RiddlerJ wrote:Why are they not releasing Slugslinger along with the other three? I mean REALLY.
'The other three' being Windblade, Twintwist and Misfire? Simply, I think it's because that wave was already deemed to have enough new Deluxe figures (bear in mind that Wave 4 has 5 new figs, so 3 new in Wave 5 balances it out back to an average of 4-per-wave); plus they still have another subsequent wave planned in which Slugslinger will be placed, presumably along with some other as-yet-unrevealed Deluxes. Even if they did include him in Wave 5 we still wouldn't be getting all three Targetmaster jets at once, so I'm not too bothered about waiting one more wave to complete the trio - especially since we at least know that they're all
happening, looking at you cassettes
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RiddlerJ wrote:But is there anybody else in wave 6? In any class?
He's gonna get dropped before release. I just know it.
Not so far, but that's absolutely no indication that he's going to get dropped. It just means that they haven't yet revealed the other figures in his wave
6 months ahead of release (if we go by the "intended" release schedule). No way they'd drop him now, they clearly know we want it and it's so far along in the design process (especially considering it has new tooling, and isn't just a repaint or new head) that I can't imagine it'd be more cost-effective for them to drop him, barring some unforeseen totally awful problem with his particular use of the mold that would actually ruin the figure completely. (At which point, would you really want it released anyway if that was the case?)