I also bought the TRU 3-packs today.  This was the first time I've seen all three but it still took a while to decide to buy them.  I mainly wanted the gold CG, Grunt and Cobra Commander.  I like the large Cobra sigil on the v1 Cobra Commander and other paint details.  The Duke, Hawk, red CC, CG, Cobra Officer and soldier are ok. 

I also found w7 at Wal-Mart today.  I really like them all.  However, I'm having a harder time liking the Viper then I thought possible.  It has funky wrists, bad ankle articulation, rubbery toes, loose goggles that fall off all the time, a backpack that won't lay flat against the back and a vest that won't stay clasped.  It looks cool standing there but is hard do much with.

On the other hand the Snake Eyes v3 is awesome and 100% perfect.  I wish they could get all the figures to work this well.  Holds weapons well, great articlation, many great accessories.  Awesome.

Spirt, Wild Bill and HISS Driver are also very cool and it's hard to find anything wrong with them.  I'm still not a big fan of the mid-torso look on the Hiss Driver/Flash.

w7 Duke is cool too.  I'm not big on repaints but the flag stand is cool and jetpack works great on the silver Grand Slam.

Thanks for posting the link.  The Snow Serpent looks awesome.  I hope they pack 2 Bats and 2 Snow Serpents per case.

That Metroplex KO repaint looks cool. 

I received the Masterpiece Prime a few weeks ago and ever since I've been on a small G1 buying spree.  I started with Fortress Maximus.

I was going to pass on the Ninja set too.  However, after seeing it on the shelf I couldn't resist.  I think the Snake Eyes and Ninja Leader are very cool.  The other 3 Ninjas are a lot like the original release but still cool.  I wouldn't mind having some more of just the Ninja Leader but 3 of the regular Ninjas from the set is enough.

I found wave 6 late last night at WM in Brooklyn Park, MN.  The Torpedo figure is awesome.  Definitely one of my favorites.  Now I hope they do a Tripwire just as good as Torpedo and Snow Job.  My three all time favorite Joe figures when I was a kid came as a three pack at JC Penney; Torpedo, Snow Job and Tripwire.

Also, found 6 more Crimson Guards after going to about 4 Target stores.  Found 2 CG/Officer comic pack and 2 Air Troopers at Target too.

Lately, I've been putting the silver emblem Cobra Soldier legs on the Air Trooper and swithing the webbing in order to have some soldiers with red emblems.  This also works very well with the Officer from the comic pack and maybe legions Cobra.  The only difference with the soldier is it has a red neck when done instead of black neck like the one in the Cobra 5-Pack.

Over at yojoe.com someone posted a cool picture of a Wal-Mart endcap full of 25th figures.  Not sure where but I hope many Wal-Marts go this route. 

http://forums.yojoe.com/showthread.php?t=55690



but still a long way from the 80s. 

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If anyone needs the Dreadnoks, new crotch Hawk or new crotch blue Snake Eyes then stop at K-Mart.  I picked up the Hawk and Dreadnok sets at the Blaine, MN store this evening.  The new crotch Hawk pack and neon Duke pack seem to be 1 per case.  All the others are 2 per case.