yes random times to stop fast selloutsCC had the preorder button available a minute ago. I tried adding to cart three times and got "something went wrong" after each click, then back to sold out after the fourth. Are figures up at random times? I heard he was up last night too.
I had one tab open to CC and was bouncing between other sites in another tab. I think I went 15-20 minutes without refreshing CC's. I wonder how long he was available? Limiting exclusive to under 5 might help, even if it's for the first week, then relax the amount later.
I don't, if I had a base with not much growth, I would try to make as many of those people happy as possible. Most of us are pushing 50, are happy days are dwindling.
Based on everyone’s hype for Night Creeper, I ordered one. He’s fine. I didn’t have him as a kid, so I have no attachment. My copy can’t seem to keep the backpack on. Maybe it’s too heavy due to the crossbow. He poses well enough. I won’t be buying more since I’ve been considering latter day army builders as individual specialists.
I’ve been considering latter day army builders as individual specialists.
Honestly, this is position I've had to start taking with almost all the army builders released now. In early days I was eager to grab multiples of the generic soldiers - but with the collection coming in now at like 160 different individual characters (including unique variants like TF and NF) - there's not a ton of space for troop building. So most of these Cobra soldiers with different colored uniforms just get slotted in as special operatives.
@unclassified dont know if they’ll get to him, but there was an actual character called Night Viper Leader in the vintage line. Also there was a named character who was implied to be some sort of leader.
@normdapito I haven't had any problem with my Night Creeper's backpack staying on. The crossbow itself, however, definitely falls off if I do too much with the figure. I have to put it on after I decide on the pose. It won't stay on during posing at all. No chance.
@unclassified First of all, that's blasphemy, so go ahead and jot that down. The Night Creepers have only one leader, and he is a shirtless dude in orange pants.
And what a difference a day makes, as they say. I got in TF Bazooka today. I know I'm WAY behind on this one. I've had my eye on him forever and I finally bit the bullet. I really want to collect all the Classified versions of my favorites and for whatever reason I really liked TF Bazooka as a kid. Overall, I'm indifferent to Tiger Force. Don't love it. Don't hate it. And it rarely produced anything I cared too much about either way. For whatever reason, I really liked the way TF Bazooka and the TF Tiger Cat turned out as a kid, so both were mainstays.
The Classified Bazooka, however, is not great. Definitely feels like an 'early' Classified figure. The hips are bleck, the feet are weirdly dainty so he doesn't stand well (in combo with his kind of dumpy hips), and the swivel at his one boot is messed up because the peg isn't sitting right so the boot isn't really seated on the peg correctly. The figure isn't terrible or anything. He looks fine on the shelf and I'm glad I have him. But I'm definitely not wowed or even particularly well-satisfied with this one.
I'm actually more annoyed that I've been getting a "still thinking about it?" email from Pulse every 24 hours about CC than I am about not getting one. I wanted him, sure, and Classified has been kind of remarkably true to their word about making exclusives exclusive (I'm shocked we haven't seen another Mindbender without the bells and whistles, and I really want one cos I got a bum hip on mine!) but I'm not losing sleep over it. I've got so much great stuff from this line already, I can miss one weird figure.
What I'm more concerned about is my poor Doc figure has been in transit for ten days. Where's my dude Doc Greer? His crew needs him! (Amazon says he's in transit but delayed. Figure I'll give him a few days and if I don't see him, he's still in stock there, just get another one.)
I have three Night Creepers. They are very cool. That brings ninja troopers to total of 13. Four blue and six red ninja join these. I’m a sucker for even numbers so if I see one in passing I will probably pick it up. I want blindfolded shirtless boss man in orange. I am a color nerd. If they get around to Slice and Dice then the purple Dice will head up the maroon/purple-ish Night Creepers and Slice in the red or orange will head up the red ninja. It’s goofy but the colors being matchy matchy works better in my head for the displays. Granted Boss man is in orange for original toys. I’ll have to come to terms if he gets made.
Thwipp!
I agreeyes random times to stop fast selloutsCC had the preorder button available a minute ago. I tried adding to cart three times and got "something went wrong" after each click, then back to sold out after the fourth. Are figures up at random times? I heard he was up last night too.
I had one tab open to CC and was bouncing between other sites in another tab. I think I went 15-20 minutes without refreshing CC's. I wonder how long he was available? Limiting exclusive to under 5 might help, even if it's for the first week, then relax the amount later.
I don't, if I had a base with not much growth, I would try to make as many of those people happy as possible. Most of us are pushing 50, are happy days are dwindling.
lol.@normdapito I haven't had any problem with my Night Creeper's backpack staying on. The crossbow itself, however, definitely falls off if I do too much with the figure. I have to put it on after I decide on the pose. It won't stay on during posing at all. No chance.
@unclassified First of all, that's blasphemy, so go ahead and jot that down. The Night Creepers have only one leader, and he is a shirtless dude in orange pants.
And what a difference a day makes, as they say. I got in TF Bazooka today. I know I'm WAY behind on this one. I've had my eye on him forever and I finally bit the bullet. I really want to collect all the Classified versions of my favorites and for whatever reason I really liked TF Bazooka as a kid. Overall, I'm indifferent to Tiger Force. Don't love it. Don't hate it. And it rarely produced anything I cared too much about either way. For whatever reason, I really liked the way TF Bazooka and the TF Tiger Cat turned out as a kid, so both were mainstays.
The Classified Bazooka, however, is not great. Definitely feels like an 'early' Classified figure. The hips are bleck, the feet are weirdly dainty so he doesn't stand well (in combo with his kind of dumpy hips), and the swivel at his one boot is messed up because the peg isn't sitting right so the boot isn't really seated on the peg correctly. The figure isn't terrible or anything. He looks fine on the shelf and I'm glad I have him. But I'm definitely not wowed or even particularly well-satisfied with this one.
I’ve been considering latter day army builders as individual specialists.
Honestly, this is position I've had to start taking with almost all the army builders released now. In early days I was eager to grab multiples of the generic soldiers - but with the collection coming in now at like 160 different individual characters (including unique variants like TF and NF) - there's not a ton of space for troop building. So most of these Cobra soldiers with different colored uniforms just get slotted in as special operatives.
I had to do the same. I ended up with a couple of Cobra troopers and regular BATs early on before I fully realized how many variations and styles of troopers would be coming.
Mad Marauders Sarge from Pulse will be shipping soon.
While I still love Classified, I have been much more selective of late. I’m glad for the various Tiger Force and Mad Marauders announcements as I can easily skip them. And likewise, I have zero attachment to the movie or cartoon so I passed on SDCC CoCo, and the upcoming Nemesis Enforcer. Ditto for Raptor or the Night Creeper, they mean nothing to me.
But it did get me thinking about what’s left that I do want. Obvs I ordered Quarrel, SS v2, and Big Chungus Road Pig, and I’m looking forward to Zandar, Dial Tone, the IGs, and Leatherneck. But after that, the list is winding down.
Steeler, Zap, Short Fuze, Flash, Grand Slam to finish up the OGs. Fred/Battle Armour CoCo, Footloose, Repeater, Voltar, Darklon, Blowtorch, Monkeywrench, Tombstone, Barrel Roll, Bombstrike, Blackout, Crimson Asp, Daina/Vorona, Hit n Run, Frostbite, Iceberg, Blizzard, Slice, Dice. That’s pretty much it, unless they fancy giving Quarrel some company and do Skip, Gaucho and Jammer too.
I'm trying to let nostalgia take a back seat and order based on how nice the toy looks and how well it poses.
Yes, I bought Amazon Ninja Force Storm Shadow, why do you ask?
I opened up a Stinger today. For those not familiar, the Stinger is like a Vamp, but in black with doors and missiles 😏 . The doors and dark tinted windshield becomes a drawback because you completely lose driver/passenger visibility. A lighter windshield tint might have helped. Even the artist of the box art must have felt a blackout tint wasn't the best idea. I almost want to take the doors and roof off, but then it would feel like the Stinger isn't quite a Stinger without them. Standing a guy or two on the back footstep in the unenviable position behind four missiles puts some visible figure/vehicle interaction back. That footstep, though. It would make so much more sense on the Vamp.
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