Previous one:>>11634179Recent 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
Ninja Force going hard in 2026 mean we better get a vehicle and Ninja Scarlet.
>>11656980Is she going to have a massive braper like the original?
>>11656980>Ninja Force going hard in 2026I know there's a bit of dreadnok stuff coming next year but ninja force stuff is new to me.
>>11656933You should have updated as Hasbro is taking Arctic HISS pre-orders NOW as well as announced an Arctic Trooper 3-pack
If we have to deal with ninja force, I hope we get existing characters getting Ninja Force versions since outside Slice and Dice, all of the created just for Ninja Force Joes fucking suck donkey ballsGive us Ninja Force Lady Jaye, Captain Gridiron, Beachhead, Shipwreck, and Leatherneck with crazy new costumes to reflect their becoming ninjas
>>11657071I was never really a fan of all the ninja stuff, but if Hasbro just has to go in that direction then I hope they'll do the version of the Baroness that was proposed but we never got.
>>11656980The Ninja Forcé SnakeEyes and Scarlet could not even fit on that bike with the kick action feature they had.>>11657028>>Huge butt Scarlet Yes please
>>11657028The retro Scarlet lower torso part already has the big dumper. They'll definitely use that as a base along with the thunder thighs, biceps, and just make new upper torso, use Zarana's shoulder pads, Jinx's forearms and hands, then glue on some elbow, knee, and shin armor. A new headsculpt would be nice, not of fan of the retro head with it's jutting chin.
>>11657696>use Zarana's shoulder padsThat'll probably be Zanya who gets a lot of Zarana's recycled parts.
>>11657112>let’s turn her into Kikeness!thank god somebody higher up was like fuck that
>>11657868She never got released because the entire GI Joe series got cancelled by Hasbro. Ninja force Road Pig, Scarlet, and Flint were also supposed to be in that series and were also cancelled.
>>11657870To correct myself after doing some digging: She was to be a aprt of "Battle Corps" in 1995 but GI Joe got cancelled. https://www.3djoes.com/action-figure-news-and-toy-review.html
They made Flint and Storm Shadow look retarded.
>>11657877>one of Hasbro’s executive secretaries Naomi Finklestein? Andrea Goldshekelman?
>>11657882Probably yeah.
>>11657880Were some of these used for Mortal Kombat?
Santa brought me two cobras
>>11657870>She never got released because the entire GI Joe series got cancelled by Hasbro.And just to remind everyone, sales were great at this point. Either 1991 or 1992 was also it's second biggest year in sales (1st being 1986).So Hasbro killed the ARAH line (comics and toyline) because it saw how great Batman:TAS and X:TAS sales were going. They replaced ARAH with edgier, more heroic GI Joes by increasing the scale and made preposed, musclely looking figures to cash in on the superhero craze going on.
>>11658012That looks like Keanu Reeves is trying to launch a shit-rocket. >>11658011Nice! Congrats! Torch is especially cool.
>>11658012This is when i first lost interest in action figures. I still thought toybiz was cooldue to the selection but all those pre posed figures sucked to play with. Yeah, they look great but i cant tell the story i want with pre posed figures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx8TD_1gdKsThis guy rendered Biggles-Jones to imagine what she wuold look like in figure form. I have to admit that it's not bad.
>>11658073I'd buy that, and I have no idea who that character is.
>>11658115She's a comic book character. We got Helix and are getting Zanya, so it's always possible to also get her.
What everyone get?
>>11658073>AI slopGod no
>>11658073Doctor Knox is way sexier and has a better name than that absolute Karen caricature.
>>11658315>>11658073For me it's them teaming up and working together.
>>11658199A pair of snake armors, I actually love them, not just because they're big, but the details and are quite nice. Makes me feel like I'm playing Battletech with Joes.Also, your posing is always on point anon, you just made that bland pack of divers look kind of cool.
>>11658609damn, forgot image
>>11658199Ghosts
>>11658460Well now I want all three of em. >>11658611Nice, those things look super imposing when there's a figure next to em. >>11658820The goggles on the Wolf are a nice touch.
>>11658609Thanks, I love the divers. Hoping they go on sale so I can pick up another set.>>11658611>>11658820Good stuff. Haven't seen the Ghost Vipers at all yet, which is odd cause my local Walmart with the big display has gotten just about everything else so far.
>>11659076Also hoping the firefighter and policeman go on sale as well. And I'm sure this is known by now, but Blowtorch's mask leaves behind quite a bit of black paint after being left on for a while. It was easy enough to pick off with my fingernail, but still annoying. Just another one of the many issues with him.
>>11658199>>11659076I got the divers when they first came out. The divers are awesome and are better than a lot of people gave them credit for. I am hoping they'll do the female versions next because Baroness appears in the red diving suit in one episode, and Lady Jaye appears in the yellow one in another.>>11659081I had gotten Blowtorch this past October, and it's a great figure as well. I just wish the colors were a bit brighter to be more like the original version. Maybe a retro-card version later on?
>>11659076Also nice ROM figure. The classic comic books were pretty good, and I really should pick one up. Rattler Baroness looks like she's wearing a garter belt in that image. She really is the best female in the Classified line to date.
So what is this nonsense about places like Target not carrying Joes? All my Targets have them.
>>11659366I never heard that. In my city Target carries more and a better selection of Joes than Walmart does. And unlike Walmart their stuff is more evenly distributed so there is no guessing whether or not the one up the street will have something, or if I have to use the pickup-location tracker to find out which Target in the city (if any) got something in.
>>11659366Target is shrinking the toy aisles.
>>11659367Someone has been ranting about it for the past few threads. Makes no sense to me, only time I've ever heard that.
>>11659403>>11659401Maybe that's what someone sees in the city he lives in, but that's not what I see where I live. I'm not calling him/you a liar because I recognize that different cities have different issues, so I do believe what you're saying. But where I live their toy department is still a good size and they consistently do a much better job at stocking Joes than Walmart does.
>>11659367>>11659401>>11659406Ex-retail manager here, I worked for Walmart for close to 16 years. They hate toys; its cost-to-sales ratio is always bad. Theft is always high, Returns are always high, Damages are always high, and Toy departments are only really profitable 2/3 months out of the year. Labor doesn't cover toys only; a lot of the time you share hours with sporting goods, electronics, and other adjacent departments.
>>11659406The argument surfaced at the tail end of the old thread, basically some guy is claiming that GI Joe is dead because he doesn't find any figures in his local Target or Walmart. Meanwhile, every store I've been to that sells six inch action figures, sell Classifieds, so I'm really not sure what the guy is going on about besides distribution issues. Claiming the whole line is dead just because your local store sells out, is stupid. Here are the posts for reference:>>11659200>>11659120>>11659012>>11658852>>11658785
>>11659419Since you seem butthurt about the argument from the dead thread, I guess I'll butthurt you here too.First of all, some Targets not carrying GI Joe was reported like half a year ago on other forums. Some people on /toy/ also said they stopped seeing GI Joes at their local Targets. See post 11607162 in the archiveSecond, in the same thread, I said i hadn't even been to a Target for months and didn't really believe them... until i started seeing it for myself last month across 8 different Targets in my county.Third, do you think losing 5 million dollars is considered a strength?
>>11659469>A single postStill pretty anecdotal imo. Just because some Targets or Walmarts have shitty distribution doesn't mean the line is outright dead. I would've replied to you in the last thread if it didn't archive before I could.
>Subjectanon STILL so mad at Classified doing well he has to pretend it's notI don't even understand why this would make him mad. Surely a series you like getting a really cool new line and said line being successful would make you happy?
>>11659417>Theft is always highThat's for everything except sun tan lotion. Thousands of stores have been looted to death over the past 5 years. In some cities it's even 100% legal as long as the theft amount is under a certain $ amount. It's fucking insane how much we pay "taxes" on liberal policies by means of higher prices as if producers constantly raising prices wasn't enough.>>11659419>distribution issues.That's the key thing. I gave up on the Ghost Viper because of it, and had hell of a time finding Crystal Ball and battle armor CC locally. I didn't find Croc Master at all until it showed up at Ross. Oh well. I was willing to pay full price for it. Overall Target is more consistent with distribution than WalMart is even though I am sure there are holes here and there with them too. I disagree with what he said about scalpers not buying from Ross and Ollie's because they're cheaper than retail. The internet is full of Crimson Guards and Zaranas they bought for $5 each at Ollie's for sale for 4 times the price, and Scrap Irons that they bought for $7 each for once again four times the price they paid.
>>11659469Just because your area doesn't carry them doesn't mean they're a flop. Remember this fucker right here? Remember some stores full of them while most stores got a few or never got them at all? I live in the 7th-largest city in America. We have 30 Walmarts in the city, and out of that number only around 3 or 4 BRIEFLY got the GV in stock. Does it mean that it was a flop and the line is dying? Of course not. It's one of the most demanded figures in the whole damn line.You let your own local experience bias the big picture.
>>11659469>3 pegs dedicated to Joes and a deluxe sized shelf spaceOh yeah, Target definitely doesn't carry these anymore... I literally only left my house to take this picture and because it was a nice day for a walk.I'm actually a little surprised they finally cleared out the police officer, they had a bunch of him and finally sold through. Everything is kinda rough here though, most of the action figure aisle is on clearance right now. Target's getting ready for a reset.
>>11659495 >>11659546>shitty distributionThis is cope. Bad distribution means that these stores have an inept way of keeping track of stock and shipping things to stores. That hasn't been true for decadesTarget/Walmart are choosing NOT to allow various stores to carry stock. Walmart has been doing this since the 00s, because their policy is not to carry X if it's selling poorly in stores. So GI Joe has disappeared from many WAlmarts in the USAnd now it seems like Target has taken up that policy, hence people reporting on not seeing stickers for the toyline on pegsThose stickers should exist on the pegs and shelves whether a store has stock or not, as long as they're supposed to carry the product. Employees are trained to fill in the pegs with other products if they're missing stock and if the sticker gets ripped off, they're supposed to replace it with a new one. Toy collectors have known how this works since the 00s, hence people reporting that their Targets/Walmarts no longer carrying GI JoeAnd again, it's not even my local bias, because i doubted this when i first heard about it and now I'm one of many people who has seen this first hand>Does it mean that it was a flop and the line is dying?That's not even the point I even made in the other thread. GI Joe dying is simply the fact that the line used to have full support from Walmart/Target and in a single year, its shelf space got halved after the movie bombed. Then the next year, various walmarts stopped carrying the line altogether. Then there were years of the toyline constantly showing up at Ross/Ollies/etc. And now Target is no longer stocking GI Joe during the important Christmas season at various storesI mean, one retard even wants to say the line is going strong by pointing at the Haslabs being successful because they sell 20,000 units, garnering around $6,000,000 in revenue. In 2015, Hasbro killed the GI Joe line because they were only selling 100,000 units with $10,000,000 in revenue
>>11659812I just posted a picture that has four fucking spots for GI Joe. Fuck off you retard. Thank god I don't live where you do.
>>11659812Yet the line is still going strong in spite of your struggles finding it.
>>11659814>four spots>not dyingIt's like you guys never collected GI Joes until the last 2 years, when it became obvious the line was dying.It's like some Sudanese person moving to Detroit, thinking it's the most thriving city in the world, not knowing that the previous year the city had to cuts its police force in half, stopped policing 5 square miles and cut electricity to 50 blocks because it no longer had the budget to maintain those areas. Even after the movie bombed and stores halved the shelf space for the line, they still gave it more space than what you posted. Nevermind you're ignoring that entire Walmart and Target stores no longer carry stock either, when they previously gave the toyline full support in all their stores just 4 years ago.Nevermind GI Joe used to have 1/4th of a shelf all for itself into the 2010s and even commanded as much space when it became limited to TRU and indie stores for the 50th Anniversary. So the Detroit analogy is incredibly apt, because Detroit used to the jewel of the mid-west. Incredibly important and needed, and now it's measuring success by being able to afford food for the next week.
>>11659842Marvel Legends has four spots, Black Series has fucking two. Welcome to collecting toys at retail in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty five. McFarlane has even less of a presence in the toy aisle.>Nevermind GI Joe used to have 1/4th of a shelf all for itself into the 2010s and even commanded as much space when it became limited to TRU and indie stores for the 50th Anniversary.Subs, that was like ten to fifteen YEARS ago. The entire landscape for toys is completely different now. GI Joe is doing no worse than Marvel Legends, and is almost certainly selling better than Star Wars Black Series or DC Multiverse.
>>11659867>GI Joe is doing no worse than Marvel LegendsOOOF, how tiny is your store? The 3.75" STar Wars line at Walmart has more space than what you said for Marvel Legends and Black series combined, dude. Considering all that shit is going on clearance, maybe this is one of those stores >>11659401 said are shrinking their toy aisles.Do you actually live in Detroit?You must live in a shithole if you have that few pegs dedicated to the biggest action figure lines, because my stores don't have that few amount of spaces. I've been visiting Targets and Walmarts a ton recently and they definitely had way more space, though it was a little harder to tell in recent weeks due to everything selling out.>that was like ten to fifteen YEARS agoLOL, even 4 years ago, after movie bombed, Walmarts had twice as much space (if not more) dedicated to GI Joe.so it was a 50x drop in 15 years. 5x drop in 10 years. And a 2x drop in only 4 years. Hasbro's standards are super fucking low if they can sustain the line despite canceling the line when it was selling 5x as much as it does today.Like i said in the dead thread that you dredged this argument from, you're like a hobo who used to have a great job and owned a house, but now you're homeless, sucking dick at the corner, crowing about how great the day is because you earned $20 to buy a meal at Dennys.
>>11659536>That's for everything except sun tan lotionYou do realize that's a line made up by corporations right? Many of them even had to "correct" those claims of thefts on annual shareholder meetings as the money spent on increased security didn't measure up to the actual rates of theft. >hell of a time finding Crystal Ball and battle armor CC locally. I didn't find Croc Master at all until it showed up at RossSo you intentionally make collecting the things you want harder on yourself and then bitch how hard it is to collect the things you want? You know how I bought Croc Master, BA CC and Crystal Ball? I hit buy on one of the many websites they're readily and constantly sold on. I can't think of a single Classified figure I had trouble getting and I certainly have all the ones I want....which is the vast majority of the line. And this is without bothering with any kind of social media, I get all my Joe news from literally this thread and have no problem keeping up with the line. Stop acting like a victim when you create your own problems.
For an AI slop, these mock ups are getting to the point that I don't care anymore. Anyone know which AI they use for this?
>>11657221>>11657696Scar got them grab her from behind and go PLAP PLAP PLAP hips!
>>11659963Hey Baroness needs to come with Beach Destro in a leopard Speedo and Hawaiian flower necklace
>>11657112Bazinga.
>>11659963I'd buy it. Toss in Flint in casual wear.
>>11659907>So you intentionally make collecting the things you want harder on yourself and then bitch how hard it is to collect the things you want?There's nothing intentional about getting annoyed with the difficulty of finding some things. You're just a professional bitch who has nothing better to do than fuck up every single Joe topic by picking fights over any reason you can. >>11659963If Hasbro made that, they'd cut the torso for an ugly torse-joint that just has to be there. They'd also include a pet like a dino-buddy. >>11660003Would you settle for Cobra Commander in a Hawaiian shirt?
>>11659887>Classified and the retro line on shelves at the same time and same store. I know those figures were mass produced and shelf warmed real hard but i miss those days. Currently there is one store in town that still has classified, otherwise its a hour round trip to see whats out. Which really hampered my search for crystal ball because looking for toys during the holidays is pain.
>>11660119You're the one crying about not being able to "find" easily available figures like croc master and armored CC and writing off the whole line as "dead" because Wal-mart..who traditionally is shitty with exclusives...is being shitty with an exclusive. >They'd also include a pet like a dino-buddy.You say that like it's a bad thing.
>>11660216This is all you do with attack. You're a miserable piece of shit. You ruin every last Joe topic here. Yeah they were difficult. That's no excuse to pick fights with people. But that's all you do here.
>>11659366wait, hold on: you are all still shopping in stores? Why do that to yourself?
>>11660260It's enjoyable to go out "into the wild" to hunt. Plus there's zero chance of fucking FedEx delivering your package to your neighbor instead of you, or having it swiped by a porch-pirate. But that only works when you find shit. You can always cheat by using the store locators on sites to see which stores have whatever you're looking for. >>11659963Microsoft Create was pretty fucking useless. I'll try a couple of more.
>>11660291ChatPGT is closer, but fucked if I know how to do the in mock-up boxes.
>>11660292Close, but still off.
I'd buy this. How long until we're in a state where you can create something in AI, send it to a 3-D printer, and it produces all the parts perfectly?
>>11660305ChatGPT was way off with her battle armor though. It still looks cool.
>>11660307Gave the black battle armor another try. This one looks like a Rattler repaint. Still looks better than what Hasbro actually made.
I asked Gemini to show me what it thinks the Ghost Viper looks like, and....well..............
Don't know if want............
Gave "eau de cobra" another try..
You'd buy this 2-pack. Don't lie and say you wouldn't.
Lara Croft would totally work as a Classified addition
Fuck off
>>11660333You contribute with? Oh right all you do is pick fights and ruin absolutely every Joe topic with your bullshit.
Shipwreck in an 80s pop star disguise didn't work out well.
Don't have to mention who this one is.
>>11660362Tried dialing it in.
>>11660338You are just dumping AI junk that's forcing the image limit up. I'll take an anon that wants to pick a fight if only for the rhetoric. That said, you deserve each other. I'm out, you two enjoy the dead board.
>>11660331do Duke Nukem
>>11660364>post images on an image board>NOOOOOOO STOP YOU'RE KILLING IT
>>11660331kek
>>11660366He looks like early-90s Duke with a flat-top. If anyone else wants to chime in, then use google gemini and select "create image." Gemini is usually pretty good at identifying the characters you're asking for even if their renderings are always a bit off.
>>11660369Not him, but he's right. That poster is basically spamming non-toy images.If he were spamming images of his toys (customs, diorama, storytelling, or even just his fucking shelves) that'd actually be creative, but that requires effort.Low effort posting is shit.>>>11659536 I disagree with what he said about scalpers not buying from Ross and Ollie'swat? Literally said the opposite.
>>11660375More like showing renderings of possibilities of toys. And what are you contributing? The last Joe general died a premature death and auto-saged early due to inactivity. It's nice to see the possibilities. It'll be nicer when we can plug them into 3-D printers and produce them. That's the next step I see happening in all of this AI stuff.
>>11660381It's just stupid spamming with the lowest effort shit possible.IF there's no natural discussion, and devolves into stupid fanfiction about shit that literally doesn't exist, the General might as well be dead.WHEN someone posts their customs or even dioramas, it can actually get people excited about their toys. Someone might learn about a toy that they never knew existed.I enjoy looking at the Display Thread on /toy/ becasue of that. I like the Shelf Thread on /co/. I never look at the AI threads on any board, because it's shit that doesn't exist and has no effort involved. If the AI threads (and posts) were to disappear tomorrow, literally nothing would be missed, because it doesn't exist. Whereas everything else actually exists and you might miss out on something cool.Also, bumping a thread just to have it on the front page is shit. It's spamming and usually attention whoring. If you're lonely, put more effort into your shit, because it's pathetic and annoying if you just spam uncreative dumb shit.
>>11660387You're once again a professional bitch who finds any excuse to ruin Joe Generals, and I guess this is your latest excuse. You're not contributing at all. All you do is attack anything anyone else does. So I'm so fucking sorry for posting images on an image board that's clearly made for you to shit on people.
>>11660396>>11660234>>11660338>>11660119Is this some sort of new trolling technique? Make posts that are unfathomably annoying and bitchy, then get all defensive when called out on it? Cause it's honestly one of the more pathetic tricks I've seen. Though the spamming of AI shit is also pretty awful. I miss when trolls were actually funny.
This is my top 5 military figs for 2025. Didn't really buy a lot of Joes this year, but I think Cobra had the best figures. What are your top figures anons? Let's get the thread back to toys.
>>11660421>military figsGuy on the far left is clearly an extra from some Mad Max movie
>>11660445That's Monkeywrench, who's a dreadnok. >>11660421Who's the one in the middle with the shoulder-gun?
>>11660475That's one of Acid Rain's new 1:12 figures. They look kind of generic compared to the actual Acid Rain stuff, also way too clean for the line.
>>11660374>use google geminiDamn you anon...
>>11660493Hell. That and Shipwreck. I'd buy it.
>>11660482It's cool-looking regardless. It has a little bit of a Hideo Kojima MGS/Death Stranding feel to it.
>>11660398I agree spamming AI pics and trying to single out anons for contributing to discussion is the anti-thesis of this board. At the same time posting pics of toys you own gets next to no (You)s which makes threads ripe for shitposting to force engagement.
>>11660475This anon is correct >>11660482The new 1/12 Acid Rain stuff. They seem meh in pictures, but in hand are amazing. It's my figure of the year for sure.>>11660505Literally why I bought them. Had just finished DS1 and the exoskeletons reminded me of it.
>>11660558Skullwelder's mask is pretty cliche at this point, but the skull motif is just cool
>>11660396>You're once again a professional bitch First time i got called this.I guess someone else called you out on some other dumb shit?Also, i love how you think calling you out on low effort posting just to bump a thread is somehow an "excuse" to bitch. I agreed with that other guy and wouldn't have spoken up otherwise.And I'll agree that I'm not contrubuting to anything, but neither are you, especially when you're posting made up shit that doesn't exist.Post your toys. Doesn't take more than 30 seconds to do. Put some effort into your posts.Pic is something i recently bought, because Classified is so lame and since i still like GI Joe, i've been buying shit i missed out on before and filling out my army. I was going to make a small diorama, so i could include a blue one i bought a month ago, but i misplaced it. Hard to believe something so wide could get lost.
>>11660593>someone gives a (You) agreeing with you>ignore them to go on another rantThe shitposter is obvious but you're not helping by feeding big juicy (You)s
>>11660520Yea, I get it, I've had many OC pics not get commented on. But at the same time it can get kind of hard to come up with comments that are more then just "nice pic" to help encourage conversation. That said, I recognize that background and that Yor, and while I may not always comment I do enjoy your pics. It's amazing what even a simple background can do for an image. >>11660558>>11660563Well glad to know they're actually good figures at least, Acid Rain usually make some good figures. If they were based on members of the Bucks team I might have grabbed em already, but from what I saw they were light on accessories and otherwise pretty boring looking designs (I'm kinda meh on the whole exo suit thing). I'll probably grab the NVK Escort-L just to test out the line, maybe grab the Valerius too just so he has a color coordinated partner. Also, random OC to help positively contribute to the thread.
>>11660599I wonder how many days in the week Snow Job has a James Bond style ski chase?
>>11660602Probably a lot considering all the people he's conned out of money and all.
>>11660520People reply with shit-posting no matter what, especially subjectanon. He's ruined every Joe thread for the past few months with his bullshit, and that was long before I posted those pics. I didn't "spam" by showing what's possible with AI renderings. Speaking of the professional complainer:>>11660593I wasn't bumping. I was showing figures that'll never get made, and what they could look like if they were (as well as a fucked-up AI interpretation of the Ghost Viper that looks like it belongs in Tron). I don't give a shit if a topic fills to the bump limit because a new one will just get made. And you bitch about EVERYTHING. You've ruined every Joe topic over the past few months with your complaining and picking arguments over any excuse. Before I posted those pics you were arguing with people who disagreed with your belief that Classified is a failure because you can't find it where you live. And your next excuse for starting shit is always right around the corner..............
>>11660773Sorry but posting AI slop should be a bannable offense at this point. I don't care about what if concepts or whatever. Keep your bullshit to yourself, stop dumping it here, and stop being an overly sensitive bitch when no one appreciates your bullshit. Goddamn what a baby you're being.
>>11660782Based. You btfo that tranny
>>11660773You wanna post AI mock ups then make a separate thread about it. Don't assume you're welcome here.
>>11660885Don't assume you speak for the GI General you faggot
>>11660917Considering you have multiple people telling you to fuck off with this bullshit, it seems that he does.
Felt like something was missing, almost forgot their flippers. Wouldn't be the first time I missed something attached to the back of the box (rip Starduster cereal box)
>>11660773>I wasn't bumping.Sure sounds like it, especially when you're talkingabout the other General dying prematurely and being inactive.>you were arguing with people who disagreed with your belief that Classified is a failure because you can't find it where you live.Yes, this is actually happening, unlike your AI posts that you're only putting up because you have nothing else to discuss because you don't want to put effort and own any GI Joes to even post.And you keep ignoring the most important thing about why GI Joe is a failure. It's not about me not being able to find GI Joes where i live, it's the fact that Walmarts and Targets stopped selling the toyline in many of their stores across the country.5 years ago, they were found in every single store, with 10-12 different spaces for their toys. 4 years ago they had 6 spaces and some stores stopped carrying the line. Today they have 4 spaces and most stores no longer carry the toyline.10 years ago, they were selling 100,000 vehicles despite having limited support from toystores. They made 10 million dollars. Today, they're only selling 20,000 vehicles and making only 6 million dollars. 10 years ago, making only 10 million dollars got them canceled. If they're only making 6 million dollars today, you should be expecting Hasbro to finally pull the plugThe writing is on the wall.
>>11661028Then leave.Just leave the threads. Everyone is tired of your faggoty-ass posting these same verbatim posts thread after thread, day after day, year after year. You've been trying to convince people here pretty much the entire life of this line that it is a failure with anecdotal "evidence" that most people can prove you wrong just by going into their own nearby stores.You're a disingenuous retard peddling the same tired old comments trying to convince us a 6 year old line has actually be dead this entire time when anyone with eyeballs can see you're wrong. This line has existed practically as long as the ENTIRE modern era 1:18 Joe across ALL lines for that era.No one gives a shit about your "muh ollies..." "But muh ross..." "But, but, some guy said his store doesn't carry them...nevermind that yours does..." "But the line will be dead soon....trust me guys....please, it's happening...."
>>11660773People reply to you with shit-posting because you are posting shit. No one cares about your weird AI crap and it certainly isn't helping to make this thread more engaging. >>11660932I hate that they're the same exact figure just in different colors. They could've done something to make the Cobra feel more unique, even something as simple as using a full balaclava mask like the ME toy did, though I would've preferred if he had the Eel's gear. I know it wouldn't be "cartoon accurate" but I'd rather have cool toys over source accuracy. That said, I'd buy a Lady Jaye/Baroness scuba suit two pack in an instant.
>>11659963Fuck off that's which oneI fucking PRAY AI Slop finally get's fully perma banned or hard limited to /trash/ where it fucking belongs
I will not enable AI SlopI will not partake in AI SlopI will filter AI SlopI am above AI Slop
The ai hate is just sour grapes.
>>11661359I don't think you know what that means.
>>11660316>>11660308>>11660331>>11660328>>11660324>>11660338>>11660363if we still had an active customization culture these AI renders would spark all sorts of new customs.
>>11660375nah it's cool for ideas. the thread is slow anyways, with the same arguments and no pics of anyone showing their toys. if something isn't going up on hasbro pulse this place starts to move to a crawl
>>11661432It's because this place shuns and shames people that actually post their toys. I feel like it's out of jealousy. Like clearly with the amount of bitching over the most trivial shit and the kevetching over a couple of dollars, it's a jealousy thing since they don't have these toys to enjoy themselves. And God forbid you post regularly using a recognizable background because then you have lunatics who, at best, fixate on you for years and, at worst try, to dox you. So you can't be that surprised anymore that no one likes to actually post their toys anymore. And then that just lets the poors and thirdies free to run rampant, whining about having to spend an extra $3, and spamming AI slop since that's the only way they can participate in the hobby. Same thing happens in the Marvel and DC threads except instead of AI it's the lowest effort Photoshop ever posted. It's becoming my new catchphrase, but I'll say it anyway; I hate having to share a hobby with such mentally ill faggots. Why can't you cucks be normal?
>>11661435>I feel like it's out of jealousy.There's a few Michael-type collectors here who pretty much own everything, and in their arrogance they like to piss on "lesser collectors." I got shat on a few times over the years for not being as financially-capable as others. I remember a few months back when I posted a pic of my Rattler Baroness that I paid a hefty price for, I immediately got shat on by a couple of people dogging me for not being able to afford the whole Rattler set while they could. >>11661429I still think we're so close to a program that allows sending AI renderings directly to 3-D printers. It's the obvious logical next step for the tech. When that happens, "garage kit" toys and models, Christmas ornaments, and other stuff will explode since not everyone knows CAD, and not everyone knows how to create stuff in 3-D. AI-to-3-D will simplify 3-D printers so anyone can use them.
>>11661504>There's a few Michael-type collectors here who pretty much own everything, and in their arrogance they like to piss on "lesser collectors." I Really weird how you bring up, who I can only assume is, Retroblasting out of nowhere. It's been years brother. Get over whatever he's done to you already. Jesus. >I remember a few months back when I posted a pic of my Rattler Baroness that I paid a hefty price for, I immediately got shat on by a couple of people dogging me for not being able to afford the whole Rattler set while they could. More likely than not, those faggots didn't actually have any toys and were the shitters I described earlier.
>>11661512I didn't bring him up. I brought up his type. They're here and there's more than one of them. Snobs are the worst form of fan, and every hobby has them. If there's a community of dildo-collectors, there's 100% guaranteed to be that one guy who says "WELL I HAVE A DILDO FROM GEORGE TAKEI. HE USED IT ON HIS OWN BUTT THEN SIGNED IT FOR ME BECAUSE I GOT TO MEET HIM AND YOU DIDN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE POOR!"It's the nature of any hobby, and it's annoying. The mentality is teenage girls who want everyone to be jealous of them only to realize they're in a room full of people who just want them to kindly fuck off.
>>11661523>I didn't bring him upYou literally mention him by name lmao. Seriously, I will never understand why someone gets into some imaginary beef with a YouTuber who doesn't even know you exist.
>>11661329based zen master storm shadow
>>11661539I said HIS TYPE. Do you not understand english?
>>11661543Regardless if you were talking about him directly or people like him, clearly he's on your mind and you need to fucking get over whatever it is he did to bunch up your tightie whities.
>>11661546See? This nit-picking is why almost every topic here is sent to shit. You comprehended exactly what I said. You're just a shit-poster with nothing better to do.
>>11661572I acknowledged your actual point, you're the one ignoring that bit. Just pointing out that letting some YouTuber live in your head rent free is fucking retarded.
I want to get this figure so much, but just can't get past how badly they fucked up her head sculpt. The "Malibu Stacy" blonde version isn't an improvement for the classic character, either.
>>11661329>doesn't give the AI shill (You)s>doesn't rant for several posts without pics of his figuresBased. He comes with the open hands, right? Perfect for mediation or saluting.
The Reindeer Force returns this year too. This time new rookie Snow Serpent joined up!
Who should I reindeerify next Christmas?
>>11661666Range viper
>>11661669Seconding this
>>11661623He's greatI wasn't expecting to like him so much
>>11661669Alrighty
>>11661694Agree. Love the accessories too, we get 2 wolvie claws! I however never could warm up to the skirt, so I cut it off
>>11661189You can't stop it.YOUCAN'TSTOPIT
>>11661621I got over it pretty quickly once I got her in hand. I actually don't think any of the female Joe headsculpts are all that great.
"Good Lord!"The Faun took an unsteady step back as the door slowly opened and revealed horror."A monster!"
Posting toys to keep this thread on topic
>>11661770I don’t know how to feel about the generic military and service figures. They’re very nice, but it just seems weird to me that they’re the 60th anniversary figures and not remakes of figures throughout Joe's history. We didn’t even get a Joe Colton or anything.
>>11661764I really really like this picture.
I just got these 2 and goddamn, they're great. The originals look cool with the blue color, but these guys are justmenacing. It also helps they're taller.>>11661770Man, I missed the boat on these guys. >>11661781I really, REALLY want Classified Adventure team figures. That's what we should've gotten for the 60th.
>>11661802Its weird to me they haven't done them because its such an easy exclusive; reuse a body, slap two heads in, one flocked and one unflocked for the guys who don't like it and it'd sell just fine
>>11661781I'm holding out for one with flocked head and kung-fu grip with reverse thumbnail.
>>11661781>I don’t know how to feel about the generic military and service figuresI prefer them over named characters. In fact my Joe collection is comprised completely of guys that can pass off as generic military grunts.
>>11661802>Man, I missed the boat on these guys.He's still on BBTS.
>>11661792 Thanks. I just got the door b and it's too damned cold to go outside.
>>11661812 I just want some non-millitary stuff. Adventure team was all about finding mummys n shit. >>11660331 this being an example.
>>11661621Yea, hopefully if we ever get the Wolverine as a made to order, they'll remake her for it.
>>11661781I can see the idea behind it, as the G.I. Joe toyline started as dolls based on generic military members. The first G.I. Joe was just a generic looking Army Soldier, with Marine, Pilot and Sailor variants following. They also came in multiple races and was one of the first toy lines to market to minorities that way. So with the 60th Anniversary of the entire brand, starting off with a generic modern soldier, and following it with a Marine, Navy diver, and Air Force paratrooper, all with the ability to be change ethnicity, is very much a direct homage to the start of the line. The Adventure Team stuff with the flocked hair and beard didn't happen until the 70s, when people were starting to go against military stuff and Joe Colton wasn't even a thing until the 80s comics. He didn't even get an official toy until the 90s. As iconic as all of those things are today, none of them actually represent how G.I. Joe as a toyline started. >>11661792Hazard Viper is a very photogenic figure and a great original Viper made from a frankenstein of parts. I would love to see more stuff like that in Classified, with the Grim and Ghost Vipers being excellent examples. >>11661802I would LOVE a Classified Adventure team, especially if they were packed with all sorts of crazy gear and animals to struggle against/travel with. >>11661812>>11661813I can see them saving a flocked version as some sort of Exclusive. Sadly it's still another four-ish years until Adventure Teams 60th anniversary. >>11661834BBTS seems to be creating it's own line of figures with this concept. They only had one offering so far and it's pre-order sold out, but it looks promising. Had the snake they included in the set been articulated I would've been all over it. Still nice to see someone working with the concept. The figure is called Agent of Omega if you wanna check it out.
>>11661882The Wolverine is small enough to be a general retail release as far as I'm concerned, it's really not that big of a vehicle. I would love to see it, and the Armadillo, as vehicles in the Classified line. Joes need some heavy artillery at this point to counteract Cobra's growing HISS arsenal.
>>11661359At times when the general is dead or it's just two anons arguing about something nobody else cares about, I'm not against people posting AI renderings of figures that might one day get made, and ones Hasbro would never make. So long as the anon is open about it being AI and doesn't pretend he drew it, I don't see the issue, but I think the majority position here seems to be vehemently against AI art for any purposes. Maybe a compromise could be a separate thread?
>>11661963>separate thread?Those were literally a thing back when Dall-E launched years ago. The results were kinda shit and it made it more fun.
>>11661963The problem is when someone just drops a dozen random AI pics of the same thing with slight variations that no one actually wants to see. If there was a discussion about a potential toy and someone dropped an AI concept, that wouldn't be so bad. But getting a half dozen different Baroness pics in different outfits does nothing for the thread. AI stuff can, and usually does, quickly turn to crap which is why people don't want the thread full of it. If people were spamming actual drawn fan art here, people would probably have a similar reaction. This is a toy thread, not a random picture thread. Post pics of toys, not junk a computer whipped up after you told it what you wanted to see.
>>11661359Piss off with your slop faggotGo spam elsewhere like /trash/
>>11661913>> Agent of Omega Will check it out
>>11662051>Shoot the dog!!! Good shot anon, reminds me of the Thing.This is the only pic I've taken of Snake Eyes and Timber
>>11661913I get that, it just seems strange that’s the only 60th anniversary figures. Makes me curious when they’ll actually do updates to older figures. Ironically, this year was also the 55th anniversary of the Adventure Team
>>11662077 This is one of my first pics when I started collecting.
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>>11662153 I may have some form of preoccupation.
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>>11662156 I'm sure it's good for me. keeps me off the streets..
>>11662159 keeps me from breaking things... Startin fires ...
>>11662162 I mean what could possible go wrong?
>>11661834Hasbro won't do crossovers with properties they don't own. It's a shame. All I can do is hope that we do get 1:12 Metal gear Solid, Tomb Raider, and other lines in a similar style to Classified from somewhere else.
>>11661995You'd buy this. Don't lie and say you wouldn't. I think you and others like you hate it because it's currently intangible. It's not something you can physically put into your hands. I think it's a useful tool for showing possibilities, and maybe wake people at Hasbro up to making figures they wouldn't previously consider. And I am sure ALL toy-makers are using AI right now for rapid-conceptualizing of what their options are instead of waiting for someone to try and draw out everything.
>>11662293Now you're doing it just to be annoying. Good for you I guess.
>>11662294I don't think it's annoying, and neither do others. The ones who do find it annoying bitch up a storm over any little excuse they can and ruin every last Joe thread anyway. Hasbro has a lot of "meat on the bone" with Classified, and the line has noticably gotten better in recent years. That's why we've gone from exposed rivets to clean concealed ones, and the sculpt quality has also noticably improved. Personally I think 2025 is their best year in terms of sculpt quality. Whether or not the characters are to anyone's tastes are up to anyone's opinions, but HOW they were produced has improved. BUT what to do with that going forward? More figures based on Joes from their less-popular later years? That's where speculation comes in, and having the ability to visualize those possibilities is a good thing.
>>11662312>I don't think it's annoyingWe know>>11662312>and neither do others.debatable
>>11662312You don’t speak for all of us. I too find it plenty annoying.
>>11662337I feel sorry for obtuse people who lack the ability to entertain and visualize all the possibilities. What I personally see Hasbro doing is more "He-Man kitbash" figures like GRIM Viper and Ghost Viper since those two were successful and pretty much unamimously praised by the fandom. I'm also feeling like they're gonna do more themes like the supernatural (Crystal Ball, Ghost Viper, and Mole Rat), the arctic (the trooper 3-pack, arctic HISS, and Snowcat), and Dreadnoks (Zanya with sawmp skier and a highly-likely HASLAB Thunder Machine). Unconfirmed rumor has it they're saving Airtight for a toxo-environmental themed series of releases.
>>11662339Why? Because you can't touch the intangible?
>>11662345Because if I wanted to see Joe slop I could easily generate it myself, it’s just not interesting.
>>11662348>it’s just not interesting.TO YOU. That's fine. Spend your life being fed what to like instead of exploring all possibilities. People like you are the textbook examples of mindless consumers.
>>11662345/toy/ is for posting toys. Real, physical toys. Generals hyping up releases before anyone even has them is already veering off what the board is about. Now you're creating fake hype and false hope. Your hobby is separate from the hobby this board is based on.
>>11662350>accuses someone of being a mindless consumer>while (You) spends time generating fake hype for a company for freeYou're worse than a mindless consumer. Hasbro owns your dreams, your thoughts, and your time.
>>11662353>Now you're creating fake hype and false hope.So I was right and you just hate the intangible that you can't hold in your hands.
>>11662360Posters post toys I don't own in every thread. I appreciate their photos. Something intangible, because they put in physical effort to pose their toys and possibly edit the photos. This board is more genuine than any other board because it's not all hype and conjecture. Content is CREATED here rather than simply discussed. AI generation is a perversion of the hobby this ENTIRE BOARD IS BASED ON.
>>11662350>Generating slop makes me a real thinker.Okay bud if you say so.
>>11661663Based
>>11662293This looks like shit man
>>11662154TRU Arctic Doc, another excellent, yet often overlooked figure. I fused mine with a 30th Renegades Ripcord to make a somewhat modern updated Doc. >>11662156>>11662159Excellent use of that TFA Tentacle monster. Snow always makes for great backdrops. >>11662252I see you've never heard of Transformers. A brand that has literally crossed over with Star Wars, Marvel, Ghost Busters, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Sonic the Hedgehog, Evangelion, Godzilla, Stranger Things, Universal Monsters, Naruto, the NFL, Playstation, Nike, Masters of the Universe and freaking Hot Wheels. Hasbro is a dirty slut when it comes to crossovers. >>11662312The literal majority of the replies to your post tell you it's annoying. You have got nothing but hate in response to your slop. Nobody cares or is impressed by this low effort garbage and if anyone wanted to see it they could go do it themselves because it is low effort garbage. You are not some savior of the G.I. Joe General, you are just the newest troll.
>>11662549It's not trolling. You're just brain-dead. That's why you mindlessly consume and leave the thinking to Hasbro. And your public lynching is keeping other people quiet in spite of similar stuff showing up on YouTube and elsewhere without any of your bitching
>>11662557Stop being so overdramatic just because we don’t like your ai generation you fat baby.
>>11662293It's a little lacking, but yes, I will buy her when Hasbro gets around to it. I know nothing about her though other than shes in the current comics. The Joe team should be promoting thos comics anyway. Doesn't have to be a full wave like the SE movie, just add one or two comic figs and the reset retro inspired.
>>11662557I wish all the constant negative reactions would keep AI spammers quiet, but here you are, playing the victim. If you wanna share your slop, go to one of those other trash places that eat it up. This is not a slop thread, it's a toy thread.>>11662571A comic based subline of Classified would be fantastic. So many cool, lesser known characters they could drop that would make for outstanding figures. More female Cobra would specifically be very welcomed and the Comics had a decent amount of em compared to other media. ....that said, I would love to see a subline based on the awful movies as well. The films themselves may not have been good, and the designs were kind of questionable, but some of those figures ended up being pretty badass. Especially some of the non-film OCs like Night Adder or Benchpress.
>>11661034>Everyone is tired of your faggoty-ass posting these same verbatim posts thread after thread,There's only so many ways that you can explain that 2+2=4, retard.If sales are low, shit gets canceled.Again, we saw before how toys that sell 10 million dollars in revenue get canceled, but you want to say that modern Classified toys that sell 6 million dollars won't get canceled and is actually GREAT? That's insanity.Hasbro is a corporation with shareholders. They constantly kill off product lines because they expect constant growth, not constant sales declines. Walmart already quit selling GI Joes in half their stores and now even Targets is starting to stop selling GI Joe in many of their stores. Their Haslabs also are seeing a sales decline too and we already saw how Hasbro no longer wanted to make Haslabs for 1:18 just because it sold fewer than the rest.>You're a disingenuousThat implies I'm not a GI Joe fan>This line has existed practically as long as the ENTIRE modern era 1:18 JoeWhereas this implies you're not, because LMAO, you have no idea about what you're tlaking about. 3.75" GI Joe went from 1982 - 1994. 12 years. When GI Joe relaunched in 2002, they didn't stop making 1:18 GI Joes until 2016. 14 years. Even when they "canceled" the 1:18 line for Sigma 6, they STILL made 1:18 figures due to demand.Classified has barely been around 5 years. Late 2020 to 2025 and it's been on life support for at least 3 of those years. 5 years isn't half of 14. 5 years isn't half of 12 years. That's disingenuous as fuck.Hasbro should learn from their Sigma 6 mistake and kill the Classified line. They need to relaunch a modern 1:18 line.
I just look at these threads once a day to see if anything new was posted or if someone posts their toys, but I can't help but notice that the same faggot, maybe because he's banned from everywhere else, meaning he'll never leave, is still arguing about the same thing over and over for like the sixth month in a rowYou're never going to make him stop
>>11662635bold of you to assume this isn't just samefagging trying to get engagement out of a dead board.
>>11662631You're right, it'll be just two more weeks until the line is cancelled. For sure this time.
>>11662635People just argue here over anything. Before the AI pics, it was over whether or not Classified is a dead brand (scroll up to read it). A couple of months ago one guy started a pointless argument because Crystal Ball was a successful figure but he hated it, therefore people really don't want it because he said so. There was a whole lot of arguing over the Ghost Viper availability. It's always an excuse for some to shit the bed and start something. That's why this entire board has half the traffic it used to.
>>11662571She originated in the GI Joe 2000 series as Baroness's half-sister who would infiltrate Cobra posing as her. The latest version has her as that blonde playing the role in Cobra Baroness used to fill until Baroness defected and joined the Joes.
>AI poster gets BTFO twice See >>11662359 and >>11662363>continues to bait the one resident autist who always bites because he can't argue against these postsCowardly, no balls faggot.
>>11662659Crystal Ball sold fine and has more fans now than he did before, Ghost Viper was a little expensive and needed to be ordered online for a few people but worth it for the ghost animals, the GI Joe Classified line will be kept alive by aging fans and any boys into military sci fi toys which plenty of exist between the ages of 8-17. All that said fuck using AI generated images of toys. Hyping up articulated figures that don't exist is retarded and the equivalent of posting collector porn when the real thing is attainable.
>>11662603>A comic based subline of Classified would be fantastic.McFarlane could make an entire toyline out of it, since he's the head of Image and chummy with Robert Kirkman. And they should make it in 1:18 scale, because of how amazing the 1:18 Avatar line is. They managed to pack in 1:12 detail and engineering into 1:18And because McFarlane Toys is a private company and doesn't expect endless growth, they have no problem making smaller toylines as long as they're profitable.... of course, Hasbro fears 1:18 scale because they've seen how it eats away at their 1:12 sales, hence only making budget-level toys in 1:18 (including vintage style figures) and cockblocking any attempts at modern engineering 1:18 figures like Hiya's. So if McFarlane were to make a comic line, they'd only be able to sell it in Antarctica and Greenland.>>11662635I hope you're not talking about me, because I've been coming to the GI Joe General on /toy/ before it existed. I've been a major contributor to GI Joe threads since /toy/ opened.If you've been having a problem in the past 6 months, then it's because of some troll who wants to create endless arguments. Like denying simple business concepts like poor sales = dead toyline or the (samefag?) guy who keeps wanting to post AI images and pretends everyone else is okay with them except for 1 or 2 guys.Ask that guy to post pictures of his toys (preferably next to an electrical socket) and watch him shit the place up even more to deflect attention away from the fact he doesn't own shit.
>>11662664What's the difference between a cartoon and AI rendering? >>11662680I agree. A couple of months back, it was a pointless argument. Also why would geisha choose Cobra Commander over Quick Kick? >>11662694People bitch about 1:18 too. There has been countless arguments over it. 1:12 sucks for vehicles but it's a safe choice for the current market. It's a shame. There's a lot of pricey original vehicles I'd love to see reissued. Personally I like both scales but nostalgia compels me to spend more on the vintage. And since Hasbro apparently isn't interested I wouldn't complain if McFarlane did 1:12 Metal Gear Solid and maybe even Tomb Raider figures.
>>11662767>What's the difference between a cartoon and AI rendering?Someone drew that cartoon, either by hand or digitally. They didn't just type in words and have their GPU poop it out. How is this even a question?
>>11662770It's still not a tangible figure, but a rendering.
>>11662776The issue isn't whether or not something is tangible or intangible. It's whether or not a computer generated it from someone typing in some words. Why can't you understand this basic concept?
>>11662767>1:12 sucks for vehicles but it's a safe choice for the current markethow is it safe, when the GI Joe sales have declined to a lower point than when it got canceled in 2016? Even a year ago, it was AT cancellation levels.The toyline has been on life support for at least two years now and i think Hasbro is realizing it won't recover.The current market is completely shit and the only reason Hasbro doesn't want to move to lower price points, (like it did in 2008 with Marvel Legends > Marvel Universe) is because they're greedy. They want consumers to pay up and consumers already decided they don't years ago, and now they're losing the few fans that they have left to their price gouging with their overcompensation to tariffs and inflation.also, I think it's mostly newfags who didn't collect GI Joe until Classified came out that hate on 1:18. Hence people like >>11661034 thinking the Classified line existed just as long as the old lines. If people like him don't want 1:18, then i dno't think they matter if they do buy shit or not, considering how poor sales are currently for 1:12. There's undoubtedly more pent up demand for 1:18 from old guard like you and me, and people WANT lower price point toys.I mean, we know Hasbro is unwilling to make 1:18 lines, but they shouldn't be cockblocking companys who want to make them. Yeah, i get it, they fans who want modern toy to buy Classified, but fuck Hasbro for fucking over fans who can't buy alternatives.
>>11662778I understand. You don't. Both are intangibles while one you approved of. >>11662811It's safe for what the overall market seems to want. Earlier this year Hasbro announced "Hasbro 375" that was assumed to be a return to that scale, but the Tron mega-flop seems to have spooked them away.
>>11662811Shut up.Fuck off.Die.I'll even be nice and let you choose which order you want to do them in.
>>11662816You are insanely autistic, you know that right?
>>11662821You counter with an insult to deflect from the fact that both are renderings and not pictures of anything real. >>11662819He's not wrong. The smaller size allows for more and cheaper vehicles. It also allows for more figures to be produced at a time. And whether it be Hiya or others, 1:18 scale details and articulation have gotten really good.
>>11662811The only Hiya Joe I don't like is Baroness. They gave her such a nice and sweet face. She's a psychotic evil bitch, and needs to show it. Plus her large crotch piece looks like it was meant for a larger figure and doesn't look right.
>>11662829>You counter with an insult to deflect from the fact that both are renderings and not pictures of anything real. And you choose to ignore the fact that the tangibility of something isn't what people are upset about, it's the fact that AI generated it. You obviously get this but are choosing to ignore it, hence me calling you autistic.
>>11662694McFarlane shouldn't make shit for Joes, and I'm saying that as someone who has a decently sized collection of McFarlane's stuff and has been buying his figures since that first clamshell Spawn with the 2x4 hit Kaybee. The Avatar stuff seems to be the exception, not the rule, when it comes to quality for McFarlane. >>11662767>I wouldn't complain if McFarlane did 1:12 Metal Gear SolidThey did, it sucked. They shouldn't get to try again. Especially considering their current anime/video game based offerings. >>11662776The cartoon pic isn't slop, AI is. Not hard to understand. >>11662811You keep saying this, but if Hasbro didn't want any 1:18 Joes stuff to exists..they wouldn't license out the brand for other companies to make them. It's absurd to make up conspiracy theories suggesting Hasbro is intentionally sabotaging their own brands because they don't want competition with themselves when 1) they already make a lot of different brands that directly compete with each other and 2) they could just *not* allow the lines to exist in the first place. Their 1:12 stuff always had better returns and garner way more attention from both fans directly and more importantly from retailers so that's what they decided to focus on. Classified has consistently shown itself to be a strong line in supporting itself. It may not be the most profitable brand in the world, but it's successful enough that Hasbro keeps re-investing into it enough to create massive Convention exclusive sets (the most recent one featuring promotion from an actual live band), multiple vehicles in a scale not known for vehicles and a consistent output of new molded figures with no end in sight. It's a line that's succeeding *despite* a rather lackluster retail presence, which shows how strong the demand for these figures are. That's a good thing because the less control big box retailers have on the output of the toyline the better.
>>11662811>The toyline has been on life support for at least two years now>For the first time in years I'm ACTUALLY seeing shit on retail shelves>Multiple Haslab's what feels like back to back all funding and getting 3/3 Tiers nearly>Finally VEHICLES are more common lately>Line genuinely going strongIt feels goodWe aren't backWe have been backI will not fall for AI SlopI will not fall for doomer propagandaI am enjoying the bountiful options and variety of the line
>>11662877Despite the sites newfound love of dropping uploads for zero reason, I am having a splendid nightWalmart had a Budo somehow on Clearance and it's one I've eyed numerous times over the monthMy patience is my reward
>>11662816>Earlier this year Hasbro announced "Hasbro 375" that was assumed to be a return to that scale, but the Tron mega-flop seems to have spooked them away.Classic false dilemmaYou either have to eat shit or get nothing at allThey sabotaged the future 1:18 lines just like how they sabotaged the Marvel Universe line in 2013. They cut the budget so that the toys were left without torso articulation, hip joints, wrists, ankles, and then started reusing molds even harder than before. Painting on details that should have been sculpted on and also raising the prices>if you don't buy this shit, we won't make 1:18 anymoreFuck Hasbro. it's part of why i bought maybe a single ML a year after that. Since 2014 or 2015, i've bought maybe 20 figures from any Marvel line. Before that, i was buying at least 20 every half yearBut again, we know that Classified has been suffering from poor sales: it's not what the market wants. Yeah, people want 1:12 Marvel toys. They want 1:12 Star Wars toys (except sequel shit). They're not buying GI Joes. Fewer than they did when HAsbro decided to kill the line in 2015>>11662819>getting angry that 2+2=4 what a shit eating retard>>11662852>if Hasbro didn't want any 1:18 Joes stuff to exists..they wouldn't license out the brand for other companies to make themThey cockblocked Hiya from releasing their 1:18 figures in North America. Hiya has tried a shit ton, even delaying the line to get distribution in the US, but they got blocked by Hasbro at every turn.The only thing that Hasbro has allowed to be sold in North America, GI Joe's biggest market, is shit that doesn't directly compete with their Classified line. Yes, modern 1:18 competes with GI Joe, because most people would choose to buy 1:18 over 1:12. They saw it happening with the Marvel Universe vs Marvel LEgends too, hence sabotaging the MU line>strong line2015- 100k units sold. $10,000,000 revenue: CANCELED2025- 20k units sold. $6,000,000 revenue: STRONG!oof
>>11662914According to your own numbers, selling a fifth of the product made nearly 60% of the revenue. Selling significantly LESS product made them MORE money. Congratulations, you proved my point, 1:12 stuff gives better returns.And again, ALL of their lines compete with each other. I stopped buying Marvel Legends to focus on Classified. But Hasbro is STILL getting the money so either way they win. If Hasbro didn't want Hiya to sell G.I. Joes they would NOT give Hiya permission to sell G.I. Joes.
>>11662914coolwe'll still all be here in 2 years when the next gay ass hiya remake of a classified figure actually releases, and you pretend you own it to say the line is months away from dying for the 100th time
>>11662949You're being dumb.Back in 2015, most of the shit they were producing were frankensteins and re-re-re-re-re-redecos. So they already made their profits from the /modified/ mold back in 2008-2010. In 2015, re-re-re-re-releasing redecos was nothing but SPRINKLES, CREAM and CHERRIES by selling the toys for $100. The most expensive thing was probably the fucking cardboard box.So not only was their revenue much larger in 2015 money (revenue is so important that companies like Amazon and Netflix operated at a LOSS (NEGATIVE PROFITS) and GAIN shareholders because REVENUE that only increases is wild and more important than profit), they were ALSO profiting by a significantly bigger margin than something made entirely new mold, like the Haslabs.Again, since Hasbro is a public company, with stock holders who only care about revenue, they're only cut away something that has DECREASED in revenue by 40%. When you're a public company, it's practically illegal for them NOT to make money and since they're a toy company, guess what's going to be cut first when profits and revenue goals aren't met? This is why product lines get canceled.There's no doubt that GI Joe is going to be canceled within the next year.>>11662955Cope.I didn't say shit even a year ago, because maybe there was hope for recovery. Now it's worse than the year before and the government is currently in denial about how shit the economy is. Shit's only going to get worse and public company like Hasbro will cut their losses.They can't keep lowering expectations like they have with Classified.Toy companies aren't charities and toylines at the bottom of their spreadsheets always get cut, because it's better to use their resources for shit that actually makes them money.pic is projected growth they they couldn't meet in 2024.
>>11662979>There's no doubt that GI Joe is going to be canceled within the next year.Screencapping so I can post it this again a year from now to show how you'll be wrong again, and you'll continue to dance and dodge and do all sorts of mental gymnastics to weasel your way out of having to explain how you were wrong just like you have been the last 3-4 years.
>>11662987>if they release a single thing after 2026, then all your doom and gloom from the past 6 is wrongLOL, would this be your Pyrrhic celebration?Since companies don't actually announce the death of toylines, it won't be until Feburary 2027 that we'll know for sure. They might have old shit at Toy Fair 2027 too, because of how long it actually takes to produce shit and complete orders, but we won't see anything new.MAYBE Hasbro will smarten up and switch to 1:18, and continue the Classified line that way.So to clarify, I'm talking about the death of the 1:12 Classified Hasbro line at retail.Maybe you'll see some store/convention exclusive, but that doesn't count. If they were to count, the modern era 1:18 GI Joe line didn't actually die until well after Hasbro canceled the line in 2016 (despite making more revenue and profit than the current Classified line), because they kept making convention exclusives for years afterward.
>>11662979>I didn't say shit even a year ago,why are you lying?I've been making the exact same jokes about hiya figures taking a billion years to come out for years and it's not somebody fucking else who replies with autistic paragraphs every timenobody even fucking cares about those figures
>>11662979>Posts numbers>Gets proved wrong thanks to own numbers>Pulls MORE numbers out of assYou literally have no idea what you're talking about and are trying to save face by already back pedaling on comments you've made. Just stop posting, let the discussion go on, the topic change and people will eventually stop laughing at you. >>11662991>switch to 1:18, and continue the Classified line that wayThat is not how toy lines work.
>>11662991You're going to claim victory whether the line ends in a year or 5 years, or 10 years. At this point it is going into the 6th year. Every line has to end at some point, it just happens, but you've been arguing month after month, year after year, that just around the next corner is the end, and you have yet to be right.On top of that, there really wasn't much noteworthy coming out from any of the 1:18th lines past like, 2013, which was the Retaliation line. After that, it was scraps like the 50th Anni line, but the height of that era ended around the end of PoC. There was a sprinkling of good figures in the Retaliation line, but the line as a whole wasn't great.I don't know why you're so desperate for this line to end. If you hate it, then whatever, but stop being a screeching retard and screaming like a 5 year old because you aren't getting your way. Fucking get over it.
>>11662993I wasn't talking about GI Joe being dead a year ago.I was talking about Hasbro talking about cockblocking Hiya because they didn't want fans to have an option to eat away at their Classified sales. Never said anything about GI Joe dying back then.A poor seller ≠ deadAgain, there was hope for recovery a year ago.Two years of lowered expectations and stores cutting support? Yeah, no hope, especially when our economy only seems to be getting worse.>>11663001Sorry, but $10,000,000 in 2015 money is much greater than $6,000,000 no matter what shit hole country taught you math. There's literally no mental gymnastics involved$10,000,000 is literally greater than $6,000,000 and Hasbro canceled the line previously just because it was making $10,000,000. What hope is there when the current shit makes $4,000,000 less and costs more to produce?I'd like to say you'll be crying bitch tears at Toy Fair 2027, but you probably don't even care about GI Joe anyway. You're just here to be a contrarian.
>>11663012>that wasn't me talking about that>but anyways I was talking about thatget fucked, retardand you never have ANY response to how ridiculously long it takes for those figures to come out, how you don't actually own any of them, and how you're a fucking fagI'm sure you're a much bigger loser in other aspects of your life, but that notwithstanding, you're a huge loser in this regard as well
>>11663009>I don't know why you're so desperate for this line to end.I'm not.Where'd i say this?Saying 2+2=4 isn't me cheering 4 on.I will shit on retards who deny simple business logic and are willfully ignorant though.Hopefully when Hasbro kills the Classified line, they finally allow Hiya to release their GI Joe line in the US.And again, I'd like to see McFarlane enter the 1:18 market, because the Avatar line was fucking amazing. Would be hyped for a comic book toyline.Seeing a bright spot in the Classified's death also isn't wanting to see it die. In a perfect world, it's fine for it to coexist, but unfortunately, Hasbro are a bunch of greedy assholes who cockblocked better companies from giving fans what they want. So being angry at Hasbro ≠ wanting to see classified die>You're going to claim victory Seriously, you're retarded.I stated a matter of fact of the GI Joe line dying like 6 months ago and i'm not even the one saying this is a victory. People like >>11662955 >>11662987 are just taking it personally, and I'm mocking him, for even seeing it as some condition for a win or celebration. Again, i view this simply as 2 and 2 being added together to equal 4. ... and that includes calling you're retarded for not being able to add 2 and 2 together.>>11663013>retard doesn't understand words or meaningsI guess this is why you're so angry over nothing.Also, I dont understand the rest of your post, but are you saying i don't own any? Because I've talked a bout how easy the entire line was to get at Ross and how it's the only reason i even own some of the Classified figures. I've posted my figures before too.
>>11663022No, retard.Like my previous posts shitting on you for hyping up the hiya figures all the time, which you've done for years.You don't actually own any of them and just spam promo shots, again, for years.
>Subby spent his New Years arguing about GI fucking Joe all night. Which figure do you think he kissed as the ball dropped?
>>11663022Difference is these shelfwarmed and clearanced at Ross but were unironically goodMeanwhile Hasbro can't make even Soi Wars 3.75 work, let alone Marvel somehowGI Joe has zero chanceYet somehow Classified is thriving
>>11662839>>11662852You hate the medium, and have a loud obnoxious opinion on it. That's as simple as it is. > if Hasbro didn't want any 1:18 Joes stuff to exists..they wouldn't license out the brand for other companies to make them.Hasbro isn't making vehicles in that scale, and neither are Reaction+ and Hiya. >>11662979>There's no doubt that GI Joe is going to be canceled within the next year.I doubt it.
>>11663039>Hasbro can't make even Soi Wars 3.75 workThey sold the shit out of the vintage reissues in the retro collection.
>>11663119No shit? I think myself and others have made it abundantly clear we don't like AI. Stop posting it.
>>11663143I didn't know that you were in charge here. Well congrats at ruining yet another Joe thread with your petty bullshit.
>>11663153>Spends multiple days being as annoying as possible>Gets called out and shat on for it>Acts like a victimWhy are you so insufferable? Just post some toys. I posted some earlier in the thread. And no, I'm not going to post any now so you can obsess over my background for four years.
>>11663160It's not annoying. It really isn't. This is just the latest excuse for you to derail by starting another argument. When it passes, you'll find some other bullshit reason. Judging by the looks of things, you're trying to steer it back in the direction of saying Classified is a failure and 1:18 scale sucks. After that, it'll be something else because that's all you fucking do here.
>>11663022You are a retarded piece of shit who should be sterilized.Fuck Hiyu. Their toys don't deserve to be sold in the US and you out yourself as a food stamp poverty faggot who can't just pay the import tape dollar price for your fecal matter Hiya abomination. And double fuck allowing McFarlane near the franchise given how badly he raped DC Comics.Just fucking suck the necessary cock to buy Super7 or old figures. You are in the wrong and deserve to be treated like dog shit for such dog shit opinions
>>11663184At this point, you specifically are more annoying.
Shame that AI will be the only way to see this collab. I feel like the GI Joe classified line is not into collabing with other brands let alone other IPs yet since they have so much more content to put out from the vintage lines. How many more years do you think until they starting hitting the EOL and start pulling the from the deepest part of the barrel? 4 maybe 5 years? Were already in the 6th year start for the line.
>>11663203That's why I pointed out he's a troll. No one could be so dense as to not realize the amount of hate AI garbage gets, but at the same time it's such an easy way to annoy people, spam the thread and generally just shit things up. I'd say we need to push for some sort of new global rule banning it outside of dedicated containment threads, but mods don't care about /toy/ and 4chan is pretty much unregulated as a whole at this point.
>>11663143The guy is a genuinely inbred goblin parasite who sits alone in his government provided apartment and shit posts nonstop arguing and spamming sloppaHe WILL die alone in his homeHe WILL NOT make it past 2030We know this. You don't have to give him more fuel. You are capable of cutting off his waterJust report his shit and filterContinue posting fun Joe'sLike this Helix that apparently was $7 at Ross over last MonthI didn't even know we got a HelixI know nothing about her other than some old /toy/ Soldier we had used the name a lot
>>11663377She was a movie adjacent Comic only character released back in the RoC days who got a really cool figure with tons of gear. While her character never seemed to actually stick or matter, her figure was extremely popular with collectors during the ME, mainly because cool female Joe Spy/Assassin. It was still surprising when she showed up in Classified though, but again, badass Female Joe Spy/Assassin is literally all you need to make a cool toy.I know I said this before, but I would absolutely love to see more PoC/RoC figures get the Classified treatment, and toys like Helix and the Crimson Alley Viper are good examples of why.
Spent new years arguing huh
>>11663392I kinda like her a more than I thought but the arm blade things are kinda ehh
>>11662363>AI generation is a perversion of the hobby this ENTIRE BOARD IS BASED ON.no, it inspires conversation on possible figures and customs. shut up already youre a whiny bitch. ai this ai that. just shut your mouth
>>11663438Why does Budo have the armor of a samurai officer?
>>11662879>>11663438Honestly feel like Budo was underrated. Thought he was great, and I bought a couple of him so I could deck him out with different looks with all his armor.
>>11663502He's an Asian-American weeb who's obsessed with Samurai shit even though he's a 100% Americanized dude bro Asian fratboy who's never left the US in his lifetime.
>>11663502Not sure. He just looks cool
>>11659351>She really is the best female in the Classified line to date.I haven't killed myself yet.
>>11663520Be patient. They made that one with the intention of reissuing it under a different color.
>>11663502It's very much a "rule of cool" thing and mystifying asian stuff, similar to all the Ninja crap. Personally, I would love to see them do similar stuff with cultures from all over the world, G.I. Joe-ify some Vikings, or the original Assassins or some Maui warriors or something. Mystify ancient warriors from all cultures, not just the Japanese pajama dudes.
>>11663548Well we did get a dreadnok who's into pirates (Zanzibar). Maybe one day Hasbro will add him to Classified.
>>11663517The front part of his helmet says he's a general or some other high rank.
Storm Shadow died of cringe reading this Sperg's autistic diarrhea posting
>>11663517Budo is such a fun figure
>>11663023>You don't actually own any of them and just spam promo shots, again, for years.yeah, because fucking Hasbro cockblocked them because they know non-shitty modern GI Joe line will eat into their already low Classified sales. So the only place you could find them are literal who websites and you tend not to pay attention to nobody-knows websites, muchless trust them. Nevermind i forget the line even exists due to how long everything takes to come out.The only time they were easy to get, they sold out before i could mke an order.I think most of the people at Hasbro need to get fired over how badly they've been handling the GI Joe line and its licensing.>>11663039>Yet somehow Classified is thrivingLMAO. Sure, at fucking Ross and Ollies.But yeah, the Avatar figures are great. I bought 2 Quaritch at full price due to how great he was. then i bought 3 more when he was half off. Then i bought another one when he was $8. I paid full price for the two amp and crab suit, because who knows if they would be hard to get or not. Saw them on claerance, but didn't get them, because I don't need more (already have 2 of the Mattel ones too).These fucking toys are quality and everything a modern 1:18 should be like.
3.75 fans are cancer now it seems
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>>11663644 I try
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>>11663658Baste
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>>11663644Nah, it's just one or two spergs, most 3.75/1:18 collectors are fine and their thread is usually pretty chill. I still collect em here and there myself, but space is a massive limiting factor as the smaller guys really shine when posed with vehicles and playsets, and I currently don't have room for things like that. Interestingly enough, I actually got my Raging Spoon Kickstarter stuff in a few weeks back. I still haven't actually built the base for it, but it was an unexpected surprise to have that stuff finally delivered. >>11663656>>11663658>>11663664>>11663668Don't worry anon, your work is always appreciated!
>>11663658No, your a shining light in this dark place.
>>11663633>"LMAO. Sure, at fucking Ross and Ollies">Gamestop>Best Buy>Targets>WalmartsI'm seeing Classified in NUMEROUS storesSo it may just be a bad area you're inMy Walmart even has the Cobra Vamp and even at $70+ I'm temptedIt looks fucking greatI will side with you on the Amp Suit tho>Heavy Ratchet joints>Thick great stable joints>Shoulders can click back for great range>Looks fucking greatI need to hit Ross's for a second Amp suitMay aim for more and dive back into Acid Rain figuresI did pick up 2 of the Netya w/e Pterodactyl things for sub $12 each
>>11663707I have the Classified Cobra Stinger, it's great. It comes with the same blast effects as Scrap Iron but I can't complain about having more. I already had one but when saw it at Wal-Mart for $75 I decided to grab two to put on the pile of loot for my nephews, and hopefully it's the last vehicle I feel the impulse to buy for them.
>>11663707Where I live Target is the best source, Walmart is the worst source, and thanks to scalpers you can't find shit at Ross or Ollie's. >>11663644Even though the 3.75's are the ones who built this fan base, and the 6-inchers are sitting there crying about what stuff from 3.75" they'd like to have.
>>11663917>Even though the 3.75's are the ones who built this fan base, and the 6-inchers are sitting there crying about what stuff from 3.75" they'd like to have.I'm not sure that's much of an own, considering 3.75" collectors have had that scale for nearly 30 years, and are crying that they aren't getting more.
>>11663950It's not about trying to "own" someone because I don't have the mentality of a teenage girl. It's about the truth that the 3.75 collectors and the toys themselves are treated like shit by toy-snobs feeding from the line. And the reaction+ stuff has been decent and worth getting overall. I just wish they'd paint the rivets and do vehicles.
>>11663975People have been wanting six inch Joes for ages and after a rough start, Hasbro QUICKLY course corrected and made it a hit.And let's be honest, the last ten years of the ME Joes were dog shit as Hasbro REGUSED to mass release characters fans wanted, leaving them to the sub club, who fucked up half of the and the other half immediately started going for $200 on the secondary market, to the point that if you didn't lock in a figure on the weekend of the convention you were fucked.The 3.75 are the real slop eating maggots as if they had any taste they would have told Hasbro to get their shit together long time ago instead of letting things get so bad that Hasbro had no God damn choice but to break glass and go the six inch route to save the franchise
>>11664098Some of us collect both sizes while recognizing that there's some things that the 6-inch line will never have. It is possible to like both, you know. There's nothing wrong with it. >The 3.75 are the real slop eating maggots as if they had any taste they would have told Hasbro to get their shit together long time ago instead of letting things get so bad that Hasbro had no God damn choice but to break glass and go the six inch route to save the franchiseIt doesn't need saving. It's doing fine. It might even make a little bit more if they'd stop fucking with customers with this shit of "YOU HAVE TO BUY THESE UGLY FIGURES YOU DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT IF YOU WANT US TO HOPEFULLY MAYBE GET TO ONES YOU DO WANT." Just give us a fucking Firebat and Mocassin. Give us a Rattler Baroness repaint. Give us better distribution so store "A" doesn't get jack shit and store "B" gets an abundance of inventory beyond what it can sell to ship off to Ollie's.
>>11663546I'm not gonna make it.
>>11664128Yes you are. They can't be completely retarded. They know that the demand is there and it's easy money for them. It won't take forever to get it out.
>>11664124>Give us better distribution so store "A" doesn't get jack shit and store "B" gets an abundance of inventory beyond what it can sell to ship off to Ollie's.That's an issue that lies entirely at the Retailer's feet. Hasbro doesn't ship their products to each and every store, they ship their stuff to distribution hubs and each retailer is responsible for filling their store's stocks with supplies. Basically, Wal-Mart orders 50 cases of a wave, Hasbro sends 50 cases to a Wal-Mart warehouse and that warehouse is the one who sends 20 cases to one store, 10 cases to another store and 2 cases to that one store you shop at and the rest sit in the warehouse until Wal-Mart decides to send it to a clearance store. This is not a new issue, this is not an issue unique to Hasbro or the Classified line specifically, it's a problem as old as collecting and as long as Retailers are involved it will never change.
>>11664224God forbid you live in a small town with more than one collector. They themselves are a huge problem without the Facebook scalper who buys cases of the line. As a former Walmart wage slave, I can tell you there is a partial problem that some stores in minor cities like Green Bay tend to get picked clean by the boomer flipper.
>>11664239Big cities have the same problem. Scalpers are assholes everywhere they're found.
>>11663707Both WAlmart and Target are no longer selling the GI Joe line in all their stores. Definitely not thriving if the biggest retailers are dropping support, especially when the line used to have twice as much shelf space just a few years ago. That's the opposite of thriving.Nevermind even the haslabs have fewer supporters now.>>11664224It's not even the retailers fault that they don't carry Classified. If a store can't sell enough GI Joes, they're simply not going to carry it. Why would you expect stores to carry the Classified line if they're not making money from it? Retail stores aren't charitiesConsumers aren't buying the Classified line. It's the fans themselves that are rejecting what Hasbro is trying to push out and you shouldn't be mad at fans for not wanting to buy shit that they don't like.>>11663917>>11663950>>11663975>>11664098The fans and scale are fine. It's just certain posters are so pathetic that they need to pretend that selling $6 million dollars in products is super amazing for GI Joe, when 10 years ago selling $10 million dollars got the line canceled.No one likes liars, hence everyone but that one anon hating on the shitty AI images posted here.No one likes to put up with dumb made up shit.
>>11664400GI Joe hasn't had a HASLAB fail yet. And the regular line is still selling well. Even the Ghost Viper with a bullshit price managed to be a success.
>>11664400>No one likes liars, hence everyone but that one anon hating on the shitty AI images posted here.>No one likes to put up with dumb made up shit.Which, ironically enough, is why no one listens to you.
>>11664425>HASLAB10000 goal isn't alot for gijoe when other ips fail to get that
>>11664400>Both WAlmart and Target are no longer selling the GI Joe line in all their stores. yes they arewhy do you keep repeating this when it's so demonstrably false?
>>11663839I get tempted everytimeMy walmart has like 6+ sitting on a display>>11663917For me it depends but lately Walmart has more usually, Target has a decent amount and Gamestop is spotty>>11664400Okay you HAVE to be trolling and just blatantly lyingOR you're genuinely mentally retarded and live in a literal shithole town/CityMy nearest Walmart quite literally still has the big middle Aisle display for FiguresThere's 4 entire pegs of Normal figures3 Pegs of the Deluxe one's like the Roadblock nobody wants and the Police figure and there's an entire spot at the bottom stocked to the back of the shelf with 6+ Night Stinger's and like 3 more up on topLiterally overflowingMy other Walmart has like 4+ Pegs of normal figures, 2 pegs of deluxe and a spot for Night Stinger's but only has like 2 last I was there 4 days agoIf I got 45 Minutes+ into the big town there's a Target, 2 Walmarts and 3 Gamestops and they all still have joes on shelvesSo you HAVE to just live in a shithole or you're trolling and sour grapes energyAs for Haslab's >Hiss Tank>Dragonfly Assault Copter>Rattler Ground Jet>Snow CATAll fully funded with Extra Tiers
>>11664559And I'm pretty sure the HISS tank is the first Haslab they're ever reselling in new colors. Kind of silly to re-release such a high ticket item for a line no one collects. Sadly the rest of the Haslab stuff will all be Tigerforce colored releases, calling it now. But at least that practically guarantees they'll drop a Moccasin at some point, most likely even as a retail release.
>>11664601According to the leakers who usually actually know things, it was down to the wire over whether it was going to be an arctic or crimson HISS.I think it was the general outcry for more snow crap to go with the snow cat that made the decision for them.
>>11664606......I can honestly see that being a *very* difficult choice. Honestly, I think going Arctic was the better idea, because they can add that extra gear and change up the weapons to make it more unique. They also did a *fantastic* job on the deco, and despite not actually being a fan of Arctic stuff, I'm super tempted to pick it up. That said, if instead they went with a Metallic Crimson, I would've PO'd it first day, then hunted down that Crimson three pack to go with it. As of now, I'm waiting to the last minute to make my decision on grabbing the Arctic version...
>WORDS WORDS WORDSholy shit you assholes, learn to use an image board
>>11664631TF Outback is still probably my favorite figure on the Joe's side.
>>11664508If he can't find them at his local video rental store then the line must be dying, you must understand.
>>11664631I'm tempted by numerous figures but current funds are a mess since coming back from Vacation
>>11664559Since you're a newfag, i guess you don't know how retail stores operate. Before the 00s, stores were identical from one location to the next. They follow planograms: every store from one state to another will have the same layouts that anyone find their way around even if they came from the other side of the country. So all stores used to carry the same products.Sometime in the 00s, Walmart started using software to help keep track of their stock on a national level. The higher ups could now see exactly what was selling in each regional store without ever visiting Bumfuck, Colorado or NYC. They then started allowing the software to take over ordering of stock based on what they were selling.Since Walmarts are all about efficiency, not all stores carried the same products anymore, because now the computers know that not every store is able to maximize a profit from selling the same products. Every store has now become personalized in what they're allowed to carry. This has been happening since the 00s, and everyone on /toy/ has been reporting about this shit since forever. And people here on in the GI Joe General have talked about specific Walmarts no longer carrying Classified since the movie line bombed and got clearanced out in 2021. And every year since, new reports on some other Walmart no longer carrying ClassifiedYou can easily google this yourself and find almost every toy forum talk about thisAnd now Target is doing the same thing that Walmart is.Nevermind that there's photographic proof of how there's fewer pegs for the line since 2021>As for Haslab'sFunny, because Haslabs went from selling 26k to 15k.You talk about the Haslab goals being the only thing that matters, but why haven't they made another Haslab for 1:18, if the Skystriker was fully funded with extra tiers? They obviously cut their losses here too. The Snow CAt only sold about a thousand more units than the Skystriker, btw
>>11664601>Kind of silly to re-release such a high ticket item for a line no one collects.Unless people are collecting it. >>11664508Because he wants to believe it's a failure. I wonder if he collects the line at all, and just wants to shit on those who do. >>11664755>Funny, because Haslabs went from selling 26k to 15k.The motivators make a difference. They were all good enough for all uunlocks. The Rattler in particular needed 9,000 backers and ended up with over 28,000 thanks to that third-tier motivator. The Snowcat is a great one too, but it only got around 15k because a "cartoon package" from "haul down the heavens" didn't appeal to everyone even though it did appeal to enough people.
>>11664755Subs, you're comparing the toy landscape now to the one literally twenty years ago. They're completely different beasts. It's like comparing apples and oranges. You can't assume the current market will act and be treated the same as it was twenty fucking years ago. That's silly. All stores carry the same products yes. And as demonstrated in this thread, Target still carries Joes. In fact out of all of Hasbro's offerings in the toy aisle, other than Transformers, GI Joe has the highest shelf presence. It has more spots than Marvel) Legends, and certainly more spots than Star Wars. You've had numerous, other people report this in these threads. If you're not seeing them in your town, it's a locally isolated phenomenon. At this point, it's your anecdotes vs everyone else saying otherwise. Just give it a rest subby, you've been arguing about this for almost two weeks now, during multiple holidays, with multiple different people. You shouting into the ether that the line is dead, isn't going to magically mean it's dead. Throwing twenty year old statistics out as some kind of gotcha isn't really the fool proof argument you seem to think it is. I know you won't read this post and will just put words in my mouth to argue whatever inane point you want to make. If you did read this far, type the words "im a little teapot short and stout" at the end of your post to prove it. If you don't, I'm just going to assume you didn't read this post.
>>11664755>You can easily google this yourself and find almost every toy forum talk about thisI actually can't. Can you provide some links?
>>11664755>Nevermind that there's photographic proof of how there's fewer pegs for the line since 2021Except the photographic proof over the past two months has been pictures of Walmarts and Targets with tons of shit
>>11664631>>11664676For real, it's probably the best Classified figure. I hope we see more Tiger Force figures, it's my favorite subline, at least a Tiger Force Vamp.
>>11664755>i guess you don't know how retail stores operate. Before the 00s, stores were identical from one location to the next.That is some straight bullshit, I been toy hunting since the 90s and we dealt with all the same distribution problems then as we do now. Stop making shit up because you're acting just as shitty as the AI slop.>>11664778Still sad I missed this one, Rattler is one of my favorite vehicles but I just didn't have the budget for it at the time.
>>11664835see >>>11659792 4 spaces now>>>11659887 10 spaces 4 years agoOf course, the 4 years ago picture was after the movie line bombed, so there was even more pegs and shelf space when the movie was out. It's insane that the GI Joe line has even fallen further than 4 years ago, but here we are....>>11664800https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=walmart+no+longer+carries+gi+joe+classifedLots of links and people discussing it.So it's insane people want to say the GI Joe Classified line is thriving or that sales are strong, when many of the biggest stores are no longer carrying the line and ALL the chains that do are carrying less shit than they used to.Nevermind Hasbro killed the line for only selling $10,000,000 in product, yet you guys don't think will Hasbro won't kill the line now that it's selling $6,000,000?Did Hasbro turn into a charity? Are they no longer a public company who expects the numbers to go up every single year and lays off employees to keep shareholders happy? You guys are completely clueless of how businesses work to even think they won't cancel a poor seller.>>11664778ignoring the point, which is that sales are down even for Haslab and Hasbro never followed up with another 1:18 Haslab because it underperformed... just like the Snow Cat.They might have succeeded with their goals, but as a business, it seems like they're not motivated to make more if they don't reach higher numbers.PS, I probably own more Classified figures than you. Here's a pic from 4 years ago, along with a barely unwrapped Profit Director (because i already bought 1 for myself, so i ended up with 2) i got the year before. I've since bought even more Classified figures, because Ross/Marshalls kept getting in more stock due to all the retail stores not being able to sell their stock.
>>11664866My local Target has never had 10 spots for one specific line. It really sounds like you are just an outlier here.
>>11664866You still have to entirely ignore all the pics of ghost viper end caps, stingers stacked on shelves, 15 crystal balls, etc.Your gay "argument" ALWAYS relies on ignoring realityYou're such a fag
>>11664861Just get it one figure at a time then the rattler itself. It's all you can do now that it's all in the aftermarket. Yeah I know the prices are high, but they're not gonna get any cheaper.>>11664866>Hasbro never followed up with another 1:18 Haslab because it underperformed... just like the Snow Cat.Hasbro fucked up their last wave of O-ring releases by making them incredibly cheap. Throw in over-priced Transformers crossovers with transformers with the hated hollow cavities in arms and legs. Throw in V.1 Snake Eyes reissued AGAIN instead of the V.2 with Timber version, and retarded "cartoon colors." It was like they engineered it to fail. People hated that release. This isn't Hollywood. A company can't blame the customer when they produce crap no one wanted to buy. But that's what people like you are apparently doing.
>>>11664868 My local Target has never had 10 spots for one specific lineYou zoomers are living in the dark age and you don't even realize it.And technically, i can't be an outlier, since i live in a metro area of millions and millions of people. Just a giant clusterfuck of cities that meld into one... but that image isn't mine, anyway.Also, since most of my Walmarts and Targets aren't carring GI Joe Classified anymore, that's a llot of people who aren't buying GI Joe anymore.
>>11664889Once again, you're comparing the industry now to the industry 20+ years ago. It's not the same thing. Accept it grandma. Also, first time I've been called a zoomer at age 36, but I guess I am a zoomer if you're approaching your 50s or something.
>>11664890The whole market is smaller. It's a different scale for measuring success and failure. Raising prices to price kids out of the market was the biggest mistake.
>>11664881>doesn't understand what flex spaces are>thinks putting a bunch of overstock in the back of the aisle is actually importantooofIf they actually put shit in FRONT, like pic, yeah it'd be a big deal. But when was the last time they did something like this?Cobra Island? And how many years ago was that? Seems like Target no longer wanted to do anymore deals like that anymore. I wonder why...>>11664882B-b-but they fully funded! They met their goal and got extra tiers! That means it's thriving!... but i guess you're not that deluded poster and live in the real world, where people don't want to buy crap.The Snow Cat underperformed just like the Skystriker and the GI Joe team at Hasbro is undoubtedly nervous.
>>11664889Around 70-80% of shopping done is done online. Those numbers skyrocket for people under 30.The only people going to stores to buy toys are very old people, usually retarded scalpers selling to other old people who are too stupid to buy online.Fucksakes we are in a world where you can preorder items from 10+ stores a good year in advance, needing to find them on the shelf is pointless.
>>11664890The industry hasn't changed, bro. Hasbro makes more money today than they did 20 years ago and they're going to have the same sales expectations that they had even 10 years ago.Again, Hasbro is going to cancel the GI Joe line whether you like it or not due to all the poor sales you keep saying is supposed to be the new normal.
>>11664900That's sad. All it's going to do is create social anxiety disorder where people are uncomfortable and even afraid of being out in the world.
>>11664900Don't make shit up, dude.
>>11664899>B-b-but they fully funded!We WERE talking about Hasbro's last wave of the smaller line, fool. You threw in something irrelevant. But for HASLAB "fully-funded with all tiers unlocked for all HASLAB Joes" is pretty good. Not even once-mighty Star Wars has been so lucky. The Snowcat was absolutely a success because of it. And for the record we still get endcaps like that. >>11659546You just live in a nostalgia-bubble with refusing to realize that the market is very different.
>>11664905If you look at the data you posted you understand how junk it is because they count grocery, automotive, and home repair in that data.
>>11664903They keep saying this, but all I ever see is anxious 30yo/40yos while anyone under 30 seems adjusted atm. It's like how baby boomers swore TV was going to rot the youths minds and make them worthless when it was the boomers themselves who kept consuming TV well past any other generation.
>>11664910>refusing to realize that the market is very different.wat?I'm not refusing the fact that sales are poorer today than they were 5, 4, 3, and 2 years ago.You're the one that's pretending that poor sales is supposed to be the new normal. A public company whose revenue keeps going down is a company that's going out of business. Hasbro literally can't accept numbers going down, because that's not what stockholders want to hear, hence layoffs, cancellations, etc, to focus on stuff that actually makes them money.And again, it's hilarious you think the back aisle is worth point out. It's literally the place for overstock and clearance shit, unlike the front caps, which goes to shit that actually sells.>>>11664911so you admit you're full of shit, but you still want to pretend you're without anything to back up your bullshit? Great. You're as retarded as the poster who thinks selling $6,000,000 worth in products is better than selling $10,000,000.
>>11664916Poor sales in comparison to 20 years ago . If the line was a flop then we wouldn't be in year 6 of it.
>>11664928Poor sales in comparison to where it was 20 years ago.Poor sales in comparison to where it was 10 years ago.Poor sales in comparison to where it was 5 years ago. And even 2 years ago.Anything with poor sales is going to get canceled. Fact of running a business.Why has Hasbro kept it on life support for so long? Who knows.I once said that they're only keeping it on life support as a place holder, because it's harder to bring a product back into the market once it's taken out. But that's back when Hasbro was talking about making another movie as soon as 2024. Now we're into 2026 and the movie has gone into hiding and the Classified line is selling poorly as Haslabs and is losing retail support from Target.So it's no asking how much lower can Hasbro's sales expectations can go for GI Joe, but when are they're finally pull the plug.I mean, even if HAsbro doesn't pull the plug on GI Joe, retailers definitely will, hence so many Walmarts and Target stores already no longer stocking Classified.
>>11664935>Poor sales in comparison to where it was 5 years ago. And even 2 years ago.Yet Classified keeps on going in spite of alleged poor sales.
>>11664899>shelf space for the toys I'm saying aren't there doesn't count because I said so!
>>11664935>hence so many Walmarts and Target stores already no longer stocking Classified.except they are, it was just the christmas seasonthey were everywhereyou understand you should try to change your gay arguments to reflect what people actually see, right?
>>11664938He keeps projecting his local experiences nationwide. He also fails to understand that Walmart absolutely sucks when it comes to distribution.
>>11664882I'll be honest, as nice as that Baroness was, I'm not interested in the figures as much as I am the Rattler itself. But paying aftermarket prices for it just don't sit well with me. The Jet itself is actually pretty reasonably priced, but add the shipping and then the prices of Wild Weasel and things start getting ridiculous. >>11664936>>11664937>>11664938Talking to a wall won't produce a very enjoyable conversation. Even his own numbers proved him wrong as he doesn't want to admit anything he says is made up bullshit. He's literally just as bad as the AI slop poster for making things up, so arguing with him won't get anyone anywhere. So instead, who here is actually getting the Arctic HISS tank? Today is the last day to pre-order and I'm tempted to grab it as I already have a small Arctic team (two Serpants and the BAT) so a HISS tank for em to ride in would be fantastic. But at the same time I already have the OG HISS tank and I don't even have room for that. I'm thinking it's better save the cash, and more importantly the space, for new, unique vehicles despite as much as I want the Arctic Tank.
>>11660482>That's one of Acid Rain's new 1:12 figures.Damn that looks good. the design looks like a Centurions reference.
Post some Joes ya buncha ninnies.
>>11664985Eh. I just ordered the legacy sniper and my current mood is starting to drift in the direction of your picture with all of that olive drab everywhere. I'm gonna repaint parts of her to lose those annoying bright green spots. And would it kill Hasbro to make a firebat? That's one of those easy-to-sell things they should have done years ago.
>>11664985I really need to make space so I can bust out my Joes, I really don't give em enough love.
>>11664910Snowcat underperformed because Hasbro called fans bluffs in underwhelming fashion after the Dragonfly and Rattler drew a ton of complaints.1. People complained HARD about how those two Haslabs locked key characters behind the Haslab wall. So Haslab made the two add on characters Sunbow variants of easy to find regular characters no one would miss if one could not get them2. People DESPISED the patches that were an add on tier for the Rattler, so we got winter accessories which also shut up people who've been wanting dedicated accessory pack stuff.And going back to the first one, they EXPLICITLY made Lady Jay and Flint Sunbow centric meaning they were courting cartoon fans, which might alienate people.Adding to this, there is the idea that Hasbro's not been interested in making winter themed Joe characters outside of Snow job and Snow Serpent hurting sales for the Snowcat. Since thigh we've gotten announced Artic repaints of Steel Brigade, Saw Viper, and Night Viper, they should have been announced sooner.
>>11665030>the Dragonfly and Rattler drew a ton of complaints.>People DESPISED the patches that were an add on tier for the RattlerAnd people quickly forgot about it when they got three of the best figures in the line to date. The figures alone sell for such high prices that people just about got the $325 Rattler for free. That's especially true three months ago when Baroness was selling at $150, Wild Weasel was selling at $140, and the gunner was selling for $100. I do acknlowedge prices have softened a bit since then though. That's good if you're a buyer. If the patches are all you have to complain then you do't have much of anything of substance. >they EXPLICITLY made Lady Jay and Flint Sunbow centric meaning they were courting cartoon fans, which might alienate people.It didn't alienate me. I like the "cartoon cheese." Stuff like Cold Slither, cartoon-color BAT, and cartoon Cobra Commander on retro card were all fine with me. And look at Lady Jaye's face sculpt:>>11664910Much like Rattler Baroness, it's a huge improvement over what's already been made. The same goes for Flint. And personally I want MORE cartoon-derived stuff. I am tempted to paint the red cobra diver's face silver for "Pyramid of Darkness" Destro in a diving suit.
>>11664973>So instead, who here is actually getting the Arctic HISS tank? I was close, but I ultimately didn't.If it's anything like the made-to-order Marvel Legends stuff, they'll seemingly just make a surplus of them anyway and sell those normally when the reserved orders start to ship and I might get it then.
>>11665030>Adding to this, there is the idea that Hasbro's not been interested in making winter themed Joe characters outside of Snow job and Snow Serpent hurting sales for the Snowcat. Since thigh we've gotten announced Artic repaints of Steel Brigade, Saw Viper, and Night Viper, they should have been announced sooner.The Arctic BAT was already out, and technically that early Ninja Force Storm Shadow (or "Arctic Mission" Storm Shadow) that was an amazon were other snow/arctic themed characters. Plus, I think they had already name dropped Iceberg, and we knew we were getting Frostbite with the 'Cat, so it isn't like there were just no snow-themed figures out. Plus, it seemed silly to me to just assume we were just never going to get more of those themed figures, or something.Then again, I liked the Snowcat so much as a kid, that it was a no-brainer for me. Its actually only the second Classified Haslab I backed, the other being the HISS.>>11664973>So instead, who here is actually getting the Arctic HISS tank?Me. I got two, actually.
>>11664916>so you admit you're full of shit, but you still want to pretend you're without anything to back up your bullshit? You say that but didn't giving your own source and I mean actual sources not screen grabs from hasty google searches. Far as I'm concerned you are both retarded. Assuming it is even two people here for how much samefagging goes on.
>>11664985I do. Just not here. They get uploaded to twitter accounts among other places later. It's why 4chan is becoming so dead is everyone views the place as poacher territory for other sites.
>>11665081This year we're getting two premium arctic vehicles on top of the figures. And I wouldn't be surprised of arctic Stalker and Iceberg are in there somewhere. Plus it looks like there'll be a dreadnok themed series with a rumored Thunder Machine as well as Zanya coming with Swamp Skier. And after the success of Ghost Viper, Crystal Ball as well as the coming V.2 Mole Rat, I find it hard to believe that Hasbro will limit the paranormal stuff to just three figures.
Marvel Legends Punisher can hold the Police Coffee, without stretching the hound out.
>>11665094Traffic has lessened because people will argue any point anyone else makes while on other boards moderators keep things civil.
>>11664936>Yet Classified keeps on going in spite of alleged poor sales.This is such insane reasoning. It's like saying a starving fat man (fattened up by mama Hasbro) isn't going to die from starvation because he's gone for 2 months without any food and is still alive right now.It's like pic related. It used to be everywhere for two years and then it was suddenly gone from Walmart and Target shelves, without a word. They tried to keep selling products, even created a kickstarter. Fully funded, reached many tiers (sound familiar?) and that was the last time they released a product. nothing new since 2023 and stores are sitting on a lot of dead stock.It's a dead toyline and it died without any fanfare>>11664937>>11664938>>11664954>He keeps projecting his local experiences nationwide.I like how my link of multiple websites from tons of people discussing their stores no longer carrying GI Joe Classified over the past 3 years were ignored and immediately forgotten.>>11665093But the image i posted literally sources the US Census Beauru. And 4chan has 3 different ways to click on that image to find where that image came from and they come up with a shit ton of articles, proving you made shit up just to argue, because you're angry and afraid that Hasbro is going to cancel GI Joe Classifiedhttps://www.census.gov/retail/ecommerce.htmlAll the evidence is in front of you, but you retards keep railing against facts and pretending that Hasbro is a charity or whatever delusions that you need to believe that a business won't cancel the Classified line that is experiencing poorer sales than previously canceled toylines.
>>11665229that picture doesn't even say what was supposed to be on the pegeven when my targets didn't have joes (most of this year) there were 4 pegs for them
>>11665237This. The local Target closest to my house has consistently had three to four pegs for Joes throughout the past at least two years. They also have a spot or two on the shelf itself for deluxe releases. This has been consistent. Also, it's more shelf presence than Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black Series get. I think we need to make a new thread rule where we just ignore subjectanon when he does this shit, especially during the holidays. He yet again spent his Christmas and New Years arguing on 4chan about inane bullshit yet again. I feel bad for the guy.
>>11665007this is KINO
>>11665237Are you being obtuse just to keep denying the Classified line is selling poorly or are you literally retarded?See how the peg says SS Scout and underneath you can barely make out "SNAP SHIP SCOUT", and underneath that is the price and a barcode? That barcode is how stock monkeys are able to find stock in the back and know if there's even stock to bring back to restock the shelves. This is why literally every photo in this thread with toys on the peg have their info on the pegs.>b--b-but this one rare example where they don't!Sure, they'll take the info off or just FILL space sometimes, but they won't do this for more than a couple of days, because again, how will the 15 year stocker who only knows about TikTok know what's supposed to be there? Employees are trained to scan this shit and print a peg label if it's ever missingIt's no longer the 80s and Targets/WAlmarts aren't mom and pop shops in the third world who can't afford technology.But keep ignoring i posted a link with dozens of threads/posts/sites full of people talking about how their Walmarts no longer stock the Classified line
Happy liberation day, Venezuela.
>>11665324>keep ignoringwe willbecause those of us who actually go to stores on occasion have seen them on the shelvesyou don't do that, you're citing anecdotes, and since you're an autist, your case would not hold up in court because tomorrow I could drive to any of my local targets or walmarts and prove you wrong with a handful of picturesand you see, right now, I have this position because what I just described has been the case at my local stores since October, consistentlyI don't have 3 ghost vipers because I really wanted them and preordered them all, I have 3 because I went to a walmart for other shit a few times and each time they always had them and I figured I might as well because they were there
I got this valaverse rocket launcher that came out a week or two ago, basically just for Cover Girl, and it matches her really wellI'll post pics eventually
>>11665333Why are they picking on the poor autistic retard that Destro keeps on the payroll out of pity?
>>11664755>words words words I literally can't stop sucking cock and huffing balls and licking ass holy shit i'm just so addicted to it oh fuck yea, huh Gi Joe? Yea gimmie that Cobra and by Cobra I mean Cock you see i'm a raging homosexual faggot and can't stop sucking cock long enough to think straight
>>11665392>because those of us who actually go to stores on occasion have seen them on the shelves>you don't do that, you're citing anecdotes,LMAO. Do you even know the words that you're using, retard?Anecdote = limited, personal experience. That's exactly what you're doing.Whereas I've linked to DOZENS, if not HUNDREDS of websites with many people reporting on their Walmarts no longer carrying GI Joe. Literally the opposite of anecdotal, because it's being reported in hundreds of cities and most states.I know that you're upset at the fact that the GI Joe Classified is selling poorly and is already reached cancellation numbers, but can you quit being such a giant faggot over this?like holy fuck, you guys are super fucking stereotypes
>He can only post Google Image Result pictures from literally 15-20 years ago
Just stop replying to him. Eventually he'll get tired of arguing with himself and go to bed.
New one's up>>11665155>>11665229You're still confusing shitty distribution in your area for poor sales. A microscope does not make a world-view.>>11665324It's not selling poorly. It's doing fine. It's in no danger of getting cancelled. If Hasbro had a problem with Walmart not shipping it to a lot of stores, then they wouldn't have given Walmart so many exclusives. Their shit still manages to sell even when a lot of stores don't get it at all thanks to their crap distribution which has been a problem SINCE THE LINE BEGAN.>>11665333>We want a new Scrap Iron, but more retarded and annoyingI still don't get why they did that. >>11665398Or you could give it to Bazooka
>>11665536I like how you think Walmart's distribution is stuck in the 1970s. See >>11664755We've known how Walmart handles distribution based on its software deciding which regions and stores are actually able to profit from selling GI Joe Classified. We've known that certain Walmarts will stop carrying a line if it's not profitable since the 00s. People all around the United States have been reporting that their local walmarts no longer carrying GI Joe Classified and these reports have been growing since 2021. You can find links to hundreds of people self reporting here >>11664866> If Hasbro had a problem with Walmart not shipping it to a lot of storesLOL, you have no idea.You're acting like Hasbro is doing WAlmart a favorite, but it's literally the opposite. Walmart has Hasbro by the balls when it comes to ordering shit, hence Hasbro needing to incentivize Walmart into ordering more units by making exclusvies for them.If Walmart has halved orders for the Classified line since 2022, Hasbro is just happy that they order anything at allAgain, we KNOW that Walmart has selectively stopped carrying the GI Joe Classsifed line in many of its stores. You can ignore all the people reporting on this, but it's all catching up with Hasbro now and we've been seeing stores dumping their stock for 4 years straight. And when stores like Amazon/Target/Walmart dump their stock, they're going to order fewer units the next time. So that means 2025 had less stock ordered than 2024, and 2024 had less stock ordered than 2023, and 2023 had less stock ordered than 2022, and 2022 had less stock ordered than 2021...No company will keep a line that continues losing sales like this.Pic are Amazon exclusives that they had to dump at Rosses.
>>11665578Your let me Google that for you link you provided comes back with nothing but links to purchase Joes from Walmart. So yeah.
>>11665590I got the Quarrel/Falcon 2-pack from them a month ago. Plus their store locator for finding which stores have what you want is useful as hell
>>11665590>106,000 results>pretends the SPONSORED links are the entirety of the linkWay to prove you' purposely shit up the thread, because you're too afraid to admit GI Joe Classified is selling poorly.Makes me wonder if you're even going to hit the depression stage, muchless acceptance. You're going to be in denial and anger even a year from now when Hasbro hasn't said a peep about future GI Joe products and all major retail stores clearanced out the last of their Classified stock before Christmas season even hit.No doubt, you'll be trying to claim that Ross is now a major retail store, because it's the only place you can find Joes.
>>11666320I accept your concession
>>11666320>>11665578>pointing out the things that sucked and fans hated instead of the stuff that fans loved and did sell wellNice cherry-picking there.
>>11666445>people hate Cobra figures and army builders, expecially VipersSure is newfag who has only been collecting GI Joes in the 2020s. Vipers were one of those toys that never shelf warmed.... until Classified came out. Even literally black Cobra figures didn't shelf warm.>b-b-but mixmatched arms!I remember when Hasbro completely fucked up and used entirely different molds for the Cobra Infantry, using the vintage bodies, instead of the freshly molded, highly praised revamped bodies. And the complete fuck up still sold out, despite everyone WTFing hardBTW, Is Sgt Slaughted hated this much by fans and his toy sucked badly https://i.4cdn.org/toy/1766876850284747.png ? I remember the GI Joe General praising him, but i guess my memory sucks, huh?oh wait, no, he was popular and Hasbro probably made a big stink about him and thus stores overordered him. He sold so well that they even made redecos of him.... except he only sold well initially and projected sales failed hard.Stores overestimated how many GI Joe fans there actualy are, probably either using 2020 numbers or even 2015 numbers, thus Slaughter being clearanced out and then dumped into the overstock stores like Ross and Ollies.Shit like this is probably why the Slaughter redecos shelf warmed too, because redecos usually exist for people who missed out the first time. So the later versions shelf warmed too because no one needed him anymore.pic of another fan favorite that shelf warmed so hard it got clearanced and the overstock sent off to Ross/ollies/etc.BTW, you're the one that's cherry pickign, because you ignore how most of the GI Joe Classified line has shown up at Ross/Ollies and got clearanced off at their primary store first. There's only a couple of figures that genuinely sold well, that didn't show up at Ross/Ollies or got clearanced off.
I went to Ross Dress For Less today hoping to score some cheap Joes but I was disappointed that they didn't have any. They had a ton of 1:18 Avatar Quarriches but since I can't think of any character I'd want to convert him into that I don't already have (he'd be a decent Sgt. Slaughter but I already made one).I decided to go to the Target next door though, and much to my surprise I found the Steeler and Short Fuze two pack. I missed my chance to preorder them on Pulse so I was happy to at least find that. Steeler will be taking a turn as the Hunter Tank / "MOBAT" driver in my next display (I have been using Covergirl).
>>11667386You generally won't find jack shit in the toy aisles after Christmas... but the past 2 years have been pretty shit.So finding anything after Christmas is a bad sign.
Hey Walmart?Yeah, fuck you too. What's this shit. Both of these look like they were torn open and retapped and they're still full price with a clearance sticker on it. I know it's bullshit cause they have like seven MASS driver purple pajama Snake Eyes "clearance" priced at fucking $75 each.
>>11670320That's messed up. Their boxes are in such a shape that Ollie's won't take that shit either, so it's in the trash for them when they go unsold.
>>11665398I picked this up along with the armoured vehicle combo pack and Day of the Dead guy. Unrelated what's the best blood effect for 1/12?
>>11670320 Good ole SS Gampa.
>>11670960>Opa war Sturmführer bei der SS
