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

[nacho]

Ordered two of most of them, one to keep, one to open. I typically don't double dip on the deluxes, but Snowjob is an exception. I'll probably cancel one of the Scrap Irons when the first one ships, as I ordered one from pulse and another from AMZ.

Copperhead x2
Scrap Iron x2
Shipwreck x2
Torpedo x2
Bazooka x2
Rock 'n Roll x4
Snowjob x4
Valkyries x1

Might pick up more Torpedo bucks if/when they go on sale so I can make an amphibious assault team.

...and I might pick up a couple of extra Shipwrecks if I can find some suitable Bo and Luke Duke heads for customs!

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Tunnel Rat and Low Light look great. I might still make my own Vala versions of those two, but I'll happily pick up the hasbro versions. Quick-Kick and Mutt and Junkyard are obvious automatic pick-ups. Big Boa... eh, I'll get one. Not my favorite character, but the cobra civil war needs named characters on both sides.

Shadow Tracker... I have the POC version, although I don't think I ever opened one. I'll get one just because, but I will likely make him a Dreadnok whether he likes it or not.

Overall, everything looks good, but I'm bummed we didn't see Hawk and Grunt. Feels like half the '23 list is going to get pushed out if todays POs aren't arriving until freakin' August. I'm not losing interest, but I'm definitely losing patience with the slow-roll of these releases.

 

[Videoviper]

I am generally surprised by the number of 6” joe products.

Makes me wonder what they could really put out in either my chosen scale or if they didn’t split the scales in Star Wars.

 

[nacho]

I was surprised that there has been zero mention of the o-ring revival in nearly a year. They killed the popular WM retro-modern figure line in favor of Pulse-Exclusive retro o-ring figures and promptly released exactly six to go with the small number that came with the skystriker... and then poof, nothing. I thought they were overpriced, but I ended up picking them up during various sales and such. It's like they can't pick a lane with 4"... or they perceive demand to be limited.

Clearly the market is in the 6" space, but damn, I was looking through the massive amount of 4" cast parts and fodder I have for projects I never got around to before 6" stole all my attention, and I kinda want to get back to doing those too. Just not enough time in the weekends!

 

[Videoviper]

The retro (modern) figures were all things I had or skipped I got a cobra officer & forgot to pick up Grunt

If you don’t follow this crap online the o rings might as well have not existed but I guess you can say that with most toys.

Hasbro wants to sell everything in 6” scale because the profit per unit is better. But old farts like myself don’t want to rebuy their collections like music on the newest format.

 

[nacho]

I admit that some of the retro modern stuff was rehash, but the new stalker/grunt mold they ended with is without question the best 4" figures I own. Construction, proportions... I plan to do a whole set of O13 out of them. If you haven't picked one or both up, they're available for about $10 at the pulse warehouse sale. I've got to make sure I have enough of both before the sale ends...

 

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[ThunderDan19]

The figs look well done, but I have zero interest in that Range Viper nor the limey. I had neither in the past and feel like they came along well after the line had peaked out and was in serious decline. They are odd choices for the JoeClass line in my opinion, but whatever, we’re getting Hawk, Snow Serpent and Mutt & Junkyard as well! I can’t wait to see those rendered!

 

[nacho]

The reason these two are popping up now is that they are rumored to be the "WM collector con" exclusives to be announced on thursday.

I agree that both appeared originally after my interest vanished, so I have no childhood attachment to either. But Range Viper (or the range viper leader) did have a role in the comics, and there was a black-colored Range Viper as part of The Plague (cobra's elite killing squad) in the Devil's Due era, so I could see the need to dye one black.

As for Big Ben... I was going to skip him completely, but the winter coat and gas mask does two things... gives us some generic OpForces heads to use on that figure or any other, and it gives us a non-white winter coat to use for ARAH issue #2 customs as well as a number of Oktober Guard cutsoms. So while there will be no Big Ben on my joe shelf, I could see myself buying mutables of that SKU.