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2025 G.I. Joe Classified Line-Up

Released:

>Zandar, S.A.W. Viper, Leatherneck, Dial-Tone (kinda)

>Retros: Mindbender, Viper, Rock ’N Roll

Preorders:

>Heavy Duty, Crystal Ball (Wal-Mart), Blowtorch, Frag Viper, Law & Order, Footloose, Darklon, Snake Eyes v4, Major Bludd, Battle Armor Cobra Commander, Monkeywrench

>Retros: Flint, Cover Girl, Televiper, Breaker (Target)

>Snake Eyes & Polar Bear, Trench Viper & Cobra Modular Fortification (Hasbro Pulse), Search & Rescue Firefighter, Cobra S.N.A.K.E. Battle Armor (Hasbro Pulse), Cobra Pilot & Cobra C.L.A.W. (Hasbro Pulse)

>2-packs: GI Joe Diver & Cobra Diver (Target)

Revealed:

>Budo

>Retros: Greenshirt, BAT

>Cold Slither Box Set (SDCC Exclusive), Crankcase with A.W.E. Striker, General Hawk & MMS (Amazon)

>2-packs: Night Force Beach Head & Quick Kick, Slice & Dice

Leaks/Rumors/Unseen:

>Firefly (deluxe), Mainframe, Pythona, Annihilator, Fast Draw, Cyber Viper, Golobulous, Lifeline, I.G. Baroness, I.G. Voltar, Hydro-Viper, Airtight, Royal Guard (cc), Sgt. Flash, Psyche-Out, Iceberg, Night-Viper, Muskrat

>Retro Zarana

>Destro with Despoiler, Unknown new female with Polar Battle Bear, Dusty v2 with Sandstorm, Sand Scorpion with robot scorpion

>2-packs: Night Creeper Leader & Budo, Blackout & Bombstrike, Grand Slam & Laser-Viper, Cesspool & unknown, Mercer & Slaughter

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>G.I. Joe A Real American Hero:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0FaPp2oenPi6zQOTBUCRoYnjhp0eEKQ

>G.I. Joe Renegades:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9iSDGvA4UNCGK-QiRUoxNHPun1PAIXON

>G.I. Joe Sigma 6:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9iSDGvA4UNCXiZh3iiUvsjMFey6H4Zjs

>G.I. Joe Resolute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jku4Tv25s

>G.I. Joe Spy Troops (PAL version, ripped and edited by a very kind Aussie Anon/Spy Troops anon):
https://mega.nz/folder/UbgRhCQA#9MNOu25I6Rqv0BlaSUj8XA

>>11439819 (OP)
New Budo render

When will classified tackle the original 14 Joe’s?

What's everyone hoping to see revealed? I'm excited for more Cobra-La.

>>11439883
MORE OF DESTROS IRON GRENADIERS

>>11439883
Psyche-out.

>>11439883
1. Hardball
2. Pythona
3. Scoop
4. Lobotomaxx
5. Dee-Jay
6. Deep Six
7. Bio-Viper
8. Ice Cream Soldier
9. Monstro-Viper

>>11439883

>>11439984
You still haven't taken it out of the box?

>>11439984
FREE IT ALREADY

Give me Skullbuster or a retro rerelease of that damn Range Viper. I don't want to have to spend $50 plus to get that figure.

What's the leak on a new Firefly, just a new figure with a big ass machine or something? It'd be nice to get one without the weak ab crunch.

>>11440154
Probably v2

>>11440162
Maybe. I swear they teased this version of Firefly awhile ago.

I have 3 range vipers. One red and 2 blue. Was their release the biggest fumble ever? Has anyone ever seen them in stores?

>>11440269
I've literally never seen ANY of the Walmart exclusive Joes in stores. I only got one of the blue Range Vipers, but I like the one from the fireteam better anyway. Also managed to nab two of the PoC-themed Alley Vipers when they went up on the website, and then two more when they went up for like 50% off a few months later.

>>11440272
Yeah I missed out on the alley vipers just have one of the default ones. I'm hoping one of the vehicles may clearance sometime. I have the missile trailer but nothing to tow it with

>>11439819 (OP)
Didn't they yank Dial Tone from circulation because they fucked up his head sculpt ala Falcon and Cover Girl?

The few pics I've seen of him have the same botched plastic problem that Falcon and Cover Girl had.

>>11440426
No, he looks fine from what I've seen. Theory is they shifted his production to Vietnam.

>>11439831
They've already made 8, 2 more have been pipelined, and 1 is rumored to be revealed tuesday. So only 2 more to go. Also bad bait is bad.

>>11440269
No, i looked though. I got one luckily but grabbed the fireteam so id have another. Lovely figure.
>>11440296
I sometimes want to sell my hiss, its just sitting in a closet, sealed. I just do not have the space to display it.
>>11440495
Man i seem to think hasbro said this would be a slow year well before this whole situation began. Is it due to changing factories?

>>11440595
>Is it due to changing factories?
I would guess so, things are starting to hit though. Retros (which say "Made in Vietnam") just dropped, and the next mainline wave + Heavy Duty are slated to drop later this month

their action figures have been made in Vietnam for ages now

>real American hero
>Made in China

>>11440760
Wow, dusted that off from the 80s huh

>>11439883
Of the named leaks and rumors?

>Cesspool
>Pythona
>Retro Zarana
>Golobulous

What I want? Eco Warriors and DEF, maybe G.I. Joe Extreme.

>>11440605
Cool, im really hoping to get back into classified again. Zandar, dial tone, maybe a crystal ball or snake armor are all exciting to me.
>>11440760
Mine say taiwan, which is not a part of china.
>>11440803
No battleforce 2000? Id like some def, never saw those episodes or figures.

>>11440803
I want to see some Battle Corps stuff. That stuff feels actually likely (as much as I would like to see some of the more crazy mid-90's stuff as well) and awhile back they already vaguely hinted at some figures like Battle Corps Beachhead.

>>11439923
This would kill the line

>>11439883
Bombstrike and Blackout 2-pack

>>11441119
>2-pack
kys

>>11441124
It's a rumored set, you cock gobbling wombat

>>11440760
its not made in china retard

>>11440426
>>11440495

The problems with Dial Tone is that

1. They gave him a pointless slut choker collar around his neck

2. They let DEI faggots make him dark skinned because apparently Italians all have to be dark skinned.

3. They gave him a pencil mustahce instead of a nice thick 'stache.

And the swarthy dark skin basically made him look fake and plastic looking ala Cover Girl and Falcon, in terms of fails.

The fact that they yanked him out of his wave's cases is pretty clear that Hasbro knows they fucked up ala Cover Girl and Falcon and are damage controlling like crazy to fucking keep the figure from wide release to avoid a huge backlash. Especially since they know Dial Tone's one of the most demanded figures of the entire line given how batshit crazy his fanbase is.

>>11440426
>>11441647
You don't have to samefag and make up some retarded shit cause you don't like the figure.

>>11441656
The posters are telling the truth though (and you clearly are butt-hurt you spent around $50+ for the figure to cope). They fucked up Dial Tone just like they did Falcon and Cover Girl and the fact that they pretty much discontinued the figure ASAP and yanked him from the case assortment, is proof of it in terms of Hasbro knowing they fucked up.

>>11441712
You forget the worst part: if we do get a second Dial Tone figure....

1. It will be a shitty remake of the '99 Dial Tone figure in a plain brown uniform and clean shaven.

Or worse....

2. Be locked up in a Haslab release.

>>11440154
>>11440162

IIRC it's supposed to come with a big ass aerial drone.

>>11440269
Both were internet exclusives; regular Range Viper was a Walmart website exclusive that was scalped to hell and back while the Red Range Viper was only available in a super expensive three pack with two other army builders in a garrish color scheme no one wanted.

>>11441712
>>11441716
>still pretending to be two different people
If you think this is as bad as Falcon and CG, I don't know what to tell you. Have fun with your conspiracy theories.

>>11441751
It's pretty shitty as far as the dark complexion making the plastic look like dogshit. Up there with the garbage look that Cover Girl and Falcon had.

Having never fucking seen Falcon or Cover Girl in stores, what was so bad about them?

>>11441763

>>11441766

>>11441763
Cover girl looked like a former model in her mid 40s who is addicted to plastic surgery and falcon looked a guy who’s entire face had to be reconstructed after an industrial accident.

>>11441647
>They gave him a pointless slut choker collar around his neck
You don't know what a throat mic is?

>>11441751
After reading this >>11441647 I thought he was gonna be like, black, and not slightly tanned
He's not even Californian Mexican brown

>>11441647
>> 1. They gave him a pointless slut choker collar around his neck

isn't that a throat mic?
Also, if you think that this is DEI "dark-skined " you must come from a long line of albinos.

Ya. less DEI with Joes.,
Get rid of those fucking pale Anglos, black people and Asians.- and those Goddamned gingers.
Only Native Americans should be called Americans. the others are just dirty immigrants.

Who's the most racist GI Joe character anyway

>>11442051
Cross Country, natch

>>11439929
looks retarded
>>11440269
a guy on ebay was selling 3 loose red range vipers for $40 and it was one of the best deals ive ever gotten in my life, i have 4 red ones now thanks to him. dont want a blue one. never see joes at any store irl at all btw except niche toy shops that will carry 800 of the twins for $10 each

>>11441751
Damn they really blackfaced him, gave him the Canadian special, took him back and did the tar but no feathers, really left the oven on too long, REALLY DROVE TO A BACKLOT AND ASKED WHO NEEDED WORK

>>11442273
>using the browner version
Dishonest

that they had to change his moustache so he would stop looking like saddam hussein

>>11442274
I know a guy that got scolded for pressing a button on the pack during 'big' church. Looking forward classified dial tone, itd be great if i could pair him with scoop but atleast i can set up conflicts between dial tone and tele vipers.

>>11442274
He looks darker than the Classified

>>11441647
Your 3 points are all wrong. And the problem with Cover Girl and Falcon is the terrible sculpts not whatever other thing you are trying to make up.

I wonder if we'll get CC, Xamot, and Tomax in business suits? I mean we're getting freakin COLD SLITHER, so anything is on the table.

>>11442834
Both sets of the twins have been on deep clearance for a while, I don't see them doing another

>>11441647
Is this that same anon from the MOTU threads who was trying to push that the Ninja Turtles were black-coded in the Turtles of Grayskull line and that's why they turned He-Man into an evil mutant in the toyline because "muh white genocide"?

>>11443226
They just made him a mutant because HeMan has a history of getting green goo spilled on him, snd then they released a normal HeMan later

>>11442834
suited CC would have to have the hood, and hasbro won't do that. Best bet is to get this guy instead.

>>11443263
Pretty odd that they were perfectly content to put out hooded CC figures up until 2017.

>>11443226
Are you serious? Thats some real internet brain rot.

>>11443280
BLM happened and the world changed forever to a woke retardation in the corporate world. Execs suddently found a new demographic to try and sell their shit too thinking the wokeys actually buy shit and not just post online and tiktaks.

>>11443360
>Anita Sarkessian
Literally who
She hasn't impacted the world in like a decade grandpa

>>11443280
Someone a few threads back said it was a movie producer or something, but another person argued with them saying they were wrong.
I think we don't know the reason I've never seen a source but maybe I missed it

>>11443554
I was hoping they'd do something just a bit more interesting for v1 Hawk then just reusing the Stalker mold yet again. At least they sculpted new hair for him

>>11443535
This guy is soo cool it's not even funny.

>>11440826
>Mine say taiwan, which is not a part of china

name only reveals:
Steel Core Sentry Defense Post
Desert Scorpian and pet

>>11444662

>>11444676

>>11444679
preorders today
Slice and Dice: Pulse Exclusive
Budo (deluxe): Mainline
MMS and Hawk: amazon and fan channel.

>>11444691
Haslab launching at the end of the month. "Its pretty chill" they said. So Snow Cat it is.

Well ChatGPT, you tried.

>>11444679
I don't know anything about GI Joe so I thought this was that Destro goon from the comic pages I've seen, but its someone else I have never heard of, always a surprise with this line

>>11444698
Who am I gonna have to climb over to preorder one of these?

>>11444700
Just get a $55 membership and have a chance at preordering one on pulse.

>>11444701
I have the membership, I just hope I don't do something stupid like sleep through the stream where it goes up for sale. At least I didn't today.

>>11444704
SDCC exclusives have been annoying to get the last two years since they don't go up during the con anymore. They should announce what day it will be though so just keep checking here during and after SDCC to see when you can order.

>>11444707
Except Deaths Head who is still on sale on Amazon
But that's a Marvel Legends not GI Joe

>>11444676
I kinda want a more traditional 70s cop
But I can't afford to army build these things anymore anyway so I guess it doesn't matter

>>11444713
He was never an exclusive. Just announced there. He went mainline right afterwards.

>>11444716
Really? Who was the Comic Con exclusive ML that year then?

>>11444718
They didn't have one. It was weird. Everyone thought it would be Death's head, but then they said he was fan channel at SDCC and he doesn't have a SDCC sticker on his box so he's definitely not an exclusive.

>>11444679
Kinda annoying to have to get another Slaughter in order to get Mercer. At the very least, I hope he has pinless arms.
>>11444697
I don't know how I feel about this set. I like ninjas more than a lot of other fans, but it's just not hitting for me. The last of dot pattern on Slice is disappointing, and the mask on Dice looks like it's a paint disaster waiting to happen. They made it a separate piece on the 25th version, why not here?

>>11444737
Don't worry, I'll buy it and tell you how the paint is when I get it

>>11444737
I'm a Pulse Premium member and these guys still aren't posted yet. I'm gonna be pretty pissed if 1PM comes by and they're all sold out.

>>11444737
>I don't know how I feel about this set. I like ninjas more than a lot of other fans, but it's just not hitting for me. The last of dot pattern on Slice is disappointing, and the mask on Dice looks like it's a paint disaster waiting to happen. They made it a separate piece on the 25th version, why not here?
The original Slice design was wonderfully simple. This one is just too cluttered.

>>11444762
wouldn't be the first time they got the dates mixed up and they drop tomorrow.

>>11444762
They changed the time 1pm for premies and 2pm for the rest.

>>11444762
Well I just got my order in so hope you did too bissle

>>11444737
>I hope he has pinless arms.
A reminder to never trust hasbro renders or photography when it comes to pin vs pinless. They've been photoshopping the pins out of their Marvel Legends for a while now. People are quite upset about it over there.

Preordered the MMS, can't believe I'm actually gonna bother getting 3 "replacements" for the OG13 before we get the rest of them at all.
>>11444784
Yeah they've done it for Star Wars as well. I'm more hopeful for Slaughter cause it's using the new Heavy Duty parts, and from what we've seen of him in-hand, he's got pinless arms.

>>11444784
I can see why people are mad. It’s one thing to continue to use the pinned bodies despite the years it’s been since they started pinless but to hide that they’re doing it is real scummy.

So I can't get slice n dice if I'm not a member?

>>11444800
Not right now, check back in half an hour

>no retro reveals
What is even the point?

>>11444676
Isn't this release problematic?

>>11444853
I unironically never see anyone complaining about them releasing a police officer but I always see a comment like this

>>11444853
The only problematic thing I see is wasting accessory slots on the obligatory black guy head that no one will use.

>>11444676
>no balaclava head
I honestly would be okay if the generic white guy head had a mask on. Whenever I watch stuff with riot cops the coolest ones where usually wearing balaclavas.

>>11444853
I think it's no coincidence that they're showing him with the black head on first/default.

>>11444878
>An extra head on an army builder is bad
Yeah okay

>>11444903
You should have less options actually
Someone is already having this argument on the usual sites and they're currently dealing with people trying to say it should come with a head where you can't see the race despite this being a more realistic design

>>11444853
its not 2020 anymore

>>11444882
It's just so he won't be similar to Shockwave

>>11444851
Tune in next week. They said they'll be posting new reveals every week for GI June.

>>11444853
Nah bruh, they included a black guy parts. Totally not racist at all. Shame they didn't include a bodycam though.

>>11444903
>army builder
>don't slap a mask on him so if you buy four or more it suddenly looks like an army of clones
Hmmm...

>>11444882
We're getting a night force beachhead and he has a black one.

>>11444979
Damn I guess it's not an Army builder then and has to be a police man who turns from white to black depending on who he's trying to arrest

>>11444905
>>11444979
Why are you acting like that helmet won't obscure 90% of his face

>>11444998
That would be a good TV show as long as he turns white when trying to arrest a black guy and black when trying to arrest a white guy and also it would have to have been made in 1987

>>11444676
Ha, he even has a cup of coffee. Does the vest come of so you could have a more casual looking police officer? Like the type of officer that gets cats out of trees instead of being ready for martail law enforcement.

>>11443388
Dead cats.

>>11445033
I know the context of why this was said but it hasn't been relevant for so long it comes off like a non sequitur schizo post
>>11445030
Yeah every single vest can come off without damaging it if you know how to do it

>>11445030
>>11445039
Yeah get them in some hot water and pop the arms out of the butterfly joints. Just be careful to hold the butterfly joints in place, getting those back in is almost impossible

>>11445051
This looks like somebody and I can't put my finger on it

>>11445114
This is such a vague and pointless thing to say but actually you know what? I agree, it also reminds me of someone but I don't know who, maybe we're thinking of the same person

>>11445051
Ah budo he listens to Korn a lot.

>>11445051
Great first name

>>11446032
>Anyway on topic, the Cold Slither promo pics up slip Jem posters into the background. The Misfits poster lacks a band name, I guess the real band has legally barred Hasbro from using it?
Most likely. The Misfits isn't that distinct from Misfits. Kind of surprised they didn't get stopped back in the '80s, but I suspect Glenn wasn't paying attention to a cartoon aimed at 8 year old girls.

>>11443554
>Someone a few threads back said it was a movie producer or something

The producer of the Joe films said it looked too much like a KKK hood but I'm not sure how he could dictate what Hasbro was allowed to put out, especially after three lackluster movies several years ago.

>>11444676
I can't wait for the 'stop resisting' toy memes that are going to come from these...

>>11446194
I suspect there are gonna be some spicy shots that are gonna hurt feelings amongst some segments of the "toy community" kek.

>>11444676
I kinda like it, but as a police officer, this is kinda shitty. Using legs with kneepads and combat boots looks weird, why not use Shipwreck's pants sculpt? And they did that stupid thing again with the all black sleeves cause of the alternate heads, that shit ruined the first Tele-Viper.

Still debating whether I want the new Vipers. Still quite like the CI version, and I'd hate to "replace" them after all the trouble it was to get them, but the new ones just have something

>>11446312
I'd recommend them
>>11439984

>>11446312
I'm with you, all things being equal I would have gone all in troop building the retro vipers, but the CI ones are good enough and I have enough of them now so I only got one retro to make into a leader.

>>11446208
Yeah I just want a white or light blue shirt, dark pants, short sleeved, maybe fat, movie cop. Now that's an army builder

>>11446312
Have both. Gear them up with different weapons and say one's a standard infantry squad and the other is, like, Demolitions or Marksman or whatever.

It's what I'm doing.

Finally picked up retro Cobra Commander. Main motivator was the alternate hands

>>11446644
This is pretty cool too

>>11446312
Why choose? They all work well enough together to be a big squad. If you already have a bunch of CI Vipers, the Retro one would make a good squad leader. If you only have one CI Viper, get a few Retro ones to be the grunts.

Not including the PP Viper, I'll have a squad of six since I have one CI, the three pack and will be getting two Retro. That makes one squad with two three man fireteams to work with. They're similar enough to all be considered Vipers, but different enough to have different roles in the Viper Infantry.

Kinda did a similar thing with the ME stuff as I built a small squad of the original 25th Vipers, but then got kinda crazy with the PoC updated ones. The older 25th figures got turned into technicians and drivers while the PoC ones did the front line combat. If I could find a troop carrier affordable enough to work with six Classified Vipers, I'd probably do the same with these guys.

>>11441647
With all the wrong shit here this feels less like a GI Joe fan than those anons who post here explicitly saying they're not GI Joe fans and just buy Classified

>>11445039
And it still got him mindbroken. Every time. Anyways a cheap way into buying G.I. Joe?

>>11446644
Which gloves hands did you give Chuckles?

>>11446824
Well now he's using retro CC's, but prior to that it was Tomax/Xamot hands, which is where the cuffs are from

>>11446646
That cape is so fancy! Did it come with that Exclusive Black and Gold Classified CC?

>>11446312
middle is best. left is next best, he reminds me of the cool VvV viper. the right one is too washed out, its like someones shitty custom where they wash him in dark paint

>>11446312
The retro one really does look way better. Everyone preferred the CI one to the 3-pack one because of the more vibrant colors, and the retro one just like a better version of that.

Though, the retro and the CI one still look like they work well together. 3-pack now only really seems worth it for the Officer. The standard troopers washed out colors are kinda blah.

>>11447071
Delicious

>>11447071
>>11447196
S0VL

>>11446902
Yeah, I'd thought about selling him last year, glad I didn't

>>11447196
>>11447230
Thanks.

Last one.

>>11448076
>>11448077
It's a little weird to see wrist rotation on o-ring figures.

Amazon has the stinger on sale for 70 atm

>>11448906
They must've really overestimated the demand for that thing

>>11448912
Well I've been waiting for it to go cheaper so I grabbed one. No way I was paying over 100 for it

>>11448912
They probably based it on the Vamp's demand, not really understanding the demand for that one.

>>11448918
Yes, I see that as a bad thing because they might punish vehicles in general

>>11446979
You forgot the fact that the three pack became literal russian roulette of super failure due to the fact that the white viper got fucked up due to misassembly and him getting stuck with black viper arms.

There were a LOT of stories about people calling to Hasbro to get replacement sets sent to them (and it being 50/50 if the sets were frankensteined since Hasbro refused to do a recall and reissue the set with new packaging to let people know they got the fixed set), with Hasbro eventually caving and not even requiring people send back the old set to get a replacement set.

>>11448925
Yeah the vamp is far more iconic to the joes than the stinger is to the cobras. Shame the Hiss tank was relegated to a haslab

>>11446845
I gave my Chuckles Crimson Guardsmen gloved hands personally. I also stuck my secondary Chuckles head on a spare Shipwreck body; what did you do with your second Chuckles head?

>>11448942
I still need to pick up some Crimson guards, never got around to it for some reason. The alternate head is just sitting in a bin, I don't really care for it honestly. I'd prefer a slight smirk or no smile at all over the goofy grin.

>>11448940
>Shame the Hiss tank was relegated to a haslab
Well, at one point they did seem to indicate that they were going to release a HISS that had some of the Haslab stuff stripped out, but considering it is approaching two years since the HISS came out and with all the economic crap that is going on right now, I'd have to hazard it might not be as cheap do do so anymore...

I was hoping they'd at least maybe make a blue or red one.

>>11448949
You could stick the spare head on a guardsmen, it might look really sharp and i think it ties into the marvel comic lore.

>>11448981
I think Shipwreck makes more sense, since the beat up goofy grin of the alternate head makes more sense in terms of being the type of face a puckish rogue type sailor would have after a night on the town boozing and getting into bar fights.

>>11448981
That reminds me; what the fucking hell was Hasbro thinking giving battle armor CC a god-damn snake person eyes DIC cartoon alternate head instead of an unmasked Fred head? Especially since a Fred head would make the fucking way more desirable in terms of people buying multiples of it so they could put the head on Crimson Guardsmen figures/pair him up with Raptor as battle buddies?

>>11448995
The new comic restored the cartoon Cobra La origin to Cobra Commander so they are running with it in the toy line.

>>11448995
I definitely would've preferred a Fred head, but I'm more bothered by the fact that the sketch Lenny posted looks miles better in terms of detail and proportions.

>>11448906
>>11448912
>>11448925
>They probably based it on the Vamp's demand, not really understanding the demand for that one.
This strikes me as insane and it makes me sad at the same time.

In the modern world, a Cobra army building vehicle with army buildable figure is not in demand.
It would have been the first thing to sell out 10 years ago.

Where did the GI Joe fanbase go?

Who has the shelf space to army build these things? If they were smaller, sure get a ton, but I'm going to be one and done on almost all the vehicles.

>>11449105
>In the modern world, a Cobra army building vehicle with army buildable figure is not in demand. It would have been the first thing to sell out 10 years ago.

I mean, the HISS Tank was one of the most successful Haslabs ever. Sure, I'm sure some people just bought them to resell, but plenty of people bought multiples just to own. And it was 4x the price of the Stinger.

I think the Stinger is pretty nice, but at the same time, it is kind of just a grey brick. Also, if you display it as-is/as it is meant to be displayed, you can't even really see the figures in it unless you start removing all the panels. As someone else mentioned, the Vamp is just a more iconic version, and the Stinger is just kind of a dull grey repaint.

>>11449105
>In the modern world, a Cobra army building vehicle with army buildable figure is not in demand.

>Where did the GI Joe fanbase go?

I'm going ti assume you don't have one. These things are big and we know more vehicles are coming. Space with vehicles this size is a huge issue, I just buy one of each and with the rattler and claw armor I'm close to capacity, without taking into account the other lines I buy.

>>11449105
>>11449119

Also anyone who does Army Build just does boring shit like this (the Statue of Liberty head is based but everything else pisses me off)

>>11449168
Might as well build some infinite mirror shelf and save hundreds of dollars.

>>11449168
God I just want to knock it all over like dominos

>>11449168
unless you've got beaucoup space, army building above the fireteam level is kinda pointless, as all you're gonna get is pic-related.

>>11449154
The Stinger used to outsell the Vamp all the time though. It was always hard to get, so seeing it go on clearance prices like that makes me wonder what happened to the fanbase. Whether it's big or small, shouldn't it still have sold well if the fanbase remained the same? I know that Hasbro doesn't expect people to army build their 1:12 stuff like they did with 1:18 and retail has tamped down vehicle orders hardcore.

And i own bigger vehicles than that, doubles of some... in 1:18. I don't buy any vehicles for 1:12, because I don't play with 1:12 like i do with 1:18. I mean, I rarely even buy more than 1 of army buildable figs in 1:12, whereas almost every army buildable Cobra character in 1:18 i've bought at least 3 of (i think i've maxed out at 15).
And quite frankly, I don't actively buy modern GI Joes. I only buy favorites.. unless I think Mezco will make one. So the only favorites i don't own are Major Bludd and Cobra commander, because Mezco still hasn't made them.
Maybe if Mezco makes Cobra army builders, I'd own two Officer/Infantry/Alley/Range/Vipers

>>11449168
The vast majority of /toy/ who army built (or at least the ones that took pictures) actually played with their toys. I army build, play, and, I swap my displays a couple times a year.

>>11439883
Still waiting for live action Cobra La movie with tons of body horror

Have they ever done a Marvel Cobra Commander without his mask?

>>11448768
It makes them so much more functional. Look at the difference between them and the two 5-pack greenshorts in that back.

>>11449225
The fact the HISS, Ferret, and trouble bubble all came out before the Stinger, and the Vamp was second only to the bike probably plays a part of it too. Cobra shelves were already full and people were starving for Joe vehicles. Makes sense the Vamp would outsell the Stinger.

>>11449225
>Whether it's big or small, shouldn't it still have sold well if the fanbase remained the same?
>I don't buy any vehicles for 1:12, because I don't play with 1:12 like i do with 1:18
>I rarely even buy more than 1 of army buildable figs in 1:12

You just answered your own question within your post lol

>>11448912
Or they under-produced the Vamps. Which I feel is a more likely scenario.

>>11449105
>>11449225
Personally, I never liked the Stinger and honestly I barely liked the Vamp. A two seater 4x4 is probably the most boring military vehicle you could make. But even not being a big fan of it, I'd always at least get one Vamp, but I'd always pass on Stingers. But seeing that add on set from Gridiron really makes me want to grab the Stinger, just to turn it into a full on mobile artillery piece. I certainly don't have room for that, but it's so much cooler when it's more then just a missile shooting pick up truck.

The main problem with that is if I had the spare $200+ I'd need to make that suped up Stinger set, I'd much rather spend it on that Warhammer tank that just popped up. That thing is probably bigger then the Stinger, but has way more parts and paints and would go great with Roboskull mkII. It's also just a far more interesting looking and playable vehicle with all it's hatches and transport seats and such.

>>11449232
I don't think so. It's weird how that beatnik look was explicitly a disguise he was wearing, but in the modern revival of the comic at IDW then Skybound, it keeps getting used all the time as his normal unmasked face.

>>11448998
True, this figure is the natural follow up to Once A Man Cobra Commander, and as a lot of us said when the battle armor figure was revealed, Hasbro will absolutely release a comic version with a Fred alternate head later, to try and get people to buy the same figure twice.

>>11445051
Mr. John Wicku

>>11444695
Who the fuck is the weird under Flint?
And what’s up with Flint’s hand?

>>11449259
You make it sound like it's a money issue. Once upon a time, people bought ALL of that shit (and doubles/triples/quadruples/etc).

>>11449319
I mostly agree with you that two seaters are weak shit, hence me never owning a Vamp. A small, two seater car with exposed seating is kinda worthless, because the driver/passsanger is exposed everytime you want to use the machine guns.

Give it an ARMORED cabin AND MISSILES, where you fire at shit from behind cover or over horizon? That actually makes sense, looks cooler, and thusly, makes it more playable. It acts as a diorama piece, a setting that your GI Joes can attack because Cobra is planning on shooting jets down from a foreign military air base. Your Cobra figures also won't immediately die in the assault, because the vehicle actually offers protection.
So there's a lot of play value here.

I never liked the Vamp. It can't carry troops. No armor. Weakly armed. I think the only reason it gets any attention is purely for nostalgia reasons and nostalgia is nothing but poison. I own dozens of other vehicles and even when they have less armor, at least they can carry a bunch of heavily armed individuals to their next battle or carries a bigger weapon.
They should have made the VAMP 2 instead.

>>11449999
Im quite curious about the ferns.

>>11450004
They're not his photos, he just wants to whine about Classified and 1/12

>>11450004
>>11450008
It's from Comic Con and they likely got the plants are aquarium supplies.

And i never got the VAMP 2, because it was rare as fuck to find in the wild. I think only Ross got them and scalpers bought them all, so aftermarket prices were high as fuck. ... and looking at eBay right now, they're still stupidly high. You can get a loose, incomplete one for the same price as the new 1/12 Stinger on eBay.

>>11449999
this tard never heard of a humvee

>>11450050
i own a couple.
Even PTE's hummer makes Mattel's JP vehicles look like shit.

Also pictured are some other mid-sized vehicles that were stored with them, which i don't think I've taken a picture of for /toy/ in like 13 years.

Figures are for scale purposes.

>>11450083
The posing and lighting looks excellent here. Nice job.

>>11450287
Thanks, sad I don't have a scepter with a jewel on it.

When is the next livestream this week?

>>11450597
The 11th maybe? I expect a Rattler unboxing soon if they're following last year's schedule

>>11450592
I think one of the ML Kingpins had one.

>>11450083
Great composition anon!

>>11450607
Yea, Hasbro just posted it on the twixxer.

>>11448768
It sounds convenient if it means you can buy or 3d print new hands when the thumbs eventually break, though

>>11449999
The Vamp was always a quick Recon vehicle, never meant for frontline combat, so it having light armor makes plenty of sense to me. But it being a two seater will never not be a disappointment because even a recon vehicle can still double as a small transport, and there's plenty of space for a back seat. It was especially disappointing on the Classified version as they could have easily made the rear vent piece open up into a small storage bed or something so you could squeeze in a third figure or some extra cargo. (I also think the front winch was done in a lazy way as well).

Likewise, the Stinger was never really meant for combat either, with only four rockets it was designed to sneak in, take it's shot then gtfo. The armor panels are probably more to protect from it's own backblasts then enemy engagements. But being essentially just a recolored Vamp with doors and missiles, it was always boring to me so I always avoided it as I'm not really fond of Joe and Cobra using the same basic rides. But with all those Gridiron upgrades, it would become a whole different beast....but I don't really have the spare $300ish it would take kit the whole thing out right now, so I'll just pass on it entirely.

>>11450023
I actually got three versions of the Vamp 2, the original tan, the rerelease green and the blue "Ninja" version from Retaliation. Easily one of the best Joe 4x4s ever released with the Ninja one feeling like a whole different vehicle with it's add ons. I never thought they were that hard to find back in the day, I even remember seeing em on clearance in places but never bothered getting more since they took up so much space.

>>11450086
I could never find any of them PTE armored transports by me, but they always look so nice. But even the JW armored trucks are kinda cool. My only problem with most JW stuff is the canopy's don't really "open", they "break off" from Dino Damage. But that little armored truck is especially cool.

>>11449404
Have they ever shown how he really looks?

>>11450620
Need them to hurry up with the AWE Striker before I talk myself out of needing it

>>11450821
Only in some of the Devil's Due comics, I think, and those got decanonized. Probably deliberately, he just looked like a guy with no distinctive features.

>>11450756
>Likewise, the Stinger was never really meant for combat either, with only four rockets it was designed to sneak in, take it's shot then gtfo.
The full name is "Night Attack Stinger", so yeah, it would have to fire all four rockets in a single salvo then retreat, as it'd give it's position away as soon as it fires. Adding a gun of some kind so it's not completely useless once it's fired all it's rockets might have been a good idea though.

But a Stinger doesn't have to be on the frontlines, it can coordinate with Televipers elsewhere, possibly one in a Flightpod, to strike at targets it doesn't have a direct line of sight to.

>The armor panels are probably more to protect from it's own backblasts then enemy engagements.
>there's also standing room for two men right behind the rockets, with no protection from the backblast
Nice work, Destro.

>>11450756
>The Vamp was always a quick Recon vehicle, never meant for frontline combat
There's a dozen other recon and scout vehicles that GI Joe has, such as the Awe striker in your collection. I also own a few of those, because it looks faster and has better weaponry, thus cooler.
So speaking as a non-nostalgiafag (I got into GI Joe in 1985), i never saw the point of the Vamp when there's many more vehicles that GI Joe has to offer that are better looking, faster, better armored, and have bigger/more weapons. As a kid, I saw the recon sled as the speedier, cooler alternative. As an adult? Well, there's the AWE Striker, LAV, hummers, Bradleys...

The Stinger, to me, it's an ambush vehicle. It drives into a picnic area, parking lot, or clear spot in a forest and waits for its target to pass by. Airliner, jet, general in a motorcade, etc. It just needs someonehidden at the top of a hill, pointing their laser at the target and the Stinger fires from where no one can see it. Or just portable radar. It can also be used as an opening attack vehicle, miles away, aimnig at bunker doors and/or gun emplacements.
It's not attempting to get into any direct fights, like a recon vehicle should.

And there's the play value with the Stinger, because GI Joe might get wind of this ambush or sneak attack, and try and prevent it from happening. The Stinger being target/play focus. This type reconning can't really be done with the VAMP and there are better alternatives for the VAMP if you just want something to push around in a car chase.

Those Mattel scout vehicles might look more boring than the Vamp, because there's no guns, but at least it has space to carry figures in the back. And i bought mine specifically just to customize. $15 each, so i can add a remote gun turret to it and paint it up. Maybe I'll just paint one up and just leave the hatch as is, because it's cool to have a guy aiming his gun at attackers behind him vs just turning a turret backwards in a chase.

>>11451078
>there's also standing room for two men right behind the rockets, with no protection from the backblast
>Nice work, Destro.
That's always been one of my biggest gripes about the Stinger, is that it gets the back step while the Vamp doesn't.

>>11451314
Yea, not defending the Vamp too much. I've *always* felt it would've been a cooler vehicle if it just had a storage bed in the back instead of those vents. Hell, if that spot just flipped open it would've been fine because it would've been great play value. But as a toy, as a two seater, generic looking 4x4, it was always the most boring of Joe vehicles. Honestly, I never even had one as a kid, my main Joe "jeeps" were the Desert Fox 6WD (and it's Dino-Hunter repaint) and the Mud Buster, two far less traditional but far more interesting looking LAVs.

Sadly I doubt Classified would ever come out with versions of any of those.

>>11451078
the footpegs on the bumbers are basically there for people catching a ride, not for use in combat. Missiles in general are meant to be fired from immobile positions. So vehicles like the Bradley can't fire its TOW missile on the go.

Even direct fire artillery like these recoilless rifles can't be used on the move. So people aren't standing behind any of these vehicles when in use, unless they want to be blown the fuck away (literally).

I was pretty cautious as a kid. Despite not really knowing much about real military shit, i was aware that rockets and cannons shot hot flames out the back and always had my figures avoid these area. It was great to see a movie finally recognize that shit, with True Lies and firing the RPG inside the truck.
Even tank exhausts should be avoided, because the air stream gets hot enough to boil water when just idling. When it's moving? You can't stand anywhere close to the back of one.

>>11451434
Yeah, the vamp is just boring. I'd argue its fun for kids, but man, i was one and even Hot Wheels-quallity wheel axels killed it. Stuff like the AWE striker had working wheel suspension.
Does the 1:12 VAMP have working suspension? For its price, it better.

>>11451554
>Does the 1:12 VAMP have working suspension? For its price, it better.

It does actually, and some very nice suspension at that. The Classified Vamp is actually very nice overall, my main two gripes with it are the winch is super lazy (no ratchet and no official place to rest the hook) and the problem I have with all retro styled Vamps in that it's trunk is useless. There's no reason the Classified one couldn't fit a hinge with some molded seats or something in the back of it as there's plenty of room. Would've made it a way more fun toy.

>>11450744
Britt baker?

Stream tomorrow. Any guesses what they are showing off?

>>11452065
Baby you know it

>>11452102
Yo fuckin joe!

>>11448995
When in doubt Hasbro favors animated canon over Hama canon.

>>11452065
And now I can begin my Flashman custom...

>>11451554
>the footpegs on the bumbers are basically there for people catching a ride, not for use in combat.
You say that, and it makes more sense, but the original Stinger toy's box artwork showed someone standing on the back as it was firing.

>>11452154
With Cobra Commander specifically, it's probably a modern day political climate thing, nobody's going to be looking at his Sunbow origin and thinking "maybe this guy has a point".

>>11452065
Sci Fi

>>11452441
Fuck yeah
Robojoe too

>>11452441
>>11452461
You guys are my type of people! Ill add my guess, psyche out.

Gonna need a bigger stand

Which jCobras are left from the original Sunbow cartoon for Classified?
Thrasher?
Golobulous?
Pythona?

>>11452507
just one-off episode characters like raven and mara otherwise i think

>>11452507
Royal Guards?

>>11452517
Cadet Deming

Cesspool render should come later this year.

>>11452275
To be fair, the Cobra soldier is standing like 2-3 feet to the side of the missile that's firing. So the artist is at least aware that missiles are dangerous to stand behind of.
How safe is it standing next to one? I guess it depends on the launch stages. Maybe Destro thought about making missiles safer, since the vehicles are so small.

Pic of a guy kneeling behind but next to a rocket launcher, so he's almost completely hidden by the exhaust plume.

>>11449952
No idea who that random character is, I didn't ask Chat GPT to draw him and he looks super cursed. It's not a good gen but the cursedness amuses me.

I have two nephews from two different brothers who are too young for action figures right now, and I kind of want to introduce them to GI Joe when they're old enough but I don't know what staple characters will be available in a few years or if Hasbro will even still be making GI Joe by the time they're old enough. One of them will be turning 4 sooner than the other but they're close to the same age. I am thinking about stocking up on some classic Joe characters and putting them away as birthday and Christmas gifts for them for a couple years, but I'm not sure if that's something thoughtful to do or if I'm just being a cringe millennial pushing my childhood stuff on kids who should be figuring out what they like for themselves.

I guess the flipside is that if they end up having no interest in them I could just flip the remainder of whatever stockpile I have on eBay and likely recoup most of the cost a few years from now, but I want to hear some other opinions before I start stocking up. Especially since the Awe Striker might be going on preorder tomorrow, and if I'm getting Joe stuff for the nephews I'd probably end up buying three instead of one. It'll never be like when I was a kid with the 3/4 line and there were vehicles and playsets in every store, but I'd still like to pass on GI Joe to them when they're the right age to appreciate it.

>>11452065
I wonder if a retro cardback Roadblock is coming? They have all the toolings they need. If you have both the V3 Roadblock and the Tigerforce one you can practically make your own, but the gun would need to be green to be a true retro release.

>>11452854
You really can't go wrong with Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. Should still be able to get multiple versions of those two for the time being. Snake Eyes with Timber would probably be a big hit. Maybe even a generic trooper of some sort, like a BAT.

My nephew just turned 8, and though I'd like to get him something, I just don't think he'd give a shit about GI Joe.

>>11452872
I'm planning on getting the Snake Eyes and white Timber two pack for them.

I guess the other question is how old is the right age for these things. The package says 4 and up but is 5 or 6 more appropriate? Particularly since watching the cartoon was a big part of my love for the show when I was a kid, and I don't rememeber how old I when I first saw it. I guess I can always ask the parents if they think they're ready for action figures, but I should still try to figure how long I'm gonna have to store these things.

And hey, Christmas will be here before you know it. You've got some time to start picking up some Joe stuff for your newphew.

On the way to downtown LA.

Very tempting to army build this guy. very versatile and can go with other 6" figs.

This has me sold on another Sgt. fig.

>>11452997
Hilarious timing on this release.
>>11453006
We're definitely gonna be seeing this and the firefighter in all sorts of non-GI Joe displays.
>>11453007
I didn't think I'd want these, but I'm gonna have to get some. Great to fill in the background, and have someone "dead" in a photo without using a main character.
>>11453008
Same, very long neck though, hopefully a barbell swap can fix it. Mercer looks a little odd, like his face is too big for his head.

>>11452999
Okay, pol crap aside, the painted black fore arms to avoid having separate skin tone parts is fucking terrible. It looks so fakey.

>>11453007
I dont know what to do with these. I love the idea of army building green shirts, but classified greenshirts already have a look to them thanks to the og13 figures they've already released, and these guys don't fit in with them at all.

>>11452994
>kek
Prerocrded Stream is canceled. Don't want to be promoting riot geared police, the cowards. At least post the name and render reveals.

>>11444695
>a midget nicknamed Roadblock
Sometimes your sense of humor is okay, GPT.

>>11453035
I'm surprised they even bothered to make one. They really couldn't see something like this coming after all the shit in 2020?

>>11453042
They could easily have made a regular beat cop, or even a C.H.I.P.S.esq motorcycle cop. Choosing a riot cop for their figure is dumb no matter the current day context. Its always going to be something with those guys.

>>11453056
They made a better decision over a decade ago. It's weird that they're seemingly diving into the type of controversy that they tried so hard to avoid throughout the 2000s

>>11453059
Yet they still won't make a hooded cobra to pander to the woke crowd.

>>11453066
Gotta imagine at this point that a higher up at hasbro just flat out agrees with that Paramount producer. The Super7 figure should've had one at the very least

>>11453056
>C.H.I.P.S.
I want them in Classifed

>>11452997
>cancel "live"stream and preorders cause of this
Chance this just gets recalled and becomes a rare item?

If they'll cancel a live stream over this, maybe they'll pivot the line into more wacky shit for awhile, so I can finally get Eco Warriors or maybe my beloved

>>11453112
One day

>>11453056
This is the company that turned the Action Pilot into a fucking paratrooper, when they should have just cribbed Ramen Toys notes. It also means they will probably miss a lay-up Classified release of >>11453059

>>11453112
Will gladly take it

Preorders are up, no riot officer. AWE Striker on pulse for premium members till 1

Slaughter/Mercer pack is $60, guess that's the new price for 2-packs going forward, and I suspect we'll see a lot more of them over the next year

>>11453143
Got Striker and a BAT
Wish it wasn't another SGT Slaughter so I'll wait for a sale since it's general release

>>11453150
Its a lot more for $60 than the other offering
Could just be the licensing fees though

>>11453166
I just remembered that Slaughter figures have demanded a higher than normal price, so that's likely the reason. Still though, I miss when multipacks were less than the price of separate fgures, not more

>>11453143
Thanks anon, I just preordered three. One of me, two for my nephews. I think they're gonna love it.

>>11453056
>Choosing a riot cop for their figure is dumb
No it's not. Catering to mentally ill freaks is dumb. Which is why hasbro is in the state they're currently in.

The GI JOE Police preorder delayed due to LA.

>>11453196
Fuck that commie shit hole

its not like they've never done them before so I'm glad I asked.

policeman is up on Deep Discount. Proof he was supposed to go up today and they're the only store that didn't get the change of plans memo.

>>11453143
Did they really delay the pre order for the riot cop because of the LA riots? Fucking cowards.

Is everyone getting the Hasbro Collectibles - G.I. Joe - Classified Series - Legacy Collection: Action Joe Police Emergency Service Unit?

>>11453200
I figured they would be more generic. I wonder what they are wearing under the vest.

>>11453219
I plan on getting 4 of them. I never got the PLAN B back in the day so I want these to fight my vigilantes.

>>11453202
They charge immediately?

>>11453220
Hopefully nothing mmmm

He looks great though. I wonder if the green shirt heads fit those bodies too. I am not sure I like the attached neck thing because that limits using heads.

>>11453220
It's funny, they probably avoided a standard officer cause of all the bodycam shit, specialized riot control felt like the safer bet until just last week

>>11453228
>Bachlorette party Cop

Wow that "PRESS AND HOLD" thing was stupid

Lol

>>11453251
Geneva Convention what? SPLAT

>>11452997
>stream canceled
>pre-orders canceled
>retailers likely canceled orders
>ollie the tariff sheriff scopps them all up and sells them during the 2026 summer blowout sale like the crimson guards
Guess I'll be army building this guy after all. I still haven't opened most of my CG though. I got 12 of them still in box.

>>11453224
No clue, I've only bought from them when they've had sales on older figures. They did get Heavy Duty first and have already shipped him out to everyone so its a safe place to preorder from.

>>11453056
I was going to take the vest off so i could have just a normal police man. But i guess all cops are geared to the gills now. I know theyve all got tattoos now, atleast the ones i see. I remember as a kid thinking that the cops with shot guns in their car were the badass cops, now they carry terminator styled weapons. Weird world man.

>>11453056
>>11453184
The riot squad cop is very appropriate and timely. It's probably a riot being organized and instigated by Cobra anyway.

>>11453220
I want this

Or a Reno 911 line

>>11453230
i honestly don't know why they even chose to make one in the first place with how afraid they are of bad publicity
we can't even go a couple months these days without cops doing some shit that winds up putting them in a negative spotlight, it was inevitable

>>11453482
Aren't these all references to earlier figures

>>11452675
>To be fair, the Cobra soldier is standing like 2-3 feet to the side of the missile that's firing. So the artist is at least aware that missiles are dangerous to stand behind of.
That's true, but as I was saying earlier, a Stinger is going to want to fire all four missiles pretty quickly, as it gives it's position away as soon as it fires.

>How safe is it standing next to one? I guess it depends on the launch stages. Maybe Destro thought about making missiles safer, since the vehicles are so small.
Destro doesn't usually seem to have much protection from the blast from his own wrist rockets, so maybe he's an absolute genius at making this stuff safer.

This conversation has put the visual in my head of Battle Armor Cobra Commander standing on the back of a Stinger and just tanking the blast from all four rockets as an intimidation tactic before leaping into battle.

>>11453116
>One day
There aren't that many Cobra characters from 1982-1994 left who haven't got Classified figures yet, Cesspool has to be a real possibility, even if they never get round to any other Eco Warriors characters.

>>11453553
I want a Classified dolphin God dammit
I almost want to preorder anything that comes with an animal to raise demand

>>11453553
As someone who doesn't know GI Joe and is just buying the toys cause they're cool, how close are we to having made everyone?
In my minds eye there's like thousands of characters but I really don't know

>>11453579
>how close are we to having made everyone?
I'll just cover the 1982-1987 Sunbow era first, might cover the rest of 1987-1994 if this doesn't take too long. This will just cover if a character has any figure at all, not whether every costume and variant has been done.

>1982:
Flash
Grand Slam
Short-Fuze
Steeler
Zap

>1983:
Ace
Viper Glider Pilot

Wild Bill and HISS Driver only available with Haslab vehicles.

>1984:
Cutter
Deep Six
Thunder

Ripcord and Wild Weasel only available with Haslab vehicles

>1985:
Airtight
Frostbite
Heavy Metal
Keel-Haul
Tollbooth
Lamprey

>1986
Claymore
Cross-Country
Iceberg
Lifeline
Lift-Ticket
Mainframe
Sci-Fi
Slip-Stream
Wet-Suit
Thrasher
AVAC
Motor Viper
Strato-Viper

Serpentor was a Pulse exclusive who was only available for a limited time.

>1987/Movie
Big Lob
Red Dog
Taurus
Golobulus
Pythona
Royal Guard

>1987/other
Backstop
Fast Draw
Hardtop
Payload
Psyche-Out
Rumbler
Sneek Peek
Steam-Roller
Avalanche
Blaster
Blocker
Dodger
Knockdown
Maverick
The Fridge
Zanzibar
Gyro-Viper
Ice Viper
Sea Slug
WORMS

Crazylegs only available with a Haslab vehicle.

>>11453669
Ah good, still have a long way to go

>>11453669
>1988
Armadillo
Blizzard
Charbroil
Ghostrider
Hardball
Hit & Run
Lightfoot
Muskrat
Repeater
Skidmark
Skystriker
Spearhead
Super Trooper
Wild Card
Windmill
Voltar
Astro Viper
Hydro-Viper
Secto-Viper
Star-Viper
Toxo-Viper
Ferret
Nullifier

>1989
Backblast
Countdown
Dee-Jay
Dogfight
Downtown
Hot Seat
Long Range
Recoil
Scoop
Windchill
Aero-Viper
HEAT Viper
Night-Viper
Track Viper
Annihilator
TARGAT
Wild Boar

>1991
Airborne 2 (different guy with the same codename)
Airwave
Altitude
Ambush
Bullhorn
Captain Grid-Iron
Cold Front
Dropzone
Freefall
Major Storm
Pathfinder
Rampart
Rapid Fire
Salvo
Skydive
Static Line
Stretcher
Sub-Zero
Topside
Updraft
Overlord
Laser Viper
Vapor
Decimator
Undertow

>>11453695
>Ghostrider
Would it be packaged as Hasbros Ghostrider nowadays

>>11453695
That should say 1990, not 1991.

>actual 1991
Big Ben
Clean-Sweep
Cloudburst
Major Altitude
Ozone
Red Star
Skymate
Tracker
Cesspool
Interrogator
Sky Creeper
Crimson Guard Immortal
Desert Scorpion
Incinerator
Night Vulture
Sludge Viper

>>11453705
Maybe "Stealth Fighter Pilot Ghostrider"?

>1992
Barricade
Big Bear
Bullet-Proof
Dojo
General Flagg
T'Jbang
Overkill
Air Devil
Flak-Viper
Heli-Viper
Ninja Viper
Toxo-Zombie
Headman
Headhunter

>1993 (not counting Street Fighter characters)
Banzai
Blast-Off
Bushido
Colonel Courage
Long Arm
Mace
Mirage
Robo-Joe
Snow Storm
T'Gin-Zu
BAAT
'Create A Cobra'
Crimson Guard Commander
Cyber-Viper
Bio-Viper
Mega-Viper
Monstro-Viper
Nitro-Viper
Night Creeper Leader
Gristle
Headhunter Stormtrooper

>1994
Effects
Gears
Ice Cream Soldier
Space Shot
Cobra Blackstar
Carcass
Lobotomaxx
Predacon

Plus the 30th anniversary figures that haven't been done in Classified yet.
GI Joe
Action Astronaut
Fighter Pilot

Then there's comic and cartoon OCs, characters from Sgt Savage and GI Joe Extreme in the 90s, and all the new characters from when the 3 3/4" line started up again near the end of the 90s.

>>11453498
yes and cobra even had riot cops during pursuit of cobra calling shock troopers which people combines with mass army building law & order for even more cops

>>11453706
I thought we got Classified Big Ben already?

>>11453763
Sorry, I forgot that even happened. Was he a limited release like the Range Viper?

>>11453763
Night force

>>11452997
Cobra shock troopers to LA

Target Geek Out tomorrow. 9am ET.

>>11454494
Umm, error on the kneeboard?

Fuck target

>>11454494
where'd you see that? No news sites are reporting it as far as I can tell.

>>11454494
Its fake, a very old custom from reddit.

>>11453771
Wal mart exclusive i think. Nice figure regardless.

>>11454567
https://www.target.com/c/target-geek-out/-/N-vr5jj

>>11452854
I think the 2000's era stuff is perfect for a kid. They're a little more durable than the vintage figures, they don't have as many webgear/goggles/silencers to misplace as modern-era figures, and they're cheaper on the aftermarket than either of them. Cheaper than Classified too.

Damn, thread hit bump limit for the first time in almost a year.

>>11454596
and? Doesn't say anything about GI Joe on there. In fact, we already know tomorrow's drop is a macfarlane drop. You can do a google image search with the little triangle next to the post number. It'll take you right to the reddit post from a year ago where some guy made that.

>>11452157
I don't know who you are - but I kinda love you.

>>11453736
Unironically want all of 1994

>>11453736
Would a Classifed have the black lining painted

>>11453706
God that's so cool. I really hope the riots make them pivot to bullshit over realism

>>11453706
Holy FUCK
This should have been one of the first guys released he's cool as Hell

>>11454977
It would either be sculpted or painted, not both

>>11453695
Damn, they have so many cool looking guys still left to do

>>11455006
That would be true for a Marvel Legend but here I'm not sure

>>11455006
>>11455015

On the art it looks like a painted design and not a texture

>>11454977
They didn't bother replicating Slice's star pattern. Probably wouldn't here, either.

>>11455001
They should give the Classifed of this shorts to make it less sexy one piece

>>11455099
>They didn't bother replicating Slice's star pattern.
Do you not know how GI Joe Classified works anon? They update for the initial release and repaint it to the vintage look on retro card backs for that sweet double dip. Sure some are straight up vintage lokking already and won't get a card back. But the option is always left open so they can get their money's worth out of new molds.

>>11449225
Where do the custom black supply trucks on the left come from? Is it an old Power Team Elite thing or what?

>>11455219
Those look like repainted German trucks, from the '08 Indiana Jones line.
>>11455212
Ah, yes, I did forget the good ol' double-dip.

>>11455212
I doubt Slice will get a retro card. Retro line seems to mostly be the really OG stuff.

>>11454817
Congladuration.

>>11455001
>he's cool as Hell
Isn't being a Desert Scorpion a punishment duty for Cobra troops? Not as bad a punishment as being a Toxo-Viper, though.

>>11455433
Yeah, last stop for fuck-ups before the Leaky Suit Brigade and toxo-zombie status, lol. Still, cool figure. I hope they have removable goggles, so u can do the goggles-up look from one of the trading cards.

How do you feel about a classified exclusive JEM figure after being referenced on the Cold Slither box?

>>11456055
It'd open up the way for Snake Eyes.

>>11456055
Pretty cool, if it were actually real. Original Jem theme is a top 5 '80s cartoon theme, easily.

New wave showing up in stores, they should start shipping from online retailers in the next week or two as well

Looks pretty good in person

>>11456339
What, the box?

>>11456055
I'd buy it, all things considered Jem as a concept and a cartoon wasn't bad and it's an absolute shame none of it's attempted reboots stuck to the formula that made it fun.

>>11456447
Yes?

>>11456055
Why the fuck is a flaming arrow included like it’s the Hunger Games?

>>11456560
Pyrotechnics you sperg

>>11456140
Sheeit, I haven't seen GI Joe on shelves locally for quite a while. It makes me wonder what might be available locally now.

>>11456339
It shames me to admit I've had one of these in my closet since they shipped out from Pulse for a few months, I just haven't given myself the time to open it up and put it on display yet.

>>11456055
I don't hate it.

>>11456791
I have about 20k in Anime merch I need to sell to make room and then I plan on opening my Joe's and going to war.

>>11456055
I want this

>>11456789
If your area is like mine, only one store has them, and it's just Quick Kick and a mix of retro card leftovers.

>>11456928
My Wal-Mart dropped GI Joe completely after they had about 20 Retro Lady Jayes and Baronesses that wouldn't sell. They sat there for months as everything else eventually sold out, and then they moved the action figure aisle to a smaller one and GI Joe didn't go with it.

Target held out longer, but then they got like 10 Tiger Force Roadblock and Tripwire twopacks that wouldn't sell out, and then it was over for the line, at least for a few months. I could check again and see if they have anything new, I guess. The one place I know that had a good selection of GI Joe consistently was the bigger Wal-mart a few towns over, but I haven't been there in at least a year. For all I know they've dropped GI Joe too but the only way to know is to check.

>>11456931
>My Wal-Mart dropped GI Joe completely after they had about 20 Retro Lady Jayes and Baronesses that wouldn't sell. They sat there for months as everything else eventually sold out, and then they moved the action figure aisle to a smaller one and GI Joe didn't go with it.
Same story here.

Emails from Pulse to confirm your address for Dial Tone are going out

So why was last week's live stream canceled?
What's the deal?
Do you think we'll get surprises this week?

>>11458403
Assumption is that they couldn't be fucked to edit out the Riot Officer segment. This week's stream is likely a Rattler unboxing.

Are the riot cops up anywhere?

>>11458468
They were up on DeepDiscount for a bit the day everything else went up, sold out now. They'll probably go up officially in another few weeks once the news dies down.

>>11457533
blond corey feldman?

>>11457533
>>11459860
This makes me think Robot Chicken for some reason.

when is the haslab?

>>11459939
We don't know. No word on the next livestream or any reveals/preorders either.

>>11459939
Supposed to be revealed the last week of June.
With displaying it at San Diego comic con

We getting an Overwatch 2 Collab. Making a guess now, Widowmaker is Baroness, Roadblock is Mauga, Duke as Soldier76, Destro as Reaper, Cover Girl as Dva, and maybe Ramatta as Cobra Commander in armor suit. Runner ups, Zarana as Junk Queen and Lady Jaye tracer.

If the Snowcat really is the HasLab what tiers could they do?
What characters besides Frostbite?

Snow hard Scarlet?
Iceberg?
Windchill?

>>11460544
Snow camo Bio Viber.

I still think people wouldn't get that we would get a retro release late if they did this

>>11460544
On one hand, I hope it is the snowcat because it would be the fastest Joe Haslab I happily ignored in it's entirety. That thing has always been one of my least favorite Joe vehicles yet it's always such a fan favorite for some reason.

On the other hand, I would really love a Classified Mobat or Mauler. I know the Ramen Racer tank is a thing, but I feel Hasbro could do a better job and make a more focused and featured tank for a similar price. But as of now my toybudget is shot so I'd have a hard time justifying a purchase that big.

is the vest removable? I'm thinking of using this for a solid snake custom

>>11460707
In a way. Place the figure in hot water and pop the arms. None of the vests can be opened.

>>11460707
>>11445049

>>11459931
lol

no live stream today, so much for yo jo june. And more Hasbro layoffs because they can't get over the fact that kids are no longer the main consumer of their IP. Yet they produce all these kids toys no one is buying, retailer don't want it, and force thier collector focuse lines to be toddler compliant because kids, when retail stores already have an adult collector section setup for toys ages 14+. Fuck Hasbloe C-Suites, hope the share holder lose more stock value as they continue to look at toys as kids stuff.

>>11461101
finally showing the render reveal after they've shown the actual figures on stream weeks ago. Happy yo joe june everyone!

>>11461101
I really want the Quick Kick cause I passed on the standard one, but he doesn't include the fudgy bar, and Beach Head looks so bad

Bit of a chore putting the whole thing together

>>11461416
Darklon's great though

>>11461420
Does his alt head fit on other figures

>>11461466
Depends on the figure, who'd you have in mind?

>>11461046
No Joe June

>>11461101
Beach Head when he played too much Minecraft.

>>11461496
Scrap-Iron

>>11461584
Pops right on

>>11461594
Thank you for checking for me

>>11461594
That tongue is stupid.

>>11461594
Damn freaky-ass

>Heavy Duty! What does the scouter say about his power level?!

>>11461101
Higher res

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSuTUC8QS4Q

Aw fuck
I better get my funds in order

>>11462396
are there any archives that have all the pictures of the classified line? whether they put up press photos or collections it would be nice. I can't collect them but I enjoy looking at them

>>11461594
Why does he come with that mask anyway

>>11463575
Why not

1/12 Acid Rain. I kinda hoper for the regular og troopers

>>11463702

>>11463704

Never would have guessed this would be a figure they would make.

>>11463841
Face looking a bit off, but neat

>>11463935
>Face looking a bit off
As per usual for Falcon

$40, up for preorder

>>11464309
At that price, I'm just going to wait for the two I had as a kid, and skipping the rest. Hope the line lasts that long.

So would WWIII be better or worse for GI Joe?

>>11463702
>DOOMGUY joins the Steel Brigade

>>11463841
who and where to get it?

>>11464637
It's Super7, you should have no trouble getting it anywhere right now

>>11464638
I hate the camo, but thanks. I'm willing to check him out. I love 1/18!

>>11464640
I wouldn't bother, honestly. The ReAction+ figures look and feel like shit. I bought two of the Python Patrol BATs, and they're kinda terrible. Especially since these figures are like $22 each.

Not worth it at all. Maybe if you can get them for $5, or something.

Some upcoming Monsterforce or related 1/12 line like General Mamba from Eagle Force (who already has a 1/18 figure last year fyi)

>>11464910
And some Ladies for the 1/12

>>11464910
1/12 Eagle force hasn't been announced has it? I've been wanting them to do that for a while now.

>>11464912
Who are they supposed to be? Going to have to head swap that one in the back, but nice booba regardless.

>>11464093
Might be the fully painted eyes, or a more cartoony style face. It just kinda feels different from the classic Joes I'm used to.

>>11464912
Saw the same pic on their facebook, but with the name tags not cropped out. These are Monster Force figures, and with how far behind their waves are, I'm sure we won't see them till 2027

>>11464912
>>11464941
Yeah looks like a good Lady Jaye proxy. I just hope they retain that level of detail and proportions. I remember being excited at the prospect of the female Action Force figures, and we all know how those turned out

>>11464910
Isn't there gonna be a bigfoot? I see some lizard guy but this line could use some more monsters

Target finally had new shit. No Footloose though, guess I'll keep waiting on Amazon

>>11465223
These things are cool but the sash gets in the way

>>11465244
I feel the sash is a bit overkill when paired with the new harness, should've had the option between one or the other. I'm more bothered by the unpainted knees though, looks unfinished

>>11465248
With the joint tolerance I get it because these knees are so tight they'd strip the fuck off the paint

>>11465256
Blowtorch's were painted though, so idk, maybe it was a budget thing. Joint tolerance on the past couple waves has actually been excellent too, I don't feel like I'm wrestling with things to get them to move.

>>11464874
dang.

>>11464910
are they really making a range-viper looking guy with a skull and brains?

>>11465275
That looks more like a werewolf mask than a skull

>>11465282
It's a lizard man... It's got a snake mouth

>>11465298
oh

>>11465303
It's okay big guy

I just want MORE MONSTERS

>>11465304
I want a Mothman with a gun so bad
Too bad a Dino Riders like Loch Ness monster would be like $600 nowadays

>>11464910
>Big Ben w/mask, Captain Flagg and Falcon
Yipeee

>>11465275
>>11465282
>>11465298
>>11465303
>>11465304
It's a MAMBA-MAN from 1984's Battle Action Force comic storyline: Jungle Terror.

>>11465334
>>Big Ben w/mask
No, see above
>>Captain Flagg
General Mamba, Eagle Force villain and looks like Idi Amin
>>Falcon
Captain Eagle from the previously mentioned Eagle Force, now in 1/12 scale

>>11465374
Ah I guess that guy calling it Monsterforce made me associate it with Lizardmen
>>11465303
See no need to feel bad at all

Hmm

>>11465374
they're not worth it as those characters, and I had the little figs as a kid. I'd rather use them as custom fodder or not at all.

>>11464874
Post timestamp pics of your figures. I don't believe you have them.

>>11465272
The Reaction+ figures are great.

can't believe world war hell funded the full 72k. it's 35 bucks for a 1:18 figure

>>11465655
Are 1:18 guys starved for figures?

>>11465660
isn't there both eagle force and marauders?

>>11465616
Why would I lie about something so dumb and mundane? These guys look and feel cheap, they can't even hold their guns, and their legs and feet are sculpted or constructed in such a way that they can barely stand on their own.

And to top it all off, Super7 uses AI art on the figure cardbacks.

They give no fucks about these figures, and it isn't like Super7 has a great track record across really any of their figure lines.

>>11465678
>Why would I lie about something so dumb and mundane?
So you don't have any then

>>11465679

>>11465707
oh, so you're just an idiot then

>>11465711
Only in the sense that I should have learned my lesson when I bought some of Super7s Ultimates Ninja Turtles, and they had the same issues (felt like shit, loose, floppy joints, poor paint, shitty malformed accessories.)

Not my photo

>>11465805
Might cancel my po of the suit. That doesn't look very good

>>11465818
It looks exactly the same as the promo pictures
>>11465223
Was this like a popular army builder request

>>11465834
The legs look stupid. I'll prob just flip it and dbl my money

>>11460343
OW collabs usually aren't more than 4-5 characters. Street Fighter was an exception with 8.
Even if they went for 8 skins I wouldn't hold my breath for Zarana lol. Even if I agree Cover Girl would fit D.Va it's probably too obscure.
It's probably going to be Snake-Eyes(already confirmed as Genji), Baroness or Scarlett (flip a coin, probably not both), Duke, Cobra Commander, and that's it.
Maybe Destro or Storm Shadow if we're lucky.

>>11465805
Not bad, even now it still reminds me of the Atlas mech from Mass Effect just with a more fatter looking torso. Will probably cop one if it's on sale.

Really hope we get some news in the next few days.
>>11465834
>Was this like a popular army builder request
I don't know, but I'm glad they made them.

does anyone here customize their classifieds? like paint, part swap, different gear etc?

>>11466723
I just glue things in place

Anyone have any of these >>11466819

>>11462707
I could probably re-create this poster with my joes.