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GPM in ICT

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  1. I don't think another brand could come along and do much of anything. Heck, Joe has a hard enough time on it own. It would be a massive undertaking to even try. I mean we don't even see that many companies try. Trying to get anything "new" in the toy aisle is a massive undertaking and I can't recall the last time that a company or brand was really successful (maybe Halo?).
  2. I figure they won't hit until next Feb/March with the release (re-release?) of everything else.
  3. Considering what he's selling for on ebay, $65 is a steal. But I'm still glad I got mine for $40 through the club.
  4. There was also a exclusive Kodak Batman that used that body with was all black. If I'm remembering right the "Heat Scan" Batman had red or orange body. if that helps.
  5. GPM in ICT

    sdcc 2012

    Mattel has said quite a few times that the Legends line isn't as big a seller as their other wrestling lines, esspecially when you start getting into lesser known name (atleast lesser known to todays fans). That being said I really don't see why it takes a year to get a figure we do want (ie Sin Cara) or why every wave needs a Cena or Mysterio in it.
  6. I think that it's a combination of there being no new product for right now and the fact that this OG set is probably one of the more "mainstream" sets the club has done in years. Most Joes fans are familiar with the OG and would pick them up, where as stuff like the Foreign repaints, Crimson sub set or Red Shadows/Action Force are a bit more appealing to the severely die-hard Joe fans. Even sets from before that, like the Tanks for the Memories or the Dreadnok sets, were more appealing to what die hard fans would want then the casual fan might pay for. Personally I'm a little upset that the club didn't produce more or limit the sets because I was all set to buy a non attendee set but my internet went down for two day right when the sets went on sale. Seeing the attendee exclusives has me debating whether or not I want to turn to eBay for several (Like the looks of that Sgt. Major and Annihilator).
  7. He shouldn't be since he's just a reused G.I.Joe figure.
  8. I really don't think that several of those should be on there (never bought the a clothsline or leg drop was a good finisher), but the most surprising thing is seeing Sting listed at 36. Guess that the WWE is just assuming since they own the WCW library that his was a WWE performer by default now. Plus there are a coouple of moves that I have thought were visually interesting that aren't on here (Helms' vertabreaker and Christian's killswitch/unprettier).
  9. OK, I fell really stupid, but did I miss something with Christian? I'm just surprised as heck that the mighty WWE would let one of their stars show up at a another companies PPV.
  10. If I was Vince I'd be upset too. While in another thread I said "I would love to see Orton get a third strike just to see if the WWE would follow through in their threats", I meant that the WWE has been rather lucky and sometimes loose with their own rules. Right now the WWE is in a position that it has never been in before. Too many of the companies top stars are either part time (Taker and HHH), retired (HBK and Edge) or just out due to injury or suspension (Rey, Orton, Jericho), that it can't afford much more talent lose. They haven't created that many new talent that is really over and some of the stars could walk away and be fine with that (Punk or Daniels). On the other hand I could see Orton going to TNA and that would be a huge when for them. Right now Vince needs to look at his company, it's talent and the way they run everything and try to find out what the Future of the WWE is.
  11. Part of the thing is that Marvel sold the rights to their characters to multiple studios and DC has always been to "involved" with their properties. So we'll see Spidey, the FF, X-men and Avengers in the same movie. Plus if more than one of Marvel's movies failed then the Avengers wouldn't have worked. None of the Avengers characters, outside of the Hulk, was a big name outside of geekdom. Were as the JLA would work best as a Batman and Superman movie where the get taken out early, the others come in and rescue them and then the big team up at the end. Then once the characters are introduced you could try spin offs. After all even after the Avengers has been this huge hit, do you really think Fury, Hawkeye or Black Widow could draw a big enough crowd to make a hit movie? I don't think so. As far as WW, she's a tough story to sell. Not that I don't think a good writer couldn't come up with a good story. I just don't know how a major studio would get behind what it would take to make it happen.
  12. But with the JLA they really don't have to introduce the characters. Everyone knows Batman and Superman, so if you started with that and built form there you could potentially do solo movies afterwards. It's not like Bale is going to do Batman and they have proved (to a limited degree) that Superman/Batman don't have to be defined by the actor.
  13. Y'know, there's a real mean spirited version of me that would love to see Orton get that third strike just to see if the WWE would have the balls to let him go. Because they have put so much time and energy into him I think they would either find some reason to keep him or let it him take a leave of the company for a while until they could bring him back.
  14. Over the last couple of weeks I've got quite a few of the figures and I don't think I've really been let down by any of the ones I've picked up. So far I bought both three packs, Cobra Trooper, Joe trooper, Roadblock, Zartan, Storm Shadow, and a Red Ninja. Both three packs are nice and I used the right hand of the Roadblock from the three pack to "fix" the single carded one. The lack of ankle articulation on The Cobra trooper, Rb and Zartan are not as big an issue to me as it might be to some. I don't like the fact that most of the figures are a bit tall and skinny (Zartan, SE and RB). That Storm Shadow is a great figure and both troopers are really nice (though I would like to find another Cobra one and use the head for a V4 Snake Eyes mod with the Dollar Joe's body). Red Ninja is another nice figure, but since it's almost completely a 30th SS it would have been hard to mess it up. Zartan is a nice sculpt but I didn't like the head and replaced it with the POC Desert Zartans head. Roadblock is much better with the right hand from the 3 pack (which is the same figure with web gear), but I really don't understand why they added that "action feature" to him. None of the other figures in the line have a "action feature" like it, so what's the point? The three packs are nice and include some nice figure for " Frankenstiened " Joe's, really like the Kamakura.
  15. Top fifteen atleast considering where Eddie and Malenko are.
  16. I think it's pretty crappy of the WWE to hang Jericho out to dry like that. Some countries are just very strict about how their flags are treated.
  17. Y'know, I think this partially blind-sided Hasbro and right now they have no idea what to do. They can't sell movie tie in toys without the movie and it takes 12 to 18 months (or so we keep on getting told) to produce a line. As much as I've seen people complain about Hasbro canceling the Renegades and 30th line, no such thing happened. We didn't get two figures (Kwinn and Data Viper) one of which we were told we weren't getting a long time ago. In truth the only thing we have gotten that we didn't know anything about was the Renegades Storm Shadow (including Red Ninja Repaint) and Snake Eyes for the Amazon boxed set, because both of those look to be completely new sculpts that we hadn't seen before. I figure Joe Con should be really interesting this year and if we don't get a lot of answers there then this line is in a holding pattern until next Jan or Feb (since it seems like Hasbro puts out movie lines about a month of so before the movies release date). AT worst we'll get a line of repaints or Frankensteined figures to hold us over, maybe even some re-released figures. Paramount screwed up and they need to be the ones accountable.
  18. I had to go to Walmart and while I was there I picked up Zartan, Storm Shadow and a Joe Trooper (blue). While I wasn't thrilled with the price, I liked the figures just fine. The fact that Zartan is missing the ankle articulation isn't a big deal. I am however keeping receipts incase of future sales and /or lower prices.
  19. Not a bad list and while there's maybe one of two people I think should be on there, I wouldn't knock anyone off except for Rodman (Hey it could be worse, they could have listed David Arquette). As for #1, was there ever any doubt? While it could be argued that Flair should be #1. The only reason I see Sting being #1 is he never left WCW.
  20. If it an actual hero I would bet on Cyborg. They've been trying for the last couple of years to push him front and center, he's been around for a while. Or I could see a huge supporting cast member like Alfred or Olsen. Guess we'll just have to wait and watch the uproar.
  21. Both CC and SS are the same as you would find at retail (at least from the pictures posted on Amazon). The retail SE doesn't some with that web gear, but it looks to be the same gear as the upcoming three pack that includes Kamakura.
  22. Well I was set to buy both sets but since you can buy all four Retaliation figures at retail for slightly cheaper, why bother.
  23. I think that most parents (and I'm a parent) would look and see that other comparable figures are running the same price or sometimes more so wouldn't think twice about paying that price. I mean, Star Wars, MU, Avengers and Joes are all about $10. Halo are $12 to $15, ML are $15 to $20, heck even the small Lego sets (Avengers or DC) are $10 to $13. So it all comparable when you get around to it. So I saw these last night but was in a hurry and not able to really looks at them. Did notice the couple of Joe troopers were the blue ones not the tan and that CC was black and not blue. SO it looks like we might have a couple variants or running changes in the line already.
  24. Interesting thats there aren't any issues of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow or Cobra this month. Wonder if the rumors of IDW trimming down the Joe lines of comics is true after all.
  25. Late to the party, but I picked up a Skystriker yesterday at Target for $17.50. Had been wanting one but just didn't think I really had the space for it (as a matter of fact I know I don't) but at that price. Really a beautiful toys. Hasbro really went all out on this thing and if they just put this kind of thought and effort into Joe as a whole I think everyone would enjoy this line a lot more. Now to find a couple hours to apply all the stickers.
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