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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 26, 2016 16:21:20 GMT -5
Lucked out big time at TRU today. I went in hoping to score some figures from the Juggernaut or Space Venom waves and as I was walking back, the manager stopped me and said that he had gotten some Marvel Legends stuff in that wasn't out yet. If I could hang on, he'd bring them out. Maybe sweet? Maybe not. I was half expecting another case of the Absorbing Man or Red Skull waves honestly...but he brought out two boxes. One was the 12 inch Spider-Man. That's a pass for me. If it goes on sale, I might be down...but I don't usually grab the big boy figures as a general rule. The other case was smashed up beyond belief...and it held...the MCU 3-packs. He didn't know if the box had gotten hammered on the truck or if something smooshed it in the stockroom, but they were bad. Luckily, one of them was...well..not ok...but not as bad as the others. All the figures seemed to be in good condition. He scanned it and it came up $59.99 and he said if I want one, he'd knock it down to $30. Yes, please. I'll take it! So, I now have Spidey in my MCU display! Right place...right time...with a generous store manager! Have the 3 pack on order with DS. Hope to get them soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 17:23:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the help on finding out who the figure is guys. Also have you guys been voting? Hasbro is doing another poll this year, hardly any good people this year. Here are the results as of now. The winner will be released in 2018. White Rabbit : 134 Terror: 115 Scream: 169 Citizen V: 179 Typhoid Mary: 210 Lasher: 141 Songbird: 322 Solo: 54 Songbird seems to be a clear winner, can't wait to get her. Very appealing figure for sure! I haven't been voting because of the awful choices. I wouldn't buy any of those except for Scream and Lasher.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jul 26, 2016 17:29:55 GMT -5
I emailed dorkside about my order. They gave me some lame excuse about having to fulfill "case orders" first. Why? But they said they did and shipped my Deadpool out right away.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 26, 2016 17:42:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the help on finding out who the figure is guys. Also have you guys been voting? Hasbro is doing another poll this year, hardly any good people this year. Here are the results as of now. The winner will be released in 2018. White Rabbit : 134 Terror: 115 Scream: 169 Citizen V: 179 Typhoid Mary: 210 Lasher: 141 Songbird: 322 Solo: 54 Songbird seems to be a clear winner, can't wait to get her. Very appealing figure for sure! This is realistically how a company SHOULD do a character vote. Give us a vote for obscure characters. Me, personally...I'm meh on their choices though. I'm only really collecting MCU and Spider-Man characters overall...and yeah, Scream, Lasher, and White Rabbit are all technically Spidey villains...but...would I really pay 20 bucks for them? Probably not. Hell, I still can't bring myself to spend 20 on Jack O'Lantern or Anti-Venom. I would buy Mary, but only if she was in this costume: and that probably won't be happening... Citizen V and Songbird have no appeal for me. I'm also surprised that with how popular Deadpool and the M4M are that they're not just making Terror and Solo. Why put them in a fan vote poll?
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 26, 2016 17:48:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the help on finding out who the figure is guys. Also have you guys been voting? Hasbro is doing another poll this year, hardly any good people this year. Here are the results as of now. The winner will be released in 2018. White Rabbit : 134 Terror: 115 Scream: 169 Citizen V: 179 Typhoid Mary: 210 Lasher: 141 Songbird: 322 Solo: 54 Songbird seems to be a clear winner, can't wait to get her. Very appealing figure for sure! This is realistically how a company SHOULD do a character vote. Give us a vote for obscure characters. Me, personally...I'm meh on their choices though. I'm only really collecting MCU and Spider-Man characters overall...and yeah, Scream, Lasher, and White Rabbit are all technically Spidey villains...but...would I really pay 20 bucks for them? Probably not. Hell, I still can't bring myself to spend 20 on Jack O'Lantern or Anti-Venom. I would buy Mary, but only if she was in this costume: and that probably won't be happening... Citizen V and Songbird have no appeal for me. I'm also surprised that with how popular Deadpool and the M4M are that they're not just making Terror and Solo. Why put them in a fan vote poll? Hey never say never. a year ago, people swore up and down we'd never get Thong Lita...
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 26, 2016 20:27:49 GMT -5
This is realistically how a company SHOULD do a character vote. Give us a vote for obscure characters. Me, personally...I'm meh on their choices though. I'm only really collecting MCU and Spider-Man characters overall...and yeah, Scream, Lasher, and White Rabbit are all technically Spidey villains...but...would I really pay 20 bucks for them? Probably not. Hell, I still can't bring myself to spend 20 on Jack O'Lantern or Anti-Venom. I would buy Mary, but only if she was in this costume: and that probably won't be happening... Citizen V and Songbird have no appeal for me. I'm also surprised that with how popular Deadpool and the M4M are that they're not just making Terror and Solo. Why put them in a fan vote poll? Hey never say never. a year ago, people swore up and down we'd never get Thong Lita... True. And I could see Hasbro taking the chance over Mattel...but then again, they might be gun-shy after the bitching about Slave Leia too. Who knows?
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 26, 2016 20:30:07 GMT -5
Hey never say never. a year ago, people swore up and down we'd never get Thong Lita... True. And I could see Hasbro taking the chance over Mattel...but then again, they might be gun-shy after the bitching about Slave Leia too. Who knows? If she were say, a Walgreens exclusive? There would be zero b*tching. I doubt she would, but -- bury her in a more adult oriented wave, and I don't think we'll hear much. Especially if they did the jacket molded on. It's no more revealing than half of the other women they release.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 26, 2016 20:33:17 GMT -5
True. And I could see Hasbro taking the chance over Mattel...but then again, they might be gun-shy after the bitching about Slave Leia too. Who knows? If she were say, a Walgreens exclusive? There would be zero b*tching. I doubt she would, but -- bury her in a more adult oriented wave, and I don't think we'll hear much. Especially if they did the jacket molded on. It's no more revealing than half of the other women they release. That's a good point. I was a little surprised at how low cut Scarlet Witch's bustier was in the Allfather wave.
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 26, 2016 20:34:57 GMT -5
If she were say, a Walgreens exclusive? There would be zero b*tching. I doubt she would, but -- bury her in a more adult oriented wave, and I don't think we'll hear much. Especially if they did the jacket molded on. It's no more revealing than half of the other women they release. That's a good point. I was a little surprised at how low cut Scarlet Witch's bustier was in the Allfather wave. Idk crapabout the character other than I've seen her pop up around DD and Deadpool. Would love to have her as a character, along with Domino.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 26, 2016 20:37:34 GMT -5
That's a good point. I was a little surprised at how low cut Scarlet Witch's bustier was in the Allfather wave. Idk crap about the character other than I've seen her pop up around DD and Deadpool. Would love to have her as a character, along with Domino. Yeah, she's typically a Daredevil villain. Here. Educate yoself! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)Edit: realized I put Deadpool and not Daredevil.
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 26, 2016 20:40:03 GMT -5
Idk crap about the character other than I've seen her pop up around DD and Deadpool. Would love to have her as a character, along with Domino. Yeah, she's typically a Deadpool villain. Here. Educate yoself! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(comics)Bro, I'm still groggy from anesthesia and drugged up on pain meds. Feel like someone kicked my ass from this surgery. No reading right now. I will after while lol
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 26, 2016 21:45:25 GMT -5
TheLastDude she's an interesting character. I'll take on! Still want Domino too, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 23:12:03 GMT -5
3.75 inch MLs are on clearance at my Walmart. Singles are 5 bucks and 2 packs are 10. Decided to get myself a Captain Marvel.
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Post by Darkhawk on Jul 26, 2016 23:56:18 GMT -5
Apparently that Blade figure that was shown at SDCC is just a custom.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 0:53:37 GMT -5
Does anyone know when dorkside is shipping the abomination wave figures?
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Jul 27, 2016 1:19:02 GMT -5
Definitely check out Walgreens if you haven't found the Juggernaut build a figure wave. I just hit one up and found everybody but Wolverine and cable.
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 27, 2016 2:03:12 GMT -5
Does anyone know when dorkside is shipping the abomination wave figures? Should start by the end of this week, along with Space Venom. *edit* they both seem to have been moved to August on the site.
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 27, 2016 2:35:56 GMT -5
@3nwpro -- Idk if they ship to AUS or not, but Dorkside has the Thanos Iron Man for $12.00 on sale.
Just a heads up if you were still looking. I feel like you were looking for he and Cap at one point?
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 27, 2016 2:50:15 GMT -5
@3nwpro -- Idk if they ship to AUS or not, but Dorkside has the Thanos Iron Man for $12.00 on sale. Just a heads up if you were still looking. I feel like you were looking for he and Cap at one point? Thanks for thinking of me Bob - I already have that Iron Man, but thank you. As for Cap - my saviour Darkhawk has helped me out with that Cap and the Thanos leg - along with Kollector_Kombat who so graciously helped me out with Thanos' head and arm, he's about complete...! Hopefully Darkhawk has no dramas sending me the figures he got for me - you're a legend mate! Always try to help when I can.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Jul 27, 2016 3:10:17 GMT -5
@3nwpro -- Idk if they ship to AUS or not, but Dorkside has the Thanos Iron Man for $12.00 on sale. Just a heads up if you were still looking. I feel like you were looking for he and Cap at one point? Thanks for thinking of me Bob - I already have that Iron Man, but thank you. As for Cap - my saviour Darkhawk has helped me out with that Cap and the Thanos leg - along with Kollector_Kombat who so graciously helped me out with Thanos' head and arm, he's about complete...! Hopefully Darkhawk has no dramas sending me the figures he got for me - you're a legend mate! lol. Thank YOU brotha. My Rhino is nearly complete too. Just gotta find that right arm. And @#TeamCap thanks for getting me into that Marvel Collectors Assemble group too. Have a trade going on and I'm gonna be able to finish my Hulkbuster and add to my MCU Ultron who I finally decided to build. Getting HB's head and Ultrons legs and arm. Just need the head and right arm I believe.
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