Retaliation Vehicles at Target and TRU

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 12:57 pm

HypnoHustler wrote:

Found the three packs at TRU today. Roadblock has a different upper torso than the single carded one, plus two normal hands.

This is good news...

Jay · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 1:43 pm

Different torso? Comparison pics?

HypnoHustler · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 2:35 pm

The single carded one (or what I assume is, I only have the preview pack) has some pads on his shoulders for his rocket launcher mount to clip on to. The three pack version just has a basic tank top. Kinda thinking it might see use for the v2 retaliation Roadblock, but I could be wrong. Very minor difference really.

Jay · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 2:38 pm

Oh, but that pad's removable.
http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2012/re ... block.html

HypnoHustler · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 3:25 pm

Yup, but in the first pics there you can see sculpted pads too. The three pack version doesn't have those, and now that I see this pic, no straps either.

HypnoHustler · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 8:47 pm

Oh, and the collapsable bow that can fit over a backpack peg that Storm Shadow comes with is one of the coolest accessories in quite awhile.

Marasai · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Checked my local TRU tonight. They did not have the 3 packs, singles, or vehicles. But, they did have the motorcycles and some of the roleplay stuff. Can't say I was interested in any of it. I suppose the one plus the motorcycle figures have over the other vehicle drivers is that the motorcycle riders have knee joints. Both bikes though I thought looked way too big and the figures themselves had really bad qc on the paint jobs. Globby and off center on both of them and the Firefly looked just plain dirty, like he'd been stepped on a few times on the factory floor. The role play swords are 100% foam and look like ass. The swords they made for ROC looked WAAAAAY better.

Target, on the other hand had absolutely nothing and their toy aisle looked like it hadn't been stocked in over a month. The side of the aisle where the super hero toys have been lately was almost completely empty. And slightly off topic, but it seems to me that Star Wars must be starting to drop off the scalper radar. I haven't seen anything new in a LONG time. The same product has been warming pegs since they changed the packaging styled.

Tapper · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 10:06 am

I checked the TrU in Newington Ct friday night and they only had the 10" Snake Eyes.

The Spectre · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 2:47 pm

Saw a few single pack figures, the small motorcycle sets and some of the roleplay accessories today at Walmart in Saddle Brook.

HypnoHustler · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 12:04 pm

Just found wave 1 of the single packs at Wal-Mart. No news there really, but the Cobra Commander is the black version. Be curious to see which one ends up more common, black or blue.

ThomasArmada23 · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 7:20 pm

I found the black Cobra Commander at Target today. I'm starting to think it is the common version.

ajaman · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 9:05 pm

Saw the bikes and role play crap today. They used to have eight pegs for Joes at the Indiana, PA Walmart. Granted, they were ALWAYS bare pegs, they still had eight. Now, two for bikes, one for masks and one for Renegades Cobra Commander. I assume they'll put the single pack figures on that peg. Barely gave the bikes a glance. They were like $13. Thought vehicles were supposed to be cheaper now.

Sean_C · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:43 pm

Marasai wrote:

. And slightly off topic, but it seems to me that Star Wars must be starting to drop off the scalper radar. I haven't seen anything new in a LONG time. The same product has been warming pegs since they changed the packaging styled.

Hasbro and online retailers have largely nullified the old scalpers by requiring completist collectors to buy entire cases of figures. The added bonus is that casual collectors like myself lose interest when we cannot find anything new at stores and buy nothing for weeks (months?), then Hasbro can site declining collector interest as another excuse to go back to making toys with 1978 levels of articulation. :-/

ThomasArmada23 · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 11:51 pm

Sean_C wrote:

Marasai wrote:

. And slightly off topic, but it seems to me that Star Wars must be starting to drop off the scalper radar. I haven't seen anything new in a LONG time. The same product has been warming pegs since they changed the packaging styled.

Hasbro and online retailers have largely nullified the old scalpers by requiring completist collectors to buy entire cases of figures. The added bonus is that casual collectors like myself lose interest when we cannot find anything new at stores and buy nothing for weeks (months?), then Hasbro can site declining collector interest as another excuse to go back to making toys with 1978 levels of articulation. :-/

Amen, brother!

J_Man · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:48 am

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