JoeCanuck

My experience has been 3-4 weeks for the longest waits. 2 weeks is about average for airmail.

I recommend getting a tracking number on any shipment inbound to Canada, if you can afford it.
My preference is to use USPS Airmail  for cost reasons--but it has no tracking option.
I've been lucky with Canada Post over the past many years, everything sent my way has arrived, even if it took a bit of time.
I REFUSE to use courier services like UPS or Fed Ex for shipping toys up North--because the brokerage fees are just nuts. There should be NO duties charged on toys, only GST/PST on the value of the goods over the exemption rate.

And here's just some inked head-shots of various GIJOE characters--see if you can guess who.
Some are easy, some maybe not as....

Here's another one that I'll show in stages. Its a spec design for a GIJOE orbital Pararescue-man called Apogee.

The initial ruff.


Partial tight.


And the final tight, before the blacks have been added.

I signed up to the club for the Foreign Adventurer, and I'm glad I did.
The thing that sold me was the accessory set--the leather jacket really makes the figure. I think the choice of head-sculpt is really inspired too, the foreign sculpt being the one vintage causcasian sculpt that never say flocking.

I chatted with Club rep Lanny Lathem who had a major hand in the design of both items, and he told me that the delays in getting items back from where they are prepped is why they are shown so late.
The club really does want to put out good product, but its limited by the direct consumer base of the members.
 Items like the exclusive 40th sets it carries need more sales ( at least a few hundred more) to warrant development of the next series of sets.

The old expression of "buy lots and buy often" was never more true here.

There's room for contribution too.......things like a AGP for the Nullifier could be release in a new paint scheme, if enough voices are heard. Something like a "iron grey" with red or other coloured engines could be possible. They have access to the mold from the past convention premium.
The Club asks for YOUR input--so let them know.

BTW, the Foreign Adventurer is likely the FIRST of additional Adventurers possible--there's been ideas bandied back and forth and Lanny, Brian et al are receptive to your ideas too.

The original GI JOE cartoon was never shown on a Canadian station in my area.  It was shown on a independent station in Buffalo, which later became apart of Fox.  And yet the toy line did well in the 1980s in Southern Ontario.  My point was a cartoon doesn't have to be shown on Canadian airwaves in order to put the product in stores if a cartoon is already on TV via American airwaves.  Sigma Six is on Fox and any kid would have this station as well as YTV to view.  (I can't believe I am making arguement for this crappy line to be in stores).

Well, the original was shown on Canadian stations in BC markets so your Ontario example isn't universal.
And this was before YTV and Teletoon existed.

I was involved in the formation of Teletoon and the idea was to have Nelvanna and Cinar content as 75% of what was broadcast, and US channels were only supposed to be HALF of the remaining 25%. At the time (and to this day) the US feeds were not considered applicable to Canadian retail marketing--even though the US feeds reach up to just about every province except those up North and have since the late 70's.
If you've got cable service, you have US channels.
The retailers that carry toys seem to have this weird insistance that the LOCAL broadcasters carry the TV shows across the nation.
Part of it is a "buy Canada" kind of minsdet--something that has a odd credence with consumers.
Again, I agree it makes little sense, but that is the explanation I've always been given.

That's the funny thing about the various ML waves, those oddball figures that no-one seems to be really interested in turn out to be the best ones in the wave--or the line.
Deathlok is a great figure, as is Doc Strange, FA Thing, Manthing, X-23 etc.
Some of the figures I had ZERO interest in ( X-23 again, Deadpool, Cable Maestro etc) ended up being purchases for various reasons and I rather enjoy each of them. Some are just great figures--it not interesting characters. I told my supplier last year to just get me one of eachof the regular versions, then I switch to just some of the waves, then ended up getting one of each anyway.
Now I've gone back to one of each again in earnest.
I'm just loving this line--best toys I've collected in a very long time.