JoeCanuck

Thanks a lot Hasbro.

Gotta love the tidal wave of stuff that is releasing all at the same time.   I can see why people are canceling preorders and cutting back.   

Of course part of it is personal choice and I don't need to purchase as much as I have recently.   However it has been an expensive September and October.   

I have picked up the Triple T, Crimson SNAKE, Scarlett/T'Jbang, Legacy Special Forces, Zanya w/Chameleon, Hydro-Viper, Airtight, Dawn Moreno, Retro Grunt and Hooded CC (that was paid for in advance thankfully).   

That doesn't even count the upcoming Arctic HISS which is now showing up in Europe or the Thunder Machine.

I also picked up a couple of wants from other lines, but with the new price ($40) for a standard figure and the cost of everything going up I have cut back quite a bit.   Plus if the rumour turns out to be true that Hasbro is going up to $30US for standard figures soon, and especially so soon after going to $28US, then I can see collectors bailing in larger numbers than ever before.


On a more positive note I like the look of the new Dreadnok Flatline.   Lenny was obviously a big fan of the Dreadnoks and getting to create a brand new one from scratch let him go a bit crazy in a good way.   Overall I like the design except I wish there was an unmasked head.  Also the filecard is good in that wacky sort of way.

Yeah the amount of product coming out seemingly all at once is becoming a common problem every Sept/Oct.

I think Hasbro is going to find they can't keep going to the well like this, especially with how things are going worldwide right now.   Someone needs to get them to spread the wealth over the year, or reduce how much product they are making.

I got notice that my Hooded CC is ready for pick up (from DJC Collectibles).   Thankfully I paid for it upfront and don't have to worry about paying for it now.  However I know I have a couple things coming from EBGames that are probably going to all hit at once, not to mention I just got dinged for the MTO Marvel Legends Apocalypse and now I have to get ready for the MTO Thunder Machine to hit next month, followed by the MTO Arctic HISS which will probably hit before the end of the year.   

I am going to be selling at the Mississauga Collector Con on October 4th and I think I'll be trying to move a lot of my ML collection and only keep the really important (to me) stuff.   Maybe also some Transformers as well and just accept that I'm going to stick with Classified and make it my main focus going forward.   Saves me money and clears up some space.

Anyone excited for the new ReAction+ wave?

I don't collect ReAction+ but I sure as hell will be getting one of the SNAKE Armor figures.   It looks like it would be the shell for a figure to fit in, but rather a figure/robot on it's own.  Possibly with a rocky pattern/detail on the back like from the mini-series.   

As for the rest they all look pretty great.  Flint looks very cartoon accurate.  Shipwreck looks good with the coat, and Arctic Baroness looks fantastic (I think she is at least a partial Daina reuse).  TF Jinx looks good as well, and I appreciate them going with a different look than the green/yellow (Battle Cat) colours.

I know some people don't like the new Ninja Force looks but, again, I love they are branching out and not just doing what we already have.   NF Cobra Commander is the weakest of the bunch, but he still looks pretty good.  NF Quick Kick is good, but doesn't really do it for me.   Also why does he have armour on his legs but isn't wear any shoes/boots?  Oh Quick Kick.

However the star for me is (Shougn) Destro.   I would love to see a 6" Classified version of the figure for better detail.   I do find it funny they gave him an ornamental mask.  Does that mean he has his old mask underneath, or just his skin?

Haha.

Awesome Pete.   Maybe they'll give up soon.

Well their site is back up (EBGames).

It was still not working yesterday but just checked now and it is working.

However it is slow and after the front page any other page was slow to load.   To the point where I just left the site because it was slow.   At first glance it doesn't look like much has changed outside of some cosmetic looks on the site.   Guess I'll have to wait a few days to see if it gets better.

Amazon just had a bunch of stuff marked down and I was able to get 5 more figures I needed, and thanks to the discount and existing gift card balance I only paid $112 after tax for all 5 figures.

Manage to snag:  Grim Viper, Major Bludd (more recent version with the red highlights), Retro Cover Girl, Retro Zap and Retro female CG.

I'm still a good bit behind on releases, but I'm hoping to catch up closer to the end of the year.