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05-01-2024, 06:51 AM | #12101 |
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05-01-2024, 06:59 AM | #12102 |
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It's funny seeing the split on that year here and in the "Least liked figures" thread. The similarities weren't a problem when the line was new since they were wearing uniforms and there was an expectation that toy soldiers should look like they're part of an army. As the line matures, we get superhero soldiers instead and everybody needs a special outfit to advertise what their specialty is.
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05-01-2024, 07:22 AM | #12103 |
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Growing up, the only OG13 that i had was Short-fuze, Steeler and Clutch plus I had Cobra Commander, Cobra Officer and Trooper, i eventually traded a kid in school for Stalker so i have no negative feelings towards them, think i must have come in later that year to them as my mom got me the Vamp with Clutch, Short-Fuze, Mobat with Steeler, Flak, RAM and the display case from 82, plus the Cobras that came out that year, 83 was where it really took off for me, but i have alot of love for the 82 series, especially Short-fuze
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05-01-2024, 07:26 AM | #12104 |
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It's funny seeing the split on that year here and in the "Least liked figures" thread. The similarities weren't a problem when the line was new since they were wearing uniforms and there was an expectation that toy soldiers should look like they're part of an army. As the line matures, we get superhero soldiers instead and everybody needs a special outfit to advertise what their specialty is.
People who discovered G.I. Joe through the Sunbow cartoon or started in a later year don't have the same attachment to the OG13 and likely see them as boring in the same way some of us who are older see the post-Sunbow era as a step too far. I suspect the overlap of people who equally love the OG13 and the Ice Cream Soldier is pretty narrow. |
05-01-2024, 07:50 AM | #12105 |
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A lot of Joe fandom pivots on when people got into it and their age at the time. I was 7 in 1982 and so the OG13 were perfect for me. As the line went on, it was less military and more sci-fi and superhero colors. I made the transition from grade school to middle school between the 87 and 88 years and so toys were set aside which is why I don't have attachment to anything 88 and after.
People who discovered G.I. Joe through the Sunbow cartoon or started in a later year don't have the same attachment to the OG13 and likely see them as boring in the same way some of us who are older see the post-Sunbow era as a step too far. I suspect the overlap of people who equally love the OG13 and the Ice Cream Soldier is pretty narrow.
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05-01-2024, 08:49 AM | #12106 |
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I still hope they give us a re-release of Breaker, I didn't get him with the cycle back in the original release because I was avoiding the CI stuff but now it seems like that's the only way we're going to get Breaker at all...
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05-01-2024, 08:50 AM | #12107 |
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I could see a Retro/cartoon-accurate Breaker being done at some point, easily.
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05-01-2024, 09:08 AM | #12108 |
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The JUMP platform was always one of the dumbest 'toys' to me. It's just a piece of plastic. Does nothing. And it doesn't make sense. You have a jetpack that can fly ANYWHERE. Why do you need to take off from the platform? What does the 'control panel' control?
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05-01-2024, 09:15 AM | #12109 |
Iron Grenadier
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I hope so..I wish they would hurry up and make Cobra Commander so the people who didn't drop $400 on the Hiss Tank can have him... I'm getting to the point that I'm about buy the Fortnite Chaos Agent I saw on clearance at Walmart and try to figure out how to make him work until the real deal starts selling.
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05-01-2024, 09:25 AM | #12110 |
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It's funny seeing the split on that year here and in the "Least liked figures" thread. The similarities weren't a problem when the line was new since they were wearing uniforms and there was an expectation that toy soldiers should look like they're part of an army. As the line matures, we get superhero soldiers instead and everybody needs a special outfit to advertise what their specialty is.
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