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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: Jon S. on April 19, 2012, 12:42:39 PM

Title: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Jon S. on April 19, 2012, 12:42:39 PM
Check these out

http://www.joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=489

For the 90's-loving G.I. Joe fan. Personally, I'm all over that Storm Shadow. Finally a SS that won't turn frickin' yellow!!!!
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: ARROW on April 19, 2012, 01:22:39 PM
I hope these make it up to Canada--I would expect them to.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: turner on April 19, 2012, 02:54:57 PM
I am Waaayy more interested in these than the movie figures.  Hope I can find them and I hope they're no more than 5 bucks (hey, 25th were 3 at family dollars a year or two back)
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 19, 2012, 03:07:35 PM
I love them, but Dollar store stuff? If those are $1.00 each them I'll take 10 of each easily.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Jon S. on April 19, 2012, 05:07:54 PM
I love them, but Dollar store stuff? If those are $1.00 each them I'll take 10 of each easily.

You're going to army build Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander?
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Scramble on April 19, 2012, 07:56:38 PM
I love them, but Dollar store stuff? If those are $1.00 each them I'll take 10 of each easily.

You're going to army build Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander?

Don't we already?
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Sundance on April 20, 2012, 02:05:04 AM
only if you're a completist. i only have multiples of one non-army builder character and that's version 1 and 4 of Wet Suit and i only bought the V4 one cuz it was a quid at my old work place after nearly ten years of sitting in the stockroom.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 20, 2012, 08:32:47 AM
I love them, but Dollar store stuff? If those are $1.00 each them I'll take 10 of each easily.

You're going to army build Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander?

Slayer Design Studio heads my friend. I still have a lunch bag full of them needing bodies. I'd even army build that Shipwreck figure if he was a buck or two.  ;)
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Jon S. on April 20, 2012, 01:22:29 PM
I love them, but Dollar store stuff? If those are $1.00 each them I'll take 10 of each easily.

You're going to army build Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander?

Slayer Design Studio heads my friend. I still have a lunch bag full of them needing bodies. I'd even army build that Shipwreck figure if he was a buck or two.  ;)

Right, right. I had forgotten the custom angle. I suppose if you take ten Cobra Commander repaints sitting on black CG (BG?) bodies, and remove their heads, you get ten BG bodies.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: canprime on April 20, 2012, 08:54:29 PM
While it would be nice to see these show up at Dollarama for $2 like the Star Trek Movie figures, I doubt it is going to happen.

If someplace like Winners doesn't pick them up for $5-$7, I can see someplace like Giant Tiger getting them for $5.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 21, 2012, 07:54:31 AM
I can except $5 from Giant Tiger. I just wouldn't buy ten of each.

If one of our sponsors were able to sell these buy the case and they are indeed a cheaper priced item I know I'd want a case (or more depending on price) for sure.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: canprime on April 21, 2012, 04:40:04 PM
I can except $5 from Giant Tiger. I just wouldn't buy ten of each.

If one of our sponsors were able to sell these buy the case and they are indeed a cheaper priced item I know I'd want a case (or more depending on price) for sure.

$5 a pop with a case of say 8-12 figs?  I'd be in for 2 cases easy.  I just wonder how realistic $5 each is though since regular releases are double that now here and in the US.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 21, 2012, 05:28:32 PM
Well, that makes 2 of us so far. Fingers crossed we can get these for $5 or less.  ;D
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: playful on April 22, 2012, 06:57:37 AM
These just arrived for sale in Manila, Philippines today selling for 349.75 Philippine pesos, which comes to approximately $8.15 Canadian dollars per each. Of course, the price in the Philippines might not be the same price you'll have to pay.

This series comes in six to a box (one of each figure), and the cardbacks read Hasbro Canada on each.

Lucky for Canadians! It's no wonder that the card art is all red and white on the card face.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 22, 2012, 07:54:09 AM
These just arrived for sale in Manila, Philippines today selling for 349.75 Philippine pesos, which comes to approximately $8.15 Canadian dollars per each. Of course, the price in the Philippines might not be the same price you'll have to pay.

This series comes in six to a box (one of each figure), and the cardbacks read Hasbro Canada on each.

Lucky for Canadians! It's no wonder that the card art is all red and white on the card face.

Thanks for the info. Very cool.

If these are $8.15 each then I'm down to wanting one of each.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: canprime on April 22, 2012, 08:15:18 AM
These just arrived for sale in Manila, Philippines today selling for 349.75 Philippine pesos, which comes to approximately $8.15 Canadian dollars per each. Of course, the price in the Philippines might not be the same price you'll have to pay.

This series comes in six to a box (one of each figure), and the cardbacks read Hasbro Canada on each.

Lucky for Canadians! It's no wonder that the card art is all red and white on the card face.

Thanks for the info. Very cool.

If these are $8.15 each then I'm down to wanting one of each.

I think Playful is right.  I just recently got back from Thailand and the prices on toys over there were about double what we pay here in a major department store.  So I think it might be possible that we will see these hit shelves for $7 or possibly less.  At least 2 cases for me still, especially if it is only 6 figs in a case.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: darth cujo on April 22, 2012, 10:29:12 AM
These are kinda cool. I dig the arashikage symbol backdrop. You can bet the SS and SE are going to go fast and the others will peg warm (relatively speaking, depending on availability). SE and SS are the first modern versions of these versions of very popular characters. It's too bad they werent packed 8 per case with 2 each of SS and SE. Shipwreck is appealing as it's based on the very cool Devils due design. But the others are kinda duds.

Depending on the price, I'd go for at least SE and SS, and maybe the rest.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: latinjoe22 on April 22, 2012, 10:33:24 AM
The title is a bit misleading. The day gi joe ends up in all dollar store aisles will be a dark one for me.

These look great btw.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Hobbes on April 22, 2012, 02:15:43 PM
These figures look pretty good despite the lack of accessories.  If we can get them for say $6 a pop, I'd gladly take these over the movie ones. I'd probably get one of each plus a few more of the troopers.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: pdaat on April 22, 2012, 09:38:51 PM
Only upcoming figures I seem to have any care for.
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: Jon S. on April 23, 2012, 12:45:18 PM
The article I read said something about the figures being geared towards "Family Dollar." Is that a chain of dollar stores? Or was that a total Jon-fail?
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: crazylegs on April 23, 2012, 09:33:45 PM
Dude I really really hope it's Dollarama....all I have where I live is Wal-nut and Dollarama...that would come close to selling these. Sometimes Canadian Tire sell toys, I got allot of the star trek movie figs there for close to nothing.

<Fingers Crossed>
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: morgardee on April 24, 2012, 08:28:16 AM
Uh, for simple repaints I can honestly saw holy cow, I want these pretty badly:

http://www.joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=498
Title: Re: New Dollar Store G.I. Joe
Post by: dodge822 on April 25, 2012, 12:01:20 AM
The article I read said something about the figures being geared towards "Family Dollar." Is that a chain of dollar stores? Or was that a total Jon-fail?

it is a chain of dollar stores in the states