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Post by LA Times on Sept 10, 2009 12:18:05 GMT -5
Anybody know when the Wal-Mart exclusive-Dc Universe Classics Wave 10 is supposed to be released in Wal-Mart stores? LOL, I went to my Wal-Mart on Sunday and they still had Firestorm and Cyborg. I'm not sure they even got Wave 5.
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Post by Midnight-Metal-Master on Sept 10, 2009 12:28:59 GMT -5
Anybody know when the Wal-Mart exclusive-Dc Universe Classics Wave 10 is supposed to be released in Wal-Mart stores? LOL, I went to my Wal-Mart on Sunday and they still had Firestorm and Cyborg. I'm not sure they even got Wave 5. My crappy local walmart doesnt have ANY i have to go to Memphis. I did find a DCU "Classic Detective" Batman at Kroger in Oakland of all places.
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Post by Boy Wonder on Sept 10, 2009 22:38:37 GMT -5
By some odd chance, does anyone here have a Hawkman that has any kind of major defect and they don't want it? I need the arms from one but I don't want to buy the whole figure.
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Post by DKR on Sept 11, 2009 14:07:17 GMT -5
Got the Wal-Mart 5 pack and Mr. Terrific today...now I just need the rest of Wave 8 and I'm all caught up for what has been released in retail...
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Post by PJ on Sept 11, 2009 17:49:49 GMT -5
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Post by DKR on Sept 11, 2009 19:24:46 GMT -5
Oh that looks really cool PJ. I am hoping that Wave 9 will be easy to find in retail. I got Commander Steele and Vigilante in the mail today from TRU.com.
BTW, PJ, have you played Arkham Asylum yet?
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Post by PJ on Sept 12, 2009 2:49:02 GMT -5
Played and finished on normal level, Well it's 92% done. Story & Riddler's challenge are complete. I just have to finish some of the enviorment challenges. I did all the stealth ones, but have about 4 of the fighting ones left. Basically almost all the ones with the 10,000 minimum scores are left...I completed 1 of the 10,000 scores. Now I have a couple games going that's 61% done on easy and 40% on Hard.
I love the game though. The funny this is after the first Arkham Spirit log I knew who it was, but as it went on I said to myself no that's too easy it must be someone else instead only to see I was right the first time.lol
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Post by DKR on Sept 12, 2009 11:06:33 GMT -5
Played and finished on normal level, Well it's 92% done. Story & Riddler's challenge are complete. I just have to finish some of the enviorment challenges. I did all the stealth ones, but have about 4 of the fighting ones left. Basically almost all the ones with the 10,000 minimum scores are left...I completed 1 of the 10,000 scores. Now I have a couple games going that's 61% done on easy and 40% on Hard. I love the game though. The funny this is after the first Arkham Spirit log I knew who it was, but as it went on I said to myself no that's too easy it must be someone else instead only to see I was right the first time.lol I am in the same exact boat you are in with the challenges...I have all the Predator ones, but the Combat ones are tough. I am 92% on my NORMAL, first playthrough and all Riddles and the story done on my HARD playthrough...just need to do the challenges. As a life long Bat-fan though, this is my all time favorite video game.
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Post by LaParka on Sept 12, 2009 11:19:59 GMT -5
dc wave 13
collect and connect Trigon
Blue Beetle III Blue Devil Cheetah (50:50 Priscilla Rich/Barbara Minerva variant) Cyclotron Donna Troy Negative Man chase Superboy
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Post by DKR on Sept 12, 2009 11:30:20 GMT -5
dc wave 13 collect and connect Trigon Blue Beetle III Blue Devil Cheetah (50:50 Priscilla Rich/Barbara Minerva variant) Cyclotron Donna Troy Negative Man chase Superboy What version of Superboy? I thought DC couldn't use the name "Superboy?"
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Post by PJ on Sept 12, 2009 14:50:57 GMT -5
I read Conner Kent.
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Post by DKR on Sept 12, 2009 14:58:39 GMT -5
Hopefully we get a Reign of the Supermen version...I think that was the same character. I added Regular Dr. Fate and Black Canary to my collection this morning.
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Post by dragonbone on Sept 12, 2009 19:29:49 GMT -5
...and supposedly Trigon is the C&C figure!
This wave sounds cool to me!
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Post by BigDaddyChacon on Sept 12, 2009 20:17:06 GMT -5
I'm pumped to see they are releasing Blue Beetle III.
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Post by ZT on Sept 12, 2009 21:38:53 GMT -5
Bought my first DCU fig the other day. Series 6 Classic Costume Superman.
Awesome fig. Mainly bought it to sit on my graphic novel shelf. I wish I had gotten into these sooner so I could have picked up the A-list classic guys like Batman, Robin, etc. Hopefully that upcoming Wal-Mart set with Batman and Joker starts hitting shelves.
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Post by LA Times on Sept 12, 2009 21:46:58 GMT -5
Hopefully we get a Reign of the Supermen version...I think that was the same character. I added Regular Dr. Fate and Black Canary to my collection this morning. Yeah it's the same guy, but I hope we get the leather jacket costume. Now all I want is Bronze Tiger, Silversword and a CNC Rocket Red
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Post by Rog on Sept 13, 2009 7:04:42 GMT -5
Bought my first DCU fig the other day. Series 6 Classic Costume Superman. Awesome fig. Mainly bought it to sit on my graphic novel shelf. I wish I had gotten into these sooner so I could have picked up the A-list classic guys like Batman, Robin, etc. Hopefully that upcoming Wal-Mart set with Batman and Joker starts hitting shelves. They began a series of re-releases of some of the more well known guys called 'Worlds Greatest Super Heroes' which, as far as i know, are the same as their previous releases just now have a stand instead of a BAF piece. Batman, Robin, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman have been released so far. This is a much easier (and cheaper) way then getting the originals. I'm sure PJ will be able to explain better as far as which waves they in and such, i'm still realtively new to this line. On a similiar note to ZT, i also grabbed my first DCUC figure the other day; WGSH Series 7 Batman. Love it, brilliantly made and sculpted and he's sitting on my Batman shelf. I already ordered the Batman vs. Clayface 2 pack as well so that should be here soon as well as dipped my toes into the Infinite Heroes line with the Gotham 3 pack (Commisoner Gordon + Gotham Swat x2) as well as 2 of the Batman figures; blue & grey and black & grey.
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Post by PJ on Sept 14, 2009 10:16:56 GMT -5
Mattel does it again! They've had this same problem since they took over the Batman/DC license in 2003. It's now 2009 and we still are dealing with this! I received this email from spamS this weekend concerning some extra DCUC 9 figures I preordered back in March/April. Now it makes me wonder if the complete set I ordered from CSC back on Feb 11th will be affected. Because this is the second e-tailer to be shorter on 75% of their orders from this series. "Hi - we unfortunately have received bad news from Mattel on the DC Universe Series 9 assortment. They have informed us that they grossly under-produced this wave and that only about 25% of our order will be filled. Many other stores also apparently have suffered the same huge shortage, and the product is short across the entire market. We were extremely upset with Mattel for this news and have relayed to them how upset our customers will be as well. At this point, we unfortunately do not expect any more shipments from Mattel. For those of you who ordered between April 1st and May 14th, it is possible that your orders will fill due to cancellations and non-payment of orders from people who ordered before you (their cancelled orders will move to the next people in line automatically). If you ordered after these dates, it is very unlikely we will have any inventory, and we suggest that you purchase these figures anywhere else you may be able to find them. (You can view the date you ordered your product by logging into your spamS account and viewing your preorders) We have heard reports they are showing up at mass market stores, and some should also be on ebay. We absolutely hate not being able to fill your order, but Mattel has really screwed up this wave and there is not anything we can do about it. We are hoping that some sort of future production run of DCU 09 can be negotiated, but at this point there is nothing worked out. We will keep your preorders open in our system until we can determine if Mattel will produce more in the future or not. We will email you with any further news as we hear it from Mattel, hopefully something will be resolved. The sales manager at Mattel did assure me that DCU waves 11, 12, and 13 would not suffer from the same issues, so we do not anticipate any shortages on those waves Sincerely Joel Boblit President www.bigbadtoystore.com" Now this is nothing new as they also had the same problem with Series 6. And you can never find new product on the shelves of the mass retail stores. So for 5 or 6 years now they still can't get their production/distribution corrected. It's a d@mn shame because the Four Horsemen are sculpting some beautiful DC figures for them, but at this point who cares? Because you can't find them at least not on the east coast. I am really starting to think it's not worth the aggravation on trying to collect their DC lines (DCUC/DCIH/JLU) for the most part I've gotten all the characters I really wanted to see made...So maybe I should just stop now because they've turned a hobby that I've loved since I was a kid with my Megos in the early 70's to nothing more than a nightmare.
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Post by DKR on Sept 14, 2009 10:31:15 GMT -5
That sucks. Distribution has always been a problem with Mattel. DCU5 almost had me throwing in the towel on this line.
If I can catch up with Waves 8/9 by the time the next Wal-Mart wave hits I may continue...if not the aggravation won't be worth it.
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Post by LaParka on Sept 15, 2009 15:43:16 GMT -5
DC Wave 12 full shots are up on thefwoosh. It looks to be a real solid wave, hopefully Mattel can fix their distribution problems and actually have these a little more available. Targets are starting to carry wave 9 saw remnants Black Canary and Deadshot at 14.99 each 3rd price increase in 2 months for target.
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