Dollar General figures showing up
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If there is a lick of truth to them planning on just releasing these in different waves that just change the color, I wish they would have made it a complete troop builder wave. I would love different colored Vipers instead of the stupid Cobra Commander.
The blue Cobra Commander is pretty pointless, but the black one makes a great base for Crimson Shadow Guard. Just need to paint a Crimson Guard helmet black and you are done.
I know. A few casters are putting them up. I just would rather get the head as part of the $6 figure than having to buy the helmet separately. Either way, the point I was trying to make was, it would be great to have some of the troop builders everyone likes, instead of CC, SE, and SS which we already get a large surplus of. I just feel troop builders that are painted in different colors each release, just works better in the long run.
I did something cool today using my only spare chrome viper head and it's something I want to do some more of but it might be forever before we see the standard Viper released again.
I agree with you. Dollar store repaints should just be army builders. It's a way to release so many variations that would be too difficult to fit into the main line. The Stinger Driver and Cobra Officer from the vault are straight repaints and should be no brainers. Cobra Trooper in red, Crimson Guard in black and in blue, or even desert colored Troopers, Officers, Crimson Guards, Vipers, etc. I would eat all this stuff up. And with no new tooling used it would not be time consuming or expensive to produce.
I'm going to have to respectfully but adamantly disagree. I don't mind the Stinger drivers and more updated CGs and Blueshirts... but I would not be on board for them to make all the dollar store repaints a parade of rainbow troopers. A black CG... maybe, but blue or tan or green CG?! (yes I know H already did a desert CG).
I would rather they release nice repaints of troopers in modern/updated decos, or maybe use the wave to repaint all the existing troopers into their respective Plague alternates. Red Blueshirts and blue CGs would be a colossal waste of good case slots, IMO.
I went to a DG that previously didn't have the new Joe's, and I did yet another double-take as I saw they had almost a complete set. One case minus Duke. I picked up the black CO, Shipwreck and the Storm Shadow.
Hit the other two in this town in hopes they all got shipments, no luck. One had a peg with the older slim-card Joes which were pushed all the way to the back which makes me think they perhaps had another re-stock but missed it.
Hit the other two in this town in hopes they all got shipments, no luck. One had a peg with the older slim-card Joes which were pushed all the way to the back which makes me think they perhaps had another re-stock but missed it.
The full peg of VvV figures they set out last month is gone along with the $3.50 price tag. A $6.00 tag replaced it but the peg is empty. I think my store finally got the new figures and someone already cleaned them out. Who would be buying DG Joes in Ripon WI?
I stopped by the DG by my gym today, and they also had a new "G.I. Joe $6" tag with an empty peg. I don't think that necessarily means they got a new shipment and someone already picked it up. Rather, they could just be anticipating future shipments. The figures I bought there before were scattered along the bottom shelf. DG dedicating a peg to them is probably a good sign, meaning that more restocks are yet to come.
That seems likely. I'm just being pessimistic because I never find Joes I want at retail.
Add two empty, relisted pegs to our tally. All of those cartoon statues have been clearanced out. I assume they're holding back for a x-mas push.
Indeed that would be a tough sell.
Scalp him instead & clear the way for more!
It is nice to hear they are finally dumping the VvV ones.
I assume this is what was discussed at JoeCon about getting these out more regularly.
Good to hear. When we first hear about these I never expected them to be out before The Christmas stock. Hopfully we will see these at a few more places.
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If my DG actually starts to carry these, I will try to get some for anyone without.
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If my DG actually starts to carry these, I will try to get some for anyone without.
Noticed a peg for the Joes today. Dunno if there was figures and I missed them or just the peg.
Also noticed USMC figures at DG. They appear to be Chap Mei molds, and come in 2 packs and a 4 man fire team set. Oversized weapon rules apply, but the backpacks may be of some use. They appear to be officially licensed product, too.
Also noticed USMC figures at DG. They appear to be Chap Mei molds, and come in 2 packs and a 4 man fire team set. Oversized weapon rules apply, but the backpacks may be of some use. They appear to be officially licensed product, too.
I'm in NC on vacation with my girl's family and we passed like 5 DGs in a row yesterday along the highway to the Outer Banks. Talk about cringing wanting to pull over, but I didn't want to do that with her family in the car. 
I'm in NC on vacation with my girl's family and we passed like 5 DGs in a row yesterday along the highway to the Outer Banks. Talk about cringing wanting to pull over, but I didn't want to do that with her family in the car.
You can make a little travel game out of it. First person who finds you a full set of figures wins a free CC.
There must be a large shipment of figures going out soon if there are multiple stores updating and readying the pegs. Hasbro must have finally got the ball rolling like they said they would. I would love to see the market flooded. I want multiples of most of the figures and I currently don't have any.
Awesome frigging news - the store where the manager is ordering me the cases finally has a peg up. And the Joes are coming.
Bad news. She got in two shipments, held one in the back for me, put another one out as product and some asshat bought the six asked if they had more and someone said yeah but they are on hold for someone...and the guy said yeah those were on hold for me. So they went and got them.
Sniped by some local bastard...prolly some DB from the Stank.
Bad news. She got in two shipments, held one in the back for me, put another one out as product and some asshat bought the six asked if they had more and someone said yeah but they are on hold for someone...and the guy said yeah those were on hold for me. So they went and got them.
Sniped by some local bastard...prolly some DB from the Stank.
Dollar General isn't convenient for me and I could care less about the figures and Joe product right now. Too bad Hasbro hasn't been able to effectively meet the demand for these figures. If they would have shown up at Target, Walmart, and TRU at the same price as Dollar General it would be like the 25th resurgence again. They also wouldn't have a problem keeping interest in the brand until the movie line comes back.
There was a long thread about that type of situation a while back on Hisstank. It's alarming the number of people there who thought it was okay to take the items. It's a complete dick move.
The person who bought them probably already has them on eBay. You could probably do a local search on eBay and find out who it is.
I could never buy a whole case of anything at retail. I don't know if I'm just wired differently but I cant bring myself to clear everything out. Then again, I'm like my dad. We'll eat 20 cookies but leave one behind.
I've gotten a Shippy, SE and SS through trades. I gave away 2 of them in Officer giveaway's. I would like to get some Cobra Troopers
