JoeCanuck

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.

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%?

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.

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."

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.

So I figured I would do a thread for comics since all the Skybound series are running right now, and the compendium (Vol. 1) for the original Marvel run has also just released (not the fancy Kickstarter one, just the retail one).

Anyway I just got the compendium and here is my quick take.

This is the soft cover compendium that covers the original Marvel run from issue #1 - #50.   All the pages are on newspaper stock and the thing is THICC!!!! (that's how the kids say it right?)

I saw people saying it was going to be difficult to read, especially the first and last couple issues, but it opens pretty easily on almost all pages.   So reading it shouldn't be too difficult  outside of the sheer ridiculousness of the number of pages in total.

Paid $55.47 after tax (so $49 before tax) on sale during the preorder stage.   Works out to just under $1.11 per issue if you break it down.   Compared to the cover price of $86.99 ($98.30 after tax) I think it was a good deal.   

Overall I am enjoying rereading the first couple issues even though I have probably read them a dozen times over the last 20 years.   Larry just had a great comic almost right from the start.   Although much like the cartoon these early issues are funky with the characterization and designs (both vehicles and characters).