G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)
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Mine charged but no ship notice yet. Fingers crossed.
Today is my turn for delivery shenanigans. Ordered some filament from WM for the next big project, and they said it would be delivered today. Figured that if it got delayed a day, it would still be on a business day, so best to send it to the office so I wouldn't have to lug it from home. But it's been out-for-delivery since 9:30am... so they're almost certainly going to deliver it at 8pm or some nonsense and throw it on the sidewalk, forcing me to rush back to town to keep it from getting stolen.
To be fair, I've never had anything stolen, but out in front of a business after hours on the main street of town is just asking for it.
Of course in typical fashion, I only ordered from WM because it was the last resort... everyone else, including the manufacturer, is currently out of stock. Should have known they'd screw it up
Today is my turn for delivery shenanigans. Ordered some filament from WM for the next big project, and they said it would be delivered today. Figured that if it got delayed a day, it would still be on a business day, so best to send it to the office so I wouldn't have to lug it from home. But it's been out-for-delivery since 9:30am... so they're almost certainly going to deliver it at 8pm or some nonsense and throw it on the sidewalk, forcing me to rush back to town to keep it from getting stolen.
To be fair, I've never had anything stolen, but out in front of a business after hours on the main street of town is just asking for it.
Of course in typical fashion, I only ordered from WM because it was the last resort... everyone else, including the manufacturer, is currently out of stock. Should have known they'd screw it up
Yeah, I know I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing it was left out there for any lowlife to run off with.
Shipping is so weird these days too, particularly with WM (though others aren't too far behind). I can have items from the same order show up from USPS, FedEx and some random with a car. So you are lucky if you can even track stuff at all with WM.
The tracking on my delayed DS was USPS level bad. It only showed a departure from some town in NC, was supposed to arrive on a certain day and then went to "delayed, we'll update you someday..."
AMZ does get the occasional random drop off, but it is always reasonably trackable at least.
Shipping is so weird these days too, particularly with WM (though others aren't too far behind). I can have items from the same order show up from USPS, FedEx and some random with a car. So you are lucky if you can even track stuff at all with WM.
The tracking on my delayed DS was USPS level bad. It only showed a departure from some town in NC, was supposed to arrive on a certain day and then went to "delayed, we'll update you someday..."
AMZ does get the occasional random drop off, but it is always reasonably trackable at least.
This one is tracked with "OnTrack"... so it's probably in the trunk of a mexican lady's car...
In the past when I've encountered them during delivery and tried to ask them not to leave things in front of the business after hours... no habla ingles.
In the past when I've encountered them during delivery and tried to ask them not to leave things in front of the business after hours... no habla ingles.
Ironically, as I was typing that previous message, the OnTrack delivery person was in the parking lot, didn't knock on the door despite all the cars out front, because it was after 5pm... and drove away. Then I got a text demanding business hours.
So not only do they not speak english, they can't read signs in front of your business as well.
Maybe they'll try again tomorrow
So not only do they not speak english, they can't read signs in front of your business as well.
Maybe they'll try again tomorrow
Vamp Mk II and Clutch showed up unexpectedly today. I ended up setting up a previously emptied smaller shelf for them and added a number of other tan-ish clad figs together for a pseudo arid environment opposite the Stinger and the Cobra Troopers. It definitely helps to bring balance to the wall shelving, though Cobra still has an extra shelf full of Dreadnoks that the Joes don't really have a counter for.
The Joes for their part do have an entire second shelf area above my desk nook that is filling up again quickly with vehicles and playsets as well as a number of the more classic Joes. So they are hardly outnumbered overall. As a whole they are most definitely taking over my office now...
The Joes for their part do have an entire second shelf area above my desk nook that is filling up again quickly with vehicles and playsets as well as a number of the more classic Joes. So they are hardly outnumbered overall. As a whole they are most definitely taking over my office now...
My VAMP is still not even in the hands of the carrier, just a phantom tracking number.
I'm thinking of printing a desert AWE to go with the other desert equipment... and if it comes out really good, I might back up and print a green one, as neither the official nor the FansHobby quite scratch that itch as solidly as I'd like. Or maybe I'll print some new wheels and rubber tires for the official, as I've seen some that look better than the gridiron set, and one set has an adjustment for the rear suspension to level it up when the front has the same diameter tires.
I know I'm printing my own classic-style wheels for the VAMP, as I've already got the rubber tires ready to go.
I'm thinking of printing a desert AWE to go with the other desert equipment... and if it comes out really good, I might back up and print a green one, as neither the official nor the FansHobby quite scratch that itch as solidly as I'd like. Or maybe I'll print some new wheels and rubber tires for the official, as I've seen some that look better than the gridiron set, and one set has an adjustment for the rear suspension to level it up when the front has the same diameter tires.
I know I'm printing my own classic-style wheels for the VAMP, as I've already got the rubber tires ready to go.
I have a CAD set that looks pretty good/vintage, and I found a set of rims and tires that look better than straight upscaled arah. I'll have to do some CAD work to marry them up, but I think I can pull it off.
I broke down and ordered Armada from WM, simply because they said I'd get it today, while AMZ was still saying sometime in Nov.
To get free shipping, I had to add something else, and I opted for a pair of Legacy cops. They weren't as cheap as I'd hoped to pick them up, but they were the best price I'd seen, and it doesn't look like they made enough for them to hit mega-clearance anywhere... heck, Amazon doesn't even list them as far as I can tell. But I need a couple of cops for dio stuff, and the spare heads will come in handy somewhere down the line.
To get free shipping, I had to add something else, and I opted for a pair of Legacy cops. They weren't as cheap as I'd hoped to pick them up, but they were the best price I'd seen, and it doesn't look like they made enough for them to hit mega-clearance anywhere... heck, Amazon doesn't even list them as far as I can tell. But I need a couple of cops for dio stuff, and the spare heads will come in handy somewhere down the line.
I think she's a couple bucks less over there at WM too. I pointed that out to AMZ, who has updated their pricing to match WM in the past, but so far not for Armada, at least not that I have seen (dynamic pricing though, so who knows). The whole reason I wanted them to drop theirs is because I ended up with some extra AMZ play money and was considering adding her to the PO/purchase pile there.
I ended up getting a rValkyrie instead since AMZ still had her at $28, despite bumping most of the other previous wave figs up to $30 - unlike WM surprisingly. She came yesterday and became Cobra wallpaper, at least for now, since I already have a kitted up original version on the shelf already. I'm behind Joe on my retro cards on Cobra's side and her artwork is some of the better of the new.
As for Armada, I am confident that, as a relatively unknown and a factional character, she will be discounted well and soon, so I'm not stressing. Plus, I would much prefer not paying full price for her since she will be a project fig for me, since I'm looking to replace her "armored" silver arms and legs with black ones from SE movie Baroness. If something goes terribly wrong, I'd prefer to not have too much invested.
I was also fortunate to briefly find Lara Croft available as a "resale" for the same price from AMZ. I expeditiously got her reordered with my play money before she disappeared again and should get her (if she shows up on time) a week earlier than the most recent regular estimate I had for the previous PO. Not sure why, but I'll take it!
I also re-POed Shippy, HV and added Hardball. HB looks like a cool fig, and last one I'm interested in from that wave and I wanted to finish off my gift card credit before someone else in the family used it.
HB will become another of the expanding band of (don't judge me
) Renegades, who have started to become my Joes' answer to the Dreadnoks. In addition to Sarge and the original three, I have added, wait for it... Big Lob, who I found below retail. Adding HB gets me the third sportsball guy for that team (when do we get a hockey guy?). I decided not to try to kit these guys out as I had originally planned. They are obviously more gimmicky and not really battlefield ready, but would do ok in a brawl with the 'Noks.
I ended up getting a rValkyrie instead since AMZ still had her at $28, despite bumping most of the other previous wave figs up to $30 - unlike WM surprisingly. She came yesterday and became Cobra wallpaper, at least for now, since I already have a kitted up original version on the shelf already. I'm behind Joe on my retro cards on Cobra's side and her artwork is some of the better of the new.
As for Armada, I am confident that, as a relatively unknown and a factional character, she will be discounted well and soon, so I'm not stressing. Plus, I would much prefer not paying full price for her since she will be a project fig for me, since I'm looking to replace her "armored" silver arms and legs with black ones from SE movie Baroness. If something goes terribly wrong, I'd prefer to not have too much invested.
I was also fortunate to briefly find Lara Croft available as a "resale" for the same price from AMZ. I expeditiously got her reordered with my play money before she disappeared again and should get her (if she shows up on time) a week earlier than the most recent regular estimate I had for the previous PO. Not sure why, but I'll take it!
I also re-POed Shippy, HV and added Hardball. HB looks like a cool fig, and last one I'm interested in from that wave and I wanted to finish off my gift card credit before someone else in the family used it.
HB will become another of the expanding band of (don't judge me
) Renegades, who have started to become my Joes' answer to the Dreadnoks. In addition to Sarge and the original three, I have added, wait for it... Big Lob, who I found below retail. Adding HB gets me the third sportsball guy for that team (when do we get a hockey guy?). I decided not to try to kit these guys out as I had originally planned. They are obviously more gimmicky and not really battlefield ready, but would do ok in a brawl with the 'Noks.
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I promised a pic when I got my (with gratitude) new toys all set up. This is my OG/early waves display area. Pardon the distortion. Needed to pano to get them all in.
Oh, and yeah, that’s Hydra-Smasher in the back. I don’t have another spot for him right now as Joe has taken over!
I promised a pic when I got my (with gratitude) new toys all set up. This is my OG/early waves display area. Pardon the distortion. Needed to pano to get them all in.
Oh, and yeah, that’s Hydra-Smasher in the back. I don’t have another spot for him right now as Joe has taken over!
Very nice... OG's lookin' good 
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Tomorrow is the last day to order your Thunder Machine. There isn't enough FOMO in the ether to get me to pony up for that thing. Just really glad they didn't paywall Thrasher with it.
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Tomorrow is the last day to order your Thunder Machine. There isn't enough FOMO in the ether to get me to pony up for that thing. Just really glad they didn't paywall Thrasher with it.
Agreed. Even if I had a place for it (it would take up the entire shelf I have the 'Noks on right now), there is just something off about it. Same with the Snow Cat and AWE Striker - I think it's the proportions. It's a fine line and I can't quite even put my finger on it, but it's just not quite right.
I got the snowcat and AWE largely for the figures, but I'm definitely not in love with the vehicles. The TM and AWE look like they were done by the same person... who absolutely does not understand proportions.
Very true. It isn't the same problem with the SC as the others. The SC is well proportioned, but I think they tried too hard to build some kind of value and an attachment to the toon to justify the cost of it being a Haslab at all.
I would have been more open to backing it had they just gone with Frostbite, Iceberg, Blizzard and some kind of cool repaint of Snow Job (something like his PoC version) instead of Flint and LJ. No shelter, no fire, no fish or sausages, no kitchenette or ice tray, no snowpedo boxes, no removable missile rack (just one attached). Just a basic complement of (reused) arctic accessories and weapons for the figs.
I'd still be open to a stripped down SC MTO down the road, at a price where I'm not feeling like I'm paying for a lot of accessories I'll never use. Not true for the others. I just can't get past their basic ugliness.
I would have been more open to backing it had they just gone with Frostbite, Iceberg, Blizzard and some kind of cool repaint of Snow Job (something like his PoC version) instead of Flint and LJ. No shelter, no fire, no fish or sausages, no kitchenette or ice tray, no snowpedo boxes, no removable missile rack (just one attached). Just a basic complement of (reused) arctic accessories and weapons for the figs.
I'd still be open to a stripped down SC MTO down the road, at a price where I'm not feeling like I'm paying for a lot of accessories I'll never use. Not true for the others. I just can't get past their basic ugliness.
I think any SC reissue would end up being a TF repaint or the green deco (HAVOC Mk II) or something. I doubt they'll do a white one again. They can't get too close to the haslab deco without pissing off the flippers.
If that’s the direction it goes, I can definitely go without. Heck, I don’t know where I’d put it now. I don’t have a dedicated arctic area. Speaking of areas, I forgot to take a pic of the the divers:
Just in case you were wondering, that mine chain is basically straight up and down. Not sure why it looks so angled in the pic.
Just in case you were wondering, that mine chain is basically straight up and down. Not sure why it looks so angled in the pic.