The G.I. Joe Thread

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

  1. fschuler

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    The first trooper I got at Target last year was missing BOTH vest holsters, lol. I didn’t notice that until I got home with it. On the bright side, Hasbro sent me a free Baroness as compensation, haha…
     
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    Lol yea I was watching a comparison video and thought "hm, that's neat he can holster a gun on his belt too." Thanks for the reminder about Hasbro! I'd hear about their replacements so I thought I'd test it out. My Marvel Legends deluxe Thanos had a hole at the seam of one of his thigh swivels and they said they'll send me a random figure of equal value instead. Turned out to be a deluxe Archangel!
     
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    Hasbro customer service is batting a thousand for me. Granted, I’ve only had to go to them twice for some kind of service…but I’ve been impressed both times.
     
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    My CC has a hood and realistic gun. I'm about to get put on some sort of "no fly" list as we speak.
     
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    CC Hooded.jpg

    Same. Although "realistic" gun is stretching it... I like this look for CC and it makes sense to me. If you're not in battle, why would you be wearing the helmet? What options do you have if you want to still hide your identity as the leader of a secret terrorist organization? It's like the t-shirt of secret identity fashion wear.
     
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    That’s probably the most intimidating looking CC I’ve ever seen!
     
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  7. Nightwind

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    Oh wow! Thanks! It probably helps that the eyes are all blacked out because I can't paint eyes for shit! :p 

    Pretty easy formula, though; Marvel Legends Professor X for the body, some random Marvel Legend for the hands, Fortnite Wild card for the gun, and one of the many custom CC heads from eBay. Painted the hood, tie, and pocket triangle and there you go! It can't stand for shit, though. Probably why that mold was used for Professor X! Ha!
     
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    Lol...

    Seriously. He's basically saying "I don't need armor, guards or sci-fi weapons to kill you...just this 3-piece suit and a Deagle". Dude means bidness...
     
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    I got my Target CI Roadblock in and gave him this awesome gun
     

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    Have the retro grunt and cobra officers been found at retail or it just the hiss tank?
     
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    Hope someone can answer this, does anyone remember how much joes cost around 2010-2012? Had they hit $8 then?
     
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    And a Guinness World record holder for longest neck. Looks like a Pac-Man ghost floating over a mannequin.
     
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    Has anyone made a classic commander head to replace the stock one? I'm talking about the helmet with the swept back side panels.
     
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    Y'all ain't real Cobra Commander fans until you start asking for this head!
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    That actually really freaked me out as a kid since CC was my favourite character, and that face...
    And then turning into a snake...

    "...was once a man..."

    Still haunting.
     
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    It's right up there with Dark Awakening zombie Prime!
     
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    Joke's on you two. This is what he actually looks like under the hood...
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    IIRC the 4” 30th Anniversary/POC figs cost me $12-13 each at the local Walgreens (or was it CVS?).
     
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    My Viper just shipped from Target!
     
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