JoeCanuck

Well someone mentioned that a new Walmart opened up just north of Hwy 27 & 7.  It apparently had some really good deals on toys so I went and checked it out myself.  WOW!!!  This place just opened on Saturday Jan. 17th.

Here are some of the highlights:

12" Iron Man (Movie) with armour add-ons.  $9.94 (reg. $35) Probably about 50 of them when I went on Fri.
Marvel Legends, Hercules wave & Black Knight wave $5 each.  easily 100 between the 2 waves.
Indy vehicles $5 each  2 stacks in different locations.  Probably about 100 total
Hulk movie figs $4 each  easily 100.  Included the grey hulk, bi-beast wave.
Hulk Buster Hummer $10 each.  30 or more
Batman Batmobile (movie) $10.  20 at least.

I just finished it today and I am surprised there isn't a thread about it since it covers a couple of things about the movie, the toys for 2009, Resolute and pictures a movie toy.

I know there are rules about posting images, articles, intellectual property, etc.  So I will just post my two cents, and avoid spoilers.

The first article is with Ed Verreaux who is the production designer.  Apparently he worked on E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Anyway, the article goes into a few details, especially interesting was a tidbit on how Duke & Ripcord end up on the Joe team.  An interesting, if somewhat worrying article.

The second article is with Ellen Mirojnick who is the costume designer.  Again some great insight into the costume process and the reasoning behind it.  I think the Storm Shadow reasoning is quite sound and reasonable.  Confirmed by her is the speculation that the "Accelerator" suits will be partly CGI.  However, the article does lead me to worry again.

The one movie toy pictured is the Scarab with a new Motor Viper who could easily be used in the 25th line.  The Scarab is a Hummer style SUV in black with weapons and a shielded windshield.  It is a nice toy, with little to make it seem "futuristic", but rather just a modified SUV.

The article on the upcoming year for the toys and Resolute were both good reads, and it looks like another good year ahead for us Joe fans. 

NOW,

The reason I said the movie articles worried me.....let me just say I have been an avid supporter of the movie and telling people to wait and see before jumping to conclusions.  However....

Both articles mentioned that the production was organized under a time constraint, with approximately half the usual time taken (or less) to get the production going.  On top of that, the production designer mentioned a few times that the movie was constantly being written during production, another worry.  Finally, if you read the article, the tone from the production designer throughout, does not inspire confidence in me.  For the first time I am actually concerned about the movie's success.

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.

I had some extra vehicles and figures that I decided to make use of with the UBP packaging.  So with a little customizing I have this set, the Crimson Guard UBP.

Here is the list of what is in the set:

1 Crimson HISS (Crimson Guard Sabotage) (2003?)
1 CAT II (Crimson Attack Tank) (2003?)
1 Crimson Flight Pod (custom 25th Anni. FP)
4 Crimson Guards (25th Anni. wave 5)
1 Fred Crimson Guard (25th Anni. comic pack w/custom Crimson Jet Pack)
25th Anni. Tomax & Xamot

I'll post more pics later.

Well I have a bunch of extra 25th figures MOSC.  I picked up the majority of them through trades and lot purchases.  So I need to make some room and since they are just sitting in boxes there really is no point in keeping them.

RULES:

1) $5 CDN each.
2) Shipping is not included so take that into consideration.  Local pickup in Toronto is fine.
3) If paying by PAYPAL there is a $2 charge to offset PAYPAL fees.  That is not a fee for each figure, but just for any purchase (no matter how many figs) by PAYPAL.
4) All the cards are in great shape with no tears or damage.

Here is what I have:

US CARD:

Crimson Guard (wave 5)
Cobra Air Trooper (foil card w/High Gloss GI JOE logo) HOLD
Hooded Cobra Commander (wave 1) HOLD
Snake Eyes (wave 5) HOLD
Snake Eyes (wave 7)
Viper (wave 7)

CANADIAN CARD:


 
HISS Driver X3 (wave 7 all foil card) HOLD
Wild Bill 
Duke w/FLAG & Jetpack  (wave 7)
Spirit (wave 7) SOLD
Snake Eyes (wave 7) SOLD
TF Flint (wave 8 ) SOLD
Arctic Snake Eyes (wave 8 ) SOLD

Ninja Ku (wave 9) HOLD

Hey all, just thought I would ask.

If anyone has either of the sets and is going to throw out the boxes and plastic inserts I would be interested in taking them off your hands.

I'm not looking for the figures, or file cards, or stands, or accessories.  Just the boxes and plastic inserts.