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Post by ricflair4ever on Jun 7, 2016 22:44:30 GMT -5
It took me around 31 minutes to complete my check out for the preorder last week. I'm guessing because of heavy traffic during that time. I can only hope being roughly a half hour late in getting the order through, will not result in missing out here. Everyone on Fwoosh is freaking like this will be another Jubilee wave debacle. And while i doubt its that bad, it could be similar........lets all hope not.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 7, 2016 22:57:05 GMT -5
It took me around 31 minutes to complete my check out for the preorder last week. I'm guessing because of heavy traffic during that time. I can only hope being roughly a half hour late in getting the order through, will not result in missing out here. Everyone on Fwoosh is freaking like this will be another Jubilee wave debacle. And while i doubt its that bad, it could be similar........lets all hope not. Yeah, here's hoping for the best. I've honestly NEVER seen this sort of reaction to ordering toys, etc... I mean, people are straight vultures for this wave. They're toys. Wonder what Hasbro thinks of this?
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Post by ricflair4ever on Jun 7, 2016 23:03:09 GMT -5
It took me around 31 minutes to complete my check out for the preorder last week. I'm guessing because of heavy traffic during that time. I can only hope being roughly a half hour late in getting the order through, will not result in missing out here. Everyone on Fwoosh is freaking like this will be another Jubilee wave debacle. And while i doubt its that bad, it could be similar........lets all hope not. Yeah, here's hoping for the best. I've honestly NEVER seen this sort of reaction to ordering toys, etc... I mean, people are straight vultures for this wave. They're toys. Wonder what Hasbro thinks of this? Aha! You assume Hasbro CAN think! Lol....they've completely underestimated this product, but if you saw how well they missed a golden opportunity with having mass product out during Star Wars most successful/relevant months, then tjis shouldn't surprise anyone. However i contacted Dorkside myself to see if there is any kind of light they can shed about what our practical chances are of getting these. At least those of us who ordered during their first hour or so. I'll let you guys know what they say (if anything notable) once they get back to me.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 7, 2016 23:32:29 GMT -5
Yeah, here's hoping for the best. I've honestly NEVER seen this sort of reaction to ordering toys, etc... I mean, people are straight vultures for this wave. They're toys. Wonder what Hasbro thinks of this? Aha! You assume Hasbro CAN think! Lol....they've completely underestimated this product, but if you saw how well they missed a golden opportunity with having mass product out during Star Wars most successful/relevant months, then tjis shouldn't surprise anyone. However i contacted Dorkside myself to see if there is any kind of light they can shed about what our practical chances are of getting these. At least those of us who ordered during their first hour or so. I'll let you guys know what they say (if anything notable) once they get back to me. I figure I'll get an e-mail if something happens. Hopefully they get it sorted. Feel bad for those who came in too late. I know I e-mailed them that night about changing my Iron Skull/Fury/Panther wave, to have the whole Cap S3 wave instead of just Iron Skull, and it took them til 20 minutes before close of business the next day to get back to me. So I know they were swamped. Now I know they were probably just grateful I didn't ask for a second X-Men wave. Wonder if this will lead to them putting limits on what people order? You know some of the earliest buyers bought up multiple cases.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Jun 7, 2016 23:42:39 GMT -5
Aha! You assume Hasbro CAN think! Lol....they've completely underestimated this product, but if you saw how well they missed a golden opportunity with having mass product out during Star Wars most successful/relevant months, then tjis shouldn't surprise anyone. However i contacted Dorkside myself to see if there is any kind of light they can shed about what our practical chances are of getting these. At least those of us who ordered during their first hour or so. I'll let you guys know what they say (if anything notable) once they get back to me. I figure I'll get an e-mail if something happens. Hopefully they get it sorted. Feel bad for those who came in too late. I know I e-mailed them that night about changing my Iron Skull/Fury/Panther wave, to have the whole Cap S3 wave instead of just Iron Skull, and it took them til 20 minutes before close of business the next day to get back to me. So I know they were swamped. Now I know they were probably just grateful I didn't ask for a second X-Men wave. Wonder if this will lead to them putting limits on what people order? You know some of the earliest buyers bought up multiple cases. Yeah,I'm hoping there is some kind of cap on those multiple case orders during the initial shipment. At the end of the day though,they're a reputable retailer. Theres no reason everyone shouldn't get exactly what they preordered ,no matter the amount, because Hasbro decided to lower a production run. This wave is in no way an exclusive or linited edition set, so its kind of disappointing to find out Hasbro is unofficially treating it as such ,at least at this particular time.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 8, 2016 7:16:41 GMT -5
A rendering of 'actual' Onslaught. My body is ready. Credit: Marvelous News. Ugh. it's ALMOST worth not selling Onslaught to keep for when I get this. Almost. So much money on pre-orders o.O
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 8, 2016 11:14:10 GMT -5
Trying to go through my figures to decide what I'm keeping and selling. They wont stay up on the table (it's not flat) -- so instead of getting pissed and knocking them all over like the 5 year old me wanted so badly to do... I decided to take a couple comparison shots, and one fun one, instead... *edit* Also, interestingly, Juggs is WAYYYYYYYYYY heavier than Hulk. Like, WAY. If you hit someone in the head with Hulk, it would be uncomfortable. Juggs could kill someone. Seriously.
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Post by Lando! on Jun 8, 2016 19:04:36 GMT -5
What are everybody's thoughts on battle damaged figures? Like if they did a wave with w couple of BD variants. Like for Civil War II or something.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jun 8, 2016 19:35:58 GMT -5
Not that any targets near me have anything but here ya go post a picture
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Post by Darkhawk on Jun 9, 2016 0:07:59 GMT -5
So someone leaked all the Bandai SDCC Exclusives this year, nothing too amazing. Wish the Hasbro SDCC Exclusive got leaked too lol but hoping it'll be good this year.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 9, 2016 3:16:32 GMT -5
So someone leaked all the Bandai SDCC Exclusives this year, nothing too amazing. Wish the Hasbro SDCC Exclusive got leaked too lol but hoping it'll be good this year. I don't. I hope it's awful. Just awful. It'll wind up over-priced and hard to find like all the others. Make it not worth the trouble, I say!
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 9, 2016 3:26:49 GMT -5
Panther's down to $40 on Amazon. Fury's under $30. Whoever paid $300 for BP must be pissed right now.
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Post by mrhoss on Jun 9, 2016 12:42:37 GMT -5
I bought Cottonmouth using the Target Cartwheel. Needing Scourge to complete Onslaught, I went over to Walmart figuring they're $16. Turns out they're back up to $20.
I also stopped by one of my further away Walmarts that I haven't been to for a couple of weeks. They had two CW Caps and an Iron Man. First time I had seen those at retail.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 9, 2016 13:01:11 GMT -5
I bought Cottonmouth using the Target Cartwheel. Needing Scourge to complete Onslaught, I went over to Walmart figuring they're $16. Turns out they're back up to $20. I also stopped by one of my further away Walmarts that I haven't been to for a couple of weeks. They had two CW Caps and an Iron Man. First time I had seen those at retail. Scourge is EVERYWHERE around here. If I were to want to army build, he'd be insanely easy. I need to check the Target closest to me and see if there's anything worth using that cartwheel deal on.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jun 9, 2016 16:23:48 GMT -5
I hit my Target today to take advantage of the Cartwheel discount. I got Captain Marvel, Iron Fist, Whirlwind and a Spiderman from the ML Spiderman series. Wish they had the Civil War wave 2 or even some Scourges for Army building.
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Post by mrhoss on Jun 9, 2016 16:32:02 GMT -5
I bought Cottonmouth using the Target Cartwheel. Needing Scourge to complete Onslaught, I went over to Walmart figuring they're $16. Turns out they're back up to $20. I also stopped by one of my further away Walmarts that I haven't been to for a couple of weeks. They had two CW Caps and an Iron Man. First time I had seen those at retail. Scourge is EVERYWHERE around here. If I were to want to army build, he'd be insanely easy. I need to check the Target closest to me and see if there's anything worth using that cartwheel deal on. I was surprised how he dried up in my area. Only one left today between TRU, three Targets, and three walmarts.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 9, 2016 17:00:30 GMT -5
Scourge is EVERYWHERE around here. If I were to want to army build, he'd be insanely easy. I need to check the Target closest to me and see if there's anything worth using that cartwheel deal on. I was surprised how he dried up in my area. Only one left today between TRU, three Targets, and three walmarts. Crazy how that goes. Taskmaster's the same way. I've seen people post pics of a dozen of him on the shelf. Other people say they still haven't seen him in stores. Clearly gotten the wave, just always missed him. Crazy.
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Post by Robert69 on Jun 9, 2016 17:13:36 GMT -5
Got my MCU collection put up on the wall, finally. Top row is A Team, bottom is B. Just gotta grab the AoS 3 pack, and Amazon 4 pack. Panther and Witch should be here next month. Then waiting on Winter Soldier, Falcon and Strange after that. Decided I don't like the Loki enough to get it from the Best Of wave. I would be shocked if we don't get a new one next year with Ragnarok. Can wait on him. Not huge on the fact that they classify Ant-Man as MCU. Love the character, and I want an MCU figure of him, but -- that head sculpt is NOT MCU.
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Post by LA Times on Jun 9, 2016 19:23:43 GMT -5
I need Rhino's right arm that came with Superior Venom to complete the BAF. If anybody has one for trade, do let me know. I have Marvel Legends, Mattel WWE, DCUC C&C parts, etc.
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