Thread 11570162

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Out now:
>Slice & Dice (Pulse)
>Desert Scorpion & SKRP10N
>Mainframe
>Grim Viper
>Sci-Fi
>Wet-Suit
>Budo
>Major Bludd
>Monkeywrench

Preorders:

>Steel Corps Sentry & Defense Post (Pulse), Cold Slither Box Set (Pulse), General Hawk & MMS, Crankcase with A.W.E. Striker

>Retros: Greenshirt, BAT

>2-packs: GI Joe Diver & Cobra Diver (Target), Sgt Slaughter & Mercer

>2-packs: Steeler & Short-Fuze (Target) To be released any time between now and next month

Revealed:

>Ghost Viper & Dire Wolf (Wal-Mart), Pythona (Con/Pulse), Legacy Police ESU

Leaks/Rumors/Unseen:

>Lifeline, Hit & Run, Big Lob, Iceberg, Night-Viper, Firefly (deluxe), Annihilator, Fast Draw, Cyber Viper, Golobulous, I.G. Baroness, I.G. Voltar, Hydro-Viper, Airtight, Royal Guard (cc), Sgt. Flash, Psyche-Out, Muskrat, Retro Zarana, Destro with Despoiler, Unknown new female with Polar Battle Bear, Dusty v2 with Sandstorm

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

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

>>11570022
That color scheme for Zarana has a whole "bootleg" look to it, so I won't be surprised if Hasbro avoids that one.

>>11570162 (OP)
>I.G. Baroness
I doubt that this one's true, and think that most likely the next Baroness is a recolor of the Rattler pilot one since that figure is in demand and Hasbro was clever enough to make her in her OG outfit underneath the flight gear.

Cobra individuals probably coming:

IG Destro
Voltar

Golobulus

Interrogator
Overkill
Overlord
Sky Creeper
Decimator


Zanzibar
Thrasher

Cesspool

Headman
Gristle

Ninja Force Zartan
Ninja Force Firefly??
Night Creeper Leader

>>11570341
>IG Destro
I think this one's pretty much a guarantee after getting the Iron Grenadier

>Thrasher
I'm surprised that we haven't gotten him already. My only guess is the hold-up is tethering on whether or not they decide to do a HASLAB Thunder Machine.

>>11570376
After looking at the SnowCat campaign, I’m really thinking Hasbro is looking for HasLab with less expensive parts but more purchases. Basically lower costs for smaller product, but higher purchases.

The Thunder Machine could really get a lot of bang for their buck. Basically amp up the “Mad Max” factor. Then there’s the fact that in fiction, the Thunder Machine is suppose to be a unique vehicle, not an army builder vehicle. So it’s not like a shelf item where customers will go out of their way to buy more than one.

Hasbro knows folks want to complete their Dreadnok collection. Have Thrasher as base price, some lesser known Dreadnoks as tiers like Heartwrencher and you live got a popular HasLab.

>>11570423
>Basically lower costs for smaller product, but higher purchases.
Water Mocassin fits that bill. The Thunder Machine might, too.

>So it’s not like a shelf item where customers will go out of their way to buy more than one.
When considering that every HASLAB Joe vehicle instantly sells for more than retail on the secondary market, there are lots of people who will always buy more than one. Just look at the last one where the figures were in such high demand that if you sold them, then they paid for the Rattler itself which you essentially got for free.

There isn't a lot they could do with Thunder Machine for gimmicks beyond light-up headlights and maybe a light-up dashboard. So it definitely could be something Hasbro can sell at a lower price. The only real catch is they better have awesome motivators with the tiers because those matter. As a tier-3 unlock Baroness easily helped sell the Rattler. But with the Snowcat there was a bit of struggle because cartoon-likeness Lady Jaye and Flint weren't as motivating.

>>11570423
I'd back the TM on day -1. Just wish Hasbro would make some motorcycles. Hell, just grab the Marvel Legends motorcyles, repaint them, and pack em as generic bikes. Doesn't even need GI Joe or Marvel logo on them.

Super7's Universal Monsters O-ring figures are out. The next wave of Joe's also comes in October.

Might be fun to pair him with Serpentor

It would be cool to see slasher characters get the O-ring treatment
.

>>11570573
I wasn't planning on getting those, but fuck dammit I'm tempted. Especially for Creature of the Black Lagoon.

>>11570582
I feel like Gil-man could be useful around Cobra bases and be army built.

>>11570594
Cobra isn't above that, so it's workable.

>>11570594
Cobra using Gill-man in experiments that lead to Hydro-Vipers isn't too hard to imagine.

>>11570679
Or to the creation of human hybrids like Mara

Need to attemp this. Does the new CG head have ears on both sides?

Which characters would you want coming with the vehicles of:
Polar Battle Bear
Sky Hawk
Cobra Fang

Crystal Ball survived chemo, beat cancer, thriving some would say

I'm new(ish) to the collection, which Duke has the best headsculpt? I saw the retro one and feels like it is too cartoony

>>11571185
The retro one is based off the cartoon. The only other Dukes that have been released in the line are the one waaaaay back in the first wave, the slight recolor of that same one, and the Tiger Force one released with a motorcycle. Those three all share the same headsculpt, but they have slightly different paint jobs.

Huh. Maybe they are closer to release than we thought.

>>11570573
>>11570574
>>11570576
>>11570577
>>11570578
Gimmie

>>11571269
Why you mad thou?

>>11570960
Polar Battle Bear - Snow Job or Iceberg
Skyhawk - any Joe
Fang - Raven since they're not gonna do the Night Raven

>>11571120
One of my never evers and i missed the boat. I aint gonna get caught off guard when dee jay and psyche out hit.

>>11571312
Psst, he's in stock on Walmart's website right now.

>>11571279
As far as I know it's still a January release.

>>11571312
He's still in production. He's only been out for about a month. I know Hasbro production cycles are really short now, but they're not that short. He'll still be around for Halloween, which is appropriate enough.

My non-likely wish is to do the female Cobra Submarine Commander

>>11571384
The character is so obscure that she doesn't even have a name. At any rate I see the Baroness's legs, Rattler Baroness's forearms, hands and torso, Zarana's shoulders, and maybe Lady Jaye's head. So if they go this route then it wouldn't take much for them to go "He-Man" and make the figure out of existing parts of other figures.

>>11571307
Ace in the Sky Hawk might be the only way we get a Classified Ace

>>11571398
The Conquest X-30 is a very doable plane that wouldn't be any bigger than the Rattler. It might even be a little bit smaller as a single-person aircraft. And it would need multiple figures for the tiers so it would have to come with more than Slipstream. Ace would fit in there nicely. That's my high hopes since the Skystriker is undoable for Hasbro.

>>11571312
He's been in stock hanging on the pegs at my local Walmart for weeks, I'm surprised so many people have trouble. I've seen other sets like the Kicks Beach head 2 pack, and other Marvel Legends sold out from the pegs before Crystal Ball

>>11571436
It's probably like He-Man where some stores are well-stocked and other stores never got certain things at all. Distribution isn't always the best.

>>11571397
Yeah I’m not getting my hopes up for her but like you said she’s a kitbash of previous parts if they want to maker her.

Preferably I’d want them to make a Dr Knox classified figure way before her.

>>11571542
That's another one they can make out of kitbashed parts. HISS gunner legs, Rattler Baroness body and forearms, and maybe retro Baroness shoulders. Use Rattler Baroness's head and long hair, repainted differently.

>>11570574
They have file cards

>>11571573
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>>11571577
Those vintage 50s-style cardbacks are actually kind of cool.

>>11571569
Was a 3 3/4” Dr Knox ever made?
The collectors line?

>>11571569
>>11571594
I think it was some YouTube channel rank that put her at #6 of the best Cobra females, behind 1. baroness 2. Zarana 3.Pythona 4. Zanya 5. Heartwrencher

>>11571594
No, but I could see Super7 making her as an O-ring if the Joe line keeps going for a few years. They're focusing comic and cartoon characters who never got made.

>>11571636
I hope either Hasbro or Super7 does Munitia and Crimson Asp.

>>11571636
Zanya and Heartwrencher are shit characters to me. They're just "too much cock around" add-on characters. I'd rather have Dr. Knox

Are the “Vypra Twins” canon?
I know the first Vypra came as a vehicle driver and recently got a new figure in Classified Python Patrol.
But who are the Vypra Twins?

>>11570162 (OP)
who else wants this figure given the classified makeover, I know I do and that head sculp.

>>11571716
Sci-fi? I definitely want a head resculpt. The original cartoon never showed his face but did show that he was heavily into nerd culture. The Classified version looks like the bully who used to beat him up in school just for the fun of it. Plus I'd like the 80s flourescent green the original had.

>>11571639
>>11571645
Apparently this female Range Viper, who is Ambush’s former childhood friend Evy from the DiC series, is really popular.

>>11571692
Baroness also has a twin sister who I'm not sure is canon or not.

>>11571756
They change who Chameleon is between each iteration.
I’m sure Classified’s Chameleon will be different unless they go with the Skybound one since she’s more toyetic.

>>11571636
>#6 best Cobra female
So, like 3rd or 4th worst?

>>11571751
I'd definitely get her, but I still need ambush in classified form. He was the first ever GI Joe I got for christmas after moving to the US.

>>11571756
In the original 2001 figure she was Baroness's half-sister

>>11571774
Ambush was alright, but it was basically "how do we make a new version of Recondo without actually making Recondo?"

>>11571769
Out of 20.
And even then there are ones like Siren Mary Kraft, Savane, Nightstalkers Commander Bristow, Undertow Officer Azinza, Cadet Denning, Leila and this chick >>11571384 that he didn’t put on the list.

>>11571774
Should he come with a ghillie suit?

>>11571780
Wasn’t Pathfinder basically the new Recondo for that year?

>>11571799
Pretty much. During that era, they brought back a lot of Joes for new versions (Snake Eyes, Duke, Rock n Roll, Stalker, Hawk, Cobra Commander, Destro) but I guess they didn't want to go full-blown "remake" of every early character. So they made new replacement versions of other pre-existing characters (Ambush/Recondo, Heavy Duty/Roadblock, Metalhead/Scrap Iron, Blizzard/Snow Job).

>>11571809
No new females though

>>11571811
Nope. They went full gay, which is why DIC had to un-gay everything by bringing back Baroness and Lady Jaye for the cartoon. They brought back karate-kick Scarlett for ninja force sub-line in 1992, but by then the series was gasping for air.

>>11571819
I’m pretty sure they only brought back Scarlett toy because Hasbro was obligated to the use a new female mold for Chun-Li Street Fighter toy.

>>11571836
That's probably true, which is why many Joe collectors still count Jinx as the last female figure in the original line.

>>11570162 (OP)
>no hiya or super 7 info

>>11570266
It's never happening, it's over Hasbro never re-use the things that are actually good or people want, especially because she was/is the only GI Joe figure I want and I am perma cursed. If they ever do it, it will be monkey pawed into oblivion 2ith some new atrocious face and arms that fall off.

>>11571909
I have that figure. It totally does reek of Hasbro making it for the purpose of re-using it in another variant because it's 100% the OG light-blue Baroness underneath the flight vest and gunbelt. If they don't do it, then I'll be genuinely surprised. But I don't think that'll be the case. Don't forget that they made battle armor Baroness three times. it's not hard to imagine OG Baroness as a non-numbered release on a retro card.

>>11571901
Got a good list of scheduled coming releases?

>>11571809
98% of the Dreadnoks > Gnawgahyde

>>11571716
Robert Patrick Joe

>>11570162 (OP)
Am I the only one seeing the similarities with the marine from Doom 3? This is perfect for a custom.

>>11571725
The figure he posted here >>11571716 is the greenshirt/generic Joe trooper from the Retaliation movie line. I think he's just saying he wants to see that trooper done up in the Classified style with that Sci-Fi figure's head on it.

The two live action Joe movies had schizophrenic toylines, but there are still some kinda cool figures that it would be neat to see made as classified figures. I'd like to see the Retaliation Cobra Commander as a Classified figure, along with some of the generic troopers. Kinda wonder how the Neo Vipers from Rise of Cobra would look in Classified too,

>>11570578
holding out for reviews, I don't really have a ton of O-rings and am getting the few I love in the classifieds scale now

but the black lagoon guy might be a really cute classic little monster to hang out with my motu figures and vinyl kaiju

>>11572157
didn't see it at first due to his chest piece but you're totally right!
I enjoy the doom 3 armor pieces with the big hoses. Just the general look of the game and fidelity of the models is more distinct than I gave it credit for. (in big part due to lighting in the engine, but still)

>>11571751
>>11571774
>apparently

Not sure if this is the right place, but what's the best option for generic 1/12 army men (picrel)? Preferably all plastic, although I don't mind softgoods if done well.

>>11572561
Classified Action Soldier

>>11572561
figma Little Armory JSDF or US Special Forces, maybe? Action Force probably has the parts to bash something close.

>>11572565
Thanks. I was literally just watching a review for this.
>>11572571
Damn. Looks great, but why so expensive?

>>11572595
Yeah, figma prices have gotten ridiculous.

>>11571573
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>>11571577
Post these in the fucking Super7 threads retard.

>>11572164
>I'd like to see the Retaliation Cobra Commander as a Classified figure
This for both the toy AND the movie costume. Also Destro's Rise of Cobra toy.

A lot of the Pursuit of Cobra designs would be great in Classified, too.

Tiger Force Duke is getting scalped

>>11572629
I guess people like it because things are getting closer to the original ARAH.

Right now I just want the black versions of these two. I'm not giving them money for shit I don't want with the hopes that they'll eventually get to the good stuff.

>>11572618
I wouldn't mind seeing this version of Baroness in Classified. The small version really was shitty but the outfit design has so much potential.

>>11572635
In the original Reaction line they did like 20 Snake Eyes variants and repaints. A straight black repaint is inevitable. B.A.T. is likely in the next wave or the one after. I'm not in a hurry since I got the Python Patrol version. It's a great mold, I'm a bit worried that the black version will sell out quick, because some fans army build way too much and need 100 of them.

>>11572666
>some fans army build way too much and need 100 of them.
Army-building faggots are definitely gonna run up the price of a black O-ring BAT - IF Reaction+ ever makes it.

>>11572668
The Python Patrol version is scalped to hell and back. I was in one group and a guy had 30 of them he was troop building and trying to buy more. Brian Flynn said that Super7 might offer something like a 6-pack for army builders like they did in the Mothership crowd fund. But I still feel it won't be enough.

>>11572685
The B.A.T. mold is really solid

>>11572685
Reaction+ should sell them in 5-packs as well as individually-carded ones just to keep army-builders out of everyone else's hair.

>>11572690
Are they torturing Mr T? Why? He's the great pitier of fools!

Super7 just put out this art for the next wave of Reaction+ coming out in October.

>>11572629
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>>11572690
Fucking mental illness

>>11572769
Got the rest, or is Pythona it?

>>11572795
They teased that it's another Joe Movie wave on Instagram.

>>11572803
Getting arctic Dreadnoks to go with that gem would be cool.

>>11572803
Aww crap. I didn't like the movie besides the intro. At any rate people can probably expect Big Lob to show up.

>>11572822
I kinda want them to string things along and have him in a third wave of Movie figures. This is a good opportunity to revisit characters like Law & Order or Chuckles.

>>11572822
Current rumor is: Pythona, Big Lob Chuckles with white shirt, and unknown on what the 4th figure is.

>>11572769
Super7's revealing something Reaction related at 12pm PT according to Entertainment Earth. It could be the next wave.

>>11572618
>A lot of the Pursuit of Cobra designs would be great in Classified, too.

PoC absolutely had a lot of great designs. They dipped their toes in with Shadow Tracker and the Walmart Alley Vipers. Hopefully that's just the beginning and they plan on doing more.

>>11572157
Kek I similarly pointed it out last thread. >>11552888 It honestly feels on purpose at this point.

>>11572869
None of those interest me but more power to those who like them. But with Reaction+ doing cartoon stuff, I do have hope for a Cobrathon Baroness in black dress and Destro in a tuxedo

Would anyone be interested for Classified to bring out the Plague sub team?

We have SAW Viper, Range Viper, Snow Serpents, Eels, and Crimson Guard.
So repaints could easily make Gallows, Body Bags, Bayonet, Guillotine, and Infrared.

Plus a Classified Night Creeper with a new head could be Incision, the Night Creeper Leader.

You could go straight to new Plague figures of Blackout and Munitia. And Hasbro could do regular Interrogator first and then have him in Plague colors.

>>11573278
Honestly after Cold Slither, Glenda, Quarrel, and Pimp-Daddy Destro, I want more "fan-service" figures.

Should Classified do the original android Overkill or the cyborg Robert Skelton Overkill?

>>11573291
If they are smart they start with original android and just retool into the Cyborg. I don't think their is much to his Cyborg design they couldn't take from existing toolings and the remaining unique parts could be carry overs from the android.

>>11573348
The body underneath looks like it borrows very heavily from Colossus.

>>11573278
I’ve been waiting for the Plague forever. Hasbro could easily do it.
Black Repaints for existing figures.

Introduce new individual figures into the Classified line like Interrogator, Munitia, etc.

Introduce new Plague members into the Classified line.
Plague Firefly. Plague Techno Viper. Plague Shadow Tracker. Etc.

Reaction+ wave 5!

Pythona
Big Lob
Arctic Snake Eyes
Arctic Destro

Really surprised they're holding off on the cartoon B.A.T., but maybe they wanted space out army builders since last wave had one?

It took 38 years for Pythona to be made in O-ring. People on Hisstank are already talking about scalping her.

You know how that recent Sunbow Snake Eyes was near perfect, but was missing the guns he used in the movie? Well here he is in the the winter gear he wore with both of the guns he used.

And Arctic Destro to go with the recent Arctic Cobra Commander.

>>11573491
How far will Super7 take Winter Gear Cobra?

>>11573485
Big Lip is long overdue, so I'm glad to see him finally complete the 1987 catalog.

>>11573489
Instead of delivering the black version fans are waiting for, they do this?

>>11573491
This version of Destro looks alright.

>>11573519
>Big Lip
Fucking autocorrect.

>>11573489
Snake Eyes is barely in the movie as a background filler character. His only memorable part was tossing a Viper out of a Trouble Bubble in the intro. I don't get why they chose him over someone else who had more of a role in the movie.

>>11573525
There's an interview back when they were doing Reaction where Brian Flynn states that the only character more popular than Snake Eyes with casual collectors is Cobra Commander, so Super7 deliberately did a lot of variants of both characters in that line. Flynn said he could put Cobra Commander and Snake Eyes in every wave and sell out everytime. We've already got 4 CC's and 3 Snake Eyes and it's only Wave 5.

>>11573595
That makes sense

>>11573595
I get that, and get that the 1985 SE is most likely the most valuable single-carded figure in the ARAH line. Still, in the movie he's background filler.

>>11573595
Who’s the 3rd most popular?
Storm Shadow?

>>11573617
Yes. He's one of only three regular-production original ARAH figures that sells north of $1,000 MOC. You know who the other two are.

>>11573525
>Snake Eyes is barely in the movie as a background filler character
Who cares? I'm not collecting Reaction+ based on their movie screen time. Snake Eye's winter gear is cool as shit and something I wanted.

>>11573678
From my perspective it's just another delay at getting the black versions of:
>>11572635

>>11573691
Why? We have one from '85 already. This line is for stuff we don't have already.

>>11573617
Cobra Trooper if you go off of the number of variants Super7 did in Reaction:

Cobra Trooper- 3rd most popular

Baroness- had 6 figures

Scarlett- 5 figures

Destro- if you count Reaction+ has 5

Zartan- if you count Reaction+ he has 5 figures

Duke- has 5 if you count Reaction+

Shipwreck- had 3 Reaction figures

Storm Shadow- surprisingly only had like 2 figures.

Used this checklist to add it up, but it's missing a couple of figures:

https://www.actionfigure411.com/gijoe/super7-reaction-visual-guide.php

>>11573729
One final note, I was surprised about Shipwreck and then went and checked on YoJoe.com, and it said he had 9 figures in Modern Era. I guess he really is a top 10 most popular.

>>11573723
Many of us don't, and won't when the going price for a busted one with no accessories is around $50.

>>11573485
better late than never

>>11573743
People like the cartoon character more than the figure.

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>>11573485
I just noticed that he has a red shirt with the number 14 on it just like Bazooka.

>>11573743
Jack Nicholson the sailor man is based.

>>11573478
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>>11573491
>>11573504
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARIDOOS!!!!!!
Up from the previous $20
AND only 3 days ago they debuted their o-ring Universal Monsters at $20
PRICE GOUGERS!!!!
>Muh tariffs
They dropped the 8% tariff fee, which was about $1.60 in favor of a $5 increase.
SUPER7 are Price Gougers!! Fuck them, I'm done.

>>11574062
All toy companies raised their prices for the fall reset, and it's still less than other O-ring companies. It sucks, but they're not going to make the toys anywhere but Asia.

>>11574103
Body massage!

>>11574109
>All toy companies raised their prices for the fall reset
I didn't.

>>11573278
I'd be on board for that, but I'd want a regular Interrogator first.

This reminds me, is there a specific Cobra troop type that's basically Cobra's own version of a Special Forces unit?

>>11574229
Would it be a store exclusive like classified Tiger Force and Python Patrol?

I wonder will Classified release General Flagg, Kwinn, Dr Venom and Billy in a comic set of the retro line?

>>11574229
Range Vipers. Which we got already in the worst possible way (impossible to find exclusive, awful recolor in a more expensive exclusive box set), and now the Plague Trooper unique Range Viper as a mass retail release.

Top needed Cobra in Classified 2026:
1. Thrasher
2. Dr Venom w/brainwave scanner
3. Golobulus w/ pod
4. Voltar w/condor
5. Interrogator
6. Headman
7. Cesspool
8. Zanzibar (skiff?)
9. Zanya
10. Overkill

Top needed army builders (since Night Vipers are known to be coming)
1. Hydro Viper
2. T.A.R.G.A.T.
3. Royal Guard

Top needed classified G.I.Joes in 2026
1. Airtight
2. Flash
3. Ace
4. Zap
5. Grand Slam
6. Muskrat
7. Cross Country
8. Cutter
9. Blizzard
10. Pathfinder

>>11574584
OG blue Baroness is is a must-have after Rattler pilot Baroness was put out, but with an unobtainable price for most. I think Hasbro prepared for it since that's what it us underneath the flight gear, and how they tactically made her glasses yellow instead of green like how they're supposed to be for the OG version.

And since Cold Slither and pimp-daddy Destro were such a success in spite of the price, I honestly no-joke want Cobrathon Destro and Baroness, and Roadblock with wrap-around Snake. They gave us battle armor CC with "serpentor," so why not Roadblock with CC in snake form?

And I WANT A FUCKING BOAT AND A FIREBAT!

>>11574591
You might get the Firebat with AVAC pilot at retail. More vehicles are coming.

>>11574603
I really think more of the single/two person vehicles would succeed.

I NEED some FANG and ASPs to complete my stock Cobra Army

With retro Covergirl out, a Classified Sparta will be easy to do. She’s just a repaint.

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>>11574630
I just want a Firebat for small aircraft since we got the Skyhawk and Trouble Bubble. And I want a boat whether it be the Devilfish or Water Mocassin.

>>11574630
I’m really surprised a retail FANG hasn’t been made yet.
Only really I can think of is that making it look more realistic is hard to design.

>>11574654
When did the Shyhawk come out for CLASSIFIED?????!!!!!!!!!

>>11574653
I want a regular Cover Girl, but with a less-weird face and hair. The same goes for Zarana and Falcon.

>>11574658
Just put the extra retro Covergirl head on that body.

>>11574657
It really wasn't, and is a fan-made one along the veins of Black Major and Stan Solo by poeple who got fed up with Hasbro farting around. But it's decent enough.

>>11574662
The face is an improvement but the hair color is wrong. Yeah I know she had blonde hair early on, but the version of her I know and appreciate is the brunette.

>>11574663
Which Joe should come with the Classified Sky Hawk?

>>11574671
They'd be able to sell that, firebat, etc for lower prices if they did not include a figure (as like with the originals). With them trying to keep prices down due to tariffs, I'd be mroe than happy if they did things that way.

BUT if it just had to come with a figure, then I'd go with one from the 1983 catalog so it came with a figure from the same year as it. Maybe Airborne in his 1983 colors?

>>11574681
The Sky Hawk came out in 1984.
So maybe..uh….non-night force Ripcord?

>>11574658
Just switch out the hair to the new face. Boil some water and loosen up the glue and carefully pry it off the old one. Then reheat the hair, put it on the new head, hold it in place while you run it under cold tap so it keeps the shape to the new head. >>11570811

>>11573491
Reaction does GI Joe right

>>11574778
Only if the head is vac-metallized.

>>11574785
you can be sure they will make one with vac metal, given S7's love of variants

>>11574785
For sure they do a vac-metal Destro and Cobra Commander.

>>11574589
Airtight would be great. Id also like to see how classified would handle deep six.

Classics ver of sigma 6 when?

>>11574877
Duke, Snake Eyes, Heavy Duty, Cobra Commander, Destro and Firefly all had some cool Sigma 6 toys that would be good to remake in Classified, and Hasbro are probably going to have to cycle through Sigma 6, Resolute, Renegades and the live-action movies for alternate costumes for Scarlett and the Baroness.

Which characters still need retro classified figures?
Firefly?
Major Bludd?
Zarana?
Roadblock?
Ripcord?
Crazy legs?

>>11574974
For figures to get retro card they need to be
>originally an exclusive release
>redesigned modern version
>had a vintage carded figure

So something like Serpentor, Range Vipers, Arctic Storm Shadow...
Firefly got a redo in the mainline already, Zarana was pretty much vintage inspired with minimal updated. they even included the vintage hair, so she's unlikely to get a retro card release. Road Block has a good chance, but we'll probably get his movie version for the retro card. Beside we just got the TF RB and he looks very similar to the Amazon version.

>>11575023
1986 Serpentor wasn’t vintage carded.
He came with the air chariot, right?

>>11575030
Yes. But Cover Girl and Zartan were also a vehicle pack-ins too. So a Serpentor solo card figure on a retro back wouldn't be a stretch.

>>11574671
Ace. Though it will probably be 90s Ace in a generic flight suit and not space suit Ace.

>>11574681
They won't do that, vehicles without pilots. Too risky that they won't sell. Got to put a figure in it to ensure there is no FOMO.

Slice and dice are fantastic.

>>11575002
That's nice and blurry. Dr. Viper is probably Dr. Knox. One of the retro ones has to be OG blue Baroness.

>>11575023
Everything's fine with the Zarana we got except for that stupid cartoon head sculpt. I wouldn't complain about buying a "face-lift" version.

>>11575130
>Too risky that they won't sell
With the price rises and the average Classified collector having a few in his collection now, small vehicles would sell just fine without a figure, and would embolden buyers to buy multiples without having to deal with multiple figures of the exact same character.

>>11575130
>They won't do that, vehicles without pilots. Too risky that they won't sell. Got to put a figure in it to ensure there is no FOMO.
Ebay is full of sellers selling off the Tele-Vipers without the Trouble Bubble because they bought multiples to have the vehicle itself. There are even Stinger drivers up for sale without the Stinger. Those are non-descript troops that people are selling off anyway, and even Clutch is available in plentiful numbers. People who even bought multiple Rattlers sold off the figures.

That's the pattern as people do buy multiple vehicles for the sake of the vehicles. And they'd be happy if Hasbro saved them a few bucks at the retail level by selling a couple of vehicles without a figure.

>>11575175
>Dr. Viper is probably Dr. Knox.
Or Dr Venom? Or Scalpel?

>>11575230
>Or Dr Venom?
A plain design of a guy in normal clothes and a white lab coat. So that's not very likely.

>Or Scalpel?
This one's a better possibility since it does have more to it. I guess it depends on the release schedule because Hasbro likes to have one female and one Black guy in every so many figures. If they already just got a female figure out or about to, then there's a high likelihood that this one's Scalpel.

>>11575002
...huh. That one set of code names that're fucking SWAT KATS characters ....

>>11575175
Does Hasbro even have the name “Dr Knox” trademarked?

>>11575236
Dr Venom will likely be a deluxe figure coming with the brainwave scanner.

>>11574603
Yes but will it be the red Firebat or grey Firebat?

>>11575252
Grey with red highlights

>>11575236
The only black guy to come it in 2025 was deluxe Heavy Duty. None of the normal waves had one.

Females were Baroness with HasLab Rattler.
Retro Covergirl
And exclusive Pythona.

>>11575130
Did the S.N.A.K.E. armor come with any figure?

>>11575262
>Did the S.N.A.K.E. armor come with any figure?
No.

>>11575030
>>11575129
the 25th figure was single carded.

Reaction+ Joes are half off at Target right now. I picked up Arctic Cobra Commander today to go with the new Destro.

If the Havoc is ever a HasLab vehicle I can’t see what other figures besides Cross Country would be tiers for it.

>>11575837
I want Cross-Country bad, but leftists cancelled the rebel flag a few years back.

>>11575850
>but leftists cancelled the rebel flag a few years back.
Based. Fuck traitors.

>>11575762
Saw him and Snake Eyes. Briefly considered getting them, but that's still about twice as much as I'd want to spend on these things.

>>11575762
There are better snow options.

>>11575240
Based

>>11571751
I watched this episode and I've been watching the DIC seasons.

It's probably popular because the DIC series is mostly bad but this episode stands out as one of the few with any character development or actual human drama.

>>11576368
Where do you see the DIC episodes? Did Hasbro finally upload them to Youtube?

>>11576368
Did we watch the same series? It was bonkers but most the Joe got character development and actual human drama episodes. "The Greatest Evil" two parter was the most straight played anti drug episode with one of the rare moments GIJoe and Cobra teamed up. "I Found you Evy" is pretty fucking weak start to finish and I don't understand why anyone cares outside of more grrls in the toy line.

>>11576376
Hasbro? No but a few channels have "unofficially" uploaded it this year.

>>11576368
>>11576396
Series 2 was a lot like Season 3 of the OG Transformers show where for every 2 or more silly episodes(which I fucking loved) we get these surprisingly well made gems. You get episodes where it felt like the old Sunbow show like the one where Lowlight and Scoop(I think) get tangled up in a underground tomb with ghosts learning that Lowlight has trauma with being in the dark but he overcomes it and helps the ghosts be laid to rest to then have an episode where Pathfinder and Cobra Commander are strap together and getting chased by a love sick gorilla. It was all over the place and felt like two different shows at times.

>anti drug episode
That ending where it panned over the implied dead Headman with the jump scare DRUGS KILL flashing on the screen made me jump as a kid.

>>11576413
HOW IS HE TASTING THE SOUP???

>>11576413
Zesty!

>>11576449
There was one episode where he was disguised as a politician as some sort, ripped off the politician mask, and had that helmet on underneath. DIC did lots of dumb little things like that.

>>11576529
Sunbow was no better. They both got really fucking goofy. It's just Sunbow had a better budget with their goofy.

>>11576546
The difference is Sunbow knew exactly how to get boys to be OK with their goofiness.

>>11576612
Never watched DIC have you?

>>11576630
That'a one time during Operation Dragonfire.

And Baroness wore less.

>>11576612
>>11576635
>Lady Jay in that see though nightgown
>also that time she had no bottoms on
>Zarana's butt crack all those episodes
>low cut ballroom push up dress Baroness
>that latex wearing Cobra trooper (Leila?)

I'm starting to think the writers were extra horny.

>>11576713
Remember that Zarana was supposed to be topless in the movie, but Hasbro axed that plan.

>>11576713
The boomer writers knew what they were doing. Bless them.

Also with the Cold Slither toys out, we are closer and closer to getting Scarlett/Lady Jaye/Covergirl groupie action figures.

This poll was made in 2014 in online forum.
It’s no coincidence that all top 5 characters shown here (except for Ace) have gotten Classified figures.

>>11576846
Here are the next 50 from the top 100 poll.
Of this list, the Classified figures not made or announced yet are comic characters Dr Venom, Billy, General Flagg and Kwinn.

Vehicle drivers Cross Country, Thrasher, Cutter, and Deep Six

Original Joes Flash, Zap and Grand Slam.

Oktoberfest Guard Daina and Horror Show.

And the Joes Airtight, Spearhead, Muskrat and Repeater.

And lastly, the original G.I.Joe: Joe Colton.

>>11576852
^Oktober Guard

>>11576713
>>Lady Jay in that see though nightgown
>>also that time she had no bottoms on

I remember that episode! It came on a DVD with one of the 2000's era Joe figures. Lady Jaye inherits a castle, gets kidnapped by satanists, and is almost sacrificed to a Lovecraftian monster. And She she finds out that Destro is her second cousin or something. Good times. Can't do all that on a kid's show anymore.

>>11576726
Wouldn't it have been from behind, though? It's not like you'd have actually seen anything.

>>11576846
Interesting, please post the other half of the list.

>>11576846
^top 50

>>11576852
>already posted while I was writing >>11576856
Thanks, anon.

>>11576855
A Lovecraftian Monster with tentacles reaching up for her and her loose nightgown with bare feet.

Yes it’s too bad they can’t show this stuff in cartoons anymore. It sucks.

>>11575146
Between them and Nunchuck I wonder will we get more Ninja Force in Classified?

>>11576873
That Amazon Arctic Storm Shadow was also originally a Ninja Force figure too.

I guess I wonder if they'll do the ninja force versions of characters like Snake Eyes, Scarlett, and Zartan, or if they'll do some of the original characters like T'JBang and Bonzai.

Octopussy came in the mail

>>11576873
Hope so, I ate up ninja, monster and space force as a kid.

>>11576983
I get him Monday

>>11576983
What body is that?

Did any 1990 figure come with a pet?

>>11576983
That looks more like Zarana, but the monster looks right for the "Skeletons in the Closet" episode. In fact the more I look at that head the more I realize that it's a better Zarana head than what we got. Source?

>>11577151
Unfortunately no. The closest to a pet is the Undertow figure coming with a fish for whatever reason.
https://thetoycollectorsguide.com/gi-joe-1990/

>>11576983
Damn, which body did you use for her?

>>11576852
Here are 101-150 on the same poll.
A lot of these have not been made into Classified figures yet. But these are far from the main characters of the franchise.

>>11577213
This gives an idea of which Classified we’ll most likely get in 2026 to 2027
Especially the Cobra side:


Dreadnoks Zanzibar and Zanya.
Cobra-La Golobulus is probably the San Diego Comic Con exclusive.

Headman, Cesspool, Interrogator and Voltar.

Looks like any troop builders in the top 150 are already complete.

>>11576846
>>11576852
>>11577213
Glenda, Quarrel, Pimp-daddy Destro, and Zartan in yellow Spandex pants and a Beyonce wig aren't on that list. Roadblock is Classified #001. So I am pretty sure that Hasbro is not going by someone else's poll.

Personally I wouldn't mind new "retro" versions of previous figures they fucked up, like Falcon with that ugly face, Zaranna also with ugly face, black battle armor Baroness, and Tripwire.

I personally want battle armor Baroness redone. I know they did her three times and don't want to deal with it any more, but they really need to fix the proportions, and a better head sculpt wouldn't hurt. You can see the flaws here in this pic. She has a longer torso with shorter legs than the current pilot version, making her proportions look weird. Plus her armor is a modern version and not the classic version with all of their efforts to needlessly add details. Plus her knees don't go perfectly straight.

>>11577225
There are ways to add new troops, like adding in all the times Joes disguised themselves as Cobra troops.

>>11577287
I know Hasbro didn’t look at this poll to make the figures. I’m just saying this online poll from 2014 is a good gauge on which Joes would probably consider popular enough in their own minds about which characters take priority to make classified figures of..

Obviously easy repaints like Glenda and Quarrel are less expensive to make and getting them out to retail quicker, have nothing to do with popularity but mold availability..

>>11576983
>Another lewd Scarlett enjoyed
My nigga. Why aren't you posting in /ctg/?

>>11577044
>body
CrazyFigure with sticky tac inside the head.

>>11577305
I don’t get it?

>>11577309
Get what? Did you think I was telling a joke?

>>11577352
Snake Eyes got cucked by Cobra Commander?

What is the purpose of the Grim Vipers?
What’s their specialty?

Feels like its been forever since we got any news.

>>11577369
The Range Vipers they're based on are Cobra's version of "snake eater" soldiers that can live off the grid in hostile enemy territory for long periods of time while surviving by eating what they can catch.

Don't know if they still hold that to "Grim Vipers" that look the same.

>>11577382
It's only been about a month since ghost viper, the MMS, and Steeler/Zap were revealed. But it would be nice if they show a long-term list at NYC so we're not guessing month-to-month.

>>11577362
Yes. I hope we get a black uniform classic CC. It's my favorite color scheme for him. Also I need to find Scarlett a white dress.

What the hell is wrong with Hasbro and why are they deliberately fucking up the carry handles in the AR-type rifles they are releasing?

First with Leatherneck's rifle, and now with Hit and Run's. Both their weapons look misshapen with the shrunken carry handles.

>>11577419
They're probably afraid of likeness copyright issues from Colt if they make a likeness that's too exact.

Didn't know this was out already

Now that Mainframe is released, I’m hoping we eventually get Classified Firewall.

This Battlegrounds card artist mentioned Hasbro wanted him to blend the DDP version and the IDW version.

>>11577467
They made it so large that it's not really armor, and is a mecha. But yeah it's sold out at retail ($75), and sellers are now selling for anything BUT retail.

So last night I had a weird dream about G . I. Joe.
Basically it had a new kiddie cartoon (think Rescue Bots) but in the vein of P.A.W. Patrol.

It was called G.I. Joe Pets and it started with a quartet of animal military characters who were small but anthropomorphic.
They wer:

Timber the Commando Wolf
Freedom the female eagle
Junkyard the army looking dog
And Polly the talkative sailor who keeps hitting on Freedom.

They all reported to General Hawk, an actual Hawk.

As they fight the forces of Cobra Commander, now an actual Cobra.

Allies included Lt Falcon (an actual Falcon), Sandstorm the coyote, Max the bobcat, Finback the Dolphin diver, Order the MP canine, Muskrat the swamp soldier and Tunnel Rat, the digger.

Cobra’s forces included Lord Voltar, General Ledger & his birds of prey, Wild Weasel the weasel pilot, Big Boa (an huge boa constrictor) and Fiona the Croc mistress, a large hulking crocodile.

There was also Chameleon with his three Dreadnoks:
Yobo the monkey
Pork belly the warthog
The dumb Ruckus the pit bull.

Timber’s archenemy was Storm Shaggo, his former friend.

Weird crazy dream since I never dream about cartoons.

>>11577568
Yeah I got mine up for 120 free shipping.

>>11577574
So Barnyard Commandos?

>>11577574
This sounds like a Furry’s wet dream.

>>11577517
Probably one day.

>>11577574
GET OFF THE DRUGS, BRO.

Universal Monsters are arriving

>>11577631
This is a G.i.joe safe space.

>>11577631
This a MILITARY FIGURES thread, pal. Horror Toys thread is two pages down.
>>11557376
>>11577664
>GI Joe
All military articulated figures lines (including military sci fi) are welcome
>safe space
The only place with more bitching about GI Joe is probably HissTank.com

Interview with Brian Flynn about the new wave of Reaction+

>Brett White: Where does Super7 start when it plans new lines of Joe figures?

Brian Flynn: Beginning in the ReAction line, the very first thing we did was like, "Okay, here's what the cartoon looked like at three and three quarter." [At the time] that was completely foreign [to Hasbro]. Their deal was, "We'll just update the original figures. That's what people want." And, well, yes and no. People do want those, but quite frankly, if you're on the collector side, you have that [3.75" figure] eight times already and you can buy it on eBay. You don't need it. So how do we do something new? Up to that point, nobody was doing anything with the old content. They weren't looking backwards. So what we really did was focus several years of ReAction — and to a degree then Ultimates!, but really in ReAction — looking backwards at all the moments in G.I. Joe fandom that hadn't been touched, whether it's Kwinn from issue #2 of the ['80s] comic or —

>Or the original Baroness design.

Exactly, the original Baroness; what's happening in DIC versus Sunbow; what's happening in the comic books. Our point of view as fans is, we experienced it through all these things, so they're all on an equal playing field.

>The initial waves of ReAction figures were very focused on the characters and designs from those first three mini-series, "M.A.S.S. Device" through "Pyramid of Darkness." When did Super7 decide to move forward to 1987, to G.I. Joe: The Movie?

Quite frankly, where we are with the line plan is, had we not been able to switch to O-ring, this is where we would have been in ReAction. So we were able to make a break and then jump over and go make O-rings.

>>11577696
For the movie, it's fascinating to me that we were able to keep the last [O-ring] wave completely secret till the day it launched. Normally people would be hacking the back end of Target and figuring it out. And it was shocking to me that no one spilled the beans on this one yet. You know now that we say that, somebody's gonna be like, "All right, well, that's a challenge. Now I'm gonna get on the next wave."

>That wave included Jinx and Falcon, two characters that had pretty iconic figures in 1987 tied to the movie. You had to reinvent the wheel a little with the ReAction+ figures. I imagine when you're designing these new versions, you're probably not looking at what Hasbro did in the '80s.

Yes, deliberately avoiding what they did. You don't need me to remake what you already have. I need to give you something that you don't have, something that is going to be additive to your collection, not duplicative to your collection. We really focus on that. So if somebody's like, "Where's the all-black Snake Eyes?" It's like, "eBay is your friend."

>I love how faithful this line is to the source material, which is something I've always wanted. When I was a kid, I got my Jinx figure and wrapped a tiny G.I. Joe logo decal around her thigh, because her figure didn't have that and that was how she looked in the movie. So when I saw that the new ReAction+ Jinx had that GI Joe logo around her thigh, I was like, "They get it."

And we did the different head and everything. Here's the Jinx you needed, not the jinx you got, to a degree. That's probably the most direct — but for the most part, we try to stay away from what you already have. That's why it was like, no, Cobra-La is really important for us.

>>11577700
>And that brings us to Wave 5 of ReAction+, which includes the first ever original sculpt Pythona and Big Lob figures in the 3.75" scale. One Cobra-La character, one Joe, both prominently featured in the 1987 movie — and they never got action figures. Why do you think that was?

That would be a conversation for the people that worked there. I can try to hazard a guess. If you think about what they were doing back then, it's a year plus to get things to market. They were developing toys, I think, still fairly independent of whatever was going on in the content. And I think by the time the content came out — if you talk to old people and they talk about how movie licensing used to be, it's like, even if a movie is popular and I license it, the toy doesn't come out for another year.

>The Star Wars Early Bird conundrum.

Yeah. So it may be a thing of, like, they were like, "We would have loved to have done stuff, but a year from now, is anyone going to care?" If you talk about '87, they're building stuff for '88 at that point. They're probably line planning for '89. By '89 they're getting into some goofy stuff already. They were probably like, "That was cool. We're moving on."

>So when you're approaching Pythona and Big Lob — two characters that people have wanted in this scale, in this style, for almost 40 years — you don't have previous versions to compare or live up to. You're starting at the ground floor. Okay, both of them have convention exclusive figures that are incredibly rare and go for $400, which I don't count —

— And they don't look like how you want them to look.

>>11577704
When we were talking about this, the amount of time that we spent arguing internally about whether the rivets are silver or painted is mind boggling. And in the end, my opinion is that they have to be unpainted — even though, technically, once you get to, like, year three [of the '80s toyline], they start getting painted. That's because when you see it, and you see that rivet, it takes you back to your childhood right away. So if you can't see the rivet, if all of a sudden the rivet is painted — in Pythona's case, purple — it doesn't feel as much like a vintage figure, even though that's technically accurate. So a lot of it is really getting to the psychology of how you remember these toys and making sure they live up to that.

Pythona and Big Lob, their body molds are so different from anything the line had done up to 1987. Big Lob is a tall, skinny dude, and all G.I. Joes are kind of chunky.

Especially in the beginning, they were reusing tooling and swapping. We have the luxury at this point that we don't have to live within those limitations. So it's always that fine line between what does your brain remember it being like versus what it actually was, and we have to play that game all the time. So these figures, in a lot of ways, are better than what they were, but they can't be too detailed, because then they don't feel accurate to what they are. Because when you go back and look without the lens of nostalgia on them, you're like, "Oh, these are kind of chunky."

>>11577705
It's sort of like if you go back to Star Wars, those first Star Wars figures are patently atrocious, quite frankly. It's like, don't sculpt R2-D2, just stick a sticker on it. But how you remember it is different. Forty years later of toy manufacturing, everybody's expectations are much higher, whether they know it or not. So if you actually make it really accurate to the old figures, people are like, "This is shit."

So it's finding that fine line. In this case, this Big Lob is going to be taller, because he should be, and you expect that scale differential now as an adult that you would not have gotten back in the day.

>The card backs are as iconic as the figure. That image that sits next to the figure, it becomes the definitive depiction of that character. What work goes into creating that art?

We work with different artists. So if you talk about the ReAction line, the entire ReAction line was painted by Jason Edmiston, who's obviously very, very well known. He's done a lot of stuff for us for the years, but the reason that he did that line was he was like, "Those card back paintings were what made me want to start painting." On the ReAction+, we have a different artist that's working on all this stuff. We do a bunch of loose sketches, and then once we kind of get there, you paint it up to look like what it needs to deliver for that fan.

>And then there are the file cards, which are equally important.

It's funny — we have a copywriter that we work with on a lot of them, plus there's some internal copywriter guys that throw their hat in the ring. There's some funny stuff that happens in there. You still have to make it fun. People get so serious about this stuff that you lose the plot. And I think that's where we come in.

>And then there are the file cards, which are equally important.

>>11577710
It's funny — we have a copywriter that we work with on a lot of them, plus there's some internal copywriter guys that throw their hat in the ring. There's some funny stuff that happens in there. You still have to make it fun. People get so serious about this stuff that you lose the plot. And I think that's where we come in.

>And I thank y'all for that. This stuff is supposed to be fun. I think G.I. Joe: The Movie was maligned for so long because it's so over-the-top and fun.

And I think the movie is being reappraised. You have enough companies now that have the license, and they're exploring all that there is. They're celebrating all the history of G.I. Joe, where Hasbro only celebrated the toy history because that was their job. Their job wasn't the TV job and their job wasn't the comic job. It just didn't come up on their radar, per se. I think that is why we really started diving into it, then the comics started diving into it. And I think as that's happened, everybody has sort of churned it all back up and said, "No, now we're going to talk about all of it rather than just the plastic."

>>11577696
Him saying "you don't need it" to customers trying to give the company their fucking money is a bit arrogant. Well he'll figure that out eventually when sales aren't what they'd like while trying to figure out what they could have sold to make more

>>11573519
>Big Lip is long overdue, so I'm glad to see him finally complete the 1987 catalog.
Dude...
[spoiler]I LOL'ed.[/spoiler]

>>11577725
>autism

>>11577729
I phone-posted that and the phone auto-corrected "Lob" before I even noticed.

>>11577730
Are "autism " and "schizo" the only words a lot of toy posters know?

>>11577725
I think he's saying Hasbro already tried reissing O-rings, but that he wants to focus more on new sculpts and characters who haven't been made for the die-hard fans who already have a collection and isn't in as much of a hurry when you have vintage O-rings can be bought right now. I don't fully agree with that sentiment, and would like them to refresh the line by doing all the key characters. I'm sure there's people who don't want characters they already have stealing a figure slot, so his statements aren't unreasonable l.

>>11577725
What figure do you want reissued

>>11577760
I don't remember anyone asking for a python patrol or blue BAT. Pythona and Big Lob are good calls though.

>>11577788
The Python Patrol he said was done to make a store exclusive that wouldn't upset people if they missed out, same with the bomb BAT and DIC Serpentor. Comic BAT was done, because he's unique to the comic and hadn't been done. According to the interview he mostly just kept the same road map for the ReAction line when he transitioned to Reaction+, explaining that it's why they're doing the '87 movie and haven't revisited as much of the characters they did during Reaction yet. Sunbow BAT is a no brainer. Everything for the figure already exists. I don't know why it's being dragged out so long? Maybe to let things breath a bit when they've made 3 BATs already?

>>11577631
20 years ago that was $15 worth of new figures. Now it's $75. Inflation is a real bitch.

>>11577305
I really wish they made more of these bodies because aftermarket is so bad atm. It looks like the skin tone blending works best with the classified heads. Romankey comes second.

>>11577305
>My nigga. Why aren't you posting in /ctg/?
Thanks anon, I'm actually just stealing the recipe from you a couple of threads ago, so full shout out. I didn't have blue tack so I just stuffed the Scarlet neck hole with aluminum foil, it works okay. I don't have as fancy of a setup as yours, no dios, etc. so I just post phone pic with posed figures on my dimly lit apartment

I might be retarded, but my supposed glow in the dark Swarm Tracer from Action Force doesn't glow in the dark. People say that these glow in the dark paint needs to be charged, so I put him next to the window and he still doesn't glow. Does glass block UV? Do I need to put him outside to charge?

>>11578224
I don't have this figure in particular, but all the GitD figures I have just absorb regular light from lamps/bulbs and glow pretty bright in the dark. Have you tried that? I've never tried sunlight/sitting them in the window.

>>11577467
I got mine today, I haven't opened it yet though.

>>11578224
>dark Swarm Tracer
https://youtu.be/fPT7MMhmvCY

>>11577382
>>11577390
I doubt they will with everything going on in the world. Other teams and toy companies have drastically reduced their plans. The Transfomers team just split their sets of 1Q wave of toys into two waves making them both smaller shipments and fewer toys at the start of the year. Matty has openly stated 2026 will be "smaller supplies to retailers" when it comes to most of their products. So I'm sure they have lots of stuff and ideas to share but they might not be sure of any of their fates.

>>11577821
>Sunbow BAT is a no brainer.
Then why hasn't one been done? Why'd we get three BATs and not a single one is the Sunbow version? Just take that blue version mold (which really is a good one that's immediately distinct and different from the 1986 original yet still instantly identifiable), and make it black with a red face. DONE. Sunbow BAT.

>>11578224
That figure looks a little bit "Tron meets Metal Gear Solid." I kind of like it.

>>11578321
They need to produce and ship more. Economies of scale lowers the per-unit cost which helps lower the retail cost.

>>11578224
The only thing I don't like about Valaverse is all of their female figures are so deliberately-ugly bulldog-lesbian looking. It's kind of insulting to imply that only ugly women can be soldiers.

>>11578393
Every single one?
Even Eclipse?

>>11578370
>They need to produce and ship more.

That won't solve all the issues at play. Right now no one knows what those shipping cost are going to be. The tariffs are still in wild flux, for example: 17 new tariffs were announced yesterday such as 25% on furniture and household accessories, with another 450 items to be announced between now and Jan1st when this all goes into effect. Add to this that we now have talks about a chance of hot war happening soon with the major nations and you have fuck up everything even more.

It's why everyone is holding their cards close and drip feeding what they have: The future is beyond uncertain with these products, we could be seeing serious delays to out right cancellations of products in the next three months. Most preorders are for items that haven't even started wide scale manufacturing yet.

This might be the end of a lot of these adult leaning toy brands

>>11578438
Or they could move production to countries where shit's still cheap and the tariffs situation has already been sorted out.

>>11578441
>production to countries where shit's still cheap
>tariffs situation has already been sorted out

Where is that exactly? What examples do you have? I don't think any of them have been "sorted out" at least not with services to the USA which is causing this whole mess being the largest buyer of these products.

>>11578443
Honestly there's always some third world shit hole begging to get a chance making products for us seeing how valuable our hard earned dollars are to those shit hole countries

>>11578459
>truce
>extended
>delay

That's more of anon's point, also look into yesterday's tariffs, they are global and stack on top of all that. It's why the world is now trying to move away from the US and vice versa. In four years we might see the end of this global trade and I have no idea what that will look like but one thing is for sure, these type of toys won't be around for several years as thing change.

>>11578445
so name them

>>11578481
>Tariff on China: 10%
That's low, and in no way responsible for the price increases that we got. Reaction+ raised their prices from $20 to $25, which is a 25% increase. While factoring in the FACT that toy-makers have raised prices well above inflation rates for almost a decade now, I'm thinking they did their usual price increases while blaming Trump for them.

I wonder why the Crimson twins never got new figures in the vintage line?
They were fairly important and lasted in the comics throughout the whole run.

>>11578459
>He thinks the war is settle

https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart

The pic in >>11578438 is 100% accurate. Enjoy what you are getting next year. Might be all we have for a long while. Assuming we live long enough to see it. https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-war-generals-trump-10804089

>>11578393
Vala's bull-dykes are more believable than Cover Girl going from super model to a enlisted 19 series MOS, kek.

>>11578509
I mean, Covergirl’s whole thing is that she’s a grease monkey who looks hot.
Also, I don’t see Eclipse looking jacked and butch.

>>11578509
>only ugly women want to defend the world from evil
You sound like a game/TV show developer.

>>11578509
I don't get the "ugly makes it more realistic" trope. It reeks of an attack on attractive women where it's implied that they're incapable of doing anything but be beautiful.


>>11578519
>the future where irresponsible 3rd-world overopulation expends all natural resources starting with freshwater, caused the whole world to become 3rd-world ghetto, and destroys our technological progress as we spend our resources on them instead of the future.

>the future where humanity becomes responsible, learns to live in balance with the planet so there's always plenty of everything for everyone, responsible birthrates have ended all global poverty and ended our global cities just being miles and miles of apartments while the future is ALWAYS invested into.

One of these is gonna happen.

>>11578755
It’s ya boi, Rock Viper!!!!

>>11578755
Isn’t this fan made?

>>11578530
>It reeks of an attack on attractive women where it's implied that they're incapable of doing anything but be beautiful.
Eh, there are attractive women in any field of endeavor. Whether the majority of attractive women in the military are legitimate assets, or simply barracks bunnies and detriments to morale and cohesion is up for debate. They're your toy shelves, how you depict females is no skin off my back.

>>11578834
Yes, its old and fake

>>11578752
This is real however

>>11578752
Is Hasbro going for some sort of occult branch of Cobra? With Crystal Ball, Ghost Viper, and this, it looks like it.

>>11579196
Soon

>>11579196
God I hope so. The weirder the line gets the more other 1/12 figures I get to stick in my displays.

>>11579295
So how many of these >>11578752 you gonna get, one for each head?

I'm thinking of getting another Slice & Dice personally. Two heads tricks my brain into two different characters since I collected Transformers for so long.

>>11579196
Its a repaint of the Mole Rat with some even more fucked up head. But the Mole Rats already had a sort of underlying storyline that they were infected with Energon or something.

>>11578752
That's crystal skull head is friggin sick. Damn.

I opened Major Blood (166) on the weekend.
Excited to see how he was after I missed the Cobra Island version.
His cyber arm's pauldron is terrible, falls off at a touch. Anyone else have the same problem, or can I roll the dice on a second figure.

>>11579714
It's probably like Zarana with arms that pop out way too easily.

The new O-rings are shipping.

>>11579934
>>11579935
>>11579936
Thy don't blend in very well with the originals. The lesser detail really is noticable.

The line's coming along very nicely.

>>11576846
>>11576852
>>11577213

This is a good list, only need a Medic Viper and Vietnam Snake Eyes

>>11579962
>higher price than the originals
Just for reference TVC figures by Hasbro are $25+ at retail currently. So comparing an original IP to licensed IP from 40+ years ago is just shitposting.
>retarded lineup
It's characters that are fan demanded.

>>11579962
The BAT has great sculpt details. So does "Once a man" CC.

>>11579981
>So comparing an original IP to licensed IP from 40+ years ago is just shitposting.
Or noticing the very-noticable difference in the toy-sculpting details. Some are alright, while others are just too plain.

>It's characters that are fan demanded.
Sometimes that's true like with Pythona and Big Lob that are decades over-due. Sometimes that's not true like the blue BAT with bomb on its chest.

>>11579943
>>11579940
I think these are fine
>>11579936
This seems like a fuck up though even though I understand why they did it

>>11579989
BAT with a bomb was a SDCC exclusive designed to not piss people off if the missed out.

>>11580065
>"I WOULD GLADLY OVERPAY JUST TO PISS YOU OFF"
Go ahead then, bro.

The thing about the plastic they use now is to avoid broken crotches and thumbs. I get that, so I don't complain. But yeah the accessories and even many of the figures themselves could use a little detail.

>>11579952
Coooool

>>11579296
I already bought like five normal molerats so at least two of these guys, maybe even a full squad.

And, yeah, I also bought two of the slice and dice set because I have a mountain of ninjas that I need gear and customization options for.

>>11580104
>The thing about the plastic they use now is to avoid broken crotches and thumbs.
They do realize that the broken crotches and thumbs happened because children actually played with ARAH, right? No child will ever touch these. No child would buy them and no parent would buy it for a child. Why does the thumb breaking fucking matter if 75% of the customer base is going to keep this shit MOC?

>>11580878
>75% of the customer base is going to keep this shit MOC
Fake ass fan.

>>11580065
>I gladly would buy them at $30 just to piss you idiots off
Do it (you won't)

>>11579962
>retarded lineup
Go back to whatever other toyline you came from. You aren't welcome here.

>>11581002
of course he won't, he has zero integrity. anything he says from this point is meaningless until he does

The helmet looks a little special ed to me.

>>11581480
Personal experience?

>>11581480
Lol it must be the huge strizzap

>>11581668
Yes, I have seen things before and can draw comparisons.
https://youtu.be/yGPfCPoca04?si=cJDcdyk9cy1ILSIR

>>11578755
who's the autist who posts this every time there's new actual reveals?