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I’m guessing Flash will be in the last part of 2026’s retro wave
Chang over in Hasbro factory sort of screwed up his Wild Bill "prototype" that he ran off in the factory off-hours. >>11760804Probably. YoJoe June will do a lot of reveals that'll map out most of the rest of the year, and I'm not even hearing whispers of Flash being anywhere in sight.
>>11760629You forgot to mention the Fatal Fluffies under rumors.
>>11760980That seems far-fetched but you're right.
>>11760995I can see the Classified team doing a scary take on them.
>>11760995I don't think it's that far-fetched, the Joe team loves the cartoon and I believe they've mentioned the Fluffies before. Hell, they even had a song about em on the Cold Slither Album and the bassist even Cosplayed one at NYCC at the Hasbro booth.
It's a blast from the past, guys! Still haunting shelves in 2026.
>>11760629Why are the vehicles so expensive, I'd expect them to cost about the same to make as the figures with how much detail and articulation goes into those.
>>11761121Because after licensing costs Star Wars and other licensed IPs are expensive, so Hasbro deliberately keeps the prices of its own IPs high so they're not "internally competing."
>>11760629That’s a lot of Cobra vehicles but barely any for the Joes.Isn’t because the HasLab this year is the SnowCat?Because only the Triple T and a green Ferret are scraps.
>>11761455I'm sure the Snowcat being this year's big vehicle release has a lot to do with it.
>>11761468Oh damn!!!I guess most of the last stuff he worked on won’t be out until 2027.
>>11761468Boss Fight Studio has been uncucking themselves a lot lately.
>>11761468Translation: he's tired of his "superior" being someone half his age who most likely got the job through checkboxes instead of being a fan of the brand. I'm sure that he's really sick of all the awesome stuff put on hold and coming out at a trickle by "LET'S DO THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COOL FIRST."
>>11761468Welp it's over
>>11761468Cory Cantelupe just posted the other day that he's joining Boss Fight as a full time sculptor too. He was one of the people Hasbro fired in their mass layoffs a few years ago and was the original sculpting manager on Classified. I wonder if they're planning on doing more layoffs and Lenny was given a heads up that he was on the block so he jumped ship while he could. Either that or Boss Fight must be doing something exciting if they were able to pull him away from Hasbro.
>>11761510severely doubt the fat woman had anything to do with this, hasbro is just getting rid of everyone they can these days because shareholders demand ever increasing profits even while the ship is sinking
>>11761525>when a company lays off or runs off their talent while keeping all the DEI checkboxes
>>11761525>Boss Fight must be doing something exciting if they were able to pull him away from Hasbro.They fired Eric Arana and his wife who ruined the company by making terrible head sculpts based on their friends and family, and were doing woke shit toys. They recently announced a bunch of Conan and Red Sonja figures in both 1:12 and 1:18 scale. Several years back they fumbled a deal to make toys for Dynamite Entertainment to make Red Sonja and Vampirella figures.
>>11761529Shareholders are usually well-educated, and know that profits come from producing what sells a lot for the lowest possible price. At this point Classified exists to hedge against the giant losses Star Wars generates.
>>11761531Has lame and gay, bro.
>>11761531You okay chief?
>>11761552>>11761545>samefag It's true. They lost a lot of money last year, and losing talent while pandering to leftist crap isn't going to fix it.
New Joe movie confirmed
>>11761535What a salty loser
>>11761535pretty brave of him to make that keychain of someone jerking off
>>11761565It doesn't work in live action, and Hasbro and Hama refuse to understand that wider audiences don't give any fucks about ninjas (which is why SE Origins was a flop). The ONLY way it could work is if they rip off the scripts from Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter, and Splinter Cell.
>>11761535Yea, I'm aware of all that and I'm thankful it happened. I just wonder what they have going on in the background that we don't know about. I can't imagine Red Sonja and Conan are IP's that would pull someone like Lenny away from the largest company in the industry. Especially when he's spent pretty much the last decade working on Joe, a brand he is pretty passionate about, and built Classified from the ground up to a pretty decent success. Not to mention to make the move from Pawtucket to Boston with them. Boss Fight is also in Mass, so maybe it was planned all along and they're going to let him and Corey do something all original for them. Either way this makes me wonder how much life is left in Classified after this.
>>11761612>how much life is left in Classified after this.The line's on a good trajectory at this point, it's not like he was the only person doing the sculpts, it'll be fine. Especially since its Hasbro's only line with a 100% Haslab success rate
They fired Lenny cuz he's a white male. Sad but true.
>>11761616He was the lead designer though.>Especially since its Hasbro's only line with a 100% Haslab success rateThat's not even true. TF, Ghostbusters, and SWTVC have all had 100% successes.
>>11761620I forgot about Ghostbusters, and I lumped all SW ones together, but didn't TF have to extend one in order to fund?
>>11761619When given how insane companies got with the DEI woke crap, I don't doubt it.
>>11761624>I lumped all SW ones togetherAs you should since it's all under the same brand. And the SW brand at Hasbro is not 100% successful. And Ghostbusters is spent. After the proton pack and Ecto-1, there's nothing left to do from it.
Yeah Im just here for the toys
>>11761633Ross could make more of they'd list them online like the scalpers who hoard them do.
>>11761630Janine in Ghostbuster suit
>>11761630>And Ghostbusters is spent. After the proton pack and Ecto-1, there's nothing left to do from it.Galactus sized Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
>>11761640>implying thats a good idea Nope >implying these are for resell Nope >implying the 1991 intro didnt have 7 of these rising out of the sand I still need 1 more
Oh yeah and they didn’t come from Ross. U jelly?
>>11761650Not really. The over-sized scorpion is what ruins it for me. It's too large to the point of being comical.
>>11761653It’s just a mutated creature or else it could be the largest scorpion on earth. Either explanation works for me. Im just thinking how it’s even more unrealistic if an entire squad of them all has their own. Seems more plausible if the whole group just had the one. Like a murderous mascot.
>>11761653I too was not the biggest beasts-in-my-Joe guy but Ive warmed up to them if for no other reason than they’ve always been a thing. Some characters are “beast masters”. Also it’s annoying how every Joe fan picks and chooses where to draw the “realism” line. The purist “G1ers” seem to forget tha everyone was shooting lasers at robots from day 1. Me personally I like it all. The more you take a shine to the later stuff the more boring the older stuff gets
>>11761658Well if you bought a stack of them at $40 each when they'll be hitting Ross at any time now, then hey more power to you. >>11761646I think life-sized statues of characters need to make a comeback.
>>11761660>Also it’s annoying how every Joe fan picks and chooses where to draw the “realism” line.I'll admit I've fucked up in that regard, mainly because I prefer the cartoon but also prefer some degree of actual realism. I just don't see Cobra spending R&D dollars developing bigger bugs when there's dinosaurs to produce.
>>11761661I got them on clearance at Target, thanks. >>11761664Gotta start somewhere
>>11761633Monster
>>11761658I don't like any troop having a pet, it's more special if it's just one dude. So in my headcanon there is just one Desert Scorpion and he's basically like Croc Master
>>11761699In my headcanon the leader of a team has the pet and others don't.
>>11761699Thats definitely how I roll too. First and foremost there is only one Alley Viper in my personal Joeverse. There is also one episode of the show that sort of kind of backs that up in his case. Desert Scorpion was definitely going to be another case of this for me as well before Target practically forced these on me at the price I paid. Hell, maybe I will still hold to that and only keep one Of him. and just use the others for trade bait. Not sure yet, we’ll see. All I know is that the second you start troop building any character it automatically becomes less special. They become cannon fodder by default.
And then again sometimes more is cooler
I’m pretty sure Lenny got to do Golobulus before he left. But I’m sad we’ll never see his take on the 1990 Joes, Cesspool, or Headman and the Headhunters.
>>11761765The time it takes from initial proto sculpt to production sample figure is around a year and a half. We'll be seeing his work through a good part of next year.
>>11761767I know. But with the exception of Golobulu, like I said, I doubt those other characters are in the pipeline for the next 16 months.So Lenny never got a chance with them.
>>11761508Considering he was a transfag and apparently liked doing fantasy stuff.... i think he was one of the problems with the GI Joe line.GI Joe Classified was too techno-y, hence so many of the fans making negative remarks about it early on and because all the designers can't do anything else, they're too afraid to do anything but catering to nostalgiafags.So with Lenny gone, i hope this means they have the talent to do something original again.Or maybe he's not getting replaced......
>>11761661>Well if you bought a stack of them at $40 each when they'll be hitting Ross at any time now, then hey more power to you.ooof... did he realy cost $80 and $40 is half off?$40 is super expensive. wtf.
With Lenny gone, what will be the 2027 HasLab?
