>>5628284 old thread
Anyone got any thoughts about the Plague Troopers? Awesome concept that got fucked over because it came out at the time the Valor vs Venom line was on it's death bed and Devil's Due generally speaking, barely touching it so that they could run Joe Casey's Thunderbolts rip-off instead.
and what was their thing? like
IG = Destro's private army
CG = Cobra SS/Gestapo/CIA
Plague troopers = ???
PS: Last thread could still could be bumped, I think the limit is 310
>>5667791
Basically the best of the bests of the vipers and other specialist Cobra goons. Led by GI Joe turncoat and all around psycho Blackout and answerable ONLY to CC.
They were CC's personal death squad and had a roster of 13 members, mirroring the original 13 man roster GI Joe had in its first wave
Huh my TRU got a restock of three-packs. Question how is the movie three-pack of CC/Duke/Cobra Trooper? I'm always tempted to get it for an extra Cobra Trooper and CC. But I'm guessing they use the 25th molds given the Duke in pack too. So.. worth the purchase or not?
I should just buy the three-pack that has the Alphine, SWAT trooper (even if I own ten), and the Rock Viper shouldn't I?
>>5668893
The Cobra Trooper from that pack is one of my favorites, because it has the more cartoon accurate body, but with the head and helmet from the later POC Cobra Troopers. He also has a cartoon accurate gun.
The Cobra Commander in that pack is decent and comes with a parachute and a Claw that you can have your figures ride on.
The Duke in that set is sorta meh, but he comes with a cool jet pack for you to use on your Joes and an American Flag.
Just picked up the red SDCC Jinx for $35, shipping included.
Never had her, only had the Retaliation version, but wanted her classic look also.
I also have a package coming with 50th Hawk in it and a Fang Copter with it's pilot.
>>5667791
>Anyone got any thoughts about the Plague Troopers?
Best machete ever
>>5667791
In theory, they are a "Psycho Rangers" type squadron of elite Cobra henchmen, (loosely) modeled after the founding 13 GI Joe members who were recruited from the ranks of the various Vipers, Trooper divisions alongside other new characters.
In practice? They are what >>5668266 said. They are Cobra Commander's personal wetworks team who are sent on missions where Cobra Commander wants people dead. And by dead, I mean people DIE when the Plague Troopers are deployed.
They are led by Blackout (evil brother to a new Joe introduced during Valor Vs Venom) and include Munitia (basically an evil counterpart to Scarlet, trained by Firefly alongside Blackout as his proteges), Guillotine (a former Snow Serpent/Eel), Aleph (a high ranking Night Creeper who was excommunicated), Nick Bailey (a generic black American soldier who CC personally recruited into the Plague Troopers for unknown reasons), the Interrogator, and a bunch of scrubs from the Saw Vipers, Sand Vipers, AVACs, Crimson Guard.
Rip It (HISS tank driver) and Sky Creeper (a Cobra Air Commando) were offered membership and went on the group's first mission (massacre an entire hospital, children included, in order to kidnap Baroness and Destro's kid) but were both executed by Cobra Commander because they had hesitated during the mission and openly questioned why they should kill innocent babies.
Ironically, while they have a Saw Viper on their roster (Gallows), it's not the infamous Saw Viper who killed a dozen GI Joe members in the early 90s (he became Overkill, a move that I'm sure Devil's Due regretted years later when they came up with the Plague Troop concept and couldn't use the guy for it).
>>5670486
Half of the roster did get figures though o-ring figure only. Blackout was a mass retail release, as was Interrogator (who was later reissued in a six pack and later as a convention figure), Munitia was released as a DTC figure, while Guillotine, Grimskull (Sand Viper) and Gallows (SAW Viper) were part of a six pack with three named Steel Brigade guys.
Grimskull and Gallows look NOTHING like their comic counterparts (basically black recolors of their existing costumes); basically a bunch of Neo Vipers with a single new headsculpt between the two, with the only way to tell tem apart being that one has red pain on their black costume/mask and the other yellow paint on their black costume/mask.
The Steel Brigade/Plague Trooper box set is INSANELY hard to find as it was given a limited release at the end of the VvV line as a Toys R Us exclusive. While the Steel Brigade members and Gallows/Grimskull are kind of easy to find (though around $20-30 a piece), Guillotine is CRAY-CRAY hard to find and goes for huge bucks whenever he pops up on Ebay.
Just got the second wave of my HACKS order
Skeletons are great, even better than the ones from Re-Ment's Pose Skeleton line(I think anyways)
Stonefist is glorious, as are Eurayle and Amazon, but he's really the star of the three.
Pre-Curse Medusa uses a head that doesn't fit the back of her box's description of 'the once beautiful' and 'the most amazing'. But not bad either, I just think the Eurayle head is far better.
>>5670552
Are we plebs that didnt kickstart be able to buy these?
>>5670635
Their webstore has preorders up for all the ones I listed. Some preorders are sold out already though, and for the skeletons/blanks, they've got alternate color options available on the same page.
>>5670496
It was really that hard to find? I don't remember it being harder to find than any others. In fact I remember the troop builder like the Shadow Guard being a bit harder to find.
>>5670662
Do they ship outside of America and do they take paypal
>>5670669
Shadow Guard was scalped hard but can still be found and at a decent price, as far as the fact that Hasbro produced a good amount of them after the initial Crimson Guard 6 pack sold out ASAP due to massive fan demand.
Steel Brigade vs Plague Troopers on the other hand, was given a microscopic production run and sold out immediately.
>>5670672
They did out-of-US shipping in kickstarter, so maybe, paypal is available.
>>5670679
Yeah; the Shadow Guard themselves only exist because of the huge demand for the original Crimson Guard troop builder pack. Same with Crimson Cobra Commander and Crimson Baroness repaints, who was created to go with the Crimson Guard when Hasbro finally decided to reissue them in proper colors.
>>5670672
>>Do they ship outside of America and do they take paypal
Yes they do.
Are any of the Valor vs Venom box sets worth picking up? Given how expensive the Sub Club figures and 2-3 packs are, I need something to scratch my Joe itch, especially since I never really paid much attention to the line during the early 00s revival.
>>5671004
The 6 packs are hit or miss and a lot of them are re-issues of 80s/90s era figures in garrish new color schemes.
The troop builder sets are pretty ace if you are into that, with the Crimson Guard being the best of the best. They re-released them about three times: One a standard Crimson Guard pack of six, then the CG in black (The Shadow Guard), then in another pack with Tomax/Xamot in crappy suit bodies* along with Firefly
*For added fuck youism, they only included ONE of the twins in each pack, so to get BOTH of the Twins, you ended up having to buy two versions of the same army builder set. Meaning you end up with eight CGs and two Fireflys to get both Crimson Twins.
The Cobra Blueshirt set is pretty nice too. And if you are into Python Patrol, they did a Python Patrol set with PP Major Blood (Sonic Fighters version), Lamprey, and a bunch of 89-91 era Vipers (Heat, Saw, Laser, and Rock) in PP colors.
>>5670672
I'm still waiting for my Jan preorder.
I guess they won't ship until done with all the backers.
>>5671004
Best ones are the Crimson Guard sets; the CGs never got a normal release at retail as part of the '00-'06 JvC/VvV line and were only available in the multi-packs.
Unlike the Blueshirt troopers, Hasbro redid the Crimson Guard figures from scratch and they are amongst the best of the JvC/VvV molds. Granted they took some liberties; they all have unmasked heads (though with bandanna masks) and removable helmets and unlike the Cobra Troopers (who were redone with black, hispanic Troopers and with different hair colors). But they are pretty awesome figures worth owning, regardless if you get the OG colors or the lames as hell Shadow Guard recolors.
The other sets are hit and miss but contain a good number of vintage figures if you missed them at retail. The color schemes can be shitty but at least there is some inner consistency, in terms of each set having a theme (Urban Assault, Jungle Assault, Heavy Assault, Winter Assault, Night Force) to make them slightly more tolerable.
Any one know where to get iron grenadier heads/helmets? A caster maybe, I went to the raging spoon site but he only has ab IG head with an ugly mic. I want one like the PoC/30ann/50ann
>>No.5670672
Up here in Canuck-land. Took my paypal pre-order in Jan or Feb. I have patience but might order another 2.
>>5671580
On a side note; where can a fellow get a casting of the Claymore/Footloose head?
Alright lads, name your Joe-fus
Hello everyone. I'm not a Joe fan, but I came across the G.I. Joe Extreme intro the other day and I was wondering if anyone knows what these guys were called or if he has pictures of the toy.
>>5670486
>the infamous Saw Viper who killed a dozen GI Joe members in the early 90s
Say what?
>>5671918
>ywn have Lady Jaye step on your balls
>>5671918
Jinx!
>>5672016
It's an early 100s issue of G.I. Joe where several Joes get captured and the SAW Viper decides to kill them (Doc, Quick Kick are the two I remember who were important characters who got wasted).
>>5672016
When Hama had to introduce/shill the Saw Vipers in the GI Joe comic, he had the introduction scene for the character/trooper class MURDER nearly a dozen name GI Joe members: Quick Kick, Breaker, Doc, Crankcase, Crazylegs, Thunder, and Heavy Metal.
The whole thing kicked off a Desert Storm-style storyline with Cobra conquering a Middle Eastern nation and the Saw Viper in question eventually got killed off, off-panel by Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes.
Devil's Due brought him back as Overkill, a newly created Cobra agent from the Joe Vs Cobra/Valor Vs Venom line during the second Cobra Civil War, where he was on Serpentor's side but switched at the end, after being maimed in an explosion. He was last seen being hauled off by Cobra, to have more of his body amputated/replaced with machinery after Snake Eyes defeated him/injured him some more and then refused to mercy kill him to spare the bastard from CC's science guys from replacing more of his flesh with robotics to make a more effective cyborg killing machine out of him.
As such, in GI Joe lore, Saw Vipers are Knights of Cerebus-style villains. They are not affected by Cobra's general incompetence and can/will kill GI Joe members if they encounter them. This makes them more or less the final boss of ALL of the Cobra goons, as even the Crimson Guard are seen as pussies compared to Saw Vipers
>>5671918
Given the OP of the last couple of threads being a clear faggot with a mustache fetish, a better topic would be "Who's your GI Joe husbando?".....
>>5671918
Scarlet's annoying and clingy and kind of a doormat
Cover Girl might be fun in that her background indicates she's ultra-conservative/red-pill and into blowing shit up and going to the gun range if you are into that sort of thing. Or not if you are a liberal.
Lady Jaye probably would be the best girl, but you'd have to deal with her being career minded and constantly on missions and such. Devil's Due had her retire from the field to become part of the top brass at GI Joe, so you might have more time to be with her. But at the very least, she would not tolerate your shit whereas with Scarlett, she constantly is playing the love martyr and letting Snake Eyes get away with crap that most men would get dumped for doing.
Jinx would be good but you'd have to deal with her being clumsy/unlucky and the fact that as her boyfriend, you'd be targeted by the Red Ninjas and Firefly for death
Daemon would be fun in that shes the most down to earth of the women but she's a hacker so she'd probably be more interested in talking tech than say sports or other shit normal people with social lives get into, plus there is the whole angst shit where she watched Serpentor murder her male best friend right before her eyes.
>>5672109
What about:
Bombstrike
Female Doc
Diana
G.I Jane
?
Since we have had a lot of chatter about the older Joe figures; are there any must have figures from the early 00s Joe revival?
>>5672589
Fuck the old O-Ring Joes.
They suck and quite frankly, you'd be better off just paying extra for the 25/POC/50th Anny figures. Any character/design of value was done in that line anyway, so you aren't missing shit buying the O-Ring figures.
FSS wave 5 should be on the way this week reminder that it is Interrogator and Billy (two best figures of the FSS DESU) with the TF figures being shipped with the 13th figure...which is more than likely TF Jinx....
Thinking of ordering 1 of each color Gorgon from the HACKS line. Can anyone that has one persuade/dissuede me into doing so?
Not really interested in Medusa. The lack of bicep swivels is a disappointment and is the only thing preventing me from ordering any of the non-snake-tailed HACKS.
Also, has there been any news to restock the armor sets or am I just sol?
>>5672751
>medusa
>lack of bicep swivel
Pretty sure it's a universal joint at the elbow
>lack of bicep swivel
>preventing [you] from ordering any of the non-snake-tailed HACKS
Okay, I'm pretty sure you meant thigh or ankle swivel, not 100% though.
>>5672726
I only want it to be Tiger Force Jinx if she has a new unmasked head sculpt. Otherwise it's kinda pointless since we already have 5 Jinx figures if you count the Vypra repaint. So producing another without a new unmasked version like her movie look would be a waste of a FSS figure.
There's also a possibility it'll be Steel Raven since she's in the club mag now. She'd be perfect to go with Iron Klaw.
>>5672133
That custom Covergirl looks better than the actual figure they gave us. It's really about time they gave us a new version of her, but they wont.
Which HACKS figure is this? It looks much darker than the amazon warrior.
>>5673074
I think it's the retailer exclusive Amazon
>>5673082
Ah, boo. Only from Kokomo toys and no longer available. Shame.
But thanks for the info.
>>5672634
That's just like you're opinion, man.
>>5671890
did you look at that site I mentioned? there were plenty of male heads.
>>5673153
None Claymore/footloose though.
If its there,post link to it or STFU
>>5672751
>> The lack of bicep swivels is a disappointment
Like
>>5672755
says, the elbow joint is a universal joint like on any modern G.I Joe.
Also the single Gorgon I have is excellent, Dat tail, dat head sculpt... dat snek lady.
>>5673614
Do the non-tailed figures have ankle rockers?
>>5673818
Yes
>>5673462
rude
Yay, I completed my First Order pauldron collection.
who's the most handsome joe to date and why is it Law Liotta?
I mean, just look at dat hair
>>5675168
Whose head is this?
>>5675324
>>Whose head is this?
30th/Renegades Law
>>5675168
great figure awesome colors cute pupper.
goat 30th figure and 50th Shipwreck is just as good.
Anyone got a cheat sheet type thing for the military branches of the GI Joe guys?
I know Leatherneck, Gung Ho and freaking Mainframe of all people are Marines
Wet Suit and Shipwreck are Navy, with Wet Suit a SEAL
Dial Tone, Snake Eyes, Stalker, and Beachhead are Army Rangers
Cutter is Coast Guard
Duke, Hawk, Scarlet, Doc, Roadblock, Rock and Roll, Tunnel Rat, Lowlight, Lifeline, Bazooka, Footloose, Cover Girl, Dusty, and most of the Joes in general are generic army
Ace, Wild Bill, Lift Ticket are Air Force
Flint and Lady Jaye are CIA
>>5676570
Flint and Lady Jaye, IIRC, are Army special intelligence.
As for Mainframe,He was originally supposed to be army but the design team decided to make him a Marine at the last minute just because.
Larry Hama was pissed off, because he had to rewrite the file card bio, so rather than do so, he tossed in a couple of sentences amounting to "Mainframe retired from the Army Airborne and got so bored with working in Nerd City, that he decided to join the Marines as a midlife crisis solution."
>>5676595
God bless Larry Hama
>>5672109
>>>sports, normal shit.
>>>this board
I lol'd
>>5671890
I think is sold out, I only found pic related.
>>5680015
That's not the Claymore/Footloose head.
It's odd to me, but the older I get the more I appreciate and enjoy the vintage Joes. I mean, for their time these were pretty awesome action figures and they still have so much charm and character. I got these two in a lot on eBay for like $5 and I love them. Apparently Voltar originally came with a vulture, and it's a shame he doesn't have it, but I love them both all the same.
Man, if Reaction had had this kind of vintage articulation I would have been all over it.
>>5680845
They do have certain charm to them, I agree.
>>5680511
I never made that claim.
>>5681568
My bad anon, who does castings of it anyway?
>>5680845
>unironically accepting funko quality products
no thank you
I was at a thrift store yesterday. Saw some classic joes and the top of a Demon Tank (minus windows and guns) that they had for five bucks. Da hell would I pay five bucks for something incomplete?
>>5682498
>demon tank
Is The Pit actually hell?
>>5682630
The top portion of this tank sans guns, windows, and the red light thing on the left hand-side.
Also went back to my TRU today and found out they reduced all the three-pack Joes to $12.98 and got the Movie Three-Pack of Duke, CC, and the Cobra Trooper.
>>5682844
Anyone think a return to the O-Ring figure design might be a way to save GI Joe?
Say what you will about them, but I'm sure they are cheaper to make than the 25th Anny style figures. Plus they have the nostalgia that the super-duper gimped figures we got with the Retaliation vehicles lacked, to blind people of their flaws.
Plus you have the angle of them recycling the Valor vs Venom concept of all figures being put out as two packs. That way, you can get more bang for your buck.
>>5684064
>Anyone think a return to the O-Ring figure design might be a way to save GI Joe?
Nope.
GI Joe just needs to be in the movies and the product shouldn't fuck over the stores when holding it for over a year without the movie marketting behind it.
They canceled stuff like this for the movie, so there was nothing to push sales for nearly a year.
>>5684102
>GI Joe just needs to...
No one really knows what Joe needs, not us not Hasbro.
To make it work again would require lot of investment to try several things but obviously Hasbro doesn't intend to do that since it wouldn't be worth.
>>5684353
>GI Joe was popular and sold well in store shelves pre-Retaliation, pre-1 year hiatus
>movie delay pisses off major retailers
>don't bother carrying the line after wave 1 and 2, the only waves fully shipped before the delay, sell out during before fall after clearancing
>Retaliation movie does well in theaters, better than first movie
>majority of major stores aren't ordering shit, [sarcasm]but who knows why[/sarcasm]
>TRU makes deal with Hasbro for GI Joe line
only one store selling a toyline and this isn't considered niche? shocking
> Hasbro doesn't intend to do that since it wouldn't be worth.
You mean GI Joe 3? Still being made and supposedly integrating other properties into it to make those popular too.
>>5684363
>You mean GI Joe 3?
I meant to expand the franchise in general, not just movies. Try to make a hit that would relaunch they toyline (movies, tv series, cartoons) but probably wouldn't be worth the investment.
>>5684363
nigga what is the name of that helicopter? looks like true heroes, but how do I find it?
>>5684640
Movies launch cartoons all the time, which increases merch sales.
Hasbro had the right idea with Rise of Cobra and launching Renegades afterward, but being on the Hub that few people have access to was dumb. The Hub in general was inherently shit, since you really can't grow the audience with a niche base, as opposed to actually being mass market numbers by being on Cartoon Network or Nickelodean.
>>5684801
It's from one of those bootleg quality dinosaur lines.
I've tried looking for it too but no one carried it anywhere and i gave up looking for it. So i dont remember its name or maker anyore.
MTF Valkyries have been delayed like 8 weeks cause the facotey wants them to fly to China to oversee the production and has to split the production into two parts. Shut sucks but I'm still excited.
>>5685807
For mew the June target was always optimistic.
These things take time, Tactical Waifus especially senpai
>>5685845
Yeah, but I was still hoping. I know Marauders will deliver though, so I'm not sweating it.
>>5685845
>These things take time.
Gaben pls go.
>>5685787
Damn I wish they woudl continue Renagades.
Would have loved to see new Joes and Cobra introduced. Loved the idea that everyone (well most people) though Cobra were the "good guys" kinda liked butch-er Lady J. If they had a Baroness Battle armour figure.. damn.
>>5685795
So Goddamn Fallout Veribird.
>>5685845
Agreed.
Hell I'm just glad this isn't their first rodeo.
Each time they do this they have made more figures and gear. I'm hoping there will also be a next time. (someone here suggested Tacticool turtlenecks n short sleeves. )
>>5685807
Anyone one else auto spell MTF as Male to Female? Shit is annoying I wish he could find another name.
>>5685795
Chap Mei is the manufacturer. Called the Sky Lifter in both the Soldier Force V and Dino Valley 2 releases. The Osprey there goes for ridiculous amounts on the secondary.
>>5684363
>Still being made and supposedly integrating other properties into it to make those popular too.
I still don't know how exactly want to address that.
Everyone assuming Transformers but honestly I don't see how Joes could work in a transformers movie. I know they had lot of colaborations through years in comics but a movie? I just can't see it happen. There is no way Transformers would not make Joes look completly pointless.
And which other franchises Hasbro has that could add to mix? M.A.S.K? I guess is the one that makes more sense but they have even less fans than Joes.
May be I'm just short sighted but I can't see any of that working, it would be more easy to mix them with Marvel licenses than with their own licenses.
>>5685871
We know some new gear is being added for free for the delay, but I expect he's going to roll out a huge number of new figure options for purchase when these get in based on how the male figures did
>>5686732
Hasbro wants to introduce MASK into the movies (that's what I've heard) never really been a fan.
I really liked Micronauts as a kid and would love to see these - but not in a Joe film.
- Ditto ROM
>>5685859
They snuck Renegades Zartan into the Retaliation line. The only hope is a new movie.
Rise of Cobra leg to newer and better sculpts and articulation and continued over into Pursuit of Cobra, which was intended to be a movie line, but was tweaked so they didn't have to spend money on likenesses.
Had Retaliation been the first movie and been able to be looked at on it's own merit without being saddled with the baggage that it was a sequel to Rise of Cobra( a bag movie), more people would have probably given it a chance and the brand could have grown more then with another sequel.
>>5686732
MASK already crossed over with GI Joe during the 25th line, when they put out the Specialist Trakker figure.
Trakker is often viewed as the person who makes the crazy and weird vehicles the Joes use. MASK also fights Venom, and organization that according to his file card is part of Cobra.
Most people assume to make the franchises mix, that Trakker adapted Transformer technology for human use.
>>5687642
The Tracker figure was widely acclaimed and people were begging for a VENOM guy (Sly Raxx) to go along with Matt. But Hasbro flat out refused to do so, to such an extent that you had freaking TOYFARE offering up a custom figure recipe for making your own custom Sly Raxx figure to sate fan demand.
>>5687642
When I saw the first two transformer movies, the surviving soldiers looked a lot like Joes, specially in the second where they are like a special branch that works with them.
Not sure if this is the right thread (This is 3"/1:18 general right?) but are the Evangelion Microman figures any good? They seem to be pretty cheap on eBay and are the only poseable figures of the original Eva characters in their school uniforms.
>>5689241
I only have the plugsuit version of Rei, but she's excellent. Just don't be too rough. I'd imagine the skirt on the school uniform version would limit the poseability slightly.
>>5689270
Aye, I have heard Micromen are pretty fragile. Some of the shots I've seen of Rei and Asuka make them look a little derpy but I wonder if that's just shitty photography.
For what it's worth if I had the resources/time/money/skill I'd totally make a 3"/1:8 Eva line featuring the entire cast (including "non-canon" figures like plugsuit versions of Touji, Hikari and Kensuke) and a bunch of little "playsets" to display them in (so NERV command centre, Misato's apartment, Terminal Dogma etc).
>tfw figure-scaled NERV/JSSDF VTOL never
> I just got confirmation that my Club Exclusive Interrogator just shipped.
> blanked when I got the confirmation e-mail.
> I totally forgot I bought a preorder for the product last year.
>>5689241
Depending on what you're mixing them with, they'll be fine. I picked up a lot of the Microman anime/comic figures. As long as you don't ham hands them, they hold up very well. I've done Joe and MU without issue as background people.
>>5689308
The only Microman figures you need to watch out for are those with clear plastic.
The other plastics seem fragile, because of how light they feel, but they can tolerate abuse.
I set up a little battle with my old custom main team of VvV and Spytroops joes vs 25th cobra troopers and night watch.
Duke = Desert Humvee driver Duke with Recondo's lower arms.
Flint = Pilot Twin head from the crimson copter, "tiger force" Alpine Torso, Duke lower arms (love them) and Beachead's legs and crotch. Beret from one of the Flint disguise from Zartan or Agent Faces.
Stalker = Stalker head, Alpine torso and arms, Roadblock's crotch and legs. Modified the hands so they could swivel.
Tunnel Rat = tunnel rat's head, Mecha driver Leatherneck's, lower arms and legs, Zarana uper arms, Crosshairs torso. He's really Manlet looking.
Crosshairs = Only modified the hands with some 21stcentury guy so he could have swivel motion.
Leatherneck = My favorite. Leatherneck head, torso and upper arms, Duke lower arms, Crosshairs legs. He Looks like a really young Duke.
Gung-Ho = Only vanilla Joe. He is a really good figure.
>>5691798
>>5691798
>>5691807
Damn, they didn't seem so blurry in preview. Anyways I'll upload everything because fuck it.
Duke Calling support using PTE binoculars. Note the modified PTE radio backpack on Leatherneck. I cut the little telephone and glued a wire to the bottom of it and the top of the backpack; The phone itself rests on a piece of those wrists communicators that came with a lot of spytroop figures, attached to the side of the backpack itself.
>>5691798
Ok I resized them.
Gung-Ho working on the Ma deuce!
>>5691798
The Bunker is from the Sgt Savage Line. One of the poles is broken.
Flint encouraging a pinned down Tunnel Rat so he doesn't brake under fire.
>>5691798
Crosshairs is hiding according to him. and about to pick out the gunner on the H.I.S.S.
>>5691798
It seems they are unloading more troops!
Hold the line men, support is under way!
>>5691798
>Bleesed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to the war, and my fingers to fight.
>>5691798
>White Horse this is Charlie eight!, we're being overrun, coordinates as follow: Tango-Alpha-Echo-Bravo 2-5-6 Fire for effect!
>>5691798
Stalker undoubtedly got a flashback to 'Nam with all this action.
Night Watch Officer bravely (or stupidly) standing on the line of fire giving orders.
>>5691798
>I can't take it anymore!
>Pick up your weapon!
>>5691798
What a fortress to overcome for the cobra troopers.
>>5691798
The Night Watch officer seems very optimistic though.
>>5691866
I feel like I'M having a 'Nam flashback!
>>5685859
A comic continuation would be nice at this point I know a season two bible and a Roadblock made it out so their is hope but for now it's as dead extreme or Sigma Six.
>>5686732
>>5686913
>>5687642
>>5687757
Joe fans tend to have five minute memories. I was lucky and got the Matt Trakker Figure right before the shitstorm hit 7.00 bucks was a huge leap in joe prices then but damn was it worth it.
M.A.S.K., ROM, Visionaries, Micronauts along with Joe can work in a shared universe. since these guys mostly deal with human characters it's not that hard to think of some way to merge them. hell I let my Autism out in full force and created an outline of events the HCU when I heard about it. they all fit but most joe fans are shitty at puzzles.
Stiletto has been posted on Hasbro pulse with confirmation of a third wave of 50th product coming this fall. HISSTANK refused to pull head out of ass on this one.
So, from the 50th line I've got:
-Sightline
-Flint
-Ace
-Hit n Run
-Lowlight
-Torpedo
What other stock figures fit into the "Wolf Squad" aesthetic?
>>5692304
Relatedly, I just finished detailing Sightline. I don't know if you can a whole lot in this picture, but he looks good in hand.
>>5691937
>Stiletto
I thought you were talking about the pointy space craft but is just a kitbashed "literally who" with neon paint. Bummer.
>>5691937
>M.A.S.K., ROM, Visionaries, Micronauts along with Joe can work in a shared universe
In a comic book antything can work in a shared universe (or different universes meeting each other). In a cartoon is something that can work too.
Now movies are clompetly different media, since you only have ONE movie two hours each few days and the range of audiences it have to please is lot more big.
Not want to be /v/ but...
Is G.I Joe Overwatch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhvUmpAA9c
>>5691937
>HISSTANK refused to pull head out of ass on this one.
Are they still pushing that 6" Black Series vaporware?
Splurged on Star Wars 3.75" figures. Phasma's hard to find but local store had a "promotion bundle" of buying either Leia+Phasma or Han Solo+Phasma (guess which I chose)
Here's a shot of them with Resolute CC and Super Combat Cap.
The size disparity between Harrison Solo and Gwendolin Phasma feels REALLY off. I know Gwendolin Christie is HUGE but it feels like Phasma was made for the 4" scale while Han was made for the 3.75" scale.
>>5693352
She is a big girl
>>5693352
One thing nice about Phasma is that she has those PoC rifle-holding wrists. Right hand goes up-down, left goes in-out so she can do rifle poses with her cutesy little blaster. Though, hips are the annoying kind with the peg pointing up, not into the side.
Hopefully she becomes easier to acquire. She works well as, i dunno, Cobra Shiny Guard? Like Crimson Guard, but shiny? Can you imagine how bright the room would be when both Cobra Commander and her are in it?
>>5693535
>SA Phasma? When did this happened?
Walmart exclusive 3.75" Black Series
Just bought a second Helix to see if I can cobble a decent looking Doc Blight out of her. Looking forwards to the task.
>>5694040
moar
>>5694155
>>5680845
I'm actually getting back into O-Ring Joes, primarily the 2000's comic pack figures.
I just ordered the three pack that included this Destro, along with a really good looking Duke and Roadblock.
>>5694215
I think the best reason to like O-Ring Joes is the sheer variety. There's far more characters and styles and variations of the same figure to suit your tastes. There's also all sorts of crazy enemies, such as mutants and zombies and aliens, and even ancient civilizations and drug dealers for your Joes to go up against. Not to mention there was play sets; at least 4 that I'm aware of just for your Cobras to use, including the Terror Drome.
My only issue with them is it's damn near impossible to find minty figures at a decent price. Kids frequently beat the shit out of these toys.
>>5691937
>third wave of 50th product coming this fall
muh dick
Is this true? I'd be down as fuck for more 50th.
>>5694258
They used that body a few times. It's better than than version 1's body, particularly with his big red collar.
I'm looking to get an '82/83 version 1.5 Cobra Commander in fairly minty condition but it's damn near impossible at a good price. Every calls theirs "near mint" despite that their CC might have his paint scratched the fuck up on his dome or elsewhere. How the fuck is that near mint?
>>5694253
>Kids frequently beat the shit out of these toys
> war is hell.
> Cobra vs. G.I. Joe
Causalities are just a nature of war. How I lost my Mobile Command Center as a kid because Cobra refused to let the Joes keep it after they had gotten the codes for the Rolling Thunder nuke missiles.
>>5694266
Yeah, I love the bulk and range of movement of that Destro body. And that tall collar is killer.
I bought a second of that Voltar that came with his vulture just because I really liked that figure once I had it in hand. I'm gonna use the head and accessories from the first to make a modern Voltar since he's only ever gotten a fss figure.
And you've definitely got to look at the pictures close when buying vintage despite how "mint" the seller says it is.
>>5694253
And also are a shit ton easier to customize. I haven't really customized any 25th figure.
They fucked up by removing the back screw and making the lower torso the same piece as the crotch.
>>5694261
Me too.
What else is coming apart from that Stiletto nobody?
>>5694464
It's that back screw that sucks the most. Swapping arms is such a pain.
Marauders definitely did it right with the waist joint.
>>5694470
I guess we'll find out at the final Joe convention next month
>>5693383
I seem to remember that some of the larger scale Phasmas can't aim like that, so that's a pretty well done figure.
>>5694208
Is a tentacle monster raping that skeleton?
>>5694956
Nah he got hit by a spell
>>5695019
>Got stabbed by a skeleton's long boner.
>>5694956
You've spent too much time on 4chan buddy.
>>5695019
Please, tell me that picutre was unintentional
>>5695019
Man, I really wish the other Amazon hadnt been an exclusive. I'd love to have a tall, dark-skinned, tribal woman.
Like her?
>>5694470
She's scheduled for November, and they showed a 50th style file card and said she's a Toys R US exclusive, so she's a two pack obviously. It'd be unlikely for her to be single carded and the only Joe figure, which is what everyone's reading into this. It'd be bad business to release a single carded Joe that nobody, not even Joe fans have heard of with no other figures in that shipment.
So, odds are we're getting her along with maybe some of the other unreleased concept case figures, like the Laser Viper.
And another question to ask, is if we'll get any vehicles? We got them with the past two 50th waves, so there ought to be. And so, we'll probably get some new two pack figures, and maybe some two pack vehicles again, along with some drivers.
Some of the concept case figures they have sitting around that could end up in 50th
Gimme dat televiper and put rock and roll v2 with it. Would be cool if they released the rest of the updates from the vault like the snow serpent and all.
Looks like Boss Fight will be doing the sculpting on a 1:18 zombie line.
>>5695937
and the details:
>>5695959
Laser Viper
>>5695959
Yeah, that's the second series of H.A.C.K.S. figures, supposedly to be followed by retro space figures.
>>5695959
>>5695985
>>5691844
you have a good eye for posing (although I don't know why you have the backgrounds on their sides ) and a lot of the composition but you suffer from the blurry-itus I do as well.
consider a little shitty tripod or raised base for your camera. set the timer and keep it hands free as a possible solution.
>>5693299
I think a 6 inch series would dilute the line and make it stretch even thinner and in my opinion HATE the sigma 6 figures. I don't like a lot of the old O-rings but hell they shine compared to Sigma 6.
>>5693364
4 U.
>>5696152
I liked sigma 6 as a novelty of the time and their kind of fun. In think they came at a time when they didn't really "dilute" the brand (an apt term). But I think a six inch line now would be a mistake. What we need is a their wave of 50th with coverage in Wal-Mart and then a decent movie with a tie-in line.
>>5696202
>What we need is a their wave of 50th with coverage in Wal-Mart and then a decent movie with a tie-in line.
No. No.No..
I'll play doubles' avocado here:
What we need is another war against an easily vilified enemy. There.
>>5695481
>>5695477
Laser Viper is meh, but TELEVIPER WITH CUSTOMIZED LENSES.
>>5694215
I still prefer Pimp Destro 2.0 from VvV as my default O-Ring Destro. Destro in a snazzy turtleneck sweater and pants and gloves.
>>5696202
It was a novelty plus Valor Vs Venom had gotten rather dog shit at the time with a huge glut of new characters/Cobra troops no one gave a fuck about and some disastrous new molds for existing characters (Vipers, Alley Vipers, the OG Dreadnocks, Baroness, Beachhead).
But the novelty wore off pretty much as soon as the line hit shelves and you had nothing but Duke/Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow at retail AND the added bullshit of Sigma Six being the centerpiece of Hasbro's suicidal plan to make Duke the face of the franchise and giving him pretty much 10-12 figures, ALL of which shelf-warmed.
>>5696216
Or they just bite the bullet and push Cobra hard as a terror group that is the perfect mix of comedy and competent at doing evil?
>>5696202
Also please excuse me I was very drunk while writing this. I just really don't want to see GI Joe die.
>>5695245
>>Please, tell me that picture was unintentional
why?
I have to think that Hasbro should offer Wal-Mart a sweetheart line in terms of re-issues or at the very least, box sets.
Basically 2-4 box sets of rare/hard to find characters still not with a wide release or were JoeCon/SubClub releases.
Dial Tone, Zaranna, Claymore, the Ultimate Duke/Sightline troop builder, a PROPER Night Viper in Proper colors, Billy, Big Boa, Zombie Viper, Cover Girl, etc with one or two name characters tossed in (Renegades Storm Shadow, Jungle Duke, Moneybags Destro, Ninja Force Snake Eyes, etc)
>>5696658
A couple of 5-7 figure box sets would work well though I have to think that what Wal-Mart considers "desirable" would clash considerably with what Hasbro and fans would consider "desirable".
>>5696670
I wonder how Wal Mart would feel with a hastily put together Zombie vs GI Joe box set? Stick some rare figures in there (Dial Tone, Cover Girl, Renegades Storm Shadow) and a couple of Zombie Vipers and it would sell very well.
On a side note; was wondering, do any other GI Joes have family? Like spouses or children?
I mean, I know there is Marrisa Fairbourne (Flint and Lady Jaye's kid) and one of the guys from COPS is supposed to be Beachhead's bastard, but anyone else have kids or spouses and shit? Or does GI Joe have a "no family" policy where if you marry or have kids, you get forced off the team?
>>5696780
The comics have had several characters with wives and kids. Wet Suit, Spirit, and Hawk in particular have wives and kids (IIRC Hawk's kid eventually became a member of GI Joe).
>>5696216
Seriously though, there's a lot of truth in that. Most of Joes problems are cultural. We (in the broad, general sense) aren't "America, fuck yeah!" anymore.
>>5696059
>*hic* leeschh go homee
>don't reeemebar where..where we left car..
>>5696152
Sigma 6 is what made me quit collecting at the time, because I was more into the older style, O-ring Joes and liked collecting the VvV stuff. The fact that they weren't 3 3/4 and therefore weren't compatible completely killed the line for me in the same way GI Joe Extreme did for the same reasons.
I didn't get back into collecting until about 2 years ago when I finally decided that I was going to get into the Modern Era figures.
>>5697502
I honestly don't know what started me collecting Joes. my gf and I started watching the series about 4 years ago and that led to the comics and the figures. Actually got a zombie in the wild - and bought another but damn that's all for those.
>>5697453
Right would be the perfect woman.
>Dat black ass
>Dem big 'uns cow tits
>>5670486
I am so glad Devil's Due no longer has the GI Joe comic license. It read like bad fan fiction.
>>5698739
Toy Story reboot?
>>5675168
Why would you ask if you've already decided that there's only one acceptable answer?
Not everyone has the exact same tastes that you do.
>>5687757
>recipe
It's a figure, not a damn cake.
>>5695133
No, it's by a sword. You can see the skeleton holding it by it's hilt in his left hand
>>5698814
>>There is no Joe character named "Sightline"
http://www.yojoe.com/action/15/sightline.shtml
>>5698668
Naw, they're raw plastic like the store images depict.
damn.
Somewhat local online store is having a 40% off sale and I found this...
Lundby Smaland Shower and Bath
it's 1/18
but of course they are out of stock.
>>5699625
forgot to mention... $12
>>5698877
It's a joke regarding how people are buying Sightline for army building, since he's an army building mold with a character name slapped onto it
>>5699625
The flat screen TV in this pic is Lundby.
>>5680845
It was condor. Just sorting my old Joes and noticed I have the bird but not Voltar. Now I found that im missing a good 12 or so figures.
>>5700475
I bought another complete Voltar off eBay that came with his condor. I'm gonna use the extra one to make a modern version of the character.
>>5700371
Damn.
I was at TRU Toronto today and there really wasn't anything - well except for some
Animal planet and TRU Heros stuff.
>>5700545
I don't think TRU stocks Lundby, at least not my local one. They do have sylvanian families/calico critters though
>>5700371
What is that man in a suit figure from? Is this Christopher Lee?
From what toy line? Please anon tell!
>>5700894
>sylvanian
They are doing a lot of moving around and I saw no sylvanian or Schleich stuff.
Which sucked as I wanted to possibly get a couple more wolves or Dinos.
Somehow Spirit has been more Turock these days, (mfw ALL of my pics are at my gf's house as we swapped memory cards)
>>5700907
probably a swap with the Dooku figure and one of the GI Joe business suited guys.
>>5701073
Dooku head, Professor X body.
>>5701105
Professor X
>>5701105
I believe this is the Dooku in question.
>>5701239
You'll have to cut the neck off Dooku and drill a hole to fit the MU Professor X ball joint.
>>5701261
This, not too bad of a mod to tackle. I bought every X I could find, great suited buck aside from the short neck post.
>>5701265
If the head sits low, you can pop a tiny bit of paper or plastic bag in the cavity to give it a little lift.
Sometimes it helps give a little extra wiggle room for the head too.
How you guys rate the sharkplane from true heroes? The one that attempts to be a c-130.
I like these guys but fuck this thread for having the worst title/picture combo ever. I figured it was something someone posted by accident meant for co.
>>5706121
The last couple of threads have been made by a fag who likes the mustache ride.
>>5704054
Looks like standard Chapmei fare. I'm going to buy one soon because local TRU finally has it on discount.
>>5706121
>>Dem Myrmidons
I want to pick up a pair of them soon.
Also op needs to let someone else do the general for once. I've had this pic all sorted and have a template ready for more.
>>5692304
The new joecon airborne can fit in the wolfsquad aesthetic.
>>5692740
Fan created Character. I can't remember who created her but a Thai Sniper Lady is so Joe it hurts.
>>5693070
I hope they take the marvel route and establish a world first before they go whole hog in to it ROM crashing on earth and recruiting the Joes, MASK, Micronauts to stop the Dire Wraiths could work. if done right. but Mostly I'm just looking forward to seeing new toylines on shelves.
>>5693075
A Group of Military Operators that turn in to a superhero group is straight up what Modern Joe should be plus Genji, Soldier 76, and Reaper/Reyes are basically Snake-eyes, Duke and Shipwreck. so yeah once again someone else does joe better than Hasbro.
>>5693299
Nope I'm glad that died. I'm talking about reporting that Joe was dead again even through there was multiple reports of atleast a third wave of 50th figures coming out this year. I pointed out that they did the same "No Joe Line Ded" schtick two years in a row and got yelled at by a Mod. Fun.
>>5694261
>>5694470
From what my sources are telling me is that we are getting a third wave 50th and the rumored big set is a re-sculpted or a re released Rattler.
NEXT YEAR we have a new Mainstream Joe line coming that is going to be a bridge in to the Hasbro Universe. Now this stuff is liquid but so far has been right.
>>5706399
>
A Group of Military Operators that turn in to a superhero group is straight up what Modern Joe should be plus Genji, Soldier 76, and Reaper/Reyes are basically Snake-eyes, Duke and Shipwreck. so yeah once again someone else does joe better than Hasbro.
THIS.
I'd punch a baby for Joe-scale Overwatch figures. I want Genji, Reinhardt, Soldier 76, Pharah, Bastion and Zenyatta. But too bad Funko has the license.
Was looking at the 50th gung ho and I'm thinking he could be a nice Arnold custom. Either predator or commando.
>>5706657
Funko has everything under a Pop license. Doesn't mean they have any master license though.
>>5693383
>She works well as, i dunno, Cobra Shiny Guard?
Cobra Commander's personal bodyguard.
>>5706399
New animated series in the works also, so another 50th line would be imperative to keep the brand alive in the build up.
I hope the new figures go more Sci-Fi like the 90's figures; sending them into space and fighting mutants and ninjas and high-tech drug dealers.
In my quest to get back into o-ring I dusted off my old Joes from storage and working on building up a little army.
Currently have 6 of the 2004 Cobra Infantry Troopers from when I bought the troop build up pack(one of my last Joe purchases before I quite collecting).
I have 4 2006, version 15A Vipers waiting to be delivered in the mail.
I have a version 4 Overkill also coming in the mail.
Of other other Joes I picked up, I have the 2005 comic three pack version of Scarlett as well as Duke, Roadblock, and Destro from the same three packs.
Lastly I found I have 3 Headhunter Stormtroopers that were sitting in storage, so I may buy a couple Headhunters to pad them out. For some reason with the vintage style Joes I don't feel as obligated to troop build very hard. 3 or 4 of a figure feels like more than enough. I just wish I could find all my weapons for these guys. I seem to have misplaced the weapons for 90% of the Joes I had in storage. sigh...
>>5707390
I would like to believe.....
>>5707390
>I hope the new figures go more Sci-Fi like the 90's figures; sending them into space and fighting mutants and ninjas and high-tech drug dealers.
'no'
>>5707401
>3 or 4 of a figure feels like more than enough.
For me this is ideal, any more than 5 is cumbersome and while it looks impressive to have 100+ of one figure in the end it is pointless.
>>5707850
Be-fuckin-lieve it Joe is the basis of the new Hasbro Universe.
...the dought has ended now my cup overflows.
>>5707390
You know it will be
>50th wave 3
>More 25th vehicle reprints
>more recolors
>a vault figure or two
>ant desirable set will be hard to get and scalped to hell
And for the interesting stuff
>club only fss release
>con only release
Im tired of paying $50 a figure tbqh famicom.
I just need a single new figure. I finally bought sdcc Grunt recently too.
Anyone else geniunely interested in the Eagle Force figs?
>>5708445
>Anyone else geniunely interested in the Eagle Force figs?
If I can get them without shelling $100 for a set in a kickstarter, I am
>>5708452
I'm personally waiting for the Falcon, not eagles.
>>5708423
most likely this.
I want an inexpensive Footloose and new Covergirl.
If Hasbro does a new subscription service along the lines of matty collector, what would you guys want from it?
Honestly the only thing that might get me to bite on something like that(especially at the prices they'd likely charge) would be if they started doing Joe-style figures from all the franchises they're starting to merge. New Joes along with Joe-style MASK etc figures.
>>5709138
Yeah, if they want to make it a collector line then they should give it collector grade and not toy grade.
>>5708771
Oh yeah. I was mostly going by Rayes Origins look.
>>5709310
ya. I want to play/ take pics of these guys in the dirt,mud n snow.. not put it in a case or keep it on card.
>>5709245
Really what I want is more members of Cobra Command. Where the fuck is my modern era Overlord? I also want more troop builders so my Iron Klaw can have some guys for his army instead of being literally the only member of his organization. There's also some serious need for Headhunters and other 90's Joes. There was plenty of good figures and ideas in the 90's era that gets shafted because it wasn't what the 80's kids grew up with and it's more Sci-Fi.
A modern Mega Marines Gung-Ho for example will probably never happen, nor will we ever get a Bio-Viper for him to hunt down like Xenomorphs. It's like they hate fun.
>>5711128
Did they ever release an old-school version of the Toxo-Viper? I know ones Cesspool used got made as a con exclusive. But I don't seem to recall these versions ever getting made?
I want updated Thunder Machine for my Dreadnoks. Or something Dreadnok related for them to ride in.
>>5711128
Seems to me many of the GI Joe fans hated that they were doing stuff like Hydro Vipers and Alley Vipers, and other sci-fi-y figures, but most fans still liked the newer designs.
The switch to MEGAMARINES AND NINJA FORCE turned off practically all GI Joe fans.
GI Joe always appealed to me to have that sci-fi-feeling and even having ninjas, but it went full retard with the megashits, spacemarines, and ninjas, and that isnt appealing anymore.
>>5711855
I always liked the Ninja Force Zartan,he seemed to fit in better with the Drednoks.Shame we never got a better repaint.
>>5711855
>>5711128
Joe fans tend to have a very odd cut and dry line where Joe stops being Joe. Teal shirtless Marine popping Blue pajama wearing minions. thats Joe as fuck
That same Marine in at the time cutting edge battle armor fighting Armored urban troops.....Fucking Neon Baby shit.
it's fucking dumb and is why the line hasn't evolved.
Also from Hasbro Pulse a crossword puzzle that when solved right will have the names for the 18 figures (plus an SDCC exclusive) we will be getting this year. The drought is almost over.
>>5712546
but power armor was always part of GI Joe and well liked.
I think most of the worst they said about stuff like this was that it was too much like ExoSquad.
And thats really part of why most fans don't want to see them going out to space or being a ninja force, because it's not really what GI Joe was about and more like X.
Make another series instead of pigeonholing an established series into something else.
>>5712575
but look at what we got from those sublines great characters and concepts that if they had been in more traditional colors would have sold like gangbusters. I'm just saying Cobra and Joe had laser weapons, stealth tech, drones and stuff Having them go to space if done right could be amazing
Cobra has a moonbase.... Run with it.
>>5712658
Just ask for Inhumanoids back if you want MEGAMARINES or whatever space thing Hasbro has if you want space stuff.
GI Joes already does scifiy stuff, and we've had drones out the ass for years and years and years.
Stop trying to pigeonhole it into whatever you want just because you liked whatever was the highlight of your childhood collection.
![IMG_2361[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/V6tsY7X.jpg "IMG_2361[1].jpg")
>>5712666
>Nightcreepers
I'll never not be mad Hasbro did not update the VvV Nightcreepers with the modern stuff. Way better design than the vintage Nightcreepers.
The PoC Firefly would have been an easy base for them to repaint them into.
>>5712695
I prefer the original look more. A good balance of pajamas and armor, for a modern ninja look.
The armored ones look too sleek and i guess it worked with the Versus line, since they were doing a lot of futuristic designs.
