[edgecrusher]

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Originally Posted by grendelmatrix

Agreed, same as they're doing with Daina/Vorona. Give you that character while making it just different enough.

What's the point in that? Asking as someone who doesn't get it. The other figure already exists in the ME line, even if it is a bit expensive. And you're not getting that character if you buy this other figure. The cardboard, bio card, and stand are for a different character altogether and generally the colors are all different as well. So what you actually want is a reissue. And reissues could be done at a JoeCon or as a website special without impacting the limited slot count in new FSS sets, so everyone would benefit.

Would much rather have slots in the upcoming FSS sets go to figures that have been missing in ME entirely rather than another repaint or rehash of something that's already out there.

Right now, from what I can tell browsing YoJoe's catalog, we're missing the following '80s ARAH figures in ME, so these should get priority:


'85
Heavy Metal
'86
Motor Viper
'87
Gyro Viper
Payload
Rumbler
Sea Slug
Steam Roller
Golobulus
Royal Guard
The Fridge (licensing issues possible)
'88
Astro Viper
Blizzard
Hard Ball
Hydro Viper
Lightfoot
Toxo Viper
A few drivers
Super Trooper
'89
Backblast
Countdown
Downtown
Gnawgahyde's pet boar
TARGAT
A few drivers

[grendelmatrix]

Have I missed it or has there not been any clues released as far as who the 13th figure is?

[grendelmatrix]

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Originally Posted by edgecrusher

What's the point in that? Asking as someone who doesn't get it. The other figure already exists in the ME line, even if it is a bit expensive. And you're not getting that character if you buy this other figure. The cardboard, bio card, and stand are for a different character altogether and generally the colors are all different as well. So what you actually want is a reissue. And reissues could be done at a JoeCon or as a website special without impacting the limited slot count in new FSS sets, so everyone would benefit.

Would much rather have slots in the upcoming FSS sets go to figures that have been missing in ME entirely rather than another repaint or rehash of something that's already out there.

The short version is the club wants an excuse to reuse those heads since they were new molds they had created, not an existing one of Hasbro's for those particular 3 and as such more of a cost to them. And some people are fine with that as opposed to paying some of the crazy high secondary market prices for some of those figures.

[edgecrusher]

Ehh, we're all pretty happy to get things cheaper but that isn't quite what they're delivering. It's a halfway attempt. I'd rather pay a little more to get the actual character with the correct paint, weapons, card art, biocard, and stand. Have an actual reissue, which would actually address the matter correctly, or use the slot for a missing ARAH figure instead. There's clearly no shortage of missing characters to deliver before we start worrying about making existing characters more widely available. At least those characters actually exist!

[axonrey]

I think straight reissues wood violate their promise of exclusivity and piss people off.

[Goin' Commando]

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Originally Posted by edgecrusher

What's the point in that? Asking as someone who doesn't get it. The other figure already exists in the ME line, even if it is a bit expensive. And you're not getting that character if you buy this other figure. The cardboard, bio card, and stand are for a different character altogether and generally the colors are all different as well. So what you actually want is a reissue. And reissues could be done at a JoeCon or as a website special without impacting the limited slot count in new FSS sets, so everyone would benefit.

Would much rather have slots in the upcoming FSS sets go to figures that have been missing in ME entirely rather than another repaint or rehash of something that's already out there.

Right now, from what I can tell browsing YoJoe's catalog, we're missing the following '80s ARAH figures in ME, so these should get priority:


'85
Heavy Metal
'86
Motor Viper
'87
Gyro Viper
Payload
Rumbler
Sea Slug
Steam Roller
Golobulus
Royal Guard
The Fridge (licensing issues possible)
'88
Astro Viper
Blizzard
Hard Ball
Hydro Viper
Lightfoot
Toxo Viper
A few drivers
Super Trooper
'89
Backblast
Countdown
Downtown
Gnawgahyde's pet boar
TARGAT
A few drivers

We already got Heavy Metal. He was a Target Exclusive and came with the Rhino repaint.

[MJjoe4life]

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Originally Posted by edgecrusher

Motor Viper
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we got this one as well just under a different name, Nitro Viper from the Rise of Cobra. he was the driver to the steel crusher.

[ozzie92]

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Originally Posted by Yojoe77

Well, I just looked up a few of these that I'm not familiar with, and I want to know why I'm God's name I'd want a straight repaint of big boa in this fss????? I know some people like Brazilian figures, and sometimes we get repaint, but...wtf!!!!!! The more I look at this list, and realize that our days of fss lines are seriously numbered, it makes me really REALLY wonder what the hell they were thinking this time around. I'm just shaking my head. I really don't get it.

Easy. None to very few new parts, pass the savings on to Brian and friends, while appearing to give new/requested characters.

[edgecrusher]

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Originally Posted by Goin' Commando

We already got Heavy Metal. He was a Target Exclusive and came with the Rhino repaint.

Interesting, YoJoe is missing that figure when looking at the list on Heavy Metal v1's page. Unfortunately, since the name is Rampage, there's no Heavy Metal stand or biocard since it's not technically HM and it's pretty rare, so having an actual Heavy Metal release in ME would be good.

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Originally Posted by MJjoe4life

we got this one as well just under a different name, Nitro Viper from the Rise of Cobra. he was the driver to the steel crusher.

That does not appear to be the same character or the same color as the original Motor Viper. Which is probably why YoJoe doesn't consider it in that lineage either.

[Cobra Agent 66]

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Originally Posted by grendelmatrix

I'd be all over that ninja force Zartan, as I'm sure several others would be. But no, I guess according to the club there were lots more clamoring for a cardboard bland Dusty and a slightly repainted Ice Viper. Yep, makes sense said no one ever (that doesn't work at the club).

I'd also like to see an "Onihashi's apprentice" Zartan at some point, but that's pretty esoteric lol.