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04-13-2024, 10:55 AM | #1 |
Bill Cosplay
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Going through my collection for the purposes of downsizing has given me an opportunity to sorta evaluate GI Joe toys from all the eras. One thing I've come away with is a renewed appreciation for what Hasbro did during the 2000's onward. Specifically with the vehicles, but the figures too. They found all sorts of ways of getting vintage toys back onto the market for new generations, and I love it.
From straight up re-releasing redecoed toys from the vintage molds like we saw in the early 2000s, to modifying those old molds to make improvments and fit larger figures (25th Anniversary, RoC, and PoC), to recreating vintage vehicles with entirely new tooling like the Skystriker, Eagle(Toma)Hawk, Ghost(Sky)Hawk, and etc...they really did some wonderful things. A $25 Rattler and Conquest!? Yes, please! And think about all the ways they tried to continue the 25th/ARAH vintage-style offerings during the RoC and Retaliation movie lines by sneaking in all those vintage toys as retailer exclusives. So cool! Just in the 50th Annivesary and Walmart Retro lines, despite the brand seemingly being on its death bed and the QC issues, they somehow managed to re-release a plethora of sought-after figures and vehicles at REALLY good prices. I mean, who would've thought they'd pull a Cobra Wolf out of their asses!? That toy, incidentally, appears to be a recreated mold. We know that after they lost the use of the vintage molds, they created entirely new molds for some stuff, and I think the Wolf is one of them. As are the HISS and AWE Striker molds from the Walmart Retro line. I especially appreciate how they took the opportunity to return the TOW missle mount to its original position on the new AWE Striker mold. They didn't have to do that. I think this was all due to Darryl DePriest (including the 50th, which I suspect a lot of the toys were developed under his watch). He did a terrific job and packed cool little homages to GI Joe's history all throughout these lines. From Snowjob's "Adventure Team" logo on his holster and Pocket Patrol Pack strapped to his leg, to Breaker's bubble gum bubble to a Build-a-MASS Device...there are just so many cool things! Part of the reason I just don't give a shit about current GI Joe is probably because they just seem lacking. I'm a nostalgia-junkie with this shit, it's the only reason I collect any of it, so without the nostalgia or the correct cues to trip the nostalgia, I just don't care. I suppose it's weird to feel nostalgia about something you collected as an adult that's essentially an homage to, and a second chance at, the stuff you feel nostalgic for from your childhood. It was 20 years ago now though, and I've spent more years collecting as an adult then I did as a child, so I guess that jives. Especially now as I take stock, sum it all up and wind it all down. For me, it's never the destination but the journey, and it's never the thing in itself but the experience. So, it has been an amazing ride, and I feel nothing but appreciation for it. Thanks Hasbro and Darryl! Seriously, thank you. I think I'll probably always have my 25th Rattler, "Ultimate" Storm Shadow and "Retro" AWE Striker.
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04-13-2024, 06:38 PM | #2 |
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I always feel like Darryl's love for GI Joe shined through in their projects the same way Lenny's love shines through with the Classified designs. The 25th/Modern Era was really a golden era for a lot of us.
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04-13-2024, 07:23 PM | #3 |
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Here here!!! The 25th/ME is what got me back into Joes!!! Thanks Darryl, Mark, BFS people and Bobby!!!
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04-13-2024, 09:25 PM | #4 |
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25th is what renewed my love for Joe. To me its the Silver Age of GI Joe and only because we didn't get the massive playsets from the Golden Age of the 80s, otherwise it would be a second golden age in my book. I got everything I could at the time from 25th-POC would have bought everything if cash and availability wasn't an issue lol.
The ME style is still influencing the style of action figures I collect to this day, mainly Fortnite and Boss fight. Before ME came out I was a 6 inch Marvel collector but ME changed all that. ME made 4 inch the style I've purchased since it came out. It has the perfect mix of detail, articulation, and shelf space and all the vehicles at that size are a nice bonus. The 4 inch ME style had a glorious run from 2007-2016, 9 years, in retail stores, thats a hell of a run for any toyline. There was a few years of Con/Club exclusives after 2016 before the brief return as a Walmart exclusive in 2020-21 for 11 years of ME at mass retail total, 1 less than the original run of 82-94, if you count the club/con years it actually ran longer than Gen 1. And the style is still living on through the lines it inspired 4 inch Fortnite, Maurauders Inc, Spinmaster, Boss Fight Studios and other 4 inch lines in that style. The ME line deserves to be praised and appreciated, it innovated, experimented and ended up changing the ways the toy industry made 4 inch toylines nearly as much as the original Joe line made companies switch from 5 poa to oring. |
04-13-2024, 09:59 PM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
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It was a great way to get vintage-style figures and artwork, with new stuff like the Cobra Ninja Viper.
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