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09-11-2020, 12:43 AM | #11 |
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March or late February seemed to be the norm in my area. It wasn't unusual to see the commercials a week or two, before. For instance, I remember seeing the commercial for the comic book in mid-February 1982...then freaked out a week or two later when it became a toy commercial.
In 1982, the 3 Cobra figures (Commander, Trooper and Officer) didn't come out until the summer. I can't remember if the Sears Missile Base with all 3 was released before then. Regardless, the 3 original Cobra figures came later. I think their release coincided with the TV commercial for GI Joe #5. The Bridge Layer showed up as a Sears exclusive in time for Christmas 1984. It was released, everywhere else, in 1985 on the usual schedule. BattleForce 2000 (both figures and vehicles) suddenly hit the shelves around late October or November 1987. I always figured it was a Christmas sales push. Python Patrol followed suit in late 1988. Starting in 1989, they began to release regular figures a bit earlier, like in January. Even if it was just two or three. I remember going to a Target in late 1988 and getting (coincidentally) TARGAT, a few days after Christmas, 1988. In late 1991, they released Snake-Eyes, Tracker and that weird red-faced Cobra Commander. Plus a buncha' Sonic Fighters, like Zap and Major Bludd. Sometimes, the vehicles would arrive before the figures, which drove me nuts. In 1984, I had the Bivouac, Watch Tower and Missile Defense Unit about three weeks before I got my first 1984 figures (Mutt, Blowtorch, Recondo and Scrap-Iron). In 1988, I got the Cobra Imp before any new figures had arrived in my area. It's funny though that you got the same few '84 figures that I did, early on. It reinforces my belief that the 84 figures came out in mini waves.
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09-11-2020, 01:11 PM | #12 |
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I think they came out in Spring. I remember Consumers Distributing catalogs I got that would show the new stuff but say not available until Spring 198X
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09-11-2020, 04:47 PM | #13 |
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I've wondered about this myself. I can remember going into stores and seeing new figures on the pegs, in fact I have a clear memory of going into Children's Palace and seeing new figure, flipping one over and seeing there was a new Snake Eyes, and then searching through every rack to find him (they didn't have him). Anyway, I can't remember what time of year this was. My birthday is in August, so stuff was out by then, cause whatever I didn't get for my birthday, I'd then ask for at Christmas.
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09-11-2020, 05:25 PM | #14 |
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u can always ask Kirk Bozigian. he is on facebook and is always interacting with the fans. he even posted all the sales numbers a couple months ago when the pandemic started. he showed how many figures and vehicles were sold. it was crazy the amount of information he had.
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