Posted by: @jestergoblin

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My Party Wagon arrived - I think it might be too big. I have no clue where I can keep this thing.

Did the Wave 11 Ultimates pre-order on Super7's site...change dates?  It was supposed to end, tomorrow I think? But now it's saying February 2024.  That's got to be a glitch right?  Or are they not getting enough orders and extended it?  Or am I just remembering things all wrong?

Gotta be honest, kind of surprised by the lack of reports of Turtle Van wheels falling off or doors not latching securely. But what photos/videos we have so far definitely make the van look pretty awesome. I still think it's too expensive (for me - for how it would exist in my collection and what use I have for it/ability to display it) so I'm not too broken up about not getting one. But it's fun to look at everyone's videos and pics, so hopefully there's lots more forthcoming.

I haven’t sought photos but I’m eager to see some! Surprised there aren’t any here yet.

I've mostly seen a lack of buzz on it in my area of the internet. I think it's the result of Super7 delivering as advertised. It's not a piece of junk so people aren't raging online about it, and it isn't performing above expectations so there isn't a ton of people gushing over it either. In that, it's not unlike the NECA van reception (outside of those justifiably angry it hasn't shipped for them yet) as, at the end of the day, we're talking about expensive, plastic, boxes, with wheels and there's only so much to get excited over.

Yeah really, there's been so little talk/pictures about it I actually didn't realize it had even hit in force yet.  Pretty wild for a $500 toy van to land with such a whisper.  I've seen WAY more HISS tank coverage.

I mean, I'm not even a Joe fan, but have you seen that HISS tank? That thing is pretty fun as a toy it looks like.

I do want the S7 van, but at the price, it is lowest priority for me.

I got the Super7 Party Wagon and I think it's pretty darn cool. It's sturdy, colorful, and it works. It's big too! It comes with the pizza wheel spinners already attached so I pulled them off. The accessories it comes with are cool, Donny's welding mask and the crushed Mouser are the highlights. The sunglasses don't stay on the head of any turtle very well. 

I've been changing up the display with the Turtles every few days. (I bought another set of Turtles a while back in anticipation of the Party Wagon, but now I'd like another April.) Overall it's a fun piece to display and I have no worries about it breaking or pieces snapping off. No QC issues. Definitely prefer this one to the NECA Toon van. 

Got my Ultimates in from BBTS, been slowly opening things.  Consider me shocked that Genghis is so good. He was never a favorite figure of mine as a kid, he kind of "floated" around the toy box and among other lines.  But damn, Super7 did a good job on him!  Kudos.

But of course this being good just reminds me that we're moving away from figure updates into the much weaker in-house designs and that makes this very bittersweet. 

I'm of the same mind on Genghis. I think he looks great, but he wasn't a favorite for me as a kid. I had him, and I think maybe I didn't care for him because he was solo for so long (then I did get Napoleon) and I wanted all four frogs. He felt incomplete. I might have to get the Super7 version though just because it does look good, but maybe I'll chance it and see if he hits clearance at some point.

Just received the Party Wagon from BBTS about an hour ago. I've got it put together and the stickers on. I'll try to get some pics up soon. It's definitely big and beautifully done. Seems pretty solid, everything tabs together tightly. It's a pretty impressive piece in person.

I hope the astronaut Raph hits clearance prices...gonna have to pick up another for a replacement bubble. The Earthquakes we had a couple days ago knocked mine over to the floor and that saw his head scraping up the bubble. Ugh.

@detrimental-fig As frustrated as I get picking up fallen figures in an area with no earthquakes, I can only imagine the frustration of doing so in an earthquake-prone area.  Do you use that quake putty or something under their feet?  I tried using it here but it gets too hot in the summer and that stuff seems to just turn to a puddle of goo that becomes a real mess.

@justice That's the crummy thing!  We don't get earthquakes normally, I'm in OK!  We got them real bad when they were fracking and dumping the wastewater back in the ground...and it's been quiet ever since they were forced to stop. Then all of a sudden we got a bunch of earthquakes the other night.  I was really lucky, not a ton of things fell. That Raph bugs me cause I should've left the bubble helmet off, but bah.