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Mego 8? Hammer Reptile in Wal-Mart Exclusive Window Box
Mego 8? Hammer Reptile in Wal-Mart Exclusive Window Box
The 8″ Hammer Reptile will soon be making a return to retail in a new Wal-Mart exclusive window box in the next few weeks. This follows the announcement that The Toxic Crusader will also arrive at Wal-Marts in a window box.
I do appreciate the effort that goes into the product. That being said...this is an underwhelming character from an underwhelming movie in, art wise, an underwhelming box. I bought the carded figure because I had some extra money that day. Speaking solely for myself, and again i can appreciate the effort that goes into the product... I cannot see me buying the boxed version to accompany my carded version. Completists are different I get that. A boxed Lugosi Dracula ..probably. Boxed Cheney Wolfman... maybe. Boxed Karloff Frankenstein or Mummy figures? Possibly. CFTBL? I could see even doing a whole boxed set of the Universals and that would have my attention.
I don't agree. I really appreciate that Mego made an effort to improve the accuracy of her costume in this reissue. I like the film, too despite its shortcomings.
WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.
Well I prefer the boxed figures. Since I use the monsters as part of my Svengoolie set, I would love to be able to put them back in the protective box till I need them again.
This might be why I haven't seen anything new this year, they are getting ready for a reset.
I do agree the green figure against the green box doesn't quite pop. I would have preferred they used a contrasting color. But it is still cool that Walmart is doing boxed figures.
I do appreciate the effort that goes into the product. That being said...this is an underwhelming character from an underwhelming movie in, art wise, an underwhelming box. I
Have you seen the film? Nothing underwhelming about it.
I bought the orgiinal, but this one is more screen accurate. I'm in!
Since I have not seen these hit Walmart yet, I took to google to find any info and stumbled across a couple of things. The site zlccollectibles has the boxed version up for pre-order, shipping in July and the wholesale site, license-2-play, has it available in June. So this is only exclusive to WM during a window period? If so Mego should hustle to get this into WM stores...
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