Previous one:https://boards.4chan.org/toy/thread/11622444#bottomRecent releases out now:>Joe/Cobra divers 2-pack>Steeler/Short Fuze 2-pack>police officerReaction+ out now:>Mara>red-glow Snake Eyes>Cobra Commander with cape>Acrtic ScarlettThe apparent only release for the rest of the year and first two months of 2026:>BAT (retro-card cartoon colors)Coming in April:>Big Lob>Cobra-La Royal Guard>Lifeline>Night Viper>Hit-n-Run>Mole Rat (v.2)Coming in March or April:>Female Crimson Guard>Zap>Crazy LegsUnknown 2026 release dates:>Zanya>Ninja Force Zartan>Hydro-Viper>Taurus and Red Dog 2-pack>HISS (arctic version)>G.I. Joe A Real American Hero:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0FaPp2oenPi6zQOTBUCRoYnjhp0eEKQ>G.I. Joe Renegades:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9iSDGvA4UNCGK-QiRUoxNHPun1PAIXON>G.I. Joe Spy Troops (PAL version, ripped and edited by a very kind Aussie Anon/Spy Troops anon):https://mega.nz/folder/UbgRhCQA#9MNOu25I6Rqv0BlaSUj8XA>GI Joe movie intro:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2I166f_U [Embed] [Embed]
I wish they gave the female Crimson Guard an alternate head with hair and eyes showing.
>>11634250
>>11634250I wish they had alt heads for Joes disguised as various Cobra troops, which happened a few times in the cartoon. With the female Crimson Guard, they threw away their chance to give us Lady Jaye disguised as one in the "Gods Below" episode.
>>11634250I am going to start a kikestarter to make a new show, G.I. Hoes and make an entire line of coomer toys and run hasbro into the dirt
>>11634463Based, I'd back it.
New pic of glow in the dark Snake Eyes
>>11634546That whole wave is good. I just wish they'd paint the rivets.
>>11634179Super7 is going out of business
>>11634546nice
Does hasbro ever reprint more after the first run? Like could we possible see the ghost viper show back up in stock or do they announce reprints or are they just done?
Our new CoCo
Our Cocos so far.
More pics of Glow in the Dark Snake Eyes
Him glowing
Our Snake Eyes figures so far.
>>11634685Whoops, forgot to attach pic
>>11634681I want to see Snow CoCo's lower legs on a regular CoCo,,,
Mara
Mara with her fish bowl.
Scarlett in her snow gear.
>>11634681I WAS A MAN!
Speaking of hell.....>>Wal Mart has a bunch of CC, Stalker, Cobra Trooper retro card figures no one wants clogging shelves for nearly a year, causing countless waves to not show up since the store won't order new ones until these sell out.>>Two months ago, they vanished and we got a restock of a year old wave of Leatherneck, Zandar, and Saw Viper that sell out>>But instead of new figures, we get the fucking CC, Stalker, and Cobra Trooper figures back on the shelf as someone in the back just put them back out instead of dumping them into the clearance section
>>11634679*CC
>>11634463Yo Hoe!
>>11634681I just got the one on the far right and waiting for Pythona in the mail!!!FACT!!!
>>11634741Your local Walmart has a better selection than mine does.
>>11634672Their MO appears to be to do a low-production initial run to feel out the demand, and when/if it sells out, do a second run. In that time they usually end up over-producing to turn a successful figure into an over-produced toy that's hard to sell.And the Ghost Viper already had its second run, and maybe a third run as it's now showing up in stores that didn't initially get it two months ago. The first run completely sold out in around one day. Now it's looking like it might a clearance-sale figure in a month or two.
>>11634872I don't think they're second runs, because stores take forever to reorder anything from the manufacturer, Hasbro takes even longer to start production again, and it takes about month to ship something from ChinaWhat's likely happening is just normal restocking issues at the distrubtion level. Figuring out if they have enough to restock certain stores without taking too much from other stores that need it and then shipping things out.
>>11634872>Now it's looking like it might a clearance-sale figure in a month or two.I wouldn't complain to be honest, I just got into Joes. But I am in the 3rd world shithole called canada and I cannot find it online anywhere within canada. Local places are not an option for me unfortunately
>>11634921I'll be happy with scalpers wanting as much as $100 for it getting burned on it.
>>11634915The Ghost Viper was initially sold out, then a couple of weeks later stores got more in. Cold Slither also initially sold out only for new inventory to show up a bit later. Crystal Ball too. First it was a successful sellout, and now some stores are clearance-pricing it. That's my basis for what I posted.
>>11634834I hope snail shell apes this idea. I love the CG uniform and really want the femal CG buta sexy CG would be an instabuy.
>>11635089Not that related but how come some clearances feel random like those toys that get put on clearance the day after they're released
Not to give more fuel to the schzio but it looks like they increased the prices on these causes I decided to get another Viper and its now $16
>>11635222Actually, same anon, this was the image posted at the same time I bought those figures, so I guess the discounts stack or something and its not apparent
>>11635089Sold out doesn't mean what you think it does then, if you think Hasbro could start production on it again in less than 6 months. First, Walmart would have to reorder it, which would take a while for the bean counters to figure out what actual demand is like (SUPER FUCKING UNLIKELY even if they sold half a million units). Then Hasbro would need need to interrupt the factory's current schedule to start production on the figure (SUPER FUCKING UNLIKELY unless it was million+ units, because that's putting another toyline on hold). Production time could be anywhere from a a few weeks to months, depending on the amount order. Finally shipping takes a month to get shit from China to Walmart (walmar basically has their trucks sitting at the docks to ship things directly to their distribution warehouses), maybe longer since the Christmas rush started 3 months ago.And what do you mean by sold out? Because if it's sold out online, it just means that whatever allocation they had to their webstore is "sold out", but there's still stock in the distribution warehouses and stores. If it's sold out in stores, it might just be sold out in a specific store until it gets restock from storage in the back OR regional warehouse. And due to how distribution works, sometimes not all stores get all their stock in until a month later. Since the united states is a very large country, it can takes weeks for a shipment to get to your store, especially if a specific store doesn't have priority.So the distribution warehouses might have plenty of stock for the Ghost Viper, but who to give stock to can take a while to figure things out and since it's the holiday season now, other products might be more important to ship out with the daily/tri-weekly trucks. There's limited space on the trucks and GI Joe hasn't been popular for years now.
>>11634566Nah, Funko will buy them, combine the licenses and tech with Mondo, and then, in a few years, all of it will go under ... or not.
>>11634741>instead of dumping them into the clearance sectiondepends on how the retailer agreement works, son
>>11635329Funko is trying to survive right now that the pop vinyl speculation bubble has popped. They probably can't afford to buy their employees a hamburger for lunch.
>>11635127Snail Shell would spoil it with retarded anime faces though, defeating the point.
Got the accessories for this guy. Holy shit he's fucking great. I have been looking for a good SF solider and the Action Solider GI Joe did came close, but this takes the cake. The NODs were kind of a bitch to get on his helmet, but whatever. Same with the Peltors. Also, I got a third Peltor ear cup, it was just floating around randomly in the package. The other two were in their respective spots. Just an extra by accident?
>>11634681I wanted this as a kid... sniff... it's - it's beautiful
>>11636850Is there a trick to getting the headset on? I can't get mine to peg in.Anyone???
Were there any good black friday/cyber-monday Joe deals out there worth mentioning?
Anyone get anything good lately
>>11637631Not many. Most places just had a few figures down to like, $18 or so. Walmart had a few figures in the $10-$15 range. Probably the only interesting thing to me was that BBTS had Night Creepers down to $15.>>11637787I got a couple of the Grim Vipers. They're pretty cool. They're so bulky and look like tanks that I almost want to strap a bunch of the ammo bandoliers on them to bulk them up even more and make them look covered in bullets and shit.
>>11637787>B.A.Ts with double weapon armsI knew buying two was the right choice. That said does anyone find it weird the Retro B.A.T didn't come with a laser rifle?
>>11638295V2 bat when??
>>11638572The Retro Classified line is supposed to be based on the Sunbow animated seasons right? Probably this custom for $120 is all we'll ever get.
>>11638575>The Retro Classified line is supposed to be based on the Sunbow animated seasons right?Who kows what they'll do when they run out of source material, WON'T make "those" figures of the ladies in the Sunbow cartoons, and need something new?
The camping stuff was actually to prepare us for one of the tires on the Thunder Machine Haslab just being "Enough grape soda and doughnuts for all previously released Dreadnoks to hold"
>>11638966The camping stuff comes from the episode "haul down the Heavens" where Flint, Lady Jaye, and scientists camp out in the arctic. Baroness goes in disguise doing blackface. That whole HASLAB package is a "cartoon package."
>>11639104>That whole HASLAB package is a "cartoon package."And shows clearly in the figures.
>>11639110Please God let them do a retro card Lady Jaye in her normal outfit but with the head from this figure
>>11639282Agreed. Every version of her up until this one has been ugly as shit. The retro-card one was especially bad with the hat and wrong colors for the cartoon likeness.
so the idea is give us shitty versions, later good versions but not accurate, then combine them, selling us the same figures multiple times
>>11639523You only have to buy one of them but yeahAt this point anyone who wants a retro release but isn't waiting to buy them is just gaming themselves
>>11639575they make you wait for years in between each better mold and remake of a main character. it's a joke.
>>11639293>>11639523>>11639575>>11639729To be fair, Lady Jaye (both the regular and retro release) were pretty early in the line. There were some pretty rough faces/heads early on, and they just haven't even really done a Lady Jaye since then.
>>11639523That's probably true when considering it took five times and five years to get an attractive Baroness. At any rate they'll definitely re-use that mold due to her being the original blue Baroness underneath the flight vest. It's just a matter of when.
>>11639523yeah, you new to hasbro or something?
>>11640216They did this shit with the 25th line, and I am hating it!
>>11634179Got "Once A Man" Cobra Commander with Pythona on the way and hope they also do Nemesis Enforcer and Golobulos!!!FACT!!!
>>11634179O-Ring Chads for the 2026 era!!!
>>11640241I collected the vehicles and not the figures from that line. It was nice being able to get affordable reissues.
When I was a kid I wanted a G.I.Joe (the OG 12 inch and that Space Capsule I would have murdered for) but I had a Big Jim and a couple of Action Jackson's. (which I made my own damned spacesuit for out of fire fighting gear and a carefully cut capsule from a gum machine for a helmet. By the time the 1/18 joes came out I didn't have that much interest. Later in life my reawakened interest and in photography and my in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. got me interested in joes again. But I never collected O-ring figures and never had the nostalgia for them. I still don't and really do not get the love. Can someone sell me without using "nostalgia" as a reason to buy them.I find them okay as background figures but not center stage.
>>11641088Large quantities of both figures and vehicles. The vehicles and playsets were stuff that was just impossible to have in a larger size. Plus the cartoon was incredibly well-written for an 80s kid cartoon. It even did dark shit most cartoons of the era dared not to do, like show dead bodies.
Big Bad Workshop do what Hasbron't
>>11641127 Oh I think the cartoon was a lot of fun and I originally watched when I got home from school. - and size IS a factor. But there are more articulated better sculpted figures at that scale. - and they also fit the same vehicles.
>>11641300NOW there is. That wasn't true in the 1989s.
>>11641154And just for $20 more than a Hasbro offering, which doesn't seem that bad nowadays
>>11641318 No. But NOW everyone wants the O-ring figures and that's a lot of nostalgia sales. And might turn off new customers.
>>11641679New customer here, just bought like fucking 12 Joes. But I chose classified, I am really not sure the allure of the 3.75 figures. Why do you say everyone wants the o ring figures?In my opinion it is just sunk cost fallacy, once you picked one you stick with it?
>>11641679i don't think people actually want o-rings.Like Classified, people are only buying it because it's the ONLY option in America if you want a 1:18 scale GI Joe line.And part of the reason why o-ring engineering is popping up is because it's cheaper to produce than modern 1:18 lines.BTW, I don't care for o-ring and I've been buying GI Joes since 84.
>>11641679Maybe for you, but I'd love another round of reissue vehicles since even the 25th anniversary reissues have gotten a little bit pricey. >>11641698Speak for yourself. Like 5 POA Star Wars, a lot of people appreciate and enjoy the original format.
>>11641834>Like 5 POA Star WarsYes people enjoy goose stepping and heiling
>>11641698o-ring is based
>>11641898>poorfag coming up with a nazi excuse for why vintage is too rich for his collecting meansSomething's only new and original once. The first Darth Vader in all of its simplicity will always be worth something, while the 100th version is a waste of money no matter how well-detailed it may be.
Well the year's pretty much done with the last figure of 2025 (retro-card BAT) trickling out now. Anyone have any top-5 lists of their favorites for the year?My personal favorites:1. Rattler Baroness2. the cop3. Rattler Gunner4. Battle Armor Cobra Commander5. Crystal Ball
What is the alternative to G.I. Joe for a child who comes from an anti-military family, anti-army family, a family that hates weapons and whose parents are against guns?
>>11641975C BallHis troopsBig scorpionRattler and its figure accessories Donner party from Monster Force but if I cant pick him then Beef Range Viper
>>11641981Wrestling figures? Sci-fi and capeshit stuff? Robots? It must unbelievably suck to have liberals as parents.
>>11642002I wish Fresh Monkey Fiction or someone else would make highly-stylized pirates, samurai, and other historical types in this scale.
>>11642068>samuraiBudo too accurate?
Artic Hiss going on sale today, 30 day window. 4pm eastern. $199
>>11642098A Name only reveal of Deep Six, and a what looked like a swamp skier fin to me as a teaser.
>>11642101Oh is that what this is
I have the 12 Oz Mouse theme song stuck in my head
>>11642111We're getting Ninja Force Zartan next year, and if this comes with yet another Zartan, that'll be 6 zartans before RnR v2 (and a whole lot of v1 figures)
>>11642111Definitely looks like a rear strut and ski for the swamp skier. >>11642114Who's been demanding this one?
>>11641698That's how I feel, I've been collecting Joes since the 80s and I still have a box of original O-Ring figures buried somewhere in my closet. But I don't really care to buy them these days because modern figures are just so much better in almost every way. I get it, the nostalgia factor gives them a bit of charm, but even as a kid I wanted my toys to be the *best* toy it could be, which is the whole reason why I loved the G.I. Joe figures. Other lines had less articulation, less detail, less accessories, intrusive gimmicks, boring characters and so many other problems. But G.I. Joe in the 80s and early 90s were just awesome figures in almost every way. Once those Modern Era build figures hit, it was like being a kid again, the early ones were kinda rough but they improved by leaps and bounds and towards the end of the run each figure was a little work of art (Retaliation Wave 3 is still one of my favorite waves of the line). I view Classified in kind of the same way as the ME stuff, the first few figures were rough, and there's some low spots and nit picks, but overall it's probably the best western toyline being made and one of the best Joe lines overall. >>11641834They really need to put out a mass market HISS V, one that's not a DTC release or Con exclusive. >>11641919The first Vader isn't worth something because it's good, it's worth something because it's old. But I'll gladly take a newer, cheaper, *better* toy over an expensive old figure because the value in the figure for me isn't how much I can resell it for, the value is in how much fun I can have with it. >>11641981.....Super Heroes? I mean, there's a billion marvel figures you can get that have nothing to do with weapons, army or guns. Hell, most toylines these days have nothing to do with military stuff, you should be buying stuff based on what the kid likes, not what his family hates.
>>11642287The O-ring stuff will always have stuff over the other scales that the others just don't have. That keeps them appealing.
>>11641834>Speak for yourself.I don't think I am, since the o-ring stuff doesn't seem as popular as modern 1:18.Every attempt at o-ring is extremely niche and doesn't s eem to get as much support as any modern 1:18 line. Every modern engineered 1:18 line that got a kickstarter got way more support than an o-ring line by 2-10x.Like i said, the only reason we're even talking about o-ring right now is because it's the only thing that Hasbro allows to be released in the US for GI Joe.>>11642327Vehicles and playsets like that are just 1:18. So it's not that o-ring is appealing, it's just that it works with anything 1:18 scale.o-ring is just outdated engineering and purposely outdated sculpts.
>>11641692 There seems to be a lot of demand for them.At least in these threads. >>11641698 But WHY has HASBRO gotten stuck in this "retro" and O-ring bullshit. It may be cheaper -but it looks it. It's like those terribly articulated old Star Wars figures that were worse than joes by any yardstick.
>>11641981 Get figures from Marauders and gear them up with science shit. Adventurers use guns for protection. >>11641906 Not really an argument there.
>>11642068 I wish they would put out replacement helmets for their Space Force - especially with new figures coming out.
>>11642582 no guns
>>11642432The last O-ring attempt by Hasbro flopped because the figures were noticably lower quality while being over-priced. And the original stuff is still holding its value, which wouldn't be happening of the demand wasn't there. >o-ring is just outdated engineering and purposely outdated sculpts.Yet it still sells and the original stuff will always be worth more than what you decide is the best version. And I noticed your mental gymnastics with wanting the O-ring stuff repurposed for 1:18.>>11642578It actually doesn't look cheaper to me. That's you inserting your tainted eyes that have gotten accustomed to Classified.
>>11642432Dude. When Hasbro did the "retro" O-ring Joes, they had crappy plastic rivets, and a paint job and overall feel in the hands that made them look noticably lower-quality than the originals. And they were $20 each (in 2-packs for $40) against the $25 average price of a Classified. Then Reaction+ charges $25 for one against a $27 average price for a regular Classified. It's the economics that fuck over the O-ring line, not the demand.
>>11642825The retro figures sucked so much it was like they deliberately sabotaged the line so people wouldn't want any more from them.
I'm surprised no one is chimping over the artic hiss being 199.
>>11642838At this point I think people are getting used to bullshit prices.
>>11642844I mean it's cheaper than the haslab. I was wondering if anyone even noticed it dropped.
>>11642432>Vehicles and playsets like that are just 1:18. So it's not that o-ring is appealing, it's just that it works with anything 1:18 scale.Technically, O-ring stuff being (slightly) smaller than modern 1:18 figures means they're easier to fit into 1:18 vehicles than actual 1:18 figures; same reason why 1:12 figures fit better in 1:10 cars than 1:12 ones (unless you use smaller than average figures like Figma anime characters). It's one of those weird things with action figure design where unless the cockpit/vehicle seat is intentionally oversized and simplified it's quite hard to squeeze a same-scale figure in.
Do people care about the new Classified HISS tank?
>>11642967I did up until the $200 price. I don't like it that much to pay that. Personally I think it would have been cooler in a dark red for a Crimson HISS. But I guess that they wanted it as a counter to the Snowcat.
>>11642967Not winter themed. If it had been the blue one then great, but don't need arctic shit.
>>11642967They should have just re-released the regular one
>>11642967i like the red canopy and the snake skin tampos, and the new machine guns look way better than the original onesbut i don't like the missile rack and don't really care about winter stuff enough to dedicate this kind of space to itcan't justify dropping $200 to steal some parts off it
>>11643127It would have been cheaper if they had just remade the same thing but different color. But they had to alter and re-tool a bunch of shit, so now it's $200.
>>11641981Transformers, He-man, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Jurassic Park, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Halo, Fortnite, Gundam, Marvel, DC, Adventure sets from Chap Mei, Star Wars and stuff like that.
>>11643188There's nothing new there, though. Maybe some of the railing around the missile launcher, and the little rolled up tent or blanket or whatever that hands off the side, and I am pretty sure that comes with the SnowCat.The missile launcher was already on the Stinger, and the Joe version of the Trench Viper set with the Steel brigade guy. The figure is just a Snow Serpent with a HISS Driver head. There might be a new gun part on the turret, but that's about it.I thought it was pretty obvious it was going to be $200.
>>11634250I wish they gave her a better body, I would have bought two and did some head swaps with my spare Baroness heads.
>>11643336You might be talking to the guy who throught the Ghost Viper would be $30 because it was mostly reuse that pops up here and spams those walmart images
>>11643357Or maybe no one expected Walmart to sell one figure that's mostly recycled for more than the average price of a 2-pack.
>>11643395Now hes saying there's only one figure because he doesnt consider the dog with more articulation than a Marvel Legend a figure
>>11643400The Desert Scorpion sold at the same time was $44 and right next to it is the Ghost Viper in the same size box for $60. The Desert Scorpion is all-new. The GV is around 85% recycled kitbash. Hell even Hawk with MMS that was a whole lot more toy was like $12 more than the GV. Ghost Viper is a cool figure, but they sold it at a "doesn't make sense" price.
>>11643443Ghost V was made for Wal Marts collectors con and was budgeted like a convention exclusive D Scorpion was part of a wave and everything in a wave is budgeted together. They're objectively not comparable if you're trying to say one cost more than the other to produce.
>>11643477>part of a wave and everything in a wave is budgeted together.Oh right that's how Transformers are budgeted.
>>11642967I'm vulnerable toward getting one since I backed the snow cat. I already have the Haslab HISS but I could potentially see this thing in my vehicle fleet, if for no other reason than because I want to photograph it in the snow.I think it's a good deal overall. $200 is a fair price, it doesn't devalue the Haslab HISS since it's a variant, it gives owners of the original a reason to double dip without being a "here's a better replacement for the thing you already have," and it comes with different accessories which makes up for it coming with less.
Man, can't believe how good the upcoming Baroness is! I'm so happy they announced it, she looks amazing with a reuse of the great Rattler head and body in all black! I was worried for a minute that we were going to go another event without a Baroness reveal, that would have been really saddening, but Hasbro always come through! Thanks Hasbro, now I don't need to hang myself from the attic rafters!
>>11642825I don't think it's economics, considering theres been kickstarters that get way less support just because they're o-ring, while anything with modern engineering got better results.>>11642779>And I noticed your mental gymnastics with wanting the O-ring stuff repurposed for 1:18.wat? vehicles and playsets literally don't have o-rings. It's just 1:18 scale.>>11642889the reason that 1:18 vehicles feel undersized is because it's "showroom" pretty. When you see a car being displayed, the seats are going to be put forward, because it looks better. Plus, there's no give in the cushion because they're hard plastic instead of foam/leather/whatever.This is why 1:18 tanks and planes have no problem fitting in 1:18 figures, yet diecast 1:!8 cars do.And yes, technically old toylines are not 1:18, but 3.75" scale, but it's the same shit. And the old GI Joe vehicles have a lot of leeway for fitting in larger scales, unlike actual 1:18 scale vehicles.
>>11643639>Man, can't believe how good the upcoming Baroness is! I'm so happy they announced it, she looks amazing with a reuse of the great Rattler head and body in all black! I was worried for a minute that we were going to go another event without a Baroness reveal, that would have been really saddening, but Hasbro always come through! Thanks Hasbro, now I don't need to hang myself from the attic rafters!???Source of info?
>>11643639>Rattler head and body in all black!Sounds like bullshit. I have that figure and it's 100% the original version with a helmet, gun holsters, and flight vest. I admit that it would look cool in black and to a wider audience not bound by nostalgia, it would probably sell better in black than blue, but I still have my doubts.
>>11643639Fake news
>>11643902>>11643880>>11643851Jesus Christ guys.
I keep checking here every day for new posts but man is it slow. I'm down at my father's house taking care of him while he's on Hospice. Been going through my old stuff he kept in the basement all these years. He kept shit I don't even remember getting. Found a couple boxes of comics, lots Joe issues but I haven't had time to go through anything. There's an old toy box of mine from the 80's down there maybe I'll find some gold. Just digging around a bit I did find an old Punisher. He's gonna have to go on a Joe shelf classified is all I really collect anymore.
>>11644524Not a lot came out this month. It was just one Classified figure, and four O-ring figures that I thought were cool but not many others share that sentiment. There's news of a coming Deep Six that looks unexciting as well as a strut from what's presumed tob e from Zartan's Swamp Skier. So there just isn't a lot new to discuss. And sorry about your father. It was this time last year mine was on hospice, and it's a horrible thing to go through. I lost him four days before Christmas. Cherish the time you have with him right now. It's the best you can do.
Deep Six was announced for Classified 2026 but he’s not coming with the SHARC.
>>11644524busy as shit, brother. Christmas season is a lot of work.Though it's pretty shit that most of /toy/ doesn't actually play with toys and it's mostly just a "buyfag" and "shill new announcements"Yeah, it's always been that way, but we also used to have people who played with their toys and post them in the generals.... no pic, because i haven't bought anything GI Joe in like a year. Most of what i buy random 1:18 stuff, so i haven't any GI Joes out on display either. Have a Stikfa dragon instead.
Will 2026 be the year Hasbro finally fixes the problem with the arms not able to go straight down? I hope so. The more it goes on, the more it's bugging me.
>>11645497wouldn’t matter even if they did, all the reuse in this line means you’d still be seeing it for the next 5 years either way
>>11645497Do you ever pose your figures? Because this isn't even an issue if you do.
>>11646106a figure that can put its arms straight up and down can hold a gun closer to its body, allowinge the figure to properly hold the gun.Inward motion is super important.
>>11645497what's the fig on the left anon?
>>11646121Rattler Pilot Baroness. It took Hasbro five tries over five years to finally make an attractive version of her, but we got her over the summer of this year.
>>11646112Plus it's more realistic and aesthetically nicer. >>11646112Sorry I don't play with my toys nor do "action pose" displays.
>>11646166>It took Hasbro five tries over five years to finally make an attractive version of herI dunno, I have the 3-pack version and I think she's pretty good.
>>11646176Look at the leg pins and the proportions of the body in comparison to the Rattler version. You can see a lot of it here with the black version of the same body:>>11645497
>>11646182rat
>>11646184Just hide his posts. He never comes here to contribute in civilized discussion, and only comes to latch on to any little thing he can to go on the attack with.
>>11646170So... You just like them all up in a standard a pose? How boring.
>>11646180>You can see a lot of it here with the black version of the same body:Crimson Strike Baroness was heavily retooled from the OG figure, IIRC the legs are the only part carried over. Rattler definitely looks better but CS isn't bad; headsculpts are good too.
>>11646176Just remember he paid 60 to over 200 for his and for the price of 50 and some change you got 3 figures.
>>11646373I paid $150 for Rattler Baroness. I think it's worth it. However the only version of her I think is worthless is the origins version even though the other three have a few issues.
>>11646166Cheers anon. Great figure, wildly expensive though.
The Beach head Rambo NF pack is $35 online.https://www.walmart.com/ip/GIJ-CS-GG-LEXINGTON/14977815445
>>11646771Really fucking pissed they wasted the extra head on giving Quick Kick a masked head when he already had an extra head.
>>11646825why can't you use in on beachhead?
>>11646859He's not Asian. He's a white ginger guy with a shaved head and a fu manchu mustache
Does it look like the skin tone matches? I really wish every figure came with alternate hands.
>>11646825I really would have loved a screaming face for him to recreate his most iconic moment in the comics.
>>11646771Thanks. Got one.
>>11646106What kind of poses do you make that you never need the arms to come close to their bodies? Are they always chad-striding?
>>11646889Looks like it to me. What figure is that? I'm getting into 1/18th again but it sounds like Joes have moved to 1/12. Is that the case?
>>11646717They'll reissue it. That's the obvious intention with how she's the first version.
>>11646771He looks more like Billy from Predator to me. >>11647060Tele-Viper
>>11646892Personally I don't like "action faces" on figures. I've hated them ever since a lot of Beast Wars toys had them, and the Star Wars Episode 2 figures were particularly ruined by them. >>11646825Its obvious all about Quick Kick with a Beach Head repaint tossed in.
>>11647150>Personally I don't like "action faces" on figures.I think having the option for more neutral/at ease faces along with more expressive faces is good.
>>11646825Im notIm gonna pretend it's a new character and display both at the same time
>>11646771.....it was dangerously easy to order that set. Like even Amazon gives you more chances to rethink your purchase. But too late to go back now!>>11646825I plan on seeing if that Oni face can fit on the Beachhead figure so I can use him as some weird Cobra of some kind. Unless he's got Joe emblems on his arms...then he'll just be a really weird new Joe. >>11647060G.I. Joe has been 1:12 for about five years and probably one of the best lines in the entire scale. Definitely worth jumping into this line, though some figures may be harder to obtain then others at this point.
>>11647823It's not 1:12. It's "six inches no matter what" scale. That's why figures that should be substantially taller (like Destro and Roadblock) are the same height as everyone else.
>>11648065>That's why figures that should be substantially taller (like Destro and Roadblock) are the same height as everyone else.Why would you lie about something that's so easily proven wrong?
>>11648237He doesnt buy them but gets dopamine from (you)s
>>11647823>.....it was dangerously easy to order that set. Like even Amazon gives you more chances to rethink your purchase. But too late to go back now!I ordered it when that anon posted the link and I have it in my hands right fucking now.Meanwhile Amazon hasn't shipped my Valaverse Weapons Pack Lima that I ordered November 24th and it says it'll get here on the 18th.I bet this makes sense to someone
>>11648065do you even pretend to buy hasbro toys? because the average one is already like 6.5 inches instead of 6 inch, the scale creep has been insane for years
>>11647823>G.I. Joe has been 1:12 for about five years and probably one of the best lines in the entire scale.I actually have the retro Cobra Commander from the Classified line and love him. I do agree that from what I've seen this seems to be where Hasbro is putting most of their time and effort. I'm admittedly bummed out they've abandoned 1/18 but I'm glad the Classified line seems to be doing well.
>11648065....why do some people like to look dumb in public spaces? >>11648505Yea, I get that feeling. I have a fairly large collection of ME joes and I would *love* if Hasbro went back and gave that line the attention it so rightly deserved. So many big name characters without actually decent figures or classic vehicles without updates. Hell, we never even got a decent classic Duke in the 1:18 line. Classified is honestly a fantastic line, but it's a bit of a bittersweet thing to collect for me. As great as these Joes are at the larger scale, I'll always prefer them smaller and with more vehicles and bases.
>>11648580>Hell, we never even got a decent classic Duke in the 1:18 line.Jesus, really? He's THE Joe. That's wild. I was looking online for a Baroness and didn't see one I was sold on either. Do you happen to know of any of the decent 1/18s that would be worth hunting down? I just grabbed the Retro Collection Stalker off BBTS. The original O-ring was one of my main soldiers as a kid.
>>11636850You know I eyed this guy several times at a Ross now that they're like $14 May cave and go back for 2 of emI passed at first and right next door at a Comic Shop nearly I found the new Storm Shadow and manHe's so good. I'm more convinced to get the Snake Eyes/Wolf setI THINK I still have my Wave 1 Snake Eyes and I swear they made the Fortnite Figure one and I got him somewhere
>>11645497>>11646166>Best Baroness is a Haslab exclusive that's $120+ aftermarketGod damn it
>>11649520It'll get reissued. It was absolutely made for that purpose of being a "double-dip" figure. It'll be a different color, have different accessories, and maybe the hair will be different, but it'll be back out again.
>>11648706If you mean 1:18 Joes, there's a LOT of good ones out there but I doubt any of em will be particularly easy to get. Also, I never really cared specifically for "accuracy" to any media, so what I consider "great" many others will think are awful. That said, the Ultimate Cobra Commander from the final wave of the Retaliation line is probably one of the best CCs ever made. He doesn't come with much in the way of accessories, but the few he has are perfect for him. But he has both of his classic heads, old school helmet with vac metal shiny face plate AND the hooded look. The Storm Shadow from that wave is also one of the best versions of the figure, though his silly giant gimmick item isn't as cool as CCs. Honestly that whole final wave was filled with fantastic figures, a good mix of Classic, Movie and even some Comic and Concept Case characters all with loads of gear and cool gear. Other good waves are pretty much anything from the Pursuit of Cobra line or the 30th Anniversary stuff. The 50th Anniversary line also had some really nice sets and multi-packs, great for people who were new to the line. The SAW Viper/BAT/Female Trooper set was especially nice, it was super rare to find a three pack with nothing but army builders. The most recent Retro wave stuff from wal-mart was a really sad attempt to restart the line. It featured an odd mix of new, but oddly proportioned figures combined with older, out dated figures. The fact they rolled out that old 25th mold for Duke, AGAIN, was just an awful choice. Some figures like Stalker or Destro were actually really nice, and the Troopers weren't bad. But most of that run was just one bad decision after another. It's sadly been years since I could bust out the old Joes though, just hard to find time and space for that stuff.
>>11649596>The most recent Retro wave stuff from wal-mart was a really sad attempt to restart the line.If that was the goal, then it was incredibly half-assed. The figures just looked so cheap. Doing "cartoon colors" sure as shit didn't help either. Doing Transformers crossovers was stupid too because all that did was inflate the price as if $40 for two 3.75" Joes wasn't already expensive. IF this was a serious attempt, and not a "LET'S DELIBERATELY MAKE IT SHITTY SO PEOPLE NEVER BOTHER US ABOUT IT AGAIN" attempt, then it failed miserably.
>>11649574True but man it looks great to startI don't think a second version would be as goodLike how I just wanted a single Cobra Island Viper and we never got one till way later and it was worse looking on like every level and didn't have the cool goggles
>>11649603You seem to confusing the Wal-Mart exclusive ME Retro wave with the short lived O-ring remakes. The O-Ring figures weren't the most amazing things ever, but they were pretty much the best an O-Ring remake could be.The Joe x Transformer crossovers was a totally different thing though, and they were getting better with each release. The last one, the Kup TTT, was supposedly a really solid figure and rumors of a Prime Mobat have been running for ages. I really like the two I got, though Megatron does have a LOT of problems. I would love it if they dropped a Starscream Stiletto or something so I could get the Decepticon big three. And I would've much rather they were ME scale, but I can see the appeal of making them as close in size to the originals as possible.But yes, the Wal-Mart "Retro" line was very half assed, they could've done so much better but I don't think anyone involved really wanted to try.
Alright, here's a chance for the Hasbro GI Joe team to finally make some SF figures for the classified line. Just use the live action models. Pretty sure JADA only has the license for videogame likeness. Live SF would actually work better in classified.
>>11649863If they make Classified versions of Street Fighter figures, I'd want them to be like the original 3 3/4" Street Fighter figures and have them use G.I. Joe builds for em. That means Chun-Li from Ninja Force Scarlet, Blanka from Road Pig, Ken from Storm Shadow, Ryu from Slice and Zangief from Gnawgahyde. Hell, they can just take the current Slaughter body and make Guile, thought that one may be too on the nose. I'd want my G.I. Joe Street Fighter figures to look different from actual Street Fighter designs, because that's what made them special. Also, half those characters look like bad AI and I fear this movie will actually be worse then the old 90s one.
>>11649863If those are the designs they'd be using, I'd just rather they not even make them at all.
>>11649640Maybe the second version will depreciate the first one a little bit to make it more obtainable. Who knows? Personally I'd like for them to re-do it in black with a big red cobra emblem on the chest. If Hasbro would do that, then it would be easy money for them.
>>11649863If they wanted to add licensed properties to help fill out the Classified catalog, then I think Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter, and Splinter Cell would be better fits.
Howdy I'm a transplant from tg so forgive any retardation - are there any good figures (o ring or not) that I can use as viet Kong for my joes? I'd need like ten to fifteen of the bastards
>>11649863God no. This is gonna bomb so hard it's unrealJada already did the best Street Fighters that aren't Figuarts
>>11650125This is all I could find.
>>11650125>>Dem Delta17 figuresnice anon
>>11650011Konami has embargoed American companies from doing Metal Gear toys after Todd McFarlane spoiled Metal Gear Solid 2's infamous twist with the sole exception being Ashley Wood who did a series of Metal Gear mech figures and even then only got to do it because he did promotional artwork for Konami and sold his mech toys direct to consumers.And Hasbro has open contempt for FPS stuff, so you'll never get a crossover line for that. Especially since the only ones that might actually sell IE Modern Warfare and Halo, are held by rival companies
>>11650011GI Joe and SF have a history together though.https://youtu.be/tN4nhBJf9ew?t=2Hasbro even did the official movie tie in figures.
>>11650501That commercial has better Bison casting than this new movie does.
>>11649640Retro Cobra Commander turned out just fine and he started life as a Haslab. I'm sure Flight Suit Baroness will make for a perfectly fine general release figure, though I honestly would rather see her come out in black but she'll most likely end up blue. But that mold is so nice, hopefully they just do both. >>11650011As other Anons pointed out, G.I. Joe X Street Fighter is already a thing, which is the only reason why people want to see it. And there's a super easy way Hasbro could pull it off (licensing issues not withstanding) where the figures would be unique to the Classified line. >>11650125I don't know of any O-Ring figures, but Marauder Task Force literally sells modern articulation 1:18 Vietcong. >>11650379>Hasbro has open contempt for FPS stuff,.....but they've already made Fortnite AND Overwatch figures. The former actually being a really nice line for as short as it lived. Hell, they have an entire subline dedicated to their Transformer TPS game and regularly drop Star Wars FPS figures. It's not that Hasbro is anti FPS, it's that they're anti Dead Game licenses.
>>11650501I know that, but Hasbro didnt get a "forver-license" to Street Fighter. And the "crossover figures" were somewhat crap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAVEzvem_kThis guy claims to have an insider giving him intel. Anyone think it's legit? It would be awesome if we did get a Water Mocassin and Thunder Machine. It does look like a lot of this year's releases are revolving around the Dreadnoks.
>>11651648I always agree with this guy that we need more Dr Knox in toys, cartoons, comics etc
>>11651650What's with the weird legs? Even when factoring for the feet below, they made her look like a short goblina
>>11651650>designs chad B.A.T variant that almost kills Scarlett by itself>only woman CC tolerated working shoulder-to-shoulder with for over a week>hotter and more loyal than Mindbender >doesn't dress like a weirdo wrestler expy>has no ulterior motives other than to make cool shit in the name of science minus moral hang upsIf Hasbro doesn't Classified release her next year I'm making a custom.
>>11651648A real velociraptor was only the size of a turkey. The dinosaur Crichton and Spielberg used was a deinonychus. IF Hasbro is gonna include "dino-buddies" with figures, then they could score a few points by getting it right.
>>11651656>>11651656Too much ass, not enough leg to support it. She sits on her cheeks all day doing research and development for daddy CC.
>>11651658>only woman CC tolerated working shoulder-to-shoulder with for over a weekFor real? He worked with Baroness shoulder-to-shoulder from day 1 of Cobra. She was the first named and uniquely-identifiable character in Cobra so Cobra Commander could have someone to talk to besides generic blueshirts.
>>11651665>Dr. Knox spent several days with Cobra Commander in the tech room of a Terrordrome in Siberia, working over the blueprints of Serpentor and the viral delivery module. Knox noticed that Zartan and Baroness were spying on them from outside the sealed door, but Cobra Commander didn't careI meant he was literally stuck in room with Knox for over a week and he didn't seem to mind. Baroness is always being sent away on missions and let's not forget she has betrayed CC multiple times for different reasons.
>>11651668Baroness, Copperhead, and a random assortment of troops were the only people who remained loyal to CC after Cobra-La turned him into a snake after the cartoon. In the comic books she was the only one who knew who CC really looked like, and knew that before Cobra he was a used-car salesman. Yeah I know a lot of shit came later on, such as comic book writers deciding that Baroness is too popular for a villain so let's have Duke recruit her for the Joes. That shit's just too retarded for me.
>>11651658And that’s Classified figure better have Pythona size boobs with greater than Lady Jaye amount of cleavage.If Mindbender can be shirtless then Knox better have her huge knoxkers out!
>>11651731And physically proportioned like Rattler Baroness in terms of arm/leg length and muscle tone
>>11650501>GI Joe and SF have a history together though.If only Capcom had made a crossover game, it might have given GI Joe a new lease of life in the 90s.
>>11651703>Baroness, Copperhead, and a random assortment of troops were the only people who remained loyal to CC after Cobra-La turned him into a snake after the cartoon.IIRC in the early DIC episodes Destro dumped the Baroness for Zarana, and the Baroness reacted like "this would never have happened when Cobra Commander was in charge". They had just Gnawgahyde and a very small number of troops with them, less than ten I think, with Copperhead a last-minute addition they bribed into betraying Serpentor. On the part of the Baroness it's more like a woman scorned acting out than her having stayed loyal to Cobra Commander all along, which clearly wasn't the case through Sunbow season 2 and the movie.>such as comic book writers deciding that Baroness is too popular for a villain so let's have Duke recruit her for the Joes. That shit's just too retarded for me.It's very likely a slow-burn to her suddenly yet inevitably betraying the Joes to join Cobra. If it still hasn't happened in a year or two I'd be surprised.
>>11651703Cobra Commander worked alongside Knox to further his goals rather than bending her to his will or swaying her to believe in him as a supreme ruler. Baroness to CC is a fanatical follower with a complex that lets her emotions overtake her sense of reason at times. Meanwhile Knox is an highly intelligent opportunist that frequently favors working for CC despite not being fanatically loyal. They are fundamentally different.
>>11651842And Knox gives up that ass to CC for cooming.
>>11651845Their private meetings after working long hours together in the lab or tech room are mutually beneficial. Knox gets a welcome reprieve from thinking too much about her projects not meeting her standards and CC gets some relief from his stressful job running Cobra.
>>11651838It would have been a boring fighter game. GI Joe really needs to be like Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter , and other such military games.
>>11651648I mean, most of these are just safe bets at this point, with the Chameleon almost being guaranteed. The only one that would surprise me is the Thunder Machine not being a Haslab, though Dino Hunter Joes would be a nice surprise. I loved that set as a kid and would love to see it make some sort of obtuse come back in some crazy way. Also the Desert Fox is an underrated Joe Vehicle.
>>11651650>>11651658Cobra needs more female characters, especially in leadership positions, and Dr Knox is perfect for that role. I'd also love to see Raven, Munitia and Mistress Armada >>11651866Third person squad based cover shooter with vehicle sections. Literally just make the War For Cybertron games with a G.I. Joe skin. To this day those games are considered the best Transformers games out there and that format would work WAY better for G.I. Joe.
>>11651866>It would have been a boring fighter game. GI Joe really needs to be like Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter , and other such military games.I'd go with something like Star Wars Battlefront personally, but variety in types of games isn't a bad thing. A Capcom GI Joe vs SF game would've been a standard 90s Capcom fighter, but it could've brought in a new generation of fans in a way a dedicated Joe game wouldn't.
>>11651926The MGS games are heavily driven by character development and interaction. Much like classic GI Joe, they combine real-world military with sci-fi elements. That's why I think an MGS-style game would be a better fit.
>>11651889The Dinosaur one confuses me.Yes we have the Low Light mold for Dino Hunters version but no Ambush yet.
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/349774Pretty cool
>>11651648I call bullshit if the swamp ski gets announced and it doesn't come with a Zartan reissue. He's currently one of the rarest figures on the secondary market even though there are a lot of dreadnoks available.
>>11651661The "super-posable" Indoraptor from Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom scales perfectly a utahraptor for GI Joe Classified, and he's even rideable.
>>11652325As a Dreadnok car it's perfect. That said I feel like the 1/12 Acid Rain line has an identity crisis. The character designs are all high tech, tacticool cyberpunk troopers and androids but the vehicle is a post apocalypse style retro buggy with decals? When I imagine the characters from this new line in a vehicle I see a knock off Tesla cybertruck, not this charming pile of junk.
>>11652367I have their 4 pack also POed so I'll decide what to do with them all when I get them but if I don't like how they look in it it'll be my range vipers scramble vehicle.
>>11652367I don't really know much about Acid Rain, but it always reminded me of like, higher-tech troopers but their armor and look is kind of beat up, like the world they exist in is already kinda post-apocalyptic, so the buggy seems par for the course.
>>11652452>futuristic troopers and androids are dirty and dented >therefore it makes sense for them to drive around in a vehicle from the 1970sThat's dumb.
>>11652367>>11652452>>11652493I like it. It looks like an AWE Striker that the Dreadnoks aquired and re-purposed.
>>11652515Thats like the only appealing thing that could be said about it ANOTHER 1/12th buggy okay
>>11649596Hey, I hadn't checked the thread for a couple of days. I really appreciate the info. I've been digging around online this past week and have a bunch of stuff bookmarked now. I already own a ton of SHODO Kamen Rider so I'd like to have some fun making Joe/Riders vs Cobra/Shocker displays. Thanks again anon.
>>11652562Realize the scale. There aren't a lot of vehicles that can be done for it.
Steeler and Short Fuze are on BBTS already. These exclusives are staying exlusive for shorter and shorter periods of time.
>>11653179They're great figures even though I wish Steeler was more cartoon-accurate.
>>11653179That reminds me; I am STILL fucking waiting for my Steeler/Short Fuse set that I bought last weekend off of Ebay as the asshole seller still hasn't shipped it yet. Just the same old bullshit "We generated the tracking number but the post office hasn't received it yet" crap. I bought it using the Christmas present cash my mom gave me and the way things are looking, I probably won't get it until AFTER Christmas at best at worst, after New Years.
>>11653331Could be worse; I wasted $2 for a seven day prime membership when I ordered Mainframe from Amazon over the weekend and the fucker STILL hasn't shipped out/has stated it will now arrive on the 23rd. Which has me again, hitting my head on the wall for falling for the shrill shrieking lie that is "Amazon Prime shipping is super fast!".
>>11653337Prime shipping has ALWAYS been a sham. Ever since day one. Why the fuck do you think they added a streaming service to the fucker? Because they have to do SOMETHING to make you think you are getting your money's worth out of it because you sure as shit aren't getting one day shipping like they advertise.
>>11653186No one wants that ugly faggot ass design. Toy and comic Steeler, with his brown hair, daddy dom gloves and full body suit is pure motherfucking sex. Cartoon Steeler is pure faggotry, the kind of sissy boy men like comic/toy Steeler rape in prison.
>>11650379>Konami has embargoed American companies from doing Metal Gear toys after Todd McFarlane spoiled Metal Gear Solid 2's infamous twistWhat? Details please!
>>11653348Metal Gear Solid 2 infamously does a huge fake after the first mission/tutorial level you play through. You start the game playing as Solid Snake (series protagonist) but after that first tutorial mission, Snake goes missing and is presumed dead (in truth, he fakes his death and continues to appear in game as an NPC character and reveals himself alive at the end of the game). And you switch over to the real protagonist, an ugly twink named Raiden. Knowing fans would be pissed about the bait and switch in protagonists (especially given how popular Solid Snake was in the US), Konami famously went above and beyond to hide this twist; going so far as to force video game magazines to sign NDAs to not talk about the twist and to make them run doctored screen shots of Solid Snake inserted into later game scenes where in truth, you play as Raiden. Todd was forced to sign said NDAs too along with being told that while he could make a Raiden figure, that he could not mention him being the protagonist and the plot point of Snake being presumed dead. Which Todd ignored as he spoiled the entire twist about Snake "dying" and Raiden taking over as the lead character on the biography text on the back Raiden's card back AND releasing the figures weeks before MGS hit US shelves.
>>11653352is this chatgpt or something? there was no text in the back of MGS Mcfarlane figures, picrel is the back of Raiden's card.
>>11653331>"We generated the tracking number but the post office hasn't received it yet" crap.I hate that so damn much. I waited two weeks longer than I should have for Rattler Baroness because of the seller pulling that shit. >>11653488No there wasn't. Where that guy got his claim from is beyond me. In case no one noticed, Konami seems reluctant to license out MGS to anyone right now. There's zero MGS stuff out now while they're fully aware about the current 1:12 market for military-themed figures.
Hey a reason to buy that Action Force Weapons Pack Hotel
>>11653782>still no Snow Job reissue
>>11653782In my humble opinion the night viper looks better in that color combo than it does in that black-and-green color combo.
>>11653782So the HISS is $200 but it comes with these three figures? At $27 each that's $81. That leaves $119 for the price of the HISS itself, which is the cost of two Ghost Vipers. I can live with that price.
>>11653940>comes with these three figures?No
>>11652171Eh, MGS style gameplay is *too* character focused. I mean it could work as a Snake Eyes game, where he's the only character you play as, but a G.I. Joe game really needs to be able to spread it's focus across both factions, multiple characters AND let you drive the vehicles. >>11652367Without the Decals, this is sort of like a Python Patrol AWE Striker. It's cool they're doing a 1:12 vehicle, but it's absurdly boring that Acid Rain of all brands is doing such a bog standard design. They have some fantastic, unique rides in their smaller scales, so something this simple just comes off as uninspired. >>11653341I don't want to be the one defending Amazon, but I've had prime for years and I get 90% of my stuff within two days. Hell, sometimes I've gotten things the same day. The company as a whole is atrocious, but their shipping works on magic pixie dust...and slavery. >>11653488Lies are easy to spread on the internet. >>11653625JP companies always seem hesitant to license their characters. Unless they're teenage girls, then they get a billion skimpy bikini statues in every size. >>11653782The Joe looks neat but the other two kind of look boring. They're too straight as repaints, they really could've used some new builds to make them look more arctic-y. For me, I already have two Snow Serpents and the Arctic BAT on order, so that's enough snow units for me. The HISS tank is STILL super tempting though, if I didn't have the original I would certainly be biting on this one.
>>11653984You can just order it and cancel it before it ships if you don't want it
>>11653940Artic HISS only has a single figure; a Frankenstein monster figure that is the HISS tank driver's head repainted in artic colors and slapped on a Snow Serpent figure's body
>>11653782So their solution to the lack of many snow-themed figures was just some straight-up white repaints of existing figures with basically no alterations at all? I mean, they look ok, but there are actual snow/arctic themed figures and characters that would be way more appreciated that haven't been made yet. Give us some Ice Vipers or something, instead of just repainting SAW and Night Vipers.
>>11654070The Artic HISS driver is based on the same Frankenstein figure included in the original 25th Anniversary version of Artic HISS.Also the figure in the pic you posted is tied to another vehicle.
>>11654070>instead of just repainting SAW and Night Vipers.It's a cheap way to make a profit and I have a feeling that in the coming year they'll be doing lots of "He-Man" figures made up of re-used parts after the success of the Ghost Viper that was still somehow still successful in spite of total shit distribution and a price that ws $20 over what it should have been.
>>11654271.....so you seem to be new because part reuse has been a thing since the 80s. It's standard practice in the toy industry in general across many different lines. In fact, my only issue with these two figures is that they *didn't* frankenstein these figures enough, they're just straight repaints and that makes them boring. The SAW Viper could've used Snow Serpent's arms to make him look more wintered up, the Drift Viper could've used the Iron Grenadier coat to give him a completely new look to warrant him being a new army builder. There are things that *should* have changed about them other then the color to make these guys feel unique, but sadly that's not what happened. Grim Viper is a good example of a new character made of frankensteined parts. He's just a mix of bits from various other figures to make something new. I'd LOVE to see more of that in the line, especially when it ends up being something cool. One of my favorite Cobra from the ME era was a frankensteined nobody and if they made him in Classified I'd buy him up instantly. tl:dr Your post is dumb and you should feel bad.
>>11654366What I said is true. It's a cheap way to make a profit. You can't debunk that. And Hasbro is clearly steering in the direction of doing it more than they did for the first few years of the line.
>>11654392....there's nothing to debunk, it's literally what toy companies have been doing for decades. Classified has been doing it since the line started. It's a way to minimize costs while maximizing profits, that's common knowledge. You are not pointing out anything new or revolutionary and nothing you said is special, part re-use is why we can get so many figures pumped out in so little time. And I'm not saying you're wrong for pointing this out, I'm saying you're dumb for pointing out the obvious. Also, again, it's not a bad thing. Grim Viper is awesome, some of the best ME figures were frankensteined creations, and it's been something they've been doing since the line first started.
>>11654392>Hasbro is clearly steering in the direction of doing it more than they did for the first few years of the line.Back when Hasbro had hopes it was going to make money, of course they produced brand new sculpts.With GI Joe in a steep decline, cheapo repaints is the only way they can make a new product.>>11654424>it's literally what toy companies have been doing for decades.yeah, but it's more common now, especially since they're releasing fewer products.
>>11654466Oh, God no. Its you again.
What about The Black? Are you ready for the Black? Next spring, the Black, only at Valablack.com
>>11654616(Not) Black series (Not) Davy Jones looks kinda cool.
>>11654616Bobby is retarded so surprised this shit is even doing above average
>>11654616.....are these modern geared fantasy pirates? I just feel this is a combo that doesn't need to be made.
>>11654616Vala sure loves naming things after himself. It's a shame that he's such a fag that he refuses to make a decent female figure that isn't intentionally ugly bulldog-dyke looking. >>11654648I guess so. It's feeling like an attempt at making dreadnoks without making dreadnoks.
>>11654648No, they are Modern Warfare rip offs. One of the MOC display figures is clearly not Alex Keller and the guy in the Green Balaclava is explicitly an off color OG trilogy Ghost.
>>11654765Ah well that makes more sense. For a moment there I was worried vala was gonna try and be creative.
>>11654648Supposedly he has a hard on for the show Black Sails, so this is his modern version of those characters.>>11654765That guy is based on a character fromthe show Black Sails, and he got the actor's likeness rights for the figure. Vala's shit is super generic, but you don't need to come up with stupid conclusions about ti.I do think the Blackbeard figure is cool, love soft goods mixed in with 1/12. The rest is, once again, too generic to even be good generic.
>>11654880.....so they ARE tacticool pirates. >too generic to even be good genericThis is my problem with the whole line. I wanted to grab something from it, but it's too expensive for what amounts to background characters. Even his "named" stuff look like loser henchmen for cooler villains.
>>11654616>>11654631Terrible name for the series, The Black... terrible
>>11655060Much like all of his other stuff, it's both incredibly uncreative AND stolen from Hasbro!
>>11634681Shit, that Python Patrol one looks awesome
>>11655338They've made some really nice figures in the line. I just wish that they'd stop being cheap and paint the fucking rivets. The BAT would be their best one if only they'd give us a proper black one.
>>11654898I've no dog in the fight, but they're 3 dollars more than the base line Classified figures, and usually with more accessories. How much longer are Classified even gonna stay at 24.99?
>>11653782These three are confirmed to be a three pack. So easy pass since I was only mildly interested in the steel brigade guy. They also name dropped T'Jbang as a future release for all you random ninja fans.
Could a pair of Uzis with a drum cassette magazines be an "almost believable" alternative to RAH Rock & Roll's ridiculous hand-held miniguns that had the giant under-grip ammo packs?
I have some potentially great news if there's any 2025 Joes that you are still looking for and you haven't had luck yet, specifically the Ghost Viper. I was at Wal-Mart today for some last minute Christmas shopping, and they got in a fuckton of GI Joes, likely because they shuffled around their inventory in preparation for Christmas. They had two Ghost Vipers in stock (I already have one so I didn't buy), along with a bunch of other Joes and Cobras from the past year like the Falcon and Quarrel two-pack (which I also already have but they had multiples at my store all of a sudden). So if there's any 2025 gaps in your collection get your ass to Wal-Mart.
>>11655897Not fucking every Walmart is like that. My god damn Walmart, for Christmas, put out three more cases of the shelf warming Cobra Trooper/CC/Stalker wave on top of the two cases already shelfwarming. A move that effectively ensures that my local Walmart won't get a god damn new case of ANYTHING until 2027 at the earliest, especially since they refuse to carry vehicle sets or the deluxe set figures (having never actually seen the piece of shit Ghost Viper figure at retail or any other Walmart exclusive figure).
>>11655893Uzis fire pistol ammo. R&R's guns fire rifle ammo. Yes there's a difference.
>>11656016>put out three more cases of the shelf warming Cobra Trooper/CC/Stalker wave on top of the two cases already shelfwarming.My nearest Walmart doesn't even have that. It has the Blowtorch/Frag Viper wave from the summer, and that's it. It has a massive ton of Jurassic Park shit that I guess they plan on holding on to until not even Ollie's can sell that shit off. The thing is it's not a shit side of town. Three miles down the road, and there's the Ferrari Dealer. Two miles in the other direction, and you have a Porsche dealer and a Cadillac dealer that only sells six-figure Escalades. And right across the street is a BMW dealer. Yet it just can't get anything good for jack shit anything. >having never actually seen the piece of shit Ghost Viper figureThe GV did finally show up in my city in early DECEMBER two months after its release according to their site "pick up option," but it showed up on a Mexican-filled shit side of town for some reason. Fuck that. I value my life too much, especially during Christmas time when Mexican "pistoleros" are looking for easy and free gifts for their own families.
>>11655393I doubt Classified will stay that cheap, and in fact I feel many have crept past that by this point. But I have no problems paying more for an interesting figure, even with limited accessories. I've only ever grabbed one of Vala's figures myself, I've tried to want to get more but something about them all just seems bland. I tell myself I'll just grab some of the cheaper army builders...but then I find Classified figures on sale for the same price and just buy them instead. Grunt, as generic as he is, is a way better figure then any of Valas stuff. >>11655627Well that sucks, I only cared about the Joe as well. The other two are a nice concept, but they really needed new builds to make them interesting. Also, mixed faction army builder packs is a pet peeve of mine and I hate when they do that. At least this one is all Army Builders as usually they'll cram a named character into the set and ruin the value of buying more then one set. tl:dr - The Joe should've been a stand alone release and the Cobra should've been a two pack.
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>>11656914Classified regular prices have already normalized at $27.99 in my area. I had assumed that it was nationwide.
>>11657063stabilized, not normalized, but only for the past couple of months, because prices are still going to go up if the line s urvives 2026
>>11657288>if the line s urvives 2026It will. There's still a lot of "meat on the bone," especially after Ghost Viper shows fans willing to buy all-new characters as well as a ton of characters from the 2000s (like Zanya) that fans are willing to buy. Plus throw in "cartoon cheese" like Cold Slither and the HASLAB Snowcat bundle selling well. There's still a lot of room for Hasbro to keep the line going.
>>11657898GRIM Viper and the Ferret driver too.
>>11657898>selling in the low tens of thousands is now considered selling wellI wish had Hasbro lowered their standards back in 2015 so that the line never got canceled in the first place.TRU and online shops were selling around a hundred thousand back then.
>>11658015Not a single GI Joe HASLAB has failed, bro. That's a good gauge for which brand (besides Magic) that's strong with Hasbro right now.
>>11658044>selling 20k units is strongin 2015, they were selling 5x that and that was enough for them to kill the line.
>>11658284They also sold it cheaper. The most expensive thing in your pic costed around $45. The HISS and AWE Striker were $10 each. It was a different world than what we live in now. Now that adults are the majority of toy-buyers, toy-makers don't even try to price shit at levels kids can afford.
