[CapBritain]

why the frak does he come with a frickin' chocolate bar?

[DarkLordMordred]

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Originally Posted by CapBritain

why the frak does he come with a frickin' chocolate bar?

It's a cartoon thing. He was an actor and did commercials for Fudgie Bars.

[MTC]

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

For me, it's about toning down the racial stereotype (yes, it's there - we've beaten this horse to death), and make him look more consistent with what Classified's done - all without stripping away Quick Kick. Gotta know who he is by looking at him. Again, wish they'd saved this 1:1 vintage ARAH look for the Retro line, and updated him a bit to be more practical.

I think I'm going to put the v1 gungho vest on him and swap legs with someone with black pants. I think that'll be enough. You and I both agree retro should be retro and classified should be adapted retro.

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by MTC

I think I'm going to put the v1 gungho vest on him and swap legs with someone with black pants. I think that'll be enough. You and I both agree retro should be retro and classified should be adapted retro.

I used my v1 Gung Ho vest and pants to turn CI Roadblock into Heavy Duty, so not an option for me. Thinking about picking up a movie SE though, just in case.

[MTC]

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

I used my v1 Gung Ho vest and pants to turn CI Roadblock into Heavy Duty, so not an option for me. Thinking about picking up a movie SE though, just in case.

Oh cool. You have pics?

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by MTC

Oh cool. You have pics?

At hand, nope, but I'll snap a couple tomorrow for ya.

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by MTC

Oh cool. You have pics?

The tattoo didn't work for me for Roadblock, and thankfully, the HA Roadblock didn't have one, so between the tat and different headsulpt there, these look like two different people. I figure this'll work until we get an official Heavy Duty, and then I'll break him down or just use him as another random heavy gunner.

[freemansmind]

I would assume the boot cut will be exclusive to Quick Kick as there is new tooling involved there and doesn't look like it will match up size wise with older bodies. That's gonna look weird too much like Bazooka when you turn him how the print breaks up in the jersey but this time with the "Chinese wind pattern" Lenny deco'ed it with.

[MTC]

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

The tattoo didn't work for me for Roadblock, and thankfully, the HA Roadblock didn't have one, so between the tat and different headsulpt there, these look like two different people. I figure this'll work until we get an official Heavy Duty, and then I'll break him down or just use him as another random heavy gunner.

This looks really good. I think the initial run of classified before they started listening to fans was too boxy though

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by MTC

This looks really good. I think the initial run of classified before they started listening to fans was too boxy though

Thank you, and I wholeheartedly agree. Though it was consistent with Blackout, which is what they were going for initially. I'm glad for the course correction though, but I hope we get a little more consistency. A handful of Classified releases have arguably been too close to their original ARAH designs. The new Firefly is a perfect example. Seems kinda pointless if they're also doing Retros, unless there's no chance that they'll release those characters under that sub-line. Though sometimes, I have to admit it works, like the Crimson Guards, and sometimes it doesn't, like Quick Kick.