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02-14-2023, 01:45 PM | #11 |
Fartbutt McGillicuddy
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This might be a hot take but...The Flagg always seemed like a lame toy to me, even as a kid. It didn't seem to have a lot of nice play features and just generally looked cheap compared to other joe toys of the era...plus it's just a big plastic table.
Now...the Defiant shuttle complex...it may be fragile but dang, what a thing of beauty. It also captures that space-hopefulness of the 1980s. i hate the flag. it's a glorified shelf. i have one. it's big and stupid. i have an entire room adn the only part of it in that room on display is the superstrucutre because it's so big and stupid to display anything else. im a spiteful owner of one. flat out. the defiant is a masterpiece; for exactly your reason of it capturing that space hopefulness of the 80's and mixing it with gijoe. i only have the booster and the shuttle (which i will never complete) because it's the only affordable part of that whole thing. i love it. |
02-14-2023, 01:54 PM | #12 |
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I'm still going to say (I'm biased cause I own one) that the MCC is one of the best vehicle/playsets, often overlooked, it's small enough to drive but filled with features for hours of fun, the staggered design is fantastic for display purposes too, the inside gives you everything the 1983 HQ did, storing it is simple too because if you pop off some of the smaller parts, it fits in tote bins with one or two towels for safety
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02-14-2023, 02:37 PM | #13 |
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The MCC is fantastic. I wish I had gotten back into Joe early enough to have gotten its 2003 rerelease. I know a lot of people use it as the Pitt in their displays.
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02-14-2023, 04:45 PM | #14 |
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I always thought they could sell a new Flagg as 8 playsets. It would be 7 one foot long sections with the deck as the top of the playset, and different rooms below the deck. The 8th playset would be the tower. You could put all of the playsets together to make a new Flagg. They could put ME and vintage foot pegs all over it.
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02-14-2023, 04:56 PM | #15 |
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I happen to own a MCC from 2003. This was my GI Joe grail toy, and I agree it is fantastic and often overlooked. It has tons of playability on it.
There are a few things which I'm not a fan of, like the holding cell (should have been bigger, more accessible) and the bunks in the command bay level (why only 2?). Most of it is great though, specially the command computers and the garage bay. |
02-14-2023, 05:03 PM | #16 |
Fartbutt McGillicuddy
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I happen to own a MCC from 2003. This was my GI Joe grail toy, and I agree it is fantastic and often overlooked. It has tons of playability on it.
There are a few things which I'm not a fan of, like the holding cell (should have been bigger, more accessible) and the bunks in the command bay level (why only 2?). Most of it is great though, specially the command computers and the garage bay. |
02-14-2023, 06:47 PM | #17 |
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I happen to own a MCC from 2003. This was my GI Joe grail toy, and I agree it is fantastic and often overlooked. It has tons of playability on it.
There are a few things which I'm not a fan of, like the holding cell (should have been bigger, more accessible) and the bunks in the command bay level (why only 2?). Most of it is great though, specially the command computers and the garage bay. |
02-15-2023, 05:09 PM | #18 |
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I have the 1987 mobile command center and the 2003. I loved the mcc when I was a kid. Got the flagg and terror drome later in life. Both are awesome. I tried getting two defiants off eBay but both came destroyed in the mail so I gave up. I’d only buy one if I ever see it in person now. Im just a sucker for a huge playset. Im sure I’m in the minority on this site that loves the Rise Of Cobra Pit. Have two of those. Would have loved to have had that as a kid. If they did ever release the flagg as a haslab I?d get one.
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02-15-2023, 06:43 PM | #19 |
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You're not, I found one in one of the Targets I lived by in college in 2009 or 2010, should've bought it but I was into other hobbies while trying to collect every ROC figure I could
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02-15-2023, 06:43 PM | #20 |
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I never actually thought I'd get a flag, until someone rather local was selling one in great condition for $500. It is missing only a handful of things. I couldn't pass it up. It now sits in a big box.
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