Well hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just got an email from BigBadToyStore, they are saying Hasbro has officially cancelled the Rise of Cobra Wave 3 Alpha Class vehicles. Wave 3 consisted of the Lava Pod w/Volcano-Viper, Tiger Claw ATV w/Leatherneck, Polar Sharc w/Icestorm and Desert Rockslide ATAV w/Dusty.
Hi – Hasbro has just informed us that this item has been cancelled, and as a result they will not be able to fill our orders. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have cancelled all preorders and removed the item from our site.
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So whatever boxed production samples made their way out of the factory in China onto eBay or hit retail in the Philippines is it, at least for now. Hasbro may or may not still try to get some of these into the Pursuit of Cobra line considering some of the tooling they spent money on. Only time will tell.
UPDATE 3/19: According to Hasbro in the latest Q&A (CoilClub.com), some quantities of Wave 3 are shipping right now. In my opinion, I think these may arrive in North America, but in a very small quantity. With Hasbro telling online retailers like BBTS their orders are cancelled, this only says that their shipment is not big enough to cover “brick & mortar” retail and online retail. So if you do manage to find these, I would suggest not hesitating on picking it up. You may never see it again.
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