@docsilence I am with you. The character list is already staggering, and unlike Marvel or Star Wars, I feel a ton of confidence Hasbro will deliver on the ones I want here.

Preternia just reported the preorders for Rock n Roll, Mindbender, and the retro Viper go up this week some time. 

I kinda want Mindbender but I think I'll hold out for the lab coat Valor Vs Venom version, however unlikely that one may be.

I JUST got the Viper set because of the Amazon sale and I really don't want to army build beyond that but that guy is so tempting!

I suppose he's not for everyone, but the old exclusive Mindbender is still one of my favorite figures.  He looks great injecting various Cobra weirdos with his vial gun.  In my headcanon (no idea how much of this is true), Copperhead all but not-so-secretly works for Mindbender because he's always on the "juice" that Mindbender supplies him with.  That's why he can take out guys like Slaughter 1 on 1.  Knowledge is half the battle, and to Copperhead, the other half is steroids.

Are there any major differences between the Mindbenders besides accessories?

The two Snake Eyes and Darklon are must-haves. Darklon is the only original toy I had as a kid that I still have that’s in one piece.

Ill pass on all of them except for SE and polar bear

@vicious7171 Copperhead definitely looks like he lifts, but I wouldn't put it past him to juice as well.

@nilocomic it's very cool they're doing the v4 Snake Eyes but I really hope for v3.

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@vicious7171 Copperhead definitely looks like he lifts, but I wouldn't put it past him to juice as well.

@nilocomic it's very cool they're doing the v4 Snake Eyes but I really hope for v3.

Me too! V3 Snake Eyes is my absolute favorite. It was the only version I had growing up, and the Marvel comics had an awesome story featuring that version that I read over and over again.

@nilocomic yes! That was a great story. And v3 was my go to version even after v4 came out. And I'm really excited to see how classified handles the butterfly swords. 

I have accepted that I will get three snake eyes, Hasbro. I promise to get it. Just don't do him like you did storm Shadow v2 please. 

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Freaking Gridiron Studios .... They make one of the dumbest/coolest vehicles even more dumb and cool. Love it. It's such a great idea.

Warning, the gun placement could make this offensive to some.  😆 

I'll always be a V2 Snake Eyes guy, that's my "brown and gold Wolverine" hill, but I love V3 and V4 too, especially because those two survived childhood a loooooot longer than V1 and V2. And yeah, V3 was in a couple of comics that are eternal classics. V4 is a little silly but I mean, how much of Joe is inherently at least a little silly? 

I found Mindbender deeply off-putting as a kid, but he makes me laugh now because - and I only realized this when I got the deluxe Classified figure - oh my god he's EXACTLY a few of my friends' types. Like I look at that figure and could rattle off names of good friends who would not be able to behave around a bald topless guy with a mustache and a monocle. 

I've got enough Vipers at this point, but if the carded version has enough different in his paint job (I think he does?) in the same way the carded trooper does, I'll pick one up. At this point troops who feel like individual specialists make me happiest. 

It's funny, I thiiiiink that Rock n Roll is almost all parts reuse, but it works so well to make him look like the classic version I'm sold. Think we'll ever get V2 with the ridiculous gatling guns? 

I'm only tangentially interested in Joes, but that firefighter they showed gave me flashbacks to the one old Resaurus/Plan B Toys special forces figure that always got away from me. To the extent I feel like somebody on the Joe team felt the same way. And I think I might just pick it up. 

It will be hard not to pick up a couple of those firefighters to mix it up with Marvel Legends..