[SlackerViper]

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Originally Posted by RedAlert Rescue

"Airbourne" not meaning the same thing as Airforce isn't the only thing Lenny is confused about

He also doesn't know the difference between a cinderblock and a breezeblock
Cinderblocks being quite fragile and crumbly and literally made out of "cinders" cast into a shape so yes one of them would shatter if you hit the wrong thing with it.

Breeze blocks though can be made out of concrete or reinforced concrete. the reinforcement could be metal or just gravel. but they are a lot stronger and much much heavier. Sometimes the Breeze blocks are molded to solidly lock together too.
I have some in my garden as planters and despite being not any bigger than the Hiss tank they are nearly impossible to lift without a great deal of effort.

Where as a Cinderblock is so light your dog could run off with one.

So I would say that Hammer is a concrete breeze block not a cinder block hammer .

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I agree it is kinda odd that Hasbro forgot to mention the rotor span of the DragonFly But the length is : 34.09 inches/865.79 MM long from the tip of the front turret barrel to tail & the rotors are about about 2 inches shorter than the total length so I would guess the Dragonfly would be 32" inches wide with the rotors at a right angle to the body.

So pretty much identical to the Rattler in width (with the wings out).

The folded width of the Rattler is 15.26 inches & as the engines can tilt the wings can be horizontal and folded back at the same time so the height would only still be 9.88 inches regardless

So a folded up fully Rattler is :
10" tall, 15" wide and 34" long

compared to the minimum dimensions of the Dragonfly that are :
14" tall, 11" wide and 34" long

Hiss that are.
11" tall, ?? Wide and 19" long

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shit!!!! where am I gonna put the DRAGONFLY HOLY SHIT!!!!

[Dreadnok Twins]

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Originally Posted by SlackerViper

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shit!!!! where am I gonna put the DRAGONFLY HOLY SHIT!!!!

Haha!

[Spidermaniac]

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Originally Posted by IRON KNIFE

I'm bothered by a company that is continuing to neglect the obligation to do the simplest of research for their actual military branched representations.

I can care less about the 95% of the fictional character line, but either show some semblance of respect for their 60th Action line or fucking don't touch it.

Having served 20 years myself and having done some time as part of an Airborne unit, I am moderately annoyed. But I have perspective that Hasbro is just a civilian company with their #1 goal being profit, so in the end I can't lose sleep over it. It's just a disappointing toy line.

I certainly share some of this. But, I temper it with the fact that even in RAH, the line was never completely faithful to its military inspiration and got further afield with each wave. G.I. Joe is its own thing and Hasbro is referencing RAH as inspiration more than the military.

That being said, there are some little bits that I find pet peaves like when they misidentify equipment on live stream reveals, reverse the grip on Shockwave's shield, or just generally refer to guns in the most generic terms possibe. On the other hand, I was absolutely delighted that they took the time in the Rattler marketing to lay out every weapon system and ordinance on the plane (even if the idea of an A-10 flown by terrorists dropping nukes makes me scratch my head).

I also agree that I wish the 60th Anniversary line would have been a bit more faithful. However, I remind myself that it too is not actually inspired by the military-- it is inspired by the old 12 inch figures from the 60's and most of its notes are echoing that line.

Everything in Classified is a copy of a copy, fused with four decades of media influence.

[DFender]

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Originally Posted by SuburbanHell

�� I could've sworn I saw them the right way in different pictures earlier today. Hopefully they can fix that.

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

If it's brought to their attention, I don't see why they couldn't be fixed. It's just a tampo hit, and this thing just funded a few days ago. Plenty of time. Just gotta send it up the chain.

I believe Lenny shared his sketch for Wild Weasel on insta and the maps / info boards or whatever appeared to be removable ala Covergirl's data pad thingy. Not sure if that made it through to the proto but hopefully it did so we don't have to read over and over again on this thread how they're "wrong" for the next year to 18 months.

[RoadPigJohn]

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Originally Posted by TheSteelBrigade

There won?t be a fourth figure. This Haslab is doing gangbusters. That said, what would you want the fourth figure to be? I don?t think a figure associated with the Night Raven would make any sense at all. What are the options? A ground crew
Doesn?t make sense without ground crew equipment. Maybe repaint the 60th Halon figure as a cobra paratrooper? Maybe working parachutes for the pilot and gunners. It makes total sense if you watched. Your share of GI
JOE cartoons.

I'm calling it now... A Destro figure at the end of the campaign.

[SlicesCustoms]

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Originally Posted by DFender

Not sure if that made it through to the proto but hopefully it did so we don't have to read over and over again on this thread how they're "wrong" for the next year to 18 months.

God I hope so too.

Nothing worse than waking up , with a coffee open the tank and all you read is whining .

[DFender]

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Originally Posted by Spidermaniac

Everything in Classified is a copy of a copy, fused with four decades of media influence.

This right here is probably best for everyone to keep in mind whenever we get annoyed with a design choice. Probably more accurate to say that its all a copy of a copy of a copy.

For the military buffs, I feel your pain to degree. Even if I dont know or care about what you are saying 9 out of 10 times. Whether that is Airborne / Airforce, map orientation, clip size and barrels, robot wings or feather wings, cinder blocks or breeze blocks or whatever.

Here I am just hoping that Mindbender and Quick Kick would put a damn shirt on.

[ECWFrancine]

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Originally Posted by TheSteelBrigade

There won?t be a fourth figure. This Haslab is doing gangbusters. That said, what would you want the fourth figure to be? I don?t think a figure associated with the Night Raven would make any sense at all. What are the options? A ground crew
Doesn?t make sense without ground crew equipment. Maybe repaint the 60th Halon figure as a cobra paratrooper? Maybe working parachutes for the pilot and gunners. It makes total sense if you watched. Your share of GI
JOE cartoons.

The fan base has been vocal in wanting the female cobra stratoviper RAVEN as the 4th and final bonus tier for the Ratller, to make up for the patches. I think she's the best choice, since we may not get her in figure from otherwise, since they aren't making the Night Raven do to size.

[Diablogunner]

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Originally Posted by SuburbanHell

Or Fumbles.

it's always Fumbles

[cobraviper72]

I look at the joe line this way, everything is fictional, there is not G.I. Joe or Cobra, virtually everything we see today, was made in the 80s to sell army men to kids, in no way am i expecting 100% accuracy where the military is concerned, we are currently in a haslab campaign where the item is a VTOL modified A-10, we have vehicles that are seen no where in any of the worlds military, we are way over thinking a toy line from the 80s, i get it can be frustrating, especially since the vast majority of the current fan base are from the 80s and served in the military, but there arent many toylines that grounded in reality.