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08-20-2008, 11:41 PM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
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I'm interested in knowing what anyone thinks about the new figure package art as compared to the original work done in the 80s. Anyone feel that the original is better and that the new is lesser quality or vice versa? Either way, I'm glad G.I. Joe and Cobra are back.
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08-20-2008, 11:56 PM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
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It's the same art on the 25th and the 80s packages. They even made the Hasbro logo the same as it was back then.
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08-20-2008, 11:58 PM | #3 |
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Not quite the same. But almost identical. The 25th looks more digitalized though.
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08-20-2008, 11:58 PM | #4 |
Father of a little Viper
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I like them both the same. I am just not crazy about the white borders on the new cards. IMO, it takes away from the picture a little bit...
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08-21-2008, 12:11 AM | #5 |
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I love the current art, because it is based on the old school art. However, it's not exactly the same, it has been altered a bit. Some of it is dead on with the originals, some look like someone had a bit too much fun with the smudge tool in Photoshop. Have you noticed that some characters that weren't released originally on a card look a little weird. HISS Driver looks kind of lost on his card without the HISS. "Dude is this pose cool? Y'know I think it would be WAAAY better if I was sittin' in my tank, man...Just sayin."
General Hawk's pistol is a little weird on his new art as well. But I'm with Viper, I love 'em both. The new stuff is a more than fitting homage. |
08-21-2008, 01:19 AM | #6 |
VALKYRIE
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I prefer the originals. Some of the new ones have copied and pasted characters, just mirrored, like on the Red Ninja set. Some of the all new drawings have incorrect proportions, like Hard Master who's head is huge.
The digitally altered ones are blander in color, and if you look closely, not as refined, as some mistakes are easily viewable. |
08-21-2008, 01:35 AM | #7 |
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The old school card's art was WAAAAAAY better.
I don't understand why they had to alter the new cards. The new tweaks bother me. I really do want to know the actual reason they had to alter them. It can't be for any legal reasons. Does anyone know why? |
08-21-2008, 01:43 AM | #8 |
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08-21-2008, 02:26 AM | #9 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I like that they reworked some of the art to match up with the new figures, like for Beachhead's card art. However, some of the art just has me scratching my head. Like for Ninja Ku, I understand they're going for an homage to the original Argentinian art, but it looks SO low quality.
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08-21-2008, 03:25 AM | #10 |
Not Hasbro approved.
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...and the accessories don't match the Artwork. I guess it's inevitable that Hasbro either lost the tooling for some accessories or for some reason don't considering it viable to use particular accessories with figures, but when the artwork is not redone to reflect those changes it ticks me off just a little. /rant. |
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