I found some of the 12" Joes today at a Wal-Mart in Elmira, NY.  They had the Sea and Air Adventure along with Man of Action and The Adventurer.  No Land Adventurer, however.

I snagged a Sea Adventurer and The Adventurer.  They had a couple open on the shelves and they looked pretty good.  I snagged two that were sealed and when I got home and opened the Adventurer he was missing his shoulder holster and pistol.

So, you may want to open them in the store, they're just tapped closed, to make sure they are complete before buying them.

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Hey Brian,
  When you found the Joe figures at Wal-Mart do you recall what they were stocked next to?  Star Wars, Pirates, Corps figures (or whatever those cheap military figs are)?

I was looking at my WM today, the're pretty far along in the reset but I didn't see tags for the figures and the planogram sheets I was looking at didn't seem to have them either.

Also, for anyone that has seen the WM exclusive 12" vintage-style Adventure Team figures, were they stocked in an aisle with the other Joe figures or were they on an end cap somewhere?

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I guess there is some speculation that the playing cards given out at ComicCon might be clues as to what figures could be on the way in the 25th line.  There is a number of variant/repaints, such as "Shipwreck with white shirt" which we saw both versions of in toy form at CC.  Anyways, just thought I'd pass it along - food for thought.  You can see all of the cards at the linky (and larger versions by clicking on each suit).

Well, it would make sense seeing as how they could easily have come up with other characters to put on the cards instead of two versions of Shipwreck or Torpedo, etc.  I'd buy that rumor of the cards being the potential line-up for the 25th figures.

If they are going to do all those figures, plus re-paints, I think I'll take a hard look at them before deciding how many I want to pick up.  I definitely want that Firefly figure, though. 

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ManI have yet to see any at retail. 

Do you have a Target near by?  If so, and they reset their toy ailse, be on the lookout.  My Target finished the action figure set either Wednesday or Thursday and by Saturday they had the 25th Joe figures stocked.  They had one case of the singles and one or two cases of the 5-packs.  Not sure how they ship in a case but there were at least 2 of each (Joe and Cobra).

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"Not Another Teen Movie."

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I'm not as heavily into the Joes as I am SW but I've gotten the impression over the last couple of years that maybe Snake Eyes and Stormshadow aren't as popular as they once were.  Or, at least, that people are tired of seeing them on the shelves. 

Seemed like every wave of Sigma Six figures either had Duke, Snake or Storm or worse, all three.  Same with the 3.75" figures.  People that complain about too many Vader figures in the SW waves or the hundreds of Wolverine variants have a minor irritation to the Joe collectors and the endless Snake and Duke figures out there (the DTC waves were an exception to this problem, however).

Even the new Sigma Six-style figures that are out now as Adventure Team includes a Stormshadow vs Tiger set.  There's a Snake Eyes tomb set with cobra snake coming later on in the line.  So, I'm not really surprised that they aren't selling quickly. 

The Cobra Officer went first at K-Mart and I think I got to the wave at Target first today as all the figures from the case were still on the shelf.  Hopefully this line of figures will be a little more diverse as the DTC was towards the end.

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Thanks for the run down, Jesse.  I haven't bought any 21st stuff since they got out of the 1:6 business and while some of the bbi 1:6 stuff TRU was carrying a while back wasn't bad, it wasn't quite what I was looking for at the time.  I did buy a couple uniform sets and at least one weapons pack, though, and liked the stuff well enough.

I was tempted more than once to pick up a 1:18 Elite Fordces piece or two at TRU when I was buying Joes more often about 2 years ago, but never did.  I've always admired the 21st planes and equipment that WM has been carrying also, but again, never purchased any of it.

It would be fun to have a nice Humvee for my Joes to tool around in so maybe I'll take a closer look at them at Target when I head back there next.  No helos there yet, though.

On the Joe front, I found the two 5-packs at Target today and picked up one of each.  Also got a single carded Stormshadow.  Haven't opened them yet, probably sit down later tonight and go through them.

So far I have mixed feelings, though.  I opened the v2 Snake Eyes last night and while the extra articulation is nice, the sculpting looks well done and the accessories are nice, the weak plastic (as we already see in the Star Wars line) sucks.  The fact that the forward hip movement is hampered also is a big disappointment, especially in Snake Eyes.  Except for that extra kneed joint, some of the 2003 and newer SE figures are almost better articulated.

I'm going to hold off on final judgement on all of them till I get the 5-packs and the Stormshadow open.  Then I'll probably know if I'm going to be buying more or not...although I don't think I'd be able to pass up on Firefly.

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I saw the shelf tags for the Elite Forces stuff and was kind of surprised.  They had the Hummer there today along with a smaller airplane but the helicopter, other vehicles and figures weren't stocked yet.

That Humvee is a nice looking vehicle.  I don't think I've ever bought any of the EF stuff before, though.  How's the quality on it?

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