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Old 07-16-2024, 08:36 AM   #5081
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Over on Robo's channel, Brian said they wouldn't have physical samples at SDCC, which is a real bummer, but apparently the preorder window is going to be extended a bit.

He also talked himself in circles over how much he hates that double-jointed articulation.
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Old 07-16-2024, 10:48 AM   #5082
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Wave 10 arrived!

Quick thoughts...

Mailer box and sleeve are gone, I'm okay with that. Casey has a whole new packaging sleeve as a Mirage figure and the classic Eastman & Laird logo. Box copy is a repeat from wave 4/vintage toy.

Karai, the Foot's Femme Fatale and Ninja April, Newscaster turned Foot-slasher both have new bios that feel like they were written in the 90s.

Mirage Casey Jones

Nothing really new here, but a solid repaint. The alt head is fun, but I really wish he got a fully unmasked head. Waist is still weird. Accessories bend too easily, and I do kind of miss the absurd toy colors.

Classic Rocker Leo

Highlight of the wave, a fun variant that perfectly walks the line of "what you remember" while making some creative updates. The double neck guitar is a blast, the clam pizza is a fun addition, and the pointing and picking hands are great - I just wish they used the same peg system as the first Leo! Eyes closed head is fun.

Ninja April
Fun variant, feels like something out of the vintage line. Each head looks great, and the skin tone is much better from the first release. Weapons are a lot of fun too as a "what if" but take extra care when first moving her around - she has a gumminess that reminds me of NECA. Articulation is as expected.

Karai
My most anticipated figure of the wave - Karai deliveries on almost everything I wanted. She shares most of her body with April but the repaint and torso cover do a lot to hide it. Each head looks great, but the scarf is a bit of a miss - the fabric is too thick. I must have missed that in the original solicit that it was softgoods because I thought it was going to be a plastic piece that went over the neck.

Alternate heads are fun for masked and unmasked variants. The Foot Ninja head is great... except her neck is exposed. I really wish she had been constructed with an alternate neck so we could get a more classic Foot Ninja look because then I would have absolutely grabbed a few more of her.

It's worth noting for both Karai and April, they look much better when they aren't under studio lighting like when people record YouTube videos. Harsh lighting really makes them look more transparent than they are under normal light.

All-in-all, for Super7's first attempts at vintage-but-not figures, Karai and April feel close but feel more like they're from the first few years of the line, not what the line eventually became with asymmetrical designs by 1993.

If either Karai or April had been in the vintage line, they probably would have had throwing stars tucked into their belts, knives in their boots and tears in their gear - but if you look at figures like Slash, Fugitoid or Walkabout, they fit right in (as much as any humans can).

All that said, it's rough having a full wave without any unique character vintage additions to the line. The absence of Rat King is really felt.

Karai is the closet to a must have in this wave (it's crazy to think she didn't debut in the comics until the end of 1992), Classic Rock Leo is a great figure but a variant all the same, and if you skipped Ninja April or Mirage Casey, you wouldn't notice in the long run.

Okay, maybe those thoughts weren't so quick.
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Old 07-24-2024, 11:48 PM   #5083
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Over on Robo's channel, Brian said they wouldn't have physical samples at SDCC, which is a real bummer, but apparently the preorder window is going to be extended a bit.

He also talked himself in circles over how much he hates that double-jointed articulation.
I'm beginning to wonder if Brian even knows what's going on at his own company.

They do have prototypes of these at SDCC, and I think they look better than the renders from what I've briefly seen. The shells don't look as out of scale.
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Old 07-25-2024, 09:07 AM   #5084
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I'm beginning to wonder if Brian even knows what's going on at his own company.
I laughed so hard in the Pixel Dan video when they showed that D&D dragon vinyl character, and Brian said it would be $300 with a $250 sticker in front of it.
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Old 07-25-2024, 10:52 AM   #5085
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I laughed so hard in the Pixel Dan video when they showed that D&D dragon vinyl character, and Brian said it would be $300 with a $250 sticker in front of it.
Taking into account Super7's awful shipping costs if you order direct, he is probably not wrong. lol
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Old 07-25-2024, 11:13 AM   #5086
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Tiamat is $300 on the site and from other retailers….maybe it’s $250 if you order in person at the show?
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Old 07-25-2024, 11:15 AM   #5087
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I'm beginning to wonder if Brian even knows what's going on at his own company.

They do have prototypes of these at SDCC, and I think they look better than the renders from what I've briefly seen. The shells don't look as out of scale.
They look really good, I'm glad I preordered them. I don't think NECA would have done better. Flynn was wrong. The boosted articulation helps the sculpt, both in fluidity and presentation.
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Old 07-25-2024, 11:36 AM   #5088
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I mean, if Super7 is anything like the company I work at... the CEO doesn't really know all the little details.

2k3 turtles look good - Toyark's got some great photos of them https://www.toyark.com/2024/07/24/sd...turtles-538535 Mikey's whirling 'chucks look great.

Pizza Mikey's packaging is great and I'm shocked GitD Scumbug is only $65.

That Pizza Party Wagon is absurd.

On the Power Rangers side - they showed off some new $35 "technically-not-called-ultimates" deluxe rangers in metallic paint jobs with limited accessories. I'm very interested in seeing if that kind of subline appears with other licenses.
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Old 07-26-2024, 06:07 PM   #5089
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Old 07-26-2024, 06:34 PM   #5090
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Back to back 2k3 waves seems like an odd choice.

I just want that Shredder - as long as he isn’t blue this time around.
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Old 07-26-2024, 06:59 PM   #5091
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Back to back 2k3 waves seems like an odd choice.

I just want that Shredder - as long as he isn’t blue this time around.
I wonder, will there be a tiny little Utrom inside that can pop out?
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Old 07-26-2024, 09:38 PM   #5092
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Considering they're coming up on two and half years of owing people Wave 7 figures, that's cute they think they might be able to get 2003 figures out to customers at a decent pace.
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I wonder, will there be a tiny little Utrom inside that can pop out?
Feels like a no-brainer... but the four Turtles have like zero accessories, so maybe not?

I'd also expect him to be larger (and pricier) than the other figures, so I'm sure those silhouettes aren't scaled properly.
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Old 07-26-2024, 09:46 PM   #5094
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Considering they're coming up on two and half years of owing people Wave 7 figures, that's cute they think they might be able to get 2003 figures out to customers at a decent pace.
To their credit, the more recent waves have come out in a timely-ish manner and the QC on Wave 9 (I didn't bother with anything from Wave 10) felt drastically improved over the first seven waves we received.

That said, I've heard anecdotally that the QC on the final Simpsons figures was abysmal, so it may all still be completely hit and miss. I dunno. I thought the three figures I got from Wave 9 were fine, though.
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To their credit, the more recent waves have come out in a timely-ish manner and the QC on Wave 9 (I didn't bother with anything from Wave 10) felt drastically improved over the first seven waves we received.

That said, I've heard anecdotally that the QC on the final Simpsons figures was abysmal, so it may all still be completely hit and miss. I dunno. I thought the three figures I got from Wave 9 were fine, though.
Oh for sure, it seems there isn't as much of a nightmare QC for the Turtles lately ... but yeah, that last Simpsons line was a bust when it came to some of the figures apparently. I watched a review of Devil Flanders where it just basically fell apart.
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Old 07-26-2024, 11:34 PM   #5096
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Back to back 2k3 waves seems like an odd choice.
Wasn't wave 12 originally supposed to be wave 11 and vice-versa? If so, then this seems to line-up with the whole "alternating waves" thing that was mentioned forever ago. But I can still imagine this upsetting people that wanted more vintage-inspired figures.

At the very least, I do hope there ends up being some clarification, because I'll be disappointed if we never get Heavy Metal Raph.
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Old 07-27-2024, 12:43 AM   #5097
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Considering they're coming up on two and half years of owing people Wave 7 figures, that's cute they think they might be able to get 2003 figures out to customers at a decent pace.
Annnnnd it’s been delayed again. https://super7.com/pages/pre-order-status-page

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because I'll be disappointed if we never get Heavy Metal Raph.
These are my feelings exactly.
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Old 07-27-2024, 12:24 PM   #5099
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At the very least, I do hope there ends up being some clarification, because I'll be disappointed if we never get Heavy Metal Raph.
Jada's Mega Man line keeps hopping around the game rosters instead of just completing one set of Robot Masters, so even though I'm not in on the variant Turtles, I feel your pain. They did the same thing with the disguise Turtles, too. Kind of maddening.
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Jada's Mega Man line keeps hopping around the game rosters instead of just completing one set of Robot Masters, so even though I'm not in on the variant Turtles, I feel your pain. They did the same thing with the disguise Turtles, too. Kind of maddening.
But their Street Fighter line did it near perfect - everyone from Super Street Fighter II Turbo is now on display!

With Mondo’s pop vinyl line being so toy influenced, I really do wonder what changed.
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