Heavy restocks of coronation Starscream (5+) at Boca and Grand Canyon Targets. Also seeing a lot of Kingdom Tigatrons and Rhinox and SS86 Sweeps/Wreck-Gars. Everything else has been warming the pegs forever. Grand Canyon has also overstocked the He-Man Revelations line, with 5x of each figure from the last 2 waves save Tri-Klops. Grand Canyon and Boca Target also has the Neca Gargoyles Thailog. Grand Canyon also has 2x Neca Turtles "Catwoman from Channel 6" boxed set. Arroyo Wal Mart has the usual flight of retro Beast Wars (Tigatron, Megatron, Primal, one Rattrap) and last wave Kingdom figures, as well as SS86 Sweep/Wreck-Gar sets. One notable thing - it's the only Wal Mart I've found with the Cyberverse Wheeljack/Grimlock crash combiner. It also has the Neca Movie Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless repaints and the new Phantom figure. Some Vintage Joe Stalkers made their way to clearance. Fort Apache Wal Mart has a wide assortment of last wave retro BW, Kingdom, and SS86 figures. At least one of everything from the last wave. It also has the latest Power Rangers Lightning Collection wave, as well as all four retro Ninja Turtles. It also has the Fortnite Victory Royale TNTina figure, which along with the other VR figures are unsung gems IMO.
There are so many vintage Scorponoks at at Fort Apache Wal Mart it's embarrassing. Last I counted there were almost two dozen on the shelves. Aside from the initial salvo a few months ago, none of the vintage crap is moving.
And I’m torn for which Scorponok I want for my BW display. On one hand, the Kingdom version is more toon accurate but he’s also really small (compared to the rest which is heavy with MPs). I keep telling myself that the accuracy is more important than size, but I can’t stop going back and forth on this. Options are great, but sometimes I hate them haha.
I would go with the new one. Yeah he’s stubby but the old one has those claws that randomly pop open. If you’re never going to touch him then fine but if you ever actually play with him then I’d get the new version.
Luckily I’ve got him, and he’s a good figure just definitely undersized. Well put together though. And yeah, I’ve heard mixed things on the OG version. Like all figures, they’ve each got their pros and cons. I’m just surprised how much I waffle on this one.
The Kingdom Deluxe has some upgrade kits that address his robot mode for a somewhat moderate sacrifice of his scorpion mode. Granted, the kit is more expensive than the figure but it does add quite a bit, including show accurate missiles and much needed height. I had the OG version as a kid. It was horrible. The missiles had a hair trigger and the cyberbee popped open all the time. He was also very top heavy and his hip ball joints wore out fast, making him a floptastic mess after a year of play. As a side note, the shelves have been starved of late. I've been getting almost everything first from Amazon these days. For example, I have most of the SS Bee wave coming in today at retail cost whereas the shelves, Pulse, and all those specialty e-tailers are still silent.
I have to preorder everything I want on day one. Seeing what happened with Earthrise and some of siege scarred me.
