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General Joe Talk / Re: Transformers X GI JOE thread
« on: January 16, 2025, 06:10:41 AM »
Managed to snag the Transformers x GI Joe Triple T Kup with Sgt. Slaughter and Leatherneck from TRU.

Got a $100 gift card for TRU and had the "$30 off $100 or more purchase" coupon.  So $140 ($139.99) - $30 - $100 and no tax means I was only out of pocket for $9.99.

Love the Triple T/Kup design.   Man this line is doing great things with bringing TFs and Joe together.   I really love that they are basically using the ARAH designs and scale for the vehicles, and then working backwards from that to make the robot mode.

Also more O-ring figures!!!!

Wish Sarge came with more accessories, but both he and Leatherneck look great and go well with the previous releases.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Super7 GI Joe discussion
« on: January 09, 2025, 05:45:24 AM »
Man Super7 finally killed it with a wave.   

While wave 1 was cool, especially the Twins in suits, the rest of the wave was kind of "expected" choices that really weren't anything too new.   Just mostly characters we already have in different looks we never had as figures.

This time around we get 2 of the same (Serpentor and Duke), but then they throw in 2 never before made figures, and both of them are large O-ring figures!!!

I also like the look of Serpentor.  I think he is different enough to warrant a purchase.   However Ramar and the Fatal Fluffy are instant buys when I can find them.   I love how both of them turned out.  The looks are spot on and they will go great with my other O-ring figs even though most of them are not really Sunbow looks but rather toy looks.   

Great work this time Super7.  Also it looks like they are the regular O-ring price and not inflated due to their size.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Thoughts on Classified and Retro lines?
« on: January 07, 2025, 04:37:07 PM »
Quote from: akpayne on January 07, 2025, 03:05:48 PM
So I haven't seen any figure swapping at Toysrus recently, probably because they changed their return policy on action figures.  Sadly Walmart is no the home of this scum.   Power Ranger figures and discount Marvel Legends are what are being stuffed into Classified window boxes.

Where abouts are you located?

I'm in Ottawa and I haven't seen figure swapping in a while.   Of course it doesn't help that there isn't much to see on shelves to begin with.   TRU is the only place with more than one or two figures on the pegs.  Walmart is hit or miss.  Some local ones have nothing, and others have a couple here and there but nothing really desirable.   Gamestop is okay, but that is probably because they aren't quite as clueless as Walmart.

As for Classified itself, I am almost all caught up on releases (outside of a couple older ones I still haven't acquired).   Just need to pick up Alpine and then I am done until the SAW Viper wave starts showing up.   Recently got Road Pig and man-o-man is he a great figure.  I know there are complaints about his body shape and stomach tatoo, but I think they did a great job with him.   I can see him either way with, or without, the tatoo, but I think his more football lineman body type over huge bodybuilder type is a better look for him.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Thoughts on Classified and Retro lines?
« on: December 24, 2024, 03:39:56 PM »
Quote from: martin-montreal on December 24, 2024, 03:04:27 PM
What is happening with the Classified Retro carded Viper?

He is sold-out on Walmart, Game stop, Maple, Toy Snowman, ...

Low stock on Hasbro Pulse

MIA on Amazon...

I get it, he is a troop bulder, but still, I don't see collectors buying dozen of him. It's weird...

I imagine it is just the early sell out of preorder stock.   Same thing happened with the Retro Cobra Trooper but now he is available pretty much everywhere.

If you are really worried DJC Collectibles (out of Ottawa) has the Retro Viper still available for preorder.   The only thing is you have to pay in full up front.   They are a great online e-tailer who I use frequently (because I'm in Ottawa so no shipping costs).

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General Joe Talk / Re: Super7 GI Joe discussion
« on: December 19, 2024, 01:50:21 PM »
Quote from: B on December 19, 2024, 07:55:27 AM
Well I was at TRU yesterday and at clearance they had 1st wave of sailors. $5 each.
Finally broke down and bought 3. $16 was nice.

What was the discount up to now?  30%?  40%?

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General Joe Talk / Re: Which Toys Are Tax-Free in Canada This Holiday Season?
« on: December 19, 2024, 05:07:28 AM »
So has anyone taken advantage of the holiday yet?

So far Classified related I have picked up the Legacy HALO Jumper, Storm Shadow (v2) and IG BAT on sale and tax free. (from Amazon and Walmart)

I picked up a couple of Retro carded figs I was missing (Stalker, Cobra Trooper) right before the tax holiday,  but they were on sale for $25 and disappeared once the tax holiday started (at that price) so I don't feel too bad about that.

Now to wait and see if there are any other good sales on stuff I need to stack on top of the tax holiday.

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General Joe Talk / Re: FORMBX257 is back! 👍👍👍
« on: December 19, 2024, 05:03:24 AM »
Sorry but what is the story behind this guy?

I don't know the name and I don't know what the situation is with him being part of the community.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Thoughts on Classified and Retro lines?
« on: November 21, 2024, 06:10:01 PM »
Quote from: akpayne on November 21, 2024, 10:11:34 AM
Amazon black friday deals are starting to show up for some classified figures.
and it isn't really worth mentioning but Toysrus.ca has also put items on "sale" making them slightly more than what they should be priced at normally.

Some okay Amazon prices, but everything on sale I already have.

Toys R Us is also having another Buy One, Get One Free on clearance items.   So if you can find something(s) worth your time now is the time to look.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Thoughts on Classified and Retro lines?
« on: November 15, 2024, 11:29:40 AM »
It probably will be a case of how many people complain.

The recent Giant-Man Haslab had a problem with the eyes that looked straight ahead.   A lot of people were complaining that the straight looking eyes were not straight.   Hasbro apparently heard enough complaints that they promised to do another run of the eyes.   So anyone with the problem could contact them for a new set.   

Now that is also a case of a really small piece that they can probably blame on the factory and get rectified for cheap, or free.   If the canopy becomes a big problem like the eyes, or the Sentinel's knees, then maybe they'll do something.   However it probably isn't a cheap replacement, and more of a design/engineering problem than a factory problem.   So they may just go the Sentinel route and say "sorry, send it back for a refund."

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General Joe Talk / Re: GI Joe comic disccusions
« on: November 15, 2024, 11:24:54 AM »
Quote from: akpayne on November 15, 2024, 08:55:44 AM
Sadly not a legit location.  It was at one point hosted on several Torrent sites.

SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   (hahahaha)

Yeah downloading complete runs was great.   I had a number of different runs downloaded for awhile.   However the computer I had them stored on died and I never bothered to transfer them or try and download them again.   

I hear the digital services aren't too bad for reading, but I don't know that I would be willing to pay a monthly subscription just to read them once in a whlle.   Although I guess I could sign up, read them, and cancel.   Then rinse and repeat down the road if I wanted to do so again.

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General Joe Talk / Re: Thoughts on Classified and Retro lines?
« on: November 14, 2024, 06:35:26 PM »
Looks like there is an issue with the gull wing door on the Dragonfly.

I have seen a couple posts/reviews showing it breaking, or having stress marks.  Probably due to the thin clear plastic which is notoriously fragile, even on new items. 

Mine looks like it could be heading that way if I'm not careful.   However I am not really planning on displaying it, or loading figures inside, in a way that would require me to open it anymore.   Going to keep an eye out to see what Hasbro is offering as a resolution for people and might try and get in on it if it doesn't require much on my end.

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General Joe Talk / Re: GI Joe comic disccusions
« on: November 14, 2024, 06:32:34 PM »
Quote from: akpayne on November 14, 2024, 08:50:52 AM
I love the original Marvel run of the comics.  The issues towards the end felt forced, and any time they had to do an issue to introduce a new toy was always a little awkward, but over all the entire series is brilliant.  I have all of the original run, spent a couple years sourcing a few issue I missed, mostly from the Special Missions series.  I also bought the Trade Paperback editions years ago.
https://www.amazon.ca/Classic-G-I-Joe-Vol-1/dp/1600103456
I finally hunted down a digital version of the original run and loaded them onto an ipad, that way I don't have to dig out the old ones if I want to re-read them (did the same for the transformers marvel series too)
I enjoyed the cartoon and all of its goofiness, but the comic books felt more grounded.

Where did you find the digital run for download?

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