First Marvel Legends Spider-Man Retro Cardback Wave For 2025 Detailed Recap

Finally up on Pulse.

On 1/9/2025 at 11:56 PM, AndyL said:

I think the trade off there is that Pulse ALWAYS fill their orders and fill them on time. Unlike other sites like Amazon and BBTS I've never had an order canceled or put on infinite back order.

So, I'll preface this by saying that I generally use Pulse for any Hasbro order that isn't an exclusive, and I buy A LOT of Hasbro stuff. Generally speaking, I like them, but I have had my issues. On at least three occasions they've cancelled items on me during their big sales, even though I'd gotten my orders in pretty much the hour the sale kicked off, and then after several days they'd say "oops, we're out of stock". I mean yeah, you didn't fulfill it when I bought it, apparently allowed for more orders than you had items, and then cancelled it even though my order was in for days before the site flipped over to "out of stock." So I have a hard time trusting them on that score. That said, they've never argued with me about replacing something and when a sold-out Pulsecon exclusive vanished in the delivery process (GB Tully with Terror Dog) they replaced it without incident. Still wonder where that wound up going.

I have full confidence in any pre-order I get from Pulse.

Amazon, yeah I can't trust them for any pre-order that isn't an exclusive that I HAVE to trust them on, too many random cancellations there- while Big Bad has only cancelled items on me that involved unavoidable issues with the manufacturer, like when a company folds or, for example, when that "totally not Pitt you guys" Pitt figure got slapped with an injunction from the guy who owns Pitt. Also a random Lizard-Wave Spider-Man Noir, which sat on pre-order for like 2 years before one of us cancelled it. No other issues with Big Bad for me.

My issue with Pulse though, is that if an item is set to go up at a certain time, that time will always transform (and roll out!) into anything from 2 minutes after the hour to 20 minutes to 40 minutes to who knows what after the hour (and in this case, days apparently). It's just a roll of the dice when they'll manage to get it up on their site, whereas BB and EE have it up the second that clock rolls over. And you'd think that a billion-dollar company like Hasbro would be able to match something like "when the clock rolls over, this order page/update goes live," instead of giving the impression that the interns are running the website. A website which has been "updated" into an objective mess, I'm going to add.

So anyway, I put in an order of the Can't Miss/Likely to Sell Out ones with Big Bad (for now) and whenever Hasbro manages to put these up on their site, I'll order the rest. I'm excited for everyone in the wave here. Even the half-assed AoA Gambit. I hope they continue to trickle out the occasional AoA character (Bishop and Havok next? Wouldn't mind a Banshee, for that matter).

On 1/10/2025 at 7:25 AM, jscottt991 said:

I love Pulse, but they aren't perfect.

I once got an empty box instead of two Classified Retro Lady Jays.

And they can be quite slow, particularly on GI Joe stuff. Their new site is also really, really bad.

You're right. I should have included the caveat that I'VE personally never had a problem with them getting my order right. I have heard some horror stories and personally I have a problem with their shipping policy and the price of the Plus membership so I do order from those OTHER vendors whenever possible. I'm hesitant to say anything else bad about them because some people have made it their sworn duty to hunt down and destroy anyone and their family who has the audacity to utter a bad word about Hasbro or Pulse. LOL. I'll leave it at that.

On 1/10/2025 at 12:56 AM, AndyL said:

I think the trade off there is that Pulse ALWAYS fill their orders and fill them on time. Unlike other sites like Amazon and BBTS I've never had an order canceled or put on infinite back order. I think they let other sites fill up their pre-orders and then put them up on their own site. Then they make sure to set aside enough to fill their own orders before doling out whatever's left for the other vendors to fill theirs. I've had too many orders canceled by Amazon or put on back order from BBT or EE to count. Never has Pulse screwed up a order.

I love Pulse, but they aren't perfect.

I once got an empty box instead of two Classified Retro Lady Jays.

And they can be quite slow, particularly on GI Joe stuff. Their new site is also really, really bad.

On 1/9/2025 at 8:50 PM, RobertD said:

Bizarre. Why is Hasbro so incapable of getting its act together for its own site? They're almost always the last ones to put something up, whereas everyone else is ready to go the moment the clock strikes. I've never understood why they don't put the resources in to their direct portal for sales to the masses when they're the largest figure distributor not named Amazon.

There is a backend problem with the site.

On 1/9/2025 at 2:50 PM, RobertD said:

Bizarre. Why is Hasbro so incapable of getting its act together for its own site? They're almost always the last ones to put something up, whereas everyone else is ready to go the moment the clock strikes. I've never understood why they don't put the resources in to their direct portal for sales to the masses when they're the largest figure distributor not named Amazon.

I think the trade off there is that Pulse ALWAYS fill their orders and fill them on time. Unlike other sites like Amazon and BBTS I've never had an order canceled or put on infinite back order. I think they let other sites fill up their pre-orders and then put them up on their own site. Then they make sure to set aside enough to fill their own orders before doling out whatever's left for the other vendors to fill theirs. I've had too many orders canceled by Amazon or put on back order from BBT or EE to count. Never has Pulse screwed up a order.

On 1/9/2025 at 2:42 PM, leokearon said:

The wave will be hopefully up next week on Pulse

Bizarre. Why is Hasbro so incapable of getting its act together for its own site? They're almost always the last ones to put something up, whereas everyone else is ready to go the moment the clock strikes. I've never understood why they don't put the resources in to their direct portal for sales to the masses when they're the largest figure distributor not named Amazon.

The wave will be hopefully up next week on Pulse

On 1/9/2025 at 2:37 PM, Mjolnir_Customs said:

Hour and a half in and not on PULSE? This is a Fan Chanel release is it not?

That's what they said. I went ahead and ordered Marrow and Gambit via BBTS.

Hour and a half in and not on PULSE? This is a Fan Chanel release is it not?