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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 16:06:52 GMT -5
FINALLY got ML Venom and Spider Gwen at Target. Keeping Gwen MOC because I doubt I'll ever see her at retail ever again. Cutting my finger off at work was one of the best things to happen to me becAuse I'm finding all of these groovy finds. Whether it be DC, Marvel, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 16:42:20 GMT -5
S**t!! Sorry to hear that mate. Kudos on finding Spider-Gwen; God knows I wish I could find for a reasonable price online. $35 AUD is considered cheap for Marvel Legends at the rare places I have seen figures at retail here in Sydney (and Melbourne), which equates to $27 or so in USD. It's an expensive hobby, but a rewarding one, eh? Hopefully in the weeks to come I can share pics of my receivings before I pay a ton of money to keep my car on the road. As it turned out, my friend who works at Target, FOUND two cases of ML in the stockroom and got curious as to what they were. They were both the Spidey wave and were apparently collecting dust back there for a month. Thankfully he called me up and He got a Venom and a Gwen as well. And thanks man. I FINALLY go back to work tomorrow. Which is great because other than finding my various figures, it's been boring as Hell lol.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 27, 2016 16:47:01 GMT -5
FINALLY got ML Venom and Spider Gwen at Target. Keeping Gwen MOC because I doubt I'll ever see her at retail ever again. Cutting my finger off at work was one of the best things to happen to me becAuse I'm finding all of these groovy finds. Whether it be DC, Marvel, etc. Congrats on the hard to get MLs........less so for the sliced up digit. Lol. I'm still in the cold on that Venom. So i know how much of a chore it is turning him up at retail. Even though rumors were abounding that he wpuld be upped to two per case (with Ben Riley dropping to one...whom i still need too) i haven't seen any proof of that revision making it out to retail yet. May prove to not happen at all. Still, your Target gives me hope of finding them in the wild still.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 27, 2016 17:48:38 GMT -5
S**t!! Sorry to hear that mate. Kudos on finding Spider-Gwen; God knows I wish I could find for a reasonable price online. $35 AUD is considered cheap for Marvel Legends at the rare places I have seen figures at retail here in Sydney (and Melbourne), which equates to $27 or so in USD. It's an expensive hobby, but a rewarding one, eh? Hopefully in the weeks to come I can share pics of my receivings before I pay a ton of money to keep my car on the road. $27 isn't TOO much difference from here. Depending where you get it from you're paying between $21 and $24 on store shelves. If they're harder to find in AU, in general, you may just be paying the difference it takes for those retailers to get the figures in the first place, so it really evens out.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 27, 2016 18:36:47 GMT -5
$27 isn't TOO much difference from here. Depending where you get it from you're paying between $21 and $24 on store shelves. If they're harder to find in AU, in general, you may just be paying the difference it takes for those retailers to get the figures in the first place, so it really evens out. It still sucks though, and when you factor in fuel costs to go on hunts it's even higher. ML and (some) MS are the only lines I'm interested in, and sadly the major retailers here don't stock them as they do in the States. I'll be honest, I'm not sure why I brought it up in the first place, Bob, but I'm sure you can appreciate my frustration at Australia's retail predicament concerning my hobby. I absolutely can understand, and I sympathize. My biggest problem with being in America is there aren't more gorgeous European, Israeli, and Asian women. I'm sure most men can appreciate my frustration at such a predicament as well. We all have problems with our favorite pass times
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 27, 2016 19:19:51 GMT -5
I absolutely can understand, and I sympathize. My biggest problem with being in America is there aren't more gorgeous European, Israeli, and Asian women. I'm sure most men can appreciate my frustration at such a predicament as well. We all have problems with our favorite pass times You forgot Australian. Yup.......you aint gonna find one of her on the pegs at our fine stateside Marts. Lol.......
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 27, 2016 22:05:13 GMT -5
I'm happy to get Kate Bishop. That one will find a spot next to a Barton of some kind on the shelves. Visions looks decent. And, Sam Wilson Cap looks good...........except for the lack of wings. My guess is Hasbro will release a Fal-Cap in a future ML wave..........with wings of course.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 7:55:13 GMT -5
Idk how I feel about that Vision. But I like the look of Kate and I'm a whore for any and all versions of Cap.
I can dig this set
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Post by Darkhawk on Mar 28, 2016 16:40:06 GMT -5
That 3 pack is probably the best 3 pack we have ever gotten. I wish we could of gotten someone else other than Vision, but getting 2 new characters in the set is still pretty good.
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 28, 2016 20:17:56 GMT -5
It's a shame we keep getting Vision figures and yet we STILL don't have an MCU version.
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Post by jayrod2009 on Mar 28, 2016 20:53:09 GMT -5
Any minimate collectors around?
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 28, 2016 21:29:27 GMT -5
It's a shame we keep getting Vision figures and yet we STILL don't have an MCU version. Is this his second consecutive 3pack release? I'm not sure if I need the Hulkbuster one now...but I'd love to complete it... Yep, he was also in the Hulkbuster wave and in the Target 3-pack with Hulk and Ultron.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Mar 28, 2016 21:56:58 GMT -5
It's a shame we keep getting Vision figures and yet we STILL don't have an MCU version. Is this his second consecutive 3pack release? I'm not sure if I need the Hulkbuster one now...but I'd love to complete it... I actually really like the Hulkbuster version. And the first 3pack version is his astral (? Spelling) form of that release. I'd love to get it too. I don't recognize the outfit he's in in this 3 pack but it looks okay. I'm sure it's from Marvel Now.
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Post by jordanimal on Mar 28, 2016 22:54:50 GMT -5
Any minimate collectors around? hell yes!!
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Post by jayrod2009 on Mar 29, 2016 5:22:24 GMT -5
Any minimate collectors around? hell yes!! Man these things are sweet. I picked up a bunch of the Walgreens sets. Spiderman/Electro, Gamora/Drax, 2099/Agent Venom. Then my Books A Million had Starlord/Ronan for $5. The fact that they take up minimal display area means I could collect these forever and have enough room for my Hot Toys.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Mar 29, 2016 8:53:00 GMT -5
Is this his second consecutive 3pack release? I'm not sure if I need the Hulkbuster one now...but I'd love to complete it... I actually really like the Hulkbuster version. And the first 3pack version is his astral (? Spelling) form of that release. I'd love to get it too. I don't recognize the outfit he's in in this 3 pack but it looks okay. I'm sure it's from Marvel Now. white vision from the last 3-pack was from a story arc that was done in west coast avengers comics. vision was disassembled and reassembled and came back all white.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 29, 2016 10:15:02 GMT -5
Man these things are sweet. I picked up a bunch of the Walgreens sets. Spiderman/Electro, Gamora/Drax, 2099/Agent Venom. Then my Books A Million had Starlord/Ronan for $5. The fact that they take up minimal display area means I could collect these forever and have enough room for my Hot Toys. I ended up getting a bunch of minimates for great prices at Books A Million myself. I also bought the Ghostbusters "I love this town" boxset (if you're a GB fan, i HIGHLY recommend that set) and the "Deadpools Assemble" set there too. That DP set is hours of fun. Lol
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Post by jayrod2009 on Mar 29, 2016 10:26:39 GMT -5
Man these things are sweet. I picked up a bunch of the Walgreens sets. Spiderman/Electro, Gamora/Drax, 2099/Agent Venom. Then my Books A Million had Starlord/Ronan for $5. The fact that they take up minimal display area means I could collect these forever and have enough room for my Hot Toys. I ended up getting a bunch of minimates for great prices at Books A Million myself. I also bought the Ghostbusters "I love this town" boxset (if you're a GB fan, i HIGHLY recommend that set) and the "Deadpools Assemble" set there too. That DP set is hours of fun. Lol I debated over the deadpool set.
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Post by zigglerbryanpunk on Mar 29, 2016 12:13:34 GMT -5
Can't wait for the new civil war ML set to hit, need that old school Nick Fury
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 29, 2016 15:23:04 GMT -5
Vision from the Hulkbuster wave is from Avengers A.I.
Vision from this 3-pack with Kate-Hawkeye and Falcon-Cap is from Uncanny Avengers.
Vision in the 3-pack with Ultron and Hulk is from West Coast Avengers.
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