[Highlander]

I will always push Wedges novel, I think it is great for their lore of the whole line. Such a shame its not backed, supported and made into a series.

Siege is definitely on my list to get. Will wait and see the others as they get produced. Not interested in another Condor. Had to make enough changes to the covert one just to make him covert. That was disappointing.

The weapons packs are good but again I have the big armoury set so don't feel the need for the others now.

I am a fan of the line but I agree it is getting stale. We need comics of quality stories to keep us interested. Every GI Joe figure has a story.

I am bored of the main YouTubers nonsense too. its childish backing of mates/ old boys club etc and there are starting to put people off.

[IzzyTipsy]

Gemini turns me off because it's the same damn buck AGAIN. Look, I get most Classified female figures are now using Lady Jaye's buck a bit but CG, LJ, Helix, and Shooter don't ALL look exactly the same body wise with a different head.

Pandora being butch is OK. She's some crazy lesbian. The rest of them though look too much like the dudes, and are all too strapping. Every female figure kinda looking like this is a turnoff.

I hope FMF's ladies don't look the same.

[Toa Maximus]

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Originally Posted by IzzyTipsy

I hope FMF's ladies don't look the same.

They probably won't do a female buck so no worries

[Talon1load]

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

I'm not playing "whataboutism" with other lines. I'm discussing Action Force. And we can't really discuss 3.1 without discussing the issues of Series 3 (half of of which are reoccurring from Series 1), given it's all attached. I'm sure the weapons packs will be solid like the previous - though still look to be out of scale amongst themselves. But with Warpath Eclipse still plagued by the issues of Series 3, and new issues, it's unrealistic, and frankly disingenuous to pretend there aren't problems here.



Gemini is a bad figure all the way around, design-wise, and an easy pass (especially since I have little faith that there's been enough time to actually address the issues we've seen with Series 3).

I was looking at what's left that I'm interested in ordering from what's been teased/announced, and it's just Atlas, Siege and any SB variants (he can keep the Budo knockoff). Maaaaaaaaaybe desert ops Condor to bash a better Chris Redfield. We're not even to Series 4 yet, and the line just feels sooooooooooo stale, already. I think it was Izzy that brought up Bobby desperately needing to expand on the SWARM and add named villains to it, not just endless, gimmicky variants. I think he's absolutely right on the money, there.

And sadly, I'm not even sure it's worth bringing up Wedge's novel anymore. It's all but ignored by Bobby now, and was never really pushed to begin with.

Gemini?s head looks terrible but I like the body. It?ll be another head swap. Toa is right that a lot of the Lightning Collection heads look a bit young but they?re still preferable to the heads that come on most of the Action Force figures. I?ve been lucky so far. I?ve only had an issue with one female Steel Brigade figure that came with a broken foot but BBTS replaced it pretty easily. Not a huge fan of the Action Force guns though. The magazines are too small and some of the guns just look plain.

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by Talon1load

Gemini?s head looks terrible but I like the body. It?ll be another head swap.

Just wish the bodies looked more feminine and less Fallon Fox.

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Toa is right that a lot of the Lightning Collection heads look a bit young but they?re still preferable to the heads that come on most of the Action Force figures.

Not every soldier has to look like a grizzled veteran. Many, IRL, have babyfaces, joining right out of high school.

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I?ve been lucky so far. I?ve only had an issue with one female Steel Brigade figure that came with a broken foot but BBTS replaced it pretty easily. Not a huge fan of the Action Force guns though. The magazines are too small and some of the guns just look plain.

BBTS's CS is absolutely fantastic. I often wonder how miserable people have to make them to get the uncharacteristic treatment they rant about. As to the guns, agreed (I mentioned the inter-scale issues), but heating up Hasbro's weapons every single time I get a figure is getting old.