[wehrmanm]

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Originally Posted by Toa Maximus

I guess the question is does it have to be through target? Hasbro included Night Force deco figures in the Dragonfly haslab

Hmm. Fair point. Maybe if Target passes they'll sell via Pulse.

Alternately, the VAMP success has led to Amazon and others selling the Stinger, so perhaps Target will get on board with this anyway.

[Short]

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Originally Posted by 280-CUSTOMS

3 times @ the minimum indeed , i wouldnt mind a tf vamp , i was hoping for no more large scale vehicles besides the upcoming d-fly where am i going to put 2 of those .. gotta be the ceiling . The rattler ill worry about next year ..


I used to have a bunch of white pine shelves that i made myself back in ohio All were 16?/1? and they were great different sizes for different stuff , since we moved i put them back up and i dont like them anymore I don?t care so much about the set up as long as it?s clean and it?s not sloppy, random shelves are fine because only me and four other people in the world will probably see all my stuff its not a showcase to me but i am thinking about buying some of those industrial shelves and use all this extra white pine boards and maybe enclose them a bit that or make the trip to ikea and buy some doltoffs or something in that style .

I really like the shelves/displays you used a lot ..but like you said the d-fly isnt gonna fit , and im thinking about next year already ..


I do have an ideas for the d-fly if you dont want it to hang from the ceiling or use the stand provided you could make a bracket out of clear acrylic or 3D print one that would allow you to hang it in front of the shelf 2 piece clear bracket w/2 rods probably about 3/4? and a mount for the bottom of the dfly to connect it i would think around the skids seems pretty easy once i have it here ill work on one quickly .

Let us all know what you come up with. My wife is unfortunately insistent on keeping a bed in that room for guests, so no option to get another, larger display case. I've considered a floating shelf with plexiglass case.

[RedAlert Rescue]

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Originally Posted by backhawkdown

Hasbro selling direct to consumers likely doesn?t infringe on exclusivity relating to what they can offer to retailers.

Yeah I was wondering about that. Especially for say the Tiger Cat & Tiger Sting.

I know I keep going on about this but I am still puzzling what release order and what colour choices make most sense & I keep thinking that they need a degree of separation between the release of a Tiger Sting and a Vamp II (due to their similarities).

Which then begs the question how many times can they get away repainting that mould family ? Also should they limit themselves only to Existing colour schemes. or should they rather "go nuts" and slot in the likes of
A Crimson or Blue Stinger
A Night Force Vamp or SAS Force Panther

Or some thing snow deco I think a Stinger in snow deco with an enclosed cabin with maybe some other changes like a Pixis Studios style front windshield replacement & keeping the spotlamps would look really neat, even more so with a unique weapon on the back or bulky new snow tires.

The advantage of something like that is it would look so darn cool partnered with an Arctic Hiss and maybe some sort of snow themed towable.

I adore snow themed stuff so I think something to encourage more is a good idea - I bet the Polar Battle Bear would sell just fine (though I would really hope for a working tread - I am not holding my breath for it after the lack of them on the Anti-Armour Drone.

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You know what an "Arctic Scrap Iron" with a repainted drone wouldn't be a bad sell either.

I think they can do lots of repaints I think the way to do it is to make them seem like an essential purchase for the theme and not a frivolous repaint.

That is why I am a little uncertain about say a Crimson Stinger... it might come across as them pushing their luck a bit.

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As for the image that just got pulled its interesting to see what Hasbro's mind set was back when showing these off, as they clearly had 3 options there "fairly faithful to the original and to the A-10's stance" "somewhat hotrodded but still clearly based on a rattler / A-10" and "Bonkers Sci Fi"

I have to admit if they ever do a small scale Vehicle focused line I'd be very happy to see them do "exotic" variations. Remember what Wild Weasel said to the Baroness about his personal Rattler being modded.

That would very much apply to the 2nd and 3rd images.
I kinda like the idea for the 3.75" line too - after all there is a great many variations of Hiss Tank why shouldn't there be a Fancy Rattler.

That us kinda what happened to the Sky Hawk after all.. a series of upgrades over time.

For Haslab though at 6" scale I want it relatively pure.. though I won't cry to much if they stretch the nose, alter the shape of the turret or change the position of the weapons a bit. After all I much prefer the new Hiss Tank Canopy over the old one so I am not going to say they can't possibly make something on it "better". When I think that new glass is far better on the Hiss Tank.

But it NEEDS to have a Vulcan Cannon... that is 'essential' inclusion.

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But if they want to put that Sci-Fi looking version in a new cartoon, videogame or small scale vehicle focused line I am VERY up for seeing it again.

[BenjaminXavier]

If anyone hasn't picked up Mutt & Junkyard yet, he's a limited time amazon deal today for $32

[Toa Maximus]

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyesisposh

There has been a lot more classified leaks overall than the rest.
Only other line with such substantial leaking is Marvel Legends right?


A minor drawback to having the spotlight be on
the Toyline it seems.

Oh Transformers has the most by far. That?s mostly because they don?t use code names for product listings and the brand is very popular in places where it?s manufactured. Transformers routinely get leaked in entirety before reveals. They even joke about it in stream.

Joe honestly doesn?t get a lot of leaks compared to Transformers or Legends and when we do it?s mostly retailer images leaking the night before and ?insider? leaks. We?re not getting full on reviews before reveals. It?s why it?s so odd that the haslabs seem to be leaky but they?ve been leaky in 2 very different ways.

[Rooted]

Darth Brett,

I would give Ecollectables a call. Could be a case where they read your message, updated info, but did not respond back. Not sure exactly how they do business but the town they are located is tiny. Could be small staffed/mom and pop shop (Maybe online only and not sure if has is a storefront too). I doubt it. Again town is in the 1000s of people. Yea, 1000s not hundreds or millions. Not even 10000 lol but maybe it grew since I was a kid.

Seeing as it is releasing soon, I would call to make sure. I have not had issues with them before.

3 hour time change than you (they are ahead like NY).

[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by Short

Let us all know what you come up with. My wife is unfortunately insistent on keeping a bed in that room for guests, so no option to get another, larger display case. I've considered a floating shelf with plexiglass case.

Ive thought the same thing about a floating shelf or just making my own acrylic/clear case for it and mounting it somewhere . That or maybe drilling a few holes on the side of a shelf and mounting it facing up or down use some zip ties through the side thats probably how im going to mount the rattler somewhere ..

First world problems weve got right here ..

[dfaehling]

Full Force just posted a pic of what "might" be a Retro Viper. fwiw

[dfaehling]

on another note - that Mondo 12" Scareglow and Scaremare is one awesome toy - not doing MOTU any longer, but man that's tempting...

[CaptClassified]

Images courtesy of weibo.

Images of newly designed web gear for Cobra Vipers have popped up on weibo recently. Could this mean a v2 Cobra Viper is in the works, or possibly even a retro carded version?




What would this mean for those of you who have already army built Cobra Vipers?

I myself have 6 Crimson Vipers, and 3 Cobra Viper 3-packs. I honestly dread having to replace them if a version 2 was released along with it's subsequent variants.