JoeCanuck

So The Giant Man wave was the last wave that Canada will get of the Marvel Legend series, and we won't be seing the last couple of wave of the X-Men or the Super Showdown figures.
Grand Toys is no longer the distributor of them, and ToyBiz international is not picking up the slack - basically for the next year there will be no new Marvel product on store shelves except for the Hasbro kiddie product like the stuffed Spider-man doll.

What really sucks is this really feels like, "we (Grand/ToyBiz) lost the license so lets ruin it for everyone!"  I am trying like crazy to try and find someone who is wilingl to import the last couple of Marvel Legends lines so that I could purchase them from a Canadian retailer and hopefully inspire that retailer to order more product that I like, so that I can actually enjoy the few toys lines left that I collect.  I know I could order from the states, then pay duty and shipping and when all is said and done I would have a $20+ action figure and at the same time I wouldn't be supporting a Canadian business.

This all comes back to Hasbro!
First takes my Joes away.
Then they tell me they are cancelling my Transfromers Alternators.
Then they buy the Marvel Lic. and ToyBiz/Grand cuts me off.
I have nothing left to collect and somehow it is all Hasbro's fault!

I sent an email asking ToyBiz what was going on, and it was forwarded to Grand who replied with sorry, not our problem, the product you are asking about belongs to Hasbro now.  So I went to Hasbro's website and sent them a question regarding the Marvel Legends availability - I havn't heard back yet, but I am guessing they will forward it to Hasbro Canada who will have no clue what I am talking about, and they will tell me to try one of their other products or visit an online retailer like eBay.

Again, it is all Hasbro's fault for slowly killing one toy line at a time that I like.

They have updated their site with more 2.5" specific stuff.
Thought I'd let you know.

I was at the TRU at 427 and the QEW today, and the weird thing was they had only 1 - Target exclusive Snow Speeder.

I would have put this in the sightings section, just I thought this was really weird.  If this was a returned product, why would any TRU employee take this back? it has a HUGE Only @ Target logo printed right on the front of the box?
If this was shipped to the TRU in Canada, why would the Only @ Target logo be on the box?  Very strange.  It also didn't ring in on the price scanner.
Since I am in the process of moving, I had to pass on this one, so it is still there for anyone else who might be interested.

Is apparently out in Canada.
I am guessing that Silver Snail has them in store - their site says they do.
Here's to hoping they have better QC than wave 11 - 10 OK, 11 had serious problems.
Has anyone seen these yet?

I was moving some stuff around on my none Joe shelf and I noticed the Matrix AUP Mech was looking a little limp.  I picked it up only to find that both of the upper shoulder joints were broken, and most of the "points of articulation" are now super loose?

Is this how McFarlane toys age?  I must admit I only own 2 or three of his product this being the largest of the bunch and the only one that actually had some POA that made it more than just a statue.  But I would take a yellowed Storm Shadow over a toy that decays on the shelf in less than 3 years.  My only option now is to glue it back together in a pose that I find suitable, and make my action figure into a model kit.

Glad I picked this guy up at Toys Toys Toys after they had heavily discounted him (10 or 15$ is what I think I paid)  But I would have been pissed if I had forked out the original $40ish bucks for him, or if I went out of my way to me a completist with this line.

Wow - Marvel Legends 10 - was a fantastic wave of figures - no sticky joints, no crap paint apps.  Near perfection in every way.

Marvel legends 11 - the complete opposite.  
Wonderman, Ultron, Task Master - have legs/hip joints that will not move - the hot water trick didn't work, nothing has so far, they are almost to the point of breaking off, from me trying to get them to move.
Thing - his arms out of the case were completely loose, can't do anything but hang at their sides.
Logan looks silly in his unposeable plastic coat.
Vengeance - fire flame hair wasn't attached, fell off the head out of the case - appeard glue wasn't even dry - when I tried to simply put it back on his head, his head fell off!
The only figure I really don't have a problem with is Hulk Buster Iron Man - my only compaint about him is the fact that his glider thing is silly.

First Wave I am afraid of getting the chase figure in case he is broken out of the case, and when Scarlett Witch finally arrives in Canada, I am hoping she sill be a bit better.

Anyone know did they Rush Wave 11 to come out at the same time as 10?  Has anyone else had any Quality Control problems with this wave?