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08-04-2020, 10:00 AM | #1 |
Bill Cosplay
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I've noticed we're an often reactionary lot given to hyperbole and initially negative towards shit that doesn't quite jive with what we want/expect, but then begin to dig that same thing as time passes. Today, let's look at the Gi Joe & Transformers Powerglide Rattler from that SDCC set with the Soundwave HISS. I'm not talking about the "theme" or idea behind the toy, but the toy itself.
I came across mine again recently and realized I never even bothered to assemble it (same with the Soundwave HISS) and it has caused me to ruminate a bit. I was ambivalent to this Rattler then and I remain so today. I mean, on one hand, it's a weird color...pinkish, even. On the other, it's a friggin' Rattler! I think I dig it more now and even find the color cool in its peculiar own way, but I can't say it's something I actually want to keep in my collection. So, the ambivalence definitely remains. I don't hate it, but I don't really like it either. What about you? Any change in your opinion? Any shits left to give on this topic? https://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/16/powerglide/
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08-04-2020, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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I'm ambivalent to it. I have it, bit I don't display it, and I don't use it for Dios. It's an exclusive, and a good toy, but the pink is really off putting. Guess I like it enough not to sell it, but I don't like it enough to ever play with it. I did sell the Hiss that came with it though. That was not passible as a Joe vehicle, whereas the Powerglide is.
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08-04-2020, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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I'm ambivalent to it. I have it, bit I don't display it, and I don't use it for Dios. It's an exclusive, and a good toy, but the pink is really off putting. Guess I like it enough not to sell it, but I don't like it enough to ever play with it. I did sell the Hiss that came with it though. That was not passible as a Joe vehicle, whereas the Powerglide is.
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08-04-2020, 02:09 PM | #4 |
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It works pretty good with the "fuchsia" Crimson Strike Team.
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08-04-2020, 04:48 PM | #5 |
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Hmmmm...there ya go! Too bad I don't have them. That was from the 2000's ARAHC era, right?
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08-04-2020, 06:17 PM | #6 |
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I hated Rattlers until the Powerglide game along. Now I dig them. The Powerglide is still a winner to me.
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08-04-2020, 07:51 PM | #7 |
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Was it just the color change? I dig the little details, like the painted canopy frames, but it's mostly just another Rattler to me...albeit in an odd color.
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08-04-2020, 08:07 PM | #8 |
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Hm, I've never been to SDCC, so I never got my hands on the TF exclusives, but I think they're all pretty cool. Mainly the ones that match or are close enough to their original modes (Starscream, Hound, etc.). On Powerglide...I definitely think it's cool, though Powerglide isn't really a character I know much about/care for, so it wouldn't have been something I'd have gone after. I also like the HISS they based the Soundwave on as a transition between the original and the POC version, though I'm ambivalent about it in Soundwave's colors. It'd be neat, but not something I could think of a purpose for right away.
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08-04-2020, 08:33 PM | #9 |
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Hm, I've never been to SDCC, so I never got my hands on the TF exclusives, but I think they're all pretty cool. Mainly the ones that match or are close enough to their original modes (Starscream, Hound, etc.). On Powerglide...I definitely think it's cool, though Powerglide isn't really a character I know much about/care for, so it wouldn't have been something I'd have gone after. I also like the HISS they based the Soundwave on as a transition between the original and the POC version, though I'm ambivalent about it in Soundwave's colors. It'd be neat, but not something I could think of a purpose for right away.
Though making Wild Weasel into a Char Aznable-type who flies in a custom red plane...I could get behind that, maybe.
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08-04-2020, 09:30 PM | #10 |
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I think the concept of Transformers being vehicles for G.I. Joe / Cobra is cool. And I think these were good choices for SDCC exclusives because they are awesome but not necessarily must-have. As opposed to Jinx or Zarana who are more mainstream G.I. Joe characters.
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