Toy Fair '13

[MAJOR BLOOD]

Well it is nice that they made the Eagle Hawk or whatever it is called. Hasbro shits the bed on vehicles so might as well cater to ARAH FAGs. It is a good call on their part. Good to see the Data Viper coming. Could someone tell the know it all fucks "elsewhere" to go suck a 1:18th scale dick please? I remember some saying "there is no tooling so it won't get made".

Cool stuff coming out. Decent sculpts in this line. Too much ninja stuff for me but the modern looking attire is nice. They threw the ARAH FAGs a bone too so they won't bitch too much and gave us that want cool toys some good shit.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

So more $$$ for shit I don't want.

Fantastic.

eeeeeyup!...gotta buy a sh!tty chopper to gt a good figure with totally bada$$ accessories?...fuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Just wait for Ross

Yeah, but the ones at Ross will have all the headsets stolen out

So glad Kwinn is at retail even though we'll never see him...he'll be the next Lowlight or Professor X

 

[Ctrl_Z]

sweet merciful crap!

 

[Giga Bread]

I like some of the Avengers figures coming out like Red Skull and Black widow.

 

[fogger1138]

I don't understand the big deal with Kwinn.

Can't speak for anyone else, but I've wanted a decent Kwinn figure since about 1982. He was cool in the comics.

Plus, lots of custom potential there.

 

[fogger1138]

Yeah, but the ones at Ross will have all the headsets stolen out

Raginspoon has headsets now if you want them that badly, and hopefully Jesse will have the Tomahawk ones casted before they hit Ross...

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Are his headsets the same as the Lift-Ticket ones?...did they come with some other figure in the past that I'm unaware of?

 

[MMorelock66]

Can't speak for anyone else, but I've wanted a decent Kwinn figure since about 1982. He was cool in the comics.

Plus, lots of custom potential there.

Ahh. I knew he was in the comics, but I never really bothered to read them. Lazy me haha.

 

[Giga Bread]

I never liked Kwinn.

 

[fogger1138]

Are his headsets the same as the Lift-Ticket ones?...did they come with some other figure in the past that I'm unaware of?

Beats fuck outta me.

I do like the 4" Black Widow they showed. Damn you Legends for making Rocket Raccoon a BAF, although that'll save me some money in the long run.

Yay Mara Jade! Boo lack of Mara Jade pics!

 

[fogger1138]

SW news I thought some of you might care about:

• The Vintage Collection will live on through retailer exclusives including the Slave I, Ewok multi-pack, Biggs Darklighter's X-Wing and two Imperial Scan Crew multi-packs with one including the missing scan trunk originally intended to be part of 2009’s Legacy Collection line.
• The Slave I will include a Han in Carbonite figure.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Wonder if the carbonite Han will just be a rerelease of an older mold

 

[MMorelock66]

I'm all about a Slave 1. If it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Also is it just me, or does the 6 inch SW line seem interesting?

 

[Obi-Shinobi]

That ain't Budo.

1 - he has 0% modern military anything to be a Joe

2 - he's all RED. As in Red Ninja, to go along with the Retaliation characters

3 - some fuck-nut on HT pointed out that this character is in the micro line, named "Red Ninja Leader"

4 - I will have many of them

 

[MMorelock66]

That ain't Budo.

1 - he has 0% modern military anything to be a Joe

2 - he's all RED. As in Red Ninja, to go along with the Retaliation characters

3 - some fuck-nut on HT pointed out that this character is in the micro line, named "Red Ninja Leader"

4 - I will have many of them

Definitely going to get 2 for the Red Ninja team.

This year will see a lot of ninja based purchases from yours truly.

 

[lancelot]

SW news I thought some of you might care about:

• The Vintage Collection will live on through retailer exclusives including the Slave I, Ewok multi-pack, Biggs Darklighter's X-Wing and two Imperial Scan Crew multi-packs with one including the missing scan trunk originally intended to be part of 2009’s Legacy Collection line.
• The Slave I will include a Han in Carbonite figure.

Any price on the Republic Gunship yet? It seems like every time they release it it gets more expensive. I bet it's almost $100 this year.

 

[NSA]

Anyone notice the sticker on the "Eagle"hawk says "Tomahawk T.H.U.G."?

 

[Monkeywrench]

Thug Life?

 

[Dark Horse]

I saw the Micro line Budo/ ninja thing as well. I couldn't give a fuck who the character is, I just like the figure

 

[K-Tiger]

I don't understand the big deal with Kwinn.

4 words: Rhodesian Selous fucking Scouts.

That ain't Budo.



4 - I will have many of them

Same. I see lots of sashimono banners in my future. I better break out The Samurai Sourcebook.

 

[nacho]

This is my favorite image from Toyfair... clearly the setup guy has never seen a BAT before!

 

[K-Tiger]

Ha!

Could be battle damage.

 

[fogger1138]

Any price on the Republic Gunship yet? It seems like every time they release it it gets more expensive. I bet it's almost $100 this year.

Haven't seen one.

 

[K-Tiger]

I kind of dig that Silver Samurai. Sounds like he's got some stupid, articulation-killing action feature, but he may be good for parts to make a Bishamon custom.

 

[The Ewokhunter]

This is my favorite image from Toyfair... clearly the setup guy has never seen a BAT before!

The BAT has a flame coming out of his head, your argument is invalid.

 

[Obi-Shinobi]

I'd bet it's a flame attachment, stuck on a backpack. You can see the head stud doesn't have anything on it.

Angle of the pic will get you every time...

 

[WVMojo]

Well Hasbro came through and delivered on a bunch of quality figures that I'm actually looking forward to seeing on pegs. And who would have thought that I'd want another classic blue Cobra Commander.

 

[Obi-Shinobi]

That EagleHawk thing might make for a good Juggernaut transport, unless there's something in the PTE line.

But yeah... lots of nice figs this year. That EEL is tits. Hope he comes single carded at some point.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

This is my favorite image from Toyfair... clearly the setup guy has never seen a BAT before!

I'm not gonna collect those KREO things, but I WILL need at least a BAT

 

[MMorelock66]

I'm wondering though, will we see CC and Stormy in large quantities? Or will it be another Renegades type hunt.

 

[K-Tiger]

No knowing at this point.

 

[fogger1138]

Given the case breakdown we were told for that wave, I see a lot of people ordering cases. Seems weird that wave 3 is going to have so much in it when the waves before and after aren't as packed.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I think it's always safer to assume that finding Joes will be impossible to find as opposed to easy...in this case, it's not pessimism, it's just thinking realistically

 

[K-Tiger]

There is a lot of good stuff in that 3rd wave. Case packs could be scary.

 

[fogger1138]

According to HT:

Wave 3

• Budo (unsure on right now)
• Kwinn
• Data Viper
• Crimson Guard (meh)
• Cobra Combat Ninja
• Ultimate Cobra Commander (meh)
• Ultimate Roadblock
• Ultimate Storm Shadow
• Ultimate Snake Eyes (meh)
• Ultimate Duke
• Ultimate Flint
• Ultimate Fire Fly (meh, but I like the mini HISS)

Wave 4

• Joe Colton
• Blind Master
• Dark Ninja
• Cyber Ninja (meh)
• Lady Jaye
• Jinx
• Night Viper
• Alley Viper (meh)

I may be ordering both cases and trying to sell off the stuff I don't want. There's more win than fail there, though.

 

[MMorelock66]

I do believe I'm looking at the first case I will ever preorder. It's a big moment for this guy!

 

[Riotheory]

I've never ordered a case, so know that I'm not trying to be ignorant; I just am. A case has 12 figures? So if there are 12 figs in wave three, does that mean the case won't have a bunch of doubles no one cares about? If I understand correctly, I may be ordering a case for the first time. I'll just hunt for extra Dukes and Data Vipers on the side.

R.

 

[WVMojo]

When the PoC and 30th figs weren't showing up in stores, I started a pile of loot @ BBTS...

Over a period of 6 months June through December 2011, I was ordering / pre-ordering about a case + each month.

I had it shipped out in January 2012...and when the box showed up I almost pissed myself. I had almost $700 worth of FIGURES. At the time $80 or $90 once or twice a month didn't seem that big of a deal until they all came at once. Wife wasn't too happen until I broke it down for her that I'd done that over a series of months rather than at one time.

Still I've got so many figs on a peg board its not even funny. I do like my 8 MOC Law&Orders just sitting there waiting for me to do something with them.

I keep hoping that HTS will come through and sell these figs as singles. As long as they avoid the Wave 1 Retaliation, I dont see any that wouldn't be purchased...granted I don't like them all, but I don't see them being stuck with any like the PoC Duke and Arctic Destro.

Or they could just work something out with corporate to do pre-orders on single figs and let us have at it. Then no one would be stuck with Ultimate Fireflies that no one wants and the increased sale of other figs would ultimately pay off the cost of tooling the figs that wont sell...but that's too much logic I guess.

 

[MMorelock66]

I've originally never wanted to order a case, never saw the meaning of it. Until now, with distribution questionable and me seeing a lot of stuff I like. It'll save me time and a headache.

Plus, whatever I don't want I can throw a bone to one of you ole turds.

 

[Giga Bread]

I don't want to order a case. For the first time, I want mutable Dukes, RBs, and CNs and these cases will probably be single packed with a lot of garbage I don't want