[txbart]

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Originally Posted by IzzyTipsy

I would find it odd Hasbro doesn't have an interest in playsets when they own Star Wars and continue to pump out playsets to this day.

Now a 6" scale aversion to playsets might make sense just given how large this stuff is (seriously, try an Extreme Pop Up Diorama - they're MASSIVE).

I?m really hoping those Mega Construx Duke & Ace figures lead to something real. That?s our best hope to scratch that playset & big vehicle itch.

[BeachheadMatt]

I ordered OAM CC on day 2, and just got a shipping notice.

[Ash Talon]

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Originally Posted by CodeNameRebel

Wait wait is that how the bomb was intended to be used in the Trouble Bubble?

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

Has to be. There's no place for it to go on the ARAH or Classified version. The ARAH version is too big for the actual vehicle though while the Classified version makes it logical due to the size.

On the RAH Trouble Bubble, the bomb replaces the driver and goes on the seat. On the Classified TB, there's no real place for the bomb as it's too small to fill the seat.

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

I don't think fans, as a whole, want an amalgam vehicle that only passingly resembles something classic. One of the main reasons Classified campaigns fund so quickly is due to capturing old and new fans alike. To an old fan a vehicle that resembles nothing they are used to does not strike the same chord. The only way I think a green Mauler funds is if it's primarily a MOBAT yet contains swappy parts in the base offering that make it resemble a Mauler.

Eh. You're speaking for fans of the line, but you don't know what they'd accept. Plenty of people just on this thread said they don't want a desert colored tank. A green tank with traits of both the MOBAT and Mauler would likely appeal to fans of both. The Dragonfly was half black and not all green, and it did well in funding. And saying "resembles nothing" is nonsense if it strikes chords of previous designs. We're not talking about an oval tank afterall.

[GoodGuy9]

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Originally Posted by IzzyTipsy

I would find it odd Hasbro doesn't have an interest in playsets when they own Star Wars and continue to pump out playsets to this day.

Now a 6" scale aversion to playsets might make sense just given how large this stuff is (seriously, try an Extreme Pop Up Diorama - they're MASSIVE).

They've said playsets weren't likely in one of their fanstreams because they wouldn't fit on most bookcase shelves.

I'm guessing Star Wars has the money still to do playsets out of the different franchise budgets.

[Ash Talon]

Regarding playsets, they typically don't sell well for boys lines. Yet they cost a lot to make and usually don't have much reuse potential. If they sold well, companies would make more of them.

I think the best best for Classified playsets is to make some module pieces. Two or three different sections over a year or so. Pack in a troop builder, Joe or Cobra, with each section. Extra parts, like searchlight, cameras, guns, to fill it out as you see fit. And maybe even a sticker sheet to make it either Joe or Cobra aligned.

Or a Haslab for the Tactical Battle Platform.

I used to love the HACOC, logic be damned. It came out during the peak of RAH in my mind. But I understand people's issues with it. I doubt we see it in Classifed any time soon though.

[GoodGuy9]

I'd like even those little sets with the crates, sandbags, etc. they used in sell.

[sdrawlo]

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Originally Posted by Toa Maximus

The early Retaliation waves were definitely an interesting experiment

I still really like the Cobra Commander that came with the HISS:



Hot take is that it's a better Battle Armor Cobra Commander than the classic design because you still have the faceplate element that is distinctly Cobra Commander

Really cool.
It's too bad the figures will forever be associated with a so-so movie but they did make some cool stuff. The Cobra trooper with the parachute, the chase Cobra Commander with the silver vac-metal face... The Bruce Willis, ha!

[CG23]

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Originally Posted by Trigger2K

I still have my original HAVOC but it was never my favorite vehicle tbh. Maybe it was the sitting duck gunner seat perched on top, idk. I'd have to see what they do with a HasLab version.

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Originally Posted by sdrawlo

Really cool.
It's too bad the figures will forever be associated with a so-so movie but they did make some cool stuff. The Cobra trooper with the parachute, the chase Cobra Commander with the silver vac-metal face... The Bruce Willis, ha!

Def decent looking Fig but weren't the vehicle drivers 5 poa?

[DFender]

OnCce A mAnN....



Pretty fun figure.

[IzzyTipsy]

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Originally Posted by Toa Maximus

The HISS Tank isn't a tank like the MOBAT or MAULER, but yet it also is because of than name.

If they ever did a rerelease of the HISS, I wouldn't mind it with the replace the gunner spot with a more traditional tank cannon. Like we saw in the Retaliation movie and toyline:

Man, they might as well spray paint "hit here" on the obvious joint that holds the entire thing up!