Pfft. Only nerds watched that.
I noticed a lot of add part selection too. Almost like they are going in a semi-futuristic direction with some of them.
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Pfft. Only nerds watched that.
I noticed a lot of add part selection too. Almost like they are going in a semi-futuristic direction with some of them.
There were a couple of ways to go about it, but this was the worst. Updated Duke and Trooper would have worked, as would just releasing Alpine and that device piece elsewhere, or even combining the "best" figures of the sets into one.
I'm not seeing any actual Mass/weather dom parts.
Apparently we all wanted the red orange & green HISS tanks.
Apparently we all wanted the red orange & green HISS tanks.
If hasbro leaves that crucial part out, I'm going to ebay the f#$% out of the sets I bought back in the day. I bought three of each set from BBTS, but I cannot tell you why I ever thought I'd need three MASS devices. One for Cobra, one for Joe, and a MIB set maybe? I bought a lot of doubles and triples back then inexplicably.
Maybe I thought my son would need his own set. He's now 8 and doesn't give two shits about Joes or action figures. If it's not lego, it doesn't blip his radar. So apparently I've got a lot of fodder for customs or ebay.
Maybe I thought my son would need his own set. He's now 8 and doesn't give two shits about Joes or action figures. If it's not lego, it doesn't blip his radar. So apparently I've got a lot of fodder for customs or ebay.
Also, no discussion of the FSS 4.0 lineup?
I know a lot of people here don't care, but I thought there'd be some interest.
- Barricade
- Billy (Cobra Commander’s son)
- Bullhorn
- Interrogator
- Law & Order
- Cobra Inferno B.A.T.
- Nunchuk
- Night Creeper (Ice Ninja)
- Pathfinder
- Jammer (Z-Force Communications)
- Tiger Force Sneak Peek (UK Repaint)
- Tiger Force Outback (UK Repaint)
I know a lot of people here don't care, but I thought there'd be some interest.
I was busy with my ex moving out, but it doesn't look like I missed a lot.
There are a few gems and some nice "in case you missed them" reissues (more or less "too little, too late" in that department, if you ask me) and some interesting fodder, but holy shit like 3/4 of it is just FrankenJoe bullshit made-up characters.
And why in shit's name would those retards reissue the Mass Device set, without the last piece, split them up, and at LEAST not update them?! Fuck!
I'm actually disappointed to see no Roadblock, Duke, or v2 Hawk "ultimate" update. Those guys are very prominent Joes, and still missing good figures. Instead of those fucking CC repaints and yet another Zartan, it would've been cool to see a Major Bludd update with two arms that move.
Torpedo, Gung Ho (yesss!!!!), Joe Storm Shadow, maybe that Chuckles? There's a few I'm obviously missing but those are pretty much the only highlights of the set.
A "redo" of the Mass Device set with the updated parts would've been an easy sell to me to get a good classic Duke and another trooper, and at least the 50th CC is great. But those old-ass 25th parts? Good God, they're dumb.
There are a few gems and some nice "in case you missed them" reissues (more or less "too little, too late" in that department, if you ask me) and some interesting fodder, but holy shit like 3/4 of it is just FrankenJoe bullshit made-up characters.
And why in shit's name would those retards reissue the Mass Device set, without the last piece, split them up, and at LEAST not update them?! Fuck!
I'm actually disappointed to see no Roadblock, Duke, or v2 Hawk "ultimate" update. Those guys are very prominent Joes, and still missing good figures. Instead of those fucking CC repaints and yet another Zartan, it would've been cool to see a Major Bludd update with two arms that move.
Torpedo, Gung Ho (yesss!!!!), Joe Storm Shadow, maybe that Chuckles? There's a few I'm obviously missing but those are pretty much the only highlights of the set.
A "redo" of the Mass Device set with the updated parts would've been an easy sell to me to get a good classic Duke and another trooper, and at least the 50th CC is great. But those old-ass 25th parts? Good God, they're dumb.
Decent lineup. If that stupid Ice Ninja bullshit and the international repaint trash wasn't in there, it'd be a lot more solid. Why the fuck are they doing TF Sneak Peek first?
I'll be getting Billy for certain, though. He's one of those characters (like Kwinn or the Oktober Guard) that I always wanted a figure of when I was a kid.
My friend has a theory on the DVD #5 pack reissue. Since it never reached mass retail in huge numbers, perhaps a large quantity was found in a factory or warehouse or somewhere. The only true when to know when they were produced is to look at the date stamp on the figure. If it was a new run of those figures, I can't explain why they would put them out again.
Happy to see the Heavy IG make a comeback but I wish they would've packaged the Shock Trooper with the Steel Brigade. Some of these pairings make my head :explode:
I like that pairing better. 3-pack of Troopers and a Mountain Mayhem 2-pack with Alpine and Rock Viper. Oh well.
I'll be getting Billy for certain, though. He's one of those characters (like Kwinn or the Oktober Guard) that I always wanted a figure of when I was a kid.
Exactly. Billy is the only thing from that new lineup worth obtaining. the rest are laughable.
Meh.
I mean, it's not NOTHING so that's nice. The Gung Ho looks cool. The rest is a mishmash of OK and UGH.
The colors are pretty bad though. So much blue and orangy red.
SDCC exclusives do absolutely nothing for me, which I guess is good since I'm not going this year.
Hopefully they do OK so we'll get some more interesting stuff next year.
Is there an expected date for these?
I mean, it's not NOTHING so that's nice. The Gung Ho looks cool. The rest is a mishmash of OK and UGH.
The colors are pretty bad though. So much blue and orangy red.
SDCC exclusives do absolutely nothing for me, which I guess is good since I'm not going this year.
Hopefully they do OK so we'll get some more interesting stuff next year.
Is there an expected date for these?
Yeah, that makes much more sense. But then we'd probably complain about all the useless Alpines to army build the Rock Vipers. Named characters should always be single packs! They should've done a Rock Viper/ Range Viper 2 pack.
If it doesn't make sense, then "it's all about the money" probably applies. In this instance, separating figures that make more sense forces interested buyers into buying more sets. Or in an instance where a named figure is in a set of troop builders, it forces more sales of the named character with people who troop build.
umm 2 different guys
new guy is the manager
lead designer I assume is a completely different person
Better/ more sensible pairings would have the same effect (more sales). If you know that people are only gonna buy "x" amount of a figure because it is a named character then single pack it and make fewer of them.
I actually miss the 25th line. the sculpts might look dated now but it seems as though they at least put some thought into what they offered then.
I don't think we can crap on the new Brand Manager Mark Weber too hard for what was shown. The guy was announced in Janaury, probably took the job in November or December. 4 months isn't that much time to throw stuff together based on what he would like to see. Next year's offerings will better reflect his vision.
Nothing has topped John Warden's Pursuit of Cobra line. Innovative figures, some semblence of a storyline connecting the figures, nice packaging art. Now he's moved over to Transformers and has done more of the same with Combiner Wars.
Nothing has topped John Warden's Pursuit of Cobra line. Innovative figures, some semblence of a storyline connecting the figures, nice packaging art. Now he's moved over to Transformers and has done more of the same with Combiner Wars.
What ever happened to John Warden?
I remember talking to him at SDCC a few years ago and he seemed like he really loved the hobby/GI JOE and was trying to make it better. He was really excited to see some of the modern/realism twists we put into our customs.
I remember talking to him at SDCC a few years ago and he seemed like he really loved the hobby/GI JOE and was trying to make it better. He was really excited to see some of the modern/realism twists we put into our customs.
Warden moved over to Transformers. He's spearheading Combiner Wars. He was front and center at Toy Fair when they unveiled Titan Class Devastator.