gawd6sic6™
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" I cross the lines you love to hate "
Joined on: Jan 13, 2009 13:50:08 GMT -5
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Feb 1, 2016 15:28:08 GMT -5
What's it gonna take to get a movie styled ML Falcon??
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Post by TheLastDude on Feb 1, 2016 16:32:27 GMT -5
Guess this has been leaked... I'm definitely in for Panther and Fury. As much as I want to collect all the MCU figures, I'm only getting Giant Man if they make him HUGE. Like he seriously better be over a foot tall. Then, I'll buy the other four.
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Post by ckhybrid on Feb 1, 2016 16:40:34 GMT -5
ugh gotta get that whole set for Giant Man, that Nick Fury should be awesome.
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Post by Boy Wonder on Feb 1, 2016 16:55:53 GMT -5
Rumored X-men wave:
- Phoenix - Havok - Cable - Iceman - Kitty Pryde - Deadpool - Wolverine - Rogue
Rumored next wave of Spider-man:
- Spider Silk - Shocker - Miles Morales Spider-Man - Spider-Girl (Ashley Barton) - Peter Parker - Electro
The Xmen wave has me excited. Rogue and Cable have been big wants of mine and I REALLY hope Wolverine is a new sculpt on a short, stocky body. The BAF is unknown but Hasbro said at Fall TF that it was someone pretty awesome. I wouldn't mind another Juggernaut.
I'll probably just do the villains in the Spidey wave. And possibly whoever the BAF is.
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Post by ckhybrid on Feb 1, 2016 18:06:26 GMT -5
that X-Men wave sounds great, all depends on how they look, but I really want Cable for sure
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 1, 2016 20:04:37 GMT -5
that X-Men wave sounds great, all depends on how they look, but I really want Cable for sure I'm pulling for 90s cartoon look for all of them.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Feb 1, 2016 20:10:35 GMT -5
that X-Men wave sounds great, all depends on how they look, but I really want Cable for sure I'm pulling for 90s cartoon look for all of them. I would actually pre-order all of them if that were the case. Damn, I'd love that.
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Post by ckhybrid on Feb 1, 2016 20:14:00 GMT -5
that X-Men wave sounds great, all depends on how they look, but I really want Cable for sure I'm pulling for 90s cartoon look for all of them. I would kill for that, Hasbro/Marvel should take a page from DCs playbook
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Post by mrhoss on Feb 1, 2016 21:50:06 GMT -5
If anyone wants to place orders, Amazon is shipping the Captain America Onslaught wave tonight. They were supposed to go out on 2/16.
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 1, 2016 21:54:25 GMT -5
If anyone wants to place orders, Amazon is shipping the Captain America Onslaught wave tonight. They were supposed to go out on 2/16. But with no Taskmaster
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 1, 2016 21:55:30 GMT -5
I'm pulling for 90s cartoon look for all of them. I would kill for that, Hasbro/Marvel should take a page from DCs playbook Indeed. I've never been a huge X-Men fan in all honesty, but I loved the 90s cartoon, and would kill for a series or two of figures from it. And a BAF Sentinel withe one of them would be outstanding.
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Post by TheLastDude on Feb 1, 2016 22:18:28 GMT -5
that X-Men wave sounds great, all depends on how they look, but I really want Cable for sure I'm pulling for 90s cartoon look for all of them. I would buy the whole wave in a heart beat if they did that!
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 2, 2016 1:49:53 GMT -5
They just posted on the Marvel fig FB page that it's expected they're going to release a series a month, with the Cap series from that Giant Man pic supposedly coming as early as next month...
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Post by TheLastDude on Feb 2, 2016 13:37:19 GMT -5
They just posted on the Marvel fig FB page that it's expected they're going to release a series a month, with the Cap series from that Giant Man pic supposedly coming as early as next month... Holy crap. A series a month? I'm all for getting as many awesome figures as we can...but they start pumping them out like that and you're going to run the risk of people getting frustrated and overwhelmed. That could wind up equaling sales dropping off. We just had the Absorbing Man and Red Skull waves hit at the same time. Now we have the Giant Man wave next, and then the second Cap and Spidey waves, and Strange and X-Men as well. That would put us at seven for the year. I think that's pretty good.
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 2, 2016 14:56:44 GMT -5
They just posted on the Marvel fig FB page that it's expected they're going to release a series a month, with the Cap series from that Giant Man pic supposedly coming as early as next month... Holy crap. A series a month? I'm all for getting as many awesome figures as we can...but they start pumping them out like that and you're going to run the risk of people getting frustrated and overwhelmed. That could wind up equaling sales dropping off. We just had the Absorbing Man and Red Skull waves hit at the same time. Now we have the Giant Man wave next, and then the second Cap and Spidey waves, and Strange and X-Men as well. That would put us at seven for the year. I think that's pretty good. Didn't we get 60+ figures last year? Odin, Hobgoblin, Thanos, Hulkbuster, Ultron, Rhino...6 major releases, plus 2 Walgreens exclusives, that's 8. Plus the AoU 4 pack, SHIELD 3 Pack, Infinite 3 pack, GotG, and Book of Vishanti... I have to imagine if IF they do a "series" a month, the Namor excl. will count as one. I mean, if the Red Skull wave came out early (which it did, wasn't supposed to hit til mid Feb) -- I'm assuming they wanted it out pre-Toy Fair...they're on track right now. Giant Man in March (Civil War hits May 6th), X-Men wave in May (X: Apocalypse end of May) -- figure Namor being a single figure exclusive could give a short breather before X-Men comes out as their big Summer series Jan - Absorbing Man Feb - Red Skull/Onslaught March - Giant Man April - Namor? May - X-Men Series? June - Cap 2? July - SDCC Exclusive? August - Target Exclusive? September - Dr. Strange? October - Exclusive? November - Spidey 2? December - Exclusive? I mean, it really depends on what they consider a series a month? A full blown set? Or just "something new" every month? -- the latter seems more reasonable. I don't think any collector WANTS 6+ new figs every month. For a plethora of reasons...
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 2, 2016 15:05:01 GMT -5
Also, IF we do get a supposed series a month, I'm pulling for a series or two based off the TV shows.
Especially with Luke Cage coming out in November. We've gotten more than enough characters between them at that point to get a 6-14 figures from.
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Post by TheLastDude on Feb 2, 2016 15:49:54 GMT -5
Holy crap. A series a month? I'm all for getting as many awesome figures as we can...but they start pumping them out like that and you're going to run the risk of people getting frustrated and overwhelmed. That could wind up equaling sales dropping off. We just had the Absorbing Man and Red Skull waves hit at the same time. Now we have the Giant Man wave next, and then the second Cap and Spidey waves, and Strange and X-Men as well. That would put us at seven for the year. I think that's pretty good. Didn't we get 60+ figures last year? Odin, Hobgoblin, Thanos, Hulkbuster, Ultron, Rhino...6 major releases, plus 2 Walgreens exclusives, that's 8. Plus the AoU 4 pack, SHIELD 3 Pack, Infinite 3 pack, GotG, and Book of Vishanti... I have to imagine if IF they do a "series" a month, the Namor excl. will count as one. I mean, if the Red Skull wave came out early (which it did, wasn't supposed to hit til mid Feb) -- I'm assuming they wanted it out pre-Toy Fair...they're on track right now. Giant Man in March (Civil War hits May 6th), X-Men wave in May (X: Apocalypse end of May) -- figure Namor being a single figure exclusive could give a short breather before X-Men comes out as their big Summer series Jan - Absorbing Man Feb - Red Skull/Onslaught March - Giant Man April - Namor? May - X-Men Series? June - Cap 2? July - SDCC Exclusive? August - Target Exclusive? September - Dr. Strange? October - Exclusive? November - Spidey 2? December - Exclusive? I mean, it really depends on what they consider a series a month? A full blown set? Or just "something new" every month? -- the latter seems more reasonable. I don't think any collector WANTS 6+ new figs every month. For a plethora of reasons... We had 62 figures last year: Allfather Series (7 figures) Hobgoblin Series (6 figures) Thanos Series (6 figures) Hulkbuster Series (7 figures) Ultron Series (6 figures) Rhino Series (7 figures) Walgreens Exclusives (2 figures) Shield 3-pack Avengers 5-pack Book of Vishanti 5-pack GOTG 5-pack Target exclusive 3-pack We had six actual dedicated figure sets with BAFs last year...so far we have seven we know of already this year. Absorbing Man Series Red Skull Series Giant Man Series Cap 2 Spidey 2 X-Men Strange They might be considering each of the exclusives and multi-packs a different series, but we're in trouble if they're saying a new series every month...PLUS the exclusives! We won't be able to keep up!
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Post by PJ on Feb 2, 2016 16:01:12 GMT -5
I just received an email from the big store saying my Captain America figure is in stock.
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Post by Robert69 on Feb 2, 2016 16:25:19 GMT -5
Didn't we get 60+ figures last year? Odin, Hobgoblin, Thanos, Hulkbuster, Ultron, Rhino...6 major releases, plus 2 Walgreens exclusives, that's 8. Plus the AoU 4 pack, SHIELD 3 Pack, Infinite 3 pack, GotG, and Book of Vishanti... I have to imagine if IF they do a "series" a month, the Namor excl. will count as one. I mean, if the Red Skull wave came out early (which it did, wasn't supposed to hit til mid Feb) -- I'm assuming they wanted it out pre-Toy Fair...they're on track right now. Giant Man in March (Civil War hits May 6th), X-Men wave in May (X: Apocalypse end of May) -- figure Namor being a single figure exclusive could give a short breather before X-Men comes out as their big Summer series Jan - Absorbing Man Feb - Red Skull/Onslaught March - Giant Man April - Namor? May - X-Men Series? June - Cap 2? July - SDCC Exclusive? August - Target Exclusive? September - Dr. Strange? October - Exclusive? November - Spidey 2? December - Exclusive? I mean, it really depends on what they consider a series a month? A full blown set? Or just "something new" every month? -- the latter seems more reasonable. I don't think any collector WANTS 6+ new figs every month. For a plethora of reasons... We had 62 figures last year: Allfather Series (7 figures) Hobgoblin Series (6 figures) Thanos Series (6 figures) Hulkbuster Series (7 figures) Ultron Series (6 figures) Rhino Series (7 figures) Walgreens Exclusives (2 figures) Shield 3-pack Avengers 5-pack Book of Vishanti 5-pack GOTG 5-pack Target exclusive 3-pack We had six actual dedicated figure sets with BAFs last year...so far we have seven we know of already this year. Absorbing Man Series Red Skull Series Giant Man Series Cap 2 Spidey 2 X-Men Strange They might be considering each of the exclusives and multi-packs a different series, but we're in trouble if they're saying a new series every month...PLUS the exclusives! We won't be able to keep up! Less than any of us keeping up, can THEY keep up? What will the QC be like? How many "new" bodies/details will we really get with that many coming out? That's what I'm more concerned about. They've earned a fan in me. These figures are outstanding, for the most part. But -- that'll change quickly if they're just spat out for the sake of getting them out.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Feb 2, 2016 18:18:21 GMT -5
if they try a wave a month, i am more concerned about finding them in stores. the sell thru rate hasnt been overly impressive.
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