We are just a few days away until
Hasbro's next
Fan-Friday G.I. Joe event where new reveals are expected to be made on the
6" Classified front. While I know a couple of non-exclusive figures will be announced on Friday, I suspect we will also be seeing more in the way of
Target store exclusives.
Up until now, hearing the words
Target and
G.I. Joe exclusives in the same sentence has caused more dread among collectors than the thought of
Cobra Commander conquering the world. Back during
PulseCon,
Hasbro announced two new
Target exclusives with
Firefly and the
Cobra Viper trooper. Both figures had pre-orders that sold out in seconds. The first wave of
Target exclusive
G.I. Joe Classified figures, which included a
Cobra Trooper, Roadblock v2, Beach Head and
Baroness with bike also had pre-orders sell out in seconds, Even today they are still very difficult to find and buy at cost.
So if we see more
Target exclusive figures announced this coming Friday, will there be any real chance of folks being able to get them? I can't say for sure, but I will say that perhaps we got a glimmer of hope in the way of
Marvel Legends yesterday.
Yesterday
Target had up for pre-order two high demand
Marvel Legends figures. They had the
X-Men Retro Rogue and
Gambit figures available for the first time. While the pre-orders for both figures have since sold out, they lasted longer than a few seconds.
Rogue was available for over an hour, and
Gambit lasted a good part of the day. The reason why those figures didn't sell out in seconds is because
Target FINALLY started limiting them to one purchase per person.
Target has also been stocking the
Marvel Legends exclusives better recently. Both the
Storm/Thunderbird 2-pack and
Red Hulk figures are currently available for purchase, even though initial stock had sold out.
I can't predict what will happen on Friday, but if we see very popular
G.I. Joe character(s) announced as
Target exclusives, we can only hope
Hasbro and
Target will give Joe collectors the same respect they've recently been showing Marvel ones.
The
Hasbro G.I. Joe Live-Stream will take place this Friday (11/20) at 11am ET. Check back here for complete coverage and highlights for everything announced.
