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12-06-2022, 09:08 AM | #20801 |
Mobile, Agile, Hostile
Join Date: May 2013
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Looks like someone wiped out all the Vipers over the weekend
Which one of you did it? |
12-06-2022, 10:02 AM | #20802 |
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Location: Clearwater, Florida
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I saw a similar situation at my local store. 15- plus BATs and Outback’s, no Vipers. I just found a lone Viper at another store that I snagged for my son. But it sure seems like the PP Vipers are getting cleaned out. Scalpers? Crazy troop building? I have 12 assorted Vipers and that feels like plenty to me. But someone out there has 50 and, what else can I say, power to them. And to be fair I have 4 Sideshow Vipers in my collection, so I’m not the best advocate for buying “in moderation.” Last edited by Ted Kamensky; 12-06-2022 at 10:08 AM.. |
12-06-2022, 10:02 AM | #20803 |
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Location: Brooklyn
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Well, they don?t make Nazi Troopers either (Toht, yes, but he has no Nazi iconography). I know American Mythology teaches us that the Confederacy was some lost noble cause but to some of us, that iconography is evil. The same Southern writers and historians who once owned slaves whitewashed the confederacy to the point that a lot of Americans don?t even believe that slavery was the one and only cause of the war. For years you had people believing Gone With the Wind was a reasonable accurate depiction of the antebellum south, with happy slaves and evil marauding Union Soldiers. 90% of the old westerns featured a heroic ex-confederate.
The funny thing is, the confederate flag made a huge resurgence in 1918 after the film BIRTH OF A NATION depicted heroic Klansman, leading to a resurgence in the Klan and again during the Civil Rights movement as an instrument of counter protest (that?s when the flag began to fly over southern state houses). The Confederacy was evil, The Confederacy is not synonymous with southern culture and and that traitorous imagery has no place in GI JOE. Quote:
Two different lines. Now while I 100% agree that Shang-Chi looks like a good Quick Kick and even makes a good stand-in, he's as dissimilar as he is similar. Shang Chi is a master of Gung Fu, with a dedicated and lengthy publication history, steeped in the art and his accessories reflect that (at least Marvel's version of that - though the MCU design was handled better). Ito "Quick Kick" McArthur, on the other hand, is a hodgepodge of Asian racial stereotypes, from his Flag of the Sun headband, and his red Gung Fu sash with Chinese Dragon stars, to his Samurai sword, black gi pants and being bare-chested and barefoot. He was a rarely featured background character in the comic, and an ironic supporting character in the Sunbow series.
This isn't about a "culture war," but rather it's about history. Google "William Tappan Thompson, confederate flag," and Alexander Stephen's Cornerstone Speech. The thing about the Confederates is they made it explicitly and unequivocally clear as to the reasons why they did what they did and principles upon which their nation would be founded upon. So when you see me and T.S.B. citing reasons as to why a Cross Country figure should never be it made it isn't based upon some revisionist "woke," bullshit rationale, but rather we're citing primary sources in their own words in their own words. Also, why is it that Cross Country, (who is a minor character,) the embodiment of Southern culture and heritage as opposed to Scarlett, (who is the lead female protagonist in G. I. JOE, Roadblock, (who is a top 5 JOE,) Gung-Ho, or Beach Head?
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12-06-2022, 10:15 AM | #20804 |
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Nam, bruh, you're reaching and being disingenuous. You can't compare a Quick Kick, (who is an character based on Bruce Lee and is still loved and revered 50 years after is death,) to a character who wears the infantry cap of an enemy army and flag emblazoned on his vest which not symbolizes America's original sin, but is the source all of our country's domestic problems and turmoil today.
This isn't about a "culture war," but rather it's about history. Google "William Tappan Thompson, confederate flag," and Alexander Stephen's Cornerstone Speech. The thing about the Confederates is they made it explicitly and unequivocally clear as to the reasons why they did what they did and principles upon which their nation would be founded upon. So when you see me and T.S.B. citing reasons as to why a Cross Country figure should never be it made it isn't based upon some revisionist "woke," bullshit rationale, but rather we're citing primary sources in their own words in their own words. Also, why is it that Cross Country, (who is a minor character,) the embodiment of Southern culture and heritage as opposed to Scarlett, (who is the lead female protagonist in G. I. JOE, Roadblock, (who is a top 5 JOE,) Gung-Ho, or Beach Head?
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12-06-2022, 10:27 AM | #20805 |
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I have 7 pp vipers, would like to have 10 total. Not troop building the bats though.
Also, my Dusty's are on their way from pulse. Zaranas should be here tomorrow. Whoo-hoo!
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12-06-2022, 10:38 AM | #20806 |
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I'd kind of like to see a complete redesign of Quick Kick that really makes use of his "silent weapons" specialty. He could be more like the MCU Hawkeye.
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12-06-2022, 11:10 AM | #20807 |
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Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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So I figured "hey, this would be a cool smaller vehicle for my Classified Zartan to put on my shelf..."
Yeah. It's HUGE! Last edited by IzzyTipsy; 01-26-2023 at 03:20 PM.. |
12-06-2022, 11:12 AM | #20808 |
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I could see Rodimus, Arcee, Springer, and Ultra Magnus getting made, especially as Rodimus, Springer, and Ultra Magnus have identical outfits. Great way to get $$$ out of a mold. Even moreso if the legs are reused from an existing figure.
But I definitely see it as a convention or Pulse exclusive with an "exclusivity" tax. Those 4 plus Old Snake, $149.99. |
12-06-2022, 11:15 AM | #20809 |
At ease, Disease!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Parris Island
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Nam, bruh, you're reaching and being disingenuous. You can't compare a Quick Kick, (who is an character based on Bruce Lee and is still loved and revered 50 years after his death,) to a character who wears the infantry cap of an enemy army and flag emblazoned on his vest which not symbolizes America's original sin, but is the source all of our country's domestic problems and turmoil today.
This isn't about a "culture war," but rather it's about history. Google "William Tappan Thompson, confederate flag," and Alexander Stephen's Cornerstone Speech. The thing about the Confederates is they made it explicitly and unequivocally clear as to the reasons why they did what they did and principles upon which their nation would be founded upon. So when you see me and T.S.B. citing reasons as to why a Cross Country figure should never be it made it isn't based upon some revisionist "woke," bullshit rationale, but rather we're citing primary sources in their own words in their own words. Also, why is it that Cross Country, (who is a minor character,) the embodiment of Southern culture and heritage as opposed to Scarlett, (who is the lead female protagonist in G. I. JOE, Roadblock, (who is a top 5 JOE,) Gung-Ho, or Beach Head? As to Quick Kick, whether or not you feel that way is irrelevant to the fact that he is the embodiment of Asian racial stereotypes. Just two posts below the one you quoted is a post that proves my point (did you see it?), "beloved character" or not. My reason for bringing him in is that he also has "highly offensive" aspects to his vintage design irregardless of whether or not you see or refuse to acknowledge them.
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12-06-2022, 11:18 AM | #20810 |
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Castor Ave was doing a huge toy reset last night, IzzyTipsy, if you're still in the market for TF/PP. I'm not going to be able to get out there today. If you make it and see a PP Viper, happy to pay you cost plus trouble for one.
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