BBTS has the first wave of the 50th Anniversary Joe's up for pre-order, and they have them listed as shared exclusives. So no worries about hunting them down at TRU, if you don't want to. Or don't have one locally.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=3494&category=10121

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Prices aren't bad. I wonder when wave 2 preorders go up.

Estimated arrival August 13th. Nice.

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I preordered the VAMP/Night Landing set x2. I don't want to miss out on that if my only TRU doesn't stock well or it gets cleared out before I can get there.

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Is destro or beachhead anything special? Just wondering if I need them for my collection.

Leatherneck looks much more like the ARAH version than the ROC attempt, so I do want him. Just not sure on the BH or destro.

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I pre-ordered a bunch of stuff. I have no idea if these will be coming to Canada, so I don't mind paying the shipping (although I could live without the extra taxes and duties I will get hit with when these arrive). I'm going to be so broke in August

Tsunami, Destro is all new tooling. Beachhead is made up of the great SE v54 mold.

OB

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I just got one of each. As much as I'd like 2 Ice Vipers and 2 of that Eel I can't justify the price right now. So they'll be unit commander types. Oh I did order 2 each of the 2-packs though. That Night Viper is pretty sweet and will go great with my POC Alley Viper group. And the HEAT Viper will make a nice addition to my 2014 JoeCon Zombie set.

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Do we know what they will MSRP for at TRU?

Beachhead looks like he is made using the Steel Brigade body which makes me interested.

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From what I had read these look to be about the same price as TRU should have.

Vamp/NL set is already sold out.

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That's the second time the Vamp/Flint/NL Raft/ Eel sold out this morning. Anyone who really wants that one, I'd suggest periodically checking back during the day. I think BBTS uses the first day of preordering to judge how much they should order.

When Acid Rain went up for preorder, the figures sold out almost immediately and then went back up for order.

That VAMP/Night Landing set really does nothing for me in that color scheme. I'd take the VAMP in brown, but don't need urban camo. And Flint doesn't look that great. The Eel is nice-looking, but not enough of an improvement over the one we already got for me to justify a vehicle pack purchase, let alone multiples.

I'm slightly more interested in the arctic pack, but on the fence.

I bought all the figure pack sets and two each of the two-pack sets. I far prefer this color scheme for the Night Viper and the HEAT Viper is just a fun-looking figure.

Really glad these are available through BBTS. So tired of hunting and gathering at brick and mortar locations.

What other outlets besides TRU and BBTS will have these?

None, most likely.
They were originally just a TRU exclusive.... I guess EE could also get them?

I love that HEAT Viper, but don't need another Blowtorch. I'll probably bite the bullet and get that set and the Leatherneck set.

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Yeah, I'm waiting for the VAMP set to come back (I hope) because I want the vehicle sets and Leatherneck the most. EE got some of the other internet joint exclusives in the past, so maybe.