Thread 11467334

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Welcome to the 1:18th general. All 1:18th scale lines are welcome including larger scales that may work with 1:18th. Post pics of your latest purchases, dios, customs and whatever else you feel like posting. We encourage mixing lines. Let’s keep this general fun and help each other out.

>1:18th lines
Acid Rain(post apocalyptic soldiers, mechs, robots, vehicles)
Boss Fight Studios(Fantasy, Zorro, Tarzan, Zombies, The Phantom, horses)
Dime Novel Legends(Western figures)
GI Joe
Hiya(Aliens, D.C., Predator, Robocop)
Indiana Jones
Jazwares(Halo, Fortnite)
Joy Toy(Warhammer 40k, Modern/futuristic military soldiers, mechs, dioramas, vehicles)
Jurassic Park
Marauder Gun Runners(Modern military, WWII)
Marvel Universe
Microman
Palisades: Army of the Dead
Planet Green Valley(Futuristic military females)
Schleich(Fantasy, civilians, playsets)
Shodo Kamen Rider
Star Wars TVC
The Corps

1st for Delta17 figures

>>11467334 (OP)
Just got myself a pair of PGV girls and some cheapo army builders from LT Toys. I'm also super tempted by that Joytoy Warhammer tank as it just looks massive, but it's a bit of a big pill to swallow right now.

>The Corps
Have they put out anything new in the past few years? I know there was that one dude on the HISS Tank who kept saying new stuff was coming, but it's honestly kind of impossible to find any of the good Corps vehicles these days. They made some really nice...and really cheap...pieces that I would love to grab at non-aftermarket prices.

>>11467824
How are these? The paint quality looks average but I like the o-ring molds

>>11467824

How brittle are they? I've had bad luck breaking hands with O-ring figures

>>11470271
>>11468842
They're pretty great, closet to the feel of movement and fresh joints of the ARAH O'Ring era. Hands are better and have a little bit of give. All are sculpted to hold their line standard rifle grips.

The only negative was the T-Bar had some problems in production (you can get replacements from them I believe) so I replaced mine with some Junker 00s GI JOE New-Sculpt T-bars.

>>11470271
great pic! lighting and posing! what figure and vehicle was used there?

>>11471584
nta, but that looks like one of the Joytoy males in some sort of PTE Helicopter.

>>11471584
nta, but that looks like one of the Planet Green Valley males in some sort of PTE Helicopter.

>>11467956
>the corps!
Nta but i think the last 1:18 figures lanard has done were alien themed and i havent seen anything by them in a few years. I was hoping that final faction would spur other stores to try out figure lines like how walmart got the corps!

>>11471584
>>11471716

It's a PVG male in a BBI Elite Force Blackhawk. Oldie but goodie. This dude's reviewed a few of the old BBI and 21st Century Toys vehicles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhgbWWiaZ7w

>>11472388
NtA, but did you do some kind of mod to the bulkhead there? It looks different than the pics I saw online.
I really ought to dig mine out.

>>11472397

The only modification I did was tear the seats out from the middle to have an open cabin which I regret doing.

>>11472439

I need to get some shots with the full bird in. I tend to use my vehicles as sets instead of featured items. I don't shoot it as much because it lives mounted the wall and one of my rotor blades is wonky.

There's a dude who gutted these out and put RC guts in them and its the coolest shit ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-GI-zz__qA&list=FLsr3JeE2DVqh8lMrNpQffeQ&index=92

I wanna get RC body shells to make like helo interiors but I don't know what to buy or search for. "Scale RC" is apparently sized according to motor size and not 1:X scale.

>>11472446
I think I saw someone did the same with a 21st Huey.
It may help to know the overall length of the particular helicopter in 1:18, and check that against the length of a given R/C .
I sure miss 1:18 military vehicles. There was a lot of cool stuff in the works before the genre went tits-up.

>>11472467
It seemed like it ended when GI Joe ended and Hasbro focused on Marvel Legends and Star Wars 6 in figures, right? I remember when Retaliation came out and we got maybe one more wave after the movie and it all ended. Pretty sad

>>11472467
Pretty much the death of TRU in the US was also the death of 1:18 in toy stores, for the most part. Fortnite had a pretty decent 1:18 run, and Halo took it's shot, but without TRU and G.I. Joe around, generic 1:18 military stuff had no where to go. G.I. Joe and TRU were always intrinsically linked with each other and once TRU went under, G.I. Joe quickly followed suit, and with it 1:18 military stuff in general. Even Amazon doesn't really carry any good 1:18 stuff.

>>11472605
The shame of it all is that the last wave of the Retaliation line could arguably be considered one of the best waves of the entire ME run. It's like they knew the line was ending so they threw everything they could at us with that one. We got the best CC and Stormshadow figures of the line, multiple really nice troop builders, some of the best Retaliation based figures while also getting comic based representation and a few figures that were teased years ago but never expected to actually see production. And that's not even considering all the gear they came with, tons of extra weapons or unique builds and accessories and even some old Action Pack styled homage accessories like spring loaded heli-packs and jet packs or the mini-HISS drone.

The 50th line that followed wasn't all that bad either, running another three years and putting out a lot of new characters, re-releasing old favorites and even dropping some nice vehicle repaints. While at the time it kinda felt like the Joe line just kind of passively died off, looking back it's clear they went out by dropping some of the best figures of the entire run.

Though we still couldn't get a half way decent Duke.

>>11472605
To my recollection, 21st Century Toys collapsed just prior to the 25th Anniversary Joe line really hitting its stride. Oil prices and Walmart's lackadaisical return policy being the culprits I've heard. I also remember Monkey Depot getting a lot of their remaining stock. All the other manufacturers kind of just gave up the scale or folded, too. JSI had a lot of the old 21st molds, so those were around for a little while. Bbi brought back the figures, but all the vehicles were kiddy stuff. It was all long out of retail shelves before TRU folded, the real tragedy there being the loss of Chap Mei's stuff.

>>11472659
That is sad. I remember the prices going up too, but those Ultimate SS and Ultimate CC figures were impressing me. I have so many cool figures from that time, I remember being blown away by Lowlight, which is still one of my favorite figures of all time. I recall checking out the Classified Lowlight and he was mostly the same, just bigger. Lol. I know we could have had a resurgence of the line if they knew how to continue with where they were headed, instead they went for the 6 in scale and here we are. Shame, because the size of the figures means I can't collect them or the vehicles, and the detail or prices are not that far off anyways. I remember the POC Cobra Troopers being around 20 bucks, and I like them more than the Classified guys. Hasbro really dropped the ball on GI Joe, we didn't even get a sequel to Retaliation. It would have ensured a new line. Maybe that's why we didn't get it. Shame about Duke too, the POC one that looks like he's Psyche Out might have the best face but not body mold.
>>11472675
Thanks, I am remembering it a little more now. Yeah I remember the oil prices being an issue. Also, perhaps with the war going on the military line was sustainable due to the problem being prevalent and in our consciousness. Losing TRU made things hard. It cost us Bbi and other military lines. I know Lanard survived and I see some Chap Mei stuff in Walmart I believe, but it's really not worth it. And I remember scalpers also ruining the end of the line. I couldn't find the figures I wanted without hunting several different stores every week or whenever possible. It takes the joy out of it. I don't understand why the Direct To Consumer line was a success and they never went back to it. It was a sure way to make sure you order your figure, and get it. I'm sure the line could have continued for us collectors if they pursued that.

Photo to break up the words words words....

>>11471829
None of the alien figures showed up in Leafland either and the Secondary market (and postage) is too damned expensive.

>>11472701
Capt. Power and the ExoSquad of the future,

I'm beginning to have a bit of regret having decided to collect in 1/12 instead of 1/18, there are so many interesting figures in this scale and it's all a fair bit cheaper. Ah well, I've committed.

>>11472698
>I don't understand why the Direct To Consumer line was a success and they never went back to it

I mean, isn't that pretty much exactly what Hasbro Pulse is right now? Hasbro selling directly to consumers without worry whether brink and mortar stores will carry their stuff? It's honestly the only reason we could get things like Vamps and CLAWS and a literal box that stacks with other boxes but is packed with a cool blue Alley Viper.

>>11472701
>>11472712
Captain Power and the Centurions anon, those guys are the Centuirons. Power Extreme!

>>11472726
Is it cheaper though? Tons of 1:18 lines costs just as much as 1:12 stuff. I just brought two PGV girls and they were almost $50 a pop, and Joytoy vehicles run $120-200, same as some 1:12 offerings. Outside of Joytoy Army Builder figures, are there any really cheap 1:18 things out there? Even knock off Chap Mei sets on amazon run for $30 a pop. Not even *actual* Chap Mei stuff, but cheaper rip off versions of their molds.

That said, there's nothing stopping you from switching over, you shouldn't feel locked into a single collection just because that's what you've done previously. I went from having hundreds of 1:18 Joes and not even wanting 1:12 scale joes to having hundreds of 1:18 Joes AND dozens of 1:12 Joes over the past five years. You gotta collect what you like, and if you don't enjoy what you're buying then maybe it's time to focus on something new!

>>11472467
>>11472659
>>11472675
>>11472698

The moral of the story is get things while you can before they become $5000 grails (JSI F-14) I specifically recall passing on a BBI F/A-18 at Toys R Us because it was like $50 at the time and now people ask for ten times that amount.

>>11472726

I get the appeal of the individual figures but the GI Joe thread is talking about vehicles like tanks etc. which I've never understood. I'd rather have a 1:18 vehicle with realistic proportions than an undersized yet still massive caricature of whatever. If you wanna fuck with vehicles, sets, creatures etc 1:18 is the way to go if only for the price. I see 1:12 vehicles north of $300 which makes me wonder what the hell Acid rain is thinking about to put out a 1:12 line for who knows how much while their 1:18 figures are already $50-60ish each.

>>11472768
Stop being reasonable and nice. I guess maybe I could do something different with 1/18. I am not a big collector really, I pick and choose figures/characters I like in 1/12, I don't do like whole lines or anything and only ever one of each character, so I suppose I could do something else with a 1/18 collection.

>>11472775
Yeah that's a good idea, vehicles and stuff for 1/18, maybe more jobber figures to do dioramas or scenes perhaps and things I like that don't have good 1/12 equivalents. I quite like some of the JoyToy stuff beyond just the 40K guys, so maybe some of that. (also I have no 40K stuff either so could do that)

>>11472768
>? Hasbro selling directly to consumers without worry whether brink and mortar stores will carry their stuff? It's honestly the only reason we could get things like Vamps and CLAWS and a literal box that stacks with other boxes but is packed with a cool blue Alley Viper.
Pulse is like Kickstarter for paypigs. DTC was nicer because you could get the entire line as you ordered them. Pulse is some bullshit.

>>11472726
I primarily collect 1/18 but I have 14-15 larger figures. - more than I thought.
Nowhere as many as the 1/18 I have.

>>11472775
Even at 1:18 scale, I prefer my vehicles compact but playable. I mean I love the Sky Stryker, but it's way too big for as much play value as you can get out of it, and it's still not actually a realistic scale. Meanwhile a Firebat or Ghost Hawk has just as much swooshability, but in a far more compact frame. Or take something like the HISS Tank, which is not even close to the scale of an actual tank at either size class, but it's 1:12 version just has way more figure interactivity and playability. I will happily give up realism if the vehicle has more fun play aspects to it. Not gimmicks mind upi, but just more I can do with the figures to interact with the vehicle.

That said, if you want to do more character focused releases, I can see why 1:12 is more enticing. With 1:12 stuff, the figures themselves can easily be the focus of the line and stand on their own. Adding vehicles to a line like that would only just enhance said line. But 1:18 stuff isn't just enhanced by vehicles and playsets, 1:18 scale *needs* those things to really thrive and at a certain point, those large items can even become the whole focus of the line itself.

>>11472809
lol fair enough. I understand where you're coming from, there was a period of time where I completely gave up on the 1:18 scale myself. Once the ME Joe run ended, I ignored everything else that was coming out at that size. It wasn't until the PGV girls launched and TVC dropped their fantastic Imperial Assault Tank that something clicked in my head and I saw story possibilities that literally dragged me back to the scale. From that point I started grabbing Acid Rain, Joytoy, MTF and Fortnite stuff, all lines I otherwise ignored.

>>11472816
You're just spouting buzzwords at this point. Pulse is just a direct shop from Hasbro to customers, you don't have to pay anything extra. But because of that we can get larger items retailers don't want.

>>11472871
>You're just spouting buzzwords at this point.
Okay retard, putting in goals and requiring a minimum to get the things you want is the same as DTC in your mind.

>>11472871
I just discovered Acid Rain because of this thread and had a look. Man, they seem cool as fuck, but now I see why you were questioning my "cheaper" comment, these are costly.

>>11472883
You seem to be confusing Haslabs, which are larger crowdfunded projects, with Pulse.....which is a simple online webshop run by Hasbro. You can literally go to the Hasbro Pulse page right now, BUY STUFF, and that's it, you're done.

>>11472888
I'll be honest, most 1:12 stuff I buy ends up being cheaper then the average 1:18 item. The only exception is those Joytoy Army Builder figures, which are a fantastic value for their price.

>>11472871
>>1:18 scale *needs* those things to really thrive and at a certain point,

Honestly I disagree.
But it would be nice to see the big companies support releases of smaller props, crates etc.
Even wall sections. Wold Peacekeepers at least got that.

>AcidRain is now going to be making 6" figures
Is this the beginning of the end to another good 1:18 line?

>>11474696
Oh really? Is this providence so that I can stay collecting 1/12?

>>11474696
>>11474855
So I just looked on youtube after reading this and found a someone showing off the booth at JoeFest and he is claiming they are targeting a "30 to 35 dollar price point in the US". Surely that is bullshit right?

>>11474855
They showed a prototype off and there's a video showing off some of the articulation. I mean yea it looks cool but it's just sad to see. 4 inch output is already pretty low

>>11472896
>You seem to be confusing Haslabs, which are larger crowdfunded projects, with Pulse
One you crowdfund, which is lame. The other, you either beat the scalpers or you're shit out of luck. This didn't happen back then. It's a worse system with ordering online from Hasblow these days, the only difference is there is a chance at getting things in person today more than there was back then, so it evened out. In some way. Their online is atrocious now and it's nothing as good as the DTC line was. That was simple and you got what you wanted at fair prices.

>>11474876
It sounds like it is some sort of collaboration thing, a side line, more than a full transition though, right?

>>11474939
if the 6 inch dildo fans buy it enough, we'll be SOL again.

>>11474876
Weren't they also listed at only 30 bucks or something? I think it was said the deco wouldn't be nearly as nice but still seems like a good deal in comparison.

>>11474871
>>11475614
oh cool the poorfag 1/12 tards are crying about prices again.
>>11472871
faggot 1/12 tard

I told it to spray her brains on the wall, not turn her head into brains.

I must buy this

>>11476362
I should probably open my Skeletron. I haven't had an O-ring figure since Dhalsim way back.

>>11476405
fuck yes

>>11476405
I'm guessing that's from Dime Novel legends? I've never seen that pic. What's the source?

>>11472698
>I don't understand why the Direct To Consumer line was a success and they never went back to it.
The DTC line was originally just to use up the already in production figures from the dead GvC line. So it was only going to exist for a limited amount of time, until they ran out of material. But TRU stepped in and wanted to continue supporting the 1:18 line, ontop of the Sigma 6 9" and 2.5" lines.
So TRU's led to DTC's success and is probably why Hasbro did the 25th line in 1:18 too. DTC's success showed there was a market for GI Joe and it was only Sigma 6 that failed to resonate with anyone.
The 25th line was also supposed to be a limited release, but Target wanted more than it being some seasonal toyline. Two major retailers were needed to make GI Joe into a full toyline again.

>>11482274
toy releases around GI Joe POC became spotty and plenty of figs werent easily available. the quest for shelf space also left a lot to be desired on how they packed them. I get them wanting to branch out and attract new buyers but they fumbled a lot

>>11476405
Does anyone know who this guy is supposed to be? I didn't see this prototype during the Joefest coverage.

>>11482671
>>11476405
Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn from the True Grit remake by Chicken Fried Toys in thier Dime Novel Legends line

>>11482678
Interesting. I haven't seen this pic anywhere else, but in this thread.

>>11482678
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be Venom Snake. They had a Solid Snake based head sculpt on display too.

>>11482397
It'd be nice, but DTC from a big company is some really limited shit and not really for new production.

I mean, we barely got anything new from the 50th line when it was basically just TRU and indie stores supporting it, which is way more sales than just being DTC would get.

Besides, we already have Hiya making GI Joes in 1:18, but Hasbro is cockblocking their release in the US, because they fear collectors won't buy their 1:12 figures. Hasbro fears the market is too small. They obviously didn't fear Mezco's efforts, because they make like 1 figure a year and their toys are 5x more expensive, and the GI Joe thread proves there's no real competition there, since almost no one bought a One:12 Joe (i might be the only one who's bought them).

>>11482906
>Hasbro is cockblocking their release in the US, because they fear collectors won't buy their 1:12 figures. Hasbro fears the market is too small.

Someone pointed out years ago that Hasbro have bought out so many companies, and are producing so many different lines that the Hasbro lines are competing with each other.

>>11482906
Surely Hasbro are fucking idiots

>>11483017
>tfw you actually like the 1-16 scale Cobra Trooper and Viper over the big Classishit Series

>>11483003
The only companies Hasbro has been buying in the past decade are unrelated to toys.
Mostly just for intellectual properties and media companies.
Shit, i can't even think of the last toy company Hasbro even bought. The last thing i can think of is Wizards of the Coast, but they're just boardgame shit and this was over 20 years ago.

And I wouldn't really call it competition if they're different interests. Transformers aren't competing with GI Joes. It's like saying McDonalds competes with Panda Express. Yeah, they're both food places, but they're not directly competing against each other. Someone who feels like having chinese wouldn't have bought hamburger in the first place.

Whereas people who are starved for GI Joes would buy a 1:12 if there's no quality 1:18 figures available. If Hiya had announced their 1:18 line earlier, Id have never bought any of the Classified figures.
Like i said, i think Hasbro fears the GI Joe market is too tiny to support two lines with similar price points, hence cockblocking Hiya from releasing their figures in the west. Hasbro blocked Hiya's releases so hard that BBTS doesn't even dare import them and they import just about anything.

>>11483047
>people who are starved for GI Joes would buy a 1:12

I would buy the shit out of Footloose if he was 1:18

>>11483047
God I can't wait for the Vipers to start shipping.

>>11482906
>Hasbro is cockblocking their release in the US, because they fear collectors won't buy their 1:12 figures.

Mezco is making 6" Joes aimed at the collector market, they also have Super 7 selling 7" Ultimates, which directly compete with Classified AND 3"3/4 O rings, something Hasbro decided it wasn't worth doing themselves. Hell, they're even letting MATTEL, their biggest competitor, sell G.I. Joe HOT WHEELS, one of the other juggernauts of the toy collecting community. If you think the reason why Hiya can't sell their shrunken Classified figures in the US is because "Hasbro is scared", then why in the hell would Hasbro even let them make those figures in the first place? Especially since those figures don't even have any direct competition from Hasbro themselves.

>>11483003
This is the exact kind of problem a company like Hasbro WANTS. It doesn't matter which of their products you buy, as long as you buy it from them. I greatly cut back on buying Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black and TVC, Transformers AND Nerf products from Hasbro, but they're still getting most of my toy budget with Classified, so in the end they still win.

>>11483047
>Whereas people who are starved for GI Joes would buy a 1:12 if there's no quality 1:18 figures available

I don't think the vast majority of people buying Classified are doing it because they're "starved of Joe figures". The after market exists and most characters have pretty good 1:18 figures already (I know, I have hundreds of em). People are buying Classified because it's very much one of *the* best western toylines available. Like consistently, repeatedly exceptionally well made figures with very few QC issues (outside of limp guns), fantastic designs and characters, lots of gear and the ability to stow most of it and an ever expanding roster for collectors to sink their teeth into. Classified is just that damn good and even non-Joe collectors have fallen in love with the line.

>>11483884
>implying anyone gives a shit about o-ring
This is why the Skystriker kickstarter almost failed, because it doesn't scale with 1:18 figures. They dumped a shit load of extra stuff at the last minute to get people to back it.
No one giving a shit about o-ring figures is also why Hasbro gave up on them too and allow Super7 to release their own versions in stores.

And if Hasbro isn't scared of Hiya's figures directly competing with the Classified line, why are they cockblocking Hiya's line so hard? Hiya has talked about why they delayed the line for so long, which is the fact that their ability to distribute the line in western hemisphere is almost impossible. Seems like Hiya believed they could get at least importers, but Hasbro isn't allowing even that to happen.
Hasbro relaunched their own 1:18 line back in 2020, and but it was nothing but retools of old designs everyone had 8 of, because Hasbro didn't want that line to steal sales away from Classified either.

We already saw how Hasbro also sabotaged the 1:18 Marvel Universe line in order to maximize sales for MLs. Even the Star Wars 3.75" line got made into a subline in order to maximize sales for Black series. So it's more of the same with GI Joe.

So it's pretty obvious that Hasbro is trying to funnel collectors into buying the 1:12 option, because $20 > $10. And no, $100 and $60 toys, which aren't even sold in Walmarts and Targets, are not competition to the Classified line. And 1:10≠1:12

>I don't think the vast majority of people buying Classified are doing it because they're "starved of Joe figures".
You'er wrong about that, because Hasbro themselves obviously disagrees, hence cockblocking Hiya and limiting their own lines, to keep starved fans atttention on their 1:12 figures.
And i wouldn't call Classifed the best, because Mezco's stuff exists.

>>11483510
Hiya will probably make it if their line manages to survive long enough.

>>11484137
You keep making claims yet reality proves you wrong.

>>11484137
>Hasbro relaunched their own 1:18 line back in 2020, and but it was nothing but retools of old designs everyone had
I wonder why we never got any repaints of things like the Ninja Combat Cruiser instead of the AWE Striker for the 50th time.

>>11483510
God damn it yes.
The last good Footloose was that club release.
And that's too rich for my blood.

>>11484229
because the 2020's 1:18 relaunch was themed around the old stuff, which was Hasbro fucking up, because they have no idea what fans want.

I mean, if you were around on /toy/'s GI Joe General back then, you'd know how unpopular Classified actually was. Not a lot of people were liking the new designs and a lot of people were basically buying just to buy, because that's basically it for GI Joe at the time.
It took a while for Hasbro to catch on that people wanted to see the classic designs in 1:12, and that's when the GI Joe General became positive again after what seemed like years of negativity. So now the Classified line is nothing but nostalgiashit.

So for long time GI Joe fans, the 1:18 collectors already had our fill of nostalgiashit, because they already made 8 versions of every original figure. I think the Classified revamp designs would have been better selling if they were in 1:18, which is why the Hiya line got a lot of hype..... which didn't pan out, thanks to Hasbro cockblocking them.

>>11484357
I just don't need any more Snake Eyes figures - but he's so cool!

>>11484403
I know a lot of people think the ninja stuff is overdone in G.I. Joe but I can't help loving Snake Eyes. He's been my guy since I started playing with Joes in the early 90's. Getting the Classified design in 4" scale was a dream really. It's not a perfect toy by any means but it's cool to have.

>>11485026
Kino

you know I look at the 6 inch stuff and I think it's any better than the POC and Anniversary Era figures. the Lowlight that was in Classified isn't even better than the POC one I have and cherish.

you know I look at the 6 inch stuff and I don't think it's any better than the POC and Anniversary Era figures. the Lowlight that was in Classified isn't even better than the POC one I have and cherish.

>>11485380
Those Joe's were hard to beat at any scale. They would all be classed as "deluxe" in Classified terms.

>>11486329
The Revolution will be televised.

>>11485026
>>11483510
>>11484137
>Getting the Classified design in 4" scale was a dream really

I have a real bug up my ass about Hasbro's prioritizing 6" figures in large part because of the shit they get that we don't. We got the Retro Falcon and Grunt then they stopped and I'm pissed I didn't get a Footloose or Dusty in that modern engineering style. Sure, Hiya is a thing but I haven't been red-pilled on them yet. Between the realism and accessories figures like the the Classified Infantry Action Soldier and that SEAL style diver would be the greatest 4" Joes made since the Pursuit of Cobra Days. That's why I'm jealous of that new Footloose. I just don't like 6" Joes and he's generic enough to be just another grunt which is exactly my jam. I love just normal ass regular dudes.

>>11487036
they also get retooled vehicles and constantly retooled characters. we typically got repaints and reissues

>>11487036
I really should have opened those Tieka (pre-Hiya Hiya, lol) 101st figures. I think I have a set of their Germans, too.

>>11487531
The Our War figures were shit.

I bought two and in retrospect, they're shit. They were ahead of their time with engineering back when they were made, but they're super rubbery and I wouldn't be surprised if they crumbled on me today. The sculpt on the faces are also super soft, so they just don't look good compared to even 80s figures.

I have no idea where i stored them, but i can imagine them having melted into a corner, like a chocolate bar in a car. Plasticizers completely drenching the other toys that were stores with them too.

Thank god Marauder Gun Runners made their action figure line, or i'd have bought more of these shits out of desperation of generic army builders.

>>11487813
Lol, I seem to recall those complaints back then.

>>11487813
>> Thank god Marauder Gun Runners made their action figure line,

Still waiting for Colleen from China Beach and Ms.Victor Charles from the Nam.
I still think they should have stuck with it but also understand their business decisions.
(so...I wait.)

>>11488637
....I just realized I still have like $300 credit with them from the Nam situation. Was hoping some of the figures would trickle out into the store and I'd grab em that way, but I honestly forgot what I even ordered at this point.

>>11488637
My Hueys are never gonna have proper crews, kek.

>>11489068
Well that's $150 more than me.
>>11489096
Well things are rolling in and I am interested in the new SCUBA stuff they showed off as well

>>11489602
>new SCUBA stuff they showed off
Where? I saw some PVG and Boris Ping displays for SCUBA but can't find pics of MGR

>>11489818
They had them at their latest show.
(whatever that was)
Wet suit bodies as well. (for all your pulp spaces suit / jumpsuit needs.

>>11490433
Sorry about the blur. I was holding it.

>>11489602
>>11489818
>>11490270

>>11490524
>APS
Nice. Very good, very good.

does marauder have the standard trooper bucks that would work for an Original 13 kitbash? does anyone know the name of the molds? preferably something without those shin guards

>>11490689
https://www.marauderinc.com/category-s/1853.htm?searching=Y&sort=7&cat=1853&show=300&page=1

Any word on BFS if they gonna continue doing historical/medieval fantasy figures instead of those stupid IP nobody buys like that ridiculous space rabbit or the space dinos?

>>11490951
thanks brudda, I was looking to complete my 1-18 collection by making a custom Steeler and Clutch, the two first figures my brother and I got. I can see that these legs were clearly based on Clutch, any ideas on what makes for a good chest and arms mold for their upper bodies? I see dress shirts but that wasn't quite what I was looking for. Have to keep looking

>>11492204
I think they're also selling out for the 6" crowd and shifting focus with thier Epic HACKS line.
>>11492256
I don’t want to get knocked for dropping a lot of links so I’ll drop product codes you can enter in the MGR search bar. Please note, they don’t have everything you need:

Steeler:
MTF-C4000
MTF-B2025
MTF-D9590
MTF-H9825
MTF-C5750
MTF-B2022
110006
No unarmored legs in stock

Clutch:
No base body in stock
MTF-K2780
MTF-K3020
MTF-C5720
MTF-T2680
MTF-D9210A
MTF-B2095
MTF-B2120 ( two)

>>11492204
After the BIG ORC, Dwarves and Halfling wave they're switching to mixed theme waves so it'll be a bit of this and a bit of that (hopefully start getting those sci-fi ideas into 1/18 figures).

While there is that Asia/bbts exclusives 3 army builder footmen coming. As well as the 2 basic wave Knights coming

>>11492204
>Any word on BFS if they gonna continue doing historical/medieval fantasy figures instead of those stupid IP nobody buys like that ridiculous space rabbit or the space dinos?
They posted this teaser pic (rel) earlier today for their latest line.

>>11492295
Thank you anon!! I'm going to copy and paste these product codes and see what I can get. Shame about the lack of unarmored legs and Clutch body. I think I can make something cool with these. Appreciate it.

>>11490539
They work as SF uniforms as well.

>>11492799
Yeah, definitely. If they do the buck in grey you'd have an easy modern construction v.2/3/4 Shipwreck, too, if you're of the G.I. Joe persuasion.

new thread >>11494827