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10-21-2020, 02:04 PM | #7061 |
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I don't think the Cobra Infantry was a planned release. I think it was a figure rushed into being by the lack of available Cobra Trooper inventory and the negative backlash around the trooper. The slapped together art on the box, the name (Cobra Infantry!?), and some other elements of deco seem like evidence of that.
We probably will get another Beach Head and Baroness, but I don't know that it's as guaranteed in the near future as some people think. The pink hair Baroness might be like Regal CC: an early look that was changed as a result of feedback. Regal CC was definitely an unplanned release (it was a made-to-order preorder). Pink hair Baroness might not be so lucky. I think Target is getting the "real" versions of their releases. The Trooper, Baroness, Beach Head, the Viper, and Firefly all look like their normal selves. Only Roadblock seems a repaint/variant. That's what makes the Target exclusives so infuriating. But it isn't out of line with how Hasbro is handling exclusives for other lines. Bumblebee, for example, is a Walmart exclusive in his Earthrise form (along with Elita One). The rules for exclusives have changed . . . for the worse. |
10-21-2020, 04:01 PM | #7062 |
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Very few people believe that the Beach Head, Baroness, and Firefly molds are unique to Target. Rather, it’s that the exclusive “repaints” are being released first rather than second, and prior to any public announcement of main line versions to come later. (Although we have art of Baroness in a different deco). This is the pattern already used for Snake Eyes and Cobra Trooper/Infantry, and of course it’s heavily supported by logic and common sense too.
Of course not all exclusives are guaranteed to be like that — arctic Storm Shadow seems less obvious a choice for a second version later, for example. But regarding the A list characters you mention, a mainline recolor of Baroness, a Beach Head maybe in darker green with camo pants, and a Firefly (maybe without the vest and drone) are overwhelmingly likely in the not so distant future (....although there’s no way to rule out, say, the possibility that we might see a Tiger Force or Python Patril repaint first, if Hasbro is feeling frisky). Nothing’s guaranteed until product is announced and starts shipping, but that’s where the smart money is. As for the idea of made-to-order figures, I don’t think anyone is suggesting it as an approach to doing figures in the main line, because those are already available in quantity. |
10-21-2020, 04:10 PM | #7063 |
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I can't imagine any redeco of this Baroness looking half as good. She's an amazing figure and an almost perfect representation. The two or three things I'd tweak aren't even worth mentioning and no redeco would do so little.
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10-21-2020, 04:25 PM | #7064 |
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10-21-2020, 04:55 PM | #7065 |
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All of a sudden there's a renewed confidence! Lol
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10-23-2020, 05:05 PM | #7066 |
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So...
Are the wave ones done being distributed to stores? Asking for a friend who hasn't given up this frustrating hobby yet... |
10-23-2020, 05:27 PM | #7067 |
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The only Baroness redeco we're likely to get is the one with the gold shoulder pads. I can't imagine that purple hair version existing anywhere but in the game.
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10-23-2020, 05:31 PM | #7068 |
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My Beachhead that my friend got for me arrived. Wish the guns weren't green but really like how he looks.
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10-23-2020, 05:37 PM | #7069 |
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But I think Blackout's version is the gold shoulder pad version from the original art. She also had pink hair highlights.
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10-23-2020, 07:27 PM | #7070 |
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Well, let's hope they don't go too stylized which IMHO the purple highlights represents a bridge too far in that regard.
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