The Daredevil series is the best of them.  I still don't know if this makes any of the Netflix stuff canon or if that was another dimension and we just also have a Daredevil in the MCU now.

I'm in for two of these sets.  I love me some Shoretroopers.

A new "Series 1" Hulk is up on Pulse right now.  Looks great, but $44 retail for a 6" figure?!

https://hasbropulse.com/products/marvel-legends-series-1-hulk?variation=B&utm_source=Mu2gHB&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211216_MVL%20Legends%20Livestream_DGDX%20%28SFhEEx%29&_kx=2KvO0UyR5DBXtKPczfBOEOXPllgnszcqVxdZVDsg0N0%3D.LqpvWS

Is it just me or does the Wookie look like the Bumble???

Pretty sure he was designed to look like Bumble.

I stumbled across a TBS Bodhi Rook at my local GameStop store today. With my monthly rewards it was $19 and change.  Better than the price from Amazon.

Nice score!  That's what I'm hoping for as well.  Lately everything seems to be showing up in stores eventually, so rolling the dice to get my monthly rewards...

My TVC Droids Threepio arrived in a nice big box, but with a totally mangled card. It looks like the card has a new accordion action feature. I guess he is the opener.

Mine came in a huge box as well - it could have easily fit the original case of these figures along with padding if they wanted to.  It's in great shape, so not complaining, but feels like they could figure out a better solution to keep the cards safe.  I wonder if Target is moving to a standard size box for all shipments?  My wife ordered a few things from Nordstrom and they all arrived in the same box configuration despite very different sized items inside.

I used to feel that way until I moved to Chicago.  There aren’t many stores near me that carry the st us d. We have a few Targets, but the nearest Walmart is a 45 to 60 minute round trip and I barely drive living here.  I know I’m an outlier, but buying them in stores is a colossal pain in the ass and is extremely time consuming, which makes striking out even more painful.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.     It's not really like retail stores are an option anyway, so you're doing it right.  I still hit stores on occasion as I'm fortunate enough to live and work near multiple Target and Walmarts, but there's never anything there.  At best I'll find something that's been out a while that I've already pre-ordered.  Or think I've pre-ordered.  Wait, did I pre-order that...

Quote from: Dave on December  9, 2021, 02:26 PM

Quote from: JediJman on December  9, 2021, 01:51 PM

Any theories on why the Rancor had a 50% increase despite seemingly being further along than the Crest?  I would assume similar or better profit margins given all the extras the Crest comes with in comparison. 
 

What was the theory on Facebook?

I'm assuming the development costs were higher for the Rancor and that they needed a bigger investment to get their return.  It would be sad if they just got greedy and created a higher threshold just to drive higher profits.  They could have created more momentum and FOMO if the threshold was lower (and it had better unlocks to drive it higher).

I wonder how much can be attributed to shipping cost.  The shipping cost is/was factored into the pricing since it has "free" shipping.  I have heard that the shipping for Razor Crest is coming in WAY higher than they originally projected/charged because they have had to air freight some into the US and then others have been rerouted from Long Beach, CA to Savannah, GA port of entry to get them off the boats.  I wonder if that played a role?

It's a fair point and I do think shipping costs have probably increased significantly with the backlog of distribution in the U.S. right now.  That said, the Crest is probably shipping out at an all time shipping high, while there's reason to assume shipping costs would come back down by the time the Rancor would ship.  I think the Rancor also has a smaller profile and could fit in a smaller box.  Were they trying to get more money out of it to offset higher shipping costs on the Crest?  Maybe, but then that's added reason to keep the minimum low and at least get some profit out of this versus nothing.  It also looked to me like the Rancor was much further along in its development versus the Crest, but I don't know how much of the cost goes into design/overhead if any. 

I didn't see any theories on FB - someone just pointed out the 50% increase in backers and thought it was odd.  People were already shocked at the Rancor's $350 price point (myself included), so requiring an added 3,000 backers over the Crest to get it made feels like they were just being greedy.  There's probably some other rationale, but I haven't come up with a good one yet.  If you can make the Crest happen at $2.1 MM, I'm bewildered as to why you can't make the Rancor for less than $3.15 MM.  Maybe they were planning to ship each box individually with a private jet.