G.I. Joe Kung Fu grip at Walmart

[Adam West]

I'm just going by the Master Collector rag I just received yesterday.

It has pictures of all of the Wal-Mart exclusives, said it had a suggested retail price of $10, would be available in August for a limited time only.

That's really all I know other than the figure assortment which I already posted.
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I should add that these are 12 inch figures. Hot Topic and Urban Outfitters had some last year and they were only $14.99.

With WalMart's purchasing power, I'm sure they can sell them for $10 and still make a profit.

[Lynn TXP 0369]

That is SWEET news!!
But unfortunatly they will be gone withen hrs or a day at the most, at least at my Walmart anyway, and will be all over eBay for about triple the price labled as rare and HTF....

I want the Man of action, Air adventurer if it is in the correct orange suit, unlike the incorrect past ones from Urban outfitters and Maijer stores, Sea Adventurer, and the AA Adventurer...

I won't even bother with the Land Adventurer, you only need so many of them.

Lynn

[toys2cool]

that's cool,I'll be getting the complete set

[kingdom warrior]

Oh Baby can't wait for these!

[thunderbolt]

Glad to know that it is for real. Now if Walmart would get some adventure sets, too.

[Adam West]

That is SWEET news!!
But unfortunatly they will be gone withen hrs or a day at the most, at least at my Walmart anyway, and will be all over eBay for about triple the price labled as rare and HTF....

I want the Man of action, Air adventurer if it is in the correct orange suit, unlike the incorrect past ones from Urban outfitters and Maijer stores, Sea Adventurer, and the AA Adventurer...

I won't even bother with the Land Adventurer, you only need so many of them.

Lynn

The picture of them in the Master Collector magazine shows him in the correct outfit. It's in B&W and I'm assuming they are the figures they will be selling at WalMart and not just representations. At $10 a piece though, that's a great price. You could purchase a whole Army of those.

I don't think they will be coming out with any sets anytime soon. The only repro. sets that I am aware of are through the G.I. Joe Collector's Club and are usually convention sets. They sell for way too much money....$200-$400 a set. Sure they might be limited but that is just too much money for the average Joe (no pun intended).

[EMCE Hammer]

This is slightly amazing when you consider that when the HOF line came out in th early 90s they retailed for $19.99, and later went to clearance at $9.99. Fifteen years later and vastly superior figures are available at half the cost.

[Hulk]

It makes me think that if Walmart supported Mego repros, they probably wouldn't cost much more than they did when Mego when out of business.

[Adam West]

I wonder what it would cost to purchase the defunct Mego corporation?

It seems like it would be difficult since I think Lego owns the Mego name and then you have to deal with patent and other messy legal issues plus the licensing rights.

But it would be great if someone like Hasbro jumped in and took a chance on it. I actually think they would sell quite well given the influx of all the recent super hero movies.

[Hulk]

There would be no cost, since there is no corporation to buy. The entire problem is that the name cannot be used for making Toys and action figures until someone can come up with a better argument than Marty did when he tried to reregister the copyright.