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    yeah i thought giving up on marvel comics for a while but this and thunderbolts i will get. i may cave for iron man to. dont really need them in figure form but it would be awesome.

     

    Didn't Forge go crazy/bad back in an AXM story a short while ago? I can't quite remember the details... I will be checking this one out, maybe Tbolts as well. I'll be passing on Hunger Royale Arena. Just because it worked for cinema doesn't make me want to see young Marvel characters that I actually like kill each other.

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    Worked an overnight shift and got to Toys R Us in Times Square JUST as they opened, so I made it in with some collectors and scalpers. LOL.

     

    But nabbed the last Kang and an FF Spidey. Had to compare the two FF Spideys to find the least screwed up paint job.

     

    Already had Scarlet Witch and She-Hulk, so I passed, but there was easily 5 Scarlet Witches, which all got snatched up, and probably 8-10 She-Hulks, and there were still a few of her when I left. Also they had a million X-Men vs. Avengers 2-packs, so they won't be difficult to track down.

    And I was one of those collectors! LOL

    From what I picked up today that's not already promised I have one Punisher for sale (cost + shipping) or trade. No Bagheads today, which disappointed me a little bit but really disappointed the scalper who got there right before me - he was bitching to himself as he walked away. Sometimes it's the little things... Anyway, PM me - first come first serve.

  3. Tried TRU again this morning. Five minutes after opening, the new case or two they put out had already been cleared of Scarlet Witches; the rat-faced scalper who is there every morning with a big bag full of toys (Santa he ain't) walked by so I'm guessing it was him. I just missed the single Kang he left behind being picked up by yet another scalper I frequently see there. There were a couple FF SMs and Shulkies and a bunch of Punishers left as well as many of the repacks. So frustrating, and I was mainly there to try to score some Bagheads for other board members...

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    Hit TRU at lunch today and got my first sighting of W19 in the wild. They put it out over the weekend so of course there were no Kangs or SWs to be found. This bucks the recent trend in the area of comic shops getting cases before retail. I picked up FF SM and a replacement Punisher for one I bought online that had mediocre paint apps. It seems crazy that my previously-purchased Kang and SW are virtually perfect while the Spider-Mans, She-Hulks and Punishers I saw today all had paint issues, many of them quite noticeable. Suppose I just got lucky with those two... Also the shading on Spider-Man just makes him look dirty instead of shadowed. His promo pic looks so much better than the finished product.

     

    As a follow-up to this, I hit TRU as they opened today to return something and swung by the MU section. Another few cases of W19 had been put out and all the Scarlet Witches were already gone. One guy was standing there with two in his hand and another who I see there a lot and assume is a scalper had a bag full of toys, so I'm guessing that's where the rest were. Also, they had issues ringing up W19 at the register so that seems to go along with others' experiences as well.

  5. Hit TRU at lunch today and got my first sighting of W19 in the wild. They put it out over the weekend so of course there were no Kangs or SWs to be found. This bucks the recent trend in the area of comic shops getting cases before retail. I picked up FF SM and a replacement Punisher for one I bought online that had mediocre paint apps. It seems crazy that my previously-purchased Kang and SW are virtually perfect while the Spider-Mans, She-Hulks and Punishers I saw today all had paint issues, many of them quite noticeable. Suppose I just got lucky with those two... Also the shading on Spider-Man just makes him look dirty instead of shadowed. His promo pic looks so much better than the finished product.

  6. Wave 18 finally hit TRU big time with a dozen or so full pegs. Same thing everyone else has been seeing at big retail: PP Spider-Man & right-side-up Beast. Lots of Legends as well and enough Avengers Black Widows & Hawkeyes to choke on. You gotta love how some of this stuff shows up in bulk after all the trouble you've already gone through to get it...

     

    How many black widows qualifies as enough to choke on?

    At least six of both figures just on the peg fronts plus a handful more behind. I've seen 1-2 at the same time on the rare occasion but today's sighting was crazy.

  7. Wave 18 finally hit TRU big time with a dozen or so full pegs. Same thing everyone else has been seeing at big retail: PP Spider-Man & right-side-up Beast. Lots of Legends as well and enough Avengers Black Widows & Hawkeyes to choke on. You gotta love how some of this stuff shows up in bulk after all the trouble you've already gone through to get it...

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    16621430[/url]' date='Aug 23 2012, 11:30 AM']I'm looking for Black Panther light up base fig from TRU if anyone stumbles across one. Hopefully I'll find one today...but I doubt it with my ghetto TRU

    Got you covered, Chris.

     

    Hah - I went to my TRU at lunch, saw one of these and remembering this post picked it up. Oh well - Returnsville tomorrow. :)

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    Got my She-Hulk and Punisher from Koko and paint apps were flawless! Great sculpt and accessories for Punisher. She Hulk is by far my favorite MU female. I've been waiting for her for a while!

     

    Lucky you! I just got my Punisher in the mail and the paint on the gloves looks like the remnants of a second century fresco. It's supposed to have that shadow effect they try from time to time but just looks junky to me.

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    Went by TRU in Times Square today and they had all the 2-packs except Hulk/Wolverine and Spider-Man/Rhino (go figure!). They're going for an eye-watering $23 per pack (!!!).

     

    They were also well-stocked with Legends Wave 2 except, of course, Piledriver and Thunder. There are a number from Wave 1 as well.

     

    MU, however, is another story. A very sad, sad story. The last time I went they were well-stocked with Wave 17, but this time there wasn't even any of those. Each and every peg was filled with peg-warming Gladiators. Poor Gladiator...hard times for MU all 'round in NYC it seems...

     

    I swung thru around 10:15 and they had one Hulk/Wolvie but I knew it wouldn't last long. MU has been Gladiator-only for a week now and none of them (rightfully so at this point) are moving. I tried asking an employee when they might be restocking but as usual they know nothing...

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    My wave 19 came from Amoktime which is in New York where they normally get things from overseas early

     

    However Amoktime gets their supply is different from retail. At least in the last year or so, NYC is always at least a month behind Asia and several weeks later than the West Coast in getting new waves of anything. We routinely curse at and salivate over other people's haul pics. I've sweated through this nasty summer combing the city for any scent of the new waves - regular retail, discount, mom & pops, Chinatown - and found nothing. Damn you MU - I want my life back!

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