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View Poll Results: Best Figure of 1997 (Stars and Stripes) | |||
Breaker (v2) | 0 | 0% | |
Grunt (v4) | 1 | 2.27% | |
Rock 'n Roll (v5) | 1 | 2.27% | |
Scarlett (v3) | 1 | 2.27% | |
Sgt. Zap (v1) | 0 | 0% | |
Short-Fuse (v2) | 6 | 13.64% | |
Snake Eyes (v7) | 7 | 15.91% | |
Stalker (v6) | 28 | 63.64% | |
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02-21-2024, 08:33 AM | #1 |
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In this poll, a lot of the figures look to be using their old 1982 moulds, which are pretty lame, by 1997. I went with Snake Eyes... as my favourite Joe character, he makes the most sense and looks the best in his 1982 form.
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02-21-2024, 10:44 AM | #2 |
Fartbutt McGillicuddy
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my cousins got this inexplicably at that time. this whole pack was garbage.
no vote. |
02-21-2024, 10:46 AM | #3 |
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Snake-Eyes.
But boy, no wonder when Joes came back I wasn't even interested. '94 ended with premium sculpting details, you had Star Wars taking off in '97 with modern-ish sculpts, and GI Joe decided to hit back with...1982 figures repackaged. Special Missions and Team Packs, too. It honestly looked like trash next to most lines of the day and seemed such a stupid thing for Hasbro to do. |
02-21-2024, 10:46 AM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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The only correct answers here are Stalker or Snake Eyes, IMO. The rest are either ugly repaints or those diastrous Frankenjoe concoctions that were supposed to represent Breaker and Rock 'N Roll.
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02-21-2024, 11:24 AM | #5 |
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Most of this set is nonsense, but Scarlett, Stalker, and Snake Eyes are all solid updates. Stalker wins for me, though. That camo looks fantastic.
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02-21-2024, 11:35 AM | #6 |
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Quote:
Snake-Eyes.
But boy, no wonder when Joes came back I wasn't even interested. '94 ended with premium sculpting details, you had Star Wars taking off in '97 with modern-ish sculpts, and GI Joe decided to hit back with...1982 figures repackaged. Special Missions and Team Packs, too. It honestly looked like trash next to most lines of the day and seemed such a stupid thing for Hasbro to do. Quote:
yeah no kidding. one of the big reasons why i hate the 97-98 sets is because they're all 82-83 shit i will never like. i mean, someone literally farted out that grunt head mold and then someone else approved that. and then different people 25 years later decided it was a good idea to release it again. that's not even mentioning the fact that the body sculpts are super thin and not well proportioned. i have zero nostalgia for gijoe 82-83 figures. 84 i tolerate because the sculpting was improved, but i still dislike swivel necks. |
02-21-2024, 11:50 AM | #7 |
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Stalker for the win. Snake Eyes will always lose points for that waist. Considering the Grunt figure had the correct waist with Snake Eyes' legs, it confounds me why it got switched for SE.
I also really like the Short Fus(z)e. Nothing special, just nice military colors with all correct parts. |
02-21-2024, 12:32 PM | #8 |
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yeah no kidding. one of the big reasons why i hate the 97-98 sets is because they're all 82-83 shit i will never like.
i mean, someone literally farted out that grunt head mold and then someone else approved that. and then different people 25 years later decided it was a good idea to release it again. that's not even mentioning the fact that the body sculpts are super thin and not well proportioned. i have zero nostalgia for gijoe 82-83 figures. 84 i tolerate because the sculpting was improved, but i still dislike swivel necks. Kenner played it smart then. They released some Retro Star Wars stuff alongside new sculpting figures. So you can get your dopey OG giant head Han but you could also get a nice "modern" '90s sculpt one, too. |
02-21-2024, 12:39 PM | #9 |
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Can't decide if I want to vote for Snake Eyes or Stalker. Those are the only two from this set that look good, the rest are really meh or just bad.
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02-21-2024, 02:36 PM | #10 |
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Scarlett's colors are a real eye sore to me. I get that Hasbro just took the template of the '82/'83 figure and cranked up the color saturation, but it doesn't work at all. She looks like a rotten peach that's been sitting in the fruit bowl for too many weeks and needs to get thrown out ASAP.
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