The last one's auto-saging now: >>11570162Out now (or sold out if you were slow):>Steel Corps Sentry & Defense Post (Pulse)>Cold Slither Box Set (Pulse) >2-packs: GI Joe Diver & Cobra Diver (Target), > Sgt. Slaughter & Mercer>Crankcase with A.W.E. Striker>SNAKE ArmorComing next month:>Steeler & Short-Fuze (Target) >Hawk & MMSReleases pending (presumably Dec-Jan):>Ghost Viper & Dire Wolf (Wal-Mart>Pythona (Con/Pulse)Just dropped in stores a few days after revealing them:>Super7 Reaction+ Big Lob, Pythona, Snake Eyes arctic gear, and trench coat DestroReveals: >NYCC panel on the 10th>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
More Steeler, less missile set
>>11580208I like the original MMS. It has charisma as a military toy. I just don't know if I like the new one which replaced the phoenix missles with a new type
>>11580218>I just don't know if I like the new one which replaced the phoenix missles with a new typePretty sure the MMS missiles were based on the MIM-23 Hawk.
>>11580229I googled it, and you're right. I knew it was based on a real launcher but the missiles always looked like Phoenix missles to me.
From last thread, the new Reaction+ wave is showing up.
I like this guy more than I thought I would.
>>11580876>>11580904Please stop spamming the thread with troll posts.
>>11580904Nah, there's a lot of people who hate the old vintage shit and want modern 1:18 figures, while also hating on the Classified line.PErsonally, I don't think the classified line is shit, but it sure is a low point in GI Joe history, at least in terms of sales and output.Everything is so limited and because there's so much retread, i tend to tune out the line with all the releases od old boring designs and missed out when something actually good came out.And vintage shit has its place, but i definitely don't support any of it.
>>11580876It doesn't bother me. It bothers me that they only reveal new releases a few days before dropping them into stores. At $25 each, they pretty much give zero time for those of us who have to budget for this stuff to plan for it. >>11580904>Pretty much no detailThe BAT has excellent detail that holds up well with the originals. In a lot of ways I like it more than the original. They just refuse to get the colors right. They'll sell the shit out of it even at $25 if they do a Sunbow version that's black with yellow trim and a red face. >>11581061In my opinion Classified has gotten really good over the past year. They learned to stop doing goofy faces like Falcon and Zarana got. They learned that the fan base does want a bit of the cartoon cheese like with Cold Slither. They actually (dramatic gasp) made an attractive female for the first time (Rattler Baroness). They even took what was arguably the most worthless original figure (Crystal Ball) and turned it into a bad-ass that's actually worth getting. That's like dividing by zero, and should have been impossible.
>>11581130*shouldn't have>>11580913People are making legitimate points, so it's not trolling. Some will like the Reaction+ stuff, and some won't. For me it's not a blanket-statement, and I judge each figure individually. At least with >>11580682 they figured out how they could make an O-ring Baroness Cobrathon dress with that lower-skirting part of Destro's coat. That's a positive, assuming that Cobrathon Baroness is even on their list.
There's 54 releases planned for 2026, which averages out to 4 to 5 new releases per month. I just hope that Hasbro shows a decent number of them next week.
Hell, yea. But why is he carrying a gun?
>>11581532Because he had one originally even if he was a whiny pacifist douchebag.
>>11581130>arguably the most worthless original figure (Crystal Ball) and turned it into a bad-ass>still a worthless figure, but make him hard to find, and now he becomes a badass
>>11581554The new one's worth getting. The original is still shit.
>>11581532>But why is he carrying a gun?Because he's secretly a psychopath who shoots injured Joes in the head when no one is looking.
>>11581130>the most worthless original figure (Crystal Ball) and turned it into a bad-ass that's actually worth getting.I don't get it.How did he suddenly turn into a badass? Did the "war paint" really that much of a shift into badass territory for you?It's the same character, with a few extras.To me, it's nothing but a retread, with the same ugly 70s/early80s mystical aesthetics.>Classified has gotten really good over the past yearOnly because they're just doing retreads, because the revamp that Classified was supposed to be getting was just way too cartoony sci-fi-ish and turned a lot of people off. IT wasn't the tacticool, slightly futuristic shit that people actually want to see like Pursuit of Cobra or Metal Gear Solid. So them going back to just retreading the 80s and 90s designs is seen as improvement, when it's actually pretty boring.And because Pursuit of Cobra was such a high point, i think the Classified line is mostly a skip. I think Mezco did a far better job at revamping the line than Hasbro did. I even appreciate the original Classified redesigns more than the retreads, because they were trying to modernize the line.And I get it... people DO want retreads in 1:12. I understand their demand, but I'm not some nostalgiafag, despite growing up in the 80s and having hundreds of 80s and 90s GI Joes.
>>11580198>>11580218>>11580229In my headcanon as a kid the MMS was two conventional warheads but the third one was a tactical nuke which is why Hawk himself came with the set since he was the only one authorized to use it in the field.
>>11580679Cooool
>>11580667If they were this cool in the 1980's, I'd have bought them maybe
>>11581758I still think that it's weird how in the very first year the Joes got all the vehicles, and all Cobra got was a cardboard "base" for the Joes to invade.
>>11581532>why is he carrying a gun?
>>11581758At least a Hawk missile has sensible range for which to launch a tactical nuke, lol. I think the Davey Crocketts were under 3 miles.
>>11580667Where'd you get that Golobulus vehicle?? And what's Pythona's cape like?
>>11581532Kosher for medics to carry small arms for defense of themselves and their charges, and, as he clearly marked as a combat medic, it would be illegal for Cobra to open fire on him. As Cobra are nogoodniks, conventions don't apply, lol.
Huh. Budo and the Desert Scorpions are in stock in some places already. Didn't think they'd be out for another couple months.
>>11581859To protect his patient. Doc was the pacifist and not even his daughter shared that opinion. Slaughter also refused to use guns as anything other than a blunt object, but Hasbro forgot that years ago.
>>11581805Hasbro hadn't even made any villains for the 1982 line at all until their meeting with Marvel about making a GI Joe comic, and Marvel's people asked "who are they going to fight?" and one of them pitched the name 'Cobra' for a villain faction. The three 1982 Cobra figures were a last-minute afterthought, which makes it kind of amazing that they're some of the more memorable designs of that year.Wasn't the cardboard missile base an exclusive to just one store?
>>11581744>How did he suddenly turn into a badass? Did the "war paint" really that much of a shift into badass territory for you?The original guy was just a doofy looking old man with a random shield. Looked more like a cheap fortune teller at a carnival than a mystic/occult dude. They heavily leaned into that with the Classified version. All of the translucent green stuff was created for that version, and makes him come off more as a crazy cultist using occult powers to summon Cthulu, or something. And the Ghost Vipers being his personal mystic/paranormal army gives him a sort of actual faction/branch of Cobra. Meeting some guy trying to tap into Lovecraftian creatures and surrounded by an army of ectoplasmic soldiers and wolves gives him way more flair than what is essentially some slight-of-and parlor trickster.Some of the storyline for these guys comes straight from the new accessories the Classified verisons have that the vintage versions didn't, and the narrative is often told through the pomotional shots. Kind of like how the Classified versions of the Pursuit of Cobra Alley Vipers are biohazard control/containment for the whole Mole Rat/energon corruption situation.
>>11582443>Wasn't the cardboard missile base an exclusive to just one store?Yes - Sears. >The three 1982 Cobra figures were a last-minute afterthoughtThose afterthoughts are somehow the most stand-out memorable figures of the series, and one of them (Cobra Commander) is the most valuable.
>>11582443>one of themPut some respect on Archie Goodwin's name, anon.
>>11582454are you nine years old or a female marketer?It's still the same lameass 70s style mysticism guy, but they gave him some warpaint and a trenchcoat with the sleeves cut off.Are you really telling me that the edgy eye shadow and trenchcoat really makes a middleaged weirdo from the 70s into a badass?Are you a big fan of Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
>>11582879He looks like a retired porn star who's been crying all night because he can no longer get it up. He has a porn star name too. Dick King
>>11582879I must have missed that episode where Mac had an ectoplastic sword and grew ghostly claws and horns.
>>11582879>left out all the other stuff with himFigures. His accessories are what amp up his coolness over the snap-on lenticular disc.
>>11582901>a middle aged man from a 70s coven looks badass if you give him clear plastic accessoriesOh, so you're nine years old? I bet you'd be pissing and shitting yourself if they gave him glow-in-the-dark green slime too, huh? Maybe even a spring loaded arm, so he karate chopI grew out of these sort of chilidish gimmicks in the 90s when i became a teen.Maybe if they actually painted it, it wouldn't look so damn chintzy. McFarlane did some clear plastic Spawn figures and you wouldn't even know it until you held it next to a light, which actually surprised me and looks cool as fuck. ... but that paint still wouldn't change the fact that Crystall Ball is still the same middle aged man with an outdated style, despite now using edgy eye shadow and a sleeveless trenchcoat.>ib4 eyes and gem paint apps are missinglook up Alien Spawn 2 to understand the level of paint apps that are required to make clear plastic actually look good and not to attract little kids.
>>11582983You're not very fun. Serious collectors suck so fucking much. It's a good figure even if it's not your taste. For the record clear plastic makes everything cooler, and I can't wait for the Ghost Viper's release.
>>11582983And who cares if the style is outdated? As a new representation of an 80s toy the style is fine. Jeez. You bitch about any little thing as if your name was "Michael" or something.
>>11582988This just makes you sound like some marketer, throwing around buzzwords, to try and generate hype. Since you can't spin a middle aged man from the 70s as being a badass like you were originally saying, you're now saying how "fun" chintzy accessories are.And I'm all for fun, otherwise i wouldn't be on a /toy/ board, talking about childrens toys. I just question your motives.>>>11582990Point of the matter is the fact you called the original figure a lame joke, when the figure is nearly identical except for memeing It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia's character, who's also portrayed as being cluelessly lame.And giving him chintzy accessories just makes it look even cheaper, like it's aimed at little kids.pic of that Alien Spawn and how amazing the paint job is. But Hasbro could never do anything as great as this, even back in the 00s when everything was 8x times cheaper.
>>11583011What buzzwords? If anything he reminds me more of a fucked-up version of Vincent Price. Plus the back-story of the character as originating with Steven King who wanted a character named after his son, and the character still carries the "King" name. You don't like the character. I get it. Your and my opinions aren't any more valid than the next. That's fine, At the end of the day it's all opinions. >I just question your motives.What fucking movites? Someone else brought up the figure since it's still relatively new, and I commented on how I do like the new version. Then you went off on a mad-gasm because someone dared to not have the same opinion as you. And the character is a bad-ass now. He comes with weapons now, and does more than just hypnotize captives of Cobra as the original figure's mission statement. And he's apparently part of some tangent continuity where he leads a paranornmal arm of Cobra. That's not really that much of a stretch from the original ARAH when considering CC's "Phantom Brigade."
Also in case anyone's interested, it looks like Ghost Viper is getting an early release. WalMart is listing its release as being on October 9.
>>11583011Bro, what the fuck are you even on about? You know you're arguing with like 3 or 4 different people at this point, right?Also, who gives a shit about what McFarlane was doing 20 or 25 years ago? Because pic related is the stuff he is doing right NOW. And this is from his Spawn line, this is his baby. His pet project that he puts the most attention into. And everyone knows that McFarlane was the best of the best in the late 90's/early 00's. He's basically irrelevant now, lmao.What's more, the figure posted here >>11582983 is the prototype. The face IS painted on the translucent green head for the final product.You've done zero research on any of this shit, and instead would rather spout reddit non-sequiturs about random TV shows.
>>11583024Mcfarlane used to be known for their paint washes on everything to bring out the details. That's not the case with that figure. Its a shame. A good paint wash would instantly improve it when considering the sculpt quality is still high.
>>11583017>What buzzwords?>fun>badassBut now you're trying to backtrack after being called out. Whatever happened to>the most worthless original figure (Crystal Ball) and turned it into a bad-ass that's actually worth getting.>The original guy was just a doofy looking old man with a random shield. Looked more like a cheap fortune teller at a carnival than a mystic/occult dude. Again, the new figure looks almost identical so when i pointed this out you then changed your goalpost about how chintzy accessories makes him "FUN".You're just flipflopping, becasue you don't have a genuine opinion, making you sound like some marketer.>>11583024They still use high quality paint apps, if you're willing to pay for it, but McFarlane wanted to introduce the line to general public again and that required a cheaper price. Like i said, shit's basically 8x more expensive now (technically 3x). Hasbro would never release something this (before and now), whereas McFarlane still does.>You've done zero research on any of this shitI literally mentioned the missing paint apps ijn the post, which you're too illiterate to comprehend. ... or did you stop reading my post, because you got that mad?Again, the level of paint to make clear plastic not look chintzy is above Hasbro's abilities.Fucking fuck. I questioned a guy about what a middle aged occult dude from the 70s looks badass when the new figure still looks 95% identical and you guys go into ultra defensive mode.If you actually think the eye shadow is truly badass, LOL!, but more power to you. If you like his Always Sunny in Philidelphia sleeveless look and think Mac is a badass, that's hilarious, but again, more power to you. No need to dig your hole further, shit the place up with a hundred other rationalizations, and get angry at me.
>>11583071You're just looking for an argument. The new version is more fun than the original. They did transform a lame character into some leader of a spectral army. I think that's cool. The accessories made all the difference. And you're just looking for someone to shit on for not validating your opinions. Assholes like you don't understand that this is a hobby, and hobbies are supposed to be fun and enjoyable. You don't like the character. Fine. Get over it, move on, and stop worrying about those that do like it.
>>11582879>>11582901>>11582983Classified Crystal Ball has try-hard syndrome as they want to make him look like a bad-ass with the translucent plastic alt head and accessories. Remove the green plastic bits and he's a passable figure for a guy who's lameness ironically (like Raptor) has made him a fan favorite. Ironically though, I'd have put him in a two pack personally with another figure than wasting money making those green plastic bits. Stick him with Jinx or Chuckles for a two pack battle in the box deal.
>>11582879>>11582983>>11583011Okay we get it you're autistic and you were banned from other sites so now you have to bother us. Yes the Spawn character you have an unhealthy obsession with has nice paint, you should stay in the Todd thread they'll have more to say to you. You're not going to get any positive interactions from us about this topic.
>>11583071So now your argument is small production crowd funded figures at 3x the price vs. mass-produced figures? Fuck off. McFarlane is the type of guy who will double a figure's price just to put a gold sticker on the front of the box.Also, you're one who keeps bringing up the "eye shadow." No one even brought that up. You're literally making up points in your own head to counter when no one said anything about that.
>>11583080bitch, please. I've literally been asking why someone would call an old toy doofy and call the new one badass when it's 95% identical. Still a lameass middleaged trapped in the 70s weirdo, and you claerly knows this, hence moving the goalpost to saying the accessories are "fun."Nothing but rationalizations for 10 posts now, because you get called out for your suspicious marketing-like words and behavior.I mean, here you are calling him a "fan favorite" when barely anyone here has ever posted him. Just more marketing speak>>11583086Brah, I'm fucking old and hadn't joined another forum since 2004. I think the last site i posted on was Points of Articulation. Never been banned either, but I'm not surprised that modern forums have become extremely sensitive because they're dying circlejerks. >>11583087Never shifted my argument. You're just illiterate and also apparently ignorant about other toylines. Again, McFarlane is still releasing toys with complex paint apps, see pic. And McFarlane doing limited editions is no different than Hasbro making limited editions for SDCC.Don't talk shit about things you know nothing about or if you're not even going to bother to read someone's posts, because it makes you sound butthurt.>>11583085fast and easy way to anger everyone, by forcing people to buy shit no one wants with another figure someone would want.
>>11581532I've never once seen a Walgreens carry any Classified series at all so I wonder how this store exclusive is going to work out.
>>11583148It's not 95% identical, and I have already said that the accessories made the difference. They really changed the character from a hypnotist to a leader of a spectral army. You just want to bitch because you don't like the character. And I never called him a fan favorite. You're either quoting someone else or you're making shit up.
>>11583149He will be impossible to find, but just like with Dick King, a lame ass character that no one wants will suddenly become a highly sought after badass.
>>11583177Scalpers hoard. It's their nature. The shortages they create will create an artificial mental-sense of scarcity among collectors. That puts the market in favor of the scalpers.
>>11583157brah, I'm not the only one who hates the character, hence >the most worthless original figure (Crystal Ball) and turned it into a bad-ass that's actually worth getting.>The original guy was just a doofy looking old man with a random shield. Looked more like a cheap fortune teller at a carnival than a mystic/occult dude.And yes, he's still 95% identical. Same ugly 70s style, same middled aged man, but with eye shadow and a sleeveless trenchcoat>They really changed the character from a hypnotist to a leader of a spectral army.Nice head canon. Nothing stopped you from pretending the original 1 was too.>You're either quoting someone else If you're going to take up someone else's argument, maybe you should declare yourself as being "not that anon."I've seen that anon refer to the new Crystal Ball as "fan favorite" or being popular with fans for months now.Again, pretty weird that people like him say shit like that yet nary any discussion or pics of him.More people post their 1:18 (Funko, vintage, and 25th+) Joes than him despite those lines being hated or dead... and those figures are probably posted more than Classified in general for the past year>>11583177I always liked Lifeline. That Special Missions issue with him was fantastic. Considering he's a popular custom, i think a lot of other people like him too.
>>11583148>Never shifted my argument.You absolutely did. You went from comparing a 20 year old figure to a modern one, to comparing a $25 mass retail figure to a $60 crowd funded figure, to comparing a $25 figure to a $60 deluxe figure. You've done literally everything in your power to avoid comparing two equally priced figures, because McFarlane's modern figures in the same price range as Classified are generally undetailed, unpainted, and uninspired, and often, not even accurate to the source material.Ironically, most people fell like he dropped the ball on the Medieval Spawn, because it (and the first Kickstarter Spawn) were supposed to be modern updates to the old 90's Spawn figures from the original line, and most people hated how that Kickstarter Medieval Spawn looked, because it was was too overly detailed and looked nothing like the original figure or even the original character in the comics.And I never even acted like the updated Crystal Ball figure was some amazing awesome, highlight of the line. Everyone just acknowledges that they took a throw away nobody that no one cared about into a more interesting figure with more flair. You legitimately cannot think abstractly or follow the narrative that they create in the background for these figures.
Why are you still talking to him
>>11583185>Nothing stopped you from pretending the original 1 was too.Show me where I said that. >I've seen that anon refer to the new Crystal Ball as "fan favorite" or being popular with fans for months now.Show me where I said that because at this point you're slandering people to rationalize the fact that you just want to fucking argue over a character that you're unconditionally going to hate.
>>11583149I'm pretty sure he isn't a Walgreens exclusive. I've seen that image without the Walgreens logo on it. They did carry Classified for the first maybe year or two, but I haven't seen any Joes there for a long time. They barely seem to have any toys at all anymore.
>>11583185>I always liked Lifeline.Goes to the jungle dressed up like Santa Clause "Geewiz, I hope they don't spot me"
Why the fuck is iT ALREADY ON SHELVES
>>11583189>You absolutely did. You went from comparing a 20 year old figure to a modern oneYou're fucking retarded.YOU brought up modern McFarlane figures, i didn't. I was talking about how to make clear plastic accessories NOT look like chintzy shit, lamenting how costs to do that have increased way too much.>most people fell like he dropped the ball on the Medieval Spawn, because it (and the first Kickstarter Spawn) were supposed to be modern updates to the old 90's Spawn figures from the original lineIT was plainly obvious after the first KS that he wasn't just going to do a remake of the originals. Most of the bitching after that are just obvious trolls, which iswhy the DC thread gets like 4 Generals every week. Nonstop trolling, with people who are making shit up and have no idea what they're talking about, sorta like you.>too overly detailedI've seen a single person make this complaint, and i considered it genuine, since he's posted his toys before, but i really don't understand that. What's wrong with having a ton of detail, when fucking Spawn itself is fucking overly detailed? Just seemed like bitching just to bitch, but it's probably because the lines he collects are lacking in such detail, mainly because they cheap out on molds. They have to make them generic and undetailed, because they reuse the molds constantly, so it can't be too specific.>>11583191I have no idea who you are, but i really don't believe there are this many people who think Crystal Ball is a badass and/or popular, because there's been like a single person who has even posted that figure here.Again, if you want to take up someone else's argument, you need to tell everyone, because now it sounds like you got caught saying dumb shit like "fan favorite" you just want to say you're not samefag.
>>11583208I think this new iteration of Crystal Ball is bad ass. He’s like Cobra’s Mysterio now.
>>11583204Cool. Now I have to go into the wild (Walmart) today to see if I can find it today.
>>115831961986 was the year a whole lot of Vietnam movies started coming out, and this is the same Hasbro that responded to the Vietnam war by reinventing the original 12" Joes as action/adventure people to disassociate itself from the war it was against. I think they made Lifeline to be the way he is as anti-war for the sake of inserting their politics and their opinions about all the Vietnam stuff in a way that wouldn't cause them to sink the brand.Personally I like Doc better.
regardless of your feelings on the figures at least you can get them, classified has pretty much disappeared here in scotland
>>11583208>i really don't believe there are this many people who think Crystal Ball is a badass and/or popular,I guess you weren't here when it first hit the pegs in stores. It sold well and won't be a pegwarmer that ends up in Ollie's. But hey you go ahead and believe that because you don't like it then the majority doesn't like it either. Sometimes you have to concede to your own opinions that a figure you don't like is something others do like. For me, I thought that Croc Master was going to be a guaranteed flop. NOPE. I still don't get it, but hey that's alright that other collectors like it.
>>11583149Its just an edit. The original picture didn't have walgreen's on it.
>>>11583547 I guess you weren't here when it first hit the pegs in storesDon't even fucking lie. I come to this thread like anyone else and i even checked our archive just to make sure i remembered shit right. So you know what i noticed? KTron is almost as popular as Crystal Ball. 3 people posted their Crystal Balls since he was released and 2 of us posted our KTrons, from the bomb of a movie: Valerian.This is not a "fan favorite" figure if some random robot gets posted as much almost a decade after it came out.>it won't be a pegwarmer that ends up in Ollie'sit's insane that this is now considered a good thing>Sometimes you have to concede to your own opinions that a figure you don't like is something others do likeI love this goalpost movement.Again, i asked why YOU (or samefag) thought the original was lame, while praising the new one, when they're both nearly identical, because you sounded like a shill. YOU said the old one looked cheap and doofy, despite the NEW figure still looking like a middle aged man from a shitty 70s horror movie. So for 100 posts now, you've just been sounding like a marketing tool and now you're straight up lying.> I thought that Croc Master was going to be a guaranteed flopI bought mine at Ross for $10.
>>11583833>using 4Chan thread archives to support an argument against what the opinion of the majority fandom holds about a character and their figure Some people post on other sites and some people don't post pics at all yet will still praise their new "fan favorite" figure given the chance. None of your "you guys don't post it enough" argument holds any weight.
>>11583841>using one of the most active toy forums on the internet isn't a good way to gauge what is actually popular with fansoofNevermind 4chan is one of the lowest points of entry into the internet, where you don't have to register and anyone can post a picture without opening another account on some random image hosting site, hence 4chan still being one of the best places to get pictures of users posting their toys/dicks/video games/dicks/cars/dicks/ass/comics/plushies/dicks/rabbits/dicks/dogs/cats/shelves/boxes/dicks/hands/guns/drawings/etc and other impressions for products and dicks.This is why i stopped going to other toy forums and communities, because 4chan made talking about my hobbies easy and, years later, the sites i used to go to started becoming ghost towns or straight up died. When 4chan was down earlier this year, it made made it more apparent of how the rest of the internet has declined. Even places like reddit are pretty shit, because they're basically (You) farming with very little discussion.Also, i like how you're speaking up to defend a figure you never bothered to get
>>11583864Do you even collect GI Joe? Or did you come here to shit on those who do?
>>11583864>you're speaking up to defend a figure you never bothered to getI simply think "they don't post enough of it on 4Chan so it can't be popular as a fan favorite" is an incredibly flawed argument. It's the embodiment of confirmation bias. By your logic /ctg/ getting the most traffic here means a majority of ALL toy collectors are perverts that own multiple sexy articulated figures.
>>11583887Cobra Commander has explosives wired in to his helmets... he would not go down like a bitch.
>>11583897>explosives wired in to his helmetsWhat do you think he's going to do next? That room is going to be painted blood red in a few seconds.
>>11583897I thought he had electro-shock sensors to zap anyone who tries removing it
>>11583901Joes don't do that. Instead they jail him long enough for Cobra to launch a rescue mission.
>>11582879i'm not going into the back and forthbut for me the red eyed bodybuilding older gentlemen with weird viking outfit is more distinctive than the more modern and younger likeable boyband tiefling look, instead of tiger loincloth circus strongman mixed with dr. strangei understand the direction, but it loses some of the appeal to me
>>11583870The only person I've shat on is the female marketer and those who responded harshly to me.And yes, I collect GI Joes. My collection is wide and varied. See pic that i took for these threads a while back, when it was still just 1:18.>>11583887>By your logic /ctg/ getting the most traffic here means a majority of ALL toy collectors are pervertsThat's not logic. That's a leap in logic, especially when you can tell posters apart from their collections/displays/furniture. Every thread is its own community and it's sometimes surprising when i see a poster from another thread actually collect something else. So like the ViewSonic Monitor guy, who used to post here, but is also a big anime/mecha fan. You expect some overlap, but an anime guy also being into western figures? Unexpected, even though i would be biased, since I also collect mecha/anime shit and western toys.>they don't post enough of it on 4Chan so it can't be popular as a fan favoriteThis backwards. If you go to a GI Joe forum like yojoe, you're more likely to find people who ONLY collect GI Joes. They're the biggest fans, especially now that the internet has killed many sites and concentrated the densest of the hardcore into those dying communities. They're supremely biased, so they would get everything.Whereas /toy/ is only part of 4chan. There's a wide variety of posters here, which makes it more active, especially in the honest ways of actually taking an active part, instead of trying to get (You)s or feeling its your duty.To get to the point, if something is a "fan favorite" it implies that nearly every fan has it. Not just completionists. It's like everyone having a Snake Eyes or Cobra Commander. A fan favorite is a MUST have, something that pay up on eBay for $40. If /toy/ only has 3 people in the 2 months the figure came out in, that's not popular at all with fans. And since it gets as posted as much as robot toys from a movie that bombed 10 years ago....
>>11580678my only little gripe is his chin part that flapped outward on the original looks a bit differentbut i'm super excited about getting himI got both techno viper and him in modern articulation and 1/12 scale wich were my favourite classic joe figures
