The G.I. Joe Thread

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

  1. borgified

    borgified You're going to get speared to death!

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    Still waiting for my pre-order to charge as of right now.

    Better not be an April Fools prank and still not get sent out!! Or be like either Target/Walmart/Amazon that e-mails you and then nothing happens = False Hopes.
     
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    fujishig Well-Known Member

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    That thing is such a deathtrap. Not only the rotors, but the engine is right behind him (firing right into the rear rotor), and there are like four missiles and a bomb strapped right under him.
     
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  3. Hicks_Royel

    Hicks_Royel Hurts feelings being honest.

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    A lot of GI Joe vehicles were. The CLAW was a bad idea too. Take off, zoom around and dodge laser fire, smear your face and front of your body across whatever thirty-eight feet of landing strip you were to return to.
     
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    Oh come on the Fang and Claw were perfectly safe. Destro and Mars industries would never sell a product that wasnt 100% safe. You're acting like he's only in it for money. Lol
     
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  5. Hicks_Royel

    Hicks_Royel Hurts feelings being honest.

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    Destro wasn't the only one.
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  6. Legate

    Legate RIP Kevin Conroy and Akira Toriyama

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    No-bid government contracts, what do you expect?
     
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  7. fschuler

    fschuler Post Count Inflated With Hot Air TFW2005 Supporter

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    Lol @ the guy’s expression on the boxart...he knows he’s about to be toast...haha.
     
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    Looks like a cut scene from “The Pentagon Wars”

    BTW I received an email from Valaverse/Action Force stating the need to lock in my order as they will be going into production shortly.
     
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    it's dawning on him a fraction of a second before he gets it, his last thought oh no...
     
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  10. RKillian

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    That or wondering what he's going to do after he fires the one and only weapon on that contraption _if_ it doesn't tip over like Fred Flintstone's car.
     
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  11. fujishig

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    He's a baseball player turned Joe who straps grenades all over his body. He's all in at that point.

    I do remember even for vehicles like the Wolverine, wondering what they did after they ran out of missiles.
     
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    Easy. Just cut to a different part of the scene and next time it is shown, more missiles will be ready to go.
     
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  13. Legate

    Legate RIP Kevin Conroy and Akira Toriyama

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    Animation errors mean never having to reload. :cool: 
     
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    Not even just animation “errors”. Happens in live action all the time too. I especially remember thinking the exact same thing when watching Iron Eagle. All they needed to do to get more missiles was bank a different direction for a second. :p 
     
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  15. Legate

    Legate RIP Kevin Conroy and Akira Toriyama

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    Wait, you don't know that Iron Eagle is Ace Combat: The Movie?
     
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    Okay, those look really awesome, but my display space is so strained as it is...crap, I'll probably break down and get some...

    Uh, GI Joe doesn't run out of missiles. Ever. That's communist talk.
     
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    Was going though my storage bins this morning, and found these old gems. I completely forgot I had these Dreadnoks. Poor Chuckles needs a new rubber o-ring.
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  18. borgified

    borgified You're going to get speared to death!

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    Got the email drop that my copy of Supreme CC is on the way @PythonPatrolJTLJ and @MachoGrande, however hopefully that it's not an early April Fools day joke. o_O 
     
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    When I was in school, they used to show a movie in the auditorium every year right before school let out for summer. I swear it was always Iron Will, Iron Eagle, or The Last Starfighter.
     
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    A friend of mine had the original toy back in the day and I recall it was always small