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01-27-2008, 12:26 PM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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OK, so Hasbro is releasing Battle packs and multipacks now...
Many of them are coming with troop builders, plus a main character... Many of us aren't a big fan of having to get another of the main character... So, lets say with the upcoming wave with the Viper in it. I believe the viper is 2 per case which is fine, but I willing to bet that many of you will see 2 Vipers and buy 2 Vipers. the next guy coming through will find 0... Now, this is where the 'would this make sense' part comes in... When there is a troop builder released in a wave, why not also immediately release a 3 or 5 pack. For the Viper it could be something like the other Viper pack. Have 4 be the regular Viper and have 1 be the gold faced Viper. This could be followed for Crimson Guards, Bats etc... Just an idea... |
01-27-2008, 12:33 PM | #2 |
Official know it all
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A capitol idea, Facehammer!! Would that the powers that be heard and answered every valid request, as this is certainly a good one.
BTW, I agree with you that Vipers will most likely be just as 'invisible' as CG in Wave 5 has been (to some). If so, your idea would make great sense and probably benefit many! |
01-27-2008, 04:45 PM | #3 |
Smells Lemony
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I'd imagine that a Viper 5 pack is already in the works. As I've said before Hasbro really isn't inclined to turn away easy money.
Personally, I'd like to see a troop builder case assortment come out in the future. |
01-27-2008, 05:08 PM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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if HASgreed is smart...
they would make a 5pack of Vipers, BATS, Iron Grenaadiers, and Techno Vipers WITHOUT any weird repaints or new 'officers' with gold or some other weird whack paint job..... but knowing HASgreed, the 5 pack will be go wrong in some way like, 4 troopers with wrong pant colors or give us other repeat figures thrown in the 5 pack, thus not really giving us true 'troop builders 5 pack' PLEASE, HASgreed, get it right and just give us a simple 5pack troop builder stright up with no whack repaints, so we don't have to hunt down single carded figures to troop build. |
01-27-2008, 06:28 PM | #5 |
Cobra Viper
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What a sucky idea. Blah! By sucky, of course I mean genius. I would think that you wouldn't even have to have a main character unless it made sense. SE vs. Red Ninjas makes sense. A 5 pack of Vipers wouldn't need anyone to "anchor" the set. And if painting one of their masks gold is their way of saying they're an officer, then I'm all for it. I'm ok with it on the CGs(though I'd prefer an Immortal), and obviously it works just fine for the reg. Cobra Officers(grey instead of black). Although if it was a BAT 5pk, you really wouldn't need an officer per se. What *would* be cool is to have a Mindbender with 4 BATs, since he created them.
Some other ideas would be: Shockwave vs. Alley Vipers LowLight vs. Night Vipers Wet Suit vs. EELs Breaker vs. Tele Vipers...just kidding. That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but it's a start.
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01-27-2008, 07:42 PM | #6 |
Smells Lemony
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Or 4 BATs and a better version of Overkill and Mainframe vs Tele-vipers. But truthfully, individual characters should stick to single cards and troop builders should be offered with faceless characters only.
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01-27-2008, 07:49 PM | #7 |
Mobile Missile Specialist
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I concur...why call them troop building packs when they could also be called "main character building packs"?? I'm not sure what I'm going to do..maybe just get the night watch one because that one is an actual troop builder and I think it looks cool. I'm not so sure about the others, but I'll have to see them...then again, the completest in me says get 'em.
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01-27-2008, 08:01 PM | #8 |
Night Viper
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I Refuse To Troop Build 25th Anniversary.
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01-27-2008, 08:09 PM | #9 |
Smells Lemony
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Well, only four of the seven listed are actually "troop builders" as has been pointed out. The Night Watch set is a perfect adaptation of the concept. The Ninja set can probably get away with Snake-eyes since most people won't be heavily troop building red ninjas anyhow. In a way, Snake-eyes in his early concept colors may be the appeal needed to make some collectors buy the set.
We don't know anything about the Crimson Guard set. Hopefully, it'll only contain four Guardsmen and a ranking officer. As for the Firefly/Green shirts set, well, I don't know about this one. It'll all depend on who the green shirts turn out to be. I'm guessing that they'll unknowns with names similar to Dreadnok Cletus. If that's the case, I'll only own of those anyway. Firefly may very well be bait much like Snake-eyes. |
01-27-2008, 08:10 PM | #10 |
Father of a little Viper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texasdoom
I Refuse To Troop Build 25th Anniversary.
As much as i want to, i don't troop build either. I might change my mind if and Eel comes out though... |
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