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Re: Comic Con Exclusive Sgt. Slaughter
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2010, 01:59 PM »
That's interesting - hope it pans out.
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Re: Comic Con Exclusive Sgt. Slaughter
« Reply #31 on: August 1, 2010, 07:47 PM »
I got mine from my little brother on Saturday.  The "USA" logo on his shirt is a little different than in the pictures; rather than just being on his gut portion, its split down the middle of the torso joint.  No biggie; just a little different.
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Re: Comic Con Exclusive Sgt. Slaughter
« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2010, 12:47 PM »
From Hasbro PR:

To the G.I. JOE fan community,

The passion displayed since Comic-Con on fan-forums regarding the special edition Sgt. Slaughter figures has been truly remarkable. It proves that there is a huge appetite to see this character in action figure form and we’re thrilled that the designs were so well received. We know the Sarge himself, who you may have had the chance to meet in the Hasbro booth at Comic-Con, would be honored to see such an outpouring of support and desire for this special edition figure in his likeness.

We understand there has been a misperception that Hasbro Toy Shop did not offer the primary or variant versions of the figure on the website after Comic-Con as has recently been tradition. This is not true. As publicized prior to the convention, there were indeed a limited number of Sgt. Slaughter figures (both variant and primary) available after the show; a reserve set aside specifically for HasbroToyShop.com as there is with all of our special edition figures.

Due to the overwhelming popularity, the figures sold out extremely fast. While we cannot provide a number of how many were available for practical business reasons, we do understand the frustration of those fans who were hoping to purchase the Comic-Con figures online after the convention. However, the very nature of these special edition figures dictates that they will be made in very limited quantities and availability cannot be guaranteed. Again, coupled with a strong demand for these figures, the supply available at both the convention and online afterwards went incredibly fast. Our primary goal is to make as many figures available at the show for the convention attendees. We are glad that we are also able to make some figures available online to those not able to make it to San Diego, but again, this quantity is limited.

It is important to note that the best opportunity to obtain these special edition figures is at the convention itself.

While we cannot guarantee anything at this time, because of the demand by fans who could not get the Comic-Con figures, we are looking at making the Sgt. Slaughter figures available again at retail, albeit in different packaging and likely not as single-carded basic figures. While details are not final we are making progress for late Spring ’11 and will have news in a couple months. We look forward to updating you then.

Thank you once again for the enthusiasm and support.

Sincerely,

The G.I. JOE brand team


Well, hopefully it brings prices down so I can still get a MOC Slaughter someday. It's usually not Hasbro's M.O. to announce things like this even with the caveat and not deliver on them, so I'm hopeful.
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Re: Comic Con Exclusive Sgt. Slaughter
« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2010, 01:08 PM »
pppppfffffffftt.  At least Hasbro responded to the outcry on this, but they could have just made another run.  I'm sure they'll paint him pink or give him some goofy deco whenever they get around to throwing him back up.   >:(

They also failed to mention that when he was available on HTS - it was only for a matter of minutes at extremely random times.  Going to be pissed if I see a bunch of AFA Slaughters on there.

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