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>>Sniped in head
>>>>5489247
• Series one of Boss FIght's H.A.C.Ks incoming and figures have started to be sent out and go for ridiculous prices on Ebay. Backers get their orders in two shipments and pre-orders will ship after that's all done.
• G.I Joe Status: got a convention coming this year, the box set looks pretty solid if you want Sky Patrol and back pack gliders. F.S.S 4.0 is currently shipping, 4 figures of the 13 (13th being a mystery). Panic as no retail line in sight this year.
• Marauder Taskforce figures: New colors from last year's kickstarter in-stock. Valkyrie battle waifus aiming for around mid year, but hopefully before Christmas.
• Hiya Colonial Marines and Powerloader incoming sometime, maybe this month, maybe next month... git sum.
• Oritoy Acid Rain: has a new civilian mech variant releasing soon, after that civilians, females and enemy troopers with big shoes and battle robot types. They look good, but can you afford them?
Got King From the Acid Rain line. Great figure! I want more now.
>>5557978
Clear image of him.
>>5558058
And didn't pay attention and forgot pic.
>>5558058
I thought i saw somewhere that acid rain were coming out with their own android-like figure. Why not wait for that?
>>5558084
NICE, I was really impressed when I took him out of the box (and shocked at how small the box was). I've got Argus coming in the mail now. I'm also on the hunt for some Agurts infantry.
>>5558084
Those accessories to the left, do those come with Bob? I really like his design and alternate heads would seal the deal for me.. if I can find him.
>>5558086
Really? Any concept pics?
>>5558090
They're incredible little figs. Got my Jedi Interceptor in the mail too so Bob has a ship to fly.
I know i'm gonna end up getting more of em too.
>>5558109
Yea they're Bob's. I'm fond of the Gas Mask/Pilot Helmet combo.
>>5558119
I'm also interested in pic related. Anyone got info on this guy?
>>5558123
Because he looks fucking boss.
>>5558117
I think check Kit Lau's Instagram, AcidRainWorld.
>>5558123
It's a very expensive convention exclusive. You'd be better off buying a SolCom and making a cape for him.
But yeah, ARW is the shit. Join the fb group: Acid Rain - The Last Line of Defense.
>>5558123
>Taiwan show exclusive
>>5558136
And here's my collection.
>>5558136
Yeah I know he's a con exclusive. I was just wondering if there were any rumblings as to if it will see a general release.
>>5558147
Nope. Very unlikely.
I mean, we may see other soft goods capes, but I doubt the "deserter" will be an official release.
>>5558145
This would be one lethal-ass Indian in the Cupboard type situation.
>>5558154
Damn, looks like it's the custom route then. Thanks for the info.
>>5558157
Understandable.
Gas masks and weathering are exactly my cup of tea, though.
>>5558117
here you go
>>5558166
God, the Omangans look fucking awesome.
>>5558166
Ho mercy. These all legit ones coming out?
Feels Killzone as fuck.
>>5558166
I just got over the Deserter real fucking quick.
>>5558166
what are these?
>>5558213
Acid Rain Omanga soldiers (and an android). They're coming out late this year probably.
I've actually now just noticed that op actually mentions >>5558166
in his post along with these.
>>5558223
Yeah, at this point BBTS is your best bet.
>>5558225
The guy on the right looks like he's wearing MC Hammer pants. He also reminds me of Marky Mark for some reason. Maybe it's the pose.
>>5558228
That's where I got mine. Everywhere else had them at a mark-up.
>>5558225
Also why does the guy on the left have a baby?
>>5558283
they are supposed to be civilians so i suppose he is holding it because it is his baby.
>>5558145
I like the tunics on your mini-gun guys, did you make them, and do you have the pattern?
>>5558292
I just cut the rubber skirts off of the Agurts Infantry figures and replaced them with cloth, so the skirt is just a rectangle. The scarf is just a triangle wrinkles and connected at the back. Two separate pieces.
>>5558302
They look amazing.
>Local TRU has 20% off these
Hovercraft or transport plane
Which one should I get?
>>5558367
personally i would get the plane just because i don't like hovercrafts. I do like tanks though but still.
Also there is the fact that the plane seems to be the centerpiece of that line of toys while the hovercraft was shelf warming at the places i went to.
>>5558367
personally i would get the plane because i hate the aesthetic of hovercrafts. I do like bradleys though.
Also the plane seems to the centerpiece of that line of toys while the hovercraft has been shelf warming where i've visited.
>>5558136
Thanks for tipping me off to the facebook group, anon. They've got some really great pics and customs on there.
>>5558531
It's a pretty good group. It's one of the few toy fb groups without any real drama. Pretty chill fan base.
>>5558565
>no drama
Ohh thank god. Coming from the Star Wars fanbase I relish this.
>>5558166
Ive said it before but damn, those new ones have some clown shoes feet.
>>5558367
Plane. Beware it takes up alot of space when assembled. Hovercraft may be up your alley if space is a concern and you want a cool sea/land transport that can hold a vehicle.
I really wish they'd make AvP Gold with a HD retexture.
>>5558742
Oh damn I just noticed that. The red one on the right especially. I wonder if they are like that for stability purposes.
>>5558367
>wasting money on ugly tiny vehicles
out of all those, the plane is the least midget looking.
The hovercraft and its tank are children Power Wheel toys for GI Joes.
>>5558145
Is that vash the stampede on the top shelf? If so which one?
Fun Pub lost the joe license but this year they are going balls out.
Pythona is the free figure FSS 4.0 is shipping and FSS 5.0 is confirmed for the end of the year. hopefully Heartwrencher is still coming out. too.
More info at Joe-con.
>>5558847
I wish these things were normal commercial distribution.
Heartwrencher woudl make a nice Wrench Wench for my Valkyries.
>>5558565
>no drama
Yeah, AR has a very specific and small niche right now, let's hope stay the same.
>>5558785
No, it's Scarabus.
>>5558240
Damn, they do. Hit them with some paint and they'll look reminiscent of WWII paratrooper jump trousers.
>>5558302
Neat, thanks for replying :D
>>5558781
>>5558392
>>5558744
Yeah, I guess I'll pick up the plane. Don't really like the nerf blasters on the hovercraft. Also it seems like a good backdrop for SeeAyeEh shots.
>>5558367
I want to get the plane and a handful of cobra para troopers and display them on my roof as they are descending Intro style
>>5558302
is there a specific type of cloth that goes well with 1/18 ?
There was a guy that did clothes for I think microman bodies to custom some joe characters and they looked neat if a bit bulky but I guess it comes with it at such a small scale.
But for example, wouldn't be best to use silk or any other thin fabric to make it look less bulky?
>>5559220
Not the Anon you're quoting, but I've been pretty happy with unbleached cotton muslin super.
I just got my gi joes back from my parents house and honestly I think I prefer the last of spy troop kind of mold, proto-modern era? that is, Major Barrage, the dreadnok flamethrower guy and Spy-tropps Gunghoe, I think that would have been perfect to continue:
-injection mold shoulders and elbows
-Head like 25th anniversary
-single hinged knee
-still o-ring construction
The newer arms are shit and bend like 100° angle.
sure the body and proportions look way better, like mini-statues but their pose ability suffers greatly.
My dream would have been a body like major barrage with swivel hinged wrists, rocker ankles and a lean body with out many details so you could put webgear on it.
>>5559461
I agree. I think the only real advantages the newer bodies have is the wrists, ankles, and abdominal articulation.
I actually like the proportions and sculpt more on older gi joes. It usually looks ok if you think the figures are supposed to be wearing loose clothing.
>>5558302
What kind of material did you use? I know you said cloth but anything specific? Did it just naturally come in that color or did you have to alter it?
>>5559747
I just used cut up khaki pants. I did give them a wash in some grungy black paint water first, though.
>>5558302
I'm thinking of making either something like this or a poncho for King. I want mine to be charcoal grey/black though.
Speaking of Acid Rain EntertainmentEarth.com has some sort of pre-order type thing going where both the Agurts Infantry and Sol Commander (plus a bunch of vehicles) are listed as " temporarily out of stock" and scheduled to return to stock soon. Might be worth it considering they wont charge your card until they ship anyway.
Agurts: http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TNAR1450
SolCom: http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TNAR1430
>spot a sweet auction on ebay that has a figure I really want that currently goes for idiotic prices
>for 4 days only small biddings
>autists finds it and starts jacking up the price to where is no longer affordable for me with one day remaining.
>mfw
>>5559862
That is every joe auction, I swear it. They will bid over the buy it now listings too.
>>5559032
I have the True Heroes AB-115 and it's a decent vehicle. Solid construction and easy to remove the wings and tail for storage. Cockpit is not very detailed. I wouldn't pay the full current price for it again; $40 seems better.
Can also be customized pretty well like this guy did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugeuqm8RcnM
>>5559888
That's every auction on ebay. I swear, sometimes I think ebay has bots that bid up all their auctions.
>>5559225
Kinda cool, but it's still too small and you're wasting money for that craptacular mini-Bradley.
Mini-tanks can be cool, as long as they're meant for the size they're at instead of miniaturized real ones.
>>5559461
>I just got my gi joes back from my parents house and honestly I think I prefer the last of spy troop kind of mold, proto-modern era
Yeah, no.
The new ones can actually look like they can aim their guns and properly shoot them.
Pre-25th are mostly all hip shooters like Rambo. Hell, most of them can't even brace the gun against their shoulder for something as simple as this.
>>5560138
>>Dat Wiesel AWC
We Bundeswehr now
>>5560138
Wish TRU would use the better Chap Mei molds.
Damnnn, a toy thread with acid rain and no hate - awesome.
I saw someone post about the deserters? They are a bitch to find - a Taiwanese Exclusive, only 78 made i think. One asian dude has 10 of them though lol.
Here be mine in a park in birmingham last year
>>5560301
I saw that pic of the 10 deserters on the facebook group. I was thinkin damn it'd look just as good with 9 let me get one of them bad motherfuckers.
>>5560301
People hate on Acid Rain? Fucking why?
Awesome pic btw
>>5560301
I want a Deserter so bad and it's near impossible to find.
>>5560336
>too expensive
>3A knock off
>too grungy
> "weird proportions"
>don't like the mechs
Those are the standard complaints/insults
>>5560353
You must find these people for me so that I may ask them what it's like to have shit taste.
>>5560336
Some of us here hate them, but we largely ignore them or are pretty selective about it.
I'm not a fan of the figures themselves and thought most of the vehicles were pretty dumb, with unnecessary transformations, but the Laurel is awesome and the upcoming armored soldiers look pretty good.
Can't wait for this one to come out
>>5560495
I'm assuming an Acid Rain General has already been tried and didn't work out?
>>5560504
considering the lack of product and being so expensive for what they are, there's not a lot of fans for it in general. So of course their generals fell away unnoticed.
They're welcome here though, since everyone is fine sharing the thread for all 1:18 stuff.
Not a fan of the mechs (not just these, I don't like mecha in general), and the price was a bitter pill to swallow, but I got over it. They really are pretty nifty, and if you have an 1:18 fodder library you can really trick them out.
>>5560786
FYI Kit Lau is doing a Q&A on the facebook group. They are taking questions right now.
A WIP I'm working on.
>>5560786
What figure is that NAzi soldier? I don't remember that in AR line. Is a custom? COuld you post more pics of him? I love it
>>5560885
It's more-or-less a kitbash, but the buck is all ARW Sol Commander. I'll try to get some shots up today.
>>5560138
I've been looking for some 1/18 scale artillery for a while. Anyone know were I can get some?
>>5560904
Like the field piece in pic? What are you looking to spend? Merit did a couple of big gun kits in 1:16 (US M198 and a German sFH 18), and 21st Century did the FlaK 36 and PaK 40s in 1:18
Power Team Elite did a howitzer, too. Haven't seen it on shelves in years, though. Pic related:
>>5560849
who's the shaved wookie?
Just wanted to thank that anon that said I should use hot water and then cold water to straighten the bended monocle of a night viper, it seems to have worked.
Thanks bro.
Post your 1/18 "civil war" reenactments
https://youtu.be/0L7iH3foZU0
>>5561425
POWER GAP
>>5561425
I want to see Warpath, Winter Soldier, and Nightwing just all chilling together and discussing domino masks.
>>5561427
>that girl from the gashapon dead or alive
mah nigga
>>5560885
Pics I owe ya. Eins:
Zwei:
And I'm spent.
>>5561427
underoos~!
>>5561425
I need Bucky for my team.
>>5560446
Hahah yesss, I've been wanting to get a few acid rain figs to stand against my clone troopers.
>>5565317
Guy you're responding to here. Just had Argus arrive today. Havent taken him out of the box yet but all the pics look great.
>>5565324
Just took him out the packaging. His rifle is so huge I had to take it in landscape. Please excuse the shitty lighting. I'll take better pics in the morning.
>>5565855
Holy shit, I had no idea you could take the foregrip off the rifle. I like it even better this way.
Took some more Argus pics. The rifle looks so much better with the foregrip removed.
Definitely looks better without the foregrip I can't wait for the new figures to come out.
>>5566982
Too soon Anon!
>>5567264
Damn, that looks good. I like those figures.
So is GI Joe dead now that there's no con and no plans for toys?
>>5567553
Eh, maybe. Probably. Unfortunately.
Apparently they worry that parents will associate Cobra with ISIS and they don't want kids playing out stuff that's actually happening in the world.
What /should/ do, in my opinion. Is go more sci-fi with it to revitalize the brand. Either Cobra-La and really ramp up the genetic experiements / monsters. Or Destro's empire of evil robots and heavily armored guys a la Wolfenstein or Killzone.
At least I have Acid Rain stuff to look forward to.
>>5567563
Nah, what they need to do turn all the Joes into blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and homosexuals, and make Duke a lesbian, and then all of Cobra should be nothing but white men, preferably with blond hair and blue eyes. Pitch that cartoon to the Satanic Khazarians who run the cartoon networks and it's guaranteed to be a hit and Joes will once again be relevant.
>>5567580
nah just make GI Joe cartoon some lol random humor and Cartoon Network will air it. Look at Teen Titans Go.
>>5567553
The fan club isn't officially dead just yet.
That said, if the rumor currently going around is true, the franchise is going to be reduced to a platform for launching other properties as movies. Expect GI Joe 3 to probably revolve around MASK, Visionaries (in whatever form it comes back as), INO Rom, and the Micronauts with Snake Eyes and Roadblock in glorified cameo roles
>>5567761
>the franchise is going to be reduced to a platform for launching other properties as movies
That's a retarded rumor.
Why would it be reduced to being just that when the GI Joe movies are actual hits?
From what Hasbro has said and how retailers are now, they're only waiting to make it a major toyline again with the next movie. Retailers aren't going to support the toyline unless there's some media to go with it, so without a doubt, Hasbro is only waiting for the third movie to start production to release another line. And it takes about a year for a toyline to be produced.
Finally fucking got my shipping notice from Boss Fight. Here's hoping some blanks are part of the shipment.
>>5567563
Perfect for Hellghast Iron Grenadiers and for FUCKIN ZOMBIES. - just sayin.
>>5567580
Go away /pol we don't appreciate it
So speaking of, are there any rumors for the next movie? Year or anything?
I didn't care for the first one much, but 2 was pretty good even if they killed Duke off.
>>5568838
Ever time I see an intelligent post on this board, someone tells them to fuck off back to /pol. That must be where all the smart people hang out.
>>5568873
If you have to proclaim how intelligent your post was it probably wasn't
>>5568879
Hey, I can't help that I'm the only one here smart enough to recognize how intelligent my posts are. If I don't point it out, who will?
>>5568882
Nah, it was actually dumb as fuck. Next time you want to play pseudo-intellectual remember the following, actual smart people don't say shit like that about themselves or their words.
Here's the answers from the Q&A with Kit Lau
>>5568895
They do if they're confident. I'm one of the rare ones that have balls too. So unlike all the other nerds, I can be a little cocky at times.
>>5568914
Pretty vague overall, especially the first one. I was really hoping for another round of Sol Coms.
>>5568923
People who consider themselves geniuses but are actually morons are a dime a dozen though, you aren't "rare".
>>5568859
The movie is probably going to come out next year. That's probably why they didn't announce anything new this year, since it takes more than a year to produce a new figures.
>>5567761
>That said, if the rumor currently going around is true, the franchise is going to be reduced to a platform for launching other properties as movies.
What I heard was not at all that, but rather that Hasbro is trying to compile all of their properties into a shared "universe" property.
>>5567842
>From what Hasbro has said and how retailers are now, they're only waiting to make it a major toyline again with the next movie. Retailers aren't going to support the toyline unless there's some media to go with it, so without a doubt, Hasbro is only waiting for the third movie to start production to release another line. And it takes about a year for a toyline to be produced.
So expect 5 POA.
Hopefully it's not a debacle like the first wave of Retaliation was.
>>5568914
>Accessory packs.
Not going to happen, and probably shouldn't.
They're a money sink and no matter much collectors say they are going to buy tons of accessory packs they never do.
That's the reason the 1/6 "classic" repro GI Joes bombed at retail and killed any chance of a 1/6 revival at retail.
>>5569309
>So expect 5 POA.
Hasbro already said that was a mistake for the GI Joe line.
They're not going to do that again, unless it's Titan crap, but who gives a shit about stuff that doesn't affect the main line?
>>5569708
Weeeellllllll. I wouldn't mind 5poa Cobra/Joe troopers if they can make them reeeaaaally cheap.
>>5569710
Why?
>>5569710
I ALMOST agree with you, but as good as the sculpt on these shits were, i'd never waste my money on them unless they were included with the vehicles like before.
Still, i haven't taken them out since i got them. Pointless figure that isn't fun to play with. They're basically scenery pieces, but i already have billions of figures that actually have articulation for my scenery.
seriously, pointless and a waste of money.
Also, it makes me sad that they wasted such a nice design and sculpt with a 5PoA mold.
>>5569736
build a parade scene. I just need the troopers to do the Nazi salute.
>>5569708
>Hasbro already said that was a mistake for the GI Joe line.
I don't believe them, they said similar stuff almost 15 years ago.
>>5569708
>Hasbro already said that was a mistake for the GI Joe line.
And yet they did it for Star Wars.
I honestly expect 5POA.
>>5570248
It wasn't a mistake for Star Wars thought because that stuff still sells well.
>>5569710
>if they can make them reeeaaaally cheap.
How cheap? I bought these vehicles just for the driver heads. If hasbro were to put out some cheap figs at the dollar store, I'd definitely buy some, but I think that's unlikely to happen.
>>5570272
>It wasn't a mistake for Star Wars thought because that stuff still sells well.
Which is why it will probably be the same for Joe.
Especially if they are turning it into a movie only line.
>>5570977
>If hasbro were to put out some cheap figs at the dollar store, I'd definitely buy some, but I think that's unlikely to happen.
They already did. There was a Dollar General line of basic figures with minimal accessories, and it ended after two waves.
>>5571082
>Hasbro realizes it made a mistake by doing PoA5 figures, based on poor sales
>Says it won't do that again
>you claim they will
I bet your dad is the president of Nintendo and he told you that they're only making one super articulated GI Joe 3 Snake Eyes figure and you're the only owner of it and no one can ever see it or he'll take it away.
Want some candy, little boy?
>>5571102
You are salty as fuck for no reason.
>All action figures have slowly headed towards 5POA over the last couple of years.
>GI Joe is a special snowflake that won't.
Hasbro backed off of the first wave because of fan boy wailing and whining.
The movie being pushed back a year likely had more to do with the sales of the first wave of Retaliation being bad than the reduced articulation.
Momentum has been going towards reduced, cheaper to produce 5POA figures with minimal accessories. And the majority of other action figures available (especially Hasbro) have moved towards this: cheap minimal articulation and minimal accessorized figures backed up by a movie or cartoon.
>>5571307
>it doesn't matter what hasbro says
>my dad is the president of nintendo and he supersedes everything hasbro says
>they're only going to make 5poa because i said so!!!
yes, I'm super salty for not believing what your president of nintendo dad says.
>>5571307
>The movie being pushed back a year likely had more to do with the sales of the first wave of Retaliation being bad than the reduced articulation.
Haven't been following this argument, but I just wanted to point out that the movie was pushed back so the studio could make it 3-D. Toy sales one way or the other (I recall hearing that the Retaliation toy sold well upon release, myself) had zero bearing on the film's delay.
>>5571355
> I just wanted to point out that the movie was pushed back so the studio could make it 3-D. T
That's what they said, but I think they were smart enough to delay it because of fucking Avengers pushing in everyone's shit. Delay it for a month? Might as well delay it further for 3d.
Pretty dumb merch wise though.
>>5570977
I guess a nice standard to follow are these 10 POA soldiers from BBI. This 5-pack has been on Amazon flip-flopping between 30 to 20 dollars. That's $6~4 per soldier.
Their hips go back and forth only so they are only good as scenery pieces, but the price-value ratio is amazing compared to hasbro's 5poa stuff.
>>5571521
There are reports that people have been finding the single figures at Five Below. They're a gold mine for accessory fodder.
I just wish they would have rolled out the proper 1:18 vehicles when they did these. Only one of those that made it out was the Ranger enduro bike.
>>5571355
>Toy sales one way or the other (I recall hearing that the Retaliation toy sold well upon release, myself) had zero bearing on the film's delay.
I'm saying that the movie being pushed back a year had more to do with the toys selling badly, because they were released with no direct movie support and no advertising, than the toys having reduced articulation.
Not that the toys selling badly caused the movie to be delayed.
>>5571082
>They already did. There was a Dollar General line of basic figures with minimal accessories, and it ended after two waves.
Yes, but I was talking about $1 stores and 5 POA figures.
Does anyone know why it ended? A bad deal for DG(not selling) or Hasbro(exceeding production costs/changing expectations for consumers)?
>>5571521
Cool, I picked up some of those a few years ago at Target when the single figures were cheap. I bought a black paratrooper I wanted to turn into Josh from RE5.
Unrelated Platoon figures form Walmart a long time ago. I want to turn the Tom Berenger into Grey Fox, and his character from Sniper.
>>5572563
>Does anyone know why it ended?
No real reason. It was a 2012-2013 deal, after that they never reordered anything from that line or requested another line. They just carried the stock until late 2014 and clearanced it all out. You may luck out and find a cc or storm shadow in a clearance bin.
>>5572563
It likely ended because of the movie, just like everything else GI Joe related. No more cartoon, no more side toys, just focusing on selling the movie.
Is Steel from Bucks Team known to be defective?
My piece came with tears in the plastic in the torso ball joint and right upper knee joint. After some carefully handling, the swivel at the right hip *fell* off too.
Quite painful to encounter these many defects on a single piece. My other Bucks team members are perfectly fine though.
>>5573427
Steel is the only figure I've had any trouble with. He was missing his armor to begin with (got that fixed) and his weapon holder broke.
>>5572563
Good 'ol 21st Century Toys. I miss those guys.
>>5573427
Christ, I've never seen one a report of one of these grenading like that.
>>5573444
>Good 'ol 21st Century Toys. I miss those guys.
Yeah. 1/6 would have been an entirely different thing had they not folded.
Have you seen some of the prototype stuff they had in the works before the collapse?
Female IDF weapons instructor, Zombies, Pirates, Monster Hunters, 70's Mobster, Russian Spetsnaz etc.
Were those proposed 1:6 figures? I was into their 1:18 vehicles (eat me, Hasbro), so I only had a passing knowledge of the 1:6 stuff they'd been doing.
>>5573888
>Were those proposed 1:6 figures?
Yeah.
Most of them had prototypes, some that even sold on eBay a few years ago.
There was already a Border Guards sniper Spetsnaz figure of course, and the regular Spets in Afghanistan, but they were going to do Alfa (and I think Vympel).
On some of the later packaging there's images of the prototypes for the IDF instructor, 70's Mobster, US Army SF with foreign weapons etc.
There used to be Pistol Pete's 21C checklist with a lot of the prototype photos but the site has been down for about a year now.
http://web.archive.org/web/20131026012828/http://pistolpetechecklist.com/unreleased.html
>>5573908
http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-discussion/667161-history-21st-century-toys-3-22-inventory-complete.html
Here's a thread with some prototype photos of different figures.
Thanks for the links. Some of that was really cool. I especially dug the female pirate.
>>5573950
There's more photos on later pages showing a lot of accessories and weapons that were prototyped, like RPDs and RPKs, knives etc.
>>5573957
Like here is one from page 4 of the thread showing the "Hardline" series of anti zombie characters.
>>5573967
Here's another from the same line.
>>5573427
Whelp, my super-friendly local toy shop promptly replaced the piece. Not sure how it works but it seems they're absorbing the replacement cost themselves.
Hopefully I'm the only person unlucky enough to encounter freak-manufacturing-defects like these...
>>5574715
That was very cool of them. A lot of (shitty) places would have told you tough titty.
Looks like I made a mistake sleeping on the Agurts Infantry figure. BBTS is sold out and definitely need some more of these to work on.
>>5567842
>when the GI Joe movies are actual hits?
Are they?
Well. I guessed since there was a second movie the first did good enough to get a sequel but it kind of feels like they weren't as successful as they were suposed to be perhaps?
My vision about the "success" of this movies may be is a bit different since I'm an eurofag and at least here the first movie at least we managed to see trailers of it but the second movie was...one of those movies you go to theater one day to watch something else and realize there is a poster that say "G.I Joe" and you think "they made a second one?"
So all this time I thought they as a franchise flopped. Was I wrong? Its a successful franchise there? Because here is like the toys, people remembers the name but doesn't really have any contact with it.
>>5575791
>you go to theater one day to watch something else and realize there is a poster that say "G.I Joe" and you think "they made a second one?
South-American here, similar stuff happened to me, I knew about the movie thanks to internet but never saw a trailer or preview until that moment.
>Because here is like the toys, people remembers the name but doesn't really have any contact with it.
Same, the line is pretty much dead here, when I was a kid there was plenty of offer, even TRU doesn´t carry Joes, if you are lucky you can find some Star Wars, Avengers or Legends figures.
>>5575791
>Are they?
Because of the way Hollywood accounting works, no one really knows the answer to this question.
>So all this time I thought they as a franchise flopped.
Well yeah, pretty much.
>Was I wrong? Its a successful franchise there?
Not really. Collectors (I am also a collector and have been since I got my first Joe figure) think that because they are willing to buy that means others are willing to buy too and the line should be doing great.
They seem to forget that many collectors:
1. Wait for figures to hit deep discount
2. Don't represent the demographic that Hasbro wants to target at mass retail
They also want desperately for GI Joe to succeed based entirely on their nostalgia for amazing toy sections in Walmart and dedicated toy stores like KB and Toys R Us that carried Joe in the 80's and 90's (and sort of early 2000's).
I don't want GI Joe to fail, but every iteration has started off strong and then sputtered out, unable to recreate the original 82-94 success.
There are multiple reasons for that which tie in to the previous points about collectors waiting for discounts and not being the target demo.
1. Collectors will talk a big game about how if the Whale or the Flagg were re released they would buy X amount of them, when reality just doesn't bear this out. Mostly because they wait for deep discount or second hand outlets or they buy none. Because Joe collectors are penny pinching cheapskates (I also limit my toy budget and try to get great deals, nothing inherently wrong with it) and aren't willing to pay the retail prices of new big box items and play sets.
2. They forget that they aren't the target demo for mass retail toys so they call for all of these collector items that they would want but wouldn't sell either because of the above or because parents won't buy those items for their children. And collectors bitch when Hasbro puts out stuff for kids (5POA garbage, which I bitch about, but I realize why it's happening).
Found this head swap I did some years back whilst packing. Thought it might amuse you guys.
>>5575791
>Are they?
Yes, you don't get a sequel unless you make your money back. It got a major push in the US.
>>5575858
>Because of the way Hollywood accounting works, no one really knows the answer to this question.
This is only true when fucking over the IP owner and actors out of any royalties/residuals. Everybody else gets paid back (sometimes double), including the studio and distrubtor before they go about paying off residuals.
So basically, it's mad profitable for everyone else.
>because they are willing to buy that means others are willing to buy too and the line should be doing great.
I agree with mosto f what you said, except for this.
As mentioned before, GI Joe had a big push in sales almost everywhere. Prominent displays and abundant space. The line exceeded Hasbro's expectations so much that they increased production for the line.
Of course, while Hasbro sold out of their stock, major retailers didn't and were feeling the burn from the year before of holding onto stock for something that didn't have media attached to it. So while other lines would have been kept to sell off the remaining stock, places like Target and WalMart just clearanced it off before later waves would be released.
>Joe collectors are penny pinching cheapskates
I think this is true for almost all collectors. Anything with big ticket items usually have people waiting for clearances: LEGO, Megabloks, MU, many movie lines, etc. Even Star Wars.
And this is only because of a learned behavior. We always notice that expensive stuff gets put on clearance and we hold off from buying them. Even collector stuff has people baulking, like the recently shown off trolls from 4H's Mythic Legion.
So i think the reason you don't see that with MLs and other large scale lines is just for the fact there's nothing big for them to hold off from buying.
>>5576414
>As mentioned before, GI Joe had a big push in sales almost everywhere. Prominent displays and abundant space. The line exceeded Hasbro's expectations so much that they increased production for the line.
For the 25th Anniversary line definitely. But almost every line after 25A and ROC I had trouble finding regularly, with POC figures found only one time while I was in another state, and the later waves of Retaliation almost nonexistent in my area (and anecdotes from other collectors as well).
>I think this is true for almost all collectors.
Definitely. It's even true for myself. I always try to get the best deal I can on toys because I limit my toy budget, and I've been primarily buying "used" toys (Gundam stuff) or the occasional CODBlocks because Joe has been nearly non existent in my neck of the woods (Central Florida) for years now.
But I also don't yell all over JoeCustoms/YoJoe/HT forums about how I would totally throw down the cash for five brand new Whales, three Terrordromes, and two Flaggs if Hasbro would just produce them. Because reality doesn't bear that out.
I know it's true for plenty of other "fandoms", but it seems like Joe collectors are hypocritically miserly, clamoring for expensive big ticket items with claims of potential money being left on the table only to wait for those items to hit Ross or deep discount.
I guess what I'm getting at is that for GI Joe, the "fandom" is it's own worst enemy.
>>5576488
>For the 25th Anniversary line definitely. But almost every line after 25A and ROC I had trouble finding regularly,
I was specifically talking about the 2nd movie toys and how retailers carried it.
I also had trouble finding PoC and 30th figures, but that's just how stores are shit. I hate how people in bumfuck states were able to buy billinos of zombies because their stores didn't overorder like my county's stores and got in regular shipments instead. Fuck em!
Still, practically ever store carried the line all the way through.
> but it seems like Joe collectors are hypocritically miserly
Like i said, we're not alone in that. It doesn't seem any less or more common than other brands for mass market line.
>>5558781
you act like midget vehicles haven't been a thing in G.I. Joe since practically the beginning(that and tankettes are an actual thing in the real world)
>>5559461
I'll admit as cool as modern figures are, I kinda prefere the aesthetic the classic 82-94 line had
>>5567563
>What /should/ do, in my opinion. Is go more sci-fi with it to revitalize the brand. Either Cobra-La and really ramp up the genetic experiements / monsters. Or Destro's empire of evil robots and heavily armored guys a la Wolfenstein or Killzone.
that's what I was thinking too, ramp up the sci-fi/fantasy aspects, also add in more of the corporate angle that Renegades introduced, also at this point as much as it hurts to say, Hasbro should really transfer G.I. Joe from being primarily a Toy based franchise to focusing on another medium entirely, really it's surprising that Joe hasn't made the transition to Video Games sooner when it'd be perfect for the CoD and Battlefield crowd with a little tweaking
>>5576393
Don't look too bad. All the gashapon/trading figures I have tend to be just a bit too large or too small to really work with Joes.
>>5567563
>What /should/ do, in my opinion. Is go more sci-fi with it to revitalize the brand
POC was the right direction, like MGS or Arkham series it was what Joe should be now, that is silly ideas with realistic color palette.
>>5576646
>that's what I was thinking too, ramp up the sci-fi/fantasy aspects,
Didn't they start this with the zombie thing and then some exec stomped it out because it was "too scary" or something?
>really it's surprising that Joe hasn't made the transition to Video Games sooner when it'd be perfect for the CoD and Battlefield crowd with a little tweaking
Maybe, the only problem I see is competing for market share. CoD really has the current arena shooter console market on lock down, while Battlefield/Battlefront has the combined arms FPS/milsim part of the market.
There aren't really any competitors that have been able to unseat them, and when MoH tried to make a come back it sputtered out.
And they won't do it on PC because the next week after release ModDB will be full of Scarlett and Lady J nude skin packs and tit inflation mods and Snake Eyes horse dick models.
>>5577226
Also Vg require investment, and Hasbro doesn't seem much interested in investing in Joe franchise.
I got shadow tracker on a bid together with power armor iron grenadiere for 45 dlls
did I over payed?
>>5577406
That isnt too bad. Better if its a PoC IG instead of a 50th or 30th.
>>5577415
I only wanted the shadow tracker though, but the IG looks rad as fuck too.
>Better if its a PoC IG instead of a 50th or 30th.
why? they arr rook same
>>5577421
30th ig has no camo stripes, just plain grey. 50th has white stripes in the camo. PoC is darker and a bit more muted. All the same figure, just slight paint variations.
>>5577577
Where you got those flash effects anon?
>>5576488
It's a catch-22 though.
Hasbro repeatedly overprices shit and under produces it too. Which means shit gets scalped to hell and back and goes for obscene amounts of money, that most people simple wait it out (rather than pay the rape dollar price on the secondary market from the scalpers) on the thin hope that the toys will end up at discount outlets.
When your only choices is scalpers or the super-rare chance you can get the toy at Ross for cheap a year later? People pick the later.
>>5578124
>People pick the later.
Joe collectors will openly say that they saw something at retail, especially big ticket items like vehicles, and then say they'll just wait for clearance or Ross/TJ Maxx.
I've seen it on JC/HT etc.
Yeah Hasbro has dropped the ball on distro, but let's not pretend like it's some dilemma between paying ass rape scalper prices or waiting for discount outlets to get it, Joe collectors will see something at retail price and choose to wait.
acid rain!
What homages to other properties have there been in G.I. Joe?
Aliens:
Desert Battle Duke PoC (Looks like Hicks plus that pulse rifle)
Repeater (Various versions)
PoC Hawk
Rhino vehicle
Mega Marines (BattleCorps)
The smart gun from the PoC Iron Grenadiers.
Predator:
Major Barrage/Jungle Duke (Dutch)
Spirit Iron Knife PoC (Billy)
Recondo PoC (Blaine)
Shadow Tracker (Predator)
>>5578829
Not properties but maybe wars?
Civil war:
Wild Bill
Vietnam:
Footloose
Falcon
Desert Storm:
BattleCorps Duke
>>5578699
Where did that shovel come from?
>>5578906
There is any predator figure that works well with Joes? I've seen NECA ones but they look fucking huge
>>5580454
I know there's Microman Predator but from what I see, he's more 3.75" in size
>>5580479
There are those and then the Hot Toys Sap Kits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SDQS5oTwg
That's pretty much it for vaguely Joe-compatible Predator figures.
Apparently Hiya is doing the Predator in 1:18, and wants to know which of the team they should do:
Source:
http://news.toyark.com/2016/03/30/hiya-toys-release-predator-118-scale-figures-200560
Poll:
http://fans.vote/vote/AClghrvGfb4/we-will-do-some-figures-from-predator-which-of-following-is-the-most-favorite-to-you-predator-is-already-in
>>5580563
Neat.
>>5580563
Damn I need a facebook account and I'm too sophisticated for that.
I bet the three will be Dutch, Blain and Billy I wish they did everyone.
Are the aliens still available? where is the best place to buy them and the colonial marines?
>>5580592
Looks like BBTS has just about everything still for preorder.
>>5580563
>Dillon
>Dutch
>Blain Cooper
There is no other possible answer
>>5580681
>not wanting Mac
Are you gay or something?
The only real answer is
>Dutch
>Mac
>Blain
you got your token black character plus get to recreate the broship of Mac and Blain. Dillon was a weasel ass.
>>5571082
Loved the Dollar Generals.
In some cases they were better IMO than the "main" figures.
>>5573203
Wasn't the Dollar General line sort of slipped by the main production people anyway?
>>5578140
Not in Canada.
the 50th line had shit distribution at TRU and they vanished into storage early.
I got a 3 pack for $9 about 3 months after release and they had to look around in the back for like 1/2 and hour. I later found some stuff at a "Toys Toy's Toys" store and a comic shop (Silver Snail) but they were overcharging.
>>5580563
They also have a 1/18 power loader but it's pricey.
I got one alien at BBTS and 2 others at another online place (forget where) but the two figures (with shipping) cost as much as the BBTS one and it's shipping.
>>5581167
>Canada
>shit distribution at TRU
At least you still have distribution, here in Spain Joes doesn't touch TRU shelves (or any other shelves in fact) since early 2000s
>>5580454
>>5580454
If you don't care about articulation, McFarlane did some AVP Predators.
Here's a custom by the guy that sculpted the Zombie Viper, he used parts from a McFarlane Predator and the body from a Thor Frost Giant. You might be able to use some revoltech type joints to add articulation to a plain figure.
>>5581260
Sorry to hear it.
When the 50th came out I called the 3 TRU's within Transit for me and they all claimed the line was dead before they got them.
Then before getting the deal I mentioned above they denied that they had ever had them.
It was only one guy (I asked pretty much all the employees) who "sorta remembered" seeing them (there had been an entire row of full shelves the week before when I had been in) and he was the person who went to look. I wished I could have tipped him.
>>5581308
shit man you sound like an obnoxious asshole, I too would have said I didn't have anything just to fuck with you.
>>5578124
>>5578140
I remember a few anons saying they would wait for items to go on clearance or to Ross/TJ Maxx.
I'm not too into vehicles because of lack of space, but if I do see it for cheap I'll pick it up especially if it comes with a cool driver. Most of the Joes I got at Ross/TJ Maxx were either because that was the only place I saw them(Wraith, Night Viper, black version of HISS), or were doubles or triples of figures.
The biggest issue for me was distribution, Walgreens was a big help in finding extra Vipers, Shock Troopers, and Techno Vipers.
>>5580563
>wants to know which of the team they should do
>not doing the whole team.
Then what's the fucking point?
It's cool and all, but what's the point if they aren't going to do the whole team so you can have the entire team together?
>>5581667
This would be the ideal thing in a world where money grew in trees.
>>5581318
Uh. No. I just asked several employees if they had them and went to the next person after being told by each but the last that they didn't exist and the line was dead.
>>5569309
>What I heard was not at all that, but rather that Hasbro is trying to compile all of their properties into a shared "universe" property.
That's what I heard. GI Joe, MASK, Visionaries, Micronauts and ROM. GI Joe and MASK already mesh pretty well, but I don't know who though Visionaries + anything on that list was a remotely good idea.
I mean besides the brainless executives who saw the money Marvel is raking in.
I also like how Transformers is left out completely because that's already making money, even though Transformers vs GI Joe makes a ton of sense storywise -- Bay has even filled the Transformer film universe with pointless army people!
Is there a helmet that fits Resolute Duke's head? or an alternate head that fits well? I see he's too pale.
Does the desert battle PoC Duke head fit well in resolute Duke's body?
>>5582304
I assume they are using the same Duke head for all the resolute packs, right? Because one of the packs has him with this flying gear thing and the accompanying helmet
>>5582312
Well I want a more regular looking combat helmet like the one that comes with PoC Hawk
Lets get creative, if you had to design a new line composed only by NEW characters, which kind of characters would you offer?
And I'm asking for you to describe the specific characters, not general guidelines of the batch
>>5582351
Hasbro please, you wont listen to us anyways.
>>5582351
I would go the opposite route and have generic operators, just like BBi but with better articulation.
>>5582351
I wish it was the 80s and we can have more racial stereotypes.
>>5582442
well, there was Spirit and...??? all the blacks are far from stereotypes.
>>5582454
Quick Kick, Storm Shadow and that whole Soviet force.
>>5581598
>3.- Billy - 107 votes
Go Billy!
But why no Anna? Too lazy to scuplt a female..?
>>5582687
>wanting to play with a girl
gb2/barbie/ faggot
No but seriously, girl characters are yuck.
How many machine gun dudes did the Joes need?
>>5582351
A European swordsman, as a sort of foil to Snake Eyes. Heavy armor, big sword, and he hates stealth- wants to be seen.
>>5582351
I want a cobra guy with robot legs like animated Darth Maul.
>>5582702
we need a tall, well built, amazon of a woman, codenamed big bertha, heavy weapons expert.
>>5582947
And she must be barefoot, because she has more stability that way when firing the big 'uns.
This, I command.
>>5582966
And if we're adding requests, extra wide hips please. Dirty blonde, too.
>>5582702
That's why we can't have nice things.
Working on a 1/18 Pyramid head using the Marvel Universe Hercules buck. Anyone know a good source for thin fake leather?
>>5583132
You can easily buy a 54' square of pleather on eBay for around $9 shipped. Since its for furniture it might be too thick though, your best bet is to to go to a place like Hobby Lobby and inquire into a possible material.
Can some one do me a favor and post pic of resolute flint with the webgear of HoH/25thann/SDCC Flint?
thanks.
>>5583132
By the same token, how is the best way to remove Jim Lee Cyclops' torso from his crotch piece without damaging them?
Like Rex "The Doctor" Lewis, this mold keeps giving!
I bought a Dollar general trooper and I can conclude that the shock trooper arms are shit.
I'll try to look for the resolute cobra troopers as my default ones now and the plan on stocking up on the 30th ann troopers is cancelled. I can live with the current 7 soldier squad of pajama troopers from the 25th anniversary until I assemble this new squadron.
>>5584913
Want a squad of these so bad but they are using the shock trooper upper arms, does the new lower arm some how offsets that deficiency?, retardly expensive though.
Keep the city shots coming, I love your setup and plan on getting the spawn alley set too soon, is not that expensive.
>>5584923
Same basically, just the smooth section gives it a little more room to position compared to the sculpted wrinkled shirt of the troopers, but negligible honestly.
You could always trim the upper arm and lower areas a touch to give it a little extra space. I did that with the dreadnoks, ult dukes and extra blowtorches.
I could try on a random trooper fodder to see if I can do anything. Will post results.
>>5584923
>>5584935
That's why I always trim around the joints for those arms.
Got some of my Boss Fight Kickstarter goodies the other day. Only opened one Stone Spartan. Bit rubbery but looks great.
Most of the stuff I *really* want hasn't shipped yet but this is a good start.
>>5584976
That's a lot of stoners.
>>5584967
Just go slow and be careful. You can always take more off, but can't add more back. Practice on some shitty Joes first until you've really got the hang of it.
It's amazing what a second with an exacto can do. Add 20deg more elbow articulation, give Croc Master ankle tilt, etc.
>>5583132
what did you use for the head?
>>5580454
Hot Toys Snap Kits
>>5577644
IM2 War Machine
West Coast Avengers 3-pack War Machine
