Haha, guessing what's in the pouches is my favorite game!

It totally makes sense. I was 8 when I first got into GI Joe, I'm 46 now. The Joes and Cobras would be in their mid to late 60s. Definitely taking meds!

Did you sa his from the high ground because if so I will follow your advice master

I have only seen Roadblock and Scarlett lol

Yea that would work with ps4 spidey

I was actually considering it for a custom Jean Gray until we get one thats based on a live action character with photo real

or Goop/Pepper.

To be fair Hasbro probably penned this deal with target months or probably even a year before the line was released. So you really can’t blame Hasbro for that. They probably have a deal that they will release that line for target only and they can’t get out of it. On top of that Hasbro has no control over how many units target wants to buy. But with Covid kicking in last year and everything being made in China getting supply in general overseas was near impossible. So I can see where manufacturing would be very tough for Hasbro and getting the figures made in the numbers that would satisfy us as collectors. But then again you also have scalpers. Scalpers no matter how much product is out there are going to buy it all. We seen that with the PlayStation five. So no matter how much Hasbro pumps out of their factories and how many units target buys we still have to deal with the scalpers buying obscene amounts Of the product. Hasbro has no idea if all of them are going to one person or multiple people why would they care they’re making their money? Target doesn’t care they’re making their money.

@@normanbeaulieu4204 I blame Hasbro. Even for non-exclusive figures, I never see most of them in retail stores. Hasbro is intentionally limiting the run for all figures -in my opinion. I see at least some Star Wars figures, But GI Joe is almost nowhere.

@@brianng3414 it doesn’t make any business sense to limit their stock going out to the public. But being that this is a G.I. Joe line and a new one at that in the 6 inch scale I wouldn’t be surprised. Only because it’s an unknown market and they probably only had an order for so many the first go around. And then again stores I have to order from Hasbro what they want and what they think there market can handle. On top of having them all made overseas in the year we just had I think all three things come to ahead and adding the scalpers we have a perfect storm. Unfortunately I think the scalpers and the lackadaisical attitude and un-uniformity that target has with selling the figures to the public is going to get the public not to buy them in the first place. But ultimately it’s the scalpers we get rid of the scalpers we get rid of the problem.

@@normanbeaulieu4204 still their fault. they have their famous quote: where fans come first. lmao hasbro dont live up to that. they damn well know we cant find no exclusives and even if hasbro got the target deal before the gi joe line, they already knew exclusives were bad because of the hasbro legends team.

@@normanbeaulieu4204 the "initial exclusive" nonsense needs to end, too. and yeah, the pandemic probably is a factor her, as well as maybe that freighter losing tons of merch in that storm, but after a year, they really need to have rethought their game plans with EVERYTHING. I can only hope they re-release these later on, so aftermarket prices will crash.

That's why I'm hoping for a main line release, to get more of an army going.

I agree

Yes because the regular ones are hard enough to find

I havent even seen wave 2 yet in any of my walmarts

I haven’t seen ANY Joe’s in my Target. None. The pegs are marked but always empty, even though the app shows “in stock!” I’ve stood next to the manager and showed him my phone and asked “so where are they?” She just said “I don’t like the app either- it takes days for it to update this location.” Same was said to me by Walmart’s manager. How is it that these HUGE corporations cannot afford capable app creators that make them work nationwide in real-time? How long does it take their ads to hit nationwide email inboxes? 2 seconds? There’s no reason every single store cannot have their availability updated in real-time, 24/7. If there’s a techie out there that can explain why it’s not possible, I’d love to learn!

@@sideswipe1261 Because it isn’t the app, someone inside the distribution center is swapping the Joe UPCs with other items. It’s happened and been reported with multiple Targets and Walmarts and they aren’t doing shit about it.

I fan Ally viper hits the store, exclusive or not it will be damn near impossible to find. Scalpers and greedy army builders will gobble it up like candy.

Oh man, that may be in the plans, but honestly it takes almost as long to set up and shoot the 30 second intros as it does to film the whole review, haha!

Yeah, it sucks when it happens. Gotta think there are big bins with tons of body parts getting assembled, getting things mixed up seems common. More than I'd prefer.

Where were you looking in the UK? Every online retailer that stocks Joes had them lasted about 4/5 hours fair enough but they where ready available. Indemandtoys even had some up today. Keep an eye out online and happy hunting.

I agree about Scarlett. I do like the head of the new one better, but the new paint of the armor is kinda ugly (digging the black under shirt though). If she came with some new accessories as well, like a new crossbow (not a fan of the packed in one) I might look into picking it up. But as it is I'll stick with the original and occasionally be on the lookout for the newer head.

Haha, sending vibes your way!

Lots of people are seeing Goop, so those who didn't get the Pepper/Mandarin 3pk are using it to custom her.

Really? Hmmm. I see more the girl in the Jurassic Park movies, Star-Lords GF.

Yeah I know damn scalp heads.

I'm about to do the same....sell my entire wave 1 on ebay out of frustration. I stopped collecting marvel legends to focus on this line and I can't get it because of target and hasbro's stupidity.

@@yellowmartian I gave up on this line twice. I was giving it one last chance with finding something on New Years. I missed a viper by one and only saw one box at 4 different locations. Last Friday I randomly came across 2 vipers on the shelf.

Veebs was able to do that exact combination pretty easily.

I like the horizontal for the weight holding hand, helps it turn in for a more natural rifle pose. But it dual pistols, vertical all the way.

@@TheFwoosh That's a really good point. I tend to focus on dual wielding and blade weapons on my figures so I guess that explains my preference there haha. Ultimately I'm just happy that vertical hinges have become in vogue, so to speak.

Sweet! Firefly is half the battle. I'm....sorry, I had to do it.

Yeah, still not my preferred color scheme to the clothes but I like it toned down a bit.

I'd like to do that but may wait for there to be more figures in the line. Or at least more range of figures.

@@TheFwoosh Makes sense, it's not like you can exactly review a wave of these given how inconsistent the releases are.

The troopers are up for pre-order in the main line, should be out any time now.

@@TheFwoosh Well yes my infantry squad along with Zartan are already pre-ordered at BBTS but I liked the Trooper with the darker blue color scheme and the extra accessories. The infantry just seems like a bit of a downgrade to me. Same price but less stuff. Beggars can't be choosers I know but still just a little off putting is all.