[JediJones]

The Classified redesigns are definitely getting huge pushback from the Joe collecting community. They are simply selling because people have no other option. People desperately want 6-inch Joes because it's the hot scale in action figures right now. They have no choice but to buy what's offered. But I would have to roll my eyes at anyone who claimed the 6-inch figures would not be more popular and sell better if they were upscaled classic designs. It's also way too early to tell what will pegwarm as they have just hit retail this month.

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[Jymree]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

Good eye. I personally think what we get won't quite be what we've seen in pre-production photos. It all feels rushed and photoshop-y. Anyone remember how 50th Chuckles (FOE Striker) had Renegades Duke/dollar store Shipwreck legs in pre-prod photos, but he ended up with Ultimate SE legs? Well, this feels like that. Crankcase is made out of different bits depending on which photo you look at and that old AWE Striker roll cage is probably just because they photo-shopped shit together/used the old roll cage for a product mock-up. Time will tell, I reckon.

I was thinking the same thing about it being a pre-production mock-up till they showed it in-hand in during the cast. Still might be different from what was recently shipped though. As you say, time will tell.

[46 Zone]

Im glad they went with ME figures with mostly POC or later parts!!! Again, the failure of the correct SE head, non use of the Ultimate SS build are real head scratchers. I really hope this Mark dude who put these builds together looks at the customs on this site. Please do not screw up Scarlett, RB, and Duke!!!

[nightfall]

Got 2 HISS tanks and that was it. Everything else was gone in a flash. Ugh. Probably better that way so I dont get killed by my wife lol.

[Nightrain]

The AWE is out of the question. I won’t buy multiples of Joe vehicles, not even for packaging. I will for Cobra, but I think I have 3 tanks as it is. So I don’t know.

[jscott991]

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Originally Posted by nightfall

Got 2 HISS tanks and that was it. Everything else was gone in a flash. Ugh. Probably better that way so I dont get killed by my wife lol.

All of them are coming back in stock throughout the day. Baroness just popped back up.

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Edit: All 12.99 figures are back now.

[Zer0G]

I'm pretty excited for these!

[Mainframe77]

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Originally Posted by JediJones

I don't need any encouragement about the popularity of G.I. Joe. In my heart and from personal experience, I know the line was popular through every release up through the 50th and the club. I know by the numbers the eBay prices have soared on anything Joe since the line went on hiatus. I also know that any relaunch of a substantially popular 1980s toy line has been popular, e.g. He-Man, Thundercats, TMNT (Hasbro's missing a big bet by not relaunching M.A.S.K.).

What I want is encouragement that Hasbro understands the Joe brand enough to be faithful to what came before and to think of new ways to expand on the brand. They understood that all the way through 50th which did smart rereleases, filled in major holes in the collection and did new characters that fit into the mythos well enough.

But Hasbro has shown to me this year that whoever's running their brand doesn't get it. No one with any emotional attachment to the classic line could approve the monstrous Classified designs, especially without first giving us classic, definitive versions of those characters in the new scale. And this new retro line isn't particularly imaginative so far. They're rereleasing or repainting three figures already released recently in the 50th line. The SS is off the mark as a match for the card art. The vehicles are not the most exciting choices possible. The Retro cards don't nail the classic design on the nose the way Star Wars TVC still does. The vehicle box art and the updated vehicle drivers are more in line with what fans want though.

So, ultimately, G.I. Joe is still an action figure brand being handled worse than all of Hasbro's other ones. Everything else seems to be putting out many truly exciting releases for their fans. This one, not so much.

I’m not saying you need encouragement for the brand. I’m just saying we should be encouraged that the brand is in a far better place then two years ago. Dead gets no one anything. It’s just been taken off life support in the last few months and upgraded to a better condition. Maybe now more resources can be used and more talent brought in.

I agree that they missed the boat, I’m was only buying the retro line if it was O-ring vintage style Joes. So I’m mildly disappointed as well but some here are happy and I’m very happy for them. A rising tide lifts all boats.

[jscott991]

Awe striker is now back too.

Edit: And gone.

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[Ford]

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Originally Posted by Otomo

The O13, minus Snake eyes and Stalker,are retail poison. Looked how it killed that Gentle Giant jumbo line with one release.

Gentle Giant killed that line themselves by making the straight arm, and by having Zap and Rock ‘N Roll be the second and third releases.

Hasbro should put the OG 13 on Haslab, and add a character from 1984 for every stretch goal.