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G.I. JOE Classified Series Official Thread 2022
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12-09-2022, 01:27 AM
wehrmanm
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My Dusty should arrive from Pulse tomorrow. It might be the last Classified figure I get in 2022 unless any more surprises spring up before the month ends. So seeing that 2022 was a wild up and down year for Classified, how would you rate it on a scale of 1-10?
8-9 on figures alone. Serpentor alone merits an 11 on a 10-point scale. CG is incredible, BATs were another excellent adaptation from the O-Ring line. Tomax and Xamot are outstanding. Great sculpts, whether designers are playing it safe with updates and staying very close to ARAH (Twins, CG, Slaughter) or trying to offer more modern updates (BAT, Serpentor). Kamakura and Slaughter's pricepoints were a real kick in the groin, so can't go full 10 on figures - and the Retro cardback was just a big ol' mess literally every single one of us saw coming the instant we saw "Wal-Mart Exclusive." One misstep of hubris, one misstep of "wait, you mean literally NONE OF YOU saw this coming?" foolishness. Otherwise a stellar year with really long gaps in 1H.
Maybe a 4-5 for corporate. There were a lot of livestreams, but not much transparency. Emily/Lenny et al don't have to come here and post in the Tank as Emily did in the past, but the lack of corporate transparency over the year w/r/t releases was frustrating then infuriating. It's a tough year, and consumers can be pretty understanding (despite what it might look like). But if there's little to no communication to understand, there's nothing left but to be but frustrated. Price hikes, supply chain, Target getting exclusives and still just failing on a colossal level at their own comms and fulfillment - and whither O-Ring? The 4-5 are base points for a mix of good work from a promotion and enthusiasm standpoint (but credit your contractors who serve as sculptors the same way you do those who create the box art), and an extra point or two because it's surely been a TOUGH year. But a tough year doesn't mean we can't be honest about their corporate communications, which have simply been MIA. I don't expect it to change, but I will always comment that it *should* change.
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