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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)
Creative Beast Studios (Beasts of the Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Cyberzoic)
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

looks like BFS is loading up another spooky season sale
i think i've had my fill of the skeletons, hoping they put some court of the dead stuff on sale

Whyis M&C toys not selling shit on their website? It just says "available soon"

I want an SU27 and a couple J10 planes plus some other stuff.

>>11580041
>>11580043
>>11580526

All the cool kids use this rifle. anyone know what happens if I backed the Vietnam Kickstarter and didn't ask for the refund or store credit or whatever it was?

I wish there were some way to get midcentury warplanes without being bent over to pay eBay prices on old Ultimate Soldier stuff
also does anyone know of any WWI/barnstormerish biplanes in 1:18 scale? I was going to get the Jakks Sonic plane but it's too small. I don't mind a cartoony or exagerrated look, I just want some Sky Pirates planes for my BFS Phantom figures

>>11581697
>I wish there were some way to get midcentury warplanes without being bent over to pay eBay prices on old Ultimate Soldier stuff
> remembers when 21st went under, and Monkey Depot was blowing out CASES of vehicles.
I wish I had picked up a Nork livery MiG-15bis.
Anyhoo, to the second part, there isn't much for pre-war stuff. One of the earlier, non-Jakks Sonic planes should work with 1:18 figures, though. There is a roughly 1:18 (wings are a couple inches short) Curtiss Jenny out there. It was one of those things Hobby Lobby used to carry. It's made by Jayland, if you want to run one down. Finally, and while not a biplane, Pegasus Hobbies did a prebuilt Gee Bee Z racer in 1:18, but they tend to be kind of hard to find on the secondary.

>>11579869 (OP)
Did the Nam stuff finally drop?

>>11582564
Only the four figures, 6 if you count the two WWII figures from the KS that got released a few months back.

>>11582588
Cool, thanks. Why can't I find the Nam figures on the website?

>>11582564
>>11582588
Nevermind, I'm retarded. Found them

>>11581730
Thanks!

>>11582673
Happy hunting!

ARW is making drop ships and PVG is finally making their astronauts and samurai girls.

>>11582863


I remember when the estimate for the astronauts was $30-35.U.S.
I bet they are now $50 at the least.

>>11582863
I bet this shit is like $200 + tip
Make realistic looking 1:18 vehicles Affordable Again!

>>11579869 (OP)
The washes make the ODs look like they have camo. I don't like how they look at all.

>>11582863
The space girls look cool

>>11583295
It's the light.

BFS just previewed their Conan line and it's 1/12th. When people complained, Paddy slapped out hands:

>there's not enough people buying modern 4 >inch to sustain a licenced figure line. When >you have to pay a licence holder some cash >upfront and a percentage based royalty on top >of development and tooling costs, you have to >go where the consumers are, and that's six >inch.

>>11583805
Great, another company folding to idiotic low-IQ pighand crowd.
Well enjoy your overpriced dolls, 3-figure """"army"""" building and crowdfunded $200 vehicles.

>>11583805
So what about all the other non-licensed shit they have made for 6" but not 4"? Fuck this company.

>>11583888
>>11584068
Why would they or any company turn down additional money? If the margins on 6" figures are better and they sell more, why wouldn't a company choose that over 4" figures?

First or second? Which one should I go with? I'm actually feeling like the 2nd one is better (ignore the lack of neck, the 3d print head was meant for a lego minifigure and you can actually see the neck if i add hotglue in the head's hole.

>>11584076
They can, but they have to stop claiming to be collectors and part of the community.

>>11583805
Remember when boss fight used all the sculpts they did for a customer and made the figures themselves undercutting the customer?

>>11584174
zombie lab?

>>11584178
>>11584174
Yup.

>>11584104
Yeah go with the 2nd one as the vest though not super accurate is bulkier you can always add the crotch plate from the Pit Trooper Vest or some sort of thicker soft goods if you want to be able to make the figure sit.

And the 4 Marauder geared up Vietnam figures have gone live on the store, I just grabbed the basic G.I as I want to use him to make a Adventure Team Joe Colton

>>11584199
always when I'm out of money... damn

I hope they last until december because I need to get some other shit too on my list.

>>11584199
hope Marauders does black GI fatigues so we can customize some SOG teams.

>>11584199
the one on the left honestly looks like shit

>>11584199
They should have kept the damn kickstarter all in.

>>11584259
do you think they over did the creases and folds?

>>11584280
what do you mean?

>>11582863
Oh that's gonna be stupid expensive. Is that a new mech? It looks too small to be a Laurel, though I can't say I have one at hand right now to judge it's size.

>>11583275
I'm still trying to squeeze one of them Warhammer tanks into my budget, this damn thing is probably gonna be impossible for me to buy. The only consolation is I know that'll it'll get re-released in a half dozen different colors and load outs, and each one will look nicer then the last. So waiting it out would probably end up with me being able to get a better one then the initial release.

Though I do love how it's basically just a giant box with opening flaps. It's such a simple and easy concept to make a transport that's large but mostly empty space, and yet so few companies actually bother doing it. They'll make big empty vehicles, but the space will be closed off and unfinished, when just a few details would be all that's needed to make it an awesome toy.

>>11583888
Are you literally complaining about expensive vehicles for 1:12 when >>11582863 just announced and half the figures in the ARW line are $40-80 a pop?

>>11584104
While the first one looks more "accurate", the second one just looks cooler.

>>11584199
Thanks for the heads up. I still have all my store credit from the KS but haven't even looked at what I wanted from their site. I honestly don't even remember what I ordered from the KS at this point. Sadly my 1:18 stuff has been seeing lower priority due to lack of space to really play with em and the back log of stuff I built up makes me hesitate to buy any more at the moment. Still nice to see these things finally coming out for those that really want them.

>>11583888
Honestly, I don't hate 1/12th. It just doesn't fit in my collection.

>>11584173
Yeah. They're attitude reminds me of the bigger companies telling us what we can't have. I also wonder about all the other companies that make 1/12th and if BFS will get lost in the shuffle.

I'm building a team...

>>11583888
>pighand crowd
lol

We're fucking back bros.

>>11590133
between this and the BSG line that was shown a few months ago, we eatin good

>>11590133
Actual 3.75? So they will be too short for current figures since the great height creep from the early 2000-present

Really unexpected news I hope this means more playsets and vehicles.

i'm trying to think what other properties (both in house and that they hold the license for) that could be done next
proper SA modern 3.75" Ghostbusters would be sick
D&D could be done too, lends itself to retro cardbacks

>>11590133
Just like back in the day, prices seem to be getting too high (back when $20 was crazy high for a domestic toy) and so the return of 4". Potentially interested in what might come out of this.

>>11590169
D&D would be sick. They've already got the digital sculpts for a few of the creatures and Drizzt from the 6" line. If they're going to focus on Disney, then I'd like to see a return of Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean. Muppets would be fun too.

Will they be the 40yo engineering or use the new ultra poseable, same articulation than 6in?

>>11590185
It's everything that their modern 6" stuff has.

>>11590133
based mr stevie
IN STEVE WE TRUST
MODS ARE GODS

>>11590133
WHAT??
IS THIS REAL?
OMG

>>11590189
Holy shit!
Hasbro won the internets.
Praise be Hasbro!

>>11590169
Is G.I. Joe out of the question for now?

>>11590133
It's either die with the Haslab Tron or just be more Pulse/Haslab bullshit.

>>11590314
Look at that face printing
>>11590189

I don't care about Tron at all but will buy the figures only based on that qt face.
She could be Destro's slave for when Baroness is out of town.

>>11590310
I have no idea but they've successfully converted the GI Joe fanbase to 6" so I don't see why they would bastardize that success

>>11590356
Show them vehicles, playsets plenty of them and they will switch back.

>>11590314
I really don't see the issue with making these things Pulse items or HasLabs. It's no different to me than backing other crowdfunded lines in this scale. And it's not really Hasbro's fault if retailers don't want to support toy lines that aren't related to some major pieces of current media anymore. The only thing I would like them to do is offer the ability to buy individual figures at the time of backing instead of making you buy the whole entire set multiple times, so you drop way more money up front and then get stuck having to deal with selling off the extra pieces later. It would be nicer if they would just switch to the made to order model instead like they do with Marvel Legends now. Or make it a monetary goal to meet rather than a certain number of backers so people can pick and choose what they want like more traditional action figure crowdfunding is done. I don't think that method would change how much money they actually make in the end. In some cases it could make them more because some people would like to army build certain things.

>>11590133
If the Tron line is any indication, they're trying to see if they can sell us buying an entire wave all in one go.

>>11590367
what a retarded concept then.

>>11590365
I'm not a burger so buying things on Pulse is a no go.

so whats the veredict on hasbro's 375 concept? Did we get monkeypawed?

>>11591181
Kind of hard to give a verdict when we don't even really know what it is yet

>>11590356
>they've successfully converted the GI Joe fanbase to 6"
Ooof, they have not. Most of the fanbase doesn't exist anymore and the Classified line is basically on life support on store shelves right now. It's super niche vs being mainstream.

>>11590189
>It's everything that their modern 6" stuff has.
Looks more like 2009 Fury Files to me.
No double jointed elbows. No inner shoulder articulation. Does it even a lower waist joint?

>>11592019
>Ooof, they have not.
really? every GI Joe collector I know irl (and i know probably 10 as close friends and dozens as acquaintances) went hardcore into Classified and forgot all about modern/25th as if it never existed

>>11592019
>It's super niche vs being mainstream.
That happened long before Classified. G.I. Joe never really recovered in popularity after it dropped off in the 90s; blame a series of very unpopular wars for souring public perception on army toys. Hasbro made some absolutely retarded decisions with the brand (EXTREME and murdering Renegades in favour of the movies to name two) but Classified wasn't one of 'em. They're great figures, some of the best Western retail-level toys at present, even, and honestly if it wasn't for Classified the franchise would be completely dead. It's not super-mainstream for certain, but it's reasonably successful given the sorry state it was in. The Skybound comics seem pretty great too, so we've actually got some decent media out.
>Looks more like 2009 Fury Files to me.
No double jointed elbows. No inner shoulder articulation. Does it even a lower waist joint?
Hard to say on the waist joint (it might be covered up) but for basic retail level 1/18 guys they look pretty good? Honestly at that size double elbows usually look pretty janky and you can get nearly full range (way past 90) off a single elbow anyway. Inner shoulder joints would be nice but again, at the price and size they're probably be a bit ugly.
I dunno, I'm just happy to see good looking modern Tron toys.

>>11592164
>G.I. Joe never really recovered in popularity after it dropped off in the 90s; blame a series of very unpopular wars for souring public perception on army toys.
Missing the point.
I'm talking about recovering to the point of where the line stood in the 00s and 10s, where you could find it in every single retail store, even drug stores that barely carried toylines. Despite all those unpopular wars, GI Joe was still popular. Yeah, it's not as popular as it was in the 80s and 90s, but not even TMNT gained back its popularity from that point either. Every store still carried these lines though, because they sold millions.

Whereas Classified... it had its expected start. Start small and movie is supposed to elevate it back into popularity, but Classified became even smaller after the movie. Way more niche to the point not even chain stores that carried it didn't carry it at every store, which is really bad, considering NECA lines are found in every one of these chain stores. And a lot of releases are so limited, they might as well be SDCC exclusives.
So there's demand, but the demand is measured in the tens of thousands instead of hundreds of thousands/millions. Even in /toy/, i see old posters still posting toys who used to go to the GI Joe General, but not anymore. That is not a successful conversion.

> for basic retail level 1/18 guys they look pretty good?
Are you nuts?
You're paying ~$35 per figure, not $12 like a Jazware figure. Hiya and McFarlane give their 1:18 figures way more articulation for ~$20.
> I'm just happy to see good looking modern Tron toys.
2009 isn't modern. That's almost 2 decades ago now. Pic is actual modern.

>>11592470
>I'm talking about recovering to the point of where the line stood in the 00s and 10s, where you could find it in every single retail store, even drug stores that barely carried toylines.
That's not going to happen to any toyline, let alone a past-its-prime series like G.I. Joe whose main fans are older collectors. Global economy is shit (you can thank the coof, the Ukraine farce and Biden's incompetence for all that), we're likely not getting back to that point for a long time.
>Yeah, it's not as popular as it was in the 80s and 90s
That's being generous. Compared to Hasbro's other cash cow toyline Transformers it was fucking dead even then.
>but not even TMNT gained back its popularity from that point either.
And TMNT is pretty niche too nowadays. Your point?
>but Classified became even smaller after the movie.
Blame that on the movie (and associated tie-in figures) being really fucking bad.
>So there's demand, but the demand is measured in the tens of thousands instead of hundreds of thousands/millions.
Yes- because A: no action figure line is doing that (see above) and B: G.I. Joe is a nearly dead brand, though not AS dead as it could be had Classified not been a thing. The fact Hasbro is still putting out releases for the line, not to mention multiple HasLabs (all of which have funded) means it must be doing pretty decently.
>You're paying ~$35 per figure,
I'm gonna need a source on that. That would be a bit much for a Hasbro quality figure for sure.
>2009 isn't modern. That's almost 2 decades ago now
They're well above 2009 standards, c'mon man. Sculpts are much tidier, joints less obtrusive and the only articulation that I'm actually worried about per say is the elbows- and they might be fine if they're well cut.
Also Hasbro has to worry about US toy safety standards, so obviously they can't pull off the same engineering at 1/18 as Hiya. Those toys look great, but a kid would break them in seconds. Blame US retail culture I guess.

>>11592492
>That's not going to happen to any toyline
McFarlane's DC line sold waaaaaaaaaaaay better than Mattel's at every point except maybe wave 4 or 3. And McFarlane's line was during COVID too.
>And TMNT is pretty niche too nowadays. Your point?
Again, you're purposely missing the point. The 2k series was huge. The Nick series was huge. The movies were huge too. Was it 80s/90s level of Turtlemania? Nope, but still huge. The fact that they're not huge NOW is because the new series largely looks like shit.

You're giving so many stupid excuses when the fact is, GI Joe DIDN'T successfully convert the fanbase, because again, it doesn't exist anymore. I mean, even the GI Joe General right now is mostly made up of newfags, where many of them know little or nothing about GI Joe. The oldfags largely didn't return because Classified didn't excite them.
I really do suspect that GI Joe Classified failed to bring back a tenth of its fanbase from the 00s and 10s, based on movie and store allocation for the line. If based on /toy/, we got about half the posters posting in the Classified threads as we did back in the day.

>They're well above 2009 standards
You're absolutely crazy and it makes me think you've never seen a 1:18 figure from 2009 in your life. Nevermind you're judging the Tron figures based on 3D RENDERS, and not actual figures.
>US toy safety standards
Has nothing to do with it. Just another dumb excuse. Pic is US toy safety standards with almost twice as much articulation than what Hasbro is showing with those Tron figures at nearly half the price. There's no reason Hiya's figures wouldn't pass "US safety standards", because that's largely paid for anyway.
Oh, and it's obvious you never touched a Hiya figure, because they're very hard to break. I've forced joints/limbs on and off so hard that I'd say they're more durable than current Hasbro lines and more like Hasbro lines from the 00s (which only goes to show how far Hasbro has fallen).

>>11592492
> Ukraine farce and Biden's incompetence
Stopped reading

>>11592548
>You're giving so many stupid excuses when the fact is, GI Joe DIDN'T successfully convert the fanbase, because again, it doesn't exist anymore
I didn't say it did, that was another guy. More than one anon likes Classified.
...Wait, I'm arguing with Subjectanon aren't I.
>I mean, even the GI Joe General right now is mostly made up of newfags, where many of them know little or nothing about GI Joe.
...Doesn't that suggest that Classified has brought new blood into the franchise, and thus is pretty successful? I think you're looking for an excuse to be mad at Classified just because it isn't 1/18.
>I really do suspect that GI Joe Classified failed to bring back a tenth of its fanbase from the 00s and 10s
That doesn't mean it's bad. Hasbro absolutely mismanaged the brand for a while until Classified.
>You're absolutely crazy and it makes me think you've never seen a 1:18 figure from 2009 in your life
You've posted those MU figures with their oversized double joints enough times. They don't look great.
>Nevermind you're judging the Tron figures based on 3D RENDERS, and not actual figures.
And so are you- I'm saying "they look like they could be good, and I hope they are" and you're saying "They're going to be shit". Which one of us is being presumptive again?
>Has nothing to do with it. Just another dumb excuse. Pic is US toy safety standards with almost twice as much articulation than what Hasbro is showing with those Tron figures at nearly half the price.
It's also a fair bit bigger than 1:18, though it could work for an exaggeratedly big guy. Another of Todd's inability to commit to scale.
>Oh, and it's obvious you never touched a Hiya figure, because they're very hard to break.
I never said they were easy to break- US safety standards are notoriously retarded. IIRC Hiya uses import style hard plastic joints, rather than the same rubbery stuff as the rest of the figure like that McFarlane toy. Bend too hard and it'd break as opposed to just bending.

>>11592556
>I didn't say it did, that was another guy.
How fucking retarded are you?
I'M saying that the fanbase doesn't exist anymore and disagreed with the fact that the successfully converted even half of that and YOU'RE ARGUING WITH ME ABOUT THAT. Otherwise why even try and make shit up to argue against MY POINTS?
>Doesn't that suggest that Classified has brought new blood into the franchise, and thus is pretty successful?
Bringing new blood doesn't matter if your toyline isn't carried by as many stores anymore and supplies are so limited shit sells out in a week, instead of the usual 2-4 months like normal toylines usually get. GI Joe lost a gallon of blood and the newblood is a caprisun packet that Hasbro gained back with Classified.
It's like crowing about your toy selling out... but you only made 40k vs 400k

>Which one of us is being presumptive again?
You, because you're pretending the sculpt and paint work is amazing, whereas I'm shitting on the figure for having disappointing engineering on a $35 figure that isn't going to differ if the line is actually created. Nevermind we know from experience that sculpt is largely identical from 1:12 to 1:18 and it's only with paint apps that makes the big difference in look (and articulation, but again, Hasbro cheaps out when other companies dont)

>US safety standards are notoriously retarded
Stop talking about shit you know nothing about. Rubbery stuff exists today because they cheap out on plastics, whereas plastics used to be harder in the 00s and even 10s, because they could still budget for good quality plastics. The tests that they make are just to sure the plastic doesn't break in SHARP hard points, which most any toy can pass since forever.
Other tests are super easy to pass too, but most collector companies don't bother to get tested because it costs $$$ and wouldn't be carried in kid toy aisles anyway

>>11592608
>I'M saying that the fanbase doesn't exist anymore and disagreed with the fact that the successfully converted even half of that and YOU'RE ARGUING WITH ME ABOUT THAT. Otherwise why even try and make shit up to argue against MY POINTS?
Saying the fanbase doesn't exist anymore is hyperbolic. It's pretty small but had Classified not been a thing I think it'd be completely dead.
> GI Joe lost a gallon of blood and the newblood is a caprisun packet that Hasbro gained back with Classified.
So now you're moving the goalposts from "G.I. Joe doesn't have a fanbase anymore" to "G.I. Joe isn't a juggernaut anymore and therefore is dead". Never mind that action figures as a whole are nowhere near as successful as they used to be, the state of the economy in general, or, you know, the fact a niche fanbase (which G.I. Joe has been since long before Classified) is still a fanbase.
Classified might not have catapulted the franchise back into the stratosphere (which literally nothing ever will) but it did give the franchise SOME second wind, and can hardly be considered to be an abject failure given Joe would be utterly dead and buried without it.
>You, because you're pretending the sculpt and paint work is amazing
From what we can see it looks decent- proportions are on point (especially compared to the MU Cyclops) and sculpt generally looks well done. Paint we'll have to wait and see on.
Also saying "this thing is better than an early ML" is not the gotcha you think it is. MLs, especially early ones, are pretty garbage even by Western retail standards.
>and articulation, but again, Hasbro cheaps out when other companies dont
Depends on the line. Classified has pretty great articulation. Their other lines range from decent to crap. But 1/18 is harder to cram joints into than 1/12; the Cyclops in your pic still has 90 degree elbows for instance. At 1/18, joints that are easy at 1/12 become either overly large and obnoxious to look at, fragile or limited range.

>>11592921
>Saying the fanbase doesn't exist anymore is hyperbolic.
Wowee, you can understand concepts? Maybe you're not so retarded afterall.
>So now you're moving the goalposts
ooof, but still illiterate like a retard? Within the SAME POST, i talk about how i disagreed it's not even HALF AS MANY. Nevermind my very first post >>11592019 says "most of the fanbase doesn't exist"
There's been no change in goalpost, I'm just exaggerating shit because i like using hyperbolic language, but anyone with a working brand can understand CONTEXT.
>the state of the economy in general
Shit excuse
Again, the DC line THRIVED during COVID and was probably the biggest it's ever been, while GI Joe was/still is being mostly ignored by the general public. Just because Marvel and Star Wars are shitting the bed with awful movies and TV shows (thus poor toy sales) doesn't mean everyone else is destined to fail

>a niche fanbase (which G.I. Joe has been since long before Classified
What a load of horseshit. Were you even alive in the 00s? You're making shit up to make Classified seem not as bad. Again, the GI Joe line was THRIVING in the 00s, despite a big anti-war sentiment durign that era. GI Joe Vs Cobra was HUGE, thus found everywhere. Again, I'll point out drug stores carrying it, because they have very limited space thus only want to carry the most popular lines. The line was HUGE again in the late 00s with the 25th figures and into the 10s, it was getting way more support than Classified does today by multiples

>especially compared to the MU Cyclops
LOL WUT? again, you're a bullshitting liar, saying the past was worse to make the present seem good. There's literally nothing wrong with MU Cyclops, especially because he has superhero proportions

Also, McFarlane's Avatar line isn't a "fair bit bigger than 1:18" because it literally is the same size as other 1:18 figures. So you don't have to cram anything. The 3.75 figuer next to it has inner shoulder joints too

>>11593631
>Again, the DC line THRIVED during COVID and was probably the biggest it's ever been
Comparing a brief flash-in-the-pan property like G.I. Joe to something as evergreen as DC is ridiculous, and I think you know it. Especially (as you admitted) that DC is one of the few properties not completely shitting the bed with media.
> Were you even alive in the 00s?
Yep. Transformers, Star Wars, capeshit and Lego were everywhere. G.I. Joe was...not.
>You're making shit up to make Classified seem not as bad.
And what, pray, is "bad" about Classified other than it not being your favourite scale? It's literally one of the best quality budget Western lines out there.
>LOL WUT? again, you're a bullshitting liar, saying the past was worse to make the present seem good.
You literally bitched about the new TRON figures having single elbows, whilst that Cyclops has single elbows too- with no chance of better range due to the sculpt.
> There's literally nothing wrong with MU Cyclops, especially because he has superhero proportions
And yet when Revoltechs have stylized proportions you go apeshit about how bad they are. Or is it only OK when capeslop does it?

>>11593641
>Comparing a brief flash-in-the-pan property like G.I. Joe to something as evergreen as DC is ridiculous
LMAO.
You just proved you're underaged (or female), because you have no understanding of how shit was in the past. GI Joe USED to be an evergreen property and used to cover a big portion of shelves even after the 90s.

In fact, it used to be MORE popular than DC in the store shelves, if you don't count Batman. DC as a whole wasn't as popular as GI Joe for the vast majority of the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.
Until Hasbro ruined GI Joe's reputation with the second movie's delay, there were only two years where there weren't any GI Joe products on shelves, which again, was Hasbro fucking up GI Joes reputation by switching shit up despite the property being popular. They tried to fix what wasn't broken (and they also did this again with Sigma 6, but thankfully TRU/25th saved their asses) and fucked it up.

You could argue that the CURRENT 6" line is one of those Hasbro fuck ups, because the line is barely existing on store shelves, instead of THRIVING like it did in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.

>You literally bitched about the new TRON figures having single elbows, whilst that Cyclops has single elbows too
LMAO. You're such a fucking retard. Again, why do you think I'm saying the Tron figures are from 2009? That Cyclops figure is outdated because it's literally from the past, yet the Tron figures are outdated but it's MODERN.

>Revoltechs have stylized proportions
Comparing apples to oranges. Cyclops is a western character and the MU looks like he stepped out of a western comic. Revoltechs look like they stepped out of super stylized manga.
Nevermind that MU figure would literally fit in with 99% of western toylines, while a Revoltech is so stylized it doesn't even fit in with a quarter of eastern toylines.
You're so retarded, you can't even understand or recognize stylizations?

>It's a Subjectanon ruins another thread episode
Cool. Guess I'll see you guys in the next one.

>>11584259
dis u?

>>11593682
Anyone who thinks Classified isn't the best thing to happen to G,I. Joe in almost a decade is delusional. It's entirely succeeding all on it's own *without* any kind of mass media push based solely on the fact that the figures are freaking awesome. It has a constant stream of releases, most with entirely new sculpts,.i t's pushing out massive high price vehicles in retail, crowdfunding and now made-to-order capacities (the arctic HISS tank looks amazing in person, has more of a "dirty snow" look to it as opposed to gleaming white) and just had one of the coolest marketing pushes for one of the nicest box sets of figures with the Cold Slither tour (who were fucking amazing live). And ALL of this is based entirely, 100% on the strength of *how good* the toys themselves are.

Fuck "retail shelves", they mean nothing. They're middlemen with too much power who often get in the way of cool things. We're getting mech suits, giant scorpions and glowing wolves, re-imagined figures that take lame characters and make them awesome (Crystal Ball was one of the most popular Classified figures of the year), tons of releases in a non-stop stream of figures, and all of this is just because the *toys themselves* are that damn good. The one attempt at a movie tie-in almost killed the line, and going back to their roots of just making good damn toys righted this ship real fast.

The only exclusive from Hasbro to sell out at NYCC this year was Pythona. Not the *really* nice looking Armada Prime repaint, or the awesome looking (and fairly cheap) Super Skrull figure, but the weird purple girl from a movie that could be at best considered divisive amongst the fandom. G.I. Joe as a franchise may be niche and on life support, but the figures are getting as much love and attention as any of the mass media juggernauts going right now, and that alone should tell you how good of a line Classified is.

>>11593929
.....didn't realize this was the 1:18th thread lol.

The Tron figures looked good btw, though I feel they might have been a bit small, and their light cycles were pretty plain. Never been a fan of the franchise though so didn't pay em much attention.

Would love to see Joes return to a ME size and start pushing out stuff they left out from the last run, but I don't think Joes as a brand can manage to run more then one line. It still kills me to this day that the best version of the HISS Tank, the HISS V, has only been released as an exclusive. Both back when it was DTC and limited TRU release, and then again as an SDCC Soundwave recolor. At the very least it shows Hasbro could still make the damn thing (or at least they could ten years ago) but the fact it never got an ME release has never not disappointed me.

The only other 1:18 thing I saw at the con was that Joytoy actually had a booth....kinda. They were stuck behind a massive Warhammer booth showing off some of their stuff and selling mostly Warhammer figures. I meant to go back and grab one of their non-Warhammer items (which they had very little of) but never had a chance to make it over to them for the rest of the weekend.

The big stuff they showed off were cool, if I wasn't familiar with the line I would've never even known they were 1:18 scale and just REALLY big.

>>11593938
JoyToy stuff is pretty great. Got one of the Dreadnoughts for like, £60 off Aliexpress, and he's absolutely awesome.

>>11593929
>Anyone who thinks Classified isn't the best thing to happen to G,I. Joe in almost a decade is delusional.
>t. newfag who never experienced GI Joe in the 80s, 90s, 00s, nor 10s, so she never saw how much space GI Joe used to be given at stores, never saw how much space was dedicated to GI Joes at conventions, nor experienced how populated the GI Joe General used to be on /toy/
I get it, you think it's the greatest thing since Halo invented the multiplayer FPS, but anyone who's old enough knows how much of a decline GI Joe has been and it's pretty obvious a lot of people never came back to collecting GI Joe once Hasbro switched to 1:12.

>Fuck "retail shelves", they mean nothing.
.... it's where the majority of people still buy their toys, dude. Like 90% of everything is bought from physical shelves. Again, you're downplaying how bad GI Joe is doing now by saying ignorant dumb shit like this.
>They're middlemen with too much power who often get in the way of cool things.
No one is getting in the way. Retail would literally be stocking GI Joes on their shelves like they used to in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s if people were buying them like they did in the 80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s. The fact is, people aren't buying them, thus GI Joe being on life support by Hasbro.

Do they even have the GI Joe convention anymore? ... last official one was in 2017. And this is despite conventions exploding in popularity and here you are pretending that GI Joe somehow converted a ton of people back into the franchise again.

Pic is from when Hasbro thought GI Joe was important enough to dedicate space for them at conventions, because people were still buying GI Joes in droves back then.

>>11594067
You still haven't actually explained what's wrong with Classified, or how it was in any way responsible for G.I. Joe being by that point a dead brand for several years before it was even a thing (especially given it actually revitalized it a fair bit).
Joe hit its popularity peak in the 80s with the cartoon. It never got the second wind Transformers did with Beast Wars- it was somewhat popular through the 2000s, but nowhere near as big as it was. It's not a long-running evergreen property like DC (or even Marvel, which still exists even in spite of the horrendous mishandling in recent years); on the historical scale, it was only megapopular very, very briefly. And again, other contemporary brands (like Transformers) have outstayed it in popularity.
> it's where the majority of people still buy their toys, dude.
Absolutely not. Most toy shelves are lined with FOTM gimmicky things aimed squarely at kids. The vast majority of the kind of things collectors buy are sold either in speciality collector stores or online.
>if people were buying them like they did in the 80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s.
You cannot group these together. Joe dropped off massively in the 90s, stayed about the same in the 00s, had a VERY brief second wind from the first movie and then nosedived into obscurity after that. By the mid-to-late 10s nobody cared about Joe.
Classified didn't resurrect 80s Joemania (hint: NOTHING EVER WILL) but it's definitely kicked some life back into the franchise, and saying it's "not selling" is ridiculous. Hell, one of the biggest gripes people have had with Classified is that some figures are too hard to get AT ALL. That's not a problem a line that doesn't sell well deals with. You just have unrealistic expectations of what constitutes "popular" for a brand that's been completely irrelevant for years, in a period of absolute economic chaos at that.

>>11594081
you're literally retarded and illiterate. You're making shit up in your head, likely because your'e also insane.

Everything you're saying is nothing but strawmen and ignorant shit, amd also pretending that GI Joe wasn't popular in the 00s or 10s. Then you pretend nothing can ever be popular again, just because Classified has failed to recapture even a third of the fanbase it had just a decade ago.

>The vast majority of the kind of things collectors buy are sold either in speciality collector stores or online.
You can blame that on Hasbro, for not giving collectors what they want. GI Joe did just fine with kids AND adults in the 00s and 10s.
You can blame the current economic status, but Hasbro doesn't want to offer cheaper options anymore, because the drop in revenue would be too great for them. It's pure greed and it's the same shit they tried doing back in the 90s and 00s, because they want higher price points even if it kills the brand.

And since you know nothing about GI Joe, Sigma 6 was created to push an 8 inch line, despite the 3.75" GI Joe Vs Cobra lines being very popular with retailers, kids, and fans. TRU made so much money off those figures, they asked Hasbro to continue producing 3.75" just for them and it's ulitmately what saved GI Joe from killing the GI Joe brand again after Sigma 6 bombed.
People kept buying the 1:18 line while the 8" line failed, so that support led to them revamping the GI Joe brand with modern (for back then) articulation and engineering. Target then offered to support the line even more, because some exec was a big fan, and the 25th line went full scale instead of just being a limited run.
Back then, Hasbro gave what fans and kids wanted, and the GI Joe line thrived.... until Hasbro fucked up their relationship with retailers by pulling the carpet on them by making them order a movie line without a movie to support sales.

GI Joes failures for the past 30 years have all been Hasbro shooting themselves in the foot.

>>11594181
You didn't answer the question, and instead went on one of your usual rants, ignoring all my points and just going "No you're stupid because I said so".
So again- what is actually, objectively BAD about Classified? And how is it Classified's fault that G.I. Joe had been dead in the water for YEARS at that point?

>>11594190
The reality is, 1:18 always struggled at retail after the 90s. The G2 stuff never hit as hard as the ARAH line and eventually the franchise kind of died off and only came back big with the 25th box sets being a surprise success. That lead to the Modern Era revival, but even that had many issues and a lot of it's problems came from a reliance on a retail presence. Despite the figures being some of the best G.I. Joe toys ever made and a HUGE mass media push with two major films AND two new animated series, the line struggled on shelves and had to constantly be refreshed. The Retaliation film's delay combined with a noticeable decline in quality of the first few waves of the toys pretty much meant that whole line was DoA. The only retailer who would even carry the 50th stuff was Toys R Us (which wasn't the first time they saved the line) and after TRU died, 1:18 Joes more or less died with it.

The Wal-mart Retro line was just.....sad. A low effort line filled with reuses of awful molds and overused characters. We did get new stuff eventually, but by then it was too late. Perhaps if they didn't rely on Wal-Mart to stock the line, it may have had a chance to grow, but Joes and mass market retail just don't work well with each other anymore.

Even with Classified, it's early releases were marred by hard to find store exclusives. The main figures were easy to obtain and well regarded, but the V1 Baroness, Cobra Trooper and many others being Target exclusive meant they were difficult to find in many locations due to inconsistent store practices. Classified certainly isn't a toy store juggernaut like the original 80s line, but it's successful enough for consistent investment by Hasbro so that we keep getting new, better and bigger releases. It's like a smaller band with a dedicated but loyal fanbase, they won't be the kings of the toy store in terms of numerical popularity, but they can still rule as the best thing not enough people know about.

Next month they say

>>11594190
>why'd you only call me a dumbshit instead of treating my stupid lies seriously?
This entire thread you've been making ignorant shit up and everytime its pointed out false, you make more shit up like a retard

>>11594266
>1:18 always struggled at retail after the 90s. The G2 stuff never hit as hard as the ARAH line
Hasbro's bread and butter throughout the 00s and early 10s was 1:18. GI Joe was a top 5 action figure toyline at stores that entire time. Only Transformers, Marvel and Star Wars was bigger, interposed with whatever Batman or movie line was popular at the time. The ML line didn't even exist for years, because Hasbro decided it wasn't worth it, because of the financial crisis/recessoin during that time

This was Hasbro acting smart, because people didn't have the money to spend on luxury goods, so 1:18 was an affordable quality option. There were about 5 years where 1:18 was the mainstay for Hasbro with GI Joe, STar Wars and Marvel.
Since Hasbro is stupid today, despite a depression/recession going on right now, they're not offering lower priced options and actually raising prices. But again, HAsbro has proved how stupid they were when killing their cash cow when switching scales in the 90s with EXTREME, then switching scales again with Sigma 6. In the case of Extreme and Sigma 6, they made the switch while GI Joe was still popular, thinking the fanbase would carry over. Whereas with Classified, GI Joe was dead and its revival is on life support since launch

>The only retailer who would even carry the 50th stuff was Toys R Us
GI Joe was always a big seller, hence TRU sticking with 3.75" after Hasbro tried to kill it with Sigma6 , hence asking Hasbro to continue making shit after fucking over Target/KMart/WAlmart when they delayed the Retaliation movie. As soon as TRU started having problems paying off their debt, Hasbro stopped making them, even though indie toy stores were also carrying lines after Retaliation ended. TRU was that big.

>>11594808
>booba
i ordered 2 because paddy pulled the 'here you go folks, you asked for 1:18 so support it' line
will be so pissed if we don't get conan or the steampunk sonja

he’s not even impressive in any meaningful way but i waited years for half decent figure of this freak in this size

>>11594067
GI Joe lost a ton of fans by switching scales. They always do this and it's never been as popular as their one eighteen scale. Sgt. Savage and the Screamin' Eagles, 12 in. reprise, Extreme, Sigma Six, and now Classified, which is successful but not to where it used to be. I suspect they have new fans and DiC fans buying it. They're clamoring for orange vest T-Rex hunters and Crystal Ball. The real bulk of Joefans liked the military aspect and the one eighteen scale the most.

Marauders really outdid themselves with the Vietnam guys. The differentiator here from previous releases is the reengineered heads and legs. swivel ankles, a thigh cut, and the neck is a separate from the torso which itself has another barbell going into the head which means that unlike the WWII guys this dude can shoulder his rifle and aim down the sights towards targets in front of him. The kickstarter had a female that I'm keen on combining with a PVG girl.

>>11594982
In defense of Sgt. Savage, it was pretty much killed in the crib to make way for the Kenner team-helmed Extreme abortion. Not saying it would have caught on, just that I wasn't given much of a shot.

>>11596272
Need the pilot toot sweet!

>>11596272
Waiting from Colleen from China Beach and Mrs. Victor Charles.

Hiya should give us a line of articulated animals.

>>11594982
>They're clamoring for orange vest T-Rex hunters and Crystal Ball.
I think this is why Classified is doing so badly, not just because it's not in the scale GI Joe fans want. And no, the price isn't really an issue, because the GI Joe line was doing badly since the line first started. Just a lot of mediocre designs, since the first waves.
The only thing that really kept the line from falling below cancellation numbers is the fact that there's just pent up demand for GI Joe.
... and i think those cancellation numbers are actually much lower than they used to be. If this line had been released in the 90s, 00s, or 10s, they would have already canceled this line with how it's been selling. Hasbro has lowered its standards on what the expect this toyline to sell.

I think the only reason it's kept alive is just because of how hard it is to restart a toyline and get retailers interested. Hasbro puts bare minimum effort, in order to keep its place on shelves, until the next GI Joe media comes out. I think they're following Mattel's example with HE-Man, to ensure kids don't forget about these properties, so that when the next media project comes out, it doesn't come in cold/without recognition.

>>11596626
>not just because it's not in the scale GI Joe fans want
People have wanted 1/12 Joes for years, to the point customs of Joe characters from 1/12 figures were pretty common.

>>11596272
These look so cool all geared up.

Does anybody knows if marauders are compatible with vitruvian Hacks?

>>11596630
You're going to find demand for anything, but how much? It's obvious that there wasnt a lot of demand in 1:12, hence the line being niche instead of a mainstay like it was in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.

If Hasbro had launched Classified as 1:18, it'd be doing much better, especially since toys started climbing in price since 2022.
It's insane they don't want to offer a cheaper option now that prices are reaching $30 for a standard action figure.

little dood I got from Ali.
I wish his visor went down.

>>11596272
marauder is basedola

>>11596724
>hence the line being niche instead of a mainstay like it was in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.
Joe was niche long before Classified.
>If Hasbro had launched Classified as 1:18, it'd be doing much better, especially since toys started climbing in price since 2022.
If it had been 1:18 it wouldn't have been any more successful- if anything it'd have died due to 1:18 not being the dominant scale anymore.
>It's insane they don't want to offer a cheaper option now that prices are reaching $30 for a standard action figure.
Actually, that's exactly why they won't offer it. 1:18 is not much less expensive to produce than 1:12 (heck, a complex 1:18 figure would be far more costly to make than a simple 1:12 one), but people won't buy it unless it's sold for much cheaper, because the average buyer thinks small = cheap.
1:18 isn't economically viable for Hasbro at retail anymore.

>>11596916
>stupid lies that anyone who isn't a newfag would recognize
You're just going to make contrary statements no matter what, huh?

If you even own any Classified figures, i bet it's a tiny collection, considering how rare it is for people in the GI Joe thread to even post their toys. But that's not surprising, given that Hasbro fucked over the GI Joe brand and it's fans.

I think it's funny that this thread actually has more people posting their toys

Can you even post yours?

>>11596925
>stupid lies that anyone who isn't a newfag would recognize
Such as? How is any of what I said "stupid lies"?
>Can you even post yours?
As a matter of fact I can. Not a huge collection for sure, I'm a relative newcomer to Joe but the figures are great.

>>11596942
And directly on topic, here's my 1:18 Ultramarines from JoyToy (plus Battle Sister and Silent Sister). Still not sure on my favourite, probably the Vanguard Veteran, though the Dreadnought is obviously massive and awesome.

>>11596942
> I'm a relative newcomer to Joe
No shit? Hence everything you saying being made up lies, because you obviously know nothing about what happened in the past.

GI Joe was mainstream in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s. The only decade it's been niche is in the 20s, because everytime they switch the scale, sales drop dramatically. IT happened with Extreme, Sigma 6, and now Classified.
In the past, they simply killed the line for selling this poorly, because they expected to sell in the millions every year. With Classified, they've obviously lowered their standards on sales expectations, considering how little support the line gets from retailers.

I mean, look at how few toys you have. Even fanatics like yourself aren't buying as many GI Joes. Fanboys used to buy a ton, despite recessions and economic hard times, like the one from 2008-2011.
Pic of anon who bought a bunch of 1 per boxed set Alley Vipers that cost a lot, who still posts on /toy/, but no longer cares about GI Joe. Guess why?

>>11597353
>No shit? Hence everything you saying being made up lies, because you obviously know nothing about what happened in the past.
I wasn't INTO Joe before, because it didn't directly appeal to me at the time. I was aware of it because I had functioning eyes and a brain (something you should try getting, subby). And guess what, the toy shelves in the 2000s and 2010s were filled with Transformers, Lego, Star Wars...but barely any GI Joe.
The brand never recovered from the drop-off in the 90s. It was a flash-in-the-pan compared to most mega-popular franchises. Transformers outlasted it and never died out like Joe did despite (or maybe even because of) changing the marketing and target audience far more frequently than Joe ever did.
> IT happened with Extreme, Sigma 6, and now Classified.
Except the franchise was borderline dead and buried before Classified. Classified didn't "kill" G.I. Joe because it was already a corpse- if anything it gave it some second wind, given the success of Skybound and the fact the line is still going and getting regular releases.
>With Classified, they've obviously lowered their standards on sales expectations
Yes, because again, Joe has been dead for years prior to Classified. No matter how much you repeat the lie that Joe was doing great before and it was only in the 20s that it stopped being this unstoppable behemoth of a toyline, Classified unironically saved the brand from complete obscurity.
>considering how little support the line gets from retailers.
Again. Collectors (the main audience for Joe) mostly buy online now. There's a reason brick-and-mortar exclusives are so hated.
>I mean, look at how few toys you have.
Yes, because I only just got into the line relatively recently. I'm not pretending to be a "fanatic", I just think it's a cool toyline. Started reading the old comics too, which are pretty great (Classified Kwinn when?) and need to give the cartoon a go.
You STILL haven't said what's actually bad about Classified.

>>11597360
>retard still arguing despite obvious lies
You're basically just shitposting now. Fuck off.

pic of how online sales are absolutely dominated by physical retail

>>11597397
>Can't actually refute points so calls them "lies" to try and handwave them away
Pathetic.
>Fuck off.
You first.
>pic of how online sales are absolutely dominated by physical retail
...That's for ALL purchases. Something as niche as collector toys are not going to be accurately represented there.
Also that's just for the US. You DO know there are countries outside the US, right?

>>11597402
>you're pathetic for calling me on my stupid lies i needed to create to continue arguing
sure is shitposter looking for attention, but I'll bite, since you haven't been informed about this...
> Something as niche as collector toys are not going to be accurately represented there
GI Joe are children toys, hence being in the children's toy aisle. Target and Walmart make up a gigantic portion of toy sales, hence Hasbro making deals with them all the time (like exclusives). Only ToysRUs was bigger, which is how they managed to prop up the the DTC and 50th figures all by themselves.
And Target and Walmart are mainly physical, so the majority of GI Joe sales are going to be physical. Nevermind all the thousands of indie comic/toy shops around the US that also carry physical toys.

>You DO know there are countries outside the US, right?
Oh, so you're a dirty 3rd worlder.
No wonder you know nothing about GI Joe and how popular it was after the 90s.

I should have known you were a third worlder based on your tiny collection, but i guess it's hard to tell with GI Joe Classified, since barely anyone buys that toyline.

>>11597439
>GI Joe are children toys, hence being in the children's toy aisle.
How many children give a shit about GI Joe? C'mon, man.
>Oh, so you're a dirty 3rd worlder.
No, I'm not American after all.

Roman Centurion order you fags to shut the fuck up and post toys or GTFO

ROMA VICTOR!

>>11597684
BASED

>>11597638

Where'd you get that head? Is it AI?

>>11597841
AI yeah.

I made some furcae, hopefully I can make an acceptable sarcina and take my boys outside for some marching legionnaire action.

>>11597353
I never got the hype for that halloween costume alley viper.

Much prefer these ones.

>>11598117
I LOVE the colors. I bought my original 1 in the Cobra ISland set when it was still relatively cheap to buy on the secondary market and bought a loose one, on my way to army build but.... thankfully, Hasbro started releasing them in black and red, to make it cheaper to army build, because you could actually find them in stores. It's a more realistic color, so they actually don't look wacky when i play or picture them.

I bought up a dozen more reds for cheap over the past couple of years, thanks to people dumping their GI Joe collections. I wasn't even looking to buy more, but when i saw the prices, i figured there's no such thing as too many. What used to be ~$30 from 2010 - 2019 started costing ~$20 and below.

I always find it weird that if something isn't currently in stores, people start to lose interest. Of course, the Orange and Blue one still goes for $40+ and that's too expensive for me to army build.
One Alley Viper that went waaay down in price was the Resolute Alley Viper. It used to go for more than the day-glo Alley Viper and now it's like people forgot it even exists. Fantastic colors, for a more Metal Gear Solid look.

Looking at eBay now, i'm actually a little peeved that Classified Alley Vipers go for so little money. There's so many for sale for less than brand new 1:18 figure. Whole lotta waste for such a great design.

>>11598442
Something about the shade of red didn't sit well with me.
Wish we would have gotten a V.2 homage.

Custom Scarlett
Head: retro Scarlett wal mart
Body: resolute Scarlett

>>11597353
Superior Style. Superior Scale. I dont see the need for the line to go 6 inch if we had these quality figures a decade ago.

>>11598117
>>11598442
Red Alleys are my favorite as well. I didn't think I'd like them as much as I did but when I had them in hand they were the superior version to me

>>11598679
BOING

>>11598679
Did you have to mod the joints tomget this to work? May have to track down a retro Scarlett and do this myself.

>>11599227
Yes, I had to cut the neck a bit, sand it and reattach using tamiya thin cement.

Otherwise the head sits too high and looks like a giraffe and I didn't want to mod the head hole because I wanted to keep using the original body if I felt like.

>>11599278
Here's a pic I posted a while back.
I cut the whole neck at the base and then had to cut a piece about 2mm thick from the bottom then sand it.
I got lucky because I didn't measure or anything just went by eye lol

Link to post https://archive.palanq.win/toy/thread/11551206/#q11554339

>>11596806
I think he's from fortnite

>>11598679
>>11599399
Good work on the Scarlett head transfer anon. I'm proud of you.

Picked up the Demogorgon from Target. Not bad for $10. I wish Jazwares would branch out to other IP's in this scale more often. Especially with TVC going up to $20 a pop now.

>>11599833
Still shocks me that Jazwares went from making complete worthless garbage to actually good toys. WTF happened?

>>11600216
I'd say Fortnite, that's the line that really made me start buying Jazwares figures. Before that I always saw em as a cheap, low quality toy maker. But their Fortnite stuff was so good I jumped right into the line despite actively hating the type of game Fortnite is. Even their Halo stuff was pretty amazing, tons of figures, a variety of vehicles and playsets and just a solid overall line (outside of the accessories, all of them were awful).

I wouldn't say their stuff is perfect, but the for the low prices they were offering, they were well worth the money. I wish they'd drop more stuff, especially at that discount 1:18 price range they had so much success with in prior lines.

Longshot... but does anybody has an idea what fabric was used for Robin Hood: Prince of thieves action figures chainmail?

>>11600866
Maybe some kind of lamé? I'd straight-up ask on a sewing forum, or maybe someone over in the /diy/ sewing general can point you in the right direction. >>2936243

I know it's a smaller scale, but does anyone have one of the 1/25 scale JoyToy figures that you could post along side a normal 1/18 one and maybe a TVC figure? I'm just curious how the proportions are because some of the ones in the new wave have some potential for a custom I wanna do

>>11601807
>>11601809
>>11601811
Gnarly!

Anyone have that Huey model kit made from the 21st Century molds?

>>11602475
*waves I haven't decided if im actually gonna put it together or just harvest parts for a basket case 21st Huey I have. I have disassembled an actual 21st Huey, so I may be able to answer any questions, lol.

i havent really been into 1:18 since 25a and mu back in like, 2009? but i saw an ad on instagram last night for suite spaces and saw they were in stock near the office. scale is kinda all over the place but it did say it was for 3" and 4" dolls so i figured it might work with some stuff i had. pretty neat. googling them doesn't bring up much so it looks like they're very new.

>>11602499

Is the model just like a disassembled 21st Century bird that I have to paint myself or, (since its a model) is it thinner, less sturdy, and more for display than playing with it to take pics?

>>11603020
I suspect this is how the original Huey (well, the JSI ones, anyway) came out of the molds, before being painted and assembled at the factory. The parts dont feel any less sturdy than the toy versions. 21st didn't use the most sturdy plastic to begin with, but as long as you aren't out in the backyard reenacting autorotations it should hold up to handling.

>>11603020
Here's Action Robot Punch video building and painting one.
https://youtu.be/dk4-O9x_R50?si=2d5zwM3Asujkc46h

>>11602163
The X-files recast reboot

mmm tasty rat.

>>11602900
Where did you get it?

>>11603415
they're in the walmart doll aisle. easy to miss but since i got suckered by an instagram ad, when i clicked it sent me straight to the walmart listing and showed me what aisle it was in

>>11603020
Vietnam dudes are some really great figures.

I propose next thread a link to the current archive is pasted in the OP
https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/1:18/

And always put 1:18 in the title (or we need to find another three letter acronym) of the thread plus a link to the previous one. I was looking at previous threads and the chain broke about 4-5 threads back.

and this was really helpful but stopped being included in the OP

>Protip: Because of the slow nature of this thread it has been entering autosage prematurely due to the new implementation on the board. It is recommended to pin the thread in the catalog if you want to keep better track of it

>>11603866
These "rapid decay" threads are annoying.
Just lazy jannie tricks to avoid having to actually mod threads.
Just let them all expire.
Kind of shitty.

>>11603596
That's really cool.
is head marauders too?

>>11603973
Yes, it's the Dave in Light Skin tone and Brown Beard head, with added scar.

>>11604061
Very 12 inch.
But more realistic.
Throw on a pair of oversized dog tags and it's close to the OG.

Any other one eighteen heads youve guys used on military figures? I remember there were Ufc figs once, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars of course , and other lines from years back that were kind of compatible

>>11604835
I started a 1:18 Vietnam vet Dreadnok that was going to use a Men in Black head.