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Yesterday, 09:44 PM | #12091 |
Cobra Sith Lord
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Surf City, CA
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I like what Team Classified did for Grunt, Breaker, Stalker and Rock N' Roll in Classified, so I'm sure when they do Flash, Zap and Short-Fuze (and Grand Slam, Hawk and Steeler) they'll all turn out great too. The great thing about Classified is we always get newly tooled heads for figures, so that really helps make those '82 figures look more unique and different. Flash, Grand Slam and Steeler look distinct from the others and Short-Fuze and Zap can be given different greens and have unique gear loadouts to make them feel less generic too.
I know the '82 figures were a bit boring to me as a kid, but a lot of that had to do with how much they looked so similar and shared so many parts, including head sculpts. With Classified, that obviously isn't as much of a concern or factor with those '82 characters.
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Yesterday, 09:51 PM | #12092 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: I am elsewhere
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Depends on if he comes with the entire jump pad or just a jet pack and a few little chef bits.. the Jump pad is to be honest a slightly redundant accessory though. At best it might be useful as a refueling station or just display set dressing.
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If I were a betting man, I'd say Starduster comes with a JUMP pad and is packaged in an "Action Stars Cereal Box." At the bare minimum he probably comes with a Classified-scale box of said cereal since the team loves doing those kinds of easter eggs.
Starduster will remain exclusive, but the JUMP Pad will get repackaged in the mainline, probably with (Silver) Grand Slam. And yeah, Raptor is totally getting the "modern update" treatment, though MAYBE they go all-out and give us one set of techno-wings/Jetpack and one set of "classic" wings. Failing that how about some of the Later version Sky Patrol jet packs.. give him one of those & make a version 2 that isn't a show exclusive much later on. I think the initial version is just going to be a man in bird costume though... I'd be happy if they provided both options though.. sort of like the Snow Serpent with or without the Wold skin gives you different display choices on the same release or its repaint. Quote:
I was thinking about Pulse exclusives and how it is a safe bet than retail wide releases. A great 3 pack idea is bomb strike, mayday, and firewall. Gets more ladies out there and I'm sure their bucks will be about the same. Same for short fuze, flash, and zap . Pretty similar bucks and not a huge variance in accessories
Perhaps Pilot Scarlett could be the exact same deco as Quarrel and you just strip the flight gear off her and change the head to get Quarrel too ? Though I do actually like the idea of Quarrel being provided with a Ram Cycle refresh (maybe in a slightly different green). Much as I think Breaker could do with a more complementary figure than he got. Quote:
Besides I'd like they to at least put some effort into Sci Fi as he's someone i'd like to get some new decos like a more restrained Nightforce green/grey/black deco version. Or maybe a desert version as a Laser in a desert seems like a reasonable idea as it is harder to avoid the beam in an open desert compared to say a forest. I actually like https://www.yojoe.com/action/08/snakeeyes35.shtml and he share pieces with https://www.yojoe.com/action/11/scifi5.shtml and so they like basing things on the later toys quite often.. I can see that being a viable use case. & Much better than just using anything they have laying around with a few bit stuck on it. |
Yesterday, 10:59 PM | #12093 |
Browncoat
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ohio. For now.
Posts: 4,279
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I would be cool if Short Fuse used some inspiration from Downtown... like the Night Force o-ring set. What is the story on that anyhow - WAS Downtown always intended to be Short Fuse originally? I always viewed it that way - even when Downtown was first released.
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Today, 02:16 AM | #12094 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southern Cal
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For those wondering why Starduster would include a chef's hat or cooking stuff, here was what Lenny said about him when he was revealed last December. Also quoting/re-posting a post I made a few months back with the backstory and original concept idea for Staduster.
LENNY: Let's go obscure first and go Starduster. EMILY: Starduster. LENNY: Yeah! Yeah, he's a wild one and he's coming along pretty good. EMILY: Perfect. TONY: Yeah, he's looking great. LENNY: Yeah. EMILY: So, you guys heard it here first, Starduster officially joining G.I. Joe Classified. LENNY: Who would have thought? Who would have thought Starduster? TONY: Me. ALL: [LAUGHING] EMILY: But I feel like it's-- we're at the point, we keep saying we're at the point in the line where we can start expanding out to some of the...not weirder characters, but I think more obscure. LENNY: The obscure. EMILY: Yeah! LENNY: And they round the line out, right? There's a lot of interesting characters who have interesting roles, Starduster is one of those. And he actually has a fun backstory how he was marketed back in the day, which we'll play into that as well. So I can't wait for people to see when we're ready to show him. |
Today, 02:30 AM | #12095 |
Cobra Sith Lord
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Surf City, CA
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I don't think the Creating GIJ book mentions him originally being Short-Fuze and it seems like he was always going to be 'Downtown'. Anything is possible though.
The Creating GIJ books have at least one example of missing behind-the-scenes trivia, specifically how Scoop was based off of real life NBC journalist Mike Leonard, who was also used for the figure's likeness and whose real name is Leonard Michaels. That fact isn't mentioned in the book and was left out.
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