|
Community Links |
Social Groups |
Pictures & Albums |
Members List |
Search Forums |
Advanced Search |
Go to Page... |
|
Thread Tools |
04-20-2024, 11:19 AM | #1 |
Ne Plus Ulta
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 4,861
|
In a about a month the Classified Series HasLab campaign will begin with the teasing of the product. I predict that it will be the COBRA Rattler. I'm basing this prediction on the strength that ACE, (the GI jOE Action Pilot and not Brad J. Armbruster,) has already been announced and I'm assuming that (with the exception of the helmet,) there's going to be a lot of shared tooling between the Action Pilot and WILD WEASEL.
As with the Dragonfly the base offering will be the Rattler, WEASEL, the Rattler's armaments, blast effects, stickers, a flight stand, and electronics. Stretch Goal 1 will be the Rattler gunner. As to avoid what I'm dubbing the "GLENDA Lag," where dudes get funny style and in their feelings about a stretch goal I think the JOE team will place it safe and offer a rando Rattler pilot as the second stretch goal. Now we enter into the questions about the HasLab. It's not a question of if a Rattler HasLab will fund, but rather when. I think that a Rattler HasLab will had the minimum number of backers by 9:30 E.D.T. with all of the stretch goals being met within a week and a half of the campaign's launch. If there's a fourth figure added it will probably be a repainted TECHNO-VIPER. Personally, I would like to see that fourth figure be THE BARONESS in a flight suit. THE BARONESS in a black, black and gray, or black and red flight suit would be crazy. Another question is what will be the gender of the Rattler gunner and pilot be. What do you guys think this year's the HasLab will be and don't say the Thunder Machine. Lenny has gone on record as saying that the Thunder Machine wouldn't be a HasLab because it's too small.
__________________
Last edited by Fred Broca; 04-25-2024 at 11:05 AM.. |
04-20-2024, 11:25 AM | #2 |
Just a fan
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: NY
Posts: 8,616
|
A 1:1 scale USS Flagg...or more likely the Rattler.
|
04-20-2024, 11:41 AM | #3 |
Green Shirt
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,159
|
I will be happy with the Rattler because it sounds like a lot want it; and as much as I like Wild Weasel, I think my Haslab this year could be a pimped out gridiron VAMP with all the bells and whistles!
Want the Caddy VAMP do not need the Rattler, as awesome as it is. Agree with your take, it will move quickly. |
04-20-2024, 11:43 AM | #4 |
Green Shirt
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,159
|
|
04-20-2024, 11:47 AM | #5 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 8,514
|
Have no interest in the Rattler so I guess I'll be paying $100+ to get Wild Weasel.
I still don't get it. Wingspan will be huge and the vehicle itself will be large. And any display base isn't going to have this thing flying high enough off the ground to make it look remotely realistic. At least with the Dragonfly it can look like it's hovering to drop say Doc and a stretcher off, etc. Also seems like a pointless vehicle to have fighting the Dragonfly. A jet vs. a helicopter? At least the VAMP vs. HISS makes sense when you realize the HISS is less a tank and more a souped up scout vehicle ala the VAMP. As for figures? -Wild Weasel is the base product. -Cobra Pit Crew guy from the Skystriker Haslab. -I'm thinking female Strato-Viper/Raven. Can be a pilot or a generic pilot with helmet on. And parts to cover up the gunner port to have it more as a sleeker body? |
04-20-2024, 11:48 AM | #6 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 8,514
|
|
04-20-2024, 12:05 PM | #7 |
Green Shirt
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,159
|
Could be more than 5k too depending how many planes, copters, smaller ships/boats, figures you want. Then GridIron add ons lol. 7500? How cool would it be if it had a bay for a WHALE too
I am not aware how much an OG ARAH runs. Outta my league. Sometimes the less you know . . . However, I did watch a YouTube vid of a custom Flagg that is amazing With you on playability/functionality of a Rattler tho too. Easy pass for me, but happy for those who are happy to add it to their collection. One way or another, the coin will still be spent even if, it is allotted elsewhere. |
04-20-2024, 12:46 PM | #8 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Rebel Base
Posts: 598
|
I'm still holding out hope (def not real hope) that we get another 3.75 Haslab instead of a Classified one this year.
HOWEVER the only rumors I've seen are all about the Rattler which would lead the Sky Striker or Conquest being 2025 so that they can fight each other. Same way the HISS and the Dragon Fly are supposed to fight (story wise).
__________________
Search for Filecards!! B/S/T Feedback! Collector's Case for iOS In search of Scrap Iron v1 left leg. In particular the "thigh" piece (where the screw goes in). |
04-20-2024, 12:51 PM | #9 |
Browncoat
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ohio. For now.
Posts: 4,308
|
I agree - I think it's going to be the Rattler. It's simply the next most iconic GIJoe vehicle... so it makes sense.
Yes, it will probably be too big for a lot of people... but maybe Lenny and crew can find a way to make it come apart? Maybe it could be separated into pieces and people could display the fuselage by itself? Or make it look like it's being repaired in a Cobra hangar? My big conundrum is - will I back it this year, just to get Wild Weasel? I didn't back the Dragonfly - but getting Wild Bill is crucial for me. It's going to be a pain, and cost me lost of money. Would have been easier to just back the thing... |
04-20-2024, 12:54 PM | #10 |
Browncoat
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ohio. For now.
Posts: 4,308
|
I still think they should make just the Bridge / Control Tower section as a playset. People could go buy sheets of plywood and make their own deck. It would be awesome seeing people make 6" scale Flagg customs to put the control tower on.
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
G.I. Joe HasLab 2024 Fans Choice Poll | DESTRO | G.I. Joe News and Rumors | 194 | 02-18-2024 05:17 PM |
2024 classified haslab vote | DarkLordMordred | G.I. Joe General Discussion | 41 | 09-30-2023 02:52 PM |
Classified Haslab 2024 | DarkLordMordred | G.I. Joe General Discussion | 68 | 09-12-2023 10:13 AM |
2024 Haslab thoughts? | mswi | G.I. Joe Toys Modern & General Discussion | 119 | 07-28-2023 10:12 AM |
I WANT TO ARGUE! PART III About the JOEs (and COBRAs,) Blasters | Fred Broca | G.I. Joe General Discussion | 119 | 10-28-2022 02:37 PM |
|
|
Recent Off Topic Threads |
Mattel Creations tips? |
Hisstank Late Night thread... |
Star Wars 3 3/4 discussion thread |
What song are you listening to? |
Last Movie You Watched? |