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Maryland G.I. Joe Sightings
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05-16-2012, 07:51 PM
blackman2005
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Location: Silver Spring/Colesville, Columbia, Towson, White Marsh & Baltimore, MD
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Originally Posted by
only1
in the last couple days I hit 2 Dollar Generals, both on Belair Rd... one in the city in the Woodlea area, the other in the county in Perry Hall at Silver spring rd where The Harp is... both yielded nothing... very disappointing as the 2nd one is a brand new DG opening up only 2 weeks ago tops
I was going to make that pilgrimage this upcoming weekend to Baltimore County/White Marsh; you just saved me a quarter tank of gas.
I've made peace with knowing I'll never own these as long as they are DG exclusives. It really baffles my brain that Hasbro didn't do more to market these to dollar store retailers like 5 below and Family Dollar, which cover much more ground in every state.
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Originally Posted by
Mech-Viper
Grab two of the three figure sets from the Annapolis tru.
Ordered the SE/SS ninja pack online and I'll skip anything including Rockblock as much as I can.
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Originally Posted by
JoeMama
same. never thought I'd see the day when I would be cherry picking a GI JOE line... I bought almost everything from ROC, and am still pretty happy w/ that line, but this....
this new line looks really spotty.
I am mostly out on the vehicles, exception being that blue Vamp, which is only in because the Arashikage symbol is a sticker...
T-crotch / 5-point articulation on a Joe? Like 2002 all over again..
Ahg.
Hasbro progresses with one strategy while falling back on other key factors. I wish they would make product quality a higher priority over affordability and fun factor/spring loaded gimmicks. I am certain there will be a return of PoC styled figures later on next year so I am cherry picking from the first three waves and considering ordering the last two or three since they'll never make it to retail - (Wave 6 has Crimson Guard and Night Viper, which will not be at any Target come Christmas)
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cobracobra
Yeah as much as ROC was rushed and confusing you could see that they wanted it to be 1985 again. Too bad everything was black and such dull colors.
I will admit I like the color pallet of Retaliation much more than ROC but still I am going to be very careful in what I pick up.
Oh and file cards.... Dont get me started on file cards.
The Retaliation line was produced solely for parents to buy their children an affordable movie related product with playability as a driving factor. They knew it had to have some appeal to collectors so they made figures like the Joe Trooper, Zartan and Red Ninja which blends in with PoC/30th. ROC was a major disappointment to me because not much of the main line even resembled classic Joe lore. This is trying much harder but sacrificing important aspects of the Joe line such as figure stands, accessories and articulation.
I can wait it out since TRU will most likely have a 2 for $11 sale later on this year. This line will go stale by November with CC and Duke collecting dust. No problem, until retailers change their thoughts on what a vendor should make for kids, access stock will get sold to secondary discounters and marked down for a cheaper price. Because of that, in 2013 you will be able to find most of this line at:
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