JoeCanuck

Great review - and if I could find these figures at retail I would purchase them.
$10 is a little steep, and when you consider there are 12 of them it gets pricey really quick.

Anyone know how hard the variants or complete sets are to find?

It appears that the cases put out were revision 1 cases.  That means there was no Bullseye or "FLAME ON" Human Torch.  Instead there were doubles of IM, SPIDEY & Wolverine(?).   

Technically there are no "VARIANTS" per se.  Each figure is numbered from 1-12 in the first wave.  So while Stealth IM and "FLAME ON" Human Torch are a variation of the other figure, they are numbered separately from that other figure.

Still looking.

I don't think it matters much in regards to the vehicles.   The few Walmarts I have been to lately are jammed still with wave 1.

Well I did a little shopping today and found the new Marvel 3 3/4" line of figures today at both Sherway Walmart and Square 1 Walmart.  Square 1 also had the DC figures.

Here is the price:  $7.92 for the DC figures.  $9.92 for the Marvel figures.

DC:  While I am not that impressed by the figures and articulation, they are pretty good overall.  Barely worth the $8 price tag.  Although a great selection of characters.  I only saw Joker, Black Lightning, Spectre, Dr. Fate and Superman.  But on the back I must have missed, Wildcat, Star Sapphire, Question, Scarecrow, Batman, Nightwing, GCPD officer.  So die hard fans will love them, but I probably will only go for the characters I really love.

Marvel:  Ok, $10 is a bit much, but these are some great figures.  Comparing them to the DC figures shows you just how much better they are.  The selection of charcters in wave 1 is a bit puzzling, but at least they didn't go all out in the first wave.  The variants are apparently Stealth Iron Man and Human Torch in FF costume.  This wave has a total of 12!!!! different figures.  Yes a couple of variants, but overall 12 separate figs to get.  This line looks great and I think Hasbro has another hit on their hands, especially one that can easily take over ML.

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Has any purchased extra flints to use as Cobra Soldiers?

I have. 

As for the price increase, got to love corporations in this economic uncertainty who are maintaining or trying to increase their bottom line.   Over inflated prices on a lot of retail goods should be dropping, not increasing.   

That is for certain. I just don't get Hasbro sometimes. With the costs of oil gone down substantially since the summer why have figures gone up? By the time the movie figures hit, they are gonna be $9.99 or $10.99 each.

So you have them at $8.92 now, but that would be about $7.30 US Dollar. Which is what I thought they were around already. So maybe you guys are just catching up to us in pricing???

You guys need to remember that Hasbro doesn't set the retail price.  Also, these figures were probably made 3 months ago at a higher price point for oil. 

The fact is that with the price increases in the US we were getting a good deal at Walmart on these and now it is catching up to us.  Factor in that Walmart is the one "winner" this year in a bad economy, and they don't really have to worry too much about pricing.

I picked one up today. Go get 'em.

Sorry which are you talking about?  The two pack?  The vehicle pack?