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For comparison, the Cobra Officer is leaning even more into the 1980's.
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>>9412421 1st for Python Patrol
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>>9412398 That's the best feeling of all. I'm going to do the same and then I'll be at 5 infantry, 3 CI troopers, and one officer. A pretty decent squad. I told myself I wouldn't go crazy with every trooper type so I only got two Vipers to use as Cobra Commander's personal guards and will probably do the same whenever the Alley Viper comes. But I also have 5 Red Ninja and I think I might get about 5 or 6 BATs when they come out. By then I'll be out of space to even live in so I'll be forced to stop.
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>>9412479 There's a Cobra Viper 2 pack on the way anyway with a Viper Officer
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Cobra Officer Pre-Order
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Oh shit Alley Viper!
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NEW HEAD SCULPT!
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>>9412516 share the link for one minute please.
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Alley Viper! I think they might have toned him down to be more like the 80's one also.
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>>9412520 It's a few posts up.
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>>9412512 Are they exclusive or just Pulse is posting them first like SS/Spirit/Croc?
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>>9412531 The same situation as SS/Spirit.
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>>9412479 I don’t really care to army build, so I’ve just bought one of each foot soldier. But with the trooper, officer, red ninja, viper, BAT, alley viper, and PP versions of Viper and BAT, I’m getting pretty stacked soon enough. There’s not many characters left that I want, I just love all the different cobra soldier designs so I’m really looking forward to stuff like Crimson Guard.
>>9412512 Any idea when Alley Viper goes up?
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>>9412531 Goes up tonight apparently
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>>9412516 Still kind of weird they're making the troopers all black now. Kind of the wrong diversity push they'd want, you'd think.
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>>9412556 >Any idea when Alley Viper goes up? I didn't catch if they said anything about it. I think it was just a reveal similar to the standard BAT
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Life is good, my JoeBros. Between all of these recent Classified, the Roboskull and the Marauder 1:12 on the horizon, it’s a damn good time.
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Wild Bill when?
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PRESS D TO DAB ON THE RETARDS WHO SAID THE LINE WAS DEAD
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>>9412600 Why would a line that's impossible to find anywhere besides scalpers be anything other than one that's selling well
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>>9412600 >all exclusives Is the line truly living?
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>>9412611 >Sells well enough that stores pay for exclusive figures Yes?
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>>9412521 is the AV going to be up for preorder as well or just the officer?
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>>9412531 Regular releases.
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>>9412614 By that logic, I guess anything sells well if you only sell 6 units per store per year.
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>>9412614 Does it though? Let's not kid ourselves.
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>>9412640 Yeah, nobody here really knows anything about the industry so we should stop trying to assume about what sells and what doesn't
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So two figures are going up tonight?
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>>9412760 No, just the officer.
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Still fucking annoyed there aren't any red-scarf Cobra troops yet
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>>9412530 >that stance ooof
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>>9412762 dang. well the officer is a must buy so I preordered him.
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>>9412762 You sure? I was under the impression that also the Alley Viper was going on preorder.
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>>9412822 No, they would have repeated it if it was, all they mentioned was getting the poster for the box art. Plus the page only shows three figures.
>https://hasbropulse.com/collections/1027-collection Anonymous
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>>9412581 >Cobra is now foreigners attacking the USA BASED?!!!
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That officer is up on Amazon and other places, don't beat yourself up trying to get it off pulse.
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Cobra Officer
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/181754 Wave 8 listing was updated to include the officer, so mystery solved.
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I really like the Mauser like pistol the officer has. I wonder if we'll see it again with a different Cobra Commander at some point.
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>>9413060 They're probably just buffering for all the manufacturing and shipping delays around the globe. It's been pretty normal for Hasbro figures this last year to come out a few months ahead of what their shipping date shows.
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>>9413034 Super easy to get. Not really feeling this one so only got two. The Trooper design is better to me
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>>9413064 Yeah, if you dont order from pulse still waiting on my timber....
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>>9413035 Well that saved me 5 seconds but im kinda bummed it wasnt b.a.t. i missed thst one and just passed on pp viper.
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>>9412698 The movie stuff is standing still as are flint and jaye but to be fair this is only my experience
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>>9412432 Wonder how long until we get an updated trooper using the officer parts. They’re clearly shifting gears with this line and I expect we’ll see redos of all the characters they’ve already done.
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>>9413076 Dang I got mine from BBTS back in July. I'm my experience there is zero reason to buy from Pulse aside from exclusives. Sorry bro
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>>9412534 wonder if that's final deco on the BATs. nothing on the chestplate whatsover?
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>>9413174 hopefully someone does a flatter, clearer one as a cast. the classified one feels so weak compared to previous bat offerings from older lines
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>>9412516 >>9412521 I hate they're shifting more to the old look now. Fucking pussies gave in to all those whiny neckbeards. The modernized look was so much better.
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>>9412521 >>9412526 >>9412530 >>9412534 I was hoping for the ridiculous snake helmet visor, which for some reason is hard to find an image of on google.
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>>9413152 Yeah at this point I'm never gonna order anything off Target again if I can help it, at least Pulse won't fucking cancel my shit randomly.
Wish they sold Buzzworthy stuff on Pulse but that's a Transformers problem.
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>>9413191 I agree with you. I wish the BATs would have looked more like what they did in the video game. I think they still look cool as is but I didn't want this line to just be the 25th stuff scaled up to 6". I have that collection, I don't need more 80's shit. I want something new for a new scale.
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>>9413191 Also agree. The Officer is so sad looking compared to the bulkier Trooper with bad ass webgear
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>>9413045 Already out like SS before
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>>9413208 I really hope they do one in this color scheme. This is the one I had as a kid
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>>9413265 Yea, Battle Corps figs was when they just gave up on color schemes. They just took neon too far. The joes were alright, but so many bright weapons. Cobra just went all 90s neon.
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>>9413085 While I like the more classic looking Storm Shadow so much more than that Yakuza bullshit, and I really appreciate the toned down redecos of the first few Joes, I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed. In places they were leaning way too hard on some sci-fi shit that just didn't make sense for the characters, but adding some new details didn't feel wrong overall.
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>>9413076 >>9413152 Still waiting on my Timber set from BBTS. I ordered pretty early too. I just got my redeco Scarlett in. Ordered that as soon as it went up.
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>>9413085 I wouldn't be surprised if the Viper 2-pack has retooled Vipers to look even more 80's with their more traditional weapons. I feel like the regular release Cobra Trooper wer already sort of more 80's style in itheir color choices, so I'm not expecting them to redo them anytime soon.
>>9412581 In hand the Cobra Troopers all look like white guys, but it is strange that they changed the skin tone up.
>>9412600 Bobby Vala and his youtuber fags on suicide watch.
>>9413056 I hope we get a Classic Cobra Commander soon.
>>9413174 >>9413190 The chest plate is translucent, but it's certainly very dark.
>>9413191 I favor the more 80's style, but would have bought them regardless.
>>9413208 I've been wanting to see this look revisited for some time.
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>>9413191 It was a mixed bag. The original figures were fine, but they looked better with the toned down more "realistic" decos. The Storm Shadow art was just fucking terrible for Tommy. Cobra Commander wasn't bad, but he was a little too busy.
Everything else was fine though.
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They pretty much scrapped much of the updated design in favor of doing an 80's Alley Viper. No wonder he was delayed so long.
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>>9413456 The original even looks like he was using Cobra Trooper forearms.
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Is Alley Viper a guy or a division like trooper?
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>>9413465 all the vipers are divisions of specialists, basically.
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>>9413465 A trooper. They're for like urban settings that require riot shields and swat gear.
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>>9413465 Vipers are like...Cobra marines I guess. With specializations.
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>>9413465 Trooper
>>9413447 I'd have liked a 6" version of the Pursuit of Cobra line. Classic, but a tad updated
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>>9413467 Eh, I think the Troopers are like army soldiers. No real special training. Not really elite.
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>>9413456 I actually like this design though. Maybe well get it as an Alley Viper Officer.
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>>9413431 I just put an a po for that with bbts after the reveal saturday, ill just cancel which ever comes second. Pulse just keeps pushing it back and back, its scheduled for dec now i think. Ill get that fornite snake eyes sooner at this point. Glad to hear the new scarlett is rolling out, i like the first one but its kinda like barroness where i like enough about the second one to get it. Still hoping target saves the day again on b.a.t and that SOME HOW SOME WAY pulse re offers zartan.
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>>9412614 >>Sells well enough that stores pay for exclusive figures That's not how exclusives work.
Exclusives are usually done by a store ordering a certain amount of figures per month/quarter/year, usually higher amounts than what they normally ordered or than what other stores order.
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>>9412534 Man I said I was out of Joe's but that BAT is tempting me something fierce
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>>9413456 >>9413457 Thanks boomers. Can't ever have anything cool because of your inability to accept we've progressed 40 years
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>>9413457 The original arts show that he Cobra Trooper was an outright pretool for Alley Viper right down to the mask, they have the same vent cuts
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>>9413456 >>9413457 What a shame, I liked the armored tacticool look of Cobra Trooper retooled Alley Viper more. Even the helmet looks slightly better
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Curious to see what the next few offerings are going to look like but if they're just going to start regurgitating designs from the 80's then I think I'm done.
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>>9413191 Cry more, these are the looks people want. your camp are in the minority
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>>9412600 all toy lines die, but not all toy lines truly live
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>>9413211 That fucking freedom hahahaha. I hope they don't change it. It's so goofy
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>>9412432 I gotta say the G.I.Joe figures are incredibly detailed and compared to the other lines Hasblow has the Joe figures are knocking out of the park. The accessories are spot on! The additional animals, like the wolf, the alligator, and the eagle, make these even better yet! I WISH the Star Wars Black Series got half the attention to detail and the accessories these guys get! I'm actually considering flat out dumping my Black Series shit and getting the G.I.Joe line.
Yoooo Joe!
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>>9412581 Remember being whites bad....M'kay!
Whiteys are bad, they do bad, M'kay!
White people bad M'kay?
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>>9412611 This exclusive shit sucks. Plus it just adds more $$$$$ the scalpers can add to their listing.
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>>9412526 >>9412530 >>9412534 I'm super happy they're finally doing Alley Vipers. I don't really mind that they're doing them based on the old designs, but the updated tacticool AVs would have been neat too. Definitely hope they do a couple repaints of these guys.
Also, what gay-ass exclusive are they going to be? Target?
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>>9414002 >>9414006 I want whiney leftisOHHNNts flags to leave.
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>>9413986 Those boobs will be covered up like LJ and Scarlett. Even if they are trying to go more vintage.
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>>9413472 Vipers were always more specialized than regular troopers, though. They were supposed to be more elite units.
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>>9414010 It's good for me since it's a good reason just not to buy figures in the line.
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>>9414070 >exclusives are good because I have no self control Anonymous
>>9414138 Not what I said but ok. Pay your scalperbull, and let him fuck your crush while your at it paycuck.
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>>9414026 >Target? Target has Python Patrol. If it was an exclusive it'd be Amazon or Walmart. It might just have been part of a wave that hasn't been shown yet. They could also be the same wave as the Bat.
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>>9414353 I'm thinking they're that two pack from the spoiler instead of regular vipers. Mainly because there were alley viper officers, but no viper officers, as far as I remember.
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>>9414366 >Mainly because there were alley viper officers, but no viper officers They came out in 50th
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>>9414451 There were Viper officers before 50th
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>>9414451 There's also this one which was at the time simply called a "Cobra Officer," which came with two Vipers, which were listed as "Cobra Troopers."
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>>9414464 There was also this gold masked Viper Officer released in an army builder pack, along with several other repaint Vipers during the Spy Troopers era who may or may not have been Cobra Officers.
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>>9414353 Looking at it more, I really wiched they kad kept more of the updated armor on. Like the arm guards and black knee pads.
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>>9413191 Hopefully they find a balance. I think they went overboard on the vintage look for now to get the fans back and support it, but they did some great figures the first year. Destro, Beach Head, Cobra Troopers, Zartan, Baroness, Snake Eyes. Great vintage look but modernized. We need more of that. While Storm Shadow looks great, he has no updated parts to tie him into the classified line unlike Snake Eyes. Still hoping a toned down version of the SS promo art gets made. Maybe lose the tattoo and spikes, less black on the armor, hell make it white and gray.
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>>9414513 The old one looks like it would have been heavier parts re-use. The new one is honestly better by staying close to the original, and has a number of the features from the 25th Alley Viper, including the vest, the knife on the wrist and the knife on his vest. He's pretty much a 25th Viper upscaled to 6 inch. The only features he's missing are the removable helmet and the nightstick that plugs into the shield.
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>>9414170 >I have no self control and a cuck fetish I project onto others Anonymous
>>9414747 >I can't form an opinion and can only green text. Anonymous
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>>9414513 I honestly preferred the contrast of the blue vest, shoulder pads and wrist armour compared to the new one.
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Barbeque has been deployed! Well i mean target said they will be shipping him soon, itll be nice to add something unique to my joes team since its alot of snake eyes and roadblocks if you want a variety of visuals. Gung ho, duke and flint just kinda look generic but hey i still like them.
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>>9414801 My opinion is that you’re a moron for thinking exclusives are good, especially because they discourage you from buying toys. I also think you’re even more brain dead for sperging about your weird scalper-cuck fantasy because I disagree with that. There’s your “opinion”, retard. Stay assblasted about it.
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>>9414527 If they wanted all new, why not just sculpt new arm guards and knee pads? Removable arm guards would have been great. Gives more options for multiple troopers. And those grid kneepads in blue just doesn't fit in with the rest of the classified line. Hell it doesn't even fit with the uniform design. It just looks so out of place.
Again, hoping we get an officer version of the Alley Viper with the promo image colors. Slip on arm guards, the modern knee pad aesthetics and solid blue vest and blue cobra logo on the shield.
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>>9415032 I don't think they are good, I was commenting that the line is being gatekept, I get you need some kind of marking for sarcasm like reddit. So chill the fuck out.
Fuck, take a joke. This line is one already.
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>>9415085 >I was just pretending to be dumb Good one bro.
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>>9415092 I forgot how much of a buzzkill these threads have become. Good thing your line is scalper exclusive, you're getting wrecked before you ever show up, so I understand how butthurt you are.
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>>9415094 Please, rant more about how the line is ruined by scalpers or whatever. It’s so interesting and warrants lengthy discussion.
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>>9413456 I was looking forward to this design. The release figure looks boring.
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>>9415149 I just hate to see Hasbro cave to collectors wanting more of the same they got in 3 3/4”. I’m not saying everything works, like some of the weapons or Firefly’s bomb vest. But they’ve had a ton of cool designs so far and I hate that they’re scrapping them in favor of mimicking the 80’s. Especially because it means other characters will likely get the Roadblock treatment and have a “classic” version release at some point.
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>>9415208 This. I have these designs in 1:18. I would rather something, you know, new? Much like PoC. That was some great new design work.
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>>9415208 Fans of a franchise typically want the character they like with a familiar design, not "enjoy this modernized design you didn't ask for" Look at all the complaints about comic hero movie redesigns.
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>>9415214 I don't consider the people who dropped/ignore the franchise past the first three years to be "fans."
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>>9413208 I only ever had the first one so I didn't realize the snake visor was a part of pretty much every Alley Viper from the 2nd version to the end of the o-rings. It looks pretty cool to me.
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>>9415208 the first release wasn't selling why else would they change. and roadblock blew dicks its the biggest pegwarmer
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>>9412600 >8 new figures that trickle out in 5+ months from now >3 of them are Target exclusives Meanwhile Marvel Legends are dropping 12 figures this month and next with another 20+ for the following year and Black Series will have 8 new figures rolled out before March. It's not dead but it's not healthy either.
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>>9415214 you mean the same fans that cried about a 6 inch line?
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>>9415297 The only funeral i see is that of your brain. You can't even read the release dates correctly and you are very stupid if you think that the Joes are comparable to fucking Marvel and even to a diminished Star Wars. Also by your release logic even Transformers is dead...
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>>9415349 >Also by your release logic even Transformers is dead ? They just drop brand new waves of 6 figures and a new Titan class drops in January. TFs also have been having at least one major exclusive to most shops and stores ever season, hell Amazon is getting 5 start of next year, Walmart is getting a full line and Walgreens is getting the usual exclusive. I'm not the anon saying it is dead or will be but I think the only other line that is nearly this slow is Power Rangers LC and even they get more figures rolled out per season.
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>>9415349 Unless you are counting the already released BBQ and Green Bike man what is coming out around/before March?
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>>9415103 I really got under your skin, top kek.
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>>9413787 the minority that actually buys toys and doesn't just whine about childhood nostalgia
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>>9415214 >Look at all the complaints about comic hero movie redesigns. Literally name one. People buy MCU and Snyderverse shit in droves.
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>>9415384 Yes, me mad, u cool. Congrats on your internet victory, insecure anon.
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>>9412534 I can't say I was a fan of these guys, the safety cone orange never did it for me but I'm glad for fans who wanted them.
A squad of Classified Cobra Shock troops though? My dick will be diamonds
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>>9415448 Christ, chill out spaz.
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>>9415462 >you’re literally so mad right now omg Anonymous
>>9413702 It also works out in the wash as (usually) less over all than mass retail. Many toys that were planned as mass retail go store exclusive if they fear the demand isn't enough for such a wide distribution. That's why a lot of people didn't have the best hope for the Joe brand was because the first Target exclusives were main line classic/popular characters, Cobra Viper was one of the most popular Cobra figures of the original run and would sell easy but they put him to just Target, similar with Beachhead too. This wasn't like Transformers or Marvel exclusives where it was either third string characters or wildly re imagined toys, it was main line top shelf figures that everyone wanted. It really didn't help that Red Ninja was mainline release but not Trooper(at the time) or Viper.
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Ya know I'm starting to believe the 30 figures for 2022. We're already up to 9. 11 if you count already solicited exclusives
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>>9415712 Yeah but meanwhile last year three of the most important Autobots in the original series and two classic early Decepticons were all Amazon exclusive in a time when WfC was doing pretty great all around. And no reissues or word on dick since. Those three sets all scalp for money. The two 45ish sets go for 70 to 120, essentially 60ish per desired figure, and the 65ish two pack goes for at least 200. And that's a year later, so demand is still high.
Shit's wacky.
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>>9412534 Man, I love me some Alley Viper, but I hate that faceplate. My favorite part about the older toys was how huge and round and bubbly that visor was! This one is way too small, not bubbly at all, and has an ugly shape. Fuckin disappointing.
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>>9415775 I dropped the line because I couldn't get Earthrise Soundwave and Bumblebee for non-rape prices. I tolerate this shit for G.I.Joe just enough to keep going because all I'm missing from my must-haves is a classic Storm Shadow. I can live without Beachhead and Firefly.
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Is the Retro line exclusive to Walmart dead?
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>>9415871 I'm hoping Beachead gets a redeco because I hate the fact that his guns are green.
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>>9415388 GI Joe is now only made up of piggy backing on childhood nostalgia, where the fuck have you been?
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>>9415899 Might be considering they are now going full O ring retro, I doubt they think the market can handle both
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>>9413211 >FUCKING EAGLES!!!! GET THE FUCK OUT OF COBRA ISLAND!!! GODDAMN BIRDS! My sides
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>>9413456 >>9413457 As a guy who loves the old look, this is a great modernization. Why don't they just make this the commander look of the vipers. Too cool of a design to scrap.
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>>9415775 >three of the most important Autobots in the original series 1) they are well liked but Optimus, Bubblebee, Hot Rodand even Arcee have been more in the culture of the fandom and the TV series over tyhe last few years.
2) they are retools of already sold figures, it's why this year Sideswipe and Mirage are exclusives
>two classic early Decepticons were all Amazon exclusive The coneheads would be what I count as "third string" when part of the mainlines they don't sell that great, I'm uncertain if it's seeker fatigue or the more likely most have have no connection to the characters
I think fans sometimes conflate their need of completing full seasons of cast members of toon accuracy with relevancy.
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>>9415561 Bruh, I left for the night, and your still pissing and moaning. How pissed did that joke get you?
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>>9415871 Earthrise figures are available in India and Philippines. Try seeing if any anon from there can hook you up.
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>>9415463 Man this one of my first Joes along with Fuse (????). I'd cream my pants if they gave us a classified Hydro Viper and eel
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>>9416127 >responding means you’re still mad The irony
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>>9416164 Ok baby girl, I'm sorry I made fun of your dying line.
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>>9416170 They literally just revealed like 7 figures in the last week, but the line is “dying”. This is the part where you say I’m “triggered” or something, as if that refutes anything.
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>>9416180 And compare that to lines that objectively cost more like Star Wars and Marvel, more figures, fewer exclusives. It's like they need to produce way less and force scarcity to get it to sell. The majority of the line is being paywalled by scalpers and it's all according to kaiku.
And you did fall to pieces over a fucking joke.
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>>9416122 Dude Ratchet and Ironhide show up in most further adaptations. Fuck are you on about?
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>>9416189 Gee, I wonder why Hasbro would choose to focus more on fucking Marvel and Star Wars over an original toyline? It’s not like those are some of the biggest media franchises in the world or anything. By this logic, all of Hasbro’s lines are “dying”, since they’re being compared to the most profitable action figure licenses out there.
Also, it’s ultra lazy to claim anyone who thought your joke was dumb must be “triggered”. You’re just not funny. Calling it a joke is generous.
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>>9416211 You have been aggro since jump there froggy. Honey, you need to take a moment and breath.
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>>9415871 You should have ordered those from Amazon JP. I got Bumblebee and Soundwave at the equivalent of 60 dollars shipped, tax included.
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>>9415361 Almost nothing is coming before March in any line. Transformers and Joe are all scheduled for July with few things with April release. Meanwhile there are a total of 30 figures going to be released in the Joe line in 2022.
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>>9415358 Maybe you should read the release dates: nothing is coming from the Legacy line untlil July. The Titan is not announced yet and will probably be released not before August-September.
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>>9416223 >I have no argument to back up my baseless claim so I’ll just call you angry again Sounds like we’re done here then. Have a good one, moron.
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>>9416114 This figure is stacked. Very excited that they included damaged parts. I usually only grab one of each trooper but I might grab two here. Still debating it since I already snagged the Python patrol bat too.
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>>9416107 This was literally my first thought when I saw that
>GODDAM SEAGULL!!! REEEEEE Anonymous
>>9416290 Correct me if i am wrong, but this seems to be the regular release with most accessories to date.
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>>9415451 The Alley Viper design was far, FAR cooler than the Shock Troopers, though. PoC even had a much more believable AV design. I hope they get a recolor to look like this somewhere along the line. This guy and the old Battle Corps black and yellow look that
>>9413208 mentioned are my two favorite looks for AVs.
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>>9415451 That would be easy to do with all the sculpts they already have. They just need to do the riot shield and a couple of other accessories.
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>>9416379 I think so. The upcoming cobra Officer seems to have a lot, and Red Ninja was pretty stacked, but the additional head and chest plate put BAT over the edge for sheer accessory count.
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>>9416279 Kek, the fact you keep it going is kinda hilarious.
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>>9416211 >By this logic, all of Hasbro’s lines are “dying”, Your inner logic must be interesting because the top selling toys lines in Hasbro are all Hasbro owned. Transformers, My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop, Nerf, Play-Doh, Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly in that order are their top selling brands. Marvel and Star Wars come after that. I think you are just coping for reasons I'm not understanding because the line is still alive (which is good) but this is no way the success like the 20th anniversary line was which had a completely cold start and was going head to head with Star Wars at it's highest demand. Unless they pull a massive surprise (which is unlikely) we are looking at 10~12 figures for 2022, most of which are exclusives and comparing that to even Lighting Collection that is disastrously weak in a way we shouldn't be happy about.
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>>9415451 I don't troop build (my armies from the 25th era came from multipacks giving me extra guys), but damn did the Shock Trooper tempt the shit out of me.
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Ultimates wave 2 coming next week!
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>>9416532 Fuck, man. Winning the lotto is going to be the requirement for collectors. So much shit is being put out.
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>>9416568 With retail casuals dying, collectors are who to drag the money out of to prop themselves up now
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>>9416501 That's what I don't get, we should be wondering why Hasbro is so cagey with the Joe brand when even Lighting Collection is selling well enough and it has been a mess for collectors of Power Rangers stuff, it feels almost internal in the company because the Joe brand has almost always been treated poorly.
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>>9416114 chestplate doesn't look transparent to me. hopefully there will be a third party solution
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>>9416624 Because there is a lot of pushback over armed forces being sold as a serious Team America. Half the people I know who are armed forces members hate how much we glorify them in one breath and disregard them once they get bounced out.
it's kind of like how we jerk off cops up till about 10 years or so ago. If GIJoe was current then they would spend most their time protecting a Saudi prince's oil field.
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>>9416501 >>9416624 Some speculate the military/patriotism aspect of it but I don't full buy that because there is still a wide demand for army toys and Occam's razor would degree they would just not make the figures or completely rebrand them as a new thing ditching the Military focus. Others claim the new film which has some more merit, and honestly might be why this line is basically on life support, Transformers seems to be the only Hasbro action figure brand allowed to stay alive with no currently successful working media tied to it, even when films bombed they stayed on shelves hard and kept space. Already we are seeing gluts of shelf warming of the 4 movie classified figures which could honestly be one of the factors things are going so slow. Hasbro learned back in 2009/2010 that you don't just keep pushing production out if the older stuff still hasn't sold yet.
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>>9416683 see
>>9416696 I don't think it's just the military themes because even Fortknight gets into that and there are always several smaller toy brands that are military themed that do fine. Hell they sell powerwheeled tanks and Army Jeeps that shoot nerf like darts.
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>>9416696 >the one time Hasbro got Rumble in the right colors >cancelled forever Anonymous
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>>9416696 >>9416703 It has to be someone internally who just dislikes the line then. Or they just didn't plan on the movie tanking as hard as it did, on top of that there are also pretty big shortages that have been on the horizon for at least a year and a half.
I know for a fact it has been talked about on even assistant manager level in Walmart up to a year ago.
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>>9416501 I just meant action figure lines specifically, I didn’t mean Marvel and Star Wars are Hasbro’s most profitable brands. I guess Transformers falls into figure territory, but still.
Look, Hasbro has been really slow to get GI Joe going but we know why that is: confidence in the brand has been at an all time low since the retailers were relying on movies to sell stuff years ago and the lines died. Now they’re trying again with 6”, and while the hope was to start slow and the movie would succeed, driving more sales, I think it’s become clear (especially to target) that the line is selling incredibly well. You can’t find the things on shelves. Only recently have they started to buy more units which is why we’re seeing Flint and Lady Jaye instead of a million roadblocks.
The fact that we’re getting so many figure reveals after the clusterfuck snake eyes movie doesn’t mean the line is dying or that it’s the least successful of the bunch. I also feel like comparing it to Power Rangers is mostly fair but you’re still looking at new sculpts for most Joe figures, while PR has like five molds that can be used to cover all the rangers.
>>9416696 I don’t buy the military stuff either. I think it’s silly to think that anyone would boycott the line because it “glorifies” the military. I think we would’ve seen something about that by now. It seems to me like it falls into the same category as Fortnite or something: it’s not glorifying gun violence or anything.
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>>9416840 >that the line is selling incredibly well. How can you tell, no one is giving solid numbers at all.
>You can’t find the things on shelves. Shelves in many cities never even got stocked and in the two metropolitan cities I have been in they have not even put tags up for them because they never even got them in.
>The fact that we’re getting so many figures reveals We got barely any if you compare it to earlier Joe line, ML, transformers, Mcfarlane DC stuff, and most other lines that have been released.
>I also feel like comparing it to Power Rangers is mostly fair but you’re still looking at new sculpts for most Joe figures, while PR has like five molds that can be used to cover all the rangers. Yet comparing it to something like Marvel Legends or Star wars fits better because the overall sculpting cost way more for those than GIJoe and they pump out four or five full waves instead of a single wave over a year and a half.
>I think it’s silly to think that anyone would boycott the line because it “glorifies” the military. It's not that people are shying away from guns in toys its more like there is a push to get guns out of toys by outside forces, it a slow-rolling thing but you can already see lines start to remove guns from them, hell there is a movie Deadpool with no guns coming, the whole suicide squad line removed guns from characters who only use guns.
You can kind of use the 80s horror craze as a benchmark, once they became massive sellers they became watered down near the end of the 80s when movies like F13 and Nightmare pulled back on the blood and made more bloodless deaths.
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>>9415905 man just cast your own in the color you want. or wait till someone else does it.
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>>9416872 >How can you tell, no one is giving solid numbers at all. I have to assume it is, otherwise Target wouldn’t be continuing to buy exclusives from it. Stores have to pay a premium for that, I know they wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t profitable for them. I’d say that doesn’t really matter normally since it’s not the entire line but since it’s Joes, it’s been like 50% of the figures so far.
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>>9416886 the store doesn't care if 100 people buy the stock or 1 person buys the stock.
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>>9416387 Shock Trooper looks like a generic SWAT. Alley Viper has Cobra flare.
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Holy shit the Mega blocks Raven is garbage. I built this thing that used only 70% of the parts and looks much more like the Night Raven. It's not only shitty looking but it's inefficient to boot
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>>9416840 >>9416886 >(especially to target) that the line is selling incredibly well. It was made clear during the 2020 bot raid debacle that Target Sign on for Classified exclusives until summer 2023. Target is honoring agreements and the fact Hasbro had to hire new people to manage Target to make sure they actually carrying the stuff shows Target might not care so much as is just doing what was agreed upon.
>Stores have to pay a premium for that -or agree to getting discounts for carrying the brand which Hasbro has done with them for ML figures.
>it’s been like 50% of the figures so far EXACTLY the figures they made contract agreements to make for them, we will have to wait and see come 2023 if Target still wants them anymore.
>The fact that we’re getting so many figure reveals after the clusterfuck snake eyes 8 figures? A single wave of Marvel Legends? How is that "so many"? More so when it spread out for the next 8+ months. To give context Power Rangers LC will have 8 figures out by now and the start of next year and I only use them as an example because they are the next weakest
I want this line to live but I'm not going to take some copium hit to change the truth of things
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>>9416886 >Stores have to pay a premium for that not all of them, John Waren said that Jabba's Ship, Haslab Sentail and Unicron were all tour around to companies to take as exclusives mentioning that even with money protection programs or discounts no one was biting so it implies Hasbro will sometimes give them the deal to carry the product.
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>>9417001 Funny enough when you take out the Target exclusives it drops to five. FIVE figure between now and (God I hope no later than) end of 3rd quarter 2022.
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>>9417036 >tfw Super 7 will be releasing as many or more Ultimate Joes in the same amount of time They are already halfway there this March when wave one drops
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>>9417036 >>9417044 Please understand, Hasbro is a small company!
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>>9417050 I believe S7 is bigger than the gijoe department
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>>9416998 I can't believe Hasbro killed Kre-O for this.
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>>9416998 >it’s not even Mega Bloks >it’s not even Brick Tech >It’s BestLee I bought two sets to check out, and the only thing worth the price of admission was the little Cobra Commander, and even that’s a stretch. These bricks have awful tolerances, and barely stay together.
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>>9417106 You say that like Super 7 is -only- doing GIJoe
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Not even sure what the other guy is arguing for, but....
>>9416872 >Shelves in many cities never even got stocked unless you work at Target, you'll never know if they actually got any stock, because in my own city and surrounding areas i've seen jack shit except for 3 times in the past year. The last time i saw something was like 2 months ago and it was a two movie storm shadows.
So it's obvious they've been getting stock, but constantly selling out, at least in my area of 10 Targets and 4 Walmarts.
>overall sculpting cost way more I hope you're just getting the terminology wrong, instead of actually believing this.
>>9417001 >It was made clear during the 2020 bot raid debacle that Target Sign on for Classified exclusives until summer 2023. Target is honoring agreements The fact that the contract exists is a fact that the line sold well enough to be continued for 2 more years. Nevermind contracts have many outs, like say: a line bombing. Very common thing to see and we've also seen how Target exclusives became ross exclusives/overstock in the past.
Since Hasbro just recently announced even more exclusives, all signs point toward the line doing more than well.
>Stores have to pay a premium for that >-or agree to getting discounts for carrying the brand Where do you guys get this shit?
The only deals I've heard about is that a store just orders stock, an agreed upon higher than normal number, to get an exclusive.
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>>9417044 S7 only produces digital figures so it doesn’t count
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>>9417331 > Where do you guys get this shit? Where do you get yours? The fact you somehow see your bullshit as correct is telling the game.
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>>9417331 >Where do you guys get this shit? Ex walmart employee here. I did the buying for at least three different departments, exclusivity agreements are pretty common, more often than naught they are set up as more like a hostage exchange than a pure business deal.
A company produces widget x y and z. Z being the low seller, so Company will offer x and y at a lower cost to them if they also carry z, its so common that it appears in every department in some way or another, like a soda you can only seem to find the bottles and not the cans at walmart, in recent years they have been trying to boost sales in collectors area since that is the biggest loss in retail space.
Toys lose more money than meat or dairy, which is sold at a loss. The toy aisle is often the least cared for the department since it has the highest theft, highest returns, highest damages(part swapping for bafs counts as this), and lowest margins of profits for retail space like target and Walmart. It's why there has been a hard push for the "collectors" space online instead of in-store, they need to make money and even the best-selling lines don't do that well in the grand picture of retail.
I know this since I have over ten years in retail ordering, when shelving mods change there are often items that have to be set regardless if we have them or not. You can get dinged for that, I can tell you your assumption is wrong, it's mostly reserved for items they do not have faith in and want to create an artificial scarcity. So no, classifieds in all accounts are not doing well when you point out how much is exclusives.
But this is all from someone who sees it all first hand.
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>>9417990 >since that is the biggest loss in retail space. Beyter than those arcade cabinets, that's for sure.
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>>9418007 Fun Walmart fact, nearly 15 20 years ago they had the same problem with those Garth Brooks cd/dvd combos.
You know what makes a shit load of money for walmart? Vending machines, particularly the red boxes.
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>>9417965 That shit has only been pushed in the past two years on /toy/, so i find it more than a bit suspicious.
We used to have a couple of posters who worked for Bandai, Hasbro, WCT, and retailers. Not just one poster per company, but multiple posters over the years who were pretty reliable with insider knowledge. The fact that this goes against what was previously known, especially now when /toy/ really has no one sticking their necks out, makes it seem less than reliable.
Makes me believe it's some stupid meme that was repeated on some clueless fansite, like when people here talked about "master license", thinking that whoever has that has control over all licensed products.
>>9417990 Everything you say lines up, except we're talking about a retailer getting EXCLUSIVES, which means they're not getting discounts. Companies generally do that shit for new untested toylines. And a premium only makes sense if the items being sold is a HOT commodity, ie, not GI Joe that just had a movie that bombed and a video game that came and went with barely a fart to be noticed.
So it really doesn't make sense that they'd be getting a discount on MLs or TFs either, by getting exclusive toys. Obviously, Walmart isn't getting the exclusives, so here it would make sense that the GI Joe line could be discounted by ordering X or/and Y+.
I mean, you should know that retailers are absolutely penny pinching and really hate to pay more. They'd sooner cut orders than pay more. So for a company like Target, getting exclusives? They also wouldn't pay a premium and are likely just ordering MORE of the product instead, to get those exclusives, because of GI Joe's complete lack of cross marketing. GI Joe is obviously selling nonetheless, hence its continued existance and exclusives. Given the pegs allocated towards it though... it's likely just scraping by to make the extra orders worth it.
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>>9418042 >Nuh uh the post Anonymous
>>9418042 >Companies generally do that shit for new untested toylines. Bitch, pepsi does this with mountain dew flavors that sell billions, you know nothing.
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>>9418070 >compares toys with sugary drink Clearly you know even less if you think what a soda company does with $1~$4 drinks compared to $22+ action figure toys
let's cut all the bullshit and look at things as they are: The classified line is in a limbo of situations, it's clearly not doing that good or like other newer brands (MOTU, goo jit zu) we would have seen a ramp up on production and like MOTU they would have drop out of the exclusive market and go main stream for the profits to be made and as we saw with She-Ra, DC Super Girls and others Target holding the lions share of exclusives might show things are not holding up that well and Target is becoming the new US TRUs where brands go to die. BUT all of this doesn't mean it will crash and burn either, lines have had rough times that they climb out of, all of NECA was looking pretty bleak back in 2014 and most thought when TRUs closed they were done, but they have managed to expand and survive fine in what is a weaker market, so for all we know Classified will climb out ok and keep going.
So it's not dead, but it is wounded, and we just have to wait and see if it comes out of this alive or not.
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>>9417106 Super 7 also does a total of 26 other licenses with the same team. Really now thinking on that makes me think GIJoe brands must be either an internal struggle of opinions or the demand in volume for something to sell must be reaching the billions
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>>9418123 Put your trip back on so you can be filtered
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>>9418135 I really think we all underestimate how much movies fuck up Joe for some reason. Both previous cinematic attempts hurt sales of the brand even after the figures moved past the films. I wouldn't bat an eye if Hasbro goes "whelp, movie bombed, after disc/streaming releases of it kill the line and shift these people over to Power Rangers for the new 2023 film" because that tactic is what they usually do.
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>>9418141 Who here even has a trip? Tell me what you disagree with instead of boogie manning things you don't like hearing.
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>>9418145 Ever since the 2007 Transformers film success Hasbro appears to have this all or nothing with their IPs now, it's like if they can't turn it into a mega hit they'd sooner scrap it.
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I don't know how anyone can think the brand is doing well when it's fastest threads are debating if it's alive or dead.
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The Skystriker has been sitting in the 4,000s for several days now.
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>>9418196 That normally happens with Haslab stuff. There is a spike at the start and then it dosn't move and/or trickles until the last few days. Mind you they don't charge until the last day so many people don't want to have to let float $230 in their accounts for over a month and would rather manage the cost in just before the charge
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>>9418259 I'm aware, I'd just be really surprised if it hits any of it's goals. And looking at the Proton Pack, which is $400, it's being beaten.
https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/ghostbusters-plasma-series-spengler-s-proton-pack The Proton Pack in only a few days has hit almost 5,600 backers at it's higher price point. It'll likely start hitting it's backer goals soon.
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>>9418196 To emphasis this, here was the Skystriker 4 days ago, in the 4,000s. It's really slowing down.
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>>9418265 I think you are just trying to create patterns that are not there. People said similar shit about Star Saber when Galaticus was still going and it met all it's goals. You are assuming Ghostbuster consumers are the same as Joe ones or even they preorder/back the same. Hell, they could both clear and the Pack will still lead by 1k. That's not to say it couldn't fail, but this kind of baseless speculation is just a waste of time, people forget the Jabba's Sail barge was short 2000 backers on the last week and people cried it was doomed but then in the last three days cleared to 7k. If they took the money immediately we have a clearer picture of demand, but since you are placing an order they won't charge until 38 days from now most won't just jump on that.
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>>9418196 >>9418275 Were you the same faggot anon that did this with Galactus and Star Saber? Every Haslab had weeks of no growth. Come back in the final days and we will see where it really stands. Right now you are just shoving dicks up your ass for attention.
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>>9418284 >Right now you are just shoving dicks up your ass for attention What else do you expect from a tripfag?He made nearly 1/3rd of all the posts in the last thread.
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>>9418282 >Star Saber Was a more desirable and new toy. This is just a Skystriker, which we've had before, and cheap, but... this time with parachute seats(new hat). There's nothing about this that really adds to your collection, and it's very niche for what it does.
>You are assuming Ghostbuster consumers are the same as Joe ones No, I'm saying that Ghostbusters, which has a smaller fandom is outbuying an O-ring only Skystriker.
>people forget the Jabba's Sail barge I chronicled it in detail and kept telling people it would be funded, because it was only a couple thousand, and that online stores buy at the end, and that there's always a jump with last minute buyers. It was also a desirable item with a few desirable figures included, such as a new Yakface, and was being supported at retail with figures to populate the Sail Barge, including a new Skiff vehicle.
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>>9418295 You can get a forced anon setting and you’ll never know it was. I’ve been like that for years now.
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>>9418297 I just filter him instead :)
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>>9418296 >think ghostbusters is a smaller fandom than GIJoe Just get the fuck out of here, you are not fooling anyone.
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>>9418284 I had nothing to do with Galactus or Star Saber. Don't reee at me for saying that the Skystriker isn't doing well and is very boring while also being extremely niche even for Joe fans.
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>>9418302 Did you buy the Plasma Series figures that were shelf warming for ages? I bought one single one myself, but there's nothing exciting about the line at this point.
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>>9418304 >he thinks it’s Reeing Ok we see your game now and we are ignoring your bottom bitch ass.
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>>9418325 Alright, let me ask you this since you want be a Mr. Complainy-pants, have you backed the Skystriker? And do you think it'll hit 13,000 backers and unlock a lazy head swap Scarlett figure? I said up above that I don't think it'll hit Scarlett, and I really don't think it's getting the 18,000 to unlock the Pit Crew figures.
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>>9418145 Don’t most film failures effect the brand? I think Transformers is the only brand that seems immune to the box office.
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>>9418333 They do. Ghostbusters 2016 was pretty much unmarketable and still in the public's mind. Scott Nietlich also said it was pretty unmarketable and said Ghostbusters is just one of those franchises that is technically popular, but just doesn't usually sell well, because it's really a niche fandom with little new media to get people interested. Mattel even tried crowd funding a Ghostbusters Ecto-1 which failed.
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/mattels-update-on-the-ghostbusters-ecto-1-pre-order/ Scott couldn't get people to buy an Ecto-1 for $200 that could hold 6-inch figures.
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Holy shit you are all fucking dorks
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>>9418333 Marvel legends seems unaffected, ultimately I think it matters more what the companies end goal is.
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>>9418329 Not him but no, i donot think it will reach the upper tiers at all. Whether its the cost or the lack of compatibility with the current retro figures i couldnt say. For me it is both and the fact that things are getting tight when it comes to money all around.
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>>9418259 You think after 3 Haslabs where it look like it was going to fail and then didn't people would learn to just wait till the final days. iirc Sentinel was the only one that blasted through it's goals likely due to it being an army builder and it was rarer to find people that just backed one.
Actually that's another thing to consider with the Proton pack: it's a prop and people might invest in more than one since there are usually four in the movies so it's high sales could relate to that. I know that sounds crazy but there were people that bought five sentinels that take up a huge amount of space. At least the pack can be hanged on a wall.
And on that note: why is the Rancor doing the worse of the bunch?
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>>9418522 >why is the Rancor doing the worse of the bunch? Probably because they didn't show any stretch goals at all. If they include an Oola and Malakili, I'm sure it will skyrocket.
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>>9417116 Because MEGA is Matty they will never see Joes except as customs.
They suffer from poor distro and currently need their own IP to free themselves. Something like the Beyonders or maybe Vikings..
But fuck if they ever did get G.I. Joe through some dark sorcery it would rock.
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>>9418196 It does make me regret not buying 4 or 5 when Zellers was selling them for $20
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>>9418522 Bluntly Rancor has a lot more niche group of wanting to own multiples and past offerings have been good enough
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>>9418522 >You think after 3 Haslabs where it look like it was going to fail and then didn't people would learn to just wait till the final days. What happened with Cookie Monster?
>Sentinel was the only one that blasted through I would hazard a guess that it's because Marvel movies have broken $1 billion at the box office on multiple occasions, and that Marvel Legends are extremely popular, even with casual collectors and reseller speculators.
>>9418547 > If they include an Oola and Malakili, I'm sure it will skyrocket. 100% and probably the only way Disney would allow an Oola to be made these days.
>>9418561 That hurts me inside to miss out on a $20 Skytriker. I army built the 50th one.
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>>9418580 >Cookie Monster? Isn't that about the only failure so far?
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>>9418604 So far. I think the Skystriker is underperforming, but would be surprised if it doesn't just barely get funded at the end, or rescued by a few people at the end who put in large orders for resale. I just don't see it making 13,000 or any other backer goals.
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>>9418580 >Sentinel was the only one that blasted through >I would hazard a guess that it's because Marvel movies have broken $1 billion at the box office on multiple occasions, and that Marvel Legends are extremely popular, even with casual collectors and reseller speculators. Yeah, but Galactus performed the same way Skystriker is now. Extremely slow to start, and then it ended up beating out the Sentinel with over 25k, 2.5x the original goal, even though it has less stuff and a higher price. You can’t gage the performance of a Haslab prior to the last week of funding.
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>>9418638 >but Galactus performed the same way Skystriker is now. I don't have those numbers, I have this current chart being produced by a Star Wars site chronicling each Haslab's backer numbers by days, but it doesn't have numbers for Galactus, just Star Wars ones and the current Haslabs.
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>>9418345 BUCKIN' MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
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>>9418604 Yes and that was likely a poor advertising of him. Turns out a lot of people were interested but the team working on Haslab did nothing at cons or make multiple videos like other brands. Rumor is the people in the video just con Hasbro into getting there own life size Cookie Monster since after it failed they held onto the 5 test types.
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Ignore him and just point and laugh next month when it clears all goals
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>>9418775 >Rumor is the people in the video just con Hasbro into getting there own life size Cookie Monster since after it failed they held onto the 5 test types. Holy moly that's based!
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Got BBQ in today, its pretty ok, nothing super special, but I am glad to have him.
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>>9418837 Honest I'm really lukewarm about him. I want to like him, but every time I have him in hand at store, I put him back down. Considering he is still there tells me he's not that much in demand. That or all the buyers in my area are that poor they have to wait for the 1st of the month.
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>>9418844 I'm going to get croc master, and the wave of three, with three more of the officer, but I'm taking a pass of the target exclusives for now.
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>>9418844 >Barbeque >lukewarm Anon if this was intentional I applaud you
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Post obscure wants!
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>>9418837 >>9418844 characters like him should come with a regular head, no reason not to include one
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>>9419016 That's a really good point because he was unmasked a lot in the show and comic. It's not like Beachhead where he was almost always masked.
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>>9418775 I didn't even know he was a thing till a good month after it failed. I would have totally put down for that.
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>>9418975 Not obscure, but I want Steel Brigade and this guy (both variants, full kit).
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>>9419179 In all honesty GIJoe is like Transformers where it's pulling teeth to note "obscure" characters
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>>9419191 I really just want decent Joe grunts, and those two were the only unique designs I can ever think of that stand up against the cool-factor of Cobra Troopers and Vipers.
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>>9419195 >>9419179 I honestly really hate the idea of Joe grunts. It really diminishes the idea behind the Joes being this elite team of specialists when they also have just a regular army of red shirts.
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>>9419191 I can't think of too many characters that have only gotten one figure. Attached is my least known favorite character and even he has 3 toys.
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I know it’s a bit early, but what would you guys want/expect for a GI Joe Haslab?
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>>9419395 You mean Classified? Because there is already a GIJOE haslab going o now.
Classfied wise a Hissank vs VAMP would be great.
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>>9419400 VAMP vs Stinger
MOBAT vs CMT
Something that uses the mold twice in one offering so that it convinces people to army build a little. A HISS on its own unless Hasbro decides to do a "Joe" version like repainting the 25th era Arctic HISS into a GI Joe green camo
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>>9419406 anon we are talking Haslab, it's versatility isn't an issue and if anything the one use molds should be used with Haslabs
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>>9419325 To split hairs two of them were con exclusives
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>>9419258 Having grunts do support stuff like in the cartoon works, but having grunts in the fuels is stupid. Every GI Joe member is the best at their role.
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>>9419626 Well grunt is a grunt, i think grunting is his specialty
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>>9419258 I don't really care about green shirts myself, but I always treated them like they were in the show as this anon said:
>>9419626 They're support characters who are like low level or specialty guys who do things like guard bases while the Joes are out running missions.
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>>9419643 Who was the green shirt that had the psychedelic death episode on the cartoon? I wanna say he was a tank driver but i think he was a cee bee.
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Looks like my CS Barbecue will be arriving tomorrow.
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I really like him. First Joe that makes me like all of his accessories and want to display him with them.
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>>9419688 How are those xesray gladiators? I kinda want to get one
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>>9418070 >Bitch, pepsi does this with mountain dew flavors that sell billions, you know nothing. read the entire post
I said "generally" and then
>Obviously, Walmart isn't getting the exclusives, so here it would make sense that the GI Joe line could be discounted by ordering X or/and Y+. Again, we're talking about a toyline with EXCLUSIVES, which means there's going to be a premium here and that premium is ORDER NUMBERS, not prices. Like i said in that post, a store would rather cut orders than pay more, especially for a line with no cross marketing, which is EXTREMELY important.
So it means the toyline is selling well enough that they're ordering a higher amount of numbers to make it worth carrying an entire line plus exclusives.
>>9418123 I don't think the line is in limbo, it's probably doing OK to GREAT numbers, because stores are still carrying the toyline and new product has been announced for future release.
Us not knowing how well it's doing doesnt mean it's in limbo. It's like saying McFarlane's DC shit is in limbo just because we don't know anythign there either, other than the fact that it's still being produced and upcoming figures have been announced.
What makes this line uncertain is just the fact that there's NOTHING to actually support the toyline. Not literally nothing, but to stores, a toyline has to be cross promoted with a cartoon, movies, or video games. Granted, the movie did just come out, but it bombed, which makes every uncertain, at least in the eyes of stores.
>>9418150 Crimson Commander trips and he used to quote bullshit info, something about how making a single figure costs like a billion dollars because some hasbeen former Mattel copywriter said so.
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>>9419702 2nd wave is sweet. It feels like they fixed the big QC issues with the first wave, but that could be anecdotal. The designs are way more interesting and the paint is a lot more vibrant and shiny. I’m really happy with the whole wave even if the Roman soldiers’ body armor limits them a lot.
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>>9418259 >I'm aware, I'd just be really surprised if it hits any of it's goals. Why be surprised when it's completely common place that 99% of KSes usually have high beginnings, nothing middles, and high endings??
Seems like you're only bringing up the daily numbers to produce FUD.
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>>9418975 Cross Country. Bonus if he comes in a 2 pack with Wild Bill, just for shits and giggles.
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>>9419707 >So it means the toyline is selling well enough that they're ordering a higher amount of numbers to make it worth carrying an entire line plus exclusives. Hey, Walmart ordering guy again, your making assumptions again. Which are wrong. There is no such thing as a premium price when retail spaces order stuff. It is either sold at bulk prices like non-perrishbles or sold through a "vendor" who gives the retial space a cut of the profit. Again, when an item is sold at a quantity as toys it's often kept much lower to reduce overall loss or profit. Toy don't make money on shelve space as much as you think.
Dollar toys make more money overall and move hundreds of times more units as well. Again I would like to point out that an item that can only be found in a single retail space is to create a scarcity. Full stop, nothing your assumptions can do to be hard facts that an exclusive is a way to make more people buy something that they know won't sell to besides a niche group.
You keep making assumptions and then saying they are the only correct answer when i can look at the gun and tell that exclusives often are bought cheaper. The toy aisle has been shrinking since it's more or less a money pit. So unless GIJoe is handled differently than every single toy ever made like some dime store Jesus you need to stop.
I order this shit and I am telling you everything you say is wrong and based on biased assumptions.
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>>9419832 >Which are wrong. There is no such thing as a premium price when retail spaces order stuff. I didn't say it.
In fact, this was my response to people saying there was a premium like that
>>9417331 >Where do you guys get this shit? The only "premiums" i know about is when they're actually using different shipping, directly to stores, in the case of hot products. Yes, i know, Walmarts and Targets almost never get shit like that and i only say "almost" because some managers MIGHT independently do shit outside of the chain. Other (chain) stores aren't as penny pinching though.
And the premium i mentioned isn't a premium, but just plain ol' promises to order X amount to gain those exclusives.
> Again I would like to point out that an item that can only be found in a single retail space is to create a scarcity. Full stop, nothing your assumptions can do to be hard facts that an exclusive is a way to make more people buy something that they know won't sell to besides a niche group. Lemme just point out that Walmart ≠ Hasbro, and Hasbro has to make a profit by selling shit. This means there's minimum orders that Hasbro has to get in order to get a toyline produced to be sold to retailers or else it gets canceled. So Walmart may not be making a ton of money from these toys, but Hasbro is raking in billions in profits because of Walmart/Target/etcetcetc ordering their toys every single year. When producing toys EXCLUSIVELY for Target, in order to make a profit from these figures being sold in limited quantities, either hte price needs to go up for these figures OR they make it up another way, such as order numbers.
So I'm not saying you're wrong, but you're overlooking shit to come up with your statements.
>tell that exclusives often are bought cheaper. You mean like CORPSHIT and McFarlane's RAWlines? Yep, those toys OBVIOUSLY cheaper and sold at a greater profit.
Also, fuck this halloween theme. completely fucks up with how i can read shit.
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>>9419258 I hear you. But when it comes to “army guys” I don’t give a fuck about characters like Flint or Hawk. They have zero personality, boring designs, and the Classified figures in all honesty have zero appeal. Hawk would be much better with a helmet or a jacket. Flint looks like a swollen cartoon compared to any of the other characters—like a Spitting Image puppet.
The appeal of Steel Brigade and the Retaliation Trooper are that they can stand in for whatever you’d want, they have interesting designs (even the Master Chief helmet is unique in terms of Joe designs), and they can adapt any personality you’d want to apply to them.
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>>9419064 Meh. In my headcanon he has burn scarring and rarely speaks because of vocal cord damage. He also likes to play pranks on the other Joes.
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>>9419879 The CORPS used to be pretty cool. Some of it still is sort of neat now, from what I’ve seen. They now have pretty decent mech suits too, and one of the good guys from years ago (a little before or a little after 2010) is now one of the main antagonists.
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>>9419910 He has a catchphrase, too.
>IT'S BARBECUE TIME! Anonymous
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>>9419395 >>9419400 I'd want the headquarters.
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>>9419179 This little guy was the one who started my toy collection craze. It had everything. Lots of weapons, a design that could fit with other lines and some decent articulation.
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>>9419913 I've always hated the Corps because of how shit they were compared to GI Joes and other more quality figures. the plastic was shit. the proportions were wonky. The designs were awful.
But looking back, without my child biasness, they weren't bad at all. They were almost equal to GI Joes (albeit more generic) in every way and the price was a hell of a deal.
Still wouldn't buy em though.
Their Alien line is actually nice. Very kid friendly, but not for me.
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>>9419992 This guy gets it.
If Hasbro just remake that figure in 6” with updated articulation, paint, and a few sculptural modifications, it’d be a hit.
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>>9420001 Nah. As the guy who said he doesn't like the Joes having army builders, this guy needs to just be upscale and given the Classified engineering. His design is already perfect.
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>>9419997 Growing i too had a bias against any competing army toy, corp being the most disliked due to the proportions and strange designs. As an adult and a fan of final faction id really enjoy it if they came back. The alien toys are really fun for the money, thee predators are ok but you have to buy all 3 in order to kit one figure out completely. As a side note, wouldnt a gi joe/transformers haslab be great? I think there was a cross over story line with g2 transformers and ninja force gi joe.
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Walmart screwed up and put the B.A.T. and Alley Viper up for sale, before quickly yanking down the listings. In that time someone managed to put in an order on the B.A.T.s and they actually arrived, which indicates Walmart already has both them and the Alley Vipers in their warehouses.
Link for the B.A.T.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/GIJ-CS-FIGURE-SATELLITE/637667393 Link to the Alley Viper:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/GIJ-CS-FIGURE-SATELLITE/637667393?irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_T1cSfDS-GxyOWKiwUx0Mo3bzUkG0jFXFrwvhS00&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_2516752&clickid=T1cSfDS-GxyOWKiwUx0Mo3bzUkG0jFXFrwvhS00&sharedid=&affiliates_ad_id=565706&campaign_id=9383 Link for the guy who bought them. Maybe he'll post some opened pics soon?
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>>9418150 The anon you're talking to is a troll, who spammed DC General on multiple occasions regarding how much toys cost to produce, which he outs himself on here:
>>9419707 >"Crimson Commander trips and he used to quote bullshit info, something about how making a single figure costs like a billion dollars because some hasbeen former Mattel copywriter said so." He has some kind of vague conspiracy that toy companies are lying and deliberately raising prices just to make toy collectors angry, because they think it's funny to personally upset him, and gets upset if you quote Scott Nietlich, who says it costs as much as buying a car to tool new parts for toys, and can cost around $100,000 for a fully tooled figure.
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>>9420275 >cost around $100,000 for a fully tooled figure. If a figure would need 10 regular tools or 4-5 large ones maybe. A regular 6 or 7" figure does not need nearly that many tools. A brand new figure of that size on average will take a few tools, so probably 20-30k. Castle Grayskull or the Thundertank or Galactus will cost upwards of 100k, not any average figure.
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>>9420275 sounds like you're mixing up multiple people
Also, here's a thread where you did the same shit and repeated the bullshit from the former Mattel employee and then proceeded to turn your trip off to try and hide your shame
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>>9420300 Wow, that's some really factual information you have there anon, I guess I should disregard what Mattel employees and toy manufacturers such as Brian Flynn say due to your personal opinion as someone who buys toys made for small children.
>>9420320 Oh, gee looks like you outted yourself as a troll, just like I said by posting a link to one of the threads you trolled.
>sounds like you're mixing up multiple people Funny coming from you when you started out by accusing an anon of being me:
>>9418141 Then you post a link and suggest that because other people disagreed with you in that thread you trolled, it must have all been because it was all one person samefagging, all because I disagreed with you, and I use a trip. Therefore by continuing this like of reasoning, I must be all the same people who disagree with you, which apparently a large majority of people who come in contact with you, often do.
Anyway, fuck off troll anon.
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>>9420329 Don't patronize me Scott!
...I'm sorry...
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>>9420329 >Funny coming from you when you started out by accusing an anon of being me: >>9418141 again, you're trying to attribute everyone who knows your bullshit as a single person.
That's not me and i have no idea who he was referring to
Also, it's funny you want to call me a troll, especially when you're trying to spread FUD about the Skystriker, pointing at how few backers are joining the backer count, despite the fact that there's been over a decade of Kickstarters showing how daily backer counts dont matter because most people only join up in the first and last half of these fundraisers.
>I guess I should disregard what Mattel employees and toy manufacturers such as Brian Flynn say due to your personal opinion as someone who buys toys made for small children. When it goes against Kickstarters who have made the cost of producing toys TRANSPARENT, has been declosed by MULTIPLE creators, most of whom dont even know each other, guess how ignorant and full of shit those so called insiders sound?
And here you are just blindly pointing out a copywriter, pretending hes right, just because he was in charge of marketing a toyline for MAttel.
Why spread this bullshit when theres a mountain of evidence showing yu're wrong?
I never tho9guht you were purposely stirring shit up before, yet here you are in this thread sperading FUD
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>>9420270 And... Alley Vipers arrived for another guy who managed to order them and the B.A.T.s from Walmart.
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>>9420366 >>9420266 Why the fuck aren't these up anywhere yet if places like Walmart already had them?
Oh, god...are they Walmart exclusive and they didn’t want to tell us?
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>>9420359 Again, your argument boils down to whataboutism and how you buy children's toys, and that should trump the word of those who worked in the industry.
>against Kickstarters Like Action Force, which is Vaporware? Gee, a whataboutism argument.
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>>9420368 Walmart put them up early by mistake. I don't think they're exclusives, at least they haven't announced that yet, and there's no special branding on them to indicate as such like they did with the Target figures. But they for sure already exist and are in the Walmart warehouses as we speak and will be here sooner rather than later it seems.
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>>9420374 >whataboutism How is pointing at dozens of KSers who all revealed the cost of prodution whataboutism?
>ike Action Force Never used them as an example, but that's great howyou want to discount every successful KS who has been transparent about the costs becacuse of this single KS.
>trump the word of those who worked in the industry. They're just marketers and factually lied, quoting numbers that goes againt what multiple companies and creactors who have specifically broken down the prices to investors/backers.
So what do you get from spreading FUD and bullshit?
It's one thing to double down on the bullshit you need to believe is true, but to continuously quote backer numbers to stir shit up is something else.
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>>9420366 8 accessories for each figure, god damn.
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>>9420400 Anon I simply don't care about your history of buying toys and following kickstarters as "proof" of what tooling costs, since you're not an expert, and being an adult who buys toys made for small children, doesn't automatically qualify you as an "expert," on the subject. You repeatedly pretend that each kickstarter situation is the same and that each company had no capitol behind them on their investments in the first place, and that you seem to be under the impression that these kickstarters only spent money from their crowd funding. I also think you act like you have a personal vendetta against anyone, such as Scott Nietlich or Brian Flynn for saying things that disagree with your world view on toy production costs, who you disregard outright despite them both being authorities on the subject.
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>>9420433 It is nice to see a load out like that. I'd like to start seeing some extra hands show up when there's low accessory counts.
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>>9420482 Do not link to my posts with low effort cringe like that.
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>>9420549 Oh shit a surprise bonus gun. I keep going back and forth on this figure. I want the version we originally saw but at the same time this one is so stacked. And it doesn't look bad, it's just that I want something new, not a scaled up version of a toy I already have multiples of.
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>>9420549 >>9420551 The BAT looks even more pathetic compared to the AV now. Gear and all
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>>9420549 Sweet! I was afraid it wouldn't come with the grappling hook gun
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>>9420631 What else would you have wanted with the BAT? Seems like he’s got everything you’d want, besides like a rifle or something
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>>9420695 Some effects pieces for the flamethrower would have been nice
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>>9420368 Short answer these products are already in warehouse but are likely low supply meaning it be 2020 Cobra Island all over again where it would sell out in seconds at every store which wouldn't look good for the brand and would likely make more dip out if they be unable to resolve them.
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https://news.hisstank.com/2021/10/31/another-brand-new-list-of-g-i-joe-classified-series-figures-discovered-76166 If Hisstank is to be believed…
GIJ CS Nimbas
GIJ CS Deimos
GIJ CS Pallas
GIJ CS Ceres
GIJ CS Phobos
GIJ CS Vesta
Deimos and Phobos are twins, so Tomax and Xamot.
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>>9421039 Neat. Here’s hoping we see a crimson guard in there too
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>>9421039 >goddess of the hearth Has to be Zarana, she has started and ended campfires by shooting at them both in the cartoon and comic strangely enough.
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>>9421039 >Titan of warcraft Very likely Sepentor. He literal called himself that in the episode "My Favorite Things" when talking to Cobra Commander and the one B.A.T they took.
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>>9420707 and a clear chest piece. maybe an extra assault rifle or new attachment besides the classics. the later editions had some good ideas
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>>9421039 >a shining cloud/halo surrounding a deity when on earth. This one's driving me nuts. I know leatherneck or someone else in the cartoon threaten to knock someones halo off but I can't picture who right now.
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>>9421039 >goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships >usually depicted as a mature woman >also the largest dwarf planet yeah I got nothing. someone with a big brain help me on this one.
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>>9421185 I remember now! Lifeline! It was Lifeline he was threatening in Arise Sepentor part 1
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>>9421193 I can't see them do this but Helix and the Goddess have a very similar full awareness of their surrounding powers.
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I guess you can just leave the chest plate off, if you want to go for the more classic look.
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>>9421284 >>9421285 Raginspoon better cast both of them clear and smoke to put on reg and python ver
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>>9421290 proper rifle should been standard
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I know Cobra Commander already has 3 versions, but I want them to do another but actually good. I have no love for what we got.
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>>9416532 I hope these get a reveal in the morning.
>>9421296 I just want an 80's one to appear in Classified, and for them to make a Trouble Bubble.
>>9421193 >>9421207 All the characters on the G.I. Joe website were teases at upcoming figures, of which Helix was on the list, along with a few oddball and obscure characters.
>>9421155 She's for sure in the list. She's in leaked list of names.
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>>9421282 Look at that shitty paint app :-(
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>>9419916 i really like the episode where he runs into a pyramid chasing destro, while also shooting his fire directly ahead of himself
this guy knows no fear
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>>9421265 Huh I guess I was wrong about Major Blood's arm being a pretool
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>>9421440 I had no dog in that debate but that makes the asymmetrical of it seem worse, like they paid no attention to these characters.
I’ll now wait to see if anyone loses their shit over me sharing my opinion
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>>9421251 >>9421254 >>9421257 >>9421260 I really want this, but the translucency of the plastic is bothering me more than any sloppy paint app ever would.
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Does BBQ shoot fire or fire retardant?
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>>9421440 Me too. I guess I’m glad, I like the look of the BAT arm better, although it does look less mechanical.
>>9421510 That is definitely strange. I guess they probably just designed the robot arm at the same time as Cobra Trooper or something and didn’t bother to check if they were the same length. I can’t think of an explanation otherwise.
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>>9421665 He's a fireman so retard. Blowtorch is the flamethrower GI Joe.
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>>9421510 >>9421672 The Classified team makes about as many mistakes as the Lighting collection team does but where these are re-imaginings they can bullshit off oversights easier. Also the Joe fandom is a bit more sensitive to people criticizing the toys while LC and others are more of "yeah that's fucked up" and then they still get it or they don't.
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>>9421207 Helix is my most wanted since I read that story with her on a strike team with Bombstrike and Girl Snake-Eyes. She's pretty badass
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>>9421718 >Also the Joe fandom is a bit more sensitive to people criticizing the toys while LC and others are more of "yeah that's fucked up" and then they still get it or they don't. I guess that’s true, but Lightning had definitely had more egregious mistakes than Classified, which I guess is why my perception is that PR fans complain more. But in fairness, the team is fucking up some really easy screen accuracy stuff, on top of constant paint app issues.
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Hasbro updates information on the B.A.T. and Alley Viper. Apparently you'll just see them randomly show up at different retailers at anytime, because of the supply chain crisis,.
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>>9421440 >>9421510 For all we know it could have been but they ended up changing the design to be more 80s style like the Alley Viper
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>>9421906 I’m fine with that but I just wish they’d put them up for preorder on Pulse. Maybe I’d be able to find them in the wild but Pulse doesn’t cancel stuff almost ever, so I’d at least like a backup preorder just in case.
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>>9420437 >you're not an expert, holy shit you're retarded.
Of course I'm not an expert, but you know who IS? The dozens of Kickstarter creators who have successfully launched a toyline for 1/3-1/4th of the price from the liars you keep on referring to as "experts." (Read: marketers who got fired and were obviously lying about the costs)
>Brian Flynn I have no clue who this is, but considering your record of being a retard who doesnt understand anything, he's probably full of shit too. So keep on claiming samefag for people who all catch you on your bullshit lies.
BTW, isnt it time for you to post another screenshot of the Pulse Skystriker project, to sow FUD into the thread to feign you're totally not saying it's bombing like you've been doing for the past two threads? Or did you give up on that once people called you on your stupid bullshit?
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>>9421946 The "slow trickle" statement by Hasbro makes it sound like Joes will continue to be a bitch to get.
>>9421951 >but you know who IS? Your personal experience buying childrens toys on kickstarters?
>I have no clue who this is, but considering your record I just hear farts and poop noises when I read your posts.
>isnt it time for you to post another screenshot of the Pulse Skystriker project Why? It hasn't moved. It'll be funnier in a few more days.
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>>9421938 outside of colors, Classified Bludd is hardly 80s style. He had a normal arm/forehand sticking out of the blast gauntlet and it wasn't thinner part like in the classified, it was much thicker.
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>>9421951 >holy shit you're retarded he is so just ignore him, let him think what he wants and do what he wants, I'm sure his life is walking suffrage for it but don't waste your time trying to convince him otherwise. No matter how good or right you or others are on the outcome he will just have a million excuses ready to cope.
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>>9421960 >breaks down into 10 year old insults because he's wrong and can't find an out comedy
And that's nice that you admit to being a troll with your updates about the Skystriker reports.
Here's KS who got 4x its goal, where somehow they managed to make 3 toys and profit from their $65k, which goes against the bullshit that you love to believe from a fired marketer that a single toy costs $100k just to produce.
Check out those negative amount of backers in a sea of next tiny amount of backers in the middle of the funding phase. Somehow it lines up with how KSers usually work, unlike the bullshit you've been pushing in these threads.
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>>9421440 Not so sure on that where it still is a dead ringer for the video game bat arm. They obviously overhauled the Viper so it’s not a stretch they’d do the same to the bat
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>>9421976 We're talking about the BAT being changed, not Bludd dumdum
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>>9421983 Well, it doesn't hurt to show that Crimson Commander is a known liar and is being pretty blatant in his trolling.
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>>9421995 >And that's nice that you admit to being a troll Says the troll who posted a link to themselves spamming a DC thread to post limit:
>>9420320 Stop spamming your same charts in multiple threads please.
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>>9422029 >pointing out my history of trolling is trolling So not only do you like posting about marketers who know nothing about the cost of toys and then pretend you totally aren't trolling when being negative about how kickstarters get few backers in the middle of the funding phase, but you also are so retarded that me responding to your bullshit with proof that what you say is bullshit is spamming.
Nevermind that you're using the word "spam" incorrectly, since spam is basically just copypasta.
Is you being retarded why you believe the bullshit from known liars like that unemployed Mattel guy?
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>>9422047 >So not only do you >liars like that unemployed Mattel guy? Please stop trolling outside of /b/, you're derailing the thread. This is my last reply for you.
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>>9422059 not trolling, that Mattel guy literally doesn't have any idea of how much it costs to make a toy and the fact you defend his blatant bullshit makes you a stupid person.
So just letting everyone else know about your history of lies, so that everyone should be wary of everything you say.
You've proved this in these past two threads when posting Pulse's Skystriker numbers, implying that a slow middle is somehow bad, when that's how 99% of Kickstarters behave.
Even super successful KSes behave this way, like McFarlane's.
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These fuckers are testing me.
I don't want to get 6 inch figures (or at least only limited amounts but this sale...
https://store.pandamony.toys/collections/custom-collection currently emailing my girlfriend as I know she will talk me out of it.
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>>9421983 This, there is no point in it. If you ignore him all he can do is same fag and just always assume that’s what’s going on and have a better conversation than a back and forth with some loser that lost control of his life.
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>>9422405 Well that did/'didn't go the way I expected.
Somehow I am getting 2.
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>>9422433 the chaingun guy looks cool enough. why does the hammer have a boxing glove in it..........
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Anyone have any good ideas on parts to turn classified breaker into clutch? I'm stumped trying to find a weird pistol harness set up like the v1s had. I guess some sort of tactical vest with a chest holster would work too.
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>>9422767 I'd modify the Cobra Trooper vest. Just shave off the Cobra logo
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>>9422767 I'm not sure, but Raginspoon's making some Astro Viper kits.
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Super7 put out a countdown. They're revealing the next Ultimates sometime tomorrow around 2 or 3PM
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>>9422865 Are they expecting anyone to be surprised that its Flint? I mean I'm sure there will be more but still.
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>>9422878 Full Wave 2 reveal. Flint, Scarlett, Destro, and Flame Bikini Baroness.
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>>9422897 Bikini Baroness would be insane. They need to hurry up and get a basic Cobra Trooper in the line. I know Brian says he doesn't want to do too many army builders back to back, because he says he doesn't want to encourage army building on $50 figures, but it's a necessary evil that has to happen.
>>9422878 I am. I expected to get Roadblock in there, since it seems like companies are always in a hurry to get diversity characters out there fast. It always amazes me for how leftist Brian Flynn is, he's always just made whatever he wants, although his employees say stupid San Francisco shit, Brian has gone against the grain on a number of occasions, such as when it came out that Hasbro wasn't allowing Super7 to make a Hooded Cobra Commander, and he called it stupid, and said it was because some people read too much into things and have too much time on their hands to think that just because he has a hood, he must be in the KKK. And he promised to eventually make the Hooded head when things calmed down.
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>>9418975 >Interrogator v3 >Countdown >Barricade Anonymous
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>>9422405 I wanted those guys to succeed but they basically made OC 20021 typo figures. They are still dated by today's standards
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>>9422956 >>Interrogator Very nice choice!
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>>9422405 Only one I have is the blue/purple volt like armor guy with the power arm. He's ok, nothing great.
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>>9422002 I'm honestly a little bummed we didn't get the original Alley Viper even if most of it was the Cobra Trooper, I'm not much a fan of the OG look.
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The Falcon's Hangar has put up Preorders for Classified waves 9 and 10
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>>9423339 I hope Zarana looks like this.
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>>9423493 Not a chance with modern day Hasbro
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>>9423493 Dumb. it's been done many times over.
She never got an updated look and needs one.
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>>9423553 Updated looks bad.
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>>9423556 How can it look bad if there is no updated?
And 80s chic fashion is ugly. Only fit Zarana in the 80s because she was supposed to look like trailer trash in the 80s.
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>>9423553 I don't want an updated look. I want the one I like, not an OC Donut Steel.
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>>9423565 >How can it look bad if there is no updated? It's been done before in the early to mid 2000's.
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>>9423568 >I want the same one we’ve gotten over and over, not Hasbro’s attempt to put even a modicum of effort into the line Anonymous
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>>9423568 >nostalgiafag you already own one or more anyway.
It's a tired and lazy design, and she desperately needed an update.
Also, do you like misusing memes or is this your brain tiny like a parrot's and why you also don't understand words you repeat?
"donut steel" would be something like these Corps figures.
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>>9423714 >that fridge physique Anonymous
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>>9423726 Damn, beat me to it.
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>>9423726 My first thought as well. Now I hope they don't do a bikini Baroness if they're gonna do her dirty like that
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>>9422897 >Flame Bikini Baroness >>9423714 Damn, S7 you had one job.
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>>9423721 >popped collar >zero cleavage I hate how so many 80s animation and comic designs had sex appeal as part of the charm and modern takes always tone that shit down to dodge whiny cunts on social complaining about sexualization. Its so hypocritical. If a character was sexy in the source material make the figure sexy too or fuck off.
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>>9423775 LJ rarely had cleavage showing while wearing her uniform in the cartoon, which the Ultimates line is based on. There may be a frame or 2 throughout the series that shows a line, but the majority of the time, it's absent.
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>>9423782 >cartoon accurate I didnt realize Lady Jaye was a frumpy fridge in RAH.
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They look fine. Could have bigger breasts.
>>9423775 Of course people here like Loosecollector's ugly looking inflatable breast shit.
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My Pulsecon Zartan shipped, I don't have the Premium membership scam either, so I must be lucky. My Pudgy Pig from PR didn't ship.
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>>9423793 based on =/= accurate
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A bit more angled view.
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>>9423861 If its "based on" it should be accurate. Lady Jaye had a sexy design that is getting gutted due to Super7 playing things safe which defeats the purpose of using the OG designs. That's the point Im making.
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>>9423895 >accurate Like this?
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>>9423952 Needs a thinner waist too. Honestly though take all this complaining to their Twitter. They caved on April and Cheetara, they will cave on this too, better to let them know people don’t like it now while it’s just a mock-up render.
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>>9423952 Thinner waist and face with slightly bigger boobs like the pic posted here
>>9423793 >>9423968 >complain on twitter People are already doing that for me. No need to risk attracting twitter harpies I'll just end up adding to my block list.
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>>9423793 That model sheet image isn't accurate to the one used in the show. She doesn't have the large breasts in the cartoon for example. A number of model sheet and concept art designs were drawn by different artists on the show and don't accurately reflect one another and led to some inconsistencies in the animation.
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>>9424302 The model sheets are notorious for being sexier than the versions in the cartoon. Her waist is a little big though. Same for Baroness.
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>>9424282 Perfect indeed.
>>9424302 Oh no you don't. Im not pulling cherry picked stills from RAH when it is well known for having animation and off model errors. Don't try playing that bullshit with me.
>>9424313 The model sheets are the best classic version of each character. You can't convince me otherwise.
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>>9424327 >The model sheets are the best classic version of each character. You can't convince me otherwise. The model sheets are all over the place, causing the animation errors. This is Bruce Timm's Scarlett, which he draws off model in the official model sheets.
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>>9424346 Baroness also has a bunch of inconsistencies on her costume, because different people would draw her outfit different ways, so the details on it change from scene to scene based on the artist, if you study her boots and her cuffs on her bodysuit, along with the details of her waist.
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>>9424350 Another model sheet of Baroness with different outfit details, causing inconsistencies.
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>>9423714 someone has been visiting the fridge late at night
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>>9424340 >the way she grips and twists that spear Anonymous
>>9412421 All I can say is G.I.Joe has become THE BEST line for figures. The accessories are abundant and bad ass. The figures are kick ass as well. The animals they include with some are amazing as well. I'm giving serious consideration to just saying screw Marvel and Shit Wars and focusing on Joe figures. What do you think?
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>>9424282 This is exactly what I meant with my comment earlier. G.I.Joe has NAILED it! A shitload of accessories, a decent looking figure, and actual weapons. As another anon said, PERFECTION! Another 10!
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>>9425141 I dropped Star Wars and am only picking up characters I REALLY want. I'm not going to buy another Mando just because he is covered in mud and comes with a fucking egg for $40. I am only collecting Classified and MOTU Origins
