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Originally Posted by Mister Hiss

A good amount of you responded to my "Will we ever get this guy?" post. As you may have noticed, everyone on my list was black. Hasbro should start including more POC. Some on my list are really really cool. Hopefully Hasbro steps up.

That said ... here's my whiteboy list. Will we ever see these guys?

Steam-Roller
Keel-Haul
Crankcase
Cross-Country
Armadillo
Wild Card
Backblast
Salvo
Overlord
Barricade
T'Jbang
Night Creeper Leader
Effects
Space Shot
Big Brawler
Sideswipe
Horror Show
Laser Viper
Ice Storm
Sgt. Major Duncan

Again, I truly hope so. There are a few characters here that I am a big fan of.

[MadFlava76]

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Originally Posted by JeepJedi

Get ready for Season 2: Pulsecon!

Have a feeling that Star Duster isn't going to produce the same demand.

[SharksAndRec]

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Originally Posted by MadFlava76

Have a feeling that Star Duster isn't going to produce the same demand.

Hopefully Nemesis ends up being a wide release.

[GoodGuy9]

I think we'll find Starduster sells overwhelmingly too, the only poor selling con set up til now was the CST for obvious reasons.

[MadFlava76]

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Originally Posted by StalemateSB

Here's a scenario for you (begin rampant speculation):

Hasbro produced OAMCC in good quantity, however they paid for "fast shipping" from Asia for enough inventory to comfortably fulfill demand at SDCC. The rest of the inventory is coming via the "slow boat" which is why it's a September pre-order. Sound plausible? It will be interesting to compare the date stamps between the SDCC and September versions, to see if they were from the same batch or were manufactured months apart...

Totally sounds plausible. If these SDCC pre-orders are accurate and will arrive in September, then the figures have been made months ago and are in a cargo container some where on their way from China.

[Snake Pants]

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Originally Posted by Mister Hiss

A good amount of you responded to my "Will we ever get this guy?" post. As you may have noticed, everyone on my list was black. Hasbro should start including more POC. Some on my list are really really cool. Hopefully Hasbro steps up.

That said ... here's my whiteboy list. Will we ever see these guys?

Steam-Roller
Keel-Haul
Crankcase
Cross-Country
Armadillo
Wild Card
Backblast
Salvo
Overlord
Barricade
T'Jbang
Night Creeper Leader
Effects
Space Shot
Big Brawler
Sideswipe
Horror Show
Laser Viper
Ice Storm
Sgt. Major Duncan

Sgt. Major Duncan would be very easy repaint (with new head) of the upcoming Iron Grenadier, and Lenny told me in San Diego that Horror Show is his favorite member of the Oktober Guard. They may have better chances than the others, but who knows?

[Rares]

Just a heads up, OAM CC updated to pre-order at 11am EST, not 8am EST. So some of you don't have to wake up as early.

[RedAlert Rescue]

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Originally Posted by CG Steve

You and me both. I hope they do Street Fighter Alpha and Alpha 2. I would love for them to try their hand at Darkstalkers if they could get licensed. Storm Collectables are just too big and too pricey.

I'm into their Mega Man and SF stuff currently.

Oh Darkstalkers would be nice, we'd get a really nice Werewolf and some other fun things out of that.

I Hope they expand their license to other Street Fighter games as a Sakura would be nice to have.

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Originally Posted by byk500

Right! Can we just appreciate the fact that we got one of the more obscure characters in the Joe line. I never thought we would be getting Heavy duty and Frag Viper.

Also Hasbro will get OAMCC in everyone?s hands.

I would have been shocked if they DID NOT make Heavy Duty considering his brand presence as "Replacement for Roadblock" in a lot of brand segments.
If I have any concerns about who might get overlooked it is perhaps the Flamethrower wielders.
But they did Torch so I don't think all hope is lost..

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I have no serious interest personally in Marvel vs Capcom as every character would already be available in some other form already.. not that I don't think They'd make one hell of a Venom or a really good Hulk if jada did do that license, I just wouldn't be buying them myself.

But what about Soul Calibur figs ?

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Originally Posted by Snake Pants

I'm wondering who's more remote: W.O.R.M.S. or Zombie Viper?

Narratively I think they are working towards the Zombies.. but they need to get their logically really... so some Toxic Vipers and some "genetically enhanced" troops like the Hydro-Viper would be useful first.. to "excuse" them. I am not going to complain if they sneak in the odd VvsV item by the back door.. kinda like how Lockdown and Bulkhead leak into other Transformers brand segments over time.

WORMS makes some sense too as if they ever decided to be crafty and sell the Maggot vehicle in bits they could include a slightly different crew person with each part.. but also sell them in a box too. I think selling them in 3 pieces would be a good idea as then it would have to make the individual pieces good toys in their own right. But I would worry a bit about the tracks not being real I have to admit. I think I want to keep that as a carry over from the HISS onto other tracked vehicles as much as possible.

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Originally Posted by corin7

Definitely one of my top niche wants in the line. I have always wondered if anyone else dug them as much as I. Maybe we get a Maggot Haslab in 2026.

I think i'd rather that slot went to a DEMON or a Moray Hydrofoil. Heck or even a BUGG.

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Originally Posted by Mister Hiss

I'd much rather have WORMS than Frag Viper.

The colours of both are actually quite complementary.. I often displayed a Frag Viper around the Maggot for that very reason.

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Originally Posted by ECWFrancine

Id like to see the first Joe playset in 2025. We need a checkpoint set or something small.

I wouldn't say no to a Cobra Bunker or even a Bunker WITH a shooting range in the same set. They might be more viable if they'd 'get over' not having to include a figure with everything though. Something that would benefit the pricing of smaller to medium vehicles too perhaps. Like the Armadillo, Polar Battle Bear, Buzzboar, Devilfish, Pirahna etc..

[Toa Maximus]

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Originally Posted by Rares

Just a heads up, OAM CC updated to pre-order at 11am EST, not 8am EST. So some of you don't have to wake up as early.

Honestly, I?d make sure I?m up at both times just in case

[RedAlert Rescue]

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Originally Posted by Ford

For the sake of all the fans, take it seriously. It may amount to nothing. Or changes could be made based on enough people having similar feedback. I know last year when they showed the Rattler, they had Pilot Cobra Commander as the second tier. I said that that probably wouldn't go over well since we had a Cobra Commander with the Hiss tank, and he was never really a pilot. I preferred to see a Pilot Baroness since she flew Rattlers a lot in the comics. Did my feedback matter or was it just a coincidence? Who knows? But I felt better for saying it.

I think a Winter themed "Main Character" would be a nice Haslab tier item.. but I can't see them doing a snow-themed Haslab really and I also can't see any reason why they can't just make a Destro, Baroness, Cobra Commander and Mind bender in a winter gear over time... much like I can't see why they wouldn't make Desert Zartan eventually.

But Wetsuit Baroness is the super obvious inclusion with a Haslab Moray Hydrofoil.. so long as people don't complain about her being tier locked or it being 2 Baroness in a (Cobra) row.

But yeah Flight Suit Cobra Commander would be proper strange.. if he's going to fly anything I'd think he'd be doing it in his battle armor.
As for vehicles what is "popular" isn't always the same as what makes sense. & some things people might buy if they made them but wouldn't think to ask for them.. like say a Stellar Stilleto or a Cobra Pogo or an Imp.

As for the wider point of what they should be doing I think they kinda implied the worth themselves with the whole "World of Hiss Tank" thing.
They made an item of specific colour (black and red) and then made a lot of things that complement it and left themselves a set up for more later on (like the Stun).

The MOBAT is a tricky one and perhaps I don't have the space here to get into it. but one argument you can make is that it is the logical progression of RAM to VAMP to tank.

But to be honest I'd be perfectly OK with a Wolverine (regardless off cost with working tracks) outside of the Haslab.

That is why I want a Cobra Artic Hiss at some point as I think it is a good thematic unlock to encourage more snow-stuff.

If they 'for example' made that Moray Hydro Foil then the chances of getting a Piraha or a Devilfish go up and any other boats they do suddenly have a centre piece to work around. (exactly like with the Hiss).

So any Haslab that doesn't do that I would consider less useful.
Even the Dragonfly and Rattler get some bleed through.. not a lot maybe, but some. But the Hiss did it better and will continue to do it better likely too as like Stingers for example make your hiss tank better.
So will the eventual STUNS.. so would an ASP.

But there would be no serious reason to make an ASP at all if there wasn't a Hiss and a Stinger.. but because there is they suddenly seem much more useful.. and once they make that ASP that in turn raises the probability of a Python Patrol Stinger and Python Patrol Asp too.

That is how I'd like Haslab to ideally work.

So yeah they could make a Night Raven Haslab for 2026 and I'd be "fine" with that.. but a lot of the bleed through would already be done with the Rattler and so in a greater sense it would be a static piece.

But if they made a Moray.. a whole new environmental theme is unlocked.