Get ready for a double whammy ‘Tankers, if the Pursuit of Cobra In Jeopordy for UK story hasn’t rattled your nerves, try this next bit of info on for size. HISS Tank member Phweep has passed along info that the G.I. Joe Collector’s Club has been sending out emails to members stating that the G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra wave 3 alpha vehicles have been cancelled by Hasbro until further notice. Hasbro says this wave may see the light of day next year. To further refresh your memories, the vehicles from wave 3 include:
- Lava Pod with Volcano Viper
- Tiger Claw with Leatherneck
- Polar SHARC with Ice Storm
- Desert Rockslide with Dusty
Another thing to ponder, is if more items could be cancelled. Of all the vehicles in the line, the alpha vehicles seem to be ones that move the least. This is something witnessed all across the board. The bravo vehicles have tended to sell better, yet have they sold well enough so that upcoming bravo vehicles will not share the same fate as the wave 3 alpha vehicles? Of all the vehicles in the line, the Wolf Hound AKA Snow Cat and Cobra Fury AKA Cobra Rage are anticipated the most.
Site sponsor BigBadToyStore does have preorders open for the wave 3 alpha vehicles; could ordering the vehicles online be one of the only routes to take until next year?
Phweep says
This is strange but I just got an email from the GI JOE Collectors Club stating that the Wave 3 2009 Alpha Vehicles has been cancelled by Hasbro until further notice. They go on to say that Hasbro says it may come out sometime in 2010.
They issued a full refund to my credit card. Interesting....
Syn3sthesia says
It's been so long. What was part of W3?
Zefram says
Great, so the really good ones get pushed aside?
I still haven't even seen W2 anywhere in my stomping grounds.
Phweep says
Lava Pod
Tiger Claw
Polar Sharc
Desert Rockslide
Syn3sthesia says
Tiger Claw
Polar Sharc
Desert Rockslide
So what was the Rage then?
82joe says
So what was the Rage then?
Baron Samedi says
I think the idea behind Drill Pod copy and Desert Snowmobile eventually got canned. The SHARC was awesome, though. I'm not even sure what the Tiger Claw is. Help?
Edit: NVM. It was a repainted Quad.
Syn3sthesia says
solid_strider says
Not a big loss in my humble opinion. The Polar Sharc was the only real new thing in there. A better Leatherneck would've been cool though. But wait, didn't the Tanker from Malaysia or Indonesia get these already?
Phweep says
Maybe they pulled them to repackage into POC packaging?
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