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View Poll Results: It's time for a Zarana & Zandar 2-pack! | |||
YEAH!! | 57 | 70.37% | |
no.. | 24 | 29.63% | |
Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll |
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01-13-2021, 02:11 PM | #11 |
Zarana & Zandar
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That's Twins with a capital T! As opposed to the twins. ;)
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01-14-2021, 02:02 AM | #12 |
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It's interesting that no one who voted "no" gave any reason why.
I wonder if they were objecting to this particular pair? Or just (non-Crimson Twin) 2-packs in general? Then again, maybe what they really meant was, "no... I need more time to decide, but I'm pretty sure I want this."
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01-14-2021, 09:37 AM | #13 |
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Add me to that list of those voting “no”.
I would enjoy purchasing a “twins” 2-pack in the retro style artwork and packaging if the figures were Tomax and Xamot, because it is well established in the story that the Paoli brothers were twins. That is possibly the reason they were sold together in the first place in a twin pack. I remember that Hasbro did something similar in 2004 with the Toys ‘R Us Exclusive Ninja Cobra Strike Team, by having both of the Vypra sisters, twin daughters of the swordsmith Onihashi, in the same package. Because Zandar was a sibling to the 1984 Zartan, sold single carded in 1986, and so too was Zarana, also credited as a sibling of Zartan, it is logical to assume that while they are of the same family, they might not be twins. In fact, it would be illogical to assume that they are twins, and such a leap in logic could also spawn the theory that they are triplets, because they are siblings. The Hasbro team has already explained the Walmart Retro line to us more than once now, and we know that any future figures would likely use vintage style packaging/artwork, and bright Crayola like vibrant colors for the action figures. Using that formula, any future single carded Zarana action figure would be a welcome addition to my collection if done in the vibrant DIC cartoon colors, and the fantastic sculpts used for the 2011 San Diego Comic Con exclusive Zarana. The Zandar action figure included in the 2011 Dreadnoks Battle Set was already vintage accurate enough for my liking, and had the vibrant crayon colors, so I’m uncertain if it needs to be recreated again, but if Hasbro decides to do so in the Retro artwork packaging as a single carded figure, I wouldn’t complain. But seriously, I doubt that they retained the tooling for either Zarana or Zandar, so it’s not likely that we will see either of these action figures anytime soon.
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01-14-2021, 01:07 PM | #14 |
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Zandar is a bottom rung tier character. He is ridiculous looking and belongs in the echelons of biggest Joe disasters like Crystal Ball and Raptor. He belongs in the "JEM" line, not GI Joe.
Zarana looks equally stupid, but for whatever reason Larry decided to make her a somewhat important player in the Cobra organization. For that reason alone, I could see her being released with a few new parts and heavy reuse from the other female figures, if this line lasts a few more years. We are talking about Classified, right? Now is NOT the time for these two. We don't even have a Cobra release of Storm Shadow, the second most important character in the franchise. There are literally HUNDREDS of characters to get to before these two. I can see Zarana being made at some point, when they start to move on to C and D list characters. The only possible way I could see Zandar released would be if it were a goofy repaint like Pimp Destro. Just repaint Zartan head to toe in garish 80s neon, and put a different head on him. It would be a complete joke, but there's your only shot at Zandar. |
01-14-2021, 01:11 PM | #15 |
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Classified? ABSOLUTELY! YES and FUCK YES!
Retro? No interest at all. Quote:
Zandar is a bottom rung tier character. He is ridiculous looking and belongs in the echelons of biggest Joe disasters like Crystal Ball and Raptor. He belongs in the "JEM" line, not GI Joe.
Zarana looks equally stupid, but for whatever reason Larry decided to make her a somewhat important player in the Cobra organization. For that reason alone, I could see her being released with a few new parts and heavy reuse from the other female figures, if this line lasts a few more years. We are talking about Classified, right? Now is NOT the time for these two. We don't even have a Cobra release of Storm Shadow, the second most important character in the franchise. There are literally HUNDREDS of characters to get to before these two. I can see Zarana being made at some point, when they start to move on to C and D list characters. The only possible way I could see Zandar released would be if it were a goofy repaint like Pimp Destro. Just repaint Zartan head to toe in garish 80s neon, and put a different head on him. It would be a complete joke, but there's your only shot at Zandar.
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01-14-2021, 03:08 PM | #16 |
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Not just YEAH!!, but HECK YEAH!!
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01-14-2021, 04:07 PM | #17 |
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lol sometimes you know a thread's author before you even see them
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01-14-2021, 05:36 PM | #18 |
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01-14-2021, 05:43 PM | #19 |
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I'm with you Twins! Always!
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01-14-2021, 06:04 PM | #20 |
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Quote:
Zandar is a bottom rung tier character. He is ridiculous looking and belongs in the echelons of biggest Joe disasters like Crystal Ball and Raptor. He belongs in the "JEM" line, not GI Joe.
Zarana looks equally stupid, but for whatever reason Larry decided to make her a somewhat important player in the Cobra organization. For that reason alone, I could see her being released with a few new parts and heavy reuse from the other female figures, if this line lasts a few more years. And Zarana ain't a C or D-lister. She's a popular character. .
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