What happened with Pursuit of Cobra?

was it poor distribution?

was it low production numbers?

did someone forget about a warehouse somewhere?

I was looking at the reviews over at generalsjoes.com. BTW never type generaljoes.com it some virgin paintball site.

anyway,

i was reminiscing about the POC line, waves 1 and 2 hit hard like normal, waves 3 and 4 were there, but you better be at the store when they first open if you wanted a snow balls chance in hell to get those figures and in my neck of the woods, i never saw waves 5 or 6. Not even a single trace of these waves. i wouldnt even know what a rock viper was if it wasnt for that website. yes a couple of the figures in those waves are repaints, but they are awesome! i love all the accesories that came with them, and some really good parts for customs, however, i never got a chance to see these at retail.

I feel cheated almost, that as a collector i didnt really get a chance to get those figures or "double up" on some of the more popular characters from the POC line. yeah i know, i should have bought them online.


lowlight going for $30 on ebay
money bags destro going for $30-$40
"straps" snake eyes in the mid $20s
shadow tracker can hit $20
hell even snow job is in the mid $20s

what the hell happened here?

you already know what the penguin thinks...

I ordered the Lowlight wave from HTS and thank God I did.
I never saw Lowlight or Shadow Tracker in the wild and I only saw De$tro once.

i think something is going on where hasbro knows how to play with the collecting communities to stir up interest.

im not saying i understand the plan, just that things dont add up and i dont believe it can all be because of incompetence or apathy on their part.

Shadow Tracker- found 1 at target and 1 at Walgreens(now yours)
Lowlight- found both at different targets at opening
Money bags- Bought 3 from Wingnut( the man)
"Straps" SE- found and bought 7

A lot of these were luck. But they were pretty spotty to find

I am glad got Lowlight at Target

Destro got one in trade another at a comic shop

Shadow Tracker and Wave 5 Commander in trade

Only Money Bags was difficult since he didn't get out in an assortment after the Wave 4 case. He sat for like $10 to $12 shipped on eBay for the longest time, too.

Originally Posted by CVdelgado

i think something is going on where hasbro knows how to play with the collecting communities to stir up interest.

im not saying i understand the plan, just that things dont add up and i dont believe it can all be because of incompetence or apathy on their part.

Do you remember when Hasbro was claiming they made equal numbers of all the MASS Device sets?

I just can't imagine there is some warehouse somewhere full of Best of 80's sets and Jungle BATS.

I don't pretend to know what's going on either, I just know I would like to give Hasbro 90% of my disposable income for Rock Vipers, Jungle BATS, and HISS Scouts.

Hasbro distribution is always a "nerd-rage" kinda thing. Transformers fans have the same heartburn.

I was lucky enough to find ONE Low Light and Shadow Tracker, but never saw a Money Bags Destro. I did end up getting one from a kick-ass 'Tanker, though.

Quite often, we'll all be searching for figs like they're the damn Ark Of The Covenant - and then they suddenly show up at Ross/Marshall's/TJ Maxx at a discount price! It doesn't make sense.

Another scenario is that Canada is pegwarming the darn things, while we're starving for them (and vice-versa).


BTW, which one is "Straps" SE?

POC in my definition is referred as Prototype of Cobra. After the Wave 5 figures they all went 30th anniversary.

i got most of mine from uman.com and niksal.com , lol.. those two helped me out big time.