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FSS 7.0 from the GI Joe Collector's Club Discussion
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11-03-2017, 10:36 AM
edgecrusher
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as much as I want Golobulous and the Royal Guard, I'm not sure how anyone thinks the Club could do that based on their previous releases. It would require a lot more than simple kitbashing and parts swapping. I'm a fan of the Club, don't get me wrong... but even I know they have limits. If Hasbro themselves have a hard time just getting us figures, (as explained at JoeCon 2016) I know the Club surely does too.
Sure hope somebody can so we at least get a complete '80s lineup in ME before FSS and JoeCon end. Not getting The Fridge would be understandable if licensing proved prohibitive, and hell it was only a mail-in back then anyway. But the rest of the missing first ten series figures are disappointing when they're delivering the 700th version of Cobra Commander or Jinx. The focus on delivering so many post '90 figures in general is kind of a shame, most of which lack as rich a nostalgia value, backstory, or unique toy parts (many of them being rehashes or mix-n-match partsbin concoctions). Plus, as most '80s ARAH fans would probably agree, a lot of the post-'90/91 sets with their gimmicky crap were off-putting even back then. Hasbro was out of ideas and the market was changing, so they were struggling to try to keep GI Joe relevant and introduced a lot of weird themes and colorsets that don't mesh with the GIJoe of the '80s.
Before worrying about recreating that stuff, let's get the fundamentals out of the way, please.
Plus, you'll attract latecomers to ME like me that can actually bring new support/funds to FSS and increase the chances of it continuing. I've been collecting ME all of about two months now. Closing in on 250 figures already, have most of what I want and just waiting for those "collection completers" like Golobulus, Royal Guard, ToxoViper, HydroViper, HardBall, etc to convince me to buy a subscription and pay for future FSS series instead of just cherry-picking specific characters via eBay. I'm glad we're finally getting a Blizzard and Crystal Ball. If they look pretty close to the source material, I'll get those either way. But most of this set is a pass for me, so I'm hoping if there's an FSS8 it makes up for a lot of the misses here in 7.
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