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Also here's wave 2 for anyone interested in the Ultimates line.
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Also here's wave 1 for anyone interested in the Ultimates line.
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FIRST FOR PUNCHING SNAKES
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Movie Scarlett totally mogs the regular version.
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>>9424513 What is it about Super7 and NECA that attracts people like you? Let the guy dislike it, it's hardly a big deal.
Let me guess,
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>>9424376 classified goes in the trash
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>>9424533 Ya... that 3d render sure does look... good...
And a figure based on animation sure does replace one that's meant to be look more realistic...
You're dumb. Or baiting. Or both. Probably just dumb.
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>>9424538 classified LJ looks like a shit man I never said anyone had to stop liking man faced classified version.
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>>9424377 Damn they got the William Perry license already?
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>>9424527 No, how about you stop being a dumb prick?
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Going through old pics, I found a workspace scene from 2008.
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>>9424700 And it didn’t attach…
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>>9424700 >>9424702 Can't be from 2008 as none of those Joes existed, more like 2010/11
Also, poor Viper relegated to backpack duty.
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>>9424431 I feel the Same way
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>>9424513 >>9424555 >white knighting for a toy Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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>>9424389 The sculpt is overall great, but her lower torso needs to be slimmed down a little. I'm assuming 4Horsemen sculpted this since they do most of the Ulimates figures. Did they have two different people sculpting the upper and lower torso?
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>>9424702 >Renegades Firefly >2008 >lifting other people's work >caking it with modern filters to stop certain image searches from finding the original what is your end game here?
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>>9424386 This one's pretty spot on.
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>>9424373 >>9424383 It's a nice touch that Brian made it so Cobra Commander comes with the cape and scepter from the Mass Device mini-series, so we can recreate such moments as Destro throwing Cobra Commander.
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>>9424389 where are her curves? She has an hourglass shape but the shape of a fridge
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>>9424457 I like the design, but I just can't with the heels.
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>>9424544 This. Classified looks like a 13 yr old boy, Ultimates looks like a woman. Flint walks all over the ugly Classified toy.
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>>9425084 Like a cartoon woman I guess?
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>>9425084 >>9424544 too bad the end product will probably look more like this and less like that 3D render
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>>9425149 Which is another reason when the company's fans keep saying they're better than the alternative is just strange. These are renders, computer generated, not even a prototype. People judging the final product based on these just aren't very bright.
April reminds me of those "she's... she's cute right guys?" Threads. Wtf was that about.
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>>9425084 I like that when a “better” version of a female toy comes out, children like you feel like you have to crap all over the old one, specifically the face, in order to justify a purchase.
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>>9424759 >>9424830 Oh, yeah, you guys are right. I wasn’t looking at my timeline correctly. The last round of pics that I dug through were from 2008, but this one was 12/23/2011.
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>>9424830 And it was from back when Hipstamatic was at least somewhat popular, so those filters are what the picture is, straight from my camera roll (mobile poster).
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>>9425234 Welcome to /toy/ on every single thing.
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>>9425302 This is the same board that memed a head that was 5% too big. I stopped being surprised by the dumb hot takes /toy/.
The last thread had a guy defending exclusives as some sign the line is doing better than a line that doesn't need them.
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>>9424377 No really a fan of this whole "making blacks blue" thing
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>>9425314 It was admittedly fun to see the guy who said “exclusives are good” get clowned on.
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>>9424457 But does she have cute freckles?
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>>9424527 >What is it about Super7 and NECA that attracts people like you? It's the same guy, he does it in a lot of threads
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>>9425332 She wore this in the very first few episodes. You'll have to wait until 2024 for her more classic black suit.
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>>9425149 >>9425203 I enjoy super7s stuff but I don't get why people are excited for the Joe's, Super7 isn't good at making humans (even worse when they're trying to make them look realistic) since they use that shiny plastic for whatever reason.
Their strength lies in none-humans and monsters, shit like Bebop, Rocksteady Mutagen Man etc.
The best human they've done is Shredder and he has his face covered.
>the company's fans keep saying they're better than the alternative is just strange. Most of the time they're just shitposters looking to cause drama by starting brand wars
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>>9425348 Oh crap you caught me! Darn! My reign of terror is now over!
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>>9425333 It was a funny exchange, in the face of proof they doubled down and refused to see facts.
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>>9425352 You should be banned
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>>9424513 Just because the toy looks like your tranny skinny fat body doesn't mean you have to defend the ugly sculpt.
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>>9424370 Is it just me or does Baroness look like Fran Drescher here
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>>9424370 So is the retro line over or are they still going to make non O-ring 3.75 figures?
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>>9425385 >ugly sculpt. Boy GI Joe fans really are a delusional lot.
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So far so good, just need a medic and tech guy.
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>>9425515 Does that Cap head actually fit on BBQ? I wanted to put the new bearded one on Flint, but the hole's a little too big.
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>>9425534 It's tight to get on without any work but dunk it in hot water and it pops right on and off.
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>>9425537 Why are Hasbro's heads so not uniform? I stretched out my Scarlett's head by making her a slutty schoolgirl briefly using the Stepford Cuckoo body.
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>>9425541 It's not far off so it'll only be slightly loose once back on caps neck but it almost the same size as the ball.
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>>9425515 I thought Beachhead's dick was on fire for a brief second.
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>>9425541 Feels like the Legends team clings onto the older style to not hurt comparability, where as newer 6 in teams have even aiming for a smaller design
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>>9425554 Even Legends stuff is all over the place. Bearded Chris Evans, while loose, looks alright, but Michael Fassbender on a Classified body is kind of a pinhead, though not as bad as trying to put any of those Power Ranger civilian heads on. Those suckers don't even go down all the way past the peg
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>>9425515 We need a barracks diorama as well for both Joes and Cobra. You could even make a sudo army builder quality to them where the piece fits three but comes with a figure so buying multiple paid off.
Also, who would you want as medic is tunnel rat will be a tech/radio?
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>>9425428 no official word but I doubt this market could handle both. This isn't like Marvel or Transformers where you can have 3+ different lines going on and they all sell gangbusters.
To give context, 12 new Transformers released in the last 2 months while Joe has had 2.
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>>9425541 a mix of recycling bodies for years on end while still making new bodies and the fact they don't intend customers to part swap.
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>>9424395 with the announcement of the BAT from Hasbro I kinda wanna cancel my Super7 Bat.
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>>9425673 >not wanting all the BATs I'm fucking stoked to have a toon accurate and toy accurate BAT in the same year.
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>>9424838 Oh Jesus ultimate cover girl with both color hair.
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>>9425673 >>9425700 only reason I'm trying to get any Classified bats is because of Super7, I basically wrote off Classifieds and am all in for Super7, but I love the bat so I'm more tempted to get the other. IF Super7 didn't roll it out so soon I've just past on everything on the Hasbro side
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>>9425673 This one should be no issue buy all bats that come out
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>>9425645 Why do these threads keep calling Tunnel Rat the tech guy? He's an infiltration/bomb disposal guy. Sci Fi, Grandslam, and Flash are closer to being the tech guy
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>>9425734 Speaking of Sci-Fi, I hope when/if Classified gets to him they keep the new power armory look
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In an update on the Haslab, it's still sitting in the 4,000's.
Meanwhile, the Ghostbusters Proton pack, which costs almost twice as much and has a more niche adult collector fanbase that wouldn't in the past fund the creation of an Ecto-1 that fit 6-inch action figures thru Mattel Creations, is now almost funded, closing in on 7,000 backers.
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>>9425807 Hard to say. They seem to be pushing nostalgia now
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>>9425734 I assume most here are very -very- casual with the brand
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>>9425847 But I don't even know where that association comes from.
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>>9425845 I hope they aren't stuck in nostalgia mode because the Armadillo is one of the few vehicles small enough to reasonably get made in this scale but it looks so fucking dumb. A little one man tank could look so much cooler.
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>>9425832 I imagine it’s because Haslab puts more effort into their products than Mattel ever did through Matty or Creations.
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>>9425657 Yeah, when i saw that they were gonna make O-ring figures again and since there hasnt been any news of any further waves i started thinking that retro was dead. A damn shame since i much prefer the modern 3.75 figures to the older joes with degradable rubber band cores. Oh well, at least i still have MOTU origins and TVC
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>>9425832 The Skyscraper, as is, feels like a mistake. It's made to cater to the crotchety o-ring collectors but they only want old museum pieces, not new toys.
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>>9425857 I’m holding out hope for a trouble bubble. Hasbro kind of lean into the “vehicles need to come with a figure” model for 6” toys, but they could seriously just release the trouble bubble by itself for $40 and sell through.
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>>9425905 I think Trouble Bubble and Armadillo could both easily be packed with a figure at a 55 dollar price tag.
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>>9425700 I’m wondering how the PP BAT head will look on the regular BAT. At least close to toon accurate.
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what did they yell instead of yo joe in the limey version
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>>9425346 I’m excited because the cartoon is what I associate most with. Yeah I had vintage joes but honestly most of them were not the main characters as they were hard to find as a kid. So I don’t really have the same draw towards the anniversary line and even the newer classified that look more like the vintage toys than they do the cartoon. I just want my Zartan to have hair for once. S7 kind of sucks yes but no one else is attempting this so I’m going to see what they can do. Even that April is really only ruined by the skin tone; their human sculpts are admittedly not the best but with these old cartoons the animation was simple enough the loss of detail doesn’t hurt the same way it does their other lines. Their filmation stuff was fine sculpt wise, the plastic certainly was glossy but it wasn’t bad enough to be a deal breaker like April.
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>>9425919 This is why the hooded Cobra Commander works so well. As someone who was a preteen around 9/11, CC being a guy in a hood suddenly became a lot more relevant.
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>>9425234 Nope. Never bought Lady Jaye or Flint because I've been in the game long enough to know when it comes to main characters like them, a better version is always a couple years away. The only figure past Wave 2 I own is Zartan, because he's well designed. But whatever helps you sleep at night, princess.
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>>9425968 This sounds like maximum cope.
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>>9425968 But Flint is Based.
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>>9425541 >I stretched out my Scarlett's head by making her a slutty schoolgirl briefly Anonymous
>>9426062 Super 7 Flint is based. Classified Flint is just Lenny's delusional self image.
>>9426059 I know. I should just buy whatever Hasbro shits out with the GI Joe license, regardless of whether I like it or not. :D
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>>9425911 Nah, man. You know Hasbro would throw a price point of $60 minimum at those if they were packed with a figure.
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>>9426114 >I should just buy whatever Hasbro shits out with the GI Joe license, regardless of whether I like it or not. Considering that’s what you’re doing for Super7, that doesn’t seem like that much of a stretch.
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>>9426147 I wonder how new movie Scarlett looks on that body
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>>9426168 Her head is held on by an even tinier peg so i wouldn't try it.
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>>9426182 >>9426174 Heating up the head should stretch it enough to work, but I see your point. Wait for the Amazon Scarlett to ship
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>>9426205 >Amazon Scarlett Which is this?
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>>9426210 Probably referring to the fact that Amazon was selling the Origins Scarlett for $5 a few weeks ago but they haven't shipped them yet.
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>>9426248 Ah. I thought he meant the mythical "Arctic Mission" Scarlett that turned out to just be some designers hobbywork instead of an actual upcoming figure.
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>>9425832 I wonder how many of the ghostbusters backers haven't even realized it won't come with a gun/wand .
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>>9425832 This release is at an incredibly weird place. They should have either started the o ring line for at least a few waves to give people a reason to give a shit, or included pieces for the seats so this would work for the Walmart retro joes. As is this only appeals to people who already collect the old line and honestly I imagine a lot of them might not even be interested since it’s not vintage.
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>>9426463 Plus it's a Skystriker, how many have been made over the years, even the single seat version from the 30th onwards.
Should have been something unmade before, like a Cobra Transport Helicopter from the comics, or if bigger: the Snake head VTOL Transport jet from the Sunbow show.
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>>9426463 Yea it kinda feels like Lenny wanted to make it for himself and everyone just ran with it. Many vintage collector's already have them or will pass like you said, modern collectors can't use it, and anyone jumping into the O-ring stuff now is such a tiny demographic and even less of them probably want to back a vehicle like this when there's no real figures available yet or other "vintage" vehicles to display it with. It's either just an odd idea of a release or the wrong time to be doing this campaign when they could be capitalizing on something else, like a vehicle for Classified, or a large box set of O-ring figures to get new collectors on board before the big stuff.
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>>9425933 GI Joe: The Movie suddenly became a lot more relevant after 9/11. Unlike you I was in college around that time, so maybe we were just high. But comparing the similarities between Cobra-La and islamic fundamentalist terrorism was like, "DUDE...."
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>>9426768 I saw this booth at comic con. fuck that was a long time ago
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>>9426768 alas it was too soon that line's idea.
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>>9424370 Does anyone make a repro of cobra commanders laser pistol? My favorite cobra commander from when i was a kid only has his helmet left and no gun and id like to replace the gun i lost. If not, can someone at least direct me to some 1:18 weapons for sale online?
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All these casuals thinking Barbeque uses a flamethrower/starts fires is starting to make me REEEEEEE
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>>9425734 Don’t forget Hi-Tech too, from Spy Troops, Valor Vs. Venom, and Sigma Six.
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>>9426147 Yooo, is Venom about to VORE her?!
Because that would be pretty hot, not gonna lie.
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>>9426882 I see that a lot in reviews. He's more of a support character like Lifeline, and that's why he was part of Eco Force. I think people confuse him with Blowtorch, who's a flamethrower character, and they incorrectly assume Barbecue's backpack is a flamethrower.
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>>9426913 Well, also his code name kind of sounds more like one of a fire-starter rather than a fire-stopper.
Also, being a Joe must mean you also have good dental insurance, based off of that tooth-bottle opening thing mentioned in that ref.
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>>9426899 This nigga knows whats up
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>>9426517 Now a boxed set wouldve been a great idea, for me atleast. And yeah like you say, get the figures out THEN do the skystriker. I guess they probably had todo it this way due to current situations.
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>>9426913 >...and wrap his lips completely around the bottom of a quart Coke bottle. Anonymous
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>>9426995 Yeah i had some trouble explaining his role to the miss when i picked mine up. He doesnt have 'weapons' he has 'tools' that CAN be used to attack but mainly he is a support role. Then her eyes glazed over out of bored confusion.
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>>9426913 This is why the filecards need to be on the actual packaging again. And not translated into 40 languages so they can fit more than a single sentence about the character.
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>>9426513 Skystriker, so old only GIJoe and Iran use it
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Barbecue finally got delivered and, like pretty much every figure past wave one, he has a fatal flaw that absolutely kills the massive hype i was feeling for him.
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>>9427864 My new zartan has that same issue. Plagues a lot of characters. I had to replace the pins on my firefly to make it work, and that’s pretty unacceptable considering how hard he was to get in the first place
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>>9427864 I've been hearing a lot of people having issues with the hips lately. Too tight or too loose.
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>>9427948 >>9427930 Between hips being too tight/loose, weak ankles, and elbows that are floppy noodles between ratchets, I'm getting real annoyed with the line. Especially because it still LOOKS stellar.
Fuck, twenty minutes after I opened up Barbecue Amazon dropped off this Fortnite chick I ordered and engineering wise she's stellar!
I'll add, for the perverts out there, soft squishy boobs too
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>>9427864 I honestly don't remember the last hasbro toy I've bought that doesn't have fucked up tolerances. Its a recurring theme for them across all their lines. I don't know if its their quality control is shit or their its just their choice of materials doesn't hold up.
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>>9427969 Does it line up from when they switched factories from China to Taiwan or does it line up to when products made during covid would actually reach consumers
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>>9427969 I dunno. The few Power Rangers and Legends figures I buy have been fine, aside from the Legends army builders being gummy, borderline bendy figures.
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>>9428006 Actually, I'll take that back. I had issues with the Hellfire Club set and Silver Centurion Iron Man, too.
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>>9427995 its always been shit whatever knees used for kitty pride from the juggernaut wave have never been fixed to this day
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>>9427475 $200 seems a little steep, but I guess that's just how it is now
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>>9427864 I had that same problem
That and the thigh holsters are kind of annoying those 2 things are keeping him from being a good joe toy
Still like bluud and trooper the most
Also Does anyone know how these people are getting their bats and alley vipers in so early? Do they order from Chinese shops or something?
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>>9428296 Walmart had them up briefly.
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>>9428806 Oh, sugar-booger, I forgot about him! Despite him playing a pretty decently big role in Operation Blackout (if I remember right).
Speaking of which, there’s also Breaker too, and his/her different versions, since some of the versions of Breaker are hackers/good with tech.
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>>9428933 PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!
OH SHIT GET OUT, GET THE FUCK OUT...!
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>>9429296 Looks pretty sweet, but finally seeing it front-on makes me echo someone else's comment that the visor should be a bit more bubble-like. Or that it should have just been bigger, or something...
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Is anyone going to the Rhode Island Comic Con this weekend?
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>>9429296 Still don't like those waffle knee pads.
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>>9429411 They are real though.
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>>9429411 The brown on the shin-pads and knife holster are what's getting to me. They could easily be blue / black...
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>>9429672 unless you're horny for the neon, you could wait for the inevitable repaint.
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>>9429335 dope. that guy have a gallery of BAT images for us, too?
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Interview with Brian Flynn regarding both Silverhawks and G.I. Joe Ultimates.
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>>9429411 >>9429672 Just them referencing the late 25th Alley Viper (who's brown knife sheath is on his wrist)
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Every new picture that comes out of the Alley Viper makes me like it and dislike it simultaneously more and more. It's weird. Maybe it'll be better in hand but I think part of it is just the orange is so bright that it's making everything look flat and losing the texture in the sculpt.
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>>9429732 One thing that needed the classified update.
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>>9427864 Opened mine up and immediately had the same issue. Pretty bummed since I thought he was the coolest figure in the line so far. I lubed his joints up but it didn't do shit, the plastic is too weak for the amount of tension on it from how tight they are.
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>>9429731 Fuck off Crimson Shiteater.
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>>9429296 Why do so many of these figures’ shin guard look crooked?
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>>9430307 because it's realistic
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>>9430307 They're a pain in the ass on your knee all day, so you move them to the side, and pop em in place when the time comes.
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From the Full Force Podcast Q&A with Lenny and Emily: the modern Retro-Expression is dead/on hold. They'll be focusing on the O-Ring Expression for now.
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>>9430461 expression? wha?
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>>9430470 it's what they refer to it as. Retro O-Ring Expression, Modern Retro Expression, Classified Expression, etc.
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>>9430461 >They'll be focusing on the O-Ring Expression for now. Beyond SE and SS already being overpriced and the last O-ring before being the SnowJob figure from a Target ROC Past/Present 2-pack
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>>9430461 I fucking hate Lenny so much sometimes. He fucked up hard by making the basic kids figures 6 inch, and is fucking up again with the O-ring shit. Where's fucking John Warden? Wasn't he supposed to be taking over G.I. Joe again? Is he too busy trying to save Power Rangers?
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>>9430461 Yeah that is trash, i love joe in all its shades (except live action trash and maybe sgt savage) but this makes no sense at all. Did they give a reason or what?
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GOD. FUCKING. DAMMIT. How good is Hasbro Pulse about sending replacements for defective figures, particularly exclusives? Will they even have any extras? I am so absolutely over this goddamnit shit with every fucking line I collect. FUCK.
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>>9430545 The color change feature comes from the coating they apply to the figure. This shit wasn't allowed to cure before they assembled it, apparently.
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>>9427475 Optimistic about it, but part of me thinks that guy just has a small head
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>>9430545 They only replace if the item is still in stock, otherwise they just send you a random toy(s) of 'equal value'
Unless they do a second run like they did last year, you're fucked
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>>9430545 >>9430548 sadly this is the exact reason I didn't even try to get him. I knew the feature was going to fragile if not properly handled and Hasbro has been a QC nightmare for a decade now.
>>9430579 if it's anything like past exclusives, the moment you open it they are just going to have you take photos and send you that "equal value" toy that will likely be just a exclusive that didn't sell out. For some odd reason Pulse is aggressive about handling returns once you open it.
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>>9430579 Yeah, that's not going to work. Their HAS to be one, I mean fucking ONE MORE around SOMEWHERE. There is no other toy of "equal value" in this case, as Zartan was my fave Joe figure growing up, all due to his disguise and color change feature, which is the only reason I tried to snag this one.
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>>9430584 This wasn't even an issue of handling, the "color change" coating wasn't allowed to cure before they assembled it, and you can see that it was sort of, I dunno, crusty at the contact points. All I did was just move the joints about a bit. His armor was off to one side and obstructing his diaphragm joint too and kinda crusty at that point of contact.
I mean, how was I supposed to even know the thing was defective if I DIDN'T open it?
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>>9430598 > Their HAS to be one, I mean fucking ONE MORE around SOMEWHERE yes, it's in a scalper's hand and he is ready to sell you one for 5X the mark up
In all seriousness you need to contact them as soon as they can take the call/message from customer service and have photos ready. Realistically your odds just are not there, the Joe line is to under produced already and mixing this with a con exclusive puts your odds at near 0
good luck
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>>9430605 >the "color change" coating wasn't allowed to cure before they assembled it, and you can see that it was sort of, I dunno, crusty at the contact points. That's what I meant by "going to fragile if not properly handled and Hasbro has been a QC nightmare for a decade now. "
I'm not giving them $38ish dollars in what is a blind buy exclusive with a figure that needs that much paint coating.
>I mean, how was I supposed to even know the thing was defective if I DIDN'T open it? You say that like Hasbro cares.
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>>9430611 It's not even a caring thing so much as it's not even feasible anymore.
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>>9430606 >>9430611 Points taken. I'm probably shit out of luck but I'll reach out to them.
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>>9430545 >>9430548 Rip, that sucks Anon. Hopefully they can do something about it.
I also hope they do another release of Zartan with this one's deco but without the color change gimmick (as neat as it is). I cancelled my order for the standard Zartan when this one was announced because I liked it more but I wasn't able to order the exclusive before they sold out.
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>>9430545 did you make him hot or cold before taking this pic? or is that a room temperature pic? I ask because I don't think my zartan even has the color change paint applied to him.
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>>9430461 fucking idiots, im not buying new o rings for them to abandon them after a dozen figures again
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>>9430827 He turns blue when he’s cold. Stick him in the freezer for about ten minutes and you’ll know
>>9430545 Mine has a couple splotches too but it’s not this bad. Sorry anon. I honestly though about taking the “clothes” from the new one and swapping them onto the old one, so you get an actual flesh toned Zartan. But I know the color change is why most people bought him.
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>>9430545 >>9430959 Man, this is really making me want to just cancel mine. I don't even understand why he was painted as you can apply those thermoreactive colors directly to plastic to get the same effect.
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>>9430967 probably the cost of ordering plastic pellets that have that shit mixed in. I’d wager they have an assload of the standard peach plastic hanging around, or they have just a ton of already molded bodies since this is the same as aging-Ho, and probably a few others coming down the pipeline.
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>>9430967 It just seems like a money thing. Maybe plastic would’ve achieved a better effect but it was more expensive. That’s usually the answer anyway. But like the other anon said, maybe they have a bunch of bodies sitting around.
I wouldn’t cancel it if I were you. I think like all Hasbro stuff, you’re playing the QC lottery. But mine looks fine, and the effect is cool enough to outweigh a tiny splotch or two. Plus, if you hate it, you can sell it for like triple the price if you want. If you feel bad about scalping it, just sell it for half what they’re charging. You’ll still clear a decent profit without reaming a fellow collector, if that concerns you.
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>>9430967 >I’d wager they have an assload of the standard peach plastic hanging around, or they have just a ton of already molded bodies since this is the same as aging-Ho, and probably a few others coming down the pipeline. So, the thing about that, is that the plastic underneath the coating is almost the same exact color as the coating itself, so it's not as if they molded it in "regular" flesh-toned plastic then coated it with this stuff.
I'm considering selling this one at somewhat of a mark-up, but less than what they're going for on evil baby currently, then listing some of my other toys I've been sitting on for a while to recoup the cost and make enough to buy one at aftermarket, just so I can be done with the headache of it and move on. Learned my lesson and I'm not doing exclusives from Hasbro anymore. This was my first and last time. Just not worth it to me.
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Yo, Operation Blackout is featured in a game bundle at Fanatical. It's three games for ten euros, so it's a good deal if you are interested on that and maybe some other.
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle Anonymous
I got Barbecue and his hip struts stress easily. I know this is a common issue, but has anyone actually broken theirs? Trying to figure out how careful I should be. The stress marks are very faint, so I don't think they're ABS or they would have shattered by now.
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>>9431493 I haven't broken them, but I've figured out that they rotate better backward than forward.
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>>9430461 Listening to Lenny's Fullforce interview makes him sound like a hack. He essentially says he masterminded the o-ring haslab skystriker, and how he was making an updated skystriker... and it's just for o-ring. And that he's going to do some more photos of it to try and get people interested in backing it, because it's not selling well.
I also don't care for this woman in the interview, who says how her and Lenny are putting Retro on hold in favor of making re-pops of the same 7 or 8 o-ring figures that always get re-produced, because the handful fans on Hisstank say they want o-ring figures, and they need to listen to those handful of fans.
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>>9431511 Also the chick working on Joe says she was working on Power Rangers prior to Joe, which isn't a good sign in my opinion.
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>>9431539 >working on Power Rangers prior to Joe, which isn't a good sign in my opinion. Why's that? I really like the Power Rangers I've gotten.
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>>9431546 A lot of messed up sculpts, and inconsistent outfits and details.
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>>9431551 Thankfully Joe doesn't need to adhere to anything like actor likenesses or specific costume detail.
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>>9431557 The same level of intelligence made it into the Skystriker and o-ring revival in my opinion. Emily's involved in those too.
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>>9431560 Unless she says she's the mastermind behind dropping the Classified Aesthetic for more 80's shit, I don't care. Probably because I don't listen to interviews and shit like this.
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>>9431551 Fuck off Crimson Bloodfart
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>>9431493 I haven't broken mine off yet but it feels like it is inevitable if I keep moving his legs. The stress mark went from faint to a huge white line after trying to work them loose and his balance is noticeably worse than when I opened him.
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>>9430461 I don't agree with the move but wasn't there a lot of complaining that the Retro-Expression were to much like what was already offered 5+ times since the launch of the 25th anniversary figures in 2007? It seems that was most of the online communities issues was until the last waves everything was stuff that was already offered a few times over.
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>>9430967 It's a lot more cost to cast the whole solid chuck of plastic in that as compared to painting the surface of it. There could be an application issue with paint on the plastic as that is something MOTU Scare glow suffers as they have to use a different paint on his GitD plastic and it's sensitive to flaking under certain environments.
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>>9431642 Enlighten us with the actual cost info for both casting in GITD plastic and painting the surface with that special paint.
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>>9431636 Pretty much, and it was just a line for Wal Mart to stock.
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>>9431636 Not wrong but anyone who thinks these retro o ring figures won't just be the same dozen or so joes we already got reproductions of shortly before the 25th line took off is kidding themselves. Hasbro absolutely will not commit to it as evidenced by them being a pulse exclusive which is why the skystriker is particularly baffling.
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>>9431656 I'm just going on basic supply. If they were hollow figures cost would be closer to the same but you are talking about solid head, torso, and arms which in volume would be a lot more than a millimeter of paint coating the body. This isn't even factoring in if the casting needs any special work to it. I know with diy GitD resin is a lot more time consuming than normal resin or even the color type mixtures and a lot more can go wrong with it.
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>>9431693 Goddamn autocorrect.
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so my zartan has one scuff and it appears the elbows will be not so colorful.
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>people were expecting good QC with a figure that has a gimmick that always had issues to it
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>>9431824 That's fine. Just a little dried cum.
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>>9429335 So the rubber vests are still a thing. Guess I'll be dropping the line... again.
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>>9431493 I haven’t broken any of mine yet. The solution is to just boil the legs until you can pop them off, rub some smooth sandpaper on the nubs, and pop the legs back on. Sometimes rubbing the nubs isn’t even necessary, just removing the legs and putting them back on loosens the joint enough to stop straining the leg movement.
Anonymous
>>9431876 Honestly there was extremely little fanfare about the new Zartan on reveal. The color change feature was mildly interesting but he was revealed as most people were getting the first one in hand.
Anonymous
>>9431632 I havent opened mine yet but does warming them up with a hair dryer help any at all?
Its kinda wild how high we all were just a week ago and now after pulse con zartan andbarbeque and o-rings were all kinda bummed. Just being a joe fan is hard sometimes with hasbro at the wheel right now.
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>>9430474 Fuck I hate all these shitty nostalgia fags (who are probably younger than I am ) whose clamoring for "nostalgia" toys is preventing the proper release of actual articulated figures from seeing the light of day.
All these fucks who want day-glow Ecco joes, O-ring shit and the rest. I haven't even seen Stalker, or the Cobra trooper which I would love because they are removing the chances of access with this drek.
These faggots need to either grow with the hobby of go and buy a POP
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>>9431824 Not terrible. The elbows won't get any darker than that BTW.
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>>9432142 If you watch the reviews and look at some of the photos posted online, you can see the scuffing for Zartan is somewhat common although not always terrible. Most commonly, it's down around the waist joint where the torso contacts the crotch piece. Some instances of it can be found around the abdomen, but not as often and not as bad as the anon's up there.
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>>9432220 Lol go fuck yourself. You've had 15 years of shitty, diaper wearing, eating disorder modern Joes... it's time for based O-rings to reign supreme.
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>>9432881 O rings are literal trash and should have been left in the past.
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>>9432895 So catch me up, are the new o ring figures going to be the classic battle grip/ swivel arm type or the more modern looking style but with o rings?
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>>9432220 I don't even think it's that as they are hitting bedrock with the Modern Retro brand, it's clear there isn't any new blood for it and the price is hitting points where Matty's MotU retro is near the same price. The O Rings are more expensive to sell but they haven't been widely made since the mid 00s which has been well over 15 years ago so I fear it's them trying to bait in collectors into something that hasn't been on market for awhile.
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Anyone find any Classified figures at Bargain Hunt beyond that one pic of all of the Fireflys?
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>>9432916 From what we have seen it’s just OG all the way
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>>9433050 I’m still not sure of that was anything other than a one off thing. It’s seems unlikely there is that much inventory to off load
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>>9432096 I feel the fanfair for this line died after the Target mess summer of 2020. It’s just dived and figures that people would have talk about at length get a reply or two at best. Hell MotU gets more conversation going for Merman variations
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>>9433153 It’s a line that’s now rolling out 12 figures a year. Mythic Legions roll out that many every few months and they are a small crowd funded only comapny . Hell Super7 might outpace Classified this year with Joe Ultimate releases.
fuck I think some are just here to watch the line slowly die by what gets (You)s
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>>9433139 Why? What is the fucking reason? They are going to cost close to 1/12 figures for what would be a downgrade on every level. More so wouldn’t this be competing in an already saturated retro market that isn’t selling that well.
What is happening to these brands?
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>>9431656 do you really think Hasbro would take the measure that would cost MORE money?
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>>9433153 Yeah, I know people who came here because they like Classified and are new to the property, definitely feel monkey pawed. Why get excited over some of the best 1/12 figures Hasbro is making, when they come out slowly and you’re lucky to get them at all?
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>>9433150 They might have over produced this last year to try and compensate the bad faith they built up with the community. The scalper prices are in serious flux trending more down than up and really with how weak this line is where you are only getting one or two new figures a wave for the last year it's no surprise that even Kaiju General's keep more users and a steadier post count. Hell I'm just replying now because it's a slow Sunday and the thread is getting meta rather than talking about the what? 2 or 4 new toys that are out and all we are going to see until March or even April? I always feel like someone at Hasbro wants the Joe brand to fail.
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>>9432916 Same look, but better materials. I think the hands/crotches will be made of softer modern plastics to prevent breaks while the O-ring itself will be made of "food grade" silicon to give it more longevity.
>>9433148 Man, I am going to have to army build these guys something fierce.
>>9433177 Because when Hasbro said "Retro Joes" people assumed they'd actually be Joes that were like the ones they had as kids. Similar to how the "Retro Star Wars" figures are 5poA soft sculpt Kenner style figures.
Calling the Wal-Mart line of Modern Era 1:18 figures "Retro" was a huge mistake imo, as it turned off those who wanted actual Retro figures while misleading those who wanted modern 1:18 figures. Had they named that line something else, we wouldn't be having these bitch-fits about O-ring v ME figures.
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>>9433177 If you want to add further insult to this, the o-ring figures are all going to be the same shit we get every single time they've remade the original figures.
>Same vintage sculpt Duke Hisstank will eat this up, because Lenny and his team will brag that they finally remade his arms, which Hasbro lost the mold for.
>Same vintage sculpt commando snake eyes and storm shadow Hisstank already eating this up, despite that repros are available for both, in several re-issuses.
>Same Scarlet with a derpy man face and giant bowling ball head and no ponytail. There's already Hisstank fags excited about this, shitting on the 2000's release where they made new head sculpts that were properly sized to the bodies. o-ring fags on there are upset that the heads on those figures aren't gigantic like the originals.
>More so wouldn’t this be competing in an already saturated retro market Yes! And none of it will be repros of things from later years that people like, because most o-ring fags only care about the original 13 and how joes all need to wear green military gear. Super7 wanted to do their own take on o-ring figures but Lenny and the team wouldn't let them do brand new figures sculpted to look like the Sunbow cartoons, because they said it was too similar of a product to what they themselves might make. So, let me repeat that, Super7 wanted to essentially make brand new o-ring figures with new sculpts, that looked exactly like the cartoons. And because Lenny and his team wanted to do some lazy ass repros, Super7 was forced to make Re-Action Figures instead.
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>>9433217 >I know people who came here because they like Classified and are new to the property I'm one of them, didn't grow up with Joes and it was branching from other 6inch lines that I found Classified, I like them enough but the scalper community keeps me away from ever committing to this line and supporting it they get so scummy and where they are either all freak looking ghouls or manelet divorced dads that all they talk about is that one hotwheel/wrestling figure they sold for hundreds of dollars it just makes me check out and avoid the brand. I always wounder if I'm in the minority of that thinking or if there is a good amount of normal collectors that also pass on newer lines because of how awful the community was in the early days.
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>>9433177 We say this but sometimes crazy works. The Funko was really late to the cheap vinyl market in the early 10s but not they are the last standing success story while Might Mugs, Kidrobot and others. Hell people thought the Retro Matty He-man figures would crash and burn but they are selling better than most other brands for the year. I'm not saying I want that future but the market is really strange.
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>>9433222 >I always feel like someone at Hasbro wants the Joe brand to fail. Trips of truth.
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>>9432895 Agreed. Old and shitty technology.
All this fucking "Retro" shit being made.
I would love to see actually articulated Planet of the Apes, Alien and Firefly figures. Instead we get overpriced poorly articulated crap.
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>>9433231 I’m sure there’s plenty of people who didn’t get in on this line early, because they collect Black Series or Legends or something, and they waited a wave or two to see if this line was good. But then the boomers whined about Duke’s shin guards and shortly afterwards the supply chain issues really ramped up, followed by the Target nonsense. So I’m positive there’s plenty who maybe had some interest in this line but saw it tank shortly after starting and thought better of it. Only now is that opinion starting to reverse.
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>>9433329 >Only now is that opinion starting to reverse. Just like what happen after wave 3 of GIJoe Retaliations when the movie flopped and they where able to make some very good figures that everyone wanted just for the line to crash into the ground less than a year later to be TRU exclusive bait. I don't have any hope of this brands future,, ever since 2007 Transformers Hasbro seems near contemptuous to any brand that doesn't have movies/shows tied to it.
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>Mattel sends their regards, chump!
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What o-ring re-issues would excite you, even mildly?
https://www.yojoe.com/action/82/ Here's my list based on what I feel is possible-
>Version 1.5 Cobra Commander >Version 1 Destro >Version 1 Major Bludd >Version 1 Viper >Version 1 Crimson Guard >Version 1 B.A.T. >Version 1 Dr. Mindbender >Version 1 Shipwreck >Version 2 Snake Eyes >Version 2 Sgt Slaughter >Version 2 Roadblock I find it hard to believe they'd venture past 1987 in the line, but my wants would have been things like:
>Headhunter version 1 >Headhunter Stormtrooper version 1 >Metal-Head version 1 >Salvo >Overlord version 1 >Snake Eyes version 4 >Tracker >Cesspool >Toxo Viper version 2 >Sludge Viper >Interrogator >Wet-Suit version 3 >Overkill version 1 >Barricade version 1 >Alley Viper version 2 or 3 >Flak Viper version 2 >Mega Viper >Bio-Viper >Astro Viper version 2 >Cobra Commander version 7 >Carcuss >Lobotomaxx >Predacon >Roadblock version 7 >Snow Serpent version 2 >Incinerators >Crimson Guard Immortal version 1 >Desert Scorpion >General Hawk version 1(not to be confused with Hawk v2) Anonymous
>>9433424 None, because O-rings are a fucking stupid idea and only morons support that shit.
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>>9433428 Of course it is. I'd rather modern, but IF hypothetically they some how made a varied selection of these repros, what ones would be interesting? I have no interest for that matter in the same vintage figures that always get reproduced, but certain figures if they appeared again would potentially get a sale out of me, such as some that they had lost the molds to, or ones that have never been re-produced or made again in their original colors or accessories, because they came from the 90's.
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>>9433424 It's crazy how much more I would have wanted these in either the post-25'th style or Classified instead of O-ring.
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Thoughts on these strike team compositions?
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In my opinion the only easily justifiable O-ring reissues are figures that broke easily (serpentor) or figures that have easily lost accessories (BAT)
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>>9433443 I just want 90's Joes to appear more. 1993 was the second highest selling year in the entire Joe line, right behind 1986. The only reason Joe died in 1995 was not be because of "Neon 90's" toys, it was because Hasbro cancelled the '95 line to cater to the nostalgia fans from the very early 80's who were now adult collectors and whining that they wanted a return to classic military shit. So Hasbro made the Sgt. Savage line, which was originally not even supposed to replace ARAH. It was intended as a separate thing that would be sold next to it, which was why they scaled differently. But Hasbro decided to cancel ARAH and make Sgt Savage the only line, resulting in Sgt Savage and nostalgia fags killing Joe at retail, until Toys R Us revived ARAH two years later.
Sgt. Savage was all boomer classic military shit in bland colors and more "real world." It was also incredibly boring. And that's what I feel like keeps happening when they make repros of o-ring. It's always the most boring shit.
https://www.yojoe.com/sgtsavage/ Anonymous
>>9433479 Me too. I was born in 86, so early 90's Joe was what I grew up with and have been listening to old facts complain that my childhood characters are somehow less legitimate than their's forever.
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>>9431876 I'm more depressed that con exclusives are getting less and less creative. 4 years ago the figures would be things like Big Boa, Darklon, Colonel Courage, or Ice Cream Solider. Now it's just things like Cobra Commander in black, or Zartan with a mediocre color gimmick and they pad them with extras to jump the cost.
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>>9433486 >4 years ago the figures would be things like Big Boa, Darklon, Colonel Courage, or Ice Cream Solider. I'd rather those be retail figures and a paint variant I don't need be the convention figure. I still have never managed to date to buy a FSS Big Boa.
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>>9433484 The fact is that most of the first year of ARAH is boring on top of it. Look at the line-up:
https://www.yojoe.com/action/82/ Most of the Joes suck for 83 and one of the main reasons is how bland they all look. 83 was an improvement, but there's still some forgettable characters, such as Tripwire and Airborne :
https://www.yojoe.com/action/83/ The line doesn't really get good until like '84:
https://www.yojoe.com/action/84/ >Baroness >Stormshadow >Firefly >Zartan >Copperhead >Wild Weasel Every single '84 character is a hit. And mostly the same goes for '85 excluding a few vehicle drivers that nobody cares about. But '86 deep dicks out all the boomers that liked the 82 and 83 shit. All the characters by then are very unique and exciting with bright colors, as if they were superheros and the vehicles are crazier and less real world, and they had even added Sgt Slaughter to the line.
https://www.yojoe.com/action/86/ And the subteams introduced in the 90s proved to be hot sellers:
https://www.yojoe.com/action/91/ https://www.yojoe.com/action/92/ https://www.yojoe.com/action/93/ I'll never quite understand the amount of reverence for the 82 and 83 line. Does anyone really care about guys like Zap? Or Breaker? How about Grunt? Or Short-Fuze? What about Clutch? I'm a huge Joe fan, and most of them are literal whos, and Breaker only has some fan interest because he was in the cartoon, but barely did anything. 1993 outsold both the 82 and 83 line, yet gets none of the same attention.
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>>9433599 I like Breaker and Clutch because they were pretty boss in the Marvel comic along with Rock n Roll. The rest of the 82 lineup aside from Stalker Snake Eyes and Scarlett are the most disposable Joes, though. Especially Short Fuze. No one cares about Short Fuze. Show me a man who says he stans Short Fuze and ill show you a god damn liar. At least Zap was Mexican.
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>>9433631 Zap has a superior 1992 figure. Same also goes for Rock N Roll.
https://www.yojoe.com/action/91/zap2.shtml Rock N Roll carried around a cannon on his back that he could set up and mount and fire, or mount a machine gun on.
https://www.yojoe.com/action/91/rocknroll3.shtml And his '89 is also cool:
https://www.yojoe.com/action/89/rocknroll2.shtml Anonymous
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>>9433645 89 RnR is one of my faves.
Dude carried not one, but TWO miniguns. And a lever action rifle.
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>>9433135 >>9433136 >>9433137 >>9433142 >>9433143 >>9433144 >>9433148 At this point, how can I ensure that I can get one of these (and an Alley Viper)?
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>>9433142 I hate that they carry their arm weapons around in a backpack. So fucking stupid.
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>>9433135 Wasn't there like a big conversation awhile back about this thing having Bludds arm and ethics in toy making parts reuse
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>>9433677 The woman who was interviewed by Fullforce Podcast, named Emily went on Hisstank, and literally said that you cannot ensure that you'll get one, and that they'll just show up randomly in little drips here and there for 2021, and promises you'll see more of them next year... maybe, but says there's a supply chain crisis, so who knows.
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>>9433700 She went on there to calm everyone down because it's probably going to be very hard to get either trooper despite being a major retail release. As is you'll have to fight with guys like pic related to get even one of either trooper.
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>>9433700 >supply chain crisis More like made up bullshit.
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>>9433139 I mean i want to think thats cool but i dont, especially since a viper had a busted o ring this week while moving him and i like the retro stuff they were doing. Guess ill just sit it out and just keep buying ild lots of joes. Damn you hasbro, every step you take with joe you just trip over your own clown feet and just ugh, why do they not pay attenion to anything anyone says? Retro couldve been better if they had more figures, but no heres a cheap ass re do of the hiss tank. Heres the fang pilot in two other versions (officer and trooper) along with a few small store exclusive waves that are all figures youve bought every version of already.
See THE HIT NEW MOVIE SNAKE EYES in theatres for like a week or two
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>>9433705 Found the antivaxxer
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>>9433723 The only update they're making is that according to Lenny, they're making the new figures out of PVC instead of ABS plastic like the vintage figures, so their thumbs and crotches wont break from moving or holding weapons. They're now the same plastic used for modern era and Classified.
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>>9433363 >Hasbro seems near contemptuous to any brand that doesn't have movies/shows tied to it. This is retail's fault.
They only want to order shit that has media tied to it, in order to maximize sales.
The days of original toylines (in retail) is gone because of that, but even long standing series like GI Joe are seen as untested like an original toyline.
Hasbro would LOVE to make and sell their toylines all year long if they could, but retail stores only want to carry shit that will sell in the hundreds of thousands to millions every quarter.
A dedicated toy store would garner the sales that Hasbro would accept. This is why GI Joe basically became a TRU exclusive in the mid-10s and why they killed the line when TRU went under. Without TRU, other retailers (like smalljoes and BBTS) aren't big enough to actually get the sales Hasbro seeks.
Why doesn't Hasbro do what NECA does, where Target/Walmart sells their toys in the collectors section? Because that stock isn't already bought. NECA is sending product to those stores, basically free of charge, and will only make their money back from the product being sold in stores (consignment). Hasbro usually makes a product IF they get enough orders, before any product is actually made, almost a year before the toys are supposed to hit the shelves. Plus, NECA/Mezco/Figma/Figuarts only sell in the tens of thousands, which is way under what a company like Hasbro expects to sell.
This is why Hasbro lets companes like Super7 to make Hasbro licensed products, because it's breadcrumbs vs the cakes they sell.
BTW, wtf is TRU doing? They make claims that they're doing shit, with pop up and retail stores opening again, but where the fuck are they? There's still a billion dollar hole, especially for a physical retail store, that TRU ripped open when they went bankrupt all those years ago. Someone needs to take advantage of those missing sales.
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>>9433806 >The days of original toylines (in retail) is gone Wrong
>Why doesn't Hasbro do what NECA does, where Target/Walmart sells their toys in the collectors section Why should they follow what a shitty company does?
>BTW, wtf is TRU doing? Selling decent toys in other countries, America isn't needed anymore.
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>>9433811 Then stop buying from an American company.
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>>9433811 >Why should they follow what a shitty company does? Because you're a faggot and they're not a shitty company, and it'd do Hasbro good to learn something from these other companies.
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>>9433829 Hasbro has world wide distribution unlike shit hole neca, neca uses shit ass plastic that starts to break down within a year unlike hasbro. Neca is a shitty company and barely make toys worth the inflated price tag, I'm happy finding my joes for $20 each. Neca would charge $55
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According to Hisstank Alley Viper and B.A.T. are showing up in cases with a repack of Gung-Ho.
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>>9433849 I can't tell if it's lighting or is that GH a redeco?
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>>9433852 I think it's the lighting. I wish they had given him his blue vest. He was originally supposed to have it, until they decided to mute and tone down the colors, because fans didn't like the bright colors on wave 1.
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>>9433699 There was an attempted conversation about the ethics of it in general due to the speculation of Bludd's asymmetric arm for about 3 second's before anon(s) reee their head of for questioning anything Hasbro did. This was around the say time a drama anon went to other threads here basically begging for Classified to be given praise. This general gets some weird apologists.
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>>9433858 I like the color they went with, but that's just because I'm autistically into the green and purple and I doubt they'd give im a purple vest. Though that shit'd look rad as hell.
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>>9433842 Oh cool, so none of what you said there is actually based on any facts. Just your moronic shitposts.
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>>9433868 You say that like your opinion is Amy more valid.
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>>9433868 Oh cool neca tard is defending a scam company charging absurd prices for low quality garbage, go back to your general neca tard.
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>>9433811 >Wrong Which toy line in retail doesn't have cross marketing? Remember, we're not talking about toddlershit and dollar store trash here. This is big boy $10-24 toylines.
Even 4H has been trying to do that shit with their Mythic Legions video game, which probably won't get them anywhere considering its trash.
The rest of your post makes it obvious that you're just a contrarian troll looking for (You)s, but I'm curious what you think has media tie-ins.
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>>9433863 > This was around the say time a drama anon went to other threads here basically begging for Classified to be given praise. To this day I want to believe that was someone that work at Hasbro because the idea we have anons that invested in such a poorly manage brand is depressing.
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>>9433870 It's backed up by reality, unlike yours. So yeah, it's much more valid.
>>9433871 Ohhhh, absurd prices now? So you have to lie and you're a poorfag. Okay, cool, cool.
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>>9433873 >toys I don't like don't count Maybe catering to adults that only recognize cross brand franchising is why your cry to yourself about tru dying and no new original ips existing because the majority of adults have garbage taste and ask for lego seinfield and queer eye guy ideas sets.
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>>9433879 You really have some major issues.
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>>9433881 No response huh? Maybe fatass americans have issues with their bbc worship and bitch about chang not making enough snake soldiers to hustle hustle and scalp at wally mart because of a fake birus and made up excuse of shipping management crisis because of how fucking retarded they are, tell me again how inaccurate the lighting collection power rangers have turned out.
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>>9433886 Take your meds schizo, holy shit.
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>>9433891 Holy shit just praise to jesus and accept Chris Pratt into your heart and you'll find a woman too some day!
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>>9433892 You got any more buzzwords you want to vomit up?
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>>9433876 >It's backed up by reality You are a failing man child, that no one really loves, who has failed at life to the point you are throwing a fit on one of the worse image boards on the internet, crying about how a multi-billion making company should run itself. You and anons like you haven't been in reality for awhile.
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>>9433868 It's like you've never tried to buy NECA exclusives or even own a NECA figure. Just dropping a NECA figure 5ft up and you're gauranteed a broken joint. Meanwhile Hasbro figures can be launced across the room and still be fine. NECA is fine for displaying figures but don't go saying they're not fragile. And I fucking hate it when they use that damn pink plastic for joints and paint over it. Just use the same plastic color as the painted parts.
Anonymous
These are the type of threads you get when there is so little content for the brand
Anonymous
>>9433906 >Just dropping a NECA figure 5ft up and you're gauranteed a broken joint See, you just lie through your teeth again and again. Because no. And I've bought plenty of their exclusives, what's the problem pussy?
And go to hell about the plastic colors until you've actually tried to make a toy yourself. There's reasons why things are done that way. But no, they're not fragile, and I sure don't have to throw toys across the room like a autistic chimp like you do apparently.
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>>9433849 >>Pay the Ho tax to get a set for the AV and BAT. Anonymous
>>9433849 why is it only you with all this information bullshit who the fuck are you.
Anonymous
>>9433909 >muh heckin six incheroony doesn't have decades of history like all the toys from before! Shut the fuck up you goddamn retard.
Anonymous
>>9433917 He's just stealing shit from other boards. He's a nobody troll.
Anonymous
>>9433917 ? I'm assuming you are talking to that who has been filtered? He just lifts stuff from fan forms.
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>>9433921 you're not proving me wrong with that, anon.
Anonymous
>>9433925 Yeah, Crimson Cuckhead
Anonymous
>>9433917 I'm not going to stop autohiding your post just because you start samefagging
Anonymous
>>9433917 It's all literally stuff you can just find on twitter maybe three or so hourse before he posts it here.
Anonymous
>>9433934 >twitter a place I have no account on.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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>>9433934 You sound jelly about my BIG scoops.
Anonymous
>>9433939 either you forgot to turn your trip back on or you think this is a blog.
Anonymous
>>9433939 Sounds like a you problem then. it's a useful source for toy info. Or just keep wallowing here and think crimson cockhandler has some sort of secret in, when it's just fourth-hand information.
Anonymous
>>9433917 But he's saying the source?
Anonymous
>>9434001 Nope, he steals it
Anonymous
>>9434001 almost like he is samefagging
Anonymous
>>9434032 >>9434008 >>9433946 >>9433943 >>9433934 >>9433932 >>9433930 >>9433925 >>9433922 Why are you trolling the thread? Also at least one of you is cross-posting in tmnt general
>>9434014 Anonymous
>>9434039 Sup Crimson Commander. Put your trip back on you sleezy troll.
Anonymous
>>9434042 Go to
>>>/b/ and stop trying to derail threads.
Anonymous
>>9434039 why is
>>9433943 trolling? Showed your hand with that one.
Anonymous
>>9434059 Put your trip back on Crimson, nobody wants to hear from you. You add nothing to these threads.
Anonymous
>>9434082 >>9434077 I repeat, once again go to >>> /b/ if you want to troll.
Anonymous
>>9434092 That isn't trolling, Crimson.
Anonymous
>>9434097 How is it toy related?
Anonymous
>>9434104 How isn't it? You took your trip off to troll us. Nobody is interested in it.
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>>9434106 >everybody is your personal boogeyman Again, how is this toy related?
Anonymous
The future is 1983, o-ring will save GI Joe.
Anonymous
>>9433911 Man, you gotta stop licking them NECA boots so hard anon. Everyone who owns a NECA knows the fragility of having a NECA figure. It's just common knowledge at this point, no matter how much you try to deny it.
The pink plastic just scream cost cutting. It wouldn't be much of a problem if the paint didn't chip off as soon as you move the joint. Works fine for MIB collectors, but screws over anyone who opens and poses their NECA figures.
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>>9434115 Man, you gotta stop being a dickhead so hard anon. I own NECA figures and I know they're not that fragile. It's not common knowledge, it's just assholes like you shitposting all the time. It's no fluke that my shit doesn't break.
And no, it's not cost cutting. But it doesn't matter what gets done, you'd find something to bitch about. You're as clueless as it comes on how and why toys are made they way they are.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
>>9434113 I was willing to buy into it if it had been a fresh take on the concept the way MOTU Origins had been. I have no real interest except if they re-produce a certain handful of figures like v1.5 Cobra Commander.
Anonymous
>>9433858 Ironic considering those same people are probably cumming themselves over the Alley Viper
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Anonymous
>>9434113 Nah son. If I have to get O-Ring figures, I want new shit like pic related.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
>>9434170 It's hard to put into words, but the average hisstank poster only wants super realistic drab military colors, but also want everything to be the same as vintage, and will be very upset if you tell them that you're doing something different first and that they will get their version second. This led the team to omit Gung-Ho's blue vest, because they thought people would be upset, only for them to turn around and be upset that it wasn't blue.
The team appears now to have abandoned the re-imagined designs. I'm fine with either or myself. I favor the 80's looks, but I don't care about them being realistic either and preferred for example the first release duke with the red gloves compared to the toned down second release.
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>>9434170 alley vipers are cool i don't see a problem
Anonymous
>>9434159 I'm down for almost any slop the Joe team serve up. "Cheaper" versions of hard to get figures is nice, and ME and Classified haven't gotten me to stop collecting o-ring. But I def do not need ANOTHER Joe aircraft, and I don't love that we're still stuck in the 80's for pretty much everything Joe that is 'allowed' to come out.
I wouldn't want to see any scenarios that hurt bootlegs like Black Major, but rereleasing old stuff in NEW colors is fun, and I hope if they do more it's not just Sunbow/80's done somewhere between accurate and made to look like a cartoon still/comic panel
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>>9434198 Yeah I'm aware how autistic Hiss Tank users are. It's part of the reason I stopped posting there during the PoC/Renegades days. I think the team should have stuck to their (nerf) guns with this line. Their instincts were on point with the direction they went with the updated looks. That first wave is probably my favorite group of figures out of all my Joes.
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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>>9434228 What I mainly want out of an o-ring line I guess falls into a few holes. I have quite a bit of o-ring figures dating back to my childhood, and don't really need more and hardly take them out, because I don't want to scuff them up or damage their thumbs.
Category 1.
-New figures and character that fit in the same scale and style. We never got a Pythona for example in the vintage line, and Big Lob was a rare FSS Club exclusive.
Category 2.
-re-tooled and updated vintage characters, such the way they did in the 2000's comic packs, where they would give them new head sculpts, and improve on the vintage figures.
Category 3.
-re-pops of figures that have never really been reproduced before, because Hasbro either lost the mold, or just didn't remake them, because they were something from the 90's.
Anonymous
I guess on the bright side, the coating on the front of the figure looks fine, at least. Jesus Christ...
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
>>9434352 I was considering buying one of these figures too. Now this gives me pause.
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>>9434374 I mean, just don't open it, or if you do, just don't pose it at all? Kidding/not kidding. The coating was stuck to the ass/crotch piece, I even warmed it up a little to avoid it popping off like earlier in the thread, but it pulled away nontheless.
Anonymous
>>9434374 It's not like you buy toys anyway
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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>>9434712 Oh cute, you stole one of the many garbage Hasbro toys pegwarming. You're as pathetic as ever bud!
Anonymous
>>9434712 Nice photoshop.
Fuck off Crimson Cuckmander
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>>9433448 Swap Roadblock and BBQ but the teams are the same.
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>>9433677 >At this point, how can I ensure that I can get one of these (and an Alley Viper)? How much blood of your first child do you have?
Anonymous
>>9433428 There is nostalgia and there is nostalgia.
There are enough people casting o-ring crap that you man-children should just buy from them. HASBRO should release the 1/18 zombies they intended to.
Anonymous
>>9433479 See.. HASBRO killing a line so they can appeal to the "nostalgia" Sounds fucking familiar.
Anonymous
>>9433684 Better than o-rings boyo.
Anonymous
>>9434191 O-rings are dead except for man-children slobbering over a shit product because Suzie Rottencrotch touched their no no place while they were playing with O-ring figures and it was the last time.
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>>9435502 >>9435494 >>9435492 >>9435491 Hey, schizo? Why make each of these replies their own post instead of just mass responding? And the BAT thing was an O-Ring problem, too.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Can I trust the Roboskull kickstarter or are they shady
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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>>9435943 You can trust them. They have a connection with Marauder Task Force.
Anonymous
Is it possible to heat and pop torsos off waists/pelvises with Classified? My Barbecue's hips are fucked. In addition to the stressing on the drop down pegs, the drop down on the right is stuck in the lowered position due to mold flashing.
Anonymous
>>9437210 Should be. I’ve been thinking about popping my Flint apart for awhile now, so I’ll give it a try.
Anonymous
>>9437236 I broke the the round part inside the shoulders that hold it on the body on my Flint. I can still put the arms back on but they are fucked. If you figure out how to take the arms off without having to break the connection please share
Anonymous
>>9437236 I'm thinking of picking up one of the Flint's sitting at Target and swapping crotches with Barby. I assume the soft rubbery diaper overlay can come off easy enough once the legs are off.
Anonymous
>>9437210 >>9437258 >>9437313 Here’s what I found, though I didn’t dig out the butterfly joints. I assume those are identical to what Hasbro has been doing in Marvel Legends since the Amazing Spider-Man 2 wave (see the drawing in pic related).
Green outlined things are mostly made of softer plastic, and these can be popped apart easily. Note that the butterfly joint is also made of this kind of plastic.
Red outlined things are hard plastic and will break if you force them. No amount of heat will soften this plastic—so you cannot completely dissemble the torso or pelvic assembly without a chisel. The pelvis is covered in a soft rubber piece that does come off (top right in pic), so if you wanted to swap that out, you probably could.
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>>9437325 Also interesting to note is that everything above the pockets on Flint’s shirt is a soft rubber overlay that’s glued down. I believe most of this body is reused from the Cobra Viper, so it’d make sense that just that shoulder area would be different between Flint and the Viper.
Anonymous
>>9437325 Shit. That sucks. I was really hoping to fix this defective crotch.
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>>9437331 I mean, you might be able to dig around and fix the flashing issue, but the stress is another issue altogether. I didn’t think my Flint had any issues aside from paint rub, but it turns out the left drop-down peg has a stress mark on it. I think it’s just going to be endemic to the line.
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>>9435943 Shady, will not see end of production cause China shit
Anonymous
>>9430545 >>9430548 >>9430579 >>9430584 >>9430611 >>9430678 >>9430959 >>9430967 Hasbro and Hasbro Pulse in the year 2021:
"Thank you for your reply back!
Please be assured that I have shared your concerns with the product team. Unfortunately, we do not have this figure available to replace.I very much apologize. We will be pleased to arrange a return for refund for you...
Hasbro is committed to environmental sustainability and we ask that you do not include unnecessary packing material within your return. You can learn more about our Hasbro's Corporate Social Responsibility by clicking [ ]...
...I want to assure you that all of us are dedicated to maintaining quality products. I hope you and your family will enjoy our products for many years to come."
Nigga, if I was worried about environmental sustainability, you think I'd be wasting a fuckton of my freedom bucks on this plastic trash disguised as worthwhile commodities every year? Meanwhile, you can't take measures to secure replacement part/stock for sight-unseen, limited-run exclusives in your store, when you know the only alternative is the aftermarket, should something turn out defective.
Guess I'm done with exclusives from Pulse.
Anonymous
>>9438180 That’s actually less generous than the offer thy gave me when I lodged a complaint about my Timber having two left forelegs. At least they sent me a 3.75” Snake-Eyes as compensation.
Anonymous
>>9433704 I dont even understand the point of army building at these numbers. 5/6 okay but niggas got like 234 troops on there.....
Anonymous
>>9439336 I like to get a squad at most, six to right of each. Maybe less depending, I have since doubled my ninja number though, Hand ninjas are real padding for the group. I have six and six of them now.
I'm getting six to eight of the ally Vipers, might only get four of the officers so I can do two squads that are made of four infantry and two officers with one cobra island viper.
Anonymous
>>9439516 Cool display anon. Love the setup and the chains are a nice touch.
Anonymous
Finally pulled the trigger on SE baroness, just as good as i thought itd be. Guess its the face and hair, the change feels 'right' to me. Guess ill get cramshadow and snake eyes #100000000 next. I wish hasbro wpuld just do better, they destroyed mmpr by constant fan baiting so why kill joes too?
Crimson Commander !!uoqqXVkn8aK
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New Walmart leaks reveal there's a new deluxe figure with another animal partner coming, which is priced the same as Croc Master and the Snake Eyes and Timber Set. There's some speculation that it's either Mutt & Junkyard, or Law & Order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar2asF3mZzI Anonymous
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>>9439934 > they destroyed mmpr I wouldn't go that far, The line is holding up and still getting about 5 waves of 4+ a year.
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>>9438190 It very well may have to do with the fact it's a store exclusive that fit's no normal price point. Or supply has gotten so low they can't afford to just give things away anymore.
Anonymous
>>9439934 >PR thread: we get the same body mold over and over, there’s a million QC issues, the designs usually aren’t 100% accurate, and Hasbro only jerks off MMPR! GI Joe at least gets decent releases. >Joe Thread: Joes are full of exclusives and we only get like 8 figures a year. I wish we got stuff like PR Anonymous
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>>9439733 Thanks, I've since changed it out for the sentinel and it beating the x-men. But I do want to make a setup of an army of cobra soldiers fighting snake eyes and Punisher.
Anonymous
>>9440514 >GI Joe at least gets decent releases. We don't even think of you
Anonymous
>>9440514 Joe gets more talk in the marvel thread, was till some retard made it his personal goal to shit on one picture poster. DESU, it is stupid how little love this line is getting, while I bet the pandy and the supply shortage don't help, Hasbro is giving way more love to other lines.
If ML got at least two extra accessories then they would be a head above this line. If the Joes had three waves of seven and four to five big special releases then no one would be bitching.
Hell joes have about as many characters and versions as any fucking marvel character or power ranger.
Anonymous
>>9440600 I fully agree. It’s just that if you bother to point out that Power Rangers in Lightning Collection get the same number of accessories as Joes, plus more than double the releases per year, you just incur bitching about how the line is designed by interns and how they can’t get the sculpts right. Both of which are valid, but saying the figures have even a little merit get a ton of disagreeing replies.
>>9440588 Riiiiight, “we” just whine about “wokeness” and women ruining the line.
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>>9440614 Tbh, I think /toy/ is being flooded by people who don't buy toys, we had that huge problem with a scalefag or two shitting every thread up bitching about a scale that wasn't 1/18. That same dick bag was in 1/18 threads bitching they should all be in the 1/18 general. Now we have a guy who follows one guy and shit up threads just bitching about him, and now he has a guy making aggressive sexual advances.
The last one is at least funny.
Anonymous
>>9440600 >it is stupid how little love this line is getting I feel it's on par. No strong current media to rope in people like Transformers had with several movies, half the line, as small as it already is, tied as exclusives to stores and with other company offerings that are more toon accurate(love or hate it that's a big thing) it's honestly more a surprises it's still keeping any conversation at all.
Anonymous
>>9440656 >it's honestly more a surprises it's still keeping any conversation at all. That's because people still want the line, the line may be dying but it still has a place if they put time and energy towards it I bet they could have a solid line going for a while.
Like, make a comic set in the Classified universe, a tv show, fuck an online audio drama, fucking anything. This line dies every day they drag their feet while it still sells out, its infuriating how this line is both hard to find AND dying.
Anonymous
>>9440663 >while it still sells out To be fair the parts truly selling out (not preorders) have been the Target exclusives that are made in much lower numbers and the very first wave of figures. That's not saying it's bad, but I wouldn't look at low production selling out as anything more tan calculated. The last two waves of mainline release have stayed stocked and seen sales and discounts.
Anonymous
>>9440707 >stayed stocked and seen sales and discounts. The movie line you mean, that is the only part that has been staying in stock, even the basic stuff is getting hard to find day after day. Not saying its a sign it sells well but even the "normal" production is harder to find in store or online besides a few of the Joes.
Anonymous
>>9440711 >The movie line you mean Lady Jay, Flint, Roadblock and CC are staying in stock both in store and online.
While I have no dog in this fight it's really hard to tell how well something is doing with how little is being brought to market in terms of cases and waves. Personally I don't care if it sinks or swims. They somehow in amazing fashion have/are making the only figures I wanted so I have no drive for it to last or die off but it's still really vague where this line is going so I'm never a fan to predict it's fate. By late 2022 it should be more clear what future it is, but by then I should have my Crocmaster and Spirit so it's hard to say if I'll even be watching the fandom any.
Anonymous
>>9440870 >They somehow in amazing fashion have/are making the only figures I wanted so I have no drive for it to last or die off Same here. Tomax and Xamot were the only ones I was mildly interested in beyond what just got revealed, and they got leaked, so I’m solid. I’d buy a Copperhead too, and basically any cobra soldiers they can crank out before the line dies, but I’ve got the main characters I want now that Storm Shadow is coming out. Croc Master was the long shot for me and even he got revealed.
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>>9440908 >Croc Master was the long shot for me and even he got revealed. Either someone at Hasbro likes him or he is a solid sale because he was made in the 2.0 Oring era of 2000 and had 3 version of his 25th made including a Python patrol variant
