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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return... -
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^Yeah, Hasbro may be putting more effort into their 6" lines...but so what? That's where the action figure field is right now, just like it was 3.75" in the 80s. They are doing excellent work in this scale, at a price point that is a fourth of some of the "boutique" companies, with very little difference in quality in some cases.
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I would speculate that it was the success of the 6 inch Classified series that allowed Hasbro to take the chance at bringing back 3 3/4 inch.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Disappointed in Analog toys. I've always enjoyed their videos. I don't have the patience for another Retro Blasting Hasbro rage fest.
It's a good time to be GI JOE fan right now. Classified is a success and 3 3/4 inch is coming back. Fans have already found the listings for a third wave of 3 3/4 inch in Walmart's computer listings. Plus there is the Operation Blackout videogame coming for Xbox One, PS4 and Switch in October. Not going to let some nerd rage bring me down.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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^I get the argument it should have been true retro rereleases, especially with Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and Transformers doing the same. I also get the secondary argument that if they were going to go with 25th anniversary figures, they should have went with the versions that actually matched the original vintage releases, i.e. goggles Snake-Eyes and short-sleeved Storm Shadow.
But I don't understand why anyone expected so much from a limited, store-exclusive run of figures. It is indeed very phoned in, but why were expectations so high to begin with? How often have store exclusive lines been overly impressive?
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I wanted O-ring reissues too but I also realize the differences are that Transformers is an absolute sales juggernaut and Takara still had all the molds. Ghostbusters was getting the new movie push and simple 5POA figures are a lot cheaper to do. It would be a lot risker and more expensive to recreate all the missing molds and parts for a proper O-ring line. It still don't rule one out eventually. Maybe for the RAH 40th anniversary in 2022.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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I've seen both of his Retro Star Wars reviews. That to me is how you should do it. He doesn't like the way they did the cards and doesn't like the choice of Lando,Han and Leia in Wave 2 but he doesn't get all bent out of shape over it.Comment
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And now Retro Blasting weighs in:
This is the first video I've watched from him in many, many months. It's surprisingly calm. He gets a bit irate and frothy about Hasbro, but he's definitely dialed it back, and honestly seems less honked off than Tony at Analog Toys was.Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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A third wave of three retro figures has been found in Walmart listings. They are listed by code names so far. Two of the code names match up with Duke and Cobra Commander from Classified with the third figure in the wave being unknown so far.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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