[ColonelJack]

It's a really angular artistic design, both in the figs and the animals I've seen like timber, are they robotic, is it some alternate reality? Is it ever explained why the legs look skinny and angular and the wolf looks like it's from a stylized sci-fi computer game?

Thanks

[ColonelJack]

Sorry I answered my own question, I'm pretty old, and I missed all of that, had no idea there was a sigma 6 show, maybe I'll try to watch it sometime...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_Sigma_6

[Josh Z]

My theory is that some Hasbro executive attended a Six Sigma management training course and had a brilliant idea.

https://www.6sigma.us/

(Yes, I'm responding to a two month old post. Saw it on the forum home page.)

[CodeNameRebel]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh Z

My theory is that some Hasbro executive attended a Six Sigma management training course and had a brilliant idea.

https://www.6sigma.us/

(Yes, I'm responding to a two month old post. Saw it on the forum home page.)

Ah 6 Sigma where processes go to create new processes

[Josh Z]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodeNameRebel

Ah 6 Sigma where processes go to create new processes

Without Six Sigma, how would bleeding edge thought leaders know how to leverage holistic paradigm shift synergies with scalable metrics for their customer-centric stakeholders?

[MFJayman]

Sigma 6 had its share of downsides, but there are a lot of positives that I think get overlooked, as people focus on the unusual sculpt style and proportions - which actually got a lot better, especially in the later waves of the line.


For one thing, look at the accessory loadouts they came with. Lots of modularity, they even made spring-loaded rocket launchers cool, finally.








You ain't gonna see a Classified Heavy Duty with a missile shooting rig like this:





How about a jet pack with pop-out wings like this:






Towards the end of the line in 2007 they started to bring in some Adventure Team influences like this, and the "Sigma Suits" (which are like the Rise of Cobra black body suits) got dropped:







They even began to introduce wildly imaginative characters like this Dark Ninja Master by the end:





The line began in 2004 with one aesthetic, using the ubiquitous "Sigma Suit":




And ended in 2007 with a very different aesthetic:




I understand how people get hung up on the stylized, almost "anime" look of the figures, and the lanky proportions (which weren't as bad in the later waves). But I think there is a lot that can be learned from Sigma 6, and aspects that can still be incorporated in modern lines such as Classified - maybe the creative approach to accessories, for instance.

There was a certain fun factor that Sigma 6 had, you could do a lot with the figures and all the modular accessories. Plus they had amazing articulation for their time. They didn't shy away from bright colors, even splashes of neon, and they got very creative with designs and accessories.

Try taking a closer look at Sigma 6 and appreciate at least a few of it's elements or contributions. Also, just try and tell me that it wouldn't be freakin' badass to get one of those Sigma style missile launchers or jet packs in Classified.

[LEEE777]

Man, if I was collecting GI Joe when those came out would of put me off for life lol... the figure sculpts are weird looking and the scale wtf? Cool characters though, wish they had done them in the 1:18th scale though!

[LEEE777]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MFJayman

Sigma 6 had its share of downsides, but there are a lot of positives that I think get overlooked, as people focus on the unusual sculpt style and proportions - which actually got a lot better, especially in the later waves of the line.


For one thing, look at the accessory loadouts they came with. Lots of modularity, they even made spring-loaded rocket launchers cool, finally.








You ain't gonna see a Classified Heavy Duty with a missile shooting rig like this:





How about a jet pack with pop-out wings like this:






Towards the end of the line in 2007 they started to bring in some Adventure Team influences like this, and the "Sigma Suits" (which are like the Rise of Cobra black body suits) got dropped:







They even began to introduce wildly imaginative characters like this Dark Ninja Master by the end:





The line began in 2004 with one aesthetic, using the ubiquitous "Sigma Suit":




And ended in 2007 with a very different aesthetic:




I understand how people get hung up on the stylized, almost "anime" look of the figures, and the lanky proportions (which weren't as bad in the later waves). But I think there is a lot that can be learned from Sigma 6, and aspects that can still be incorporated in modern lines such as Classified - maybe the creative approach to accessories, for instance.

There was a certain fun factor that Sigma 6 had, you could do a lot with the figures and all the modular accessories. Plus they had amazing articulation for their time. They didn't shy away from bright colors, even splashes of neon, and they got very creative with designs and accessories.

Try taking a closer look at Sigma 6 and appreciate at least a few of it's elements or contributions. Also, just try and tell me that it wouldn't be freakin' badass to get one of those Sigma style missile launchers or jet packs in Classified.

MF Jayman, quite some interesting info right there, thanks for posting it all dude!

Kinda diggin’ the Adventure Team vibe ones lol.

[LockOn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh Z

Without Six Sigma, how would bleeding edge thought leaders know how to leverage holistic paradigm shift synergies with scalable metrics for their customer-centric stakeholders?

Haha perfect!

[Cobra Agent 66]

I actually loved watching the cartoon on Saturday mornings on Fox, back before I had cable. It was better than nothing during that GI Joe drought. But I never liked the figures.