JoeCanuck

As for sailors, I got the one from In The Navy, at least they are o-ring and not 5POA

Amazon is screwing with my pre-order again.  this time it is for the retro cobra viper.  It starts with me pre-ordering an item, then 3 months later, I get a "your item is delayed" email, then about 2 weeks after it is sold out everywhere, Amazon will say "sorry we are canceling your order"

Man, I did it again and bought 1 cobra soldier and 2 sailors (I am ashamed to say I have too much). Toysrus is closing and the Super7 joes are super cheap with 30% off. No more cobra soldier left, but still some sailors left.

I miss shipwreck, I am waiting for the o-ring version, which they will release... Well I hope so!

Nice, yeah the closest TRU to me is closing (after opening in 2023) and unfortunately they don't have any ReAction figures.   Even the next closest one, which isn't closing only has a couple sailors on clearance, but I don't need the sailors.

Man, I did it again and bought 1 cobra soldier and 2 sailors (I am ashamed to say I have too much). Toysrus is closing and the Super7 joes are super cheap with 30% off. No more cobra soldier left, but still some sailors left.

I miss shipwreck, I am waiting for the o-ring version, which they will release... Well I hope so!

The fluffy is the highlight of wave 2 imo. The others are nice, but you know what you are getting. My feeling is to choose and pick only what you like most - then it become more manageable price wise.

Zartan is the star of wave 3, again imo, but the color changing feature gets me.

Yeah the temptation is there for never done before characters like Ramar and the Fatal Fluffies.   It is great to see them finally get a figure.
The rest though are easy to wait for a sale, if there ever is one, because I already have a version of them, or the look at some scale.   Something like Arctic CC is great, but between the design choices and the fact I have CC in multiple scales, across different lines, means I can wait to see if this ever goes on sale.

Zartan would have been a tough choice if Hasbro hadn't revealed their Classified version already.

The fluffy is the highlight of wave 2 imo. The others are nice, but you know what you are getting. My feeling is to choose and pick only what you like most - then it become more manageable price wise.

Zartan is the star of wave 3, again imo, but the color changing feature gets me.

I am really tempted by some of wave two (Ramar, FF). 

However I'm not deep enough into O-Ring anymore to want to pay the full price ($26).   If it can drop down to $20, or less, then I'll pick them up.  Otherwise I will enjoy from afar.

As for wave three, it is a good wave, but not hitting me as well as wave two.   Zartan looks great, and of course he should have the colour change gimmick.  However I'm deep in Classified so I'll be trying to get the SDCC set.  Wild Bill looks good and it is nice to see the cartoon look over the toy look.   I just wish they had given him a revolver instead of the pistol.  Snake Eyes is Snake Eyes.  Good representation of his cartoon look.   Arctic CC is pretty good, but the decision to paint the coat details on his legs is strange.  From a distance it looks okay, but up close it looks terrible.  I'm sure there was some manufacturing/cost reason behind the decision, but I'm not liking it right now.

Wave 3 is currently in preorder. Zartan looks fantastic, I am looking forward to try it under the sun (color changing gimmick)

I loved the BACC in the 3.75" line and yes I wish he had an unmasked option.  MonkeyWrench looks great, could have had more things that explode as accessories.  And I missed out on Major Bludd, and refuse to pay secondary market price for him, so he is a welcome addition!

However I think my interest is starting to dry up.  The number of exclusives, and the fact that if you don't pre-order you will miss out, and even if you do pre-order that isn't 100%.

It was pointed out for Monkeywrench that his straps for the grenades and holster look to be seatbelts!!  Also his axes' handles are monkey wrenches.   Great little touches.

I'm pretty much all in on Classified so I'll be in for the foreseeable future.  However other lines have suffered because of that, and now with the tariffs (46% for Vietnam) I can see prices going up a lot as Hasbro puts pressure on retailers to increase MSRP.   I wouldn't be surprised to see us paying close to $50Cdn before tax if the tariffs stay around long enoug. 

If that were to happen I would definitely have to consider what I am doing with collecting, even Classified. 

I loved the BACC in the 3.75" line and yes I wish he had an unmasked option.  MonkeyWrench looks great, could have had more things that explode as accessories.  And I missed out on Major Bludd, and refuse to pay secondary market price for him, so he is a welcome addition!

However I think my interest is starting to dry up.  The number of exclusives, and the fact that if you don't pre-order you will miss out, and even if you do pre-order that isn't 100%.