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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    HAHAHAHAHAHA, that is so fugly. I wasn't buying one no matter what, b/c stupid concept, but if I were a big fan of the original, I'd be pissed. That was clearly done by the same half-wit that designed the fugly AWE Striker.
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    Officer Drive! The 2026 Edition

    Done. Thanks, Boss.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, the base Dusty figure was pretty meh. If only he'd had some kneepads! :rolleyes: However, I modified mine substantially too. He got the gridiron kit with a much better helmet, helmet skirt, gun, and backpack. I also redid the paint on his face (using a clean tigerforce Dusty head) and...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Kneepads are practical, and I understand including them when they "modern update" character decos... although I think they ruin the nostalgia-factor aesthetics to a degree. Same with the plate carriers and other tactical vests... practical but too "COD:Modern Warfare" for my taste. But the...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Yeah, I get all of that... but does it have to look so... "Starship Troopers"? I mean, the whole line seem captive to one former employee's highly skewed vision of "kewl". It's truly maddening. I think of Joe as fictional-Delta, a very specialized rapid response team, not an entire military...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    The kneepads and shinguards... Ugh... they all look like edgelord soccer players. For the love of pete, WHY?! WHY DO THEY THINK THIS IS WHAT SOLDIERS WOULD WEAR?! I asked AI if this was normal: "No, elite military operators (like Green Berets or Navy SEALs) do not typically wear hard-shell...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    ARAH #330 Second Print cover:
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Dan, if you need another IG BAT, this guy has one on the cheap, complete, $18 shipped. https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/chls-going-out-of-business-sale-thread.1271021/#post-22906721 I've bought from him before, solid guy liquidating his collection to cover medical bills.
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    Call of duty "GHOST" by zd1st

    WHAT?! Don't go deleting any of my photos... someone might want to see them 13 years from now!
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    Call of duty "GHOST" by zd1st

    Probably because it's a 13 year old post, and his photo links are broken? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This is a good example why it's better to embed the photos rather than just linking to them.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    So apparently, the Classified Tomb Raider is a bigger crossover than just a figure. It seems she makes a cameo in the Hama ARAH series, and they just announced a crossover comic starting in Oct. Not sure if it's a one-shot or a mini, but if I had to guess, these types of crossovers are usually...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    FYI, I haven't forgotten about your MIM-23's or the exhaust project... just got sidetracked for a bit. I'll try to get back on that in the next week or two.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Very cool. Mine is supposed to arrive tomorrow, but I'm having it delayed to monday b/c I think I'm closing the office tomorrow... because 'Murica. I have fond memories of this guy, especially the classic Cobra Civil War era of the comics. It really feels like when Destro became his own...
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    Super 7 GI Joe

    Same here. They're kinda ugly, just like 250th Classified Duke, but the novelty of it was tough to resist.
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    Super 7 GI Joe

    Yeah, the pricing is rough, especially since they jumped from $20 to $25/ea. I pick and choose, and even at that, I wait for DD to get them in stock and use their bi-weekly 10-15% off coupons. Usually saves me nearly $4 per figure. The sculpts are a little on the goofy side, but they mesh...
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    Super 7 GI Joe

    The ReAction+ repaints just keep getting more bizarre... now Cobra has a Glow Patrol too!
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    It's funny... I had the opposite reaction. I love the 'Nam vibes. And I love the MAC-10. :LOL: I mean, even if it was a substandard weapon, it's not hard to conjure up a mental scenario of it getting upgrades or new internals in a classic package. And I love not-Scarlett's briefcase computer...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Soooo.... Fury Force is coming from BBWS. The spiritual predecessor to Joe, Hama's original pitch to marvel, where you can easily see how it morphed into '82 Joe. They look pretty badass. I will be hard pressed to skip them when they arrive in 2-3 years.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    In other news, I opened up Dawn Moreno, Hydro-Viper, and Airtight. Dawn is a nice figure, two very accurate portraits, and an overall good sculpt. Her arms feel a little thin and spindly, but I think the character is in her late teens, so it's ok if she's not particularly cut (even though that...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Super7 loves repaint/reuse even more than hasbro. This has always been their MO. They put out PP and tiger force versions of every character/mold, even those that did not have those decos originally. And they just put out a four-figure wave of America 250 decos. Like a sucker I bought them...