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03-05-2010, 09:26 AM | #12011 |
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Damn Z, ruin my excitement, lol
I think part of the reason for the inflated cost is the market just isn't as big as for Star Wars. Even Indy would possibly have a bigger market for that scale then Joe would, especially since Hot Toys and others have better and more detailed military figures.
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03-05-2010, 11:15 AM | #12012 |
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Ack, didn't mean to be a downer, man. Sorry if I harshed your Joe buzz.
I just figured that for many people getting into the Sideshow GI Joe figures, these will be their first ever 1:6 purchases (since most Joe fans I know are exclusively 1:18 collectors), so they probably won't have a general idea of what is a "good value" high end figure in that scale. Sideshow's GI Joe figures, in my mind, are a mediocre value at best given the old articulation model that they employ (the Sideshow Snake-Eyes can't even hold a convincing Weaver stance with a pistol... something a 1:18 Microman figure can do with ease). To use an analogy a GI Joe collector might better appreciate, Sideshow's GI Joe figures are still O-ring figures in terms of articulation, proportion, and sculpt detail while the people they're trying to compete with are already using 25th/ME style models Last edited by zuludelta; 03-05-2010 at 11:21 AM.. |
03-05-2010, 11:18 AM | #12013 |
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I'm mostly waiting to find out how much they'll be, at this point. Hoping they're not ridiculous.
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03-05-2010, 12:53 PM | #12014 |
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Didn't kill my buzz man. I think that analogy is correct. I've only gotten Flint and Beachhead.
Saw pics of the AT guys at last years Joecon. Looked pretty cool.
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03-06-2010, 12:40 AM | #12015 |
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So here is what I did to my joe-verse, I transferred the Marines to Echo Squad and moved them to the Naval Detachment. Made ROC Gen Hawk into General Colton, made Comic 2 pack Duke into Colonel Hawk, 1986 style Gen Hawk into Lt Col Atlas and using ROC Benchpress as MSgt Big Brawler.
Updated: Roster Pentagon Gen Colton Pentagon Liason: Col Hawk Company CO: Maj Duke Company Sgt: SgtM. Stalker Top Shirt Staff: Snake Eyes & MSgt Scarlett 1st Platoon is led by Capt. Falcon and WO Flint. -4 Squads of Army Infantry led by -- SMaj. BeachHead -Battle Rangers -- MSgt Roadblock - Tiger Force -- MSgt Grunt - Groundpounders -- MSgt Outback - Night Force Naval Detachment is led by Lt Cutter and WO Torpedo -1 Squad of Marines led by MSgt Stone -1 Squad of Navy Seals led by MCPO Santa -1 Squad of VBSS Crewmen led by SCPO Hatch Headquarters Platoon is led by Capt Psyche-out and WO Chuckles. -1 Squad of Urban "Hotel" Team led by MSgt Shockwave -1 Squad of Intel Team led by SMSgt Lady Jaye USAF -1 Squad of Color Guard led by Sgt Molly, USMC Company Assets: -Ground Assault Vehicles led by WO Trakker and MSgt Heavy Metal -Fixed wing Pilots led by LtCol Atlas -Medics led by SCPO Greenside -Rotary Wing Pilots led by Capt Red-Tail
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03-06-2010, 07:32 PM | #12016 |
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Nice setup, Takedown. What is your naval det using for transportation and assault?
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03-06-2010, 08:59 PM | #12017 |
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Like that you made Chuckles a Warrant Officer, fits with his CID background.
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03-07-2010, 01:48 AM | #12018 |
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So this is weird. Today, I dreamt I was reading something like an almanac that had characters from books, TV and movies with the characters name, a realistic job title, branch and rank. I remember seeing Sneakpeak had the job title of "Forward Air Controller, USAF, Staff Sgt.". Wished before I woke up, I could've glanced at some others and seen what my mind's eye had done with Dusty, Sub-Zero, Recondo, etc. For those of you who set up your joe-verse, Do the weather exclusive troopers in your squads turn into regular Riflemen or do they fill a different slot?
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03-07-2010, 02:13 AM | #12019 |
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The way I have my set up, All infantry joes are riflemen and are expected to rotate through each of the skill set troops (Air/Ruck/Mountain/Amphibious) and squads through their career.
So a guy like Alpine will start with his specialty of Mtn and share some of his skills with others in his troop, after awhile, he'll rotate to say Air where he'll brush up on his Airborne skills and maybe be the designated lead climber in the troop. Next he'll move to Amphib where there's both Combat Diving and Small craft specialties for him to learn and maybe again be the lead climber in his team. Basically each troop only denotes the method of infiltration technique but once they get to their mission site, they're riflemen. Hope that makes sense? The way I use the Arctic and Desert guys is similar. They all rotate through different squads during their career. Their codename just denotes their specialty skill set or preferred environment, it doesn't mean they can't be useful out of it. For example; Dusty is the Desert go to guy, he's the lead NCO of the Joes Desert team posted to Trucial Abysmia in the middle east. His team are also the first responders to any Cobra threat in Central Asia (because their Area of Responsibility is Central Asia or CENTCOM) . That takes him out of the desert environment and potentially puts him in cold mountainous regions of pakistan and tajikstan and maybe urban ops in UAE, Jordan etc. |
03-07-2010, 03:41 AM | #12020 |
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Tho I can see Snowjob pulling a fast one on a new transfer a minute before wheels up, "Yeah Im Outback. Take apart your piece and clean it!"
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