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with a surprise Zandar figure. | 3 | 7.69% | |
with a mention of Zandar but no figure. | 3 | 7.69% | |
with reference to Zartan, but nothing about Zandar | 11 | 28.21% | |
alone. | 22 | 56.41% | |
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll |
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02-19-2022, 10:27 PM | #1 |
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Will Zarana be revealed alone or with Zandar on the 24th?
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02-19-2022, 10:53 PM | #2 |
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I'm going to be pessimistic and say that only Zarana will be revealed. I bet she'll only be mentioned as a Dreadnok or Zartan's sister. I doubt they will mention Zandar. I'm hoping we'll get a Zandar reference but this is Hasbro so I'm not going to hold my breath. But my fingers are crossed.
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02-19-2022, 11:04 PM | #3 |
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I'm going to be pessimistic and say that only Zarana will be revealed. I bet she'll only be mentioned as a Dreadnok or Zartan's sister. I doubt they will mention Zandar. I'm hoping we'll get a Zandar reference but this is Hasbro so I'm not going to hold my breath. But my fingers are crossed.
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Zartan's sister
Once upon a time, Zarana's filecard mentioned her two brothers. What happened? Please don't neglect 1/3 of those characters' lore!
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02-19-2022, 11:44 PM | #4 |
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I think Zarana will be revealed alone, though they may mention the possibility of Zandar down the line in the same way that they play to the fan-base during these events with character mentions that demonstrate familiarity with the brand.
I'm biased because I dislike the Drednoks in general and am surprised they are making Zarana before other characters. |
02-20-2022, 06:57 AM | #5 |
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She's definitely not going to be revealed with a Zandar figure. Hasbro would have no reason to hide that. For Hasbro to feel a Zandar figure is warranted, there would need to be a huge upswell in support for the character, which I don't think will happen. I just don't believe the character is popular enough to bother with. At least, not this early in the line. I want to get a Buzzer, Torch, Ripper, Road Pig, Monkeywrench, and Thrasher figure, at least, before Zandar. The other Dreadnoks I'm not that fussed about... I'll still buy them, but whether they release Zanzibar before or after Zandar doesn't matter much, to me.
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02-20-2022, 09:52 AM | #6 |
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Forget Zandar. Zandar is gone.
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02-20-2022, 11:17 AM | #7 |
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I voted for option #2.
I think there’s some hope they might throw you a bone and at least mention that Zarana is Zandar’s brother as well as Zartan’s, and I figure it’s even possible that they might entertain the possibility of making a Classified Zandar some day, perhaps among other reasons as an instance of LGBT+ representation too. Maybe a 2-pack with a Zarana repaint and some new accessories, for example. But in the short term, I think that if Zarana’s release is going to correlate with another new character for Classified, that figure is more likely to be her comics BF Road Pig. Whether because of his quirky personality in the comics, or because he fit the 80s wrestling and bodybuilding trend, or because people just enjoyed the insanity of a huge goon with biker gang/goth-ified football shoulder pads and a cinder block on a stick, it seems like Road Pig became popular in a way that Zandar didn’t, and then got more follow-on figures and comics attention as a result. Those factors make him much more likely to show up sooner in Classified, imo, and then I think I also remember Lenny talking about wanting to do him someday in Classified too. I think I’d compare Zandar more to characters like Mainframe, Thrasher, or Gnawgahyde than to leading (in popularity) Dreadnoks/other Zarana affiliates like Road Pig or Buzzer, Ripper, and Torch, with Monkeywrech being ahead of the former but behind the latter, and then Zanzibar being closer to the trailing end, not that I dislike him or anything. I see no reason to give up hope that any/all of the former might get made if people keep asking for them, and I send you plenty of kudos for sticking to it and continuing to try. But I also think that some realism about the chances that it might be a longer road is probably in order too. More generally, I also tend to think that the January stream might have already given us most of the Classified news we can expect for a while. I’m not saying I expect zero, but I’d lean toward it being just one or two and then the Classified Retro packaging this Thursday, with the vast majority of the attention going to the o-ring relaunch. So I guess I propose optimism about the long term effort but pessimism about the short term prospects… Last edited by books; 02-20-2022 at 11:20 AM.. |
02-20-2022, 11:17 AM | #8 |
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02-20-2022, 11:43 AM | #9 |
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We already saw a leaked Zarana a few days ago though here.
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02-20-2022, 12:39 PM | #10 |
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