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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: April 3, 2009, 09:46 AM »
I just read about the wonder twins - apparently the monkey (gleek?) will only be available with the set at SDCC.  That set that goes to the website after will just be the twins.
I was on the fence about trying to get those two, but the lack of the monkey seals it for me - I won't be picking it up.

I'm a bit disappointed in what mattel is putting up on mattycollector.  I thought that Adam Strange/Starfire pack was a great choice, but don't really understand the Ultraman/Alex Luthor set.  And while I can appreciate the nostalgia of the wonder twins, it's not what I thought they would be doing with the website.  I figured they would use it to launch some of the more obscure characters that collectors would like, which would fill in gaps in the series, and figures that would be a hard sell at retail.

One thing I thought would be perfect is a Raven/Beast Boy set to help round out the Titans.  Both characters that would be a tough sell at retail, but I think collectors would happily pick that up.

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Gentle Giant / Re: Gentle Giant Mini-Busts
« on: March 24, 2009, 12:07 PM »
Picked up the Tie Pilot a few weeks ago.  Man, that's one nice looking bust - easily one of my favorites so far (mind you, I have a bit of a Tie Pilot bias).

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: March 17, 2009, 06:20 PM »
MOTU was THE toy line for me when I was a kid.  I was also big into Super Powers, but that was later.  I think I had pretty much everything from the first few waves.  I was getting out of it by the time Hordak showed up, but I always thought he was an awesome character.  When the re-releases were done a few years back I managed to get most of them (until the last wave or so), and I was sad they never got around to Hordak.
Looking forward to finally getting him in the new line.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: March 16, 2009, 04:02 PM »
Stratos still hasn't showed, but I ordered Faker this morning.  Thought of ordering two, but with the current economy one will have to do.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: March 11, 2009, 04:34 PM »
Actually I'm also in Canada, but my Skeletor arrived a lot sooner then this so I was starting to get concerned.  I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I did get a shipping notice a few days after it was ordered.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: March 10, 2009, 12:14 PM »
I ordered Stratos the day he went up, but haven't seen him yet.  Is anyone else still waiting for him?  I'm wondering if I should be contacting Mattel/MattyCollector?

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: February 24, 2009, 11:08 AM »
As a collector, I agree that Mattel should lower the 10 figure limit.  From thier perspective though, they don't care - they just want to sell the figures and not get stuck holding stock.  But if they are selling out this fast, then it would seem foolish not to increase the numbers somewhat.  They don't get anything from the secondary market, so any people who can't get the figures due to sellout are lost sales/revenue.
Because it's a new line, and somewhat of an unknown commodity for demand, I think it'll take them a few figures to get it right.  But hopefully very soon they will find a balance so that he figures remain available for about a month, and then sell out right around the time the new ones hit.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: 2009: What Are You Collecting?
« on: February 23, 2009, 09:33 AM »
Star Wars - occasional figure here and there.

DCUC - Pretty much everything.  I'm a big DC fan, and the whole C&C figure thing has hooked.  Too bad these things are impossible to get.

MOTU - wasn't planning on getting these, and then I saw Skeletor.  Nice figures.  Too bad they're overpriced.

Gentle Giant - Looks like there are a number of OT busts coming out this year that I want.


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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: February 23, 2009, 09:28 AM »
I picked up Stratos mainly because I figured this would happen.  I missed out on he-man and beastman, and was unsure if I really wanted Stratos.  But given how quickly they've sold, and how expensive they are on the secondary market, I didn't want to risk missing it. 
I figure it's mainly scalpers that have caused them to sell out so quickly.  You would think that if they are selling that quickly though, Mattel may want to rethink the size of the production run.

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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: February 19, 2009, 05:47 PM »
My wave 6 showed up yesterday.  Pretty nice wave all around.  But I've read a number of people commenting that the quality control seems better in this wave, and for me this is the worst wave I have for paint applications.  On almost all the figures, there is missing paint on things like boots.  Strangely, Kalibak is the only figure with really well done paint application.
Anyone else notice this?

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Gentle Giant / Re: Gentle Giant Mini-Busts
« on: February 17, 2009, 02:31 PM »
wow - lotsa nice stuff there.
I'll get the snowtrooper for sure, as well as 4-lom and Fett.  The hoth luke looks great as well - but I'm not as sold on the Han.

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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: February 12, 2009, 10:57 AM »
Saw the joker pic - looks awesome.  And very faithful to the super powers line.  Does anyone have a link to the deadshot pics?  I've seen people talking about them, so I know they are floating around.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: February 9, 2009, 08:19 PM »
Sigh.  I'm really kicking myself for not ordering He-man/Beast-man when they launched.  I'm one of presumably many who planned to get he-man with Skeletor.  And it's tough to want to get all of them when I'm missing the main character.  Has anyone heard if there are any plans to re-release - perhaps with new packaging?  I'm sure the demand is there for another run.

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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: February 9, 2009, 08:17 PM »
As usual, the wave looks great.  The one thing that seems a bit odd to me is Chemo.  I guess I haven't seen him in comics in recent years, but that sure doesn't look like the Chemo I remember.  Nice touch with the Super Powers Mantis.  Kind of a bit character, but I actually want to get both of them.

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Gentle Giant / Re: Gentle Giant Mini-Busts
« on: January 30, 2009, 08:56 AM »
Hey, my bounty hunter setup looks exactly like that.
Well, minus the Fett  :'(

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