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07-21-2020, 06:00 AM | #1 |
Zarana & Zandar
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The future of GI Joe
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For over ten years, I've advocated and fought for the inclusion of Zandar along with Zarana, and to see that their relationship as twins isn't discarded by Hasbro, and makes it into the future of GI Joe.
With the unveiling of the new gijpe.com site and the Classified line, Zarana has made it into the future of GI Joe. Zandar is absent, and with it, their relationship as twins. It meant so much to me to succeed. I don't have a full life like others do; disabilities and health issues prevent me from living independently. To have a legacy, be a small part of something I love by saving that detail of the Zandar & Zarana characters, meant the world to me. I failed. Where to go from here?
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This is amazing! We're getting a ZANDAR figure! ZANDAR featured prominently in the Cobra Commander series! Character development! It's a great time to be a Zandar fan! Thank you, Hasbro!!! |
07-21-2020, 06:43 AM | #2 |
The Man You Know & Love
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07-21-2020, 07:05 AM | #3 |
Father of Four
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Based on your posts, you seem like a good person and an appreciated member of the tank.
No offense though - but you also seem a bit oddly focused on this detail. That said, you haven't "failed" as "Zandar is absent" only at the moment. There is nothing to prevent Hasbro from bringing him (and many other missing Joe characters) to the site in the future. They have been very clear that social media is part of their research and you've certainly done your part to make your voice heard. Some perspective: it's hard to lay hold of definitive Joe canon. Different incarnations will always have variances. Baroness was CC's sister and Duke's girlfriend in the first movie. SE is now Asian in the films while dead and replaced by a Dawn Moreno in the comics. I don't know that any detail in Joe lore is safeguarded from change. So, you might see Zandar pop up the Classified, Retro or the SE movie line - and he may very well be might be Zarana's twin. Or not. It doesn't mean you've failed. These lines will not be the only incarnation of Joe. Change being the only constant - between the films, multiple comics, site info and toy lines he'll be around again and if he's not a twin one time around he certainly may be in the future. |
07-21-2020, 10:34 AM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Houston
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Sounds like you have an unhealthy obsession with these two characters. Like really strange.
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07-21-2020, 10:47 AM | #5 |
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2019
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You have not failed. Beachhead wasn’t included on the gijoe.com website but he literally has a figure in classified now. Just because Zander is not on the website doesn’t mean he won’t be in the toyline.
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07-21-2020, 12:29 PM | #6 |
Mass Nerderer
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Slitherin' around the tank- It's cool, though, 'cause I'm being "watched"
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All of the above. And remember- if worse comes to worse, there are both some amazing customizers here filling the gaps and most importantly, your own head canon, which Hasbro couldn't take away if they tried.
GIJoe will always be exactly what you want it to be. |
07-21-2020, 12:44 PM | #7 |
Zarana & Zandar
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Hey thanks guys. I'll answer this thread later today, butjust wanted to say thanks for the replies.
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This is amazing! We're getting a ZANDAR figure! ZANDAR featured prominently in the Cobra Commander series! Character development! It's a great time to be a Zandar fan! Thank you, Hasbro!!! |
07-21-2020, 12:49 PM | #8 |
ORZO
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: PA
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I made this Get Tough version of Zarana recently because we never got an official release of it. Then after reading one of your previous posts about bringing back Zandar, it got me thinking about how I do miss the character. So at some point I’ll be making a version of him to match his sister and your posts about Zarana & Zandar will have been the inspiration for the project. So definitely don’t lose faith and keep talking about your favorite characters! Maybe they won’t hit retail but it could definitely inspire others to make customs or art involving them. And at that point you never know, maybe Hasbro sees the community embracing the characters more and it gets some official product made!
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07-21-2020, 02:03 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jul 2011
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I just saw the movie "Guns Akimbo," and I tell you what, that Nix girl is an Americanized version of Zarana in the flesh in my opinion. (Ironically, the actress is playing Scarlett in the upcoming Snake Eyes movie.)
In my mind, I could see Zandar lurking in the background, making sure nobody hurts his twin sister while she works on her assassination list. |
07-21-2020, 02:05 PM | #10 |
A Cimmerian
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Here's what I know- Falcon and Jinx are a couple, and I don't give a shit what Hasbro or Larry Hama has to say about it.
Likewise, Zarana and Zandar can be twins.
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