. Where are you? And yes, the distribution is still terrible. NJ, NY and Philly hasn't seen hide nor hair of DCUC 7 yet.
  8. Actually the thing that bugged me most about the Sigma Six era was: the fact that fans were telling people who didn't like Sigma Six that "it was Gi Joe now" and "you had to accept it." One time I was actually told on this board that I personally was "sucking the life out of the hobby" by complaining about the way Sigma Six was pushed, while JvC and VvV were half-assed. But in that case it was what GIJOE was "then"--but it didn't erase everything that GIJOE used to be before. That's the lunacy I see in the "raped my childhood" statements people make......something new doesn't do that unless it completely eradicates and wipes out every incarnation of the thing before it. The "thing before is STILL around and still there to be enjoyed---so what is wrong with something new, then? You only "have to accept it" if you want to continue buying new GIJOE branded stuff, right? Where has it ever been stated that something new has to be the same thing its always been? That's the part I do not get. The stuff IS going to change over time. GIJOE started out as a 12" figure.........then went to 8"--and then to 3 3/4" "........and then 12" again, and so on...... More than a few complainers seem to personalize the whole thing for themselves, while forgetting that its happened before and that its reverted back to its "original" forms more than once! The new stuff ........ANY new stuff, IS going to get pushed.......why would it not be? Personally, I would not want to go back to the RAH stuff. It looks quite dated now, and there is aesthetically better-looking sculpts available now. The original figures hold no appeal at all for me, but then neither did Sigma Six. I bought ONE S6 figure to see what it was all about, and it did nothing for me. The movie might present the same situation......but its not going to kill GIJOE for me. At best, it'll delay some more of the 25th Ann. style stuff until new year. I can wait, because I know that a delay (or a detour) is not a denial. That, and I have seen this stuff come "full circle" more than once. People have this fear that if any new idea gets enough play, it could change their childhood toyline forever. If the Joe movie is bad, then everyone is going to associate G.I. Joe with that movie, G.I. Joe toys, games, etc. might get cut back or get a reduced profile because of movie backlash, etc. If the Joe movie is successful, then like the Bay Transformer movies, any questionable ideas that the Joe movie did will be seen as good ideas and will be here to stay.
  9. http://walmartstores.com/contactus/feedback.aspx Fill this out. Blow up Wal-Mart's email about this toyline. Wal-Mart doesn't seem to think this line is as important as Hulk, Iron Man, Bakugan, Dragonball or even friggin' Wall-E! Complain to your local Wal-Marts. If enough people complained about it, maybe YOUR local Wal-Mart will get DCUC Wave 5 in. Here are the UPCs for three of them. I don't know about the item numbers. Maybe those who do have them can help us out? 2708466017 2708466018 2708466019
  10. Damn...now that's hardcore. I've been scoping out Wal-Marts, noting which ones would have DCUC and narrowing them down. I'd rather go to sure things than wastes of time.
  11. The Giant-Man Wave. The Ares Wave. Now an even harder to find Metallo Wave.... God, how I hate Wal-Mart exclusives!!!! What's the point if all the stores don't carry them?! At least all Targets and TRUs sell their exclusives. With Wack-Ass Wal-Mart, some stores have them while some stores will never have them.
  12. The packaging is beautiful! I love how they are squatted down in the package with the lighting striking overhead in battle ready poses! With their weapon arm raised, about to attack! Each packaged picture is going to look so awesome, it'll damn near be a shame to take them out of the packaging. I'm seriously considering buying two of each now...one to open, one to save. $100...arrrrghhhh!!!! @bH@
  13. Mattel is making NA figures in MOTUC. People think that NA would outsell 200X characters?? The vintage fans decry 200X as the line that failed twice. But I think 200X would outsell both POP (People seem to only want She-Ra/Adora) and NA characters. Non-fans AND MOTU fans alike liked those sculpts and designs.
  14. Beastman and Stratos are the same size as everyone else--6 inches. They are just posed crouching. The 4H or Toyguru told the fans on He-Man.org this.
  15. ToyGuru/Matty have made posts on the boards and announcements on sites like AFI and DCUC.info. Additionally, He-Man.org has had posts from ToyGuru. The cost of producing figures has been mentioned multiple times. I think they're just trying to state a fact, but with multiple mentions, it comes off as either setting up an excuse or trying to hold us at ransom ("These things are expensive for us to produce, so if you fans don't accept what we give you, we just won't make them."). Additionally, companies like Hasbro aren't making these kinds of noises. They just keep shipping 25th Anniversary G.I. Joes, and they just keep selling. Hasbro is doing it too. $14.99 Fin Fang Foom wave. I think Target is to blame about the Red Hulk wave being $14.99. The G.I. Joes went up in price too, by a dollar I think. Hopefully the Ares Wave is the same $10-$11 price. As for DCUC, Mattel swears they ARE shipping them out, that it's the retailer's fault that you can't find figures. They only order one box (Target) or two boxes (Wal-Mart). Some Wal-Marts aren't selling DCUC at all, and poor TRU doesn't seem to get DCUC anymore, even though they have 2 packs coming up. Maybe Wal-Mart, Target and TRU have gotten burned by overstocked superhero figures (Superman Returns, JLU Superman, Batman and Shining Knights, DCIH, Hasbro Marvel Legends Emma Frost, Banshee, Jean Grey, Dark Knightr 5", Hulk 5", Spider-Man 5", Iron Man 5") and are playing it cautious. The scalpers aren't making it any easier. Knowing the stores are so cautious about having tons of superhero overstock, it makes scalping each figure much easier. Cautious stores + early morning scalpers or collectors = No DCUC on shelves
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