Is it successful? Is it not? Are stores not ordering them? Is Hasbro not producing them?

No, I don't want to collect the line, but I have bought two figures (Snake and Scarlett, although Scarlett received a Black Widow head transplant). I tried to order the Amazon Storm Shadow, but my preorder was cancelled. I am looking for a Cobra Trooper and Zartan, but wonder if I will ever see them in the wild. Aside from the Target Roadblock that was on the shelf at one Target for a few weeks, and the occasional sighting at Gamestop of the first three (which are gone the next time I stop by), I never see anything on the shelf.

I know a few of you found the Fireflies, but was that just a lucky chance when they first hit the shelf? Are other parts of the country actually seeing these on the shelves, and is this what to expect from the line?

On a related note - I saw the Red Hand Ninja from the Spider Man series today. Looks like he'd make a good generic ninja for 6" Joes.

Production can't keep up with demand. I haven't seen much of anything when I've checked in stores. I found a lone Target Exclusive Cobra Island Roadblock and I've seen the regular Roadblock one other time. I've been preordering from HasbroPulse and other online retailers because its just easier to wait for them to ship than to run around town and be disappointed.

The Target exclusives are a fiasco just like all their other exclusives from other lines.

Hasbro is re-releasing the first wave with slight re-deco to Duke, Scarlett and Roadblock. You'll likely be seeing those now instead of the first versions with the gold and brighter colors.

Zartan and the Cobra Infantry (re-issue of the Target exclusive Trooper with a different deco and fewer accessories) should be hitting stores now. I've been reading that a lot of people are finding these at Walgreens of all places.

I would suggest trying online for anything you might want. That is your best bet and what I have been doing. The only figure I purchased in stores was that lone CI Roadblock. Everything else is either preorder or from folks online who have helped me out (shout out to DarkJedi wut wut!)

The ML Hand Ninjas do make great Red Ninjas. I have a couple already and a few more on the way. I definitely like them better than the Night Creeper-esque Red Ninja from the Classified line.

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It seems like it has more to do with the way toys are ordered at retail than Hasbro's ability to keep up production.