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Happy Wind Raider Day!

[Here’s the link to the all-in-one page.]

With Demo-Man delayed, I think we can all agree the real reason everyone’s hitting Mattycollector today will be for the Wind Raider. I’ll be interested to see how quickly it sells out. Personally I don’t find the Wind Raider to be all that interesting a vehicle–I’d much rather have gotten the Battle Ram or even the Attack Trak first–but it does look lovely, and the stand is a nice touch.

So just to clarify, everything will ship right away except Demo-Man. If you order Demo-Man, anything bundled with him will have to wait until he arrives at the warehouse in early January. If you want your stuff to ship right away, don’t order Demo-Man. On the other hand, this is your only chance (as far as I know) to actually order him–he won’t go on sale in January when he arrives. So yes, this is kind of a pre-order, amusingly enough.

Then there’s the controversial Battleground Evil-Lyn repaint and the Legion of Super-Heroes 12-pack is on sale again, as is the brand-new Vigo from Ghostbusters II.

So, what are you getting?

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13 Comments

  1. Mario

    I'm torn… I too was never really into the wind raider, but by the same token, the Horsemen hit it out of the park, &, with my recently acquired Palace Guards, I'm feeling frisky to take the plunge. That Legion pack is tempting as hell as well.

  2. The_Fun_has_been_Doubled

    I am going for the Glorified Repaint of Evil Lyn. Then, I might Order Demo-Man. I have no interest on the Wind Raider. I wanted to buy Vigo, but he looks not as good as I hopes, so he shall be skipped… If I DO Order Demo-Man, it will be on a separate Order. I don't want to wait for Everything, just cause Matty can't get their stuff straight, even if it means that my shipping charges will be doubled!

  3. Dead Man Walking

    Glad to see I'm not the only one who isn't GUSHING over the Wind Raider. Frankly, I think it's one of the dumbest looking MOTU vehicles. Those wings and the horsehead are just silly.

    Nightstalker is by far my #1 vehicle I want to come out. I think he has one of the best color schemes ever seen in a toy. I also LOVE the Landshark, despite how silly it is. And the Dragon Walker is cool, despite making no sense whatsoever.

  4. MldMnrdReporter

    Wind Raider is what I'm aiming for. If I don't get it though I'll wait till it shows up on eBay. BG Evil-Lyn is a maybe and I'll pass completely on Demo-Man. The figure just doesn't do it for me.

  5. Wow, months of barely seeing the WSOD at all, today it's the worst it's been since last year… =$

    4 minutes of waiting on the sale page, then all good through to payment confirmation, and now I've been waiting for 9 minutes… =P

  6. Wyngarde

    30 bucks for a head…30 bucks for a head….Trying hard to make myself do it…

    Wind Raider? SOLD! I want vehicles sand playsets!

  7. Ares6009

    In and out in 12 minutes. Longerst white screen was just waiting for the initial page to load. After that, fairly quick.

  8. …and done. 1 Wind Raider, and 2 Vigos. =D

    A 4 minute WSOD, then a 12 minute one. Not too bad, but not great either (certainly not as good as it's been for most of this year).

  9. Battle Catman

    Yeah, the WSOD lingered a bit this month, but I got in and done relatively quickly. One Demo-Man and Evil-Lyn for me. I'm in no rush to get the Alcala Skeletor head, and I have the first Evil-Lyn already on my shelf, so I can wait until January for them both.

  10. Goblin

    I was not bothered about the wind raider at all until I watched the Pixel Dan review – It was the stand that sold me! The Original left me cold, but I think the Horsemen have breathed a little soul into it.

  11. Dark Angel

    Sorry, Poe, but we can't all agree on that! Yes, i ordered a Wind Raider 'cause…well, look at it! But I primarily want that Evil-Lyn. That cheap, annoying Teela-repaint Evil-Lyn. That should have gotten, at minimum, a new dress. BUT! So pretty! And not yellow. And the face paint ops are about one thousand times better than on the original. And ,i.pretty!

  12. clark

    Got Demo-man and BG Evil-Lyn. Demo-man's color may not be my favorite, but I think he'll be very cool in hand (plus I must have that Skeletor head). I never got the first Evil-Lyn because I was waiting for this one to come out, it didn't take as long as I thought it might.

  13. toyman

    Vigo, Demo-Man and Evil-Lyn are all coming via sub. Excited for Vigo and Demo-Man, Evil-Lyn is a meh, but the extra head is interesting. A buddy of mine wanted Demo-Man so when he logged on I had him scoop me up the Wind Raider since I was at work this morning. Always liked the original and the new version is tre sexy. I might get an extra skeletor for the Alcala head and I still need DC Retro Kyle Rayner.

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