[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

Does the jacket overlay come off? I didn't notice it at first, but apparently the base Hawkeye outfit in the movie is just the Ronin suit with the hood/shoulder parts off (you can see it even has the same boots).

It does. JayC showed that it did in his overview of the wave.

Paint the gold parts in, and it would actually make a pretty good generic Hand ninja for those of you needing army builders. Would also make for a really easy GI Joe Classic Firefly custom as well, which I'm strongly considering doing myself...

[TheBlueMarvel]

@Triv

I don't think I'm being unfair to you at all. My last post has less to do with you and more to do with the routine phenomenon that takes place on this thread.

The two pics you just posted will encourage someone to take a second look at the fig in the store bringing that person one step closer to a buy. When the movie drops, that third look becomes a trip, with fig in tow, to the cash register. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. My point from the start (weeks ago) was that grainy, or non-posed photos are not the best things to base one's opinion on. Most people here know that, yet fall into the same trap again and again.

I don't foresee this wave being a best seller. However, based on the canon fig recants I've already read, your testimony plus pictorial evidence, and the trends we habitually see here - I suspect it won't underperform as hard as most believe.

Personally, I'm waiting to see Maw. If the fig is moderately decent, I'll expand my canon fig wants to include the entire wave.

...I don't see Nighthawk warming that hard either. Actually, I don't even see Paladin around here. I see Gwenpools, Beetles, MCU Vultures, Medusas, Invisible Women, and X-23s...

[Brownfinger]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

God I Hate. HATE. HATE! Walmart exclusives. That Glaive/Loki pack was up on their site, said it had 4 left in a store near me, available for preorder. No way to preorder it or add to cart. No way to have it shipped, and that's fine I'd be happy to go pick it up on the 31st, but there was no way to even put in an order for that even. WTH am I missing? How do they have all, any or none left if you're unable to order them at all?

Sorry if I seem upset. I really want the Glaive figure and I think it's a crap decision to give us 3 of the 4 Children Of Thanos in waves or as a BAF, and put the last one as an exclusive, to a chain that is crap about stocking Marvel Legends in the first place.

Yeah, I checked around a couple Wal-Marts last night that said they had the set in stock, none to be found.
Booo! Let me give you my money.
Only a matter of time, sounds like.



Always did like the eye-searing colors on this guy, never got around to snapping a photo before now. Don't see much lime used in the Legends toyline.

[Archangel]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I'm sure you did...but you would be surprised at some of the things geniuses have suggested in this forum over the years...lol.

My Quantum Suit (or whatever we are calling them...SCIENCE!!!) Cap arrived yesterday, and having had a chance to goof around with him a bit today, here are a few thoughts.



The only accessory Cap comes with is his shield, which we've seen a hundred times already, although this one does differ in deco a bit, as it has an additional painted silver ring around the star that the previous shields did not. The suit is well sculpted and articulates pretty well, and while I was concerned with scale initially, it's really not all that much smaller than the Civil War/Studios/Winter Soldier Cap figures. The colors (or even the suit for that matter) isn't all that accurate to what we saw in the trailers, but it still looks good for what it is, and I do like the color palate they went with over the whites and blacks we saw in the final products.

The headsculpt is actually really good...and was probably my biggest surprise. It's not quite Evans from the Avengers, as that is what it's based off of, but it's generic enough that it can pass for it at certain angles, and the faceprint is expertly applied. Best of all, the blue is tinted just enough that it will work with the previous Walmart Avengers Cap, provided you have the darker tinted variant of that figure. The head also fits perfectly on that Walmart Avengers Cap, however you will still need to mod it, as it sits VERY high on that figure's neck.



All in all, this is one of those figures that is much better in person than the promotional pics we've seen give it credit, and while it's not so bad, it's actually better than I expected. However, in the end, this is gonna be a figure that you're gonna lean one way or the other depending on your personal tastes and whether or not you gotta catch em all.

It’s funny how a couple well taken pictures can change my mind. Great shots!

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

Always did like the eye-searing colors on this guy, never got around to snapping a photo before now. Don't see much lime used in the Legends toyline.

Honestly i like this version of vision. Its different and i love the color scheme.

[SymbiSpidey]

So definitely not feeling Walmart.com preordering anymore with me and a bunch of other people getting numerous charges on our card for the Loki/Corvus Glaive set. And I know that it'll eventually go away but I've never had to deal with that anywhere else. It's just such a absurd and silly way to handle preorders.

And to top it all off, it seems like me and a bunch of other people were able to find it in-store before preorders started getting fulfilled anyway so meh.

On the bright side, I got myself a Corvus Glaive and Loki 2-pack

[Harbinger]

Looks like now they are cuttin the boot/calf articulation point. Dwight strikes again.

[Archangel]

I was able to get black-hair Psylocke in this week. I really wish they just went with the purple head on that body. There wasn’t a need for a variant for her, especially that small of one. I hope they avoid these decisions in the future.

[maczero]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I'm sure you did...but you would be surprised at some of the things geniuses have suggested in this forum over the years...lol.

My Quantum Suit (or whatever we are calling them...SCIENCE!!!) Cap arrived yesterday, and having had a chance to goof around with him a bit today, here are a few thoughts.





All in all, this is one of those figures that is much better in person than the promotional pics we've seen give it credit, and while it's not so bad, it's actually better than I expected. However, in the end, this is gonna be a figure that you're gonna lean one way or the other depending on your personal tastes and whether or not you gotta catch em all.

I'm primarily an MCU collector and I'm inclined to pass on this. My main gripe is that it should scale larger or at the very least be the same size as previous movie Caps. That said I will pick up the Quantum Realm 2 packs (mainly for the head sculpts). The suits themselves aren't bad. In fact, I wish they didn't have the Avengers logo sculpted in because they'd make great suits for a generic space army (particularly with the Ant-Man helmet).

[En Sabah Nerd]

I'll post pics later but I was able to pick up the Corvus set in person at Walmart today. They also got in the Endgame wave but Hercules and Ebony Maw were already gone.

[JCarterVA]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I'll post pics later but I was able to pick up the Corvus set in person at Walmart today. They also got in the Endgame wave but Hercules and Ebony Maw were already gone.

I just got Cap, Herc, Glaive, Ronin and Maw

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

Does the jacket overlay come off? I didn't notice it at first, but apparently the base Hawkeye outfit in the movie is just the Ronin suit with the hood/shoulder parts off (you can see it even has the same boots).

I wish Cap still had the white biceps on his costume from Age of Ultron, that would've made this suit perfect to me!

[TheBlueMarvel]

FYI – I just spoke with a Gamestop manager about their Marvel Legends offerings and he informed me that their new CEO is moving the company away from stocking Legends and toward pre-order only. I asked whether the decision was based on poor sell through, to which he replied he wasn’t sure, but most likely, that was the rationale. He also said the new CEO wants to return Gamestop to a retail outlet known primarily for games, citing that they had too many non-gaming sku’s on shelves. I commented that I thought that was pretty short sighted and that gaming and toy collecting were interests that cross-pollinated; often the same person that games also collects figures/collectables and vice versa. He agreed and shared with me that they’ve started this new campaign where they take your info and add you to a VIP list and call you when new Marvel merch (or Star War/ Anime/ etc) is in stock, similar to the way they call for games. I told him that this could possibly work because many collectors have been complaining about the difficulty of finding exclusives at Walgreens and Walmart in the wake of TRU’s demise. We laughed at how he would likely be the one calling me, because, as has been mentioned often here, not all employees are as committed to what they do.

In any event, I thought I’d share this with the community. Maybe someone else brought it up previously, or knows already, but I figured I’d give you guys a heads up about the VIP list. This could work out if Hasbro starts funneling exclusives to Gamestop, saving many the headache of chasing ghost-brickseek listings.

[snake5289]

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Originally Posted by Black Arbor

I wish Cap still had the white biceps on his costume from Age of Ultron, that would've made this suit perfect to me!

I don't know. I get that the white on his arms and stomach are closer to the comics but his Winter Soldier uniform is easily my favorite so I'm pretty happy they're going back to it.

[MeLikeJinx]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

FYI – I just spoke with a Gamestop manager about their Marvel Legends offerings and he informed me that their new CEO is moving the company away from stocking Legends and toward pre-order only.

NUUUUUU! I need them to hold on until the X-men wave with Gamibt hits... then they can bail. LOL. Gamestop's demise is inevitable IMO anyway though.

[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

NUUUUUU! I need them to hold on until the X-men wave with Gamibt hits... then they can bail. LOL. Gamestop's demise is inevitable IMO anyway though.

Lol I think you'll be ok. CEO visions are usually phased in incrementally to avoid shocking patrons. If you aren't going to order the wave from a Dorkside or BigBadToystore, get yourself on that VIP list. If anything, we can demonstrate how real the business is with quantifiable metrics...

[MeLikeJinx]

^ Gamestop getting into the Legends game so hard the way they did completely changed the toy hunting landscape where I am at. I remember hunting for the Juggernaut and Warlock waves and trying to find a brown suit Wolvie or Deadpool or Cyclops was super hard for me. I never saw Deadpool at retail, only saw Cyclops once at Walgreens and bought him and only saw Wolvie twice. But then fast forward to when Gamestop starting getting tons of Legends... I found all the figs I wanted from both Deadpools waves and the Apocalypse wave very easily at Gamestop... not too mention Archangel. Most of the time there were multiple figs on the pegs too so I could pick the one with the best paint apps. If Gamestop is indeed getting out of Legends in mass numbers... I will be sad to see them go for sure.

Hmmm... I wonder if I should preorder Gambit, Beast, Jubes and Forge from them just in case.

[En Sabah Nerd]

So Brickseek wasn't lying for my local store. If I could've passed on this Loki I would've but since it's a two pack I can't have done that and I'm okay with it. He's not incredible but he's better than the Ragnarok figure so I can't complain. His lacking of anything other than the Tesseract is lame but it's nothing against the figure itself. Corvus is exactly the figure I was expecting it to be which is fantastic. He looks great with his goblin face and his tattered cloak, and his glaive is nice. He's in the same size range as his wife and Ebony Maw but he just looks better hunching like the creature of the night he is. The only down side is that his shoulders are limited by his cloak but since this was totally expected it doesn't actually bother me enough to hold it against the toy. It only took them a year but Hasbro finally came through on the husband and wife team I've been waiting for.

[Brownfinger]

So every store on Brickseek that had the Loki/Corvus set in stock all had five of each. But none of them actually had the set on the shelves. I went to the one store Brickseek said had less than five, and they were available for the buying! Really glad I don’t need to spend any more time tracking them down.

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Honestly i like this version of vision. Its different and i love the color scheme.

Testify! It doesn’t get as much appreciation as it deserves .

[MeLikeJinx]

Damn. The sculpting and detail on Corvus's clothing is pretty incredible looking.

[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ Gamestop getting into the Legends game so hard the way they did completely changed the toy hunting landscape where I am at. I remember hunting for the Juggernaut and Warlock waves and trying to find a brown suit Wolvie or Deadpool or Cyclops was super hard for me. I never saw Deadpool at retail, only saw Cyclops once at Walgreens and bought him and only saw Wolvie twice. But then fast forward to when Gamestop starting getting tons of Legends... I found all the figs I wanted from both Deadpools waves and the Apocalypse wave very easily at Gamestop... not too mention Archangel. Most of the time there were multiple figs on the pegs too so I could pick the one with the best paint apps. If Gamestop is indeed getting out of Legends in mass numbers... I will be sad to see them go for sure.

Hmmm... I wonder if I should preorder Gambit, Beast, Jubes and Forge from them just in case.

Well, based on my conversation, you won’t be able to pre-order just yet. However, you can sign up for that VIP list and have them alert you when new waves arrive.

[Archangel]

I guess “Available Now” at Walmart means, “We probably don’t have it...”

Two different ones, same result:

[Augustus_Cole]

Good ole' Walmart



i get a new charge daily

Does this mean I'll have FIVE CORVI ?!?!

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

Good ole' Walmart



i get a new charge daily

Does this mean I'll have FIVE CORVI ?!?!

Jesus Christ...that's a big boo boo...

[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

Good ole' Walmart



i get a new charge daily

Does this mean I'll have FIVE CORVI ?!?!

Yup, same thing happened to me and apparently a bunch of other people.


I ended up finding Loki/Corvus Glaive in store though and just cancelled my order for them online.

Wal-Mart is horrible lol