Previous one:https://boards.4chan.org/toy/thread/11696544#bottomComing between March and June:>Big Lob>Cobra-La Royal Guard>Lifeline>Night Viper>Hit-n-Run>Mole Rat (v.2)>retro-card Female Crimson Guard>retro-card Zap>retro-card Crazy LegsUnknown release dates:>Zanya with Swamp Skier>Ninja Force Zartan>Airtight>Hydro-Viper>Iceberg>Taurus and Red Dog 2-pack>Cobra arctic 3-pack>retro card Wild Bill>T'Jbang>DIRE-tech Night Creeper >Legacy Special Forces Action Soldier>Professor Rottclaw and dino-buddy>Paleo Viper and dino-buddy>Sundown>Dawn Moreno alternative Snake eyesComing from Reaction+:>250th USA anniversary Lady Jaye, Falcon, Duke and Snake Eyes>Flash>Daina>Chuckles>Hydro-Viper>G.I. Joe A Real American Hero:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0FaPp2oenPi6zQOTBUCRoYnjhp0eEKQ>G.I. Joe Renegades:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9iSDGvA4UNCGK-QiRUoxNHPun1PAIXON>G.I. Joe Spy Troops (PAL version, ripped and edited by a very kind Aussie Anon/Spy Troops anon):https://mega.nz/folder/UbgRhCQA#9MNOu25I6Rqv0BlaSUj8XA>GI Joe movie intro:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2I166f_U [Embed]
>>11712969Let me guess: Wal-Mart exclusive, and even then maybe 10% of all Walmarts in only a select few cities will actually get it in stock. Also it'll be $20 more than it should be.I posted that, and was just being sarcastically joking when I did. I didn't know that it was actually the case. Well there's another one my city will never see thanks to shit distribution, and another one pretty much designed to be scalper-exclusive.
All the new fan-fic Joes look lame and like they're not part of ARAH. Sundown and the Raptor guy both look like jeets. And I don’t really need another Night Creeper repaint.
>>11713244Apparently Classified is now near the era that killed Joes, maybe we are lucky and we get Manimals figures
>>11713256Sundown looks like a Mexican vaquero
>>11713256i just don't understand why they're making new characters when theres hundreds of existing figures to remake, all of which would sell better, even the 90's shit >>11713257 is bitching about
>>11713266But I'm not bitching about them, I legit want new Manimals figures, I'd love Mega Monsters and Star Brigade aliens too.
>>11713266The success of the Ghost Viper and GRIM Viper ensured that there's money to be made off of new figures made out of recycled parts.
Toyhabbits confirmed with Super7 that Visionaries will have holograms like the vintage toys, but be based off the Sunbow character. We're getting steps and steps closer to a Hasbro shared universe O-ring figures. Would be neat if they also brought back Inhumanoids.
>>11713257I just want them to remake 90s Joes. These new characters just feel like slop aimed at casuals, instead of filling holes in our collection
>>11713294>that Visionaries will have holograms like the vintage toys, but be based off the Sunbow characterCool. It's actually possible to make a 3-D hologram off of a 2-D image. Companies did that a few times back in the 80s, and the results were alright. And it's about time that holograms made a comeback.
>>11713300This is the only 90s Joe I want in Classified form.
Bravo to Hasbro for calling a deinonychus correctly instead of doing like Spielberg/Chricton and calling it a velociraptor because it "sounds cooler." Jurassic Park calling a deinonychus a velociraptor has annoyed me for quite a while. Velociraptors were the size of turkeys.
The comic pack Cobra Commander has been confirmed to be priced at $30. Surprisingly not as expensive for Super7. Brian Flynn said at Toyfair that it's a collab with Todd Mcfarlane's Skybound comics. It sounded like it may be McFarlane trying to revive his G.I. Joe Page Punchers idea. I'd love to see more comic packs in the future.
>>11713250Exclusives should be banned legislatively unless they provide proof to the government that they made and distributed more of the exclusive than of any other figure in the line to that point.
>>11713315$30 for that is still obscene
>>11713315Skybound is Robert Kirkman (the Walking Dead, Invincible) company fyi. He's also the Chief Operating Officer for Image comics.
>>11713338I agree. GV was such a needless source of frustration for many collectors. The price was just as bad as the distribution. It was just $15 less than a fucking Stinger with figure.
>>11713313With some tan paint that masked head would work well on a Desert Scorpion.
>>11713244>>11713313>>11713250this looks like retarded HeMan shit.Has GI Joe lost its way?I wonder what real GI Joe fans are saying about this shit.
>>11713478>I wonder what real GI Joe fans are saying about this shit.The oldest ones are probably dead by now... I'm a zoomer and I like this shit, give me crazy stuff
>>11713478>Has GI Joe lost its way?No. They're just running out of "the best years" figures (1982 - 1986) to produce, and There's a few bad ones they did early that new versions would improve on (like Baroness, Lady Jaye, Destro, and cobra trooper) that they just don't want to revisit.
It's time to do the weird stuff from 90s like monsters and aliens.
I like how these guys kinda go together.
>>11713347Yup. I think ,$25 is too high but an extra $5 for a reprint is outrageous. Shit, it's like they don't know times are hard out here for us too..
>>11713501>they just don't want to revisitIt's not that they don't want to, it's that they want to stretch it out. The sooner people get their preferred rosters done, the more likely it is that they completely check out of the line
I didn’t know Overkill has the “Robert Skelton” underneath.I think I may get it then.
>>11713513If they can vac-metallize CC's face plate, then they can do it for Destro. Just saying.
>>11713478Strange that a fake fan is talking about real fans
>>11713478You mean the ones who bought the original gi joe dolls in the 60s?
>>11713478I been playing with Joes since the 80s and I'm all for new stuff in Classified. I bought the same damn ARAH figures a half dozen times over my life by now, so a Cobra scientist who makes Dinosaurs or a Cowboy figure who *isn't* useless outside of a Helicopter are welcomed additions to my collection. I would love to get Ghost Viper and that new Night Creeper too, but being Wal-Mart figures, I doubt that'll happen. I'd be curious to see if the Night Creeper and Viper's heads are cross-compatible because even a simple headswap would be a good way to make each character feel more unique.
>>11713745I'd like DIRE Night Creeper more if he wasn't Walmart exclusive and is in the same "team colors" as Crystal Ball and Ghost Viper are.
>>11713754I wanted a new ghost head. Now Crystal Balls head isn't special. I don't know if this is a real criticism or just autism.
Retro card soon surely
>>11713754Oh being a Wal-Mart Exclusive is certainly a kick in the balls. In the whole line those are always the worst. That said, the black and grey seem close enough and the clear green helps bring em all together. >>11713758Yea, it was kinda lazy to use CB's ghost head. Almost wish they kept the snake head out of the Ghost Viper's box and saved it for this guy. Though getting one of each would fix that issue and still give CB a team to work with. However I feel they're not done with this DIRE line just yet.
>>11713478The original Dinosaur box set from the OG line was a super duper limited edition set with a small production run, store exclusive to a chain that had very limited footprint outside of New York, and zero promotion, making it one of the rarest pieces of GI Joe ARAH out there from the last couple of years of the line's existence. Also, the ghost trooper shit was a literal black swan thing where NO ONE thought it would be as popular as it was and even then, a good chunk of it's popularity was centered around how insanely difficult it was to find the figure. Who knows if this second figure will do as well, especially if they increase the availability of it.
I've got more in my pile of shame, notably serpentor, clutch and vamp and the haslab hiss tank. Oh and I think a trouble bubble maybe. I'm reorganizing my storage.
>>11713688No. Besides, their opinions never mattered and they almost never post online anyway.And after looking for a bit of the old forums... are there any old GI Joe fans left? Or are they so uninterested no one is even bothering to comment? >>11713501 >>11713745I honestly don't get why they go after the early 80s stuff, since like you've said, they're remade a millio times over. There's so much shit after the 80s that almost never gets attention.The GI Joe Vs 00s line are full of original designs that were fairly popular that have never been redone, and they sorely need it, since they''d look 3x better in a realistic style. Even the 90s stuff can look great without the dayglo colors, yet only the Alley Viper got (popular) redecos/redesigns.I grew up with the 80s shit too. I started a bit late, since i was into HeMan, so my first actual gI Joe was Spirit. Fuck yeah, an animal companion, but the new animal companions are all ridiculously huge now. I get it, they want higher price point figures to charge you double, but why not do the shit they did in the 00s and give you a neat minivehicle? Rocket packs, air gliders, power armor, motorcylces, etc, wouldn't be that much more expensive and probably cost less to produce than some articulated animal.10 minutes into the future mechanical shit like like that actually fits in with gI Joe, instead of the increasingly fantasy animals that they're releasing. It doesn't look like GI Joe anymore
>>11713478Gen X’er here. And I’m fine with it as long as it’s detailed and looks cool.You kids must realize Cobra-La and dna melting pot Serpentor, are more farfetched than cloning dinosaurs, right?Dino Hunters was already part of G.I.Joe anyway.And it’s not like they’ve given up on the military aspects. Look at Action Soldier Special Forces
>>11713823Are you kidding?Those things looked fucking stupid even back then.
>>11713889I said 00s, not 80s.There was similar cooler shit than that in the 80s, but they didn't come with figures. Hasbro doesn't want to give you lower price point shit anymore... or rather, stores don't want to carry it. $20 toys don't cut it anymore.>>11713884All that shit you mentioned didn't have staying power though. Seperantor, Cobra La, dinoshit, was quickly forgotten about and treated as a joke for ages.Hasbro tried to do that shit for Venom Vs Valor too and that spelled the end for the GI Joe Vs Cobra line from the early 00s.TRU making subsequent Robot leftovers and more grounded figures as a store exclusives actually saved the GI Joe line since Sigma 6 failed horrible, hence Hasbro returning to 1:18 for the 25th line.
>>11713779>The original Dinosaur box set from the OG line was a super duper limited edition set with a small production run, store exclusive to a chain that had very limited footprint outside of New York, and zero promotion, making it one of the rarest pieces of GI Joe ARAH out there from the last couple of years of the line's existence.....well shit, now I feel really bad for losing almost everything from that set and breaking the Desert Fox repaint that came with it. I mean, yea I was a kid at the time, but it was still a cool set. Also, Classified Desert Fox when?Also also, Classified Dino Hunters Haslab with to scale articulated T-Rex when?>>11713932>Sigma 6 failed horribleI thought Sigma 6 actually did well in stores and only got sidelined because of the movie coming out. IIRC, the 25th stuff was just supposed to be the two box sets and some random single packs, but was unexpectedly popular and Hasbro had to pump out more then expected of that line.
>>11713961Sigma 6 was a dud.Lots of posts about shit being clearanced out... not Classified levels of being clearanced out, but back then, toylines needed to meet a higher standard of sales and Sigma 6 quickly lost support from Walmart, which was the entire reason why Hasbro increased the scale in the first place.Weirdly enough, the 2.5 mission sets seemed to sell better than the 8" dolls. The minisets actually seemed to sell, since they'd sell out sometimes.
I like sigma 6 characters and armor designs, but not the dolls
>>11713506Some dope 90's shit.
>>11713506The SAW Viper is soo cool. They took a goofy ass design and made it work.
