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04-23-2024, 07:34 PM | #11391 |
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Personally I've always disliked the Persuader but I'm sure there's stuff I like that you don't, since it really comes down to personal preference. It's definitely not as bad as the 1989 Cobra Battlefield Robot Hovercraft.
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04-23-2024, 08:11 PM | #11392 |
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When rifled barrels and breech-loading became the norm, range increased, which is when artillery became more associated with indirect fire (I mean, when you can't even see the target, they pretty much have to be). Hence your modern interpretation. But the definition never really technically changed, which is why anti-aircraft guns tended to be called anti-aircraft artillery (and sometimes still is), but that kind of fell out of favour when guided missiles became more popular. At any rate, it's hard to really find a "realistic" place for the HAL... it always seemed to me that the designers were going for a sort of updated WWII-style towed anti-tank gun sort of thing, but a laser. I suppose that could still kind of work? In a more modern context, it could be an effective anti-satellite weapon, perhaps... Quote:
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Gi Joe's inherent silliness while at the same time taking itself very seriously is part of the reason I like it, heck it is also part of the reason I like MASK, Visonaries and Centurions too.
Gi Joe is "Just" silly enough to be taken somewhat seriously.. then you kinda pass a line and things just get very very silly like Inhumanoids for one perhaps COPS as well. Quote:
Speaking of COPS doesn't it technically take place in the same Universe as Gi Joe ? As one of the characters is related to someone in Gi Joe.
I kind of hate how all the big corporations are scrambling to copy Marvel and DC in this way. Not EVERYTHING has to be a franchise. The thing with GI Joe and MASK and, what... Rom the Space Knight, I think is in there? I just ignore all that, it's just stupid and reeks of corporate greed and a lack of imagination. COPS was pretty cool though. As a kid, I liked Visionaries as well. I hated how Hasbro decided to up the scale on these, though, and especially Sgt. Savage. It would have been so much cooler had they stuck with the same scale as RAH. I bet a LOT more of us would be collecting them still if that had been the case back then.
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04-23-2024, 08:19 PM | #11393 |
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And of course, being Canadian, he came with the only Canadian Joe they ever made. And yeah, he had dumb yellow pants and was from Qu?bec (nothing against the Qu?becois - I love them, especially the women! But even they don't always consider themselves Canadian after all). But still. I don't know that I'd plunk down the cash for a Classified one, though... I'm sure it's not at all on Hasbro's radar so a bit of a moot point!
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04-23-2024, 09:02 PM | #11394 |
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That would be about the extent of what one could hope for. You guys know hasbro loves to burn those molds out as fast as possible. Oftentimes to the detriment of sales numbers.
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04-23-2024, 09:06 PM | #11395 |
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I've seen some people who like it, I think a pretty good indication of if there is a fandom fondness for things (and putting aside the people who make room size Aircraft carriers and Mobile battle platforms the size of a dinning table) the "Joe public" 3D printer crowd seem to like set things I think I saw a Persuader in the mix. I guess we all have a favorite or two that may not always be everyone else's Have a fondness for these for example :
https://www.3djoes.com/desert-fox-6-wd.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-imp.html https://www.3djoes.com/swampmasher.html https://www.3djoes.com/locust.html https://www.3djoes.com/mobile-battle-bunker.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-rat.html https://www.3djoes.com/mudfighter.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-ice-snake.html This is a popular one to print I see around a lot : https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-hydro-sled.html too. I know one thing that does come up a lot across multiple places is this : https://www.3djoes.com/firebat.html ///// If I wanted to be mischievous and suggest the ones that 'might' be the ugly dog of the litter it would be these ones... even if I may have had some fun with some of them.. good lookers they are not : https://www.3djoes.com/arctic-blast.html https://www.3djoes.com/attack-cruiser.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-detonator.html https://www.3djoes.com/ninja-raider-battle-ax.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-adder.html https://www.3djoes.com/cobra-battle-barge.html https://www.3djoes.com/ninja-raider-...m/patriot.html (Never owned this always wanted one mostly because it is so darn weird looking) There is some very strange stuff from some of the later lines too : But I'll save that for another time. Oh and one good thing about the Persuader is it has a tow hitch.. give it a HAL and you can 'double Laser' then. |
04-23-2024, 10:17 PM | #11396 |
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I liked some of what GridIron did in their upgrade kits, but I think the overall "finished" VAMP after all the kits feels way too overdone. It took a good looking vehicle and made it look cluttered.
I'd be fine with Hasbro doing snap on accessories for the Stinger but keep it simple like they did with the lights for the VAMP. It does feel like the Persuader is a real possibility. Featured in Blackout and doesn't have treads so it can be done cheaper. Now you would have to do some updates though to make it look a tad better: Last edited by DarthBrett; 05-01-2024 at 06:40 PM.. Reason: See pic from original post |
04-23-2024, 10:18 PM | #11397 |
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And y'all were worried about a lack of news....
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04-23-2024, 10:24 PM | #11398 |
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Birds the word
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04-23-2024, 10:25 PM | #11399 |
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04-23-2024, 10:26 PM | #11400 |
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I'm guessing this means we're getting a classic Raptor instead of something that's more MCU Vulture esque.
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