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View Poll Results: Definitive Best 1998 Figure Poll | |||
Ace (v5) | 10 | 37.04% | |
Colonel Brekhov (v1) | 6 | 22.22% | |
Volga (v1) | 2 | 7.41% | |
Vypra (v1) | 1 | 3.70% | |
Firefly (v4) | 2 | 7.41% | |
Night Creeper (v4) | 1 | 3.70% | |
Snow Serpent (v4) | 2 | 7.41% | |
Wet Suit (v5) | 2 | 7.41% | |
Cobra Officer (v2) | 0 | 0% | |
Cobra Troopers (v1) | 1 | 3.70% | |
Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll |
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03-16-2024, 07:14 AM | #1 |
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Time to pick the overall best figure of 1998 and this one will probably be a close race, as there are several figures that appear to be viable winners.
I'm going with Colonel Brekhov for the best figure of 1998. He may be a repaint of another figure, but it's still great to have the leader of the Oktober Guard in figure form!
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03-16-2024, 01:30 PM | #2 |
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I don't know. I just can't get down with the idea of creating a new character out of a figure that's just a straight repaint (and not even a terribly different-looking repaint) of another existing character.
To me, the Brekhov figure is too reminiscent of what Hasbro would do a few years later taking an obvious Roadblock repaint and calling it "Double Blast." Nobody bought into that nonsense. Everybody knew it was supposed to be Roadblock. |
03-17-2024, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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I voted Snow Serpent. I liked the Vipers, but calling them Troopers and Officers was lame.
I liked Ace, but the brown hair was lame. In fact the hair color on almost EVERY figure this year was wrong. Last edited by Bryon; 03-18-2024 at 12:17 PM.. |
03-18-2024, 05:26 AM | #4 |
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I have Volga and would have voted for her but she should have either looked like Daina or just been an altogether new character.
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03-18-2024, 10:38 AM | #5 |
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Arctic Firefly for me. Great character in a unique, environment-specific deco. Could've used more like that.
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03-18-2024, 11:28 AM | #6 |
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This Firefly was fine, but I think he suffers in retrospect from the fact that we know he was the first of what would become an excessive number of repaints of that mold over the following few years. And of those, I don't think he's even necessarily the best of them. It's hard for me to vote for him for that reason.
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03-18-2024, 12:26 PM | #7 |
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I agree that there should have been more environment-specific redecos. Firefly's 1998 redeco was OK. I would have liked it a lot more if the pouches on his right shoulder were not such a stark black. That black-white contrast would make it hard for him to blend in. Firefly is a saboteur. His clothing needs to blend into his environment.
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03-18-2024, 02:55 PM | #8 |
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03-20-2024, 05:22 AM | #9 |
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The countdown begins and only 15 votes, so far. Time for everyone, who waits until the very end to vote, to do so!
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03-21-2024, 06:45 AM | #10 |
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48 hours to go! Get those votes in!
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