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09-07-2008, 11:17 PM | #121 |
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09-08-2008, 12:27 AM | #122 |
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Well, I am in outside sales and have like 7 TRU in my territory and a dzn Targets. Anyone want something let me know. I have only been collecting for about a month. I missed most of the beginning. Started at about wave 8 right?
looking forward to duster too. PS, anyone have any idea how to take these things apart? I want to do some customs but that chest? WTF? how does that come apart? |
09-08-2008, 12:36 AM | #123 |
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Found these today, TRU had issues pulling them up with thier system and said they were too early to be on the shelf but ended up selling them to me (had them use the codes from the other SRO packs which apprenlty worked and they rang em up lol). They are awsome. Just wish I had some Aircraft for the pilots :( i.e. a Skystriker or X-30
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09-08-2008, 01:18 AM | #124 |
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Cutter is now in my top 5 worst 25th figures ever. That figure is just pathetic.
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09-08-2008, 01:22 AM | #125 |
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Found these today, TRU had issues pulling them up with thier system and said they were too early to be on the shelf but ended up selling them to me (had them use the codes from the other SRO packs which apprenlty worked and they rang em up lol). They are awsome. Just wish I had some Aircraft for the pilots :( i.e. a Skystriker or X-30
I got mine a (PTE) while ago at Big Lots. (The ground crew came from the A-10) I found a site with lots of pics of PTE stuff... SGCollect.com Forums > PowerTeamElite PeaceKeepers(Military toys)
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09-08-2008, 08:13 AM | #126 |
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Doesn't Spirit use the Shipwreck torso? Couldn't they have used the Spirit crotch for Cutter? |
09-08-2008, 08:31 AM | #127 |
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Could have, but of course probably wasn't fully thought out.
Then there is the sneaking of the fixed trooper crotch with the Python Patrol Officer.. Also the Serpentor that comes with the air chariot has a fixed crotch now.. before too long I'm sure all of them will have fixed crotches.. until then we get to either buy the ones we get now or just sit, wait and hope they remake some of these with the fixes. As for these figures.. the Deep six they showed at Joe Con had a new head sculpt.. not Torpedo's head like I have been seeing. so that upsets me. Also knew after I saw Gung ho that they were going to use that head for Cutter.. then along came the shipwreck and it was all there. and a Cartoon colors Torpedo? did we really need one of these? with as many Torpedo's taking up shelf space we can do this ourselves. why not put in Top Side or Keel Haul? Nothing appealing about that SRO set.. I will get the pilots set mainly for that Ace.
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09-08-2008, 08:55 AM | #128 |
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Let's see, Torpedo and Ace are getting name changes to Generic Diver and Ripcord. The purple IG may get a red makeover, Cutter will need a new head. I miss the uncovered head from Deep Six, but I can deal with another Torpedo head. I do think the Pilots are the best followed by the IG then Divers. Last edited by Shogi; 08-31-2011 at 06:14 PM.. |
09-08-2008, 09:00 AM | #129 |
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The packs I have seen of them has Ace as Ace and Torpedo as Torpedo? As well as the IG still being purple.
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09-08-2008, 09:10 AM | #130 |
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Two things here: Based on what I've read/seen/heard around the interwebs, the exclusives are limited to using what parts aren't currently being used on someone else. The fixed-crotch Duke, Shipwreck, etc. torsos were *probably* being used on other product and weren't available for this run. (In fact, I'd imagine that Skyduster has the old Duke crotch because the fixed one is currently being used on TF Duke...)
Second; IIRC, one guy (Joe Kyde) does pretty much all the deco work for Hasbro's exclusives; Joe, Transformers, Marvel, etc. I don't know how much of a say he has in the parts selection or character selection, but rest assured he's a Joe fan to the extent that the decos he uses are generally shoutouts to *something,* even if they aren't exactly perfect (which is probably more of a limitation of the number of applications he's allowed to use per set, I'd imagine). I know he's put out some SERIOUSLY fan-wanky store exclusives for TF; the Wal-Mart toys that are homages to Micromaster Big Daddy and Go-Bot Crasher come to mind immediately. In other words, Hasbro really is trying with these, but they have to be profitable, and throwing a new sculpt into a $15 3-pack just isn't good financial sense. You're just not going to get a new head for Cutter, and the character isn't "iconic" enough to carry a single-carded or comic pack release. Throwing a repaint into a 3-pack is pretty much the only way Hasbro could get him out there (and the same goes for Skyduster, really). TL;DR: These sets are pretty low on the production totem pole and while they may not be OMG BEST EVAR, at least Hasbro is putting forth SOME effort to release characters that wouldn't see shelves otherwise. |
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