That's the general consensus. There's a lot of IFs, which is unfortunate.

IF it goes to mass retail, we can ASSume the MSRP will go down.

IF it doesn't go mass retail, we can ASSume $10 single packs. Maybe $8 due to the lack of licensing (unlike what Hasbro pays George Lucas for the SW name).

IF it goes mass retail but no advertising, will it fail?

IF it goes online only, it's destined to fail, especially w/o marketing.

In the end, if the line gets to mass retail, has a bit of marketing, and it sells well, this could be the rebrth of teh line. If not, Hasbro will have to figure out another way to get interest from the masses in 3.75".

I don't mean to be pessimistic; but this could be the end of the line for awhile. I think Hasbro is giving it one last chance. Going down with all guns blazing. I hope I'm wrong!!

That's not pessimistic. That's reality, dawg. There's a fine line, imo. Like I said, there are way too many IFs at this point. If we find out that these go to mass retail, it'll automatically do BETTER than the online sales. However, we still don't know how these'll be packed.

Unfortunately I think it's the last hurrah, whether it sells well or not (and from the first ten figs, I have my doubts). Wave four has been delayed so long I don't think we will ever see it go into production, and we've most likely seen our last 3 3/4" vehicle already.

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...And instead of Billy or Dr. Venom, or Kwinn in shorts, we would prefer that mysterious old, blind dude who pulled SE out of the snow in the aforementioned cartoon... I know there is clamoring in the community for THAT guy.

I'm with you. Just pick one SE for this release.

Lastly, They could do a mail-away for the hooded CC, if they really wanted to go back to the olden days... But one edition per character is the key to success, imo.

Well if it's the last hurrah for the line, then so let it be.

The sign of the times for us collectors are changing.... and the era for Joes isn't what it used to be.

Might as well wait and see how things go down the line. Here's hoping.

Justin told me the other week not to hold out for Wave4. Consider wave4 canceled.

Totally, YorkTown.

The way I feel, if they want to do our chars in new and funky outfits, the themes are perfect. But at the same time, if they want to do variants, allow 'em to come a wave or 3 further away than the original release. So let's say the 25th does well. hasbro continues on with another 25 or whatever. I could handle seeing v2 SE or whatever in the 50-75 figure range. MAYBE the latter 25-50 if he's at the butt end of it.

I would like to see the 3.75 line continue, but I think it is going to go the way of the 12 inch line, as a collector's line. I think with the new Sigma 6 line, this is going to be the current and forseeable future of the Joe line. Too bad, but probably realistic.

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