Mangar

Archangel, AIM 2-Pack, and Magik! And I thought I was done with my instant buys for the year...

For anyone who lives in the northeast HTS is FAST!!! I ordered the Venom wave around 11:15 AM yesterday and it arrived before noon today - not even Amazon beats that! Probably won't have time to open this evening though - that will be my treat for tomorrow.

Site is a bit jacked up at the moment but Venom wave is now back IN STOCK! I decided to place an order although I have a feeling a bunch of these will drop into the < $15 range eventually.

Klaue - I thought Andy Serkis was fantastic in the movie, so even though he's a bit of a vanilla figure I'll be happy to add him to my collection. That said I think he would have been better suited as part of a two-pack so folks who aren't Andy Serkis fans could skip him without missing out on whatever the BAF turns out to be. T'Chaka - Love it! Ayo - I honestly didn't even remember this was a named character in the movie until I looked her up just now. Would have preferred a generic Dora Milaje body with multiple heads to army build. T'Challa - I have enough Black Panthers already, thank you. Vintage Figures - I passed on the first wave but now I'm on the fence about getting into them. Surprisingly Amazon had Wolverine in stock yesterday and I thought about pulling the trigger but passed. Mild regret now.

Keep checking Walmart - I've seen it pop in and out of stock over the last week: https://www.walmart.com/ip/SPIDERMAN-6-INCH-INFINITE-LEGENDS-MYSTERIO/403699934

If it makes you feel any better all of the Venom wave *EXCEPT* Typhoid Mary came back in stock.

Wow those went fast! Lasted less than an hour. It's probably because they're the first online "retail" store to get them in stock. I'm sure they'll get another shipment in the next few weeks. Apocalypse wave will come back into stock on HTS as they're all listed again as "coming soon", and the Venom wave definitely will as well although it may take a few weeks - neither wave has really hit mass retail yet. Black Panther, the Sasquatch wave with the exception of Cable, and Lizard wave with the exception of Mysterio have all been readily available online and near me, as has most of the Thanos wave. I'm cautiously optimistic that these latest waves will be easier to find as well as the summer progresses!

Venom wave (and Wolverine Motorcycle) now IN STOCK at HTS. Night before SDCC though not sure if I want to open my wallet...

Venom wave is up on HTS but listed as out of stock. Not sure if it was in stock at some point this morning or if they're coming soon (they don't have the usual Coming Soon tag).

Amazon Defenders 4-Pack is an Amazon Prime Day Deal of the Day for $46.86: https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Legends-Defenders-Figure-4-pack/dp/B06XWBBZNL

Randomly checked the HTS website just now and noticed all of the ML figures (at least the ones I checked) now read "Item is excluded from any promotions". And for anyone who also collects SW, the exclusion policy has also appeared there, but it seems more targeted to the items people actually want (TBS 4-LOM, TVC Hoth Trooper), and not the pegwarming stuff (everything Force Link, TBS everything Solo / TLJ, TVC non-Hoth Trooper)

The latest three MCU10 sets are now up and in stock on HTS with code "AMERICA" to save 10% on $75, 15% on $100, or 20% on $150. As none of these are exclusives, personally I'm going to roll the dice and hope they eventually come down to the $19.99/each price point before buying. Red Skull: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e2446as00 Thor & Sif: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e2448as00 Ant-Man & Yellowjacket: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e2484as00 And they also listed the SDCC set: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e24390000

Hasbro is getting more money from me with the increase in volume but on average I'm paying less per figure. Similar to others I'm cherry picking the ones I really want or that I think will be HTF and then waiting for sales to finish the rest. I still haven't bought either Ghost Rider or Black Widow on their bikes because I'm paying to keep up with the main line (and have no space). I'd be much happier with 6 waves per year with some exclusives sprinkled in. (On the other hand it's KILLING me to wait 2+ years to finish my Fantastic Four!)

The only one I was really looking forward to in this wave was Doc Ock, but after getting them out of package he seems a bit bland whereas I'm really liking the way the rest of them look!

It's not listed on their site but code NOWNLATER is working for 18% off today only. Ordered my Ant-Man, Wasp, and Malekeith this morning, as well as the ones I was holding off on from the Thanos and BP waves. With X-Men shipping on 7/11 I'm all caught up now until the Venom wave drops :-)