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[canprime]

Forgot to mention I have seen reports of minor QC issues with the HAL.   

Mostly around Grand Slam, but also with the support struts.   

For Grand Slam it seems to be more about carelessness of the factory packing the figure.   I have seen him packed upside down in the box  and someone reported his Grand Slam was missing his helmet.   So it probably isn't a quality of the figure thing, just carelessness with packing the figure.

As for the struts, people have been complaining they don't support the HAL well unless in certain positions.   It looks like it is a design issue to allow the struts to move into different positions for firing and transport.   To make them move the way they needed to the connection point seems to be smoother so allow that smooth movement, but at the expense of a ratchet joint style strength in firing position.

[Pete The Greek]

So much for EB Games having the website ready to go yesterday.  It's under maintenance.  Same for Toys R Us. 

I wanted to check out EB online to see what stores have a retro Zap in stock.  I should have bought it when I had the chance. 

[martin-montreal]

As for Zap, from a Canadian independant store:

https://mapleandmangoes.ca/collections/g-i-joe/products/g-i-joe-classified-series-retro-cardback-rafael-zap-melendez

[canprime]

So Pulse on their social media has apparently announced that the Thunder Machine MTO will go live tomorrow (Sept. 9th).

I know The Full Force heavily hinted at that during a recent stream so I am going to accept it as fact for now.

Less than 24 hours to find out for sure.

[akpayne]

I didn't like the renders that were first shown, and I was very afraid of what the price was going to be.  But the newest images look much better, and the price is better than what I feared.

[canprime]

Also someone posted that EBGames is also carrying it for $205Cdn. 

I did the math and while it seems high, it actually works out to about the same as Pulse once you take into account the exchange rate, CC fees and Edge discounts.

I'll probably stick with Pulse, but I am trying to decide on getting one, or two.   I'm going to be selling at the Mississauga Collector Con in October and how well I do there will probably determine my final choice.

[akpayne]

So for the last 2 years, Hasbro has dumped a bunch of product all at once,  I just received Deep Six, Dusy & the fatal Fluffies, and tomorrow I should have Hal with Grand Slam, and early next week Hooded CC will show up, followed by the 3 retro carded figures  At the same time Hasbro will want me to pay up front for the Triple T and the Thunder machine.  If I was a completest this would be braking the bank.