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11-15-2009, 07:38 PM | #1211 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I found the internet exclusive vehicles at Hobbytown USA on Sudley Manor Road. I picked up the Stinger, Ileft the Arctic HISS and the FLAK/CLAW two pack. They are $22.99 a piece.
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11-15-2009, 07:56 PM | #1212 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Japan
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Well, the Virginia Beach and Chesapeake areas appear to have been looted, picked through and discarded like so much of yesterday's garbage. One thousand dusty Neo-Vipers and Mole Pods. Maybe just prior to black whatever-day-it-is this year we'll see a comeback. My guess is that we'll see nothing new until just after Thanksgiving. Hopefully Shin will be kind enough to pass us his predictions and intel.
P.S., I think the area is probably out of True Heroes F-22s. C-peake TRU is a long way off, don't think I'll go hunting. Last edited by cageyJG; 11-15-2009 at 08:41 PM.. |
11-15-2009, 10:48 PM | #1213 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Woodbridge, VA
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Saw a bunch of wave 1 ROC figures at a Giant grocery store today, no clue what they are charging.
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11-16-2009, 12:37 AM | #1214 |
VALKYRIE
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Over the rainbow where your mom is at son
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I hope everyone in the 757 and other affected areas made it out okay because the weather was absolutely terrible until today.
Friday I checked out the Lynnhaven Super Walmart(off of Princesse Anne). 1 Snarler Cycle, 1 Sky Sweeper Jet, and 2-3 Mantis Attack Subs. None of the Battle stations. Wave 1-2 figures, maybe some wave 3. They also had 3 Dragonhawks! That's the most I have EVER seen in the area! Battlefield Walmart had 1 Snarler Cycle on the top endcap, 2 Mantis Attack Subs, and 1 Dragonhawk. No Battle stations. Kmart in Chesapeake didn't have anything but wave 1-2 stuff. Kmart off of Kempsville DID have some new stuff in the form of wave 5. However Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow were gone, predictably, and a Desert Viper, City Strike Duke, and Jungle Assault Ripcord were left. I bought the Desert Viper. Also on Saturday dropped by the Military highway TRU. Saw 1 Charbroil(which from what I read in this thread, WillyK probably picked up) and I picked up 1 Doctor, and there was another left. Unfortunately I thought I saw a Nano-Viper but it wasn't; it was a Neo-Viper REPACKED in a Nano-Viper package! On the top shelf were cases of the Attack on the PIT sets. The new 5 packs were in stock as well, 2 left of the Cobra set, 3 of the Joe set. Surprisingly the movie SRO sets are not there yet. I saw a guy grab the last True Heroes F-22 as well. There should be more but yesterday was the last day for the $15 sale, and at that price, that F-22 is a steal. The running change version with gray camo, new packaging, and gray missles should be following soon. They are out of stock at the Lynnhaven TRU. Lynnhaven TRU has a bunch of Snow Serpents, maybe even more than Bench Press.Very few wave 3 with mostly waves 1-2. SRO sets and the new 5 packs. The Lynnhaven Walmart past the mall(the small Walmart) had very few wave 3, no battle stations, 1 Sky Sweeper Jet, Mantis Subs and possibly the Snarler. The current trend I am seeing is that Walmart is starting to get the wave 2 alpha vehicles and Dragonhawks in more frequently. As for wave 5, the 1st stores in our area to have them were Walmarts and Kmarts, but it has been VERY SPORADIC. The stores are going to have to sell through the huge amounts of waves 1-2 figures before we see wave 5 hit saturation. Hell I only saw wave 4 in it's entirety ONCE! Also worth mentioning is that while we have seen wave 3 become more common, it isn't at saturation level yet here. In all honesty, had Walmart not received those endcaps with 1 set of wave 3 each in them we would barely see wave 3 around here. I have yet to see it AT ALL at Target! No idea on what's the hold up with the wave 2 deluxe figures too! It's a feeding frenzy out there trying to hunt for stuff when it's holiday shopping season! Target in Nimmo just wave waves 1-2 stuff NO wave 2 deluxe figures yet. Nimmo Walmart had ALL of the Battle Stations! Not on an endcap though, they are on the bottom shelf in the middle of the action figure aisle where the joes are at. 1 Doctor and a bunch of waves 1-2 figures with some wave 3. 1 Mantis Sub or more, I think the Sky Sweeper Jet and Snarler cycle are gone though. |
11-16-2009, 02:20 AM | #1215 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Japan
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What a report!!! That is some exhaustive research. Good to get out and about after the storm, I know... it's fun to look around, man. I'm starting to have flashbacks of doing this in the 80s on bikes, but we never had cash. It was hard to scrape together enough to buy anything even if there was something cool. And back then it wasn't like you were ever going to see a Stormy or Snake Eyes in any store, forget it!
The Princess Anne Tar-zshay had 3 "Rescue" three-packs like reviewed on the front page but I passed. I am starting to have trouble keeping 'em all together, what can I say! Here's a decent easy-to-read list of the waves: G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Review Page | Generals Joes - A blog about the importance (or unimportance) of little plastic men If you have a better one, pls let us know. I'm hoping to wait until TRU gets some of those camo F-22s you mentioned online, and wondering if the Rhino price will drop. Going to get a Mantis. Other than that, I'm going to slow down even though it's been fun looking around lately. Maybe time will prove me wrong and someone will stockpile all those leftover Baroness, & sell them for $500 MOC in 25 years For fun, I would gamble that enough grandparents will be panicking on Black Monday that most of that early stuff will be cleared out, but so would any new debuts, and I can't fight the hordes. |
11-16-2009, 02:42 AM | #1216 |
VALKYRIE
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I'm hoping to wait until TRU gets some of those camo F-22s you mentioned online, and wondering if the Rhino price will drop. Going to get a Mantis.
The Mantis won't be too hard to find, from what I've noticed, either it's shipping more to a case than the Snarler and Sky Sweeper or fans are just ditching it and buying the Snarler and Sky Sweeper instead. Whenever I see it in Walmart, I usually see at least 2. |
11-16-2009, 04:34 PM | #1217 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Thanks for the heads up. I snaped up 2 more arctic hiss tanks. The one you left and one from another hobbytown.
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11-16-2009, 10:35 PM | #1218 |
Father of Four
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I saw a guy grab the last True Heroes F-22 as well. There should be more but yesterday was the last day for the $15 sale, and at that price, that F-22 is a steal. The running change version with gray camo, new packaging, and gray missles should be following soon. They are out of stock at the Lynnhaven TRU.
I will order the Night Bomber sticker to create a custom Night Raptor and hope to pickup a grey when we see it again. Seeing the Tomahawk stickers on cobrastickers.com had me seriously consider a custom paintjob on the 'Elite Operations Freedom Helicopter.' Anyone know if someone's tried it? Last edited by Dod Ear; 11-16-2009 at 10:37 PM.. |
11-16-2009, 10:56 PM | #1219 |
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11-17-2009, 12:57 AM | #1220 |
VALKYRIE
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Cedar/Dominion Walmart has all of the Battle Stations as WillyK reported over the weekend. They have 1 MMS set left, 3 or more of the LAW, and a few of the other 2. I think the LAW with Hawk/Grand Slam will ultimately be the shelf warmer, with the MMS and Outpost selling the best.
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I laughed with my wife and told her Shin's promotions on the 'tank sold the darn things out.
I was planning to buy some of the gray ones during the sale but didn't see any, but I can wait, TRU will restock eventually. I may pick up 1 more so I can have 2 more to custommize(already have 1 gray one but with the black/red missles that I will customize for Slipstream). |
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