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Interest in reissued vintage Joes in the style of the Star Wars Retro collection?
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12-12-2019, 06:52 PM
xasonnex
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First post, so be gentle...
I would LOVE a vintage re-release line. Vintage colors, correct parts, but new plastic, soft hands. But for the love of all that's good, learn from past mistakes and do it right. Hasbro SHOULD still have many molds intact. I think they put effort into preserving anything they used 2005-10. But in both 1997 and in the 2000s, they thought they had certain molds, finalized which figures to make, only to find out they DIDN'T have the molds. So...
Put in the work with the first wave, and remake molds they know they DON'T have. At all. In remaking straight-arm figures, use the approach from the Comic Pack Short-Fuze: Keep the details exactly where they were on the straight-arm, but swivel it (the upper arm pouches on SF are on the side, like the '82) This way, you won't have people dis-assembling figures for oft-broken arms to put on vintage figures to resell as original. Then, while making that first wave, figure out what they still have. Bonus if they can get to Funskool's library and find anything still usable.
Suggestions for wave 1: Cobra Commander V1,Snake Eyes V2 (yes, I know Black Major makes those), Flash, Destro V1, Falcon (I think the mold disappeared after the Club used it), Cover Girl, and Major Bludd. No troop builder to start, need everything to sell equally in wave 1.
If successful, work towards fixing figures we got too often 97-07 that had missing parts. Duke, Vipers, B.A.T.s (heck, most Cobra troop builders were missing something).
Might make a good 40 for the 40th in 2022.
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