Valo487

Now when I look at Ultron, that's all I can see... I took Electro out for a test tonight, he glows like crazy. Good job DST.

He's stealing every character isn't he?

I just need Noir Spider-Man....PLEASE!! Those of you who watch the show, what is the backstory for Iron Spidey? Is it still Peter Parker?

I think it was supposed to represent him dissolving into sand completely, but I don't know if that can translate well in 'mate form.

I read back through all the pages of this thread to see if Zach ever gave any insight, but it doesn't appear that we have any clue what's coming. Now that there's only one wave unreleased before this one, when can we be on the lookout for a reveal?

It's the Sandman from the Spiderman five pack with a hairpiece on it that I don't think it came with. The five pack that came with Hydro Man

Success in VA today. Zach, if my two cents can help at all, I recommend sending more than one per case for the next series, especially because of Venom. People are going to want to army build him. Or at least I will.

I told my friend's fiancée that these were on the way, and that this was his favorite movie scene of all time. She hasn't seen it, so she's planning on getting it for him, unaware of my ruse. I look forward to his reaction.

I think the fact that it's a new SKU and not an update to an existing one is what's holding up progress a bit.

Do you know what would be really cool? If the stores around me that have them would actually put them on the shelf. That would rock pretty hard.

What is the estimated release date on the Gimp box set? I have to get a few for some disturbed friends for Christmas. Plus I can't wait to hear what "Florida Mom" has to say about it.

All of mine say they are in stock, and none of them are on the shelf yet. I'll just keep checking back every couple of days.

Well the silver lining in all of this is that it appears they will be available at every Walgreens, every store near me has them listed as "In Stock" even if they aren't on shelves yet. This certainly doesn't seem likely to be as frustrating as the Funko exclusives they had last year....

Mattel gets by on having big licenses, if their viability as a company was based on their performance, they'd be dead by now.

DAMN!!

They look great, and I will definitely pick those up, but I'm going to ask the question I think we all want to ask. When can we see Man-Thing! I need to see Man-Thing! A Giant Size Man-Thing!! This should get interesting....

I just want Spider-Man Noir, is that so wrong?! Can't wait to get 2099.

I've only had a problem getting a mask off once in my entire run of collecting these from Series 1, but I don't want to dismiss those who have had problems. I wish I had a secret to share. Maybe room temperature does help, I usually display mine for a few days before I really start switching them around.

I visited a few stores in Virginia that had them in stock on the website, but no one knew what they were, and I didn't want to send them to the back to look for them. I'll just wait until they are readily available. I found the Toys "R" Us animated 'mates though, pick up one of these. I picked up an extra Banner and WM also, I'm slowly building towards my goal of five. I could have gotten them all on day one, but I didn't want to clean out an entire store of an exclusive, I pick up one at every store I've visited if they have them.

Cool, I'll keep an eye out, I'm glad to see HT get on board, they seem like an ideal chain for this license.

I'm not asking for anything on a major scale, but at least mention it on social media which is free, and when you send the info and photos to sites like Toynewsi, make mention of retailer exclusives. The information gets out, 100% free.

I found Banner/War Machine in Chesapeake VA. No animated 'mates.

It just seems a bit shortsighted not to make this common knowledge. I don't have a business degree, but if I didn't see that in this thread, I wouldn't have known. Not exactly an ideal way to sell product.

It's great to see another chain carrying 'mates, but how did they get this far along without the information being released?

I was just making sure, I know Luke occasionally gets his stuff on a different schedule.