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10-12-2016, 08:42 PM | #41 |
Range Viper
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As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Regardless of how much of a fan he is, if his idea is that Cobra's wear masks because they are ashamed of the association with COBRA is what is directing his creative decisions then that would explain why his product lines for the brand suck. As another saying goes, garbage in, garbage out.
I could be wrong, but the only black cobra characters I can think of are shadow tracker and the roc range viper and range can be any ethnic group with dark skin. I am not hating on a new black character, I am hating on how lazy and little thought they put into it.They just half assed a new head sculpt on fireflys body. And the filecard is even more obvious than the figure itself. funny thing is gi joe in the past did not want to make black cobra characters for fear of being called racist. Now they need to add black cobra characters so cobra doesnt look racist. |
10-12-2016, 09:33 PM | #42 |
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I like that Hasbro is trying at least. New characters are welcome. His look is somewhat generic, yes. Filecard....well, it is what I would expect. Are they written by 2nd graders now? I would like him to show up in the comics, though....as would I like to see Shadow Tracker, and other newer characters.
He does seem a bit like a token, and you can practically see the thought process behind his inclusion....it never felt like that in the old days, but that is the way everything is now. I will enjoy him for what he is...but it does seem like somewhat of a wasted opportunity. By the way...how are they able to use the name Tombstone? Isn't that Marvel's? |
10-12-2016, 09:43 PM | #43 |
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I like that Hasbro is trying at least. New characters are welcome. His look is somewhat generic, yes. Filecard....well, it is what I would expect. Are they written by 2nd graders now? I would like him to show up in the comics, though....as would I like to see Shadow Tracker, and other newer characters.
He does seem a bit like a token, and you can practically see the thought process behind his inclusion....it never felt like that in the old days, but that is the way everything is now. I will enjoy him for what he is...but it does seem like somewhat of a wasted opportunity. By the way...how are they able to use the name Tombstone? Isn't that Marvel's? |
10-12-2016, 10:47 PM | #44 |
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10-12-2016, 11:18 PM | #45 |
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He looks like he is winking.
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10-12-2016, 11:28 PM | #46 |
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This might be a wild guess or call it a conspiracy theory but maybe they made a huge amount of Tombstone figures and they all had missing eye paint apps and then said "F it", we will just make his file card picture missing an eye with some scarring and call it a day. I don't know, I just don't understand it.
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10-13-2016, 01:25 AM | #47 |
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1 eyed willy or both eyes. Either way he looks stupid.
I dont know why but he reminds me of those singing raisens from the 80s |
10-13-2016, 02:13 AM | #48 |
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Lets stop beating around the bush with tombstone. A SJW is now in charge of the gi joe line and felt his dutie to add a black cobra character since there were none showing their face in the past.
I could be wrong, but the only black cobra characters I can think of are shadow tracker and the roc range viper and range can be any ethnic group with dark skin. I am not hating on a new black character, I am hating on how lazy and little thought they put into it.They just half assed a new head sculpt on fireflys body. And the filecard is even more obvious than the figure itself. funny thing is gi joe in the past did not want to make black cobra characters for fear of being called racist. Now they need to add black cobra characters so cobra doesnt look racist. Ever since I got back into collecting as an adult people beg for racial diversity in Cobra. They make a black figure and they're "SJW"s. They really can't win can they? Tombstone is my favorite figure from the new line. He's not a rehash of a 30 year old character. He's a brand new blank slate that you can do whatever you want with and I love it. Bravo Mark Weber! More please sir! |
10-13-2016, 07:58 AM | #49 |
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while obviously a cheap and easy way to create a new character , I don't mind him at all, the only thing that bugs me is the white shoulder armour , why????, silver or gunmetal would have looked so much better !!!!
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10-13-2016, 08:21 AM | #50 |
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