Well, I did my Pulse Pre-order with standard shipping, so expecting my Zarana more around Monday. Based on the past week of posts, seems like I have a lot to look forward to. I don't currently have any Classified Cobra figures, so I may stick her in as a new Joe's recruit.

 

My girlfriend found it and made me apologize for saying it can't be that far away. She was right.

 

Received my Crimson Guard today. I’ve been so excited to open these new figures, I completely forgot to take a packaged photo. Oh well. My ARAH CG was the Starscream to my Cobra Commander back in the day. This figure has all the same feel to him. He was also a stand-alone character so I’ll need to see if I leave it that way or decide to get another.

My sample is in good shape but I do wish the knees and elbow joints were tighter. They aren’t loose but I would might just a little more tightness. May have to use some Future.

 

I put Zartan on the Bat-skeleton cycle and he couldn't reach the foot pegs if that helps... I doubt it's the same scale you're asking about.
It was quite laughable BUT to be fair; the Batman that rides that bike is head and shoulders over Zartan.

 

As someone who works in IT myself, this made me laugh harder than I expected it to. It's probably the same face Zarana makes when Mainframe goes off on the pros and cons of Microsoft Azure versus AWS as the future of cloud computing.  

 

Tiny bit annoyed that CG and Zarana shipped from Pulse Atlanta together but Dusty was sent separate from the same place. Got CG and Zarana 2 days ago and Dusty has been "pending/delayed" at a distro hub like an hour away since yesterday.

 

I’m not one that’ll typically get extra/3rd party weapons for my joes, but I enjoy reading the comments/discussions between those of you that do.

What are your thoughts on Valaverse’s Crimson Shadow Ultimate Arsenal Tin? $80 and you get 98 weapons, 30 muzzle flashes and 48 ammo magazines. Value? Utility? Good mix of weapons? I can appreciate the effort to package in a usable tin, but don’t know if that would be a deciding factor.

Go to min 5:35.

 

I'm absolutely getting one. Only question is if I get two. That's a TON of value for 3rd party weapons (esp high quality ones) when you consider that most places charge $6-12 per weapon.

 

Anyone have issues with Zarana’s left arm falling off? Upper arm from shoulder peg.

 

I really wish these guys would make a classic ARAH style belt/webgear for Flint.

 

I didn’t…until you mentioned it, lol. I just gave the arm a little tug, and it popped right off at the bicep swivel. It popped back on and has plenty of friction to stay in position…but it definitely pops off way too easy. Odd…

 

Finally tempted to actually purchase addon weapons.  

 

Thanks! I was trying to see if I should return it to Amazon for a new one but I’ll make due.

 

That's where I am on it. All the fiddling I did with her when she showed up, and it didn't fall off then under normal use. So, mine isn't bad enough for me to want to swap her out. Hopefully we don't see a rash of Zaranas with arms just dropping off randomly, though.

 

Definitely great value per piece if you need or want every piece but I don’t have a need for that many weapons that makes it worth $80 just to have most sitting around unused.

 

Picked up the Marvel Quake figure. The head looks more lady Jay then the Lady Jay we got. I am thinking of using the body to make the Baroness from the Mass Device mini series.

 

My most anticipated figure this year is Zarana....
And according to FedEx,she has been in transit from Chicago to Milwaukee since Friday...

 

I think you can make the argument that almost any female headsculpt looks more like Lady Jaye than the Lady Jaye we got..