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06-17-2020, 08:43 AM | #711 |
Joe Greenshirt
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It would be great to have a line similar to Star Wars TVC where the classic packaging contains 50th/POC Styled ME figures such as an updated ARAH Duke, Flint, etc.
I would definitely prefer that over O-Ring reproductions but no doubt about it, I’d purchase either line. Best case scenario would to get both those lines.
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06-17-2020, 08:52 AM | #712 |
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Also I'm pretty sure Hasbro moved production from China to Vietnam, and people like VipersKingdom (the ebay seller that used to leak joes) now no longer have a factory connection. |
06-17-2020, 09:04 AM | #713 |
Iron Grenadier
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I'm really hoping for ME style on the old school cards. It's crazy I'm only 4 hours away from where the boat docked. About ready to do a frontal attack on that boat and run like crazy with the new JOES lol.
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06-17-2020, 09:30 AM | #714 |
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I’ll provide sniper cover
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06-17-2020, 10:21 AM | #715 |
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e.g. this Duke: https://www.yojoe.com/action/05/duke21.shtml I honestly think I'd rather see just new heads, or even re-use these comic packs heads, and keep the old body molds. Too much change and the nostalgia will be gone. Like with Retro Star Wars Tarkin though, some new o-ring characters of old comic book or cartoon characters would be cool. The comic packs did that with some like Kwinn and Scarface, but I think Dr. Venom is one that they didn't get to. I think the Joe Con set had a Sparks, but I think his coloring was off model from the cartoon. Plus they re-used a Breaker head for him. I'm dreading that they're going to do the original figures but leave out the guns or put in stupid sci-fi weapons. That terrible choice was already made on the retail Classified line. And this is a year that already saw Elmer Fudd's musket replaced with a scythe in Looney Tunes cartoons. The stupid political correctness is surging. Last edited by JediJones; 06-17-2020 at 10:28 AM.. |
06-17-2020, 10:30 AM | #716 |
Crimson Guard
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I hope it’s ME sculpts on retro cards.
The retro SW stuff is fun to see on the pegs but I’m not buying it. Honestly, I think a liberal sprinkling of new and never before done vintage style figures in the regular assortments (not just packs in games) would help the SW retro line... I‘d probably be buying them if they threw prequel/sequel/EU characters in there.
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06-17-2020, 10:41 AM | #717 |
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They did it a little. Lots of the mid-2000s comic packs of ARAH o-ring figures had new head sculpts. And some of those were carried over into convention sets.
e.g. this Duke: https://www.yojoe.com/action/05/duke21.shtml I honestly think I'd rather see just new heads, or even re-use these comic packs heads, and keep the old body molds. Too much change and the nostalgia will be gone. Like with Retro Star Wars Tarkin though, some new o-ring characters of old comic book or cartoon characters would be cool. The comic packs did that with some like Kwinn and Scarface, but I think Dr. Venom is one that they didn't get to. I think the Joe Con set had a Sparks, but I think his coloring was off model from the cartoon. Plus they re-used a Breaker head for him. I'm dreading that they're going to do the original figures but leave out the guns or put in stupid sci-fi weapons. That terrible choice was already made on the retail Classified line. And this is a year that already saw Elmer Fudd's musket replaced with a scythe in Looney Tunes cartoons. The stupid political correctness is surging. |
06-17-2020, 10:43 AM | #718 |
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I hope it’s ME sculpts on retro cards.
The retro SW stuff is fun to see on the pegs but I’m not buying it. Honestly, I think a liberal sprinkling of new and never before done vintage style figures in the regular assortments (not just packs in games) would help the SW retro line... I‘d probably be buying them if they threw prequel/sequel/EU characters in there. I've said it before, but the only retro line I don't think is a complete predatory waste of money is the WWE ones because they are making new characters in the old fashion. At least it's something different.
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06-17-2020, 10:48 AM | #719 |
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Walmart's Retro exclusives are Kenner RGB and Kenner ESB this year. I don't think they'd be giving Walmart new sculpts in the Retro Joe line or making new sculpts exclusives. And I just don't think we can call 12 year old figures Retro yet. I am pretty sure these will be o-ring figures. The key with the Retro branding is the style. So Tarkin can be a new figure, but the style has to be the retro style.
I saw someone interpreting the Walmart codes for these figures and seeming to think they'd be matching the Classified wave 1 pretty closely, with possibly Storm Shadow added as the 6th figure. |
06-17-2020, 10:51 AM | #720 |
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They did it a little. Lots of the mid-2000s comic packs of ARAH o-ring figures had new head sculpts. And some of those were carried over into convention sets.
e.g. this Duke: https://www.yojoe.com/action/05/duke21.shtml I honestly think I'd rather see just new heads, or even re-use these comic packs heads, and keep the old body molds. Too much change and the nostalgia will be gone. Like with Retro Star Wars Tarkin though, some new o-ring characters of old comic book or cartoon characters would be cool. The comic packs did that with some like Kwinn and Scarface, but I think Dr. Venom is one that they didn't get to. I think the Joe Con set had a Sparks, but I think his coloring was off model from the cartoon. Plus they re-used a Breaker head for him. I'm dreading that they're going to do the original figures but leave out the guns or put in stupid sci-fi weapons. That terrible choice was already made on the retail Classified line. And this is a year that already saw Elmer Fudd's musket replaced with a scythe in Looney Tunes cartoons. The stupid political correctness is surging. Quote:
I hope it’s ME sculpts on retro cards.
The retro SW stuff is fun to see on the pegs but I’m not buying it. Honestly, I think a liberal sprinkling of new and never before done vintage style figures in the regular assortments (not just packs in games) would help the SW retro line... I‘d probably be buying them if they threw prequel/sequel/EU characters in there. |
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