Or… if an assortment gets cancelled, and no one was going to buy it, does it really matter?
Okay, that’s a bit harsh. To be honest, I was looking forward to the Volcano Viper, and the Polar Shark Sub was pretty bad ass all around, but I do think most fans have moved on past the third wave of Alpha vehicles, haven’t they? I hope so, because according to The Terror Drome, the assortment has been officially cancelled, per an email from BigBadToyStore.
Seems to me, that even the most ardent fans of The Rise of Cobra (myself included) are now perched and ready for the Pursuit of Cobra, and don’t have a burning desire to revisit the Paramount universe at this point. There are so many cool G.I. Joe items on the horizon that appear to have been birthed from the film, but have evolved past the film, that I’m not sure I can bring myself to care a whole lot about this last assortment. Dusty did look pretty sweet. The Polar Shark and Ice Storm are something that my collection will miss. But the half-hearted Leatherneck was no great shakes, the repaint Rockslide and Molepod definitely don’t hurt my feelings. I dunno. Just nothing I was really clamoring for.
Bring on the Red Shadows at this point.
My biggest bitch is that I used a question in the last Q & A asking about this third wave…hopefully that’s not the magic one that Hasbro picks!
I think Hasbro made enough money on The Rise of Cobra line. You probably will see those vehicles in The Pursuit of Cobra theme, but I don’t think they were necessary. I don’t know where other people live, but the shelves between TRU and Target in Metro Atlanta are nearly bare.
And what’s funny is I don’t think Hasbro was jazzed on the SHARC in the first place. The film’s director staged the scene as an update to the climax in Thunderball, but the SHARCs were nowhere in the video game or ROC virtual comic(Flash game). So, I think Hasbro has made a mint from 2009’s G.I. Joe toys.
Sadly, they probably will because it’s now probably one of they few they can give you a straight answer on. 😉
i didn’t know that that wave was never released there… we received that wave here in the philippines, and i got one of each set, but the stores never restocked them…
I wanted the half-hearted Leatherneck 🙁
Also, if your Targets still have ROC Rhinos w/Hearamvy Metalpage, they just cut clearance prices in half again so it’s 12 bucks. I didn’t even want one at $25 but there were two left at my store and I basically had no choice for that price.
Wait. What? Canceled? NOOOOOOOO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOOOOOOOO PLEASE NO TAKE ME TAKE ME INSTEA…(err wait that won’t work because I won’t be around then to buy them) TAKE THE NEXT GUY THAT POSTS INSTEAD YEAH THAT’S IT TAKE THE NEXT GUY, THE NEXT GUY!!!!!!!
In all seriousness I was looking forward to the Ice Dagger as well as the new Rockslide and whatever Leatherneck was coming with. Who knows though, these may show up down the line as club exclusives.
Pursuit of Cobra is next…
I was looking forward to that wave too… Mostly because of the SHARC. Oh well. They spent the time making the mold, I’m sure it’ll show up eventually.
I wanted the Leatherneck, that was about it.
ws_toys has the Volcano Viper… wish they had th Leatherneck.
There was pretty much bad news all around yesterday. First, we had the news of wave 3 vehicles cancelling. But what Justin has added to his blog are the two other bits of bad news. First, GI Joe is cancelled indefinetly in the UK, Australia and Europe. The second was that Channing Tatum did an interview and admitted ROC was rushed and not a good movie and that he wanted to be there if they needed him. How’s that bad news? Well for starters it’s more people involved in either Hasbro or the film doing some admitting that ROC wasn’t too much of a success and it’s also bad news because he thinks he can make it better. The rush wasn’t to blame for his horrible acting.
LOL bring on the RED SHADOWS YAY!!!!
– In all seriousness I was looking forward to the Ice Dagger…
Seriously, chuckdawg? Now are you talking about that recast blue thing that used to be the Ice Saber, or something else they’ve decided should also be an Ice Dagger? If you reallllly really want one, I have the one I got, but never bothered to put the decals on or anything. Took it out of the box, but still have the box and all.
I was just so disgusted with what a crappy job Hasbro did with assembling that wobbly piece of junk, I was planning to send it back to them with a letter that they should really take more care and inject more quality if they intend to bend us over at these retarded prices being slapped on their product. Not that they’d care or listen really, but they still need to hear it sucks if it sucks.
I mean, seriously, the Wal-Mart Exclusive 2-packs are priced at $14-15 each, WITHOUT a comic (although the little fake tats and stickers are interesting…but CHEAPly made, or cheaper than a comic at any rate…), but still, we didn’t pay but about 2/3 that price for the 25th line comic 2-packs and for the previous comic 3-packs. That is just ridiculous, for us to pay these ever increasing rates for crap product, while they cancel what we really want, in some bizarre effort to expend less and make more off of us. I’m getting pretty sick of it, and have stopped buying all except what really appeals to me…AND actually makes it to the shelves in stores I am able to shop at…
Anyway, I digress… So, chuckdawg, if I have the vehicle you’re looking for, maybe we can work out something to where I can put it into your hands and FAR out of mine.
…Bring on the RED SHADOWS, YEAHHH!!!