[wedge1968]

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

Flash is also in my top 5, but I'd make an exception for Short-Fuze. Who do you count as the 14th original member?

Shooter.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by Snakes

This may be exactly why they released the renders: they want to see what kind of feedback they get for the figures before sending a final version to the production floor.

Perhaps so. Or, they realize by now we're all lunatics.

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Originally Posted by wedge1968

Shooter.

Now that's attention to detail. Might have to give that book a read!

[Fred Broca]

Like Nelly said at the being of that song so long a long ago, "Hot shit."

[wmichben]

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Originally Posted by Ford

The sculpt is great. But the render is too damn dark and the colors too similar. I have to get an inch away from my monitor to see the differences in color.

I feel exactly the same way about this figure. I wasn't sure if my colorblindness was influencing my opinion on all the colors looking too similar.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by wmichben

I feel exactly the same way about this figure. I wasn't sure if my colorblindness was influencing my opinion on all the colors looking too similar.

Nah, you're just getting old-er like the rest of us. I had a hard time distinguishing if it was green or gray.

[firmpulse]

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Originally Posted by Snakes

This may be exactly why they released the renders: they want to see what kind of feedback they get for the figures before sending a final version to the production floor.

Could be. Solid theory. Another, though not mutually exclusive theory, is that all of the figures preceding Croc Master were produced and had been stateside for quite sometime. At least in limited quantities. I've gotten the majority of my Classified figures earlier than I had any right to. In addition we've never even seen a prototype figure from Hasbro. We've also always received in package production photos when the figures are announced.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

In addition we've never even seen a prototype figure from Hasbro. We've also always received in package production photos when the figures are announced.

That's what made the event odd to me; like it might've been less planned. It is what it is, they'll still make a ton of money, but it felt less structured than we've seen before. I miss the '80s, when we would've turned down the Joe aisle or seen the Christmas catalog and our jaws would've simply hit the floor for seeing new toys we'd never even known were headed our way.

[marksman77]

Love it. One of my favorite Joe characters and I can't wait to add him to the collection

[beef664422]

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Originally Posted by wedge1968

Honestly, I am just thrilled to have him in the lineup. I came to grow to love the OG14 even more while writing First Salvo, and I cannot wait to put them all together on my shelf.

First Salvo was a great read...

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by marksman77

Love it. One of my favorite Joe characters and I can't wait to add him to the collection

Waiting is half the battle.

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Originally Posted by beef664422

First Salvo was a great read...

Got a link to where to find it?