[The Heat]

So I can't decide whether or not to keep my Select Colossus or to go with the upcoming 2 pack Colossus that's paired with Juggernaut. The new one is going to be more in scale with Legends, but I kind of like the extra detail and bulk that the Select one brings to the table (even if he's too tall). I'm so conflicted!

[Bo Ttef]

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Originally Posted by The Heat

So I can't decide whether or not to keep my Select Colossus or to go with the upcoming 2 pack Colossus that's paired with Juggernaut. The new one is going to be more in scale with Legends, but I kind of like the extra detail and bulk that the Select one brings to the table (even if he's too tall). I'm so conflicted!

I'm more of a scale than 100% costume accuracy guy- I can do a lot of Select figure but not Colossus- But if you like him that's all that matters- there will probably be a ton of reviews and comparisons once he hits, maybe just wait for one of those.

[MeLikeJinx]

Select Colossus is just too tall to keep IMO. I mean it was good enough before, but now that there is a shorter alternative coming... the extra height starts to bother you more. Like I thought Select Colossus wasn't that tall until I compared him to the Cyclops wave Colossus that came out... after that I was like... nah, he's too tall. LOL.

[Dr Kain]

Pulse shipped out my Professor X order.

[AFU]

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Pulse shipped out my Professor X order.

Funny how BBTS has the Professor X and Deadpool packaged together for 84.99 available now and in stock, but yet I pre-order the Professor X alone, and they say it is not in stock, shame on you BBTS!...I have learned my lessons with them now! Will go through pulse or another retailer in the future to avoid this nonsense, you lost a great customer BBTS!

[Dr Kain]

Honestly, I've been wanting a reason to cut down on using BBTS for over a year now, hence why I tried Dorkside last year, so if Pulse can deliver on all of Hasbro's goods, I'll definitely use them. I'll just make BBTS my alternative option once my Prime account expires at Amazon next month for non-Hasbro items or items I can't get at Pulse (like the entire Caliban wave).

[Trivial Psychic]

I'm not sure if I get all the flack that BBTS gets. The prices might be a little higher in some cases, but I've always had a positive experience with their customer service, and their Pile of Loot option is one of the best shipping options out there. They've even managed to lower their shipping prices over the last year, and everything always gets to me looking like a million bucks. More importantly, they have NEVER cancelled one of my pre-orders because they oversold or couldn't fulfill it...which is something I can't say about Amazon, EE, Sideshow or Dorkside.

I usually use BBTS to pre-order anything that I feel might be difficult to find, or a must have. I'll do it with the understanding that if they take a little longer and I'm able to find the item by my own means (such as I frequently do with Marvel Legends) before they fulfill it, I'll just cancel the order and move on.

I just think patience levels that we have as toy collectors is insanely short. We're in such a rush to get the newest thing, only so we can open it up, tinker around with it for a few minutes, and set it on a shelf, detolf, or pack it away in a bin. BBTS does a pretty good job honestly, I think that we as collectors just have to better train ourselves not to lose our **** when we see someone else with the newest thing, especially when we know we're gonna most likely have it in hand in the very near future anyways should all go right.

[Bo Ttef]

Well, Several chat sessions with Amazon later and I have a Prof.X on the way. I contacted them through chat and after not getting resolution and choosing "try again to help" I reached a rep that applied a $30 credit to my account for the price difference between the Canceled Pre-Order and the "Item available from other sellers" rate that was available.

[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by AFU

Funny how BBTS has the Professor X and Deadpool packaged together for 84.99 available now and in stock, but yet I pre-order the Professor X alone, and they say it is not in stock, shame on you BBTS!...I have learned my lessons with them now! Will go through pulse or another retailer in the future to avoid this nonsense, you lost a great customer BBTS!

...you do realize that they order a set amount of cases to sell together, and cases to sell individually, right? Even when they restock, that's still the case. If they have a set amount of Professor X/Deadpool sets that they're selling as sets, they're not gonna start breaking them up just to fill orders on stock they don't presently have. It's not how the business works. Because then they'd have a problem from the other end, when people want to order the set but can't, even if both figures are in-stock (technically, they could still order both figures, but not as a set with a discounted price any more).

[Dr Kain]

So piggybacking on the conversation we had a week or so ago about the Spider-Man buck, I was going through my Roger Stern Spidey Omnibus and you guys are right about the newer body from Vision/2099/Sunfire/etc using would make for a great classic Spider-Man, especially if they base him off of Romita Jr's artwork.

The body is actually less muscular than I initially thought now looking at the details closely.

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I'm not sure if I get all the flack that BBTS gets. The prices might be a little higher in some cases, but I've always had a positive experience with their customer service, and their Pile of Loot option is one of the best shipping options out there. They've even managed to lower their shipping prices over the last year, and everything always gets to me looking like a million bucks. More importantly, they have NEVER cancelled one of my pre-orders because they oversold or couldn't fulfill it...which is something I can't say about Amazon, EE, Sideshow or Dorkside.

I don't like the changes they've done to their policies and layout in the last year. It makes it a hassle to cancel preorders now because there is no straight up cancel option until you go into the modify section, which is annoying. Plus, they penalize you now if you cancel too many preorders (how it is my fault that a local physical store gets some figures instock months before they do??).

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I just think patience levels that we have as toy collectors is insanely short.

Oh I am totally this, always have been. I like instant gratification. If I had a choice, I would never order online and buy everything in person. I hate paying for a product I don't have in my hands at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

Well, Several chat sessions with Amazon later and I have a Prof.X on the way. I contacted them through chat and after not getting resolution and choosing "try again to help" I reached a rep that applied a $30 credit to my account for the price difference between the Canceled Pre-Order and the "Item available from other sellers" rate that was available.

Seeing as how Amazon took my $10 credit with them when they canceled my order, I'm going to have to start up a chat because I gave them a week and it still hasn't shown up on my account.

[AFU]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

...you do realize that they order a set amount of cases to sell together, and cases to sell individually, right? Even when they restock, that's still the case. If they have a set amount of Professor X/Deadpool sets that they're selling as sets, they're not gonna start breaking them up just to fill orders on stock they don't presently have. It's not how the business works. Because then they'd have a problem from the other end, when people want to order the set but can't, even if both figures are in-stock (technically, they could still order both figures, but not as a set with a discounted price any more).

I get your point, Arker, from a business prospective, but also from a business prospective, why who you have the set available to buy right now, and not deal with customers that have pre order 2 months in advance...So the business is willing to deal with someone who wants to buy the set today, instead dealing with the customer from 2 months ago? I still think I will use an alternative method next time, before BBTS.

[usernamedustin]

I just got the Professor and built the Shadow King. I was ok with it in the pictures, but now that I have it in hand, I am a little disappointed. I feel like a regular Farouk head would have been better than the monster face. It almost feels like you HAVE to put some kind of "monster" hands on it to make it work. Overall I am happy that we got a Shadow King of ANY kind, but it did come with that little bit of disappointment.

[Hulkwummy]

Just got Professor Xavier and Mystique figures today from Amazon.

[Bo Ttef]

I like the idea of the Farouk head for SK- but my go-to will still be the awesome Toybiz "accessory" ShadowKing from the AoA line-

Shadow King by lowanbing, on Flickr

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

I like the idea of the Farouk head for SK- but my go-to will still be the awesome Toybiz "accessory" ShadowKing from the AoA line-

Shadow King by lowanbing, on Flickr

I have that accessory as well as Ozymandius paired up with my current Hasbro BAF Apocalypse...

[Harbinger]

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I like the idea of the Farouk head for SK- but my go-to will still be the awesome Toybiz "accessory" ShadowKing from the AoA line-

Shadow King by lowanbing, on Flickr

“Curse you lava lamp......wheres my three wishes?! Thats the last time I buy a “ magic lava lamp “ from Canada!”

[jmurray90720]

It’s also worth mentioning Deadpool is 3 per case to Xavier’s 1 per case...

[Bo Ttef]

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I have that accessory as well as Ozymandius paired up with my current Hasbro BAF Apocalypse...

I wouldn't mind a full-sized Ozymandius to pop up somewhere along the lines- he's probably too minor even by hasbro standards though- lol

[Bo Ttef]

Kind of funny to note that 2 of the 3 Heads of the Maggia Crime Syndicate have been released only as heads... I'm gonna be impressed if the inevitable Warpath/Thunderbird re-release comes with a Count Nefaria head...

Maggia by lowanbing, on Flickr

[Harbinger]

No legends to speak about when i was out today ( same crappola i been seeing since december ) but i did manage to snag a few other things ( i already had the furballs )

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

Kind of funny to note that 2 of the 3 Heads of the Maggia Crime Syndicate have been released only as heads... I'm gonna be impressed if the inevitable Warpath/Thunderbird re-release comes with a Count Nefaria head...

Maggia by lowanbing, on Flickr

Is that april oneil and irma undercover behind the hammer head n friends?

[SymbiSpidey]

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It’s also worth mentioning Deadpool is 3 per case to Xavier’s 1 per case...

Yup. If there's anyone to blame for this Professor X fiasco, it's Hasbro, who for some reason felt it necessary to triple pack Deadpool when we already got 5 figures for him in the past year alone, meanwhile we haven't seen Professor X, a staple X-Men character, since 2005. AND he comes with the hoverchair people have wanted for ages. But nope. Only one per case, so good luck finding him!

[Enigmatic]

Has anyone seen word on when the Captain Marvel in Binary form Wal-Mart exclusive figure is supposed to hit their stores?

[Nutimus Prime]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

I like the idea of the Farouk head for SK- but my go-to will still be the awesome Toybiz "accessory" ShadowKing from the AoA line-

Shadow King by lowanbing, on Flickr

I really wish I was collecting Legends when Stryfe came out. When I was a kid I was really into him and Cable. Now I have Cable and no Stryfe.

Awesome couple of days tho. Today I finally found a lone Mystique! Yesterday I found Siege Ultra Magnus, Siege Shockwave, and Studio Series Dark of the Moon Megatron.

[Bo Ttef]

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I really wish I was collecting Legends when Stryfe came out. When I was a kid I was really into him and Cable. Now I have Cable and no Stryfe.

Awesome couple of days tho. Today I finally found a lone Mystique! Yesterday I found Siege Ultra Magnus, Siege Shockwave, and Studio Series Dark of the Moon Megatron.

Being in the exclusive wave is going to keep Stryfe at the top of the price bar- glad I got him at release, he's also a favorite of mine.