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06-06-2023, 05:19 PM | #11441 |
o-ring or nothing
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the 1980's
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Same. It's the best Joe product that I've got since I was a kid. The only thing we didn't get were two nobodies that don't fit the idea of the Joe team anyway. The packaging for all my figures were great. But then I'm not one to complain that cardboard is a gnat hair thinner than it was 40 years ago.
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06-06-2023, 05:20 PM | #11442 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: tampa fl
Posts: 5,106
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I really had my hopes up for those newer ME retro Molds. I’m hoping they at least make some kinda SDCC set or something at some point.
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06-06-2023, 05:34 PM | #11443 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,402
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I suspect that they're going to leave ME styled figures to Hiya for the time being. |
06-06-2023, 05:45 PM | #11444 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: Toronto
Posts: 92
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Correct I wasn?t arguing with anyone, just trying to help a fellow Canadian Joe fan make things easier. Just order from Pulse and have no fear of duties
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06-06-2023, 05:57 PM | #11445 |
Dark Lord of the Mods
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 7,352
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I'm currently on holiday in Edinburgh, but I look forward to backing the Dragonfly once I get home. Since WilliePete dashed all hopes of getting an Airborne or Doc, I'm curious what the last two figures will be?
I'm not betting on a Cobra takeover, like with the Skystriker. That was put in to help get it over the finish line and I don't think the Dragonfly will need that assistance. I also think it's strange that they put Ripcord, a Halo jumper, with a helicopter (because you can't Halo jump out of a helicopter). I wonder if that means they have no intention of ever making a Classified version of one of the planes?
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06-06-2023, 06:02 PM | #11446 |
Browncoat
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ohio. For now.
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I'm currently on holiday in Edinburgh, but I look forward to backing the Dragonfly once I get home. Since WilliePete dashed all hopes of getting an Airborne or Doc, I'm curious what the last two figures will be?
I'm not betting on a Cobra takeover, like with the Skystriker. That was put in to help get it over the finish line and I don't think the Dragonfly will need that assistance. I also think it's strange that they put Ripcord, a Halo jumper, with a helicopter (because you can't Halo jump out of a helicopter). I wonder if that means they have no intention of ever making a Classified version of one of the planes? Edinburgh is awesome. One of my favorite cities anywhere. Have fun! |
06-06-2023, 06:12 PM | #11447 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 4,078
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It's one of the lines that got me returning to Joe following my hiatus since 2015, it wasn't too expensive, the releases were frequent, plus I usually found them in person first even if I ordered online...sure it wasn't the best but I don't regret the fun it was for me
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06-06-2023, 06:22 PM | #11448 |
One Man National Asset
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: PA
Posts: 624
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I'm officially in for one.
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06-06-2023, 06:30 PM | #11449 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: PA
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It took that Cobra saving throw at the last second to do it, though. It's not unprecedented, and lord knows Hasbro has pulled tricks before like with Unicron, but let's not pretend it was the runaway success the Classified ones have been. It was tracking as a 5000-unit failure and then got bailed out.
The "let's throw in 3 whole carded figures to save this failing crowdfund" also lives in complete contradiction to the notion many of y'all have accepted that O-Rings are cost prohibitive to make. If they were truly desperate to succeed with a struggling $220 crowdfund, a $65+ value-add as an act of desperation just reeks of impossible to believe. Quote:
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But cutting it off at the ankles before it has a chance to prove itself as a potentially successful *multi-line* brand is penny wise, pound foolish. Broken record if you read any of the O-Ring threads, but MOTU kicks ass on three fronts: Origins (nostalgia line a la O-Ring), Masterverse (larger scale, reimagined, a la Classified), and Netflix (for the cartoon, no real potential GI Joe comparison). Here's my simple statement: if I were an executive looking at MOTU Origins in every Wal-Mart and every Target in the country, having nearly 100 or more releases in the line, selling well enough to turn a profit, successfully funding a $600 (after tax and shipping) crowdfund, selling a dozen larger sets and vehicles, I'd march down to the Hasbro finance team and say "WHY THE F*** AREN'T WE SPENDING MONEY DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUCCEEDING AT?!?!" You're believing a fool's fiction if you think "O-Ring or Classified?" must be a zero-sum game, and not an easy way to leverage brand extensions to improve sales of both lines in a single brand.
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06-06-2023, 06:46 PM | #11450 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: America
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I don't understand why Hasbro can't make packaging as good as the stuff made 40 years ago |
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