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04-07-2021, 11:49 AM | #91 |
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04-07-2021, 12:07 PM | #92 |
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Yup....thats true. It seems that hasbro refuses to learn from its mistakes. I really had hoped they would stop giving target exclusives but apparently they love to feed the scalpers.
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04-07-2021, 12:26 PM | #93 |
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04-07-2021, 12:59 PM | #94 |
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Well, I do not know which of these are code names that are known, but in Target system are listings for Mantis, Diamondback, Kepler, Asteroid (Bludd apparently), mosquito, and....Bbq....all for classified line. Make of it what you will as I know mosquito and diamondback were decoded, but kepler and bbq are new to me.
Personally, I stopped caring as soon as I realized the secret pseudonyms are (apparently) chosen completely at random (without any rhyme/reason). Which is quite a shame, actually. If the shipping codes truly were clues to the figures' identities, attempting to decipher them could have added a little fun to all the frustration.
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04-07-2021, 01:10 PM | #95 |
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04-07-2021, 02:20 PM | #96 |
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Come, now. These aren't Transformers.
EDIT: I'll add that I was, remain, and will be someone very willing to give Hasbro some wiggle room on account of COVID (some mixture of unexpected demand and supply chain snafus - maybe the Evergiven was stuffed full of Cobra Island figures? Heh.) *BUT* it's hard to see the evidence to the contrary and think they don't care enough to fix errors on their/Target's end. As someone who pays some attention to Transformers and is continually amazed at how quickly and thoroughly Mattel is rolling out MOTU Origins waves in the same time frame, it's hard to come to any conclusion beyond "Hasbro is really dropping the ball here, but the real problem is they're not doing anything to change that." With the product being constantly selling out it should hopefully eventually get them to realize they need to pump out more of these. Waves 2 and onward have been more readily available and easier to come by so it seems they did up production, but the problem still is with them having released too many figures as Target exclusives. It's not so much that they didn't produce enough figures, they probably produced just as much, but as soon as you make the product a single store exclusive, the scalpers eat em up and kill the market. Instead of just buying one figure for a collection, you got scalpers going to multiple stores and buying every case they can find. |
04-07-2021, 02:32 PM | #97 |
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Firefly and Baroness are a couple of the biggest Cobra characters out there. Cobra troopers? The biggest army builder? Beachhead the major fan favourite? The only one that should have been an exclusive like that was bearded Roadblock. If they don't re-release versions of these core characters in their original colours, they're going to be turning a lot of people off the line. |
04-07-2021, 02:40 PM | #98 |
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I am so getting tired of this Target Cobra Island shit... Love the figures just hate paying 2 to 3 times the amount to get them... Had hoped that Hasbro pulled their head out their ass and had gotten a clue about giving Target exclusive figures that are highly desired...Guess not
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04-07-2021, 03:49 PM | #99 |
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04-07-2021, 04:59 PM | #100 |
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Up to and including Flint/Lady Jaye, there are 23 figures in the line all around, 17 unique characters, 6 are repeats (Snake Eyes, Destro, Cobra Commander x 2, Cobra Infantry, Roadblock). Of the 17 unique characters in the line, 5 are only available at Target. That's 30% of the entire line so far. It's also 50% of builders (Trooper/Viper vs Red Ninja/Infantry). Absolutely wild in that perspective. A lot of poor corporate decisions. Great point.
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