Previously:https://boards.4chan.org/toy/thread/11812208/gi-joe-military-general-everyone-bitches-edition#bottomOut now:>Ninja Force Zartan (Target)>DIRE-tech Night Creeper (Walmart)July 1:>Destro with Despoiler>Sundown>Overkill>Snake Eyes (Dawn Moreno)>Airtight>Hydro-ViperJuly 15 release:>retro-card Wild Bill>Techno-Viper>GruntJuly 19:>Scarlett and T'JBang Ninja ForceJuly 22:>Taurus and Red Dog 2-packOctober 1:>Deep Six November 1:>Snake Eyes green ferret vs Stealth Viper Trouble Bubble>Cobra Commander with Cobra throneSDCC July 23 - July 26>Fatal Fluffies>Shipwreck and Cadet DemingNYCC October 8>Lara Croft 30th anniversary crossoverUnknown release dates:>Grand Slam with HAL>rugged Duke>Mistress Armada>NightForce Psyche-Out>Iceberg>Toxo-Viper>Stealth CLAW with figure>Arctic Cobra Commander with Arctic Baroness>Desert VAMP>Action Man>Dusty and Sandstorm>Legacy Avalanche RescueReaction+ unknown release dates:>Zartan (color-change)>Deep Six>Lady Jaye (cartoon colors)>Cobra Commander Ninja Force>Snake Eyes Ninja Force>Cobra Viper GunnerRumors:>Stalker with kayak>Retro Firefly>Water Mocassin with gunner figure>Heartwrencher>Desert Team Pack>Stealth CLAW with figure>Road Pig>Triple T with Sgt Slaughter>Muskrat>Voltar>Zanzibar>Serpentor>Energon Baroness>Scoop>blue S.N.A.K.E. armor with dire tech>Thunder Machine>Golobulus (presumed SDCC 2027 exclusive)
>>11822724Next wave of reveals is today
>>11822725I doubt they reveal a lot. It will also be the shortest stream of the month.
>>11822752They said two preorders and some renders and name reveals.It might be short because they won't be showing anything physically.
>>11822752>>11822759I doubt that anyone will be impressed today.
I’m guessing they’ll do the following:Show Unboxed and in hand Dusty with Sandstorm and Avalanche Rescue worker.Show Renders on Iceberg, Mistress Armada, Duke and Toxo-Viper for the final week.Show silhouette of the new unrevealed character for the final week.
>>11822782apparently the final figure in the wave will be revealed today, unless industry boomers on hisstank were hyping it up last night for no reasonit's new, it's a villain, it might be a chick
We still have one more retro wave figure to be revealed too
Pics already out
>>11822845
>>11822845>>11822848this is definitely cooler than the first one
>>11822848why even give us the coyote if it looks this fucked up? I’d rather not have it
>>11822858it's just on HGH, it's finea lone coyote could never keep up with a dog otherwise
>>11822858Yeah, they botched that one.>>11822851That helmet with the nvg new?
>>11822868I think so.Seems like it might have have a swivel.
this pre-recorded stream scheduled to go live now was pushed back 15 minutes
>>11822848>"we're just normal men" >"we're just innocent men"
>>11822725How much are they paying him, or are they paying him in figures only?
>>11822848This is not how you make a coyote.
>>11822912Hasbro doesn't have that sort of budget for GI Joe anymore, so the only thing they're paying him with are internet cred and links to his youtube account.
hey guysmore cold slither concerts
>>11822858Fuck the dog. I want them to get the arms right so they go straight down.
>>11822908Kek
Snow nigga
Toxo-Viper
Lady Armada, my new waifu
>>11822935At least he comes with more than one accessory this time. >>11822938still tapping into the Cobra-La roots
"Synapse", some kind of zombie/tech guy by the look of his silhouette
RETRO revealsFalconValkyrieFlash
>>11822939That's an Iron Grenadiers diversity-hire.
>>11822939 Nice tits!
Did they just not show the new Duke? Aren't these pre-recorded? >>11822939Excellent tit meat
Kill me.
Surprised they didn’t show new Duke
>>11822953I think they were supposed to and fucked it up or something, they were talking like we could see a render.
>>11822946>ValkyrieJust give the first one a better face so it doesn't look like it has demon eyes, and don't make it flat-chested. >Flash About fucking time
>>11822943looks like he'd be tied into the mole rats or something
>>11822946Surprised no Firefly and no Ripcord
>>11822939>sexy >mystery meat>sword>gold 1911>moneymongers stay winning
>>11822958I'm thinking a hybrid zombie and BAT.>>11822957A better helmet wouldn't hurt, either. Neither would losing the Darth Vader face mask. Cobra female blueshirts had scarves covering their faces, not Darth Vader masks.
>>11822963>>mystery meatShe looks like the one in 50 million pajeetas that isn't offensively ugly.
>>11822964this is the promo shot they used so it'll probably still have the visor head
>>11822965She’s black. And from Britain.
>>11822970Like Casca
>>11822965Is Armada supposted to be Indian? I thought she was Colombian or Brazilian or sometthing>
>>11822973I like this Duke. He looks awesome.
>>11822974Black girl from Britain. Real name is Lilian Osborne.
>>11822939hasbro knows how to get meI wasn't 100% confident about my IG Destro & Despoiler preorder, but with this bitch showing up I'm committing to the IG line
>>11822973Is this Energon Duke?
>>11822980they said it wasn't., but they implied they'll do that eventually
my dawn moreno arrived while I watched the streamfun day
>>11822938wake me when v2
>>11822973lmao boomers are actually spazzing out about this duke having a beard and "not being" duke
>>11822973Duke is the Chris Redfield of GI Joe isn't he? I like this version, looks cool.
>>11822848The coyote looks awful. It’ll probably look a bit better in hand tho. I already have a Seychelles coyote for the OG Dusty that looks 100 times better >>11822868Yup looks like a new helmet. I’m sure we’ll see it a billion more times in the future >>11822935A head swap away from being sorta mid >>11822938Dope >>11822939Might grab it only bc it kind of looks like my wife >>11822943Eh>>11822946Cool >>11822973Super meh. Looks like 100% reused parts except of the neck and head ..probably will still purchase.
>>11822935>>11822938>>11822939Gosh dog it all, maybe it's time for me to rejoin the ranks guys. >>11822973Energon duke? Looks great for a generic guy.
once again the Joe cucks get generic rehashed shit while Cobra chads get based wacky nonsense
>>11822938Preordered day1. No waiting on ROSS drops for this one. One of the few I had as a kid.>>11822939Don't know who but sure looks spicy.>>11822973Thought this was going to be 90s Duke in desert camo and red trim.
>>11822935Wrong chest color, and I don't like the black snowboard, should be white like v2 or v4 version.>>11822938is what it is, I'll get one just to have it>>11822939Who? Not even accurate to the one appearance she had, easy wait for a sale >>11822943That looks purely retarded, easy skip>>11822946I'm not buying another falcon no matter whatI got a ton of the two pack Valkyries on sale, no need for a slightly different blue versionFlash is obviously the only must have of the day.
>>11823033>Who? Not even accurate to the one appearance she had,that one appearance she had looked lame as fuck, this is way cooler
>>11823034if anyone wanted a figure of this, they are incorrect
>>11822966That sucks. >>11822973Looks great.
>>11823029>Thought this was going to be 90s Duke in desert camo and red trim.Same
>>11823033>Wrong chest color, and I don't like the black snowboard, should be white like v2 or v4 version.That for the retro card release in 2 years.
>>11822939This gives me more hope that the Dr Knox figure is going to be great.
>>11823033>Wrong chest colorlittle shit like that's deliberate. It gives them an excuse to do a retro-card reissue down the road.
>>11822939We need a higher angle view of that cleavage to validate it.
Dog already sold out. I got one to resell.
>>11822946>those colors Did they pick a goddamn animation error again?
$4 thrift store SHARC
Post toys
>>11823089What are you talking about, that's his color from the movie. The original classified fucked up face one uses the vintage figure colors.
>yes Commander, I believe the Auditors are finished.
>>11823140Ok buddy
>>11823146NP anon, glad I was able to clear that up for ya.
>>11823033>Who? Not even accurate to the one appearance she had, easy wait for a saleIt's a sexy female figure. Do you think it will go to a sale?
>>11823143I wonder what paint they used on the harness
>>11823189It’s basically plastic and it’s toxic in liquid form
>>11822935>>11822938>>11822939>>11822943Eh...I'm good
>>11823230>>11823193Get out of our thread faggot and go back to your containment
>>11822845>>11822847As cool as these figures are, I think I'll hold off pre-ordering them. Hopefully like previous higher priced sets, they'll sit on shelves and maybe even see a discount at some point. Desert Scorpion was a way cooler set and that thing was the only figure on the shevles at my local targets for this entire year. >>11822935>>11822938>>11822939>>11822973These are day one Pre-Orders though. Though I do wish Iceburg's gun was more like a laser LMG like his original figure since Snowjob already holds that arctic sharpshooter position. >>11822946Oh neat, I'm down for a third Valkyrie. >>11823119>>11823120Any markings on this thing to indicate what it's from? I wanna say it's another Chap Mei thing, but the holes in the front and hatch up top make me doubtful of that.
>>11822943Dr X
>>11823310>Any markings on this thing to indicate what it's from?Imaginext Justice Leauge
>>11823310I just want one good Valkyrie. The 2-pack really did suck.
>>11822939
>>11823420I doubt they'll change anything sculpt-wise, or even the web gear. It'll just be color differences.
>>11822973>Punished Duke
>>11823420Why do you post such enthusiastic lies?
>>11822724My dire night viper still hasnt come yet. Walmart wont help me and they direct me to hasbro and hasbro wont help me and they direct me to walmart. What should i do now?
>>11823536cancelling your order would probably be the simplest thingI got both the Night Creepers I ordered, but last time when I ordered Crystal Ball it got randomly cancelled on release day but then there ended up being like 5 of them at my nearest store
>>11823541It says its "shipped" and it was meant to arrive on monday but now it says its delayed and neither walmart nor hasbro will help me and i want to flip a desk because of how enraged i am about this
>>11822946No DIC drug addict Falcon, no buy.
>>11823542I've seen a bunch of people talk about that.Seems like a common thing this time around for some reason.
>>11823547>Seems like a common thing this time around for some reason.Really? Fuck. I thought it was just me having that problem.
>>11823553I also have that problem. I'll probably contact them tomorrow and see if I can get any answer. No idea why they're directing you to hasbro. Its walmart's delivery service that's misplaced it.
>>11823536Damn. I got my two and already sold my extra.
>>11823553I've seen like 4/5 people mention it on the Hisstank forum, I was worried about it happening to me
>>11823564In a fucked up sorts way im glad its not just me having this issue. Has anyone found a solution or figures out what the deal is?
>>11823559What the fuck is going on? It seems like a bunch of things are getting delayed for no reason like some TMNT stuff. Why is every company so fucking incompetent now?
Are you guys new to collecting? Walmart is notorious as the worst place on earth for preorders. Their website is also totally fucked up. The inventory management system had me drive 35 miles for something and then let me know on the way home its in stock at about 5 closer locations.
>>11823615I've never had any issues with orders, my only problem is shit sells out and they seem to have no interest in restocking
>>11823615I barely ever do preorders if i can help it. I only preorder stuff when its absolutely necessary and while walmart has been shitty before ive never had an experience this bad before.
Honestly what should i do? Walmart has been making me go in circles trying to find help about the dire night creeper with all phone numbers and in store employees going "durr i dunno what to do?". How do i get a concrete answer on whats going on and who do i talk to to get results?
Walmart says the dire night creeper was lost now. GreatFUCK WALMART
>>11823591Blame Trump
>>11823827I abandoned buying Joe's from them after the Ghost Viper headache. Collecting is supposed to be depressurizing and enjoyable. Walmart exclusives kill the enjoyment. There's nothing Hasbro can give them that's worth the bullshit.
>>11823842Trust me i do but i genuinely think these companies would be just as incompetent and lazy on their own >>11823849Im still fucking pissed i never got ghost viper. I looked everywhere and could never get him. Fuck walmart up the ass
>>11823849>Collecting is supposed to be depressurizing and enjoyable.I wish this were more the reality for me. Finding a lot of it stressful, have to record the unboxings, worried about the ambient temperature being too hot for my figures, worrying about space etc. I find myself fretting so much about the health of my collection I think I'm too much of a bitch for toy collecting.
>>11822973>belt-fed, but rifle mags in LBV>Gee, Duke! How come General Hawk let's you carry *two* pistols?Dunno why these things bother me, but they do, kek.
Let me ask this, everyone who's had the same delay issue, what was the last location of your package?>4:30 am Package shipped LANCASTER, TXIf they're all from the same distribution hub you might be able to get someone to open a theft investigation there. I'm assuming some employee just walked off with a box of them to resell.
>>11823899Mine says it was shipped from greencastle, pennslyvania
>>11823895>mags for the wrong guns >rifles without proper sights >weapons with incompatible attachments >weapon scaling totally inconsistent It’s pretty clear to me that the current team is extremely unfamiliar with firearms. If I was the team lead I would at least take everyone to a high-end shooting range that has exotic guns for rent. One day at the range and they would understand guns better than they currently do
Oh yeah I almost forgot; the amount of rifles with no stock. It’s basically impossible to shoot a rifle effectively with no stock. They sort of rectified this with Crazyleg’s smg that finally has a folding stock. Collapsible stocks would be really easy for them to do as well.
>>11823907I know next to nothing about guns but if i worked for the gi joe team at hasbro i would make a point to get in contact with people who know about guns to make the toys more accurate
>>11823895That seems to be a plate carrier not an LBV, but yeah, you're not wrong. The Spec Ops soldier from the legacy line uses this carrier, but he at least has a magazine fed rifle. >>11823907It's really annoying. My other hobby is collecting and shooting guns and holy shit, the inaccuracies a lot of these toy companies pull just drives me nuts.
>>11823907it's as if GI Joe were some kinda fantasy IP of made up military and scifi shit that holds no bearing in reality. Next thet'll be making Laser canons and Hover chariots. God GI Joe sucks ass now.
>>11823855It seems to me like 10% of Walmarts got them, and the ones that did got a shitload of them. I personally feel like it was intentional. They priced it well above the normal price of a fat-packed Joe at the time ($60 instead of $40), they knew they had a cool figure people would want but there's the price. I remember someone posting a pic of one in-store at $60 next to a Desert Scorpion normally-priced at $40. I think they created false scarcity to work the buyers into such a frenzy that we'd forget the price. And it worked.
>>11823919If these fuckers show up at DDs like the MOTU Walmart only exclusive. I'm gonna be a happy little boy. Never saw them at the two WM that had the collector Island setup. Saw everything else stocked. There wasn't even a label for it.
>>11823924They sold out fast, and that damned us because the frenzied fans who gladly overpaid gave Hasbro the confidence it was seeking to justify bidding up the prices. So we started this year with everything except the basic figures costing $10 more than they did last year.
Prices will continue to rise as long as you paypiggies keep buying
>>11823917Ok so they built the MASS device but still haven’t figured out that you must have both front and rear sights on a rifle
>>11823914Been wondering if there were any other /k/ommands here. The guns in this toyline are infuriating
Why'd they make this thing so fucking big
>>11823940Hello my fellow /k/ommando. Yeah, as much as I love the line for scratching that military itch for me, it is really obnoxious how they can't get any guns even remotely close to correct. They can't even be bothered to watch a simple YouTube video. It's not like this issue is exclusive to Hasbro, most other companies can't do it. Mezco was one that was pretty good since they had working slides and actions and such, and maybe Valaverse, but I'm struggling to think of any other company outside of specialty stuff like Little Armory that actually gets firearms right.
>>11823908>Collapsible stocks would be really easy for them to do as well.That's another peeve of mine. Non-extended stocks. In Hasbro's defense, they aren't the only one guilty of it. Damn 3rd party had to give us an Uzi with the stock extended.
>>11823940>>11823952Not a /k/ guy but ive heard a theory that companies like hasbro make the guns purposefully weird to avoid paying license fees to IRL gun companies
>>11823965Could be a thing. I know that's a thing for video games.
>>11823965NTA but I could believe that. Though I'm not massively familiar with guns (I like them and think they're cool, but I'm by no means an expert) and honestly most of the "errors" with the Classified guns go over my head.That said I think you could be onto something- they clearly know enough about guns to make some fairly deep cuts (this one is IIRC based on a Kriss Vector) so I wouldn't be surprised if the mistakes are to keep gun companies off their backs.If you think Joe guns are bad though just wait until you see what Transfags have to put up with for jet modes. Blitzwing from the Bumblebee movie turned into a Phantom but his toy didn't even look like a stylized one.
waiting a couple of days was the right call. The dire creeper is back in stock, so I went back to my stalled order, clicked issues with my delivery and it gave me the choice to have another one shipped free of charge.
>>11823936Prices are going to continue to ride regardless if people keep paying for things or not. Literally everything is skyrocketing in price. It's not excluive to toys. Why are some of you so fucking ignorant of the rest of the world?
>>11824022Nah hasbro are being cheap money grubbers
>>11824084Either you're just shitposting or you're legitimately stupid. Either way, stop responding.
>>11824086Not him, but they're not even trying to bring prices down. They cut corners to lower costs like re-using body parts and accessories, but they don't pass that lower price onto customers. Instead they keep prices edging up. And it's getting to the point to where they're pricing customers out of the market.
>>11824106So are the grocery stores and fast food restaurants. Start a crusade for us anon
>>11824128yeah, I'm more willing to pay an extra 5 dollars for action figures than I am for fucking Taco Bell or whatever, which is inflated WAY more
>>11823936Start a Victory Garden! Me? I'm boycotting my utility bills and stealing ground beef from sav-a-lot and pirating movies. Repeal the Stamp Act!
Two more vehicles left this year . Most likely not revealed until SDCC.
>>11824128https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vSjc2vuV_gohttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/o3qHWacYrdoPrices come down quickly when the money's not there. They don't go in the opposite direction. That defies economic logic. Prices get bid up through the increase in able-demand (meaning demand that people have the cash to spend on). Throw in Hasbro increasing the number of Classified releases for the past 3 years. They're raising prices just because they can.
>>11824106No shit. No one in any industry is trying to bring prices down. That's why I said that prices are going to keep gong up regardless if people keep paying the price. It's genuinely kind of concerning how so many of you think this is isolated to toys.
>>11824142Literally everything has gone up in price in the past three years, what are you even talking about?
>>11823948>too big >giant front end (extra stupid bc the engine in the rear)>wheels and tries too small Look at the stance and proportions on the old one. Everything about it is better. Everything is wrong with the new one. Looks like they designed it with no reference in mind whatsoever, like based off a distant memory of what a buggy looks like. At least you took the ridiculous top cage / seat off. It looks a bit better like that. For some reason most people don’t take it off.
>>11823919It makes zero sense to order that much of a $60 figure for one store
>>11824297normal walmart distributionmine never gets anything, they stopped stocking gi joe at all when shipwreck shelfwarmed
>>11824302The AIs are in charge of distribution now, the humans are out to pasture. It ordered 5 for the site but it froze up mid order and didn't recall ordering the 5 so it ordered 5 more, then froze up again, ordered another 5, and on and on
>>11824297Some stores got all the inventory meant for all the stores since most stores didn't carry it, so shit like that happened. Scalpers hoarding them up at $60 then flipping them for $100+ didn't mind.
>>11822943Hey guys, it's me, Synapse.
>>11823849>Collecting is supposed to be depressurizing and enjoyable.lmaoAre you a zoomer or a zoomer?Fucking collecting has been a hassle since collecting started.Always rushing around, visiting multiple locations, coming home empty, and looking for tips from other collectors. It's like hunting for wooly mammoths but for neckbeards.You fucking zoomers know shit about collecting and are super fucking entitledI bet you've never even gotten a limited collector figure from a convention where you spent hundreds of dollars just to get a chance to wait in line 2 hours to buy the alloted amount of figures available for that day. You zoomie shut ins make me sick.
>>11824389is that AI?
>>11823907>It’s pretty clear to me that the current team is extremely unfamiliar with firearms.The now fired head guy for GI Joe used to make Transformers and there were females in their team.so of course they 're unfamiliar, hence filling the line up with dumb ghosts, psychics, monsters, and dinosaurs. Nevermind those dumb early line Classified figures that few people even liked. IT's all WACKY shit by a Transfag.The older lines had former military and military enthusiasts, so we had amazing toys based on gun porn movies.
>>11823965I figured this would be common knowledge, can't just one for one copy a gun directly, those things got patents and protections all over the place. Personally, I would prefer it more if they started leaning back into the original ARAH aesthetic of guns where they were real inspired, but very clearly fake and original. The classic Viper heavy rifle is easily one of my favorite guns in all of fiction, and it still bothers me we haven't seen it get a proper update in Classified. We got the original Joe Laser Rifle, and even the Cobra Grease Gun....though that one is woefully undersized, but stuff like that is what I want to see more of. Iceberg having a standard looking marksman rifle instead of his kick ass Laser LMG is a big loss imo. But at least Toxo-Viper has his weird spray gun thingie. >>11824142Guy, the idea that prices will ever come down is a fallacy only idiots believe. Once inflation hits, it never goes back down because the people who profit off it don't want it to go back down. Inflation is a part of life every civilization has been dealing with since the dawn of currency and trading, thirty years ago I could get two slices and a soda for $3 at any local pizza place, now $3 don't even get you a single slice. Sixty years ago my father was paying pennies for his pizza. Prices go up all the time, but they never come back down. >>11824297>>11824314Wal-Mart has always had shitty distribution, this isn't new, this isn't because of AI, this is because Wal-Mart does not care. Toys are not a priority to them and they only order exclusives to screw over competition, not to actually make money on em. Toys are like milk to these big box stores, a loss leader in profits, but something they feel they need just to get parents in the door.
>>11823849That's not the fault of "Collecting" that's just you being a sperg. >>11824393I'm so glad I don't have to do any of that crap anymore, these days if I want a figure I just press a button and wait. I do miss physical toy stores though, and it was always fun finding a rare toy for a good price at a con. But these days I just buy stuff like shirts and pins at any cons I go to and any collector oriented toy stores that actually still stand are over-priced and under stocked on anything worth buying.>>11824408....are you honestly railing against "wacky space guns" and then trying to claim the Aliens Pulse Rifle is anything but that? The damn thing is just a Thompson with crap bolted onto it. That's about as "wacky" a weapon as you can get.
>>11824455Don't bother, you're talking to Subjectanon. Just wait, he'll start claiming the line is dying again in a moment and then call anyone who disagrees a zoomer/third worlder or whatever.
>>11824408>dumb ghosts, psychics, monsters, and dinosaurs.If you don't like these things, you're fucking gay.
>>11824455there's a reason why Hasbro did a 180° with the Classified line, while most gun people love the shit out the Aliens movie, dude.The Pulse rifle looks like something that could exist, hence still being known by gun nuts nearly 40 years later and replicated a billion time oversWhereas the original Classified designs are best forgotten about. HAsbro had to quickly change course with what the Classified was and their Transfag designers can only copy the stale 80s and 90s designs to remain relevant. You know, those 80s and 90s designs when actual military people were involved with GI Joe, except they kinda flub it up, since transfag and DEI hires are in charge now.>>11824468Sorry I'm not you, because I'm neither 10 years old nor female. I like my military shit to be tacticool at worst, not SO WHACKY XD full of silly Fortnite designs.
>>11824415>they only order exclusives to screw over competitionNo, exclusives exist because Hasbro needs a store to order more of their product, thus promises to make an exclusive to drive up store visits.In some cases, those exclusives were products no one else wanted the product.So anytime you see a Pulse exclusive, it's because 1. it's a marketing tool. 2. because no other store was going to carry it. Think about it, why sell something exclusively at Walmart or the Pulse store where they're only going to carry ~30k-100k of the product, when they could have sold 200k-800k by selling it to Walgreens, Walmart, Pulse, Target, Gamestop, BBTS , EE, TRU, and many indie stores at the same time?They're making far less money and pissing off people like you.It's a desperate business tactic.
>>11824510>Sorry I'm not you, because I'm neither 10 years old nor female. I like my military shit to be tacticool at worst, not SO WHACKY XD full of silly Fortnite designs.then throw out your scarlet and snake eyes figures, fag
>>11824510So you're a CoD fag pretending to like G.I. Joe. >>11824526Stores order Exclusives. They want an item no other store has to get people in THEIR door. Yes, Pulse Exclusives are items that won't be carried in retail stores, since Retail Stores don't want niche, oversized or expensively priced items. They want everything to be as compact as possible and preferably cheap but highly recognizable or desirable. They don't care about niche fan favorites, they don't want to carry large, high priced vehicles, they don't even want to carry toys at all. When TRU folded *every* big box store gutted their toy sections, almost overnight. Clothes make far more profits in those stores, which is why clothing sections take up the most space. Toys are there so Mom has less reason to go elsewhere and can do all her shopping in one spot. Having an exclusive figure just makes it more enticing for little jimmy who thinks it's some sort of rare special find. Or more specifically nowadays, to get dumbass "chase" fags like >11823849 in the door. This shit is. Not. New. This is how retail stores have run since the god damn forties.
>>11824510the US military would sooner use genetically engineered velociraptors and psychics than let Cover Girl wear her hair past her shoulders
>>11824557the US government did false flag vampire attacks in the Philippines to help the Japs keep control over the country, and it worked
>>11824571Ah so you are a sea monkey
>>11824557Oh they have tried many times to make animal weapons. Dolphins with bombs, rats with radios, killer bee swarms. Hell, Carrier Pigeons are the undersung heroes who won us WWII. Crazy experimental mutant animals and weapons are very much a thing the real Military have put much efforts into.
>>11824389Hey Synapse, why do you have 3 arms?
I don't want to reveal too much but expect a real BLOW OUT sale at Hasbro to celebrate our freedom their high prices and imaginary weapons with their illogical ergonomic form factors and nonsensical magazines. I could just enjoy my life and buy the many other options of military styled figures available but since I'm just here to bitch why bother buying toys at all?
>>11822845My brother and ran a wrestling federation with GI joes as kids bc they posed better and could do all the movies. Dusty was my stables champion. I should buy this and pick up a little title belt.
>>11824539>snakes eyes is a fortnite design>not a heavily based commando tacticool designyou zoomers don't know shitSnake Eyes is 70s style thrown together SWAT uniforms, which is actually lazier than pic related.>>11824552bitch, I've been into GI Joe before FPS even existed, liking tacticool since before they invented the shotgun with the shoulder thing that goes up (do you get the reference?). The word tacticool might have been invented in the 00s, but tacticool existed since the 60s.If you like your transfag and SJW designs, good for you, but don't deny your dinosaurs and ghosts aren't for zoomie tastes.>This shit is. Not. New. This is how retail stores have run since the god damn forties.So why even bitch about it then? The toys you want WOULDN'T EXIST if they weren't exclusives.The toys you want would be ordered in fewer numbers if the stores weren't given exclusives to make them order more products, so it'd be even harder to find COMMON toys at Walmart/Target/etc.People who hate exclusives need to fucking think.They're nothing but entitled zoomer who would rather have nothing at all, instead of allowing people who actually go out and hunt to find theirs.
>>11824631Sorry, Mr. Realism, but Snakes is a disfigured retard and he would not be allowed to serve no matter how good he is with a katanaGet fucked, fag
>>11824624What did you just say? Is this a threat?
>>11824510opinion discarded
>>11824631Lol ok, boomer.Hey, the nice lady is here to feed you your mashed potatoes and jell-o now. Then you can go get your depends changed and take a little nap and come back later and shake your cane at us about how GI Joe doesn't remind you of your glory days with the boys back in 'nam anymore.
What do you guys think about the future of Classified? I was watching a collector group stream last night and they pointed out how few accessories most of the recent reveals are coming with, compared to the previous expected standard of classifieds, like Duke vs his retro one for example. I did personally jotice a general lack of hands across the reveals. Is the Marvel Legend mentality hitting G.I. Joe now? I have only relatively recently started looking at classifieds properly, but they always felt like the one line Hasbro could be commended for, has the death knell to that been sounded?
>>11824849Very few Classified figures ever came with extra hands, outside of Deluxe figures and retros. And the figures don't feel like they're coming with any less now than they ever did. There were many figures, even early on, that only came with maybe three or four accessories. Classified gets lauded because whether they came with three accessories or eight accessories, they can almost always store them all somewhere on their person.
>>11824832no need to get snippy just because i don't like the designs by DEI and transfag designers.And neither did Hasbro, since they're no longer there anymore.i wonder, did everyone who bitched about the early Classified designs even around here anymore? I think most of those people are gone by now, since there was a lot of disappointment when remaking the 80s and 90s designs became the main focus.>>11824849fewer accessories is just budget cuts. kinda shitty they increase prices while doing that.
>>11824879>i wonder, did everyone who bitched about the early Classified designs even around here anymore?
>>11824849Hasbro is just cutting corners everywhere while raising prices, like usual. Look at the fucking steroid coyote, or what they charged for hooded coco just because they knew they could. This line always used to get praised for being good value but it’s less that it was a good value and more that everything else hasbro makes is a colossal ripoff more often than not.
>>11824879>i wonder, did everyone who bitched about the early Classified designs even around here anymore?I still bitch about ugly leg pins as well as the bad proportions on the Baroness. I have high hopes that the retro-card Firefly will be more true to the original instead of a "modern interpretation.">>11824624>expect a real BLOW OUT sale at HasbroIf Cold Slither's cheap Im buying. >>11824389Doesn't look like it fits in with GI Joe at all.
>>11824907Blame the people who do shit like cause the Ghost Viper, hooded CC, and others to be total sell-outs in spite of the price. They're the ones who validate to Hasbro that it's OK to raise the prices.
>>11824922>sell-outsI wonder how many they even produce, since those are exclusives.15k? 40k? Toylines carried by Walmart and Targets usually sell in the hundreds of thousands to millions. So if it sells out as an exclusive, it minimizes the damage done. So you better hope that all future figures show up at Ross if they continue cutting the budget.Boycott the line. With shit like >>11822848 >>11824389 and >>11822847 it should be easy
>>11824922The people that actually believe this are so fucking stupid. Prices are going to increase regardless if people buy something you think is overpriced or not. Simple as. I used to be able to get a McNuggies combo meal for $6.50. Costs rise, and there nothing you can do about it.
>>11824922this didn’t really even sell out either it was just the fake fomo hype shit hasbro loves to do to push initial sales, it’s back in stock everywhere
>>11822845wow that is an ugly dusty facethey should have just re-used the head for the first two without the camo paint
>>11824950I've asked you to source your claimed numbers in the past only for you to refuse to. This is another case of that. >>11824954The price of chicken rose because of "totally natural" bird flu outbreaks that forced the culling of millions of chickens paired with the democrats importing millions more mouths to feed. Throw in workers demanding $20/hour to work fast food. Nuggets would still be cheap if it weren't for that. Toy makers aren't dealing with that problem. The problem is kids aren't buying toys because they want electronic cocaine in the form of smartphones and game consoles, so more adults than kids are buying toys now. So producers are selling at adult collector prices. But it's easier for you to shit on someone than it is for you to use your fucking brain and see we're paying premiums for the lack of kids in the market.
>>11825008Throw in Hasbro's refusal to internally price-compete against itself (no company does that), so when Star Wars, Marvel, or something else rises in cost, everything else must rise with it.
>>11825008I just used chicken nuggies as an example. It applies to literally everything else. When I first started driving, gas was under $3 a gallon, I remember when it hit over $3 and it being a shock. I'm just saying prices go up and will continue to go up, regardless if people buy the thing you think is overpriced or not.
This is not a chicken mc nugget board this board is for toys
>>11825074>HURR DURR YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CITE EXAMPLES OF THINGS INCREASING IN PRICE OUTSIDE OF TOYS BECAUSE IT DESTROYS MY FRAGILE WORLDVIEWSorry, I'll add a trigger warning for you next time.
Because that fag stopped replying, I'll mention that there are most definitely MULTIPLE buff, bald, homoerotic dentists who torture and brainwash and zap people with electricity in the US army RIGHT NOW whereas there are ZERO mute simpletons with melted zombie faces who use swords serving active duty in any capacity
Finally secured a PO for Deep Six. It's a shame that the sharc isn't included, I'd would have rather got v2 as a standalone and v1 come with the sharc. Ah well, better than nothing and the figure does look really nice since they kept the sharp lines of the original figure in the classified version. But I've got to ask, what's the lore of the skull face option?
>>11825110I don't think there is a lore. I think it's just something they decided was cool to fill in the blister tray. >>11825074If dinosaurs evolved into chickens, then does that mean that they taste like chicken?
>>11825110I think it was intimated on some live stream that it was to be a "what if Deep Six's loner nature bit him in the ass". You put it to any purpose you want, though. If Bobby ever does a cool German figure I might use it on one of them.
Late to the party on Mole Rat. Damn, this might be the absolute worst figure in the entire series. Why do I want two more?
>You’ve tested positive for contamination. Please try to hold still and remain calm for your …inoculation.
>>11825156Whats bad about it? I wanted it for the crystal face.
>>118251671. He has very poor articulation in his head, shoulders, and torso.2. The hose that connects his face to his chest disconnects if you move his head at all whatsoever. 3. Visible pins in the knees. 4. Shitty accessories with poorly thought out method to connect his stuff to his back 5. No Cobra logoIf you can look past all that he’s pretty awesome looking. Funny thing about him; my area has been heavily restocking this wave and he is the first one to sell out every time even before Hit & Run
>>11825174alt heads are a great incentive for army builders and Mole Rat 2 has three of them
>>11825180Agreed. The craziest thing of all about this wave is the last one to sell is Night Viper. Every restock. Ironic because he is by far the best of the wave.
I lost my Night Viper’s shin knife. It was my most favorite of any knife in the line and it’s the only one that’s ever gone permanently missing.
>>11825186Personally I tend to treat Vipers like they're single characters, and then I let the palette swaps fill in the ranksThey are theoretically putting out that arctic Night Viper this year
>>11825174Damn, thanks for the info. I'll hope he bins or just buy the head or something.
>>11825190That's kind of what I do, all of these guys started out as regular Vipers until they earned themselves specialized gear and a unique moniker. They still keep that faceless mook status as they're all still masked, but they're each *unique* faceless mooks with different personalities and abilities.
The Super7 o-ring figures continue to tempt me but I cannot justify paying full price for them. It really is obscene that they charge that much. Playmates really should just buy them out and eat their lunch. Release all their O-ring and 5poa figs at a budget price and in gift sets like they did with tmnt and ride the money train into the station.
>>11825209I've bought a few. The price sucks but it's not as bad as Hasbro's prices.
>>11822938soldi love my regular masked goon purple niggasthough it's always a gamble ehat the actual inhand colours look like@the anon who sperged about tacticool and military creddo you consider characters like techno viper to fit that bill?i'm by no means a gijoe autist but the ones that walk that line between fantasy/sci-gi and generic special ops or guard uniform are always my favouriterealistic generic guy in olive clothes and brown scarf are boring to me as toys
>>11825008Hasbro used to be more transparent about their sales, so it's pretty easy to break down the maximum/minimum amount of figures they'd sell for their major toylines, since they also do quarterly reports.They also used to tell us how many exclusives were made before too.They only started to hide numbers after sales went south, being more vague by just saying percentages instead of any hard numbers.So have pic of how Hasbro used to be be awesome, but for TFs. Since i didn't know that the internet was dying and the vast majority of websites would disappear, i didn't know i needed to save every single image/screenshot on every new computer i bought, because newfags like yourself won't know what used to be common knowledge that could easily be googled back in the day.NECA, Kaiyodo, Diamond, DC Direct, and other collector companies have also reported their numbers from time to time too, and since these are some of the biggest collector companies in the market, it points toward the higher amount of toys a collector line sells (50-80k).
>>11825273Transformers still sell very well, it's their leading brand financially, and yet the specific numbers are not reported it's not a matter of them wanting to hide poor revenue
>>11825263Non-front line characters like the techno and toxo vipers can be whatever color. They make sense, because that happens in the real world. On naval ships, technicians wear greens, blues, yellows, oranges, and who knows what else.The old GI Joe designers knew this, because they were ex-military or military fans (unlike classified's DEI hires and transfags), hence the designs being so well loved to this day.Personally, I don't think it has to be always be realisticAll sorts of colors can exist, as long as it makes sense.So Alley Vipers being neon orange is fine, because they're shock troopers who use shields. They're going to be out in the open and aren't really trying to hide themselves. So it doesn't matter what color they are and the camouflaging actually helps obfuscate their numbers, so they blend in as a giant mass of swirling colors. When rioters are looking at them coming from down the street, they just see a wall of orange and blue.In nature, they'd be danger colors.Of course, lots of people hate the neon shit and I'm fine with the other colors too. I don't get mad that people dislike something i like.
>>11825247Currently eyeballing semiquincentennial Duke and Tiger Force Snake Eyes. I want them bad but that price tag is just such a kick in the balls. The only S7 o-ring fig I have is Karza and that's because I snagged him for 14 bucks during some amazon sale.
>>11825276Transformers sells well, but they still hid their numbers and that's why we haven't seen detailed numbers for over a decade now.Read what's going on in that image and understand how they're doing damage control for their shareholders. Because revenue didn't increase infinitely, because their properties and ilcenses weren't as succesful anymore, they stopped being that transparent.And yes, shit like Star Wars and Marvel did grow bigger, but think of how weird it looks that they gave harder numbers for those franchises but not GI Joe and Transformers. Hence harder numbers disappearing altogether.You see the same shit with Microsoft, Apple, and other major companies.
>>11825286Their color also makes them easier for eachother to identify in a situation like you described
HuhHe kinda looks like the hair down portrait for Budo
>>11825121>>11825125Thanks for replies, it's a pretty nice piece to add in and it's cool Hasbro gave it the green light for the figure. I can't think of many figures that offer up a dead portrait like that, maybe legends Sentry counts I guess.>>11825156I don't have the new version but I thought the first mold rat was really cool if you like horror and gross looking figures. What do you like about it and why is it making you want more of them? And should I buy the new figure if I have the first figure? It's just a more degraded version of mole rat right?
>>11825121>If dinosaurs evolved into chickens, then does that mean that they taste like chicken?frog tastes like chicken and gator tastes like gamey chicken, so probably
>>11825362> What do you like about it and why is it making you want more of them?I like his shelf presence. He looks sinister and cold. I want more of them because I’m having trouble envisioning this guy as a unique person and not a “clean up” crew. >And should I buy the new figure if I have the first figure?The figure is identical except for deco and the new extra head. Do you like the new colors? They’re way more real-world hazmat colors than the first release. They’re first release reminds me of the POC Volcano Viper
So I finally have my idea for making Mole Rat an individual rather than a trooper. Instead of a hazmat guy he can be the Cobra Biological weapons expert. I spent all day coming up with that.
>>11825489>hazmat guyI thought mole rats were supposed to be underground miners that got all sorts of fucked up while mining energon
>>11825790They are.
>>11825110Phantom Spaceman
>>11825156>>11825167>>11825174>>11825180>>11825489I like the Mole Rat. I never picked up the first version, but I wish I had. I also wish the v2 had maybe an interchangeable fucked up arm and/or leg (or at least hands) to match the crystal skull head. I'll probably eventually get at least on or two more to shamble around.
>>11825286anon you replied tothis design is actually what got me into joes lolto me its good to hear you give those a passither characters I love or have coming in:frag viper, female crimson guard, darklonI wanted that blue skeletonbrain robot guy but sadlybthat was some exlcusive and the only ones they have now are like beige/green versions wich reminds me pf like of like punisher sticker cringe instead of being funalso waiting for the red action force guard guy from the uk bbts is reimagining
>>11825954I went and grabbed me a couple more 190s today. Should be fun
Can any one help identify these rifles? they look like they belong with the Iron Grenadiers but those came with black rifles with red accents.
>>11826044the ones with red are from Iron Grenadiers
>>11826044Might belong to the HISS fire team?
>>11826051i thought so too but the Grenadiers have black weapons not grey.>>11826054not with them eitherI figured grey colour maybe went with python patrol stuff or some joe army builder but no luck there either
>>11826057I don't know if it's the lighting or maybe they got lighter from being in the sun, but the ones with red are the IG weapons
>>11826061I thought maybe discolouration too but i have the IG rifle and i just don’t think thats the case.
>>11826071I've looked over nearly every Classified figure I can think of and I don't see them...Are you sure they're not from a Marvel Legends, or something? Some of the Deadpools and guys with big guns and shit have had some of the classified weapons.
>>11826093i’ll dig a bit deeper, some people on reddit said it could be a swap, and that’s likely, I inherited stuff that’s mixed with valaverse, legends, classified and even some old ass Halo stuff… and the person i inherited from liked to Kitbash…
>>11826071>>11826093>>11826109It’s obviously classified. It’s exactly the same as the other one. This gun has come with multiple different figures and I’m annoyed none of us can figure it out
>>11826187Pretty sure the guns are from the infantry figure but with the parts swapped.
>>11826196Yes that’s correct I was just about to say this. You can tell by the green carry handle on the LMG
>>11826196Kinda funny, because I could have sworn I've seen and even have those guns in that color (and I have this figure) but what was tripping me up was the red parts and could not figure out who came with weapons like that...
Airtight was a childhood favorite of mine. He was like Lifeline, not bound by any dorky persona from the lore. He was a hazardous environment commando. It never made sense that his mask and his weapon both connect to his backpack and it still dosent. That dumb sniffer device went straight in the parts bin to never get touched again.
Pros:>Looks awesome, I love his helmet and his chest computer >Great articulation, hindered only slightly by his diaper crotch Cons:>His helmet fits poorly. Gotta do the headband trick>The hoses pop out of his helmet way too easy, not as easy as Mole Rat though>They printed the gauge on his abdomen off-center and it’s driving my ocd ballistic
>>11826222>>11826227I like to team him up with BBQ, Charbroil and Blowtorch to make an all around Hazmat team. Though why the Joes need not one, but two flamethrower specialists (well three if you count Ice Cream Soldier) never made much sense to me. But all the guys in various types of Hazmat suits all seem to fit together for taking care of areas too dangerous for troops to go into without protective gear.
>>11826244>Blowtorch Dangit. You had to bring him up. I was going to get him today and I forgot about him and grabbed someone else instead. I’m going to try to go back and get him tomorrow
>>11826044thanks everyone who responded, whoever said the infantry figures had the same weapons was dead on, i found them in the pile of accessories and also found one of the rifles that’s supposed to go to Big Ben, so that’s a plus.
>>11822973I think I need to get this. Soley based on the fact that my own personal gear setup is almost exactly the same as Dukes here. My plate carrier is similar, although my belt is setup kinda different. I even have a Coyote colored combat shirt and drab green tactical pants like he has. Give me a few hours after I get home and I'll post a pic of it.
>>11826244The Mega Marine member Blast-Off is also flamethrower specialist too.
>>11826255Forgot about him, though honestly I always thought he was some sort of space pilot going by the name. Only had Gung Ho and Clutch as a kid, so never got to read his bio. Under-rated subline though, wouldn't mind seeing figures from it come back in some sort of special box set or exclusive release.
>>11826258Or how about just the mainline ?
>>11826260It's such a niche subline that came out at the end of the ARAH's life cycle that I don't really see it being any kind of mainline priority. I would instantly pick up a Mega Marines Gung Ho if they made him though, but much like the Fatal Fluffy I can't see the Mega Monsters being general releases.
>>11826299What makes you think that they won’t eventually redo every single ARAH figure ever? They are steadily going down the line chronologically, cherry-picking of course, but we have already fully breached 1992. Another thing is Fatal Fluffy is probably testing the waters for future releases.
>>11826309 Never said they wouldn't, just said they're not exactly high priority in demand fan favorites. If the Fatal Fluffies can't make it to the main line, what chance to the Mega Monsters have?
>>11826252>>11822973Threw in Grim Viper to keep it toy related. Plate carriers are similar, main difference with mine is I have a dangler IFAK. Upon closer inspection he actually has the exact same belt I do, the HSGI Suregrip slotted belt, you can tell it's the slotted version since it has the laser cut MOLLE webbing. I just have more shit loaded on mine. And then I rock a helmet and a headset for earpro/comms. Helmet is only a bump helmet though, I wish I could justify an actual armored Ops Core but fuck I have $800 to blow on one. I'm saving up for NODs anyway. And before someone accuses airsoft, you can see the actual bullets in the rifle mag.
>>11826309>>11826315Mega Marines is a pretty deep cut, but I'd get them. I remember at least having Gung-Ho, Blastoff, Mirage, and the Mega-Viper. I never thought Classified would go deep enough that we'd be getting a pretty filled out roster of Ninja Force, but here we are. I think I only checked out with GI Joe once they hit Star Brigade, but I'd still get some of them. I had SB Sci-Fi, Payload, and TARGAT, so I would get classified versions of them for sure.
>>11826349Star Brigade Sci-Fi became one of my main hero Joes in my collection. Mostly based on the badass wrist mounted mini-gun and kick ass helmet. He was totally partly a cyborg in my collection with his false arm. The V2 Sci-Fi was also a favorite of mine, so the V4 was just him getting upgraded to fight in space battles against aliens and mutants and monsters. And I remember being disappointed in the gold and purple TARGAT as he didn't have the cool jetpack the original came with. Still a cool figure though, but the original was so nice I had him as one of my Cobra leaders.
>>11826358Yeah, the first TARGAT was way better. Guess I just want him at all, but I do hope they make that first one at least. If they go deep enough to do the SB version I'd get it, but I did have both versions as a kid.I always thought that Sci-Fi was awesome too. He was definitely a highlight of a lot of the later sublines.
>>11826342Nice setup >>11826349>Mega Marines >Star Brigade I sort of thought they were the same thing. I’ll take both. Give me them all. If I was calling the shots I would split ARAH in to 4 to 6 eras and give us one of each per wave.
Sundown is cool. Nothing to complain about. For me he might be a bit boring in the same way Spirt is to me. But im a sucker for a new character I can insert my own headcannon unto. All hell is about to break loose when he intercepts some Dino embryos at the Mexico border
I like his hair/hat swap gimmick because they both stay on good. My favorite part about him is his new plate carrier. I would love to see more good ones like this. It fits him loosely which helps with articulation. I also like his wrist computer.Nitpicks are his knife gets in the way and he has shotgun shells on his wrist but does not include a shotgun.
Interesting little thing; His vest looks easy to reuse in the future except he has sugar skulls on there. Also, they have molded detail but it’s just barely even there at all. I’m wondering if it was intended to be this faint because it’s barely there. Interestingly they put a tiny bit of black wash on the torquise bits, something we almost never see. I’m having fun with this dude, I’m already hearing a No Country for Old Men voice out of him. And he has a pet!
Tourist here. Don't collect Joe toys, but the new Cobra Commander throne looks badass. I have been going through the cartoon though and I just wanted to drop in and sayWE'RE COLD SLITHERYOU'LL BE JOINING US SOON
>>11826342>Metal Gear patchYou're alright anon
>>11826342Needs a FOXDIE patch on the shoulder
>>11826543>FOXDIEI think you mean FOXHOUND, FOXDIE was the virus that killed Decoy Octopus, The Armstech President, and Liquid Snake. I do have a FOXHOUND patch actually, along with Diamond Dogs. MSF, FOX, and Outer Heaven. I don't throw them on my actual uniform though since they're not real units. Shoulder patches are for unit designation, patches on your carrier are just for funsies.
>>11826577We really need MGS figures in the Classified lii.
>>11826628they need to make a game about Snake Eyes that plays like MGS
>>11826676They should hav done that 30 years ago in the middle of MGS/Syphon Filter/Splinter Cell and all the other paramilitary games. Now it would cost them around $200 million and take up to a decade to make a story-driven tactical military game.
>>11826731I think they could've still done it like 10 years after MGSV came out and the series died
Does anyone have any operation monsterforce figures?Are the hands and heads or any other bodyparts interchangeable?I really want to give some more hand options to some of my figures.
>>11826795*and Valaverse
>>11826342>There are actual soldiers collecting GI JoeI never thought about this before. Do you think they relate to the brand? Did GI Joe get them to join up?
Last week of GI June, what are you hoping to see? Theres still a Target 2 pack on the rumor list, so I hope it's more Ninja Force. These two in particular. Lara render reveal would be expected. MTO vehicle? Walmart Exclusives NF still hasn't been show either. Hopefully this last stream is big since they held back last week.
>>11827042nigga don't post AI
>>11827042They already did that Storm Shadow. If they did another Ninja Force 2-Pack, it would likely be Banzai and Bushido.
>>11827050hey antifa, reddit is that way ===>
>>11827059>They already did that Storm ShadowFor the time this fig was decent. The over designed movie sculpt and lack of a boot cut and the hindering hip overlay, this fig suck by today's standard. It needs a more retro update using the newer parts. Maybe as a mainline I guess. Depends on if Target wanted it for their exclusives though.
>>11827073I don't disagree that he needs a redo, I just don't think he'll get one quite yet (if ever). We still need Snake Eyes (I know he is supposedly coming) Banzai, Bushido, and SS will need to be heavily reworked, and there are still easy recolors Hasbro can do if they really want to go super deep into Ninja Force (like the orange version of Slice, and the "red ninja" repaint of Dice, among others).I definitely want to see that Storm Shadow get redone. He was done so long ago that they didn't even really signify him as even being from Ninja Force, like they do with all the recent figures.
>>11827042>what are you hoping to see?Arctic CC/Baroness 2-packretro-card FireflyWater Mocassin
>>11827073Ugly pins gotta go and it needs a better ankle design. Besides it's been a while since we got a Storm Shadow, who's a key character.>>11827042>Lara render reveal would be expectedI doubt it. They seem perfectly happy with making both the Joe and Tomb Raider fan bases wait until October.
>>11826745Either way it's too late to do it without a massive commitment in time and resources.
How would hasbro go about releasing Cover Girl again using a recolor of the retro body? I can't pull the trigger on the original trans version from a few years ago, but I want one in those colors. Is a MTO or Fanchannel Wolverine even possible?
>>11827462Just reissue it but with a better head. No one would complain.
First impression of Overkill is not good, at all. I was pretty excited for this guy and I am let down. His proportions are all fucked up. His legs are huge and his head is tiny. He only looks even more pinheaded if you remove his mask. His mask itself is awful. It has absolutely no attachment point(s). It’s expected to stay on by friction alone in an extremely shallow recess. Well, it dosent stay on for shit, it goes flying at the slightest touch. Finally his articulation is ass. His ab crunch is pitiful and his up down head movement is nonexistent. I can fix the articulation problems with some hot water and a knife but there is no saving how tiny his head is.
Here is a less flattering angle of him to better illustrate his tiny head. Although, I guess It’s a good thing, I don’t feel like it’s coming across in photos as harshly as it is in hand. Compared to Airtights helmet you can see his head starts looking like a peanut.
>>11827083They packaged him as a Cobra, too. Supposedly he always sells better as a Cobra.>>11827202>retro-card FireflyAny chance this will be the long-rumored v2 green Firefly costume instead of the original look they've already done two versions of?>>11827464That Cover Girl and Falcon do need rereleased with better heads, it's true.
>>11827487Zarana and Flint, too.
>>11827493Zarana's face is fine
>Do not fret, commrade. The pain will be over soon.
>>11827506No it's not. She looks like a tranny at an ANTIFA rally protesting racist pig Trump's refusal to allow poodles and chihuahuas to serve as police dogs. It's a shame because that's the only bad part to her.
>>11827515yes, autist I understand why you dislike the figurebut the fact is that Zarana is a psychotic road whore who probably loves getting buttfuckedShe's gonna weird snarl on her face, not the sedate demure, expression of an anime waifu
Crotch thrust: Activated
>>11827470>>11827479>>11827528where does the shoulder (?) mounted laser connect on the figure?
I have a tendency of warming up to even the shittiest figures very quickly. I just love toys. And this guy is a pretty alright I guess
>>>>11827531It goes on his wristb
>>11827042They’ll just have the reveal of Synapse and have figures of rugged Duke, Mistress Armada, Toxo Viper and Iceberg in hand.Maybe two vehicle name reveals that will be shown at SDCC.But that’s it.Lara stuff will be closer to NYCC.
>>11827202Retro Firefly won’t be until 2027 now
>>11827464no the lady jay body sucks bad. the arms and legs should never be used again.
Unsolicited Overkill headcannon:Overkill was the culmination of several of Cobra’s darkest, most inhumane secret programs. The combined technology of the Nanomite, Compund Z, and B.A.T. programs, designed to be the ultimate battlefield commander. Unfortunately he went rouge instantly upon full activation and is now an existential threat to Cobra and the entire world. (I love Cobra in-fighting). He can take control of any Cobra vehicle by looking at it and he is currently trying to gain control of all the BATs and hack the planet.
I think my story is a great explanation for his garish colors, he is basically still in the prototype phase. I changed my opinion on him since my first post. Modding his abdomen and neck helped my enjoyment lot. A final note is that face sculpt is fuckin sick
For a minute I thought these two looked like brothers. I did not realize how Middle Eastern looking that Desert Scorpion face is.
>>11827578Hopefully they make the less dumb Overkill design eventually
>>11827542Well that sucks. >>11827578He's basically a Cobra version of Frankenstein with being a reanimated corpse made into a BAT.
Have you picked up Patriotic Duke yet? You need him to stop Cobra's evil plan to ruin Washington DC before the 4th of July comes. They've already destroyed the White House lawn, half the building itself, and filled the Reflecting Pool with strange green sludge! Those terrorists must be stopped, troops! Yo Joe!
>>11827627Hold on. If the Joes win, the world remains "free" under the rules of the Rothschilds, Soros, Blackrock, and Israel while we take more shit from India. But if Cobra wins, then all of that goes away. Unless Cobra is also a front for all of them.
>>11827690Cobra is a front for immortal snake people, and Golobulus obviously has tax abolition plans, which means I support Cobra
>>11827690>keks in snek
>>11827690>>11827627Wait who is Cobra in this scenario, I feel like the second guy is mixed up
>>11827730don't tread on m-ACK
Couple of mods and he's solid.
>>11827798Rifle he came with looks great with CG
>>11827507Cool shot.>>11827515Below 5th grade reading level detected.I like Zarana, reminds me of Wendy O Williams.
>>11827693>Golobulus obviously has tax abolition plansYes, in that you won't have to pay taxes after his spores turn you into a clam or something. But everyone that runs the human world will be turned into a clam too, and the indigenous original Earthlings get their planet back, so maybe you'll take that as a win.
>>11827578I do like how this figure has combined the look of the original Overkill toy that was just meant to be a more advanced BAT with the later cyborg version.
>>11827937I do hate having my money stolen, yes.
>>11827799I always figured the original CG rifle was emulating the FN FAL. Very cool to see how perfectly it fits.
>>11827799no
>>11827515Zarana is cute. She looks like a psycho punk. All of the Joe and Cobra ladies have their specific lane of attractiveness. Zarana isn't supposed to look like Baroness, who isn't supposed to look like Scarlett.Don't tell me you're one of those weirdo freaks who think all women should inhabit the same level of attractiveness.
>>11828091I'm sure he also doesn't like the erotically charged Crimson Baroness face, either, because it's "too much" even though she's dressed like a Flash Gordon character and wielding dual silenced gold uzis
>>11828091I don't know that I think she is cute, but I certainly wouldn't call her ugly. Honestly, outside of the botox-faced first Cover Girl, I think the female characters have been mostly fine or pretty good.I feel like people are expecting anime girl proportions from the female figures in this line, and that's just not at all what they're supposed to be.
>>11828022I think that's a G3.
>>11828121Yeah I made a g3. That's a g3.
>>11828248New one's up>>11827693How does Golobulus feel about out-of-state NGO's lobbying to control local elections? Or the outlawing of collecting rainwater?>>11827799I still think they pissed away a grand opportunity by NOT including Lady Jaye's head for "Gods down below" Lady Jaye as a CG.
>>11827528Wow, just like my import figures!
>>11827937>But everyone that runs the human world will be turned into a clam too, and the indigenous original Earthlings get their planet backDINOSAURS FOR THE WIN
