The G.I. Joe Thread

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by F18Starscream, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. Slave IV

    Slave IV more wealth than you can imagine!

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    You can't have any Trouble Bubbles because I already declared that I would buy ALL OF THEM!:p 

    J/K but if they are Target Exclusives then no one will get any at retail at least.:D 
     
  2. Bryan Thornton

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    So is the base the ci roadblock? That is an amazing transformation. Very well done.
     
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    Mr H Old bot from Iacon...

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  4. backhawkdown

    backhawkdown Well-Known Member

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    Yup, everything is CI Roadblock from head to toe. My next custom is branching out from Roadblock...to Gung Ho.
     
  5. David Hingtgen

    David Hingtgen Chromaticon

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    That's not how it works. 6 is indeed "only" 1.6x 3.75, but that's for "one dimensional" things, like numbers. Real-life objects, are 3D, and have mass/volume. 6in is almost exactly 4x the size, when it comes to mass/volume. 1.6^3. Think about it---if you melted down 1.6 25th anniversary Joes, would you have enough plastic to make a 6in one? Not even close. Or even better---1.6 original HISSes as a material source. But if you melted down 4 of them? That's about right. A 6in scale HISS, will require 4x as much plastic as the original, minimum.

    (I own more than enough 1/100, 1/200, and 1/400 items, to know that each one is about 8x bigger than 'the next size down'----not twice as big. 2^3, because 3 dimensions)
     
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  6. Slave IV

    Slave IV more wealth than you can imagine!

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    Nice!
    But I can’t unsee the missing line on the left part of the ab ever since someone here mentioned it.
     
  7. Dcoleman44

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    I didn't know i wanted these till I saw them. Just to let you know these are going to be hard to find. They was still in the box on a palett and one Striker box and one H.I.S.S. box and it was only 2 per box. 20201006_121113.jpg
     
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  8. Foster

    Foster Haslab Victory Saber Backer #3 Veteran

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    My AWE Striker preorder just shipped!
     
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  9. borgified

    borgified You're going to get speared to death!

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    I have a feeling that my copy (to be delivered in March next year) will be the same.

    Note: We all know it the re-use of the CC figure in different colours, so Hasbro will just cheap out and not change anything anyways...
     
  10. Ezilla82

    Ezilla82 Total Randomness Personified

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    It's nice to read a conversation of hoping that Hasbro could do vehicles for Classified figures. But I seen some people actually using some lesser known military vehicles from other toy companies to use for Classified figures and they look not that half bad.
     
  11. protohuman

    protohuman Primus was a pander

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    Got a shelf set up today for me to grab figures and play off of.
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  12. alty66

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    Got the AWE Striker yesterday. Was surprised by how sturdy the box was.
     
  13. Legate

    Legate RIP Kevin Conroy and Akira Toriyama

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    Yeah but look at the Black Series Snowspeeder, $110-ish.
     
  14. rob_charb

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    Got my Snake Supreme Cobra Commander today. Wow. What a thing of beauty. When Hasbro puts in the effort, they knock things out of the park. The tampo work, the paint work, the soft goods, the accessories. All phenomenal.
     
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    I want to know why Snake Supreme CC is the only version to come with his classic hair dryer gun, and holster. He is great though.
     
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  16. Slave IV

    Slave IV more wealth than you can imagine!

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    Hasbro’d! That’s why!
     
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  17. bearytrek

    bearytrek Unicron Backer #1...

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    nah they wouldn't sell it for less than $250

    trick it out with moving treads, the lowering (or opening) cockpit (double cockpit?), an interior bay for storage or troop transport...and a drive of course...

    it would be the logical choice to make...there's the fleet-building angle, and it doesn't matter the JOES don't have a vehicle because it's more dramatic with them going up against a tank while on foot...

    it is also probably THE iconic vehicle from the line, certainly from the earlier days...maybe running second only to the Skystriker, but that would be prohibitively expensive and risky to do the first time out
     
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  18. LigerPrime

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    Guys, if given the choice : would you have the bulk of your cobra infantry to be made up of Cobra Troopers or Cobra Vipers? I have a chance to PO those in my country but I don’t know which one should i get more?

    Lore-wise Cobra Troopers form the backbone of Cobra’s army yes?

    Nice picture like the rest!

    Yeah, I almost picked this up at one of my import shops but I reminded that I have to avoid variants. Tbh growing up, I always wondered why CC doesn’t have a black uniform...looks more sinister!
     
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  19. backhawkdown

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    Cobra Troopers are my personal preference.
     
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  20. Shin Densetsu

    Shin Densetsu I WILL DESTROY YOU Content Contributor Veteran

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    Vipers for me, their design always looked more appealing to me.
     
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