JoeCanuck

For TRU it is simply they finally realized they were way over charging for 6" figures compared to the competition.  So they dropped the price on newer waves.  Conveniently they didn't drop the price on older figures to make sure they were all the same price.  Of course when they raised prices all the figures were raised.......convenient.

As for the Trouble Bubble, the only thing I can think of is that they had a higher MOQ for the PP version and Target had a price they wanted to reach for sales.  So Hasbro obliged.  Otherwise I can't say for sure why the price difference.

Got my Valkyries yesterday.  Love 'em for the most part.


My only real gripes are the tan colours on the officer, some of the helmets not fitting well and the tight/poor range of motion on the core body.  None of which are deal breakers for me personally.


Otherwise I love them and they are great additions to the line and Cobra's troops.

Just got charged for the Valkyries 2-pack from Pulse.   Guess that means they should be shipping soon, and probably some of the other Pulse exclusive stuff will start charging soon.

You are lucky if you see GI Joe figs at your local Walmart. I have 2 store near my home and both have nothing,  not even 1 peg warmer.

Now I just pre-order and wait. Speaking of waiting, I have 11 Classified figs on pre-orders 🤦‍♂️

Only Joe stuff I have on pre-order is the Pulse exclusive stuff, except Chuckles, and Eel, who I missed (damn it).  Otherwise everything else is wait and get it when it releases.

I find the new waves, when wide release, don't sell out anymore so no need to rush to get them.  I mean even TRU is now sitting on a lot of figures when they were a barren wasteland just a couple months ago (outside of TF/PP exclusives).   So I can wait, especially after I got hit for that Shipwreck wave, and Scrap-Iron all at once. 

As for me, two of my local Walmarts aren't too bad.  They have gotten at least once case of the last wave (before Shipwreck) and one them had Shipwreck, R&R and Copperhead yesterday.   The closest one to me though is absolute garbage.  They haven't had anything Joe since the Snake Eyes movie figures and the blue Retro HISS.  The same goes for Marvel Legends there.  Nothing but the Retro 4" figures since the Black Panther movie re-releases.  They seem to do ok for SW stuff, but Joe and ML seem to have been abandoned by that location.

I'm going to wait a bit and see if I can get the set on sale.  I love it and all the accessories it comes with, but I am trying to be a bit more responsible with my purchases so I'll wait a bit and see if it goes on sale somewhere.

I am away this week and missed out on Chuckles.  So now I have to wait, and hope, that they have more stock coming, or Gamestop gets an allotment.  Maybe with PulseCon coming they'll do the same thing like they did with Mindbender and Serpentor last year and have more go up for preorder.   I know the Crimson Striker team is the PulseCon exclusive, but I'll keep hope alive for now.

From what I understand, we are going to have 2 versions of the PP Officer and still no offical PP Soldier. Funny how there was a switch back then, and in the Classified line, there is still a confusion with these 2 characters.

I think someone mentioned that Lenny said that it was just an error in the digital render reveal.  That it is supposed to be the proper Trooper, not an Officer.