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View Poll Results: Rate The Sky Striker XP21F | |||
10 | 50 | 31.25% | |
9 | 56 | 35.00% | |
8 | 33 | 20.63% | |
7 | 14 | 8.75% | |
6 | 4 | 2.50% | |
5 | 1 | 0.63% | |
4 | 2 | 1.25% | |
3 | 0 | 0% | |
2 | 0 | 0% | |
1 | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll |
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02-18-2012, 02:41 PM | #81 |
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What I dont understand about the new Sky Striker, the old one sat two (you had to buy the second figure hence more sales) These larger figures, while the sculpt and articulation are great, why not just make a slightly bigger cockpit before you make it almost exactly like it was. The front fuselage did have alot of room and once you got rid of the panel by the feet, it was good to go (see Bar's version). The wings still bother me when the ACTION feature could have just been the landing gear, everyone for years has been on and on about displaying the skystriker with the wings in and gear down. I totally get the cashing in on the Vintage and I think its great Hasbro brought the Sky Striker back. I hope Target does an Exclusive with it in Flat White, two seater and two pilots ACE and SLIPSTREAM in regular flight Gear, hell, I would even be down with the VvV Slipstream figure and a copy with Ace's head. I dont know how sales were, but I do know they have a mold that they can re-use again and perhaps get it even better the second time around.
As far as sales, it depended on your area. For me, I saw these things sell, but they sat more at TRU than they did at Target. However... By Christmas each store I went to pretty much sold out of them. Even at Target they sold after Xmas at full price. The thing a lot of us have to remember too, there was nothing pushing this at retail. If you were a hardcore GI Joe fan you knew this thing was coming. The average Joe didn't know about it unless they happened to look at Toy Fair coverage last year or saw it in the aisles at Target or TRU. There were no commercials, no ads, et al. In addition, Walmart did not carry it, which I think, hurt the sales. This toy basically depended on fans to buy it and whatever kid/parent randomly saw it and thought it was cool. Ultimately I think it's the best item we got from the 30th anniversary line, simply because it was something that we had been told numerous times over the years, wouldn't happen. The fact that the build quality was better than the original, and that Hasbro released it without charging $50-75 was a surprise. Only qualms are:
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02-18-2012, 02:44 PM | #82 |
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About it being a two seater, the new Rip Cord with second helmet would have been perfect in the back seat.
Ripcord flew plane or flew in the helicopter during the cartoon?
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02-18-2012, 04:14 PM | #83 |
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The helmet is bad ass. The toy has the space to be a 2 seater but since Hasbro wanted the detailed cockpit parts, the new seat and whatnot took up the space. |
02-18-2012, 04:18 PM | #84 |
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i voted 9 rather than 10 because no parachute and only single seater. but i love this thing. even bought a few for gifts during the yule time to share the wealth w/ friends and toys for tots, if they clearance soon i may pick up 2-3 more since im negotiating a flagg purchase here in the comming weeks.
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02-18-2012, 05:36 PM | #85 |
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i voted 9 rather than 10 because no parachute and only single seater. but i love this thing. even bought a few for gifts during the yule time to share the wealth w/ friends and toys for tots, if they clearance soon i may pick up 2-3 more since im negotiating a flagg purchase here in the comming weeks.
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03-24-2012, 04:17 PM | #86 |
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Finally figured out how to disconnect the wing-sweep mechanism from the landing gear yet retain their functionality:
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ding-gear.html |
05-01-2017, 02:58 PM | #87 |
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How easy would it be to remove the dual seat cockpit from the 1983 Skystriker and install it into this version?
Is there a 3rd party dual seat cockpit available? |
05-01-2017, 04:14 PM | #88 |
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