Hasbro Pulse announced today that Major Bludd would be released as part of the Cobra Island Target exclusive waves, and offered a few up for sale on their website that sold out immediately. Nobody was surprised about anything in that sentence.
They followed this up with an announcement for an all new Heavy Artillery Roadblock, making this the THIRD time this figure has been released since the line started. This time around, it's an Amazon exclusive (available here...for now), and limited quantities were made available on Pulse, which sold out immediately. Again, no surprise.
***UPDATE***Roadblock appears to be sold out. Much like the prior Arctic Mission Storm Shadow, Amazon most likely will not get any additional figures in stock.
Additionally, Hasbro announced two deluxe packages. The first featuring a "Commando" style Snake Eyes, which comes packed with Timber, and Breaker, which comes packed in with a RAM motorcycle.
Unfortunately, Breaker will be part of the Cobra Island series, making him a Target exclusive.
Lastly, Hasbro announced Barbecue...Another Target exclusive.
To all of you ready for the hunt, good luck. As for me, I'm officially done with Classified. More Target exclusives, and too many re-occurring releases has burned me out. I'm out on this series.
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I hate to hear you're done with the line but, yeah, it's an odd one to collect. Ar least Roadblock was easy to obtain. I don't understand why Hasbro cannot just release normal waves of figures with this line like they do with The Black Series and Marvel Legends. Is Target really just not interested in the line unless they get exclusives? I would think between Pulse, Amazon, GameStop, and etailers Hasbro could keep this line supplied despite weird mainstream retail stock but it just doesn't seem to be the case. That said, I'm pretty pumped for Barbecue and it is nice to hear they're re-releasing most of the CI figures again.
ReplyDeleteBarbecue looks kind of fat. Like he's one barbecue away from popping out of his shirt.
DeleteHa - that's funny!
DeleteI hate Hasbro and Target for what they've done to this line. I too am considering tapping out. However, no longer being a completist, I am less stressed about this mess. I will pout and not even add Bludd to my collection. Target is giving Hasbro the $$$ so they don't need to listen to fans and collectors. Argh!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's gotten stupid. It would be one thing if product was showing up on shelves, and it was just hit or miss if you found the figure you were looking for, but this is just straight up obnoxious. Why even have a section for Joe? It's never in stock.
DeleteIt was cool to see Breaker and RAM look like the original vintage line. F--- Cobra Island.
ReplyDeleteI was truly excited for Breaker until I saw it was a Cobra Island exclusive.
DeleteAnd now they've got a Reaction line coming selling at 17 bucks a figure which you'll probably end up buying on eBay for twice that. Imagine paying $40 bucks for , not only a 3.75 figure, but one with only 5 POA. I've had it with GI Joe playing with my emotions 😤🤣
ReplyDeleteYay, more ebay exclusive figures. Good times.
DeleteYou gotta wonder what kind of conversations they are having behind close doors. "Our fans hate us." "Who cares, Target is increasing our revenue."
DeletePretty much.
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