[Dr Kain]

I forgot about the stream.

Why do we need ANOTHER Roadblock? Why not give us Stalker instead? With that said, I'll probably preorder him and see if Amazon actually ships him or not.

Was great to see Timber, but I don't like they are giving Snake-Eyes the goggle head. Why not just include both? Still, since my Snake-Eyes is the worst Joe in the line, I'll probably get him.

BBQ - One of those I did want, though I forgot to list him yesterday, but why the fuck does he have to be a Target exclusive? And why no unmasked head?

Breaker with Ramm Cycle - Not really something I care about, but if I see it I'll grab it.

Target exclusives reissues - Yeaaaaaaaaaaah, I'll believe it when I see it.

Did they say anything about Major Bludd?

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by Black Arbor

This is like giving your crack distributor a second chance after they smoked all the product you gave them to sell haha

Pretty much yeah. The thing is, Target and Hasbro really do not care who buys their product so long as it is selling. They made their profit regardless if it was fans or scalpers who bought it. Anything else is lip service at best. The comment stream was flooded with anger over Target releases.

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I forgot about the stream.

Did they say anything about Major Bludd?

Lenny made a comment about how awesome it is to see him in the hands of fans...despite many comments online indicating that is far from the case as most were unable to lock down an order on Target's site. That comment and the use of 3 Troopers for the dumb remote control car gag where Paul was jumping them or driving over them were rather bad form. The Troopers have pretty much been the hardest to find and are regularly the most expensive figures on Ebay at prices over 6xRetail.

[Atomsmasher]

I'm super bummed about this line. My targets have never carried a single cobra island figure.I am at a lost with this line.

[Bo Ttef]

Really excited about the Commando SnakeEyes- he's always been my preferred version of the character. The RoadBlock is a nice classic look and actually is more of a TRUERoadBlock to me- so the previous version (like his HeavyDuty Cobra Island counterpart) will end up re-named: maybe I'll find him a cap and he'll be HardBall...
Still don't care much for BBQ and not having an unmasked head is kind of odd.
Breaker and the RAM are awesome- but being CobraIsland... I'll not lose any sleep if I miss it

[redfox]

With the new, retooled Roadblock, maybe there's hope for a more Classic Scarlett down the line.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Reissues of CI Roadblock, Beach Head, Trooper and Baroness w/Coil are coming...to Target.

So he its the same as it was for their regular releases. Christ on crutch this line is horrid.

[jwyss234]

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Originally Posted by redfox

With the new, retooled Roadblock, maybe there's hope for a more Classic Scarlett down the line.

I wondered the same thing but for most of the Joes they’ve released up to this point. Especially since it looks like they’re giving them real weapons now.

[HoovenIV]

There's the link to the Amazon Roadblock.

I heard the Viper restock already sold out for Premium members. So everyone else at 2pm will get nothing.

[Nutimus Prime]

Lol Eff Hasbro. Within 30 seconds Firefly and Viper sold out. What did they offer, 3 figures? Lol

I added them to cart immediately at 12 pm and when I finished the captcha it told me Viper was already sold out. Clicked next and chose my address and then it said Firefly was sold out.

[jwyss234]

Bludd is up on pulse for members!!!! And he is in stock!

[tierneygreen]

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

Bludd is up on pulse for members!!!! And he is in stock!

[Dr Kain]

I preordered Roadblock and used part of my birthday gift card for him, so no cost to me. YAY!! We'll see if Amazon actually fulfills him or not.

[tagmac]

This really angers me! I gave in to ebay for Major Bludd because I got tired of waiting for him to even show up on Target.com, and the amount of gas I'd have spent searching stores meant I'd be paying a lot anyway. NOW Pulse puts him up for sale, not months later for people who missed out, but BEFORE he starts showing up in a lot of stores, & without warning?! UGH!! And as a Premium member, I would have had a shot at him earlier.

[sh002]

[En Sabah Nerd]

I always liked commando Snake Eyes more than ninja Snake Eyes and those realistic guns make his hole-punched ones look even lamer but I don't think I'm all in for this larger deluxe release format, still cool to see though. Other than that this entire reveal event was just way too heavily stained by frustrating Target exclusivity. I have never seen a single Cobra Island item in store or been able to order any that I wanted online.

[Bo Ttef]

Sorry Hasbro- I already got me a Roadblock... But I'll happily take that Double Blast off your hands!

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[scarrviper]

Preordered the amazon Roadblock as soon as it went live. I'm glad I've yet to get the redeco, because this "heavy artillery" version looks so much better. When I saw the pics I immediately thought "now that is Roadblock!"
I will admit though, it's silly that it took 4 tries to get him right in this line. Now if only they would do an improved Gung-Ho like this.

I'm glad to see they appear to be moving away from the nerf guns and back to some proper weapons with this line.

Hopefully the reissues of the Target exclusives from last year will be easier to find, but I won't hold my breath.

Barbeque is such an oddball choice. He does look good, but I don't have to have him. If I see him in store I might pick him up.

The Snake Eyes and Timber set looks amazing. Again I'm glad I didn't get the wave 1 snake eyes because I much prefer the commando look for him. The more I look at the pics, the more I like it. Hope it's not hard to find.

Not sure how I feel about Breaker and the RAM. The Ram looks excellent, but Breaker seems a bit too bare bones. He needs some accessories besides the helmet. Would it have killed them to include a rifle? Or a pistol and holster? Sucks this has to be Target exclusive. If I get the chance to buy it in store I might have to go for it.

[Archangel]

Did they address the shitty distribution of these figures? I had to watch on mute...damn conference calls.

[JCarterVA]

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Originally Posted by tagmac

This really angers me! I gave in to ebay for Major Bludd because I got tired of waiting for him to even show up on Target.com, and the amount of gas I'd have spent searching stores meant I'd be paying a lot anyway. NOW Pulse puts him up for sale, not months later for people who missed out, but BEFORE he starts showing up in a lot of stores, & without warning?! UGH!! And as a Premium member, I would have had a shot at him earlier.

I posted on a Joe Group on FB that Hasbro would be re-releasing these at some point. Look what they have done with Star Wars and a few ML. It is a challenge. FOMO. I paid $15 over retail for a Phantom figure on eBay. Not a ton but more than I wanted. 2 days later my buddy found him for me and bought it and 5 days later I found him at Target. Try to build a network of friends to help find the exclusives.

[MeLikeJinx]

I think BBQ is actually the perfect type of character for an exclusive. If Amazon gets all the ARAH versions... that is fine by me... better than Target. I have never even seen a Flint or Lady Jaye, so I don't think I will see any of the other stuff they previewed.

Seeing those Walmart Retro Wave 4 Stalker and Cobra Trooper hurt though... those looks so awful... I rather have the 25th version of Cobra Troopers than those Retro versions. I should have stocked up on POC/50th Cobra Troopers back in the day.

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Did they address the shitty distribution of these figures? I had to watch on mute...damn conference calls.

Just a passing generic statement akin to "we know they have been hard to find" followed by the announcement on re-releasing them once again through Target. The chat went ballistic when they made that statement.

[Dr Kain]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirathis

Just a passing generic statement akin to "we know they have been hard to find" followed by the announcement on re-releasing them once again through Target. The chat went ballistic when they made that statement.

At this point the chats might be the best thing to read from these streams as people are way too serious at times. I get being frustrated, but god damn do many on the chat take things to a whole new level. There were even GI Joe peeps bombing the Power Rangers stream a few weeks ago.

[Harbinger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirathis

Just a passing generic statement akin to "we know they have been hard to find" followed by the announcement on re-releasing them once again through Target. The chat went ballistic when they made that statement.

I honestly can’t blame them. I mean its just gonna be the same hassle all over again. Hasbro just seems intent on feeding the scalpers at this point and its caused me to just drop collecting this line as its too much hassle just trying to get these goddamned things.

[HoovenIV]

Looks like Commando Snake-eyes is going up this Thursday and will be available at BBTS.

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