Now they better ship whole cases of Elsa from Last Crusade or there will be hell to pay!

The paint apps on her face were AWFUL. I left her on the shelf.

I hit a second TRU a short while later. They were behind schedule and were just opening up their boxes.

I had my choice of 3 additional Spalkos. Again, the paint was really crappy, but I picked the best of the bunch.

Still a disappointment, though, but I figured with crappy odds like that I might as well take the least offensive version rather than wait and pray for a better one to come along.

Yeah, they’re only packed one per case, so they will be hard to find.

I would imagine later in the summer, once they work out the kinks in the factory, the quality will improve.

I didn’t, however, see any Marions at all, either single-carded or deluxe and had to leave the only Sallah I found on the shelf due to the same paint quality issues.

The only figure I couldn’t find today was Spalko. Saw plenty of Marions. Out of the two Targets and one Wal-Mart, that is. Both Targets had the same three Deluxe sets(Indy/Ark, Marion/swordsman, and the German Soldiers) Wal-Mart had three completely different Deluxe sets(both Peru Temple Indys and the German with motorcycle) but none of the others. None of the three stores had all of everything. Wal-mart was at least fifty cents cheaper on the basic figs compared to Target, but since my Redcard doesn’t work at Wal-mart, I bought them at Target.

Just wondering.

Back to the topic, I saw all of the new figures today (but only the Jeep type vehicle)and wasn’t planning on getting any, but broke down and got Spalko, Dovchenko (the only ones of each!, Cairo Swordsman, and Indy w/horse.

Darn you, Scott Rogers and Jim Abell!!!

We feel sad for you, Brent. Not because you spent your entire day on here checking this blog, but because you are actually taking the time to criticize the other people here over something that you claim you no longer participate in or even care about. You sound lonely and seem to have a pretty joyless existence. I suggest spending less time trolling blogs to mock strangers and instead find something that will bring true happiness in your empty life.

It sounds like you might need to realize that there are lots of different types of action figure collectors. Not all of them are the Comic Book Guy on the Simpsons. True, some are scalpers and some are speculators, but others enjoy playing with them with their children and others are toy enthusiasts. For many of these people, “this” is their hobby.

A hobby like going to the gym or dabbling in the stock market or playing video games. Ironically (maybe to you), I do all three. I could go on about having a life, career, wife, children, etc. and not being someone’s stereotype of an action figure collector, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you’re a sensible person that doesn’t normally jump to conclusions about these types of things.
You might also need to realize some of us (luckily) live with a 20 minutes drive of six stores – I feel sorry for those who drive miles only to find nothing.

P.S. – I’m sorry to hear that you’re a “recovered collector”: in my experience that term means someone who had to give up on something they loved because they couldn’t afford collecting due to some hardship – be it financial or emotional.

(I know Brent is checking back here like a fool to see if anyone responded. Hello Brent!)

Then at Lunch TRU had plenty of all 3. I have a Spalko, Dovchenko, etc. in my trunk right now.

So ALL the figures from RotLA and Crystal Skull are out, it just depends on which stores. Ditto the deluxe figs. found some at target, and the rest at TRU like the German on Motorcycle and the Indy w/ horse.

Regarding the Spalko figure, make sure you check paint on the eyes. They had 3 and 2 of them were either lazy or bug-eyed, but one was just right. I have noticed this on some of the other figs as well.

The one that was hardest for me to find was the standard carded Marion Ravenwood (as opposed to the 2-pack, which was everywhere).

If Spalko and Marion end up being rare, it will probably be due to scalper-scum who think that they will be harder to find scoop them up.

Good hunting everyone!

P.S. The Wal-Mart I hit had NOTHING – so those may be a waste of time.

Oh, and Brent: this is a collector site for collectors, not idiots who troll message boards so they can shore-up their insecurity and low self-esteem by hurling insults behind the safety of a computer monitor. If anyone needs to grow up it’s you.

[IMG]http://i32.tinypic.com/16kcc3b.jpg[/IMG]

I was at TRU this morning at 10am. I was the first to look at the Indy stuff. I didn’t see her either.

There was 1 Indy from Kingdom. No German two packs. The male Russian commander (whom I too lazy at the moment to look up his name) was nowhere to be seen either.

So, perhaps these first cases didn’t include all the figs, and they’ll come in revision cases?