[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by captain mal

Quick Kick gets two heads
Road Pig gets two heads and a mask.
Rawkus! gets two heads
Junkyard! gets two heads
Big Boa gets two heads
Grunt gets two heads
Night Creeper gets two heads
etc.

...but BBQ, Shockwave and Beachhead are forever hidden underneath a mask / helmet. It's my biggest pet peeve of the line.

You forgot timbers they both had 2 heads as well ,i feel like if your going to include grunt you should include clutch or the tele-vipers they had 3 heads or jinx or the valkyries and chuckles and blue ninjas from the 2 pack or even OAM COCO .. just saying ..

[flashtronaut8]

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Originally Posted by DFender

* Raises glass * hear, hear!

[captain mal]

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Originally Posted by flashtronaut8

I interpret your pet peeve to mean that all the figures deserved equal treatment - but - I'll side-step to add that part of what makes Beach Head so awesome to me is his disguised identity. He's like the perfect mix of Stalker, Flint, and Firefly - and - he can be almost anyone under that mask. Some figures - like Wild Weasel - lose their cool factor once someone else decides what they look like - and circling back around - I agree that equal options would be cool for those who want them and for those who collect severed toy heads.

Yeah, I understand Beachhead and Shockwave to an extent. In my world, Cobra's always hide their faces (if they are masked) - but Joes should never hide their faces (even if they are masked, they should have an alternate head).

Currently, my display has un-masked Kamakura, but masked Grunt. Go figure - I don't even obey my own rules! (I like Grunt's steel brigade helmet that much. He has to wear it!)

[Snakeeyesisposh]

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Originally Posted by zbs

Yeah especially BBQ. Big Boa doesn?t need an unmasked head in my opinion. I really don?t want my Cobras that have never show their face to have unmasked heads. I?d rather see the Joes faces.

Now that Mal mentions it.


Figures like Big Boa get heads but characters like Barbecue
not getting heads
is actually kinda odd.

[Eagle]

I use the head from my unused Duke figure for Barbecue. It's not perfect but it works

[SuburbanHell]

Fun day today, Stinger & OAMCC both arrived. Surprised at how much more the Stinger weighs than the Vamp. You'd think the turret & blast fx wouldn't add that much to it.

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by captain mal

Oooo... that's devious. Imagine exclusive figures that would only be purchasable using Fortnite Bucks. Buy the skin in Fortnite for, say, $30 - and it includes a physical action figure that gets shipped to your house. Why have they not done this?

You can only get Bare-Chested Serpentor by downloading Fortnite, setting up an account, purchasing V-Bucks, and buying it there. And we think OAMCC was bad.

It'd go a lot smoother than OAMCC.

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Originally Posted by SlicesCustoms

Regardless of marketing towards kids as that hasn?t worked they way it should or how Hasbro wanted it to, the Majority who love gi joe are us. Us doesn?t really play fortnite .

That's because it's been handled poorly, and that generation, beyond the orphaned Snake Eyes skin that just "poofed" in and out of the item shop, hasn't been properly introduced to the franchise. The scope fits not only perfectly in the build/no-build Battle Royale, but even moreso the Team Battle Royale (Joe vs Cobra). There's no need for a complex story, players get to choose their favorite skins, etc. It's the perfect introduction to segue younger players into the toys, and possibly further into the comics. The Batman/Zero crossover was a prime example of this. Marvel's currently on their second season.

But with all that said, it certainly wouldn't hurt to throw the CoD players a map with some objectives and some Joe and Cobra skins (the 25th Anny 5-packs would be perfect choices + green/blue shirts), to give the more matured audience a go at some Joe.

Utilize the existing platforms. It's substantially cheaper and already has a built-in audience for both major demos. Otherwise, you're talking about YEARS of game development by Hasbro, only to end up with another Operation: Blackout and gold-colored Joes.

[MAJICobra]

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Originally Posted by StalemateSB

I asked Full Force Chris about the Night Viper that WilliePete revealed the other day and he let slip that it will come in the 3rd mainline wave next year.

Woot woot!

So, essentially this time in 2025? Or is it earlier - the 2023 rush and glut of releases confuses me to the normal pace thats returned in 2024.

[MAJICobra]

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Originally Posted by captain mal

Quick Kick gets two heads
Road Pig gets two heads and a mask.
Rawkus! gets two heads
Junkyard! gets two heads
Big Boa gets two heads
Grunt gets two heads
Night Creeper gets two heads
etc.

...but BBQ, Shockwave and Beachhead are forever hidden underneath a mask / helmet. It's my biggest pet peeve of the line.

I concur Captain Mal - it's certainly the biggest 'wasted opportunity' by an otherwise otherworldly design and sculpt team...it makes me speculate whether future, second money grab releases are due for each - I don't want to give them ideas.

A better idea would be an accessories and alternate craniums pack perhaps.

Wet Suit is another they should try to avoid doing that disservice to.

[Toa Maximus]

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Originally Posted by DFender

I dont ever want to see Beachhead or Shockwave?s faces. But I will agree that based on your list above, only Grunt and Night Creeper really warranted two head sculpts. Mainly because those head sculpts essentially make them different figures.

Yeah, I'll be honest an unmasked Big Boa is kinda lame. The helmet is such a key part of his look that seeing hi packaged with some generic boxer head is lame. Especially when its the head on the figure in the package!

Beachhead and Shockwave lose their coolness when they're unmasked.