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Thanks! I'm not 100% today, but I'm back in the office. I feel like the worst is over. I've got a stack of boxes to open, Joes and MLs that came in yesterday, so hopefully I'll have a report tonight.

Finally unboxed a few Joes! (I came down with what I think was food poisoning yesterday evening, so I slept 12 hrs) -Metal-head... I find his myriad of rocket launchers to be weird and bizarre, especially since I have a hard time making the missiles fit without using the blast effects... so he...

Oh, even if all the info was completely incorrect, the blueprints gave everything that aura of realism that I loved about Joe. Even now, I still use their blueprints to make sure my brick vehicles have the correct Joe-proportions. They're the starting point for every single one.

You're right, never noticed that before, but they are backwards on the blueprints. That's definitely annoying!

Looking at the upcoming technoviper w/ Heetseek missile launcher, noting that they changed the missiles from the OG SAM to something that looks far more like an anti-ship missile/torpedo. It would be nice if they stick to the original type when they do the obvious Joe recolor, hopefully with...

No retros today, but I did get Airborne, Technoviper, QK, and Metal-Head. That's enough to give me something to do this evening! I'm not sure why they made QK's sash go across his chest. I guess it's easier to make it stay put, but in zero media has it ever not just gone down one side. Even...

Sweet! All indications are that it's a solid figure. I'll be curious to get your reaction! I've never had a sunday delivery before, not even during the holidays. But then again, everything goes to my business, which is closed on the weekend, so.... Amazon is supposed to deliver a host of...

Oh, I tightened my Joes quite a bit, and while I never thought to go to the plumbing section to look for o-rings, if one of my favs got loose, I'd swap the o-ring with a figure I liked less. And I'd occasionally mix and match parts to make "ultimate" versions of characters, but my OCD would...

I always envied the "outdoor" setups the kids in the commercials had, but in general, I did not like taking my toys outside. The dirt was bad enough, but I knew that every single trip I'd end up coming back with less accessories than I went out with... There would be no way to play Joes in the...

Yeah, I definitely liked the grounded aspect to Joe as well. And like you, while the toon had some far-out elements, my play pattern was far more realistic... no cobra rock bands, no hypnotizing perfumes, no machines that allow you to command zoo animals for nefarious purposes. It was...

I guess that's why Blowtorch doesn't bother me. Sure, he's from a different time... but in my world, Cobra is essentially a WWII-esque villain with some super-modern sci-fi weapons. Watching Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan recently, I was struck how much German soldiers look like...

Got name-only reveals today on some podcast of Blowtorch and Road Pig. I always liked Blowtorch despite him not being very low-viz. At least his color-scheme made sense for his function, even if it was a liability anywhere but in the midst of battle. And he was my first introduction to the...

Interesting. I had not considered that, but I can see a little bit of Lenny in there. That may well have been their goal. I like the official's zipped up jacket, an option I didn't really have with a custom. I'm tempted to pick up a second Clutch so I can change his head to another copy of...

I couldn't let the sun go down with those tattoos on his arm, but he's a solid figure. The VAMP is friggin huge... I was not prepared. Now I'm scared to open the HISS.

VAMPs!!!!

The PP Officers are actually two different figures released at different times, not just packaging differences. The newest one is all-black with neon webgear and light grey gloves,boots,helmet... the older one has a full neon torso, black helmet, and dark grey boots. Both are called officer...

Yesterday Target put up a few Classified figures on sale, mostly PP stuff but a few others. I ordered a few PPs with a plan to dye all the neon parts black, and end up with a small all-black Night Patrol squad. Then I went on Ali and ordered them some long black winter coats, as if these...

Oh the irony, given that we used to have a lot of toy specialty stores, only to see their markets decimated by retail giants and vulture capitalists. It's like the destruction of cable tv by all these giant media companies and streaming services, who are now all consolidating, and at some point...

WM has always been this way. With SW, Indiana Jones, 25th... I read somewhere that they inherently believe (as VV said above) most toys are to get you into the store, and they successfully do that because of hype from media tie-ins. With that belief in mind, most of those toys do the bulk of...

A few weeks ago, they put up the retro LJs for $5, and I bought a couple on the off chance I wanted to dye one black for NF or something. $5 is hard to pass up. $16 for those (lowercase) dusty retros is a hard no. If only they'd made as many of the later retros... I never saw Zartan, Storm...