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05-06-2024, 01:37 PM | #31 |
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I'll be honest, I'm not sure I would have started collecting Classified if they had continued in the direction they were on for the first few waves. I saw them on here and on other toy sites and while I definitely thought they looked cool, the designs deviated from the classic looks a little too much for my tastes and I just wasn't convinced enough that I should start collecting them. I finally decided to take the plunge during late summer '21 when figures like the Viper, Flint, Lady Jaye, Zartan, Alpha Commando Snake Eyes, Major Blood and Barbecue were all out or coming out that I started to become pretty interested. Then I saw Spirit, Storm Shadow and Croc Master were revealed and they looked amazing and I knew then that I wasn't going to be able to resist. At that point the designs were starting to lean a bit more heavily with the classic ARAH aesthetics and more realistic weapons and I was finally sold and wanted to collect them.
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05-06-2024, 01:44 PM | #32 |
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Classified got me back into figure collecting as an adult. It's what brought me to this site and it's what's made me an almost daily participant in the discussions here.
When the 25th line started, I was in high school. I remember seeing that explosion background packaging in stores and wishing I had the kind of disposable income I have now to collect them. Looking back, I think those figures are terrible looking now and I feel like it was mostly the packaging that was drawing me in. After college I got back into collecting with Lego. A rather expensive hobby, but as someone who pushes pixels around all day, it was a low-stakes means of being creative in an analog way. A cathartic type of therapy that got me away from screens. With my passion for lego reignited I started watching lego reviews and videos on youtube. My algorithm started showing me 1/12 scale figure videos for Marvel legends and the like. I would watch them, appreciating the art form but never committing fully to buying anything. Then Covid hit and I saw that 00 Snake Eyes announcement on IGN. I wanted it badly, but I resisted, convincing myself I didn't need another hobby in addition to Lego. I passed on it until I saw the standard Snake Eyes in Walmart one day and put him in my cart. That was all it took. Been collecting every figure since, and I even got a chance to snag 00 Snakes when they offered him again as a second run way back in the beginning of everything. There are 2 things that surprised me quite a bit... 1.) that there are Joe collectors here that would even be opposed to a 1/12 scale figure. Like I was blown away when I discovered that people fight over scale, lol. It seems so petty and ridiculous to me. It's unbelievable to me that you can like a property so much, but if they release a bigger version of it, you hate it. So strange, and something that seems to be sort of unique to Joe (outside of star wars of course). 2.) how Classified has brought in so many new fans from the 1/12 collecting community. I've always love Joe since I was a little kid, so I was primed and ready for this more adult reimagining of the toys I loved growing up. But it seems fairly common to hear about new collectors who have no history or knowledge of GIJoe are picking up the brand and collecting Classified. I think that goes to show how well designed and executed these figures are. To me, the designs have always been fairly timeless (especially Cobra), but with no supporting media or anything, Classified seems to have pulled in lots of collectors from the spheres of Legends, Black Series, Mythic Legions, Mafex, and the like. The products are good to great, and sometimes that's all that matters. Last edited by DFender; 05-06-2024 at 01:47 PM.. |
05-06-2024, 02:53 PM | #33 |
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I wonder if his contract includes animation.
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05-06-2024, 03:55 PM | #34 |
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I'm surprised we've had 5 different package designs in less than 5 years.
I never liked the magic bullet attracting shin guards. Or that everyone had either an asymmetrical elbow or kneepad. They did weird things with those designs. That's probably just the game designs though.
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05-06-2024, 04:28 PM | #35 |
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Already having 00 SE, I was in with the Blackout designs (though the gold was most definitely a "WTF?!"), but the redeco's were a great course-correction and showed that the team does listen to the fans. As was the further shift, away from the Nerf guns.
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05-06-2024, 04:37 PM | #36 |
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I think it was the gold elements that really led to people complaining about "Fortnite-ification" of Joe early on so not having the gold elements early on probably would have helped the early style for Classified stick around longer.
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05-06-2024, 04:55 PM | #37 |
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I hate that the shin guards are almost always glued on crooked.
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05-06-2024, 05:15 PM | #38 |
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Right? And certain stances turn them inward and it's REALLY obvious. More so than regular boots.
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05-06-2024, 06:37 PM | #39 |
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I’m impressed how many they have released thus far and how many they release each year. Also, that people bought a ton of haslabs
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05-06-2024, 08:06 PM | #40 |
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Great point. It's surprising that Blackout Sci-Fi wasn't far enough along to just be released anyway, but it's just as surprising that he's been pushed to the back of the line after being enough of a priority to feature in the game.
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