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Yeah, I thought maybe that was the LA reference, but he didn't carry the joke far enough to make it too clear.

What an... odd fellow. I don't think I learned anything except that he seems to love COPS and hate the O13 and VAMPS, so we automatically can't be friends. Plus he seems to love the Go-Kart Striker. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The "35" in the last group is especially fun, as I used a color-changing paint that's different depending on the viewing angle.

Newcomers Group 3

Been doing a lot of customizing of my new favorite HW casting, a "Custom '68 Camaro" that has an awesome old-school short track / dirt track vibe. I've repainted 23 (!) of them so far into various classic and fictional liveries. Rather than post 150 photos, I'll just link to the galleries I...

Just looking at Crankcase, to be "correct", he's going to need his helmet painted grey (I'm irritated they gave him the stock helmet rather than his unique original) and some Grunt webgear... and his stock webgear is perfect for my greenshirt-Sparks LBC. It all works out.

I never considered that. Corporate stooges are such pansies, I wouldn't be surprised now that you say it. Now I want a Legacy ICE agent and Legacy Border Patrol. ;)

Apparently the cop was pulled at the last minute from distributor's PO lists. Hopefully they saw all the feedback about the black arms. It's not a bad figure otherwise. If they fixed it and the price got off of "deluxe" and down to "normal" I'd be tempted to get one or two even if I don't...

I ordered my BATs and Greenshirts (split between HP and AMZ)... and despite my better judgement, I ordered the AWE Striker (Pulse Excl). Skipped Sarge and Mercer b/c I'm just not that interested in either. No sign of the cop, but I was skipping it anyway. I still H-A-T-E the tiny front wheels...

I'll get a retro BAT for the carded collection... not sure I'll get more though, I'm on the fence. I have no need for Greenshirts (I always thought that was a dumb concept... either you're in Joe, or you're not.) Who are these nameless people, and what are they good for in an elite unit...

Got the first two Auldey AAE-S premium versions in today. They really are premium, from the paint to the eight (8!) sets of hands to the extra accessories and stands... they're noticeably slicker than the basics. The paint really helps tighten up the joints too.

Amazon has the Stinger down to $69 for a limited time... Cobra Stinger 4WD

I got mine for $4/ea at JCarDiecast, but they're sold out now (that's probably why). Of course, they didn't have free shipping, but even paying for postage, they only averaged about $6/ea. The last Premiums I bought at WM a few weeks ago were nearly $9. I almost fainted when I got home and...

Hot Wheels premium Skystriker. The scale is... tiny? These will probably work well with that Jada 3-pack of tiny, not-quite-micro-machines GIJoe diecast vehicles (HISS, SnowCat, VAMP MkII). Sadly, I suspect this is a one-off since they'd already done the tooling for a Top Gun tomcat a couple...

Found it. Posted in the Officer Area: (1) Joe Origin Article | The Fighting 1:18th I now want figures of Lilah, Spook, and Louie Louie!

It's my understanding that Hama's vision of Joe is a nearly 1-to-1 adaptation of a rejected pitch he made in the 70's for a SHIELD comic with Hydra as the main antagonist. Once you view it through that lens, it's pretty easy to see where all the sci-fi elements of his run originated. And if...

I'm surprised that Hama leaned into the ninja stuff so hard given his actual military background. Like you said, it made sense to give it some focus during the 80's ninja craze, but this isn't a group of superheroes or guys hopping around in halloween costumes. They're still supposed to be...

Yeah, I had given up on the comic by then, and guys running around in their neon jammies didn't make me think I was missing anything. 30min into the Pulse PO, MMS is sold out, plenty of Budo and Slice/Dice available. Hopefully Hasbro gets the memo that some of this stuff is too niche even for...

Desert Scorpion is a 90's trooper. According to the file card, it's where they demote crappy Vipers to. So they have to live hard to survive, and if they continue to screw up, they get further demoted to Toxo-Vipers, not a place anyone wants to be. Looks like a figure designed with the AI...

YoJoe June Fanstream details: Name Only: - Steel Corps Sentry w/ Defense Post - Desert Scorpion Digital Renders: - AWE Striker (revealed... again?... still ugly w/ absurdly tiny front tires) - Legacy Police Officer (nice enough, but do we need rando cops?) - Sgt Slaughter (desert camo) and...