After a month plus of stalking my local Walmarts, Tuesday I finally found Netflix wave 3 at a Walmart a little further away. I passed on Cheetor, I like the more paint with the lighter blue better than I like the less paint with the better blue.
Then yesterday X-Spanse arrived. At $65 he was "no way" but at a little over $30, sure why not.
I'll get around to messing with X-Spanse (and renaming him something not stupid) this weekend.
Netflix wave 3 did not dissapoint. The blue on Deep Cover (also getting a new name soon) is just excellent. It doesn't match the blue on the Selects version for anyone thinking about trying to swap parts, but really looks good as the primary color. The more "electric" blue used on the Selects version is great as an accent color, but I wouldn't like it as the primary one. I'm also really digging the battle damage on Deep Cover, especially the scrapes going up the windshield. it looks like a car that got flipped and skid to a stop on its roof.
Rusty Barricade, who I'm naming Sparkles, is also excellent in the paint department. On top of the great paint, they also used some great base plastic colors as well. The greenish-grey used for his shoulders works especially well with the paintwork.
The Quint drone is pretty good as well. I like that they used the green paint for the faction symbol also on the tips of the missiles on his launcher. Now I just have to find 1 or 2 more. They aren't as important to me, so if I don't, no biggie. I've given my Centurion drones to the Quints as well, so they have some troops already.