[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

She looks kick ass bro. I’d call her Shara. Recipe?

It is very loosely She-Ra inspired.
It's Angela, Songbird, and Black Cat. The shield is from Sif. The head is Invisible Woman with the Scarlett Witch head piece cut up and flipped around. I have a gold Minerva gun for it that I didn't put in the picture. I also painted the visor gold on a Minerva head. I can't decide if I like the head I posted or the Minerva head and scarf better.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

It is very loosely She-Ra inspired.
It's Angela, Songbird, and Black Cat. The shield is from Sif. The head is Invisible Woman with the Scarlett Witch head piece cut up and flipped around. I have a gold Minerva gun for it that I didn't put in the picture. I also painted the visor gold on a Minerva head. I can't decide if I like the head I posted or the Minerva head and scarf better.

I like the head ya got on there. And damn man your paint apps, especially using gold, are super crisp man. Props.

[Archangel]

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Originally Posted by Robb

Looks like sku is 644843211

You da man! Thanks bro.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

I like the head ya got on there. And damn man your paint apps, especially using gold, are super crisp man. Props.

Thank you. I am getting better as I go, but it's definitely not perfect yet. I use sticky tack and/or frog tape. I posted a Havoc recently that I painted the head on. You can't tell because it was black to begin with, but I blocked out the flesh parts with sticky tack and it worked great. Surprisingly gold and silver were the easiest colors to paint with. An airbrush really helps. The only parts I painted by hand were the blue things, red dot, and the gold on the sword and sword belt. If you use acrylic, you can lightly brush a tiny bit of water over the top before it dries to help smooth out brush strokes. Tiny bit.


I finally had to go to Target for stuff. They had about half the new Black Widow wave and 2 Deadly Origin Colleen Wing. I had to get one for the weapons. Mystique looks great with the sniper rifle and silenced pistol. I may be in the minority, but I don't really care about blast effects. Those smoking gun effects though...

[kenm2474]

Hmmm....Looks like Gamestop.com is no longer up.

[Robb]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

You da man! Thanks bro.

No problem.

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Starlord67

Oh no...Im giving you credit!!😁

Aw, shucks.

[jwyss234]

Got an email from Walmart tonight saying the estimated delivery date for Grey Widow is now May 19th.

[Veronica Mars]

I got the same email

[Boy Blunder]

Likewise. I understand why, but it's still a bummer.

[Vex]

Same boat with Widow. The annoying part is that I’ve had the charge pending on my account for the last three days to only now get any correspondence on it.

[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Vex

Same boat with Widow. The annoying part is that I’ve had the charge pending on my account for the last three days to only now get any correspondence on it.

They sent me an an email Monday, saying my card expired, it didn't,I was on the for an hour with customer service trying to sort it out

[Dolemite]

Bummer about all your pre-order woes. I got my Walmart Black Widow on ebay from a seller with good, up-close pics. The price actually wasn't horrible, but it was a bit more than retail ($29.99 shipped, my cut-off point). I just can't buy a Marvel Legends figure sight-unseen...I know I'd get a derpy eye or mis-aligned lips or glue residue on the hairline or whatever and it would piss me off. Plus I avoided these delays...I really wanted that figure now.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

Likewise. I understand why, but it's still a bummer.

I received the same email for Widow this morning. I also received the same email from Walmart yesterday my Transformers WFC: Hotlink figure.

Normally, I'd fault Walmart for this, but I'm gonna say this is actually more Hasbro's doing this time around, since it's affecting two of their exclusives from different lines, not to mention the disaster the Red Hulk has been for most of us. The Monster Venom solo fig keeps getting pushed back as well for some reason (my preorder now says late May) as well as my Snake Eyes order on Pulse (which many people have already received, yet mine was bumped back to July.)

Someone mentioned a bad experience with Pulse on their Monster Venom a while back, and Pulse's way of rectifying that was complete bs. They should have issued a refund if there was no suitable replacement, no further questions asked. I've had better customer service experiences with Chinese KO sellers than I have had with Pulse so far...they have been the absolute worst at everything this far.

[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I received the same email for Widow this morning. I also received the same email from Walmart yesterday my Transformers WFC: Hotlink figure.

Normally, I'd fault Walmart for this, but I'm gonna say this is actually more Hasbro's doing this time around, since it's affecting two of their exclusives from different lines, not to mention the disaster the Red Hulk has been for most of us. The Monster Venom solo fig keeps getting pushed back as well for some reason (my preorder now says late May) as well as my Snake Eyes order on Pulse (which many people have already received, yet mine was bumped back to July.)

Someone mentioned a bad experience with Pulse on their Monster Venom a while back, and Pulse's way of rectifying that was complete bs. They should have issued a refund if there was no suitable replacement, no further questions asked. I've had better customer service experiences with Chinese KO sellers than I have had with Pulse so far...they have been the absolute worst at everything this far.

I... was more citing delays in replenishing their stock due to global pandemic, but whatever

[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

I... was more citing delays in replenishing their stock due to global pandemic, but whatever

Oh you sweet summer child, trying to interject logic and reason....

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Someone mentioned a bad experience with Pulse on their Monster Venom a while back, and Pulse's way of rectifying that was complete bs. They should have issued a refund if there was no suitable replacement, no further questions asked. I've had better customer service experiences with Chinese KO sellers than I have had with Pulse so far...they have been the absolute worst at everything this far.

I think you are talking about me. It wasn't a bad experience with Pulse. I ordered my figure from Amazon. I contacted Hasbro because Amazon was out of stock and they recommended contacting Hasbro directly. Hasbro is sending me a free figure and Amazon is letting me return the defective Monster Venom for a refund. I only posted because it was a weird process.

[Spyne98]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

Hmmm....Looks like Gamestop.com is no longer up.

I can get it to load.

[Harbinger]

Im giving up on trying to find those target widows and rhulks. Seems even during a viral outbreak the effin scalpers are out in force, and ill be damned if im paying their cracked out prices.

[Captain Nash]

Surprise (not)! I got the same email about Black Widow. Totally understand and not chuffed about it at all. I'm more concerned about how badly the AoA wave will be affected in general terms...but...we all have a lot of bigger worries on our mind these days.

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

I think you are talking about me. It wasn't a bad experience with Pulse. I ordered my figure from Amazon. I contacted Hasbro because Amazon was out of stock and they recommended contacting Hasbro directly. Hasbro is sending me a free figure and Amazon is letting me return the defective Monster Venom for a refund. I only posted because it was a weird process.

Did Hasbro ask for any proof from you that you had purchased the figure from Amazon?

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Surprise (not)! I got the same email about Black Widow. Totally understand and not chuffed about it at all. I'm more concerned about how badly the AoA wave will be affected in general terms...but...we all have a lot of bigger worries on our mind these days.

I stay my ass inside most of the time anyways ( i hate going out if i absolutely do not have to ) so getting my figs is my biggest worry.

[EvilMonkeyPope]

I didn't even get the courtesy email from Walmart.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

I... was more citing delays in replenishing their stock due to global pandemic, but whatever

Except a large majority of the items I mentioned were finding their way into the hands of a lucky few before all of the shutdowns began to take place. I don't think what I said was entirely unreasonable.

Granted, there are bigger problems out there in the world than not being able to find figures right now. My frustration lies in that if Target was able to get their exclusive out by the date it was promised, why wasn't Walmart when it held the same release date as the Target one? Who's at fault there?

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

I think you are talking about me. It wasn't a bad experience with Pulse. I ordered my figure from Amazon. I contacted Hasbro because Amazon was out of stock and they recommended contacting Hasbro directly. Hasbro is sending me a free figure and Amazon is letting me return the defective Monster Venom for a refund. I only posted because it was a weird process.

That makes sense. I was under the assumption you picked up the figure from Pulse. At least Amazon was able to hook you up with a refund. Hope you get something good from Hasbro!

I still think Pulse is awful, worse almost as bad (if not worse) than it was when it was Hasbro Toy Shop...but that's just my personal opinion based off my horrible shopping experiences with them this far.

[JCarterVA]

Granted, there are bigger problems out there in the world than not being able to find figures right now. My frustration lies in that if Target was able to get their exclusive out by the date it was promised, why wasn't Walmart when it held the same release date as the Target one? Who's at fault there?

There are a lot of international shipping issues. I am a Buyer and work with non-Toy companies. Been teleconferencing and emailing with most of them the past 3 weeks. In China, there is a shortage of shipping containers, increased inspections, raw material challenges and a lot of uncertainty. In the US, most states have stay at home orders and it is affecting distribution. Priority is consumable goods. We are lucky anything new is being shipped from Toy manufacturers and if stores have people to put out products we want. Things are probably going to get delayed or canceled this year. We will survive. Let's stay strong, help each other out and hope that the new normal won't be having to put on face masks and gloves to go outside our homes.