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07-17-2020, 03:19 PM | #1961 |
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Gentle Giant line was killed off because (most) Joe fans are cheapskates.
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07-17-2020, 03:21 PM | #1962 |
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Sign up for notifications. They will pop back up throughout today probably.
And then they will probably be back in stock when they actually release. That's been the pattern for all Walmart preorders that I've tried.
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07-17-2020, 03:22 PM | #1963 |
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Looking Crankcase over:
5 pack Shipwreck torso and arms Cobra Commander upper legs and knees SE V34 (which is the 25th V3) lower legs and feet Cobra Trooper webgear in brown New head and helmet I like him much batter than the 25th - but that wide lower torso with the skinny jeans gives a mom jeans affect Quote:
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The chest piece looks molded on. I could be mistaken though. Are the lower legs from Ret. Night viper? I can't tell. They almost look like the legs from that MU Thor looking figure that came with the brown sleeveless leather jacket. Quote:
The first two especially would be great.
50th Destro goes for $30 or so right now and the production quality on 50th (especially paint) was lacking. It’s never been clear to me if Hasbro has rights to tooling the club used - but I hope so for RB especially. Now Scarlett. There’s no easily translatable well sculpted mold. They could use the Renegades mood and give her pants - and I guess that would work. After seeing quite a few newly sculpted parts on Crankase and HISS driver I think there’s a good chance they do the same for her. Would anyone not love an ultimate Duke on retro card using the Retaliation Firefly torso? Maybe they can use the pythons torso with Ren Scarlett thighs and knees, and resolute Scarlett lower legs. Use the Classes head sculpt to scale and you got a winner. Yes on Duke. Put the 50th head, on a 50th Flint body, paint it V1 colors and your done Quote:
Normally I'm fairly quiet on my judgment on what Hasbro gives us. This is clearly a cash grab.
If I recall correctly, there was a JoeCon where Mark Weber said that it didn't cost Hasbro any money if they re-released the same figure, same accessories. That looks like what they did here. Good move for Hasbro to quick more water from the GI Joe rock. Good for those that want these. Me? I'll just enjoy the original versions I have of these figures. BTW, the guys at Boss Fight must be laughing their asses off that the current design team at Hasbro can't top their designs and keep going back to them. Quote:
While I am excited to see that the smaller joes are coming back, I am a little sad that the vehicles have not been modernized. Looks like these are just repo of the original molds. I do appreciate that the costs are very reasonable, just expecting a lttle more on the vehicles.
There is no true update for the Awe Striker, but the 50th Foe Striker is close. It comes with some extra parts.
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07-17-2020, 03:22 PM | #1964 |
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I wasn’t despondent, but I didn’t have any experience with Walmart exclusives so I didn’t know if we could expect a restock |
07-17-2020, 03:23 PM | #1965 |
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07-17-2020, 03:25 PM | #1966 |
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I’d argue cheapskates is a bit harsh. People aren’t required to plunk down their hard earned money on things they don’t want regardless of slapping the Joe name on it. That scale has already proven a failure and that lines best chance was to cherry pick fan favorites. Fans more likely to buy their one or two favorites vs collect the whole line at a $100 a pop.
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07-17-2020, 03:25 PM | #1967 |
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I was wrong. It is a shock trooper torso. My bad. Also, it looks like single jointed knees. I actually will be OK with that since it's a vehicle driver, and it still looks sweet!!!
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07-17-2020, 03:25 PM | #1968 |
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Pretty sure the price they were asking had some role in that "killing".
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07-17-2020, 03:27 PM | #1969 |
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Not a fan of the hands though.
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07-17-2020, 03:27 PM | #1970 |
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One very small but surprising note, it looks lke the AWE Striker uses the original 1985 role cage (with the gun attached to the right side) rather than the modified version that all other rereleases have had (gun attached to the back). It's such a trivial detail that I have always been mildly curious about, but I assumed we'd never see the original version again.
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