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Everything costs $2 - $3 more effective tomorrow.
>>11887980Thanks for the response Those look good. I have about as many swords, all told, after several ebay fodder lots.And yes, several from a few specific figures, but a fair chunk of them are from MOTU figures so very identical to one another.Your set look like a good, varied spread, from a nice assortment.
>>11889108In Canada, anon?
Found this lad today. he ain't bad, could use some more range of motion, but I can fix that. I really have a hankerin' to mate up his torso with ML Cowboy Deadpool's legs, too.
>>11889174In moose-money it's probably a $5 increase for the American $2 - $3 increase. We'll see tomorrow. At any rate I think Hasbro claiming they've been eating the costs for years is a bullshit lie because they've raised prices every single fucking year.
>>11889214The announcement of the $2-3 increase came from a canadian retailer: Toy Snowman
>>11889217I still expect the $27 basic figures to be rounded up to $30 here in the US tomorrow.
>>11889223Amazon already does it a day or two after preorders drop anyway. Toys are over.
>>11889105This reaction garbage are $5 toys. Anyone who pays $30 for this is out of their fucking mind
>Lara preorder on Amazon delayed to NovemberVery cool, I bet it totally won't get cancelled.
>>11889530I notice Amazon is ordering a very small amount of action figures now compared to what they used to by seeing how fast preorders now sell out as opposed to how fast they used to (if at all)
>>11889530I still have a backup pre order on BBTS that I was too lazy to cancel. I wonder if it gets pushed back or not.
>>11888663>>11888666>>11888668Dunno but it could be a factory reject too
>>11889737Did all the prices rise like op thought?
>>11889108>increases prices every single year>"But really, WE have been keeping these things from being more expensive for you guys"Uh huh...
>>11889108Cheap bastards
>>11889484I'm still buying them because of my retro O-ring collection. I cherry-pick the best ones that blend in with the originals, unpainted rivets notwithstanding. Some like Lady Jaye and Flint are actually better than the originals in my opinion. >>11890025They're full of shit.
A lot off Hasbro's problem is the lack of internal competition. Hasbro isn't gonna produce "Toyline A" then competitively sell it for less than what they produce and sell "toyline B" for. So when shit like Marvel and Star Wars get more expensive, they drag the prices of everything Hasbro makes up with them.It also holds true with loss. It's like how immigrants getting free health care by making it more expensive fr paying Americans. When Star Wars isn't selling worth a shit, the fans of GI Joe and other brands are making up for the loss to keep the company out of the red.
>>11890005For the Black yes, but afaik he was a Zolocon exclusive, hence the prices skyrocketed. But as I said in the other thread, there might be a new variant of The Black, it's just a matter of when.
>>11890044Why do people feel so confident in saying absolutely dumb ass things on the internet.
>>11890323its accurate that basic classified, legends and black series all raise prices together. they went to 24.99 together and they went to 27.99 together
>>11890348Every toy company has slowly been raising prices, this isn't some issue specific to Hasbro.
>>11890363That initial post >>11890044 said "internal" competition. He presumably means he wants different lines within hasbro to raise or keep their prices the same unrelated to what the other lines are doing.
>>11890397Yes, Hasbro keeps it's prices internally consistent, because it's figures cost similar prices to make across lines. Classified is a bit better quality compared to it's other lines due to lack of licensing fees, so that budget can be put into the figure, but to make the figure still costs similar amounts. Everything else he posted is just moronic.
>>11890323Dumbass things to say are like your post where you sling crap without countering/refuting what's said. Let me guess: it's like the million other times you did that with "I shouldn't have to." What I posted is true. Hasbro won't under-cut itself. In one line is doing good and another isn't, then the good one is just going to carry the bad one so the company financially stays good. That's how business works.
Things are boring right now. Super 7 is acting like we don't know what's already for sale in India. NYCC is next month, so Hasbro's not saying shit until then. Lara Croft is out early courtesy of the Chinese, and it's good for a Tomb Raider figure but under-whelming as a Classified figure. The Snow Cat is likely to ship very soon since Hasro did their "unboxing video."
Guess the price
>>11890654At current pricing schemes, $75.
>>11890653A guy I know already has his Snowcat so I'd say it's already started to ship
>>11890654>>11890665Up at Pulse for $52
So how expensive is Psyche Outgoing to be online?
>>11890743bad price but that was expected
>>11890654>>11890665>>11890743>>11890869Its a restock of a convention exclusive from 3 years ago...why are you guys treating this like it is a new figure?
>>11891146You're right. Lets talk about all the other news going on with GI Joe toys right now. Feel free to take the lead on that topic.
>>11891314The snotcat's trickling out now.
>>11891314NTA but my Amazon order for Lara that was pushed back to November just got pushed up again and now I should get her on the 30th according to Amazon. Rugged Duke also got pushed up to that date too.
>>11891314I just got Night Force Psyche Out. He's pretty cool. The two things I like most are the color scheme and the fact that he doesn't have those stupid fucking dishes on him. Thank God.
>>11891333Same, and Flash was moved up to the 30th too for me. I'll believe it when I see it.
>>11891314Both my Fatal Fluffy and HAL are on the way from Pulse, completely forgot I even ordered the latter item.
I want a Classified Cobra medic. Is that too much to ask for?
i found a range viper in box at a thrift store for $24, they also had the SNAKE suit but it was 75
>>11892011oopsy doopsy
>>11892012There needs to be a purple female version from the cartoon
Got Psyche-Out in, he's pretty cool, might replace the legs though. Also finally got Airtight, he's okay
I don't get why some things sell for so much on the secondary market?Why Grunt?His gear is nothing to write home about And the general, by himself, without the vehicle - why?I don't agree but can get Duke.
>>11892478i never see classified stuff sell for good prices on the secondary market unless its movie stuff, which one could argue isn't a good price or stuff that is obviously incomplete or damaged.
>>11890854$30-60 seems to be the current asking price on eBay
>>11892012I gave up on getting a regular Range Viper and got Grim Viper, who in hindsight is way cooler a dark romance masked fuck boy hero sort of way. And for some reason I keep shipping him and Covergirl together and imagining him as her masked protector and lover.
>>11891989Scalpel, or just a generic medic trooper?
>>11892743A generic field-medic. GI Joe has one with Doc, and Cobra needs one.
>>11892496I appreciate that it can be hard to find say Starduster for a decent price, but it's not hard to find Dusty or Falcon or a combination of characters in a lot, maybe not with all their gear but with plenty.I think it depends on what you want, but I assume Grunt - it's a head sculpt or similar/character thing, because there are similarly painted body bucks that aren't that hard to find.
>>11891989>>11892743>>11892785There are the MediVIpers. I wanted to kitbash some out of a couple of Tigerforce Dusty bodies, using a custom head from Etsy(there's a couple of shops that sell them), I've just been looking for a good way to clean the tigerstripe tampos off the body.
>>11892527Ngl that's cute
>>11892478Grunt was bought in mass by customizers who wanted a generic body before the Greenshirts were released.
>>11893261They looked awful because whoever designed figures for Hasbro in that era sucked her. Just make it a plain "blue-shirt" Cobra trooper but in a "medical blue" color and with field surgeon kit.
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>>11890653More Super7 Ninja Force discovered! Ninja Force Destro!
>>11893691Ninja Force Quick Kick!
>>11893691>>11893692Neat. I still think the Ninja Force figures are some of the best ones they've done, and some of the only ones I have bought. Kinda wish they would actually do updated versions of the ones that actually existed in the vintage line, along with these new ones that never existed.
>>11893691Since Super7 is under license with Hasbro GI Joe, would these design fall under Hasbro ownership? Couldn't they just take these designs and make them into Classified figs?
>>11893691>Ninja Force Destro looks like samurai armorAs with the earlier Cobra Commander, I really like this, and hope they keep going with more Ninja Force versions of Cobra characters. And that Hasbro are able to do Classified versions of them.Baroness, Serpentor, Tomax and Xamot next please.>>11893692I like Quick Kick as a character, but I'm not as wild about this version, it just doesn't seem instantly recognizable as the character. Maybe it's the mask, covering up his face means the headband and that shuriken belt are having to do all the heavy lifting of telling us this is indeed Quick Kick.
>>11893691i wish theyd include the weapon trees on all their figures
>>11893729Should, but Hasbro hasn't made any of the other original stuff Super7 has come up with, like their Python Patrol originals.
>>11893784Classified has just stopped doing Python Patrol in general though.
>>11893802Basically all of the Python Patrol stuff shelfwarmed hard I feel like. I don't think any of it didn't hit clearance racks and outlet stores, same with Tiger Force,. so I can't really blame them for cutting it off. Currently it feels like they're doing environmental costume variants (desert and snow) instead.
>>11893862Kind of a shame, because I did like most of the PP and some of the TF figures. I liked the PP Vipers and BATs a lot. TF Outback is still probably my favorite figure on the line on the Joe's side of the line.
>>11889153So these are the "alloy" bladed I got, 40 for $10 from Amazon, about 6 of them are knife blade sized short-swords, that look too sterling silver cutlery out of the box to be useful.But most look good on an action figure.They also do take gundam type marker well, I am still working on a few but if anyone wants to see pictures, or see them on a Classified figure, just reply.
>>11893894Some of the Python Patrol versions, like Copperhead, were in better than the regular version.
>>11893692>still no shoes >>11893691Looks like "alternative timeline Nippongo feudal warlord Destro"
>>11893980Overall the PP figures looked stupid, and were part of Hasbro's shift away from Gen-X kids to millenial kids who wanted brighter colors.
>>11894069I think they worked in the original line. Smaller less detail figures benefited from popping colors, but the second you upscale that it looks like shit.
>>11894120There's a lot of people who see the late 80s/early 90s of GI Joe as "their era." They like GI Joe as an "action squadron" with fantasy colors and vehicles that go beyond all realism. They like it more than they do the previous stuff that tried to keep rooted in realistic military. It's easy for Gen-X to rip on the bright colors, but Hasbro sold the shit out of it to millenials.
>>11893691Fucking garbage from a garbage person
>>11894069The original Python Patrol, as well as Tiger Force and Night Force, were straight repaints of previously released figures. They were always a way to get kids to buy the same shit twice.
Got my Cyberia today from across the pond, really nice little figure. I wish she had a boot cut/ankle cut of some form, should have come with fists which is an egregious omission and I don't understand why designers are still going with hinge joints instead of ball for wrists, but aside from those, she's very nicely done. Excellent texturing between glossy parts, carbon fibre patches, rubber etc. loads of cool detail, crisp paint/decals, very sharp face sculpt/paint, fun accessories and really nice articulation (very stiff knee joints though). I think Classified collectors would like her/Skeletron figures quite a bit.
>>11894289>no fistsHad to look at the promos again cause I could've sworn she had some. Looks like she comes with two sets of trigger hands? Why? Glad I decided to skip her honestly, she really only looks good in that one posed promo image. Otherwise it looks rather mediocre for the price.
>>11894296I am completely fucking up my photos so I will stop posting them, but yeah it's really bizarre, I was trying to compare the hands and some seem like duplicates and one is for the little PDA thing. I think there is a slight difference between the grip space, a pair for pistols and one for the disc blades, but it's very minor. I do think she's a well done figure though. If you change your mind they are doing a second run, the pre-order is up for her.
>>11894289>I don't understand why designers are still going with hinge joints instead of ball for wristsThere are still 'tards that think hinges are better. You can usually see their figures in museum poses, or with their figures chicken-winging like it's 1965, and with the rifle stock floating half-an-inch away from the figure's cheek.
>>11894300It's really fucking annoying. Not only are they limiting, but they will nearly always end up becoming weak/loose over time if you actually use your figures, I just don't understand. There is such a minimal aesthetic gain of a hinge compared to the massive articulation benefits of a ball.
>>11894299The thing that keeps bothering me are the proportions. The helmeted head looks enormous against the small shoulders and thin frame, which are both cleverly hidden in that one promo image I brought up. I'm also not big on the color scheme. I know it's their lore and all, but blue in place of the red would look way better imo
>>11894300>There are still 'tards that think hinges are better.Tbf they often do get better range, since most people who do ball joints for wrists try to keep them hidden, and as a result have quite limited movement. Same does go for hinges though in similar situations, though in general they'll get a bit better range in that one way they're made to go in.
>>11894303Fair enough anon, I like the helmet (obviously, I bought her) because it's actually scaled to accurately fit over her head, which I think is quite nifty. She's the only Skeletron I have, not really bothered by them overall, but her colours sort of remind me of a more gaudy N7 armour, so I like them heh. I will say they have these chrome schemed soldiers and I think another type of female character like this with the black and chrome would look super nice.
>>11894304>Tbf they often do get better rangeYeah, occasionally this is true.
>>11893691I was just at target and they want fucking $28 for these now
>>11893691Isn't this a heckin cultural appropriation?
>>11894364Ok
>>11894069>>11894127>were part of Hasbro's shift away from Gen-X kids to millenial kids who wanted brighter colors.It's really weird seeing people think like you do and acting like kids who were just a few years apart were like a different species to each other. A late Gen-X kid who was there for early GI Joe has far more in common culturally with an early Millenial who got into GI Joe in the later 80s than he would with an early Gen-X kid from the late 60s or early 70s. These aren't actual tribes you belong to or need to have rivalries with.The more colorful Joes of the mid 80s were better liked than the green army men from 1982, so Hasbro just kept pushing in that direction, it's not a "my generation loved the green army men and the next generation wanted Python Patrol".This guy >>11894206 is the one who's actually right about what Python Patrol was.
>>11894595I don't think what he says is HIS opinion.It's HASBRO'S opinion, based on a lot of market research and testing.There are fads with kids and they'll chase them. Stating it's gen x y or z is because that's who the trend was popular with.
>>11894206But they were new to the young kids who didn't get the original versions a few years earlier, and that was the point. I remember running into a guy in the early 00s who was 5 years old when the DIC GI Joe cartoons were on in 1989, and didn't even know they made Lady Jaye, Scarlett, Baroness, and Zarana figures until 1997 when Hasbro did the TRU-exclusive 15th anniversary line with half of those in the DIC colors in it, and by reading toy magazines which were becoming popular at that point. It was also reading toy magazines where he saw what the rest of the dreadnoks looked like because in the DIC era all the cartoon showed was Road Pig, Gnawgahyde, and Zarana while Hasbro tossed in ninja Zartan to the mix.
>>11894595Different generations do have different tastes, bro. That's why I'm still scratching my head confused with how anyone over the age of five loved Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers.
>>11894721The dates for gen x are 1965 to 1980. If you were born in 1980 your tastes and the pop culture you grew up with would be closer to someone born in 1985 than to someone born in 1965. Some of you guys talk like people born just a few years after you are literal aliens in tastes and values.And in general kids would like whatever was most successfully marketed to them, and the toys that had the best cartoons. By the time you get older and have started to develop as a person, your tastes are going to become more fixed, the older you get, the less likely you are to get taken in by the big new fad unless it's in line with your tastes, or you're a total NPC who just blindly goes along with what everyone else says is cool just to fit in. If you were approaching your teens or were older by the time TMNT or Power Rangers got big, you might be too old to get taken in by a new fad whatever it was, even if you were still into the toys from when you were younger.
>>11894613>I really am a 30 year old boomer
Will it be fixed?
>>11895087Fix what)
>>11895102the front or it.
>>11895112Probably not, they said they intentionally made it that way so it wouldn't look like a car's front end like the original. If its not, then that will be the one thing that keeps me from getting it, besides potential outrageous pricing.
>>11895087I just hope they won't cancel preorders and bullshit for this 2-pack like they did with the Scarlett and T'Jbang one.
>>11895162Are they reissuing that or do I have to spend 100 bucks on ebay?
>>11895165I doubt they'll reissue it, unfortunately. I ended up just biting the bullet and paying $80 for the set, which is better than eBay, I guess.
>>11894834>The dates for gen x are 1965 to 1980Whose dates?The original Generation X definition lists it from 1961 to 1981 (STrauss and Howe)US Government lists it as 1965 - 1982Harvard Center defines it as 1965 to 1984 but another of their studies puts it at 1965 to 1979Then there's all the marketing and survey companies who all have their own definitions and timelines.The thing about generations is that they're mostly defined by some attribute or shared experience. So millenials were those who experienced a childhood between two milleniums/centuries. Boomers were all the kids born from WW2 soldiers fucking.Zoomers are those who were born knowing/growing up with the internet.So they're all pretty much sharing the same culture... at least ,if you live i nthe US. Fuck everyone else. Experiencing shit like cartoons, toys, those are pretty secondary and not really what defines them, especially since some 60 year old could have loved power rangers as much as a 10 yaer old did in 1994
>>11895087>I'm not a ninja! I'm a bird!This somehow looks cool to Hasbro
$125, better than I thought it would be. Still may pass.
The front looks worse than I was expecting. goddamn Lenny. Not a good legacy to leave off on.
That AI rerender wasn't far off.
>>11895463The GI Joe Soundwave Thundermachine for comparison.
Just no, man. Why would they taper it into a doorstop shaped vehicle?
>>11895453>>11895458$125 for an inaccurate vehicle with no driver is terrible, but I guess Joe fans will really buy anything
>>11895464Its way more accurate but it does look more playskool. I dunno, I'm not even gonna get this >>11895463 but that looks like a baby toy now for some reason
>>11895480It's $125 because it's not loaded with figures and stuff. I'm ok with that when given the size of it. It does at least make it predictable that next year we'll get Thrasher at or before it comes out.
>>11895453Heads up to anyone ordering it they are changing when they charge, too. I guess they are getting sick of cancellations on the made to order stuff when they’re ready to ship. Sucks to see we’re already back to paying a year in advance again.
>>11895494It has the same capacity as the Vamp, which they are selling for $15 cheaper and it includes a figure.The listed dimensions are very likely embellished by including the rocket pods and back blast effect.
>>11895467>>11895458I just realized it's those damn fenders that is the reason they made the front so small and not as wide as the body. Fuck that, the designers should have worked around the wider front to fit the fenders in not the other way around. Hopefully Ramen Toys will come to the rescue.
>>11895453GridIron Studios gonna have their work cut out for them unfucking that thing.
>>11895494If this was /tfg/ some schizo would say Gridiron studio paid Hasbro a undisclosed sum to make it inaccurate so they could sell an accurate add on set later because the real conspiracies make their heads hurt
In hand Ninja Force figures
>>11895634>Pencil Neck Destro w/ Japanophile Geek Action
Found on pegs at Target
>>11895495They realize collectors are fine with being walked all over and Hasbro loves interest free loans
Another guy found them too
>>11895467I like that most of the new stuff that's ruining the look is actually removeable, but I don't like the guns being enclosed and that blue part doesn't seem to be removeable.I don't know if I have room for Classified scale vehicles this big, so I definitely appreciate that Thrasher will be eventually released separately.
Probably could've waited for a sale, but oh well.
>>11895453My only real isse with it is that I wish that front fender piece was just a but wider. From the head on view you can see how narrow it actually is and I feel had it been wide enough to cover the front wheels it would've looked far better. Still looks like a beast of a vehicle though, guess I'll be grabbing it when my budget recovers a bit. >>11895495Thanks for the info, I can't really complain about this change as it does make sense for made-to-order products. I honestly just cancelled the Arctic HISS I pre-ordered because I had the sudden realization that I don't really need TWO HISS tanks of that size in my house. Also I hate snow themed stuff so why would I drop $200 on an environmental vehicle. >11895659That phrase will never not make you look like a moron.
>>11895896someone is misusing that term, as Hasbro is actually a successful business. Banks give Hasbro as many loans and credit as they want.So when they ask you to preorder, they're not using that money to actually produce the toys. They're using that money as an actual preorder, to gauge consumer interest in a product that they think is risky.Whereas companies like 4 Horsemen don't have a good credit rating, since they stopped getting credit from all banks in 2013 or 2014. This is why they started using Kickstarter. They're not able to produce anything without that interest free loan, hence always taking the money up front.So there's a gigantic difference between Hasbro, who will still make products on a daily or weekly basis if the preorder doesn't go through VERSUS 4H, whose business will end if they don't get that interest free loan for the latest solicitation of products.
>4H out of nowhereObsessed.
>>11895634QK looks too much like Storm Shadow but barefoot. >>11895732I like it. I just don't like the price.
Since I can't get the hasbro version...
>>11896221something tells me the hasbro version will not actually be that hard to get when it comes out
>>11896221I don't think one is quite the substitute for the other.
>>11896230At that price I'm sure you're right.
>>11896033And he's still acting like a total moron.>>11896221Her nu design is always so boring. Just having that iconic blue tank top alone is enough to make Lara identifiable, so going with a boring white/dirty grey one is just dumb. I do still wish the Hasbro one came with a more original style head though, especially since she does come with two heads. But maybe some 3rd party will drop a decent one at some point.
>>11896263Crystal Dynamics, who own Lara while simultaneously hating her, won't allow anything that's classic Lara. They don't give a shit if they're not making any money with that attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GhS0cydowU
>>11895467 They didn't want to make it based of a recognizable car brand.
>11896347I'm not clicking on your shitty hate videos sperg. >>11896378They could've changed enough to be unique without it being entirely unlike the original. Again, just making it wider to give it less of a wedge shape would've helped immensely.
>>11895463Still hate the front end, but the FLASH rockets are a pretty cool and Dreadnok-apporpriate upgrade.
>>11896347They hate her so much they put out 2 collections of the classic games. And don't forget Crystal Dynamics also developed Legend, Anniversary and Underworld. Why is everything so black and white with anons like you?
>>11896397With a disclaimer about racism and colonialism. And the remasters weren't done by CD. They were done by Aspyr.
>>11896378That can be accomplished without narrowing the front though. Now it looks like a car from Wacky Races, in a bad way.
>>11896033He brought his butthurt up, thinking i was that poster, because "interest free loan" is a term I've used to describe how 4H's business is so bad that banks no longer trust 4H to loan them money, hence always requiring their fans to pay up for a new productsWithout their fans giving them what is essentially an interest free loan, 4H would not be able to make any toys.So that poster was incorrect to say that Hasbro is getting an interest free loan, since Hasbro's preorder is actually functions like a preorder. IT's to gauge consumer interest. Hasbro usually takes the money after the toys are already produced and ready to ship, unlike 4H.
>>11895991No one cares if hasbro needs the money or not. Either way they are taking the money too early. When it ships is the earliest they should be allowed
>>11896730aren't they taking out the money when it ships? I usually just forget about whatever preorders, because fuck the wait, so i also forget the payment details.Personally, i hate preorders but that's mostly because of companies like 4H who do sketchy releases. They constantly fuck up, but a company like Hasbro is consistently good.I mean, i ahve their Sentinel on preorder, but i'd still have rather bought it at retail after checking over which has the best eye paint apps.
Love the Dark Romance Mask-tok vibes that Grim Viper has.
>>11896784No, they're treating this like a Haslab and taking payments on order. Most likely too many people preordered previous made-to-order items only to cancel at the last minute and Hasbro wants to stop that before it happens again.
>>11896784>>11896879The only issue with this is that this is essentially the third large vehicle some of us are waiting for now.....No Snowcat yet....still waiting for the Arctic HISS....now they want us to pay up front for the Thunder Machine.
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>>11896784>Hasbro is consistently good lol I don’t know how you guys believe the shit you type
>>11896397Aspyr handled the remastered classics by going over Crystal Dynamics's head to the parent company CDE. Crystal Dynamics responded by having a disclaimer that basically smeared the paying customers as racist for liking the old stuff instead of the new stuff. Fuck them. >>11896955The quality has gotten better, which is why detaiols are smaller and sharper and why elbow and knee pegs are no longer visible.
>>11897006How does it feel having a series you love branded with such a negative preface?
>>11897087I vote with my dollars. And I do so while knowing there's tons of fan-made free custom classic TR levels and even whole games that the Lara-hating fucks at CD don't get a penny from. I know that the liberal mentality is to be a total cultural parasite who creates nothing, and instead takes what others created, and twist it to suit their own ideologies. Well they crashed Tomb Raider hard doing this. The coming remake won't do as well as they think because it's approached as "the original game, but nu-Lara instead."
>>11897120Isn't Tomb Raider still considered to be a pretty successful series? I got the remasters, they did a good job updating things like the controls.
>>11897125No it's not successful. The last movie was a flop, and so was the cartoon. The nu-Lara trilogy caused Square-Enix to take a $300 million loss. It's funny how Crystal Dynamics who made Square-Enix take a massive loss ended up finding the money so they could own it. It almost seems like a "that was the plan the whole time" moment.
>>11896916Snowcat is shipping now and HISS tank comes at the end of the year. Haslabs worked the same way where multiple were running at once. >>11897120>complains about uncreative people twisting other's creations>cheers on people making fan levels in someone else's video games. This is the logical disconnect of a deeply disturbed mind.
>>11897087I never played the originals. I liked the new ones. Fun games. Hope they make more like rise of the tomb raider.
>>11897148A lot of the TRLE games are creative while paying respect to the source instead of crapping on it like CD does.
>>11896918I don't read or even know what Dark Romance or Mask Tok is. How bad is it?
>>11897353Dark Romance: fancy name for the old time romance novel cliche where the male lead is an abusive asshole who treats the heroine like shit, but she refuses to leave him because she thinks she can fix him, and if she can't at least the sex is great and he's rich, so she's willing to be an emotionally battered wife if not actually battered wife.Mask Tok: a bunch of failed jocks who spend their nights wearing masks and cosplaying as Call of Duty characters to get social media hits with their softcore fetish videos.
>>11897154The originals have Lara have all skills right at the start. Leveling up is for RPGs, not adventure games. The originals often had you all alone with nothing but your wits to explore large areas while the nu-Lara games shoves opponents and big melee battles at you to get those skill points. The original games have multiple levels with multiple maps and vehicles while the new ones have one map with no vehicles. If you want a sense of the classics in a modern game, then try the Uncharted games
>>11897759Already played uncharted at release. They were decent. I enjoyed exploring the tombs and puzzles in the new tomb raiders circa 2015.
>>11897759We get it dude, you don't like the nu Tomb Raider. You've been shitting up this general for months now, give it a rest. The new games aren't even bad.
So just got an email today saying Pulse is shipping out HALs, honestly forgot I even ordered it. I guess my Classified backlog will grow again in a few days. >>11897799He's a spastic cow, he'll rant about imaginary problems that nobody else cares about in absurd one sided blood feuds fueled by implied slights and non-existent issues. If it's not something he, personally, specifically, approves of, it's the worst thing ever in the history of the world and nobody else would ever like it and if they did they were a shill. Best to just ignore his rants as they're all pretty vapid and dumb.
>>11897832You refute with nothing, and just sling shit (like always). Do you work for Crystal Dynamics? Nu-Lara is a failure. It's the gaming equivalent of Star Wars with being a once-successful brand that got destroyed by ideologies gamers didn't want, so now it's a money-pit. You want to talk about me throwing shit to what I don't like? I'm not the one who attacks anyone who doesn't sign off on what you like, which is what you're doing right now. You liberals always think that you can socially-bully people into falling in line with your agenda-driven bullshit, and it never works. But you keep doing it anyway. Rise of Atlantis is going to flop, and so will the live-action TV show starring Sophie Turner. The Classified figure will do well because it does the impossible with somehow being the best TR figure ever made even if it's nu-Lara in classic Lara's clothes.
>>11897837nah the first 2 games sold well. Third got backlash because in the spinoff comic/cartoon or whatever they tried making her a lesbo and they hinted at some interracial romance. none of it happened.
>>11897837Dude, get a life. No one else cares about Tomb Raider this much. Go bitch on /v/ about this shit.
>>11897857>No one else cares about Tomb Raider this much.Except for fans who have been fans since Clinton was President, and don't like seeing a property go from success to trainwreck because of a room full of whiny faggots who are offended by everything, and want anything they touch to be a "life lesson" about their social values.
>>11897882Shut up faggot and get the fuck over yourself.
>>11897882Also:>don't like seeing a property go from success to trainwreck because of a room full of whiny faggots who are offended by everything, and want anything they touch to be a "life lesson" about their social values.stop being such an over dramatic faggot. The new games aren't even woke, and they all sold pretty well. Such a sperg.
>>11897910>Crying to mommy and daddy because he doesn't have an actual argument and would rather just kevetch about shit that isn't even trueYou guys are such tremendous faggots. I didn't even bring u0 Tomb Raider. Fuck.
At ease faggots.I'm surprised I like the triple t. It's like a little battle implement.
>>11897914Stop white knighting the hacks raping Laura and calling fans who prefer the original games racists then and we won't call you out for needing to be banned
>>11897897They sold so well that they generated a massive loss for Square-Enix. >>11897978It's basically a baby Snowcat..
>>11897353Dark Romance is a term used to describe all the really smutty and kink power/control fetish shit that woke feminists hate in romance novels, rebranded to get around the woke reich in the last 10-15 years, so said woke feminazi types can still have their smut and yet can still push their anti sex agenda on the literary world.Mask Tok is just attractive guys in masks doing short form kink videos for horny gays and women
>>11898005They literally didn't sell at a loss though. They did sell less than Square Enix originally forecasted they would but they still ultimately were profitable. I literally just Googled this information so I know you're wrong.
>>11897983>getting offended at the disclaimerHoly shit, you're more of a Karen than the people who made the fucking disclaimer. Goddamn, get some thicker skin you twat.
>>11898066Not a big fan of these heads desu, still just something missing to really make him look like Flint.
>>11898072Looks just like him Is that the trigger hand or is it a coffee holding hand
>>11898075It's close but I feel like it's a touch too young. Just a bit more edge and definition to the face would give him some age. They didn't include any extra hands to hold the coffee, so I grabbed some from the retro Cobra Commander. I bought two of that figure specifically for the hands cause they're so versatile.
>>11898072Cynical theory is that the Flint and Lady Jaye figures are just an excuse plot to create new parts/heads for the inevitable two pack of the pair in cartoon accurate firm
>>11898026Go back to Redit maggot. Your kind ain't wanted here
>>11898105I'm shocked we haven't gotten a new Lady Jaye yet, especially given how the Retro card version was a lazy repaint of the main line version.
>>11898105They're the cartoon versions. The Snowcat bundle is from a cartoon episode called "haul down the heavens" and to a lesser degree the "money to burn" episode. It's just that they replaced the large tent with the much-smaller BIVOUAC.
>>11898106No, seriously. If you're getting offended by some gay little disclaimer on a remaster of a video game no one is forcing you to buy, that is textbook definition Karen behavior. Oh no, someone said you were a big mean racist, whatever will you do? Piss off bitch boy, you're not welcome here until you get some hair on your chest. Imagine getting offended at some shitty little disclaimer lmao. Lay off the estrogen Sally,
>>11898263You took it personally like you're a CD employee. Fuck any company that attacks and smears both the paying customers and Toby Gard and the rest of CORE as bigots for not making leftist virtue-signalling "diversity games." Cultural parasites who don't create and instead destroy other people's creations have bankrupted numerous gaming studios.
>>11898272No I didn't you fucking sped. I'm just sick and tired of your same, often outright incorrect, arguments being thrown around here like anyone in this thread gives a fuck. Go bitch on /v/ if it bothers you this bad. This is a GI Joe thread, no one else here cares about your made up bullshit.
>>11898274>still refuting absolutely nothing, and still engaging in attacks against a post you disagree with while trying to act like it's because of the opposite. Fuck off. You're no Tomb Raider fan. You're just another social activist engaging in social shaming and bullying against anyone who prefers the old games over the new ones. And GI Joe became TR too when Lara got introduced to GI Joe.
>>11898282>you're bullying me for liking the original Tomb RaiderWrong. I'm bullying you because you're an annoying faggot.
>>11898283>still not refuting with any substanceYou attacked because I said I prefer the classics, and have been on the attack ever since. And you noticably didn't deny the two times I accused you of being a CD employee.
>>11898293Actually I did though, >>11898025. Here's an article talking about how the majority of the franchise sales comes from the Survivor Trilogy.https://www.thegamer.com/report-reveals-most-tomb-raider-sales-from-reboots/The trilogy itself was not made at a loss, it did in fact profit money. You're referring to Square Enix over estimating it's potential sales. That's not the same thing. Go away now.
>>11898310If it made a profit then a company that's been desperate for a profit for years wouldn't have sold it off.
>>11898324I accept your concession
>>11898263Again, go back to Redit you anti life maggot. Woke shitheads like you aren't wanted here....
>>11898274Last I check you haven't said a single thing about GI Joe, just attacking people who rightfully call out how CD has raped Laura, blood libeled fans of the real Tomb Raider (ie the original games not the anti life crap currently being peddled that cost SE millions and forced them to cut bait with the franchise), and spew nothing but insults to people in this thread who want to talk GI Joe.You are either an anti life abomination employed by CD or one of the garden varuet woke brown shirts who hates GI Joe and Tomb Raider and want to fuck up any actual talk about them because they are calling you out on how much of an abomination you are.
>>11898310The gamer is known for sleeping dog shit to prop up woke. Next you'll be saying Nathan Grayson isn't a corrupt as fuck activist larping as as a journalist
>>11898362>>11898366>>11898368>no argument>just crying about being bulliedI already accepted your concession, you don't need to keep going
>>11895652>>11895634That Destro design is dogshit and Quick Kick's outfit is super lazy
>>11898369He's calling you a faggot loser. Again, go back to Plebbit and stop defending woke shit stain ugloids who want to take and defile Laura out of jealousy that she's hit and they aren't.
>>11898368Sleeping Dogs was the best game of that generation and was so much better than GTA
>>11898397>woke shitWhat was even woke about the new ones? Lara wasn't a girl boss for no reason. The thing I remember most about the survivor games was how fucked up she would get. Those death animations were brutal.
>>11898370I'd sideways that and say that it works as a new character as far as a being another one of Destro's ethnic bastards. And one hat makes a lot more sense than Alexander since its canon Destro was in Vietnam in the 70s being a shiftless fuckboy while his dad sold guns
>>11898407Uglifying Laura because the feminazi cunts hate and despise pretty girls, their obsession with turning her lesbian and the bullshit where they claim all archeologists are evil racists
At this point we should hard ban any talk of Tomb Raider from GI Joe threads, regardsless of her getting a crossover toy, since it's hijacked the actual topic of this thread with shit that needs to stay on V.
>>11898419I agree! But these threads always have two autistic people arguing for six weeks about the same stupid shit over and over, if you haven't already noticed.
>>11898419This, the guy isn't even talking about the toys.
>>11898424lets at least go back to bitching about the knees on this figure instead of the video games
>>11898424those legs and arms look so bad
Annoying thought. Would the X-Viper characters be more interesting if each X-Vipers were unique characters and not a sub division of troops?
>>11898407Don't bother arguing with snowflake righttards, they'll just spit buzzwords and lies at you because they're taught to be mad at anything slightly different. They're the most easily offended bunch of hypocrites out there and since they lack any sense of self awareness, things like logic, reason or shame have no effect on em. >>11898424>>11898471Ug, yea, those joints are just awful and ruin an otherwise decent figure. I get the need for double joints on the knees, but with arms as slender as the ones on this figure, you could engineer a really nice, deep, single hinge elbow very easily. >>11898518For the most part, that's how I handle Vipers. Generally, exceptional Vipers get allowed to use specialized gear and tactics to best accommodate Cobra's "best of the worst" soldiers. It's mostly an easy way for me to avoid having to troop build specialty Vipers, but it also lets me give each Viper their own character and personality to help make Cobra less filled with nameless, basic goons. If Viper specialties were all specific individuals, it instantly populates Cobra's ranks with dozens of colorful, unique characters that the group is sorely lacking at the moment.
>>11898424>>11898471It's impossible to do clean joints on "skin" parts, so it's unavoidable. It still looks better than previous figures even if it is nu-Lara. >>11898518The Hasbro solution would be swappable heads to increase the variety within one single figure, and I do admit that it works.
>>11898523"Righttards" aren't the ones making the world an ugly place so they don't get offended by beauty.
>>11898664 take it to /pol/ fags
>>11898662>It's impossible to do clean joints on "skin" parts, so it's unavoidable. It still looks better than previous figures even if it is nu-Lara.Hasbro has been hitting the auto-joint button too recklessly lately. Some ways to cut the joint are better than others. This, the Street Fighter ones and some Marvel Legends have been quite bad.
>>11898719The thing is the best figures for Classified are the ones that won't have a lot of bare skin, so joints can be blended in with the clothes. But CD won't allow that because it's racist, sexist, and whatever-else-ist.
>>11898724no one sees this as a definitive Lara Croft you schizo, it’s no surprise they went with the most recognizable outfit instead of what would work best for hasbro’s shitty limitations
>>11898733Only casuals can see Lara in one outfit. Fans know her by many outfits, and at $43 for a retro-card, it sure as shit isn't casuals paying that bullshit price.
>>11898769I'm a casual Tomb Raider fan, I didn't own the original games a kid, only played them at a friends house, and played the first two of the reboot series. I'm getting Lara in like two weeks.
>>11898769I’m not paying fucking $43 for Lara in a reused baroness catsuit which we both know is all you’d get out of hasbro with that outfit
>>11898779Yes you would. You know it. We all would.
New army builder 3-pack with new accessories
>>11898804Who wants this shit? I want a black Bat, black Snake Eyes, Baroness, the dreadnoks, the Crimson Guard, and many others over this shit. But I guess it's all for next year's 40th anniversary for the movie
>>11898810S7 makes it very hard to want to buy their toys. I really wish they’d just knock out the sunbow cast and stop fucking around so I could feel compelled to buy the rest, this company has just burned me too many fucking times now to trust them, I don’t even want to get their lady jaye unless I see more coming.
>11898664>sees comment>sees pic postedSee, no self awareness at all. >>11898773The original games were great, never cared for he remakes though, but yea I got mine p/o'd and waiting on her to finally drop.>>11898804>>11898806.....I kinda hate that O-rings are apparently popular enough to keep pumping out. I'd much rather see a resurgence of the ME stuff as there's still tons of Joes in that style we never got. Hell, we never even got a really good Classic Duke in the ME series, it was either the awful 25th anniversary one getting reused to death or Duke in some wildly different colors or costumes. Some of those different Dukes were great, sure, but Jungle Strike Duke isn't the guy I want leading my Joes in the liberation of Springfield.
>>11895634So these are the ones that are rare? Because I have been seeing these DIFFERENT ones, at various Target's for at least (two?) weeks:
I just watched the GI Joe movie and I find Lt Falcon's relationship with women to be very problematic. @HabroDo better y'all, cause this ain't it and I ain't the one. Frfr og. Y'all tripping Imma let my baby see this hot mess. MP sounding like Bart Simpson fr?
>>11899018And this one
>>11899111Cool that the hair connections are homogeneous.
>>11898419>if only /toys/ had actual mods....
>>11899018Target recently shrank the toy section while ordering less, which makes it a colossal pain in the ass to find anything now.
>>11898804>>11898806The 1987 GI Joe movie was on Hasbro Legends last night, which was oddly coincidental.
Some guy apparently has the new Baroness and Shipwreck in hand. The headsculpts look, particularly with the separate part for the glasses on Baroness.
>>11899412They both look excellent. S7's refusal to paint rivets is still annoying, but in spite of that I'm getting them whenever S7 decides to let more than India have them.
>>11899112Neat, can't wait for that head to be used on a general Lady Jaye release. >>11899196There are mods on /toy/, but they only ban people for making reports. >>11899320Mine did the same, a massive downsizing of the entire department from what was already a pretty pathetic offering. It's not even worth it to buy toys in the wild anymore, ordering em online is just way more effective and way less annoying.
>>11893691>>11893692>>11899018>>11899043>>11899043Oh shit haven't checked in here for a while, awesome
>>11899036That era of Beachhead, Falcon, Lowlight, Wet-Suit, Leatherneck, Sgt. Slaughter and co. are the best. As much as I love the OG cast in the cartoon, they really knocked those guys out of the park. That's GI Joe without too much ninja, they had a little, but not too much
>>11893261One of the best Spy Troop figures. They really only had a handful that weren't retarded in proprotions.
Entertainment Earth shipping out my preorder for Classified Buzz Lightyear.
>>11899817They had Storm Shadow and that's it. They didn't overplay the ninjas until the late 80s. In the 90s there were ninjas everywhere and it was stupid.
>>11899320>>11899541I mean, they enlarged the area where the collector stuff used to be (SHF, Bandai). The LEGO is actually often bigger and often the make it mini brands is now getting half an entire side, in their aisle. You're right, that the Joe's, Black Series, MOTU, etc. are now all sharing an aisle, but even at the flagship stores, I never found an entire wave of something before, which is no different than what it is now.Technically, aisle per aisle, floor space, etc., they have more 'toys' on the floor - it's just not stuff for either of you or me - or most likely most folks on this board.
>>11900073Target cancelled both Voyager Starscream and Classified Scarlett/She-Bang pre-orders, and dumped the majority of both in China. Very few US buyers were able to get them because both came out at the time of Target's downsizing of the toy section.
>>11900138I wanted to collect the ninja line but I've already missed out on that 2 Pack and zartan. Retail exclusives are so shit in this day and age.
>>11899036Falcon’s relationship with women was the most realistic part of the film.
>>11899320The toy sections at the two Targets I usually go to haven't shrunk, they've just shifted everything over a tad. Everything is still there and the only real stuff that has shrunk space wise is Star Wars.
>>11900138I mean, I have had pre-orders cancelled from Walmart on the regular but not Classified. I couldn't get the Anniversary Duke for the MSRP price, much less the sale/roll back or whatever deal some folks here reported and it took watching to finally get it in hand for $27+. But I think all retailers have had their distribution fucked up for years. You hear people bitch about this on the Marvel and DC gens and I am sure any large franchise would be the same.This >>11900236 is closer to my experience, and finding a lot of stock even in smaller Targets that, a year ago, barely had any adult collectibles, is more common than not. Relevant to this general is that this is not CLASSIFIED stock, even when the stores are filthy with Hasbro stock.
Local comic shop got in two Iron Grenadier Destroy/Despoilers. $110 is the asking price.
i need another storm shadow variant.
>>11900502I loved that design. Has literally a storm and a shadow on it. Was so pissed it was battle action stricken since the Scarlett Ninja Force one I bought was so shitty, I didn't bother with that one. I got it later and it makes for a good decorative figure if that makes any sense.
>>11900671It's too vibrant to be realistic. But it was made in the age of bright colors and more of an emphasis on being sci-fi instead of realism.
The last Walmart 2026 exclusive found before official release.D.I.R.E. Hawk
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>>11901523These seem to get less effort with every subsequent release. Good way to get a flight suit buck, though, and that helmet is still cool.
>>11901523This looks indistinguishable from a shoddy instagram custom, right down to the awful DIRE TECH logo slapped onto the box
>>11901523>>11901524>GI Joe Classified® Marvel's® MCU® "The Vulture®" Dire Tech™ Flight suit edition
Of course ninja force snake eyes already sold out. Fuck them all. I'm going to Luigi the target ceo
>>11901523>>11901524WTF? There was no announcement or anything? What's the retail price (as if any walmart near me will get it)?
>>11901655It actually reminds me of Metal Gear Solid
>>11901523So it's a repurposed Rattler gunner with a Ghost Viper head and Raptor's wings. If they're re-using his mold then hopefully it won't be long for the Rattler Baroness repaint.
>>11901528Now that WW mold is free for retail figs, when we getting Tiger Force Skystriker?
>>11901523>>11901806Make it a two pack and put Frostbite with him.
>>11901523I would have given him claw feet but I guess that would be even more like the Vulture
>>11901528>These seem to get less effort with every subsequent releaseIt's not as lazy as Night Creeper painted in black instead of DIRE team colors, and with Crystal Ball's Cthulu head.
Had some action force guns in storage with GI Joe weapons, and while the GI Joe weapons are fine these have like, oxidized or something. Can't wash off the brown either
>>11902777>natural weatheringlooks more realistic, thusly, more expensive looking.
>>11902828What's weird is the ones I have in figures hands, while these were in a tackle box, are fine. I guess these were from a bad batch
>>11902878what kind of tackle box and what else is in there? Toys that are trapped with something that is offgassing too much might cause the plastic to turn bad faster.It's impossible to actually know what's what beforehand, because so many interactions can happen, and like you said, it might be a bad batch.
If anyone has a GI Joe Classified Ninja Force Scarlett & T’Jbang 2-pack set they don't want or sees one let me know and I'll buy it off you. I've lost out on all my target orders this year. My local ones never stock toys. Target canceled all my orders except for onslaught lol. I really don't want to have to get raped on ebay.
>>11903030I know four people to pre-ordered but didn't get it. Since the majority of them were dumped in China, try the usual Chinese sites like ali express.
>>11903035So far they are just as expensive as ebay. 15 to 20 shipping. Lol fuck exclusives
>>11903044I think Hasbro is done with Target exclusives. Out of nowhere Target cancelled multiple orders Hasbro made exclusively for Target, and with nowhere to send the supply that was produced Hasbro just dumped them in China. That's not a good way for a retailer to maintain a good relationship with a supplier.
>>11902882Get a metal toolbox with compartments if you're worried about plastic reaction.
>>11903049I've never had issues with other places just canceling orders. What sucks is even my Walmarts don't stock toys and I'm in their home state.
>>11903049They just did another Ninja Force 2-pack with Snake Eyes/Jinx. I guess we'll see if they do any more beyond that. It blows that they made these Target exclusive, since Slice and Dice were so easy to get when they were just a Pulse exclusive. They only seemed to sell out once Hasbro showed they were going deeper with Ninja Force.
>>11903058>can't find Target exclusives because Target leaves most of the inventory in China while only honoring a fraction of the pre-orders>can't find Walmart exclusives because maybe 10% of all Walmart stores carry them
>collecting classifiedJust bought the two new Ninja Force o-ring at Target
Managed to snag a pair of good deals on eBay; the generic female GI Joe Sniper for £19 and Pimp-Daddy Destro for £31, both sealed in box. Looking forwards to 'em, Destro is hilarious (and will go well with Crimson Strike Baroness) and the sniper looks cool. I like the army builder releases, the cop and Cobra-La Guard are two of my favourites.
>>11903386I got the sniper. She makes a great "jungle troop Scarlett."
