G.I. Joe and 1:18 scale general

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>>6373864
>and compatible figures, vehicles and playsets.
and any dioramas/backgrounds you've made.

This is from Empire's awesome spaceport diorama room.

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This year's NJCC Boss Fight Studios figure (last year was the Ultimate Spartan).

For August.

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>>6373897

seems to come with everything the regular Orc has and this.

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>>6373902

>>6373897
Sexy. Was last year's NJCC exclusive hard to get online?

Fuck, I might as well go this year. It's only 4-5 hours away.

>>6373716
>List of Joecon convention exclusives on the way:
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>BF 2000 Vector Jet
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>Cobra Sky Serpent w/Pilot
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>BF 2000 Marauder Snowmobile 3 Pack
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>Cobra Laser Vipers 3 Pack
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>Ultimate Enemies 2 Pack
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>Cobra B.A.T. Rocket Glider 2 Pack

Who's in the Ultimate Enemies 2 pack

>>6373924
>Who's in the Ultimate Enemies 2 pack
Nevermind, Dee Jay and a Televiper

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GI Joe is dead but Vitruvian HACKS and Acid Rain are pretty popular. Do you guys think we'll have a decent 1:18 boom like the early 00's when Bbi and 21st Century Toys were all over the place?

I know Bbi became Elite Force but the vehicles are ass and the figures really cut back on the paint detail.

>>6373941
I think we'll get some nice stuff for a while but the prices are limiting the number of collectors.

>>6373941
$30 a figure will end 1:18 scale

>>6373946
They have been $30 for the last four years though?

>>6373941
Hacks and ARW are both great, but we're gonna need someone to step in and fill the midrange price

>>6373941
Nah, We'll get cool, collector-priced figures, but that's about it. Vehicles, especially affordable, to-scale ones, are likely a dead duck.

Oh, and Bbi's 1:18 line was always called Elite Force, they just did a subset with more kid-friendly vehicles.

>>6373883
Source on the castle?

>>6374060
25 to 30 dollars is just too much for a single 4 inch tall figure. I don't care how nice it is, at that price point I haven't bought any and I imagine many people feel the same. If those HACKS and Acid Rain or whatever are selling well that's great, but I'm out. 8 to 11 bucks for a Joe was doable, these aren't.

I don't think the idea of "convention exclusives" and "GIJCC Figure Subscription Service" with ridiculous prices helps either. It just normalizes the idea this stuff should cost a lot, and puts figures that could be affordable out of reach for many--including the kids these were marketed to in the first place. Look at these prices:

"The cost of the 12-figure subscription service is $375 (+ shipping for 6 shipments)."

G.I. Joe Glider 2 Pack w/ Cloudburst and Skymate ($75.00)
COBRA Heli-Viper 3 Pack ($85.00)
Sky Patrol JUMP 6 Pack ($55.00)
COBRA JUMP 6 Pack ($55.00)
Sky Patrol Sky Sweeper ($68.00)
COBRA Hydra w/ Aero-Viper ($85.00)
Sky Patrol Skystriker ($160.00)
Paradrop Freefall figure (loose $35.00 and carded $45.00)
Pythona Carded ($38.00

>>6374340
The problem isn't the pricing(though NO ONE is a fan of that). If they sold these figures for $10 a pop there still wouldn't be enough demand to justify making them.

This is what happens when you go from a base of 100,000+ fans to ~3000. If anything we are lucky there are about 800 people willing to spend $20-30 a pop for these figures. We'd have nothing otherwise.

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Welllll shit, good on you Hasbro.

http://news.hisstank.com/2017/06/15/san-diego-comic-con-2017-g-joe-exclusive-cobra-missile-command-revealed-62991

>>6374451
I saw that today. It's going to be up on Hasbro Toy Store for like $60. The way they put together that Cobra Commander to look like the vintage CC is also pretty neat. They used the 25th version's upper torso so that his gun would be able to plug into his back and then gave him gloves like that figure and the striped legs.

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>>6374326
Narnia castle.

>>6374340
JoeCon and subscriber figures have always been too expensive for me since they started them. I bought dozens to over a hundred GI Joes every year since the 25th line started, btw.

I buy SDCC stuff all the time though. Way cheaper to pay $50 for 3 figures and a diorama. That's basically $17 a figure.
And i think most people agree.
Since they started making SDCC stuff, their stuff was limited to about 5000 people. In recent years, it's much more than that.

So there aren't 3000 fans, because there's more than that buying these exclusives at SDCC.
When you consider that TRU probably puts in a minimum order of 10,000, and 50,000 units for their GI Joe exclusives is a more realistic take, you're way way lowballing how many GI Joe fans still actively exist.

Price is a very important factor.

Also, i buy Acid Rain, Lost Planet, HACKS, etc figures all the time. So those prices are my limit for 4" figures, but it's very hard to army build at those prices. So I'll spend $30 for an acid Rain or odd GI Joe Club Exclusive for cheap, but i can't afford to buy 4-10 of them like i do with $10-15 GI Joes.

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The exclusives

>>6374784

Such a good castle.

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Big Lob with his voice actor

>>6374451
>>6374597
CC is nice, may see if I can buy one loose, but $60 for 3 figures that have common versions like mad and some crap cardboard is far too much. You could probably download and print a template of that thing for $3 or less of materials.

Would be nice if they did a dark blue version with hood. It is at least the first one to get the vintage look 100% and it only took them 10 years and 30+ versions of CC to get it right.

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>>6374794
>>6374797

A shame they're using the RoC Neo-Viper Legs instead of the concept case's 30th Sci-Fi.

>>6374873
I know. They are still good looking figures but those Sci-Fi legs would have been soo much better. I snagged this 3 pack and might grab dodger. Its the only stuff im interested besides Big Lob. I should be getting the loose figure soon in the mail through my subscription and im hoping to snag a carded one through the clubs website.

>>6374340
>The cost of the 12-figure subscription service is $375 (+ shipping for 6 shipments)."
>G.I. Joe Glider 2 Pack w/ Cloudburst and Skymate ($75.00)
>COBRA Heli-Viper 3 Pack ($85.00)
>Sky Patrol JUMP 6 Pack ($55.00)
>COBRA JUMP 6 Pack ($55.00)
>Sky Patrol Sky Sweeper ($68.00)
>COBRA Hydra w/ Aero-Viper ($85.00)
>Sky Patrol Skystriker ($160.00)
>Paradrop Freefall figure (loose $35.00 and carded $45.00)
>Pythona Carded ($38.00


Does the joe club at least kiss you after fucking you?

>>6374936
I don't know, son, why not go ask your mother?

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Does anyone have revo Solid Snake and a classic Polar Battle Bear snowmobile you could take pics of him riding?

>>6374326
A note, there's a lot of shoopery in there. The underside of the arch is mostly empty, and the inside of the castle behind Baroness is empty.

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>>6374949
better to ask this gay Jew's black boyfriend.

Anyone know who's head Maverick uses under his mask?

Still kind of pissy that last year's set basically used Dusty/Dollar Store Duke's head for about four different characters in that set.

>>6374597
>>6374845
It's $50.

>some crap cardboard

This attitude triggers me anon. This is a repro of a classic GI Joe playset - the first one ever. The original runs thousands of dollars. Since it was a Sears exclusive it was hard to get in the first place.

And frankly with no movie, no retail line, nobody really expected there to even be an SDCC exclusive for Joe this year. Hasbro does a lot of stupid shit but IMO this is clearly a nice gesture to hardcore fans.

So yeah it's cardboard but this is a cool exclusive. Not as cool as a plastic base would be but that would be $200+ and you'd be complaining about that. So $10 a pop for the figures and $20 for the cardboard(which would cost you at least that much to actually make in the same quality unless you have a color laser printer) is semi-reasonable, IMO and I'll gladly pay it.

I mean you're entitled to your opinion but this kind of shit is what makes the hobby a grind. Nothing's ever good enough for some people.

>>6374798
garbage!

>>6375267
Or maybe what makes the hobby a grind is that while Joe has largely disappeared from retail, TRU's and Hasbro's online stores, we've got these "convention exclusives" and "collector's club" Joes that keep showing up for high prices in limited runs. When Joes used to be affordable and relatively available, they're now more of a boutique toy that are priced initially high and reach silly pricing levels on the secondary market. Regardless of the difficulties in selling toys in recent years, the idea of expensive "exclusives" is contrary to what Joe should be.

According to yojoe, that Missile Command set sold for $10.99 in 1982 and 1983. Adjusted for inflation that would be about $29 today. Is this one of those things that will quickly sell out at HasbroToyShop, leaving people to fight over whatever shows up on ebay for jacked-up prices?

>>6375267
>And frankly with no movie, no retail line, nobody really expected there to even be an SDCC exclusive for Joe this year.
What are you talking about?
There's been an SDCC exclusive for GI Joe almost every single year since the 25th started.
The last three had no movies either and they still managed to sell out, or at least close enough.

>>6375377
You never know with action figures. Only things that we know that will go for high prices are hot characters like Deadpool. Everything else is a complete crapshoot in whether there will be demand or high demand or no demand for it.

That's just opinions for you. Everyone likes different shit and there's no way to really know until people are lining up with their money.

>>6375416
>What are you talking about?
>There's been an SDCC exclusive for GI Joe almost every single year since the 25th started.
>The last three had no movies either and they still managed to sell out, or at least close enough.
Yeah I didn't say it was just movies, but without even a retail line to promote there's no reason to do an SDCC exclusive. Plus they've been latching the SDCC Joe exclusives onto the Transformers brand for years now.

Anyway maybe you expected it, but between no retail line, no movie, and Hasbro starting their own convention I didn't expect anything for SDCC. I think everyone *hoped* there would be but there was no guarantee. The line doesn't even have a brand manager at Hasbro last I heard.

>>6375429
You're nuts.
We've gotten a GI Joe wave released every year and an SDCC exclusive every year.

The unexpected would be Hasbro NOT releasing anything GI Joe for the year.
Nothing would be a surprise.

>>6375438
The word is out that there's nothing at retail until the next movie. Which isn't out till 2019 at the earliest.

>>6375441
Are you the same guy that says this every year?

So here's our SDCC exclusive and now we're waiting to see if we get our yearly retail wave.
If nothing is made, that is a surprise, because we've gotten something every year.

>>6375451
I guess we'll see. I don't say it every year, but the word coming out of JoeCon is that it's a "dark period" for the line or whatever. There's some sort of additional exclusive going to be announced I think, but nothing for retail.

Maybe it's all bullshit rumor-mongering but it sounds right to me. And it wouldn't be the first time GI Joe slowly ground to a halt.

>>6375377
Oh my god dude. We get it, you are a poorfag and are unhappy about the prices. No one is forcing you to buy these figures. The Gi Joe club is for collectors and due to the much smaller production runs the figures are priced accordingly. Without the club the figures wouldn't get made. These figures are not profitable for the club at 10 dollars a pop. Get over it, thats not gonna happen.

There won't be new Joes until the new movie comes out next year or the year after. And knowing Hasbro they will be Marvel movie line tier. Mushy sculpts, no articulation, no paint, and very few accesories. It isn't just a dark time for this franchise. It's dead.

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>>6375611
Not a poorfag, just can't justify the cost these subscription service and convention figures are going for these days. And I don't care for the air of exclusivity it gives the toy line. If you want to pony up the cash that's great, but I wonder if doing so shows Hasbro they can keep selling figures at these inflated prices through the Hasbro sponsored (?) Collector's Club. Charge what the market will bear, and all. I'd say something different if Hasbro would at least keep some figures consistently available at retail or online, they must have an idea what tends to sell well.

Just wondering, where have you gotten your information on production runs and profitability?

>>6375683
>new movie comes out next year or the year after

It's the middle of June. There's no way a new movie will come out next year and unless they rush one out there won't be one the year after either.

The only reason we've been getting figures every year is because Toys R Us was willing to pick them up. Last year they declined to carry the offered vehicles and the figures barely got any shelf time. If they decide this year not to carry any at all it's unlikely BBTS or any online retailer is going to order enough for a production run.

>>6375730
> doing so shows Hasbro they can keep selling figures at these inflated prices through the Hasbro sponsored
You have no idea what you are talking about. Hasbro doesn't get much out of the club. It's peanuts to what they expect a line to sell.
>Just wondering, where have you gotten your information on production runs and profitability?
Doesn't take a genius to know that the lower the run on a figure the more you have to pay per figure. The more figures are ordered from the factory, the cost per figure is reduced.
That is why exclusives and Kickstarter figures are going to be more expensive. Period.

You can buy plenty of Joes still online for less than 10 dollars a figure.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideInStock=false&HidePreorder=false&HideSoldOut=true&InventoryStatus=i%2Cp&PageIndex=1&PageSize=20&SortOrder=BestSelling&Brand=2363&Company=5

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>>6375683
I am a poorfag and it sucks that all the remakes of figures from past 88 are fucking club/con exclusives. Thats my main gripe.

>>6375816
Sell your blood plasma. You can make a couple hundred bucks a month doing that a couple of times a week. It will pay for a ton of $30 figures.

>>6375819
I have HIV

>>6375862
If this were anything but 4chan I'd react with concern and empathy, but given where we are I'll say that sounds like a very fucking convenient reason to allow you an out to continue bitching about the price of action figures.

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Senior Squad!

>>6375765
My local asian TRU didn't even bring in the 50th wave from late last year. In fact, the local Hasbro has stopped bringing in any new assortments from articulated 3.75" lines altogether since the middle of last year.

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>>6375801
>You have no idea what you are talking about. Hasbro doesn't get much out of the club.
How do you know? What are your sources?

>Doesn't take a genius to know that the lower the run on a figure the more you have to pay per figure.
So in other words you're guessing about how Hasbro and that Club's costs break down.

>You can buy plenty of Joes still online for less than 10 dollars a figure.
Yes, mostly two-packs that I passed on in store because I either had one of the figures, or only liked one of the two. I passed on the Lady Jaye/Baroness two pack at $10 clearance because they all had wonky eyes, bad paint, and Geisha girl lipstick. And who doesn't want another day-glo Blowtorch?

>>6375765
I saw my local TRUs carry the GI Joe line for all of three weeks. They sold out of their initial stock and that was it.
If Hasbro/TRU is to bring another set this year, it's a sure thing for this year.

That's 4 TRUs in a major city and some neighboring ones.

>>6375816
How will Dr. Whacko's sinister sludge help Cobra take over the world?

>>6375944
Wow, i did not realize you were this retarded. Here, enlighten yourself a bit.

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/reality-check-action-figures-should-cost-more/

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>>6376274
Yeah I've read that before. Again, I'm specifically asking what your sources are regarding Hasbro/Fun Pub GIJCC pricing and production costs. Especially considering the figures are mostly kitbashes with repainted and reused parts. Pity you have to resort to childish insults instead of saying you don't know.

>>6375455
This letter from DePriest seems to say no Joe at retail this year. Apologies for the fuzzy text.

>>6376274
>waah you insulted muh pwecious Hasbro

That's what you sound like, brony.

>>6375267
It's a fucking piece of cardboard you know what, you Hastards are really pissing me off with your continued defense of Hasbro. They're a mediocre company that barely gives a fuck about GI Joe anymore and only puts in minimal effort knowing you people will pay out the ass just to get your fix on toys that cost them pennies to make. Prinetd cardboard that cost them all of $1 to print and cut for a premium cost that you could do yourself? "Hasbro cares about us!" no they fucking don't care about you, and if you weren't willing to buy everything they make, they'd kill this brand. First playset, huh? It was still cardboard and they made far better actual playsets later on. GI Joe has become to action figures what Sonic became to games- a barely-living shell of what it used to be, sold only because a few fanboys still supply just enough money to keep it alive while the actual product is mediocre and low-effort, and the fanbase is shit.

>>6376379
You might as well be bitching that plastic is super cheap as well and the raw materials cost only 30¢

Just so you know, the fucking packaging makes up almost a third of the cost for boxed/carded toys. The two other thirds are for the US sculptors/designers and assemble/materials for the plastic toys in China. There's a break down of the costs in one of Hasbro's shareholder PDF thingies one year, but i forget which and where.

BTW, if you break down the costs for the SDCC, you're pretty much paying $16.43 for the figures.
Given the fact that SDCC GI Joe exclusives have cost $15 per figure, it's more than a fair price.

>>6376364
well that's sad.

>>6376379
Wow, you sure are stupid. Fans of GI Joe have been asking for this play set to be remade for over a decade. If people should be pissed at Hasbro for anything, it's taking this long to actually do it.

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Hasbro let joe die thru negligence.

But who cares about Hasbro now that we have Marauder

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Need a ride?

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And Jack too

>>6376509
What helicopter is that?

>>6376629

BBi 1:18 Blackhawk

>>6376456
Beware the poorfags. Any figures that are over 10 dollars will be met with incessant whining and moaning.

>>6376456
What chest armor is that on Marauders Scarlett?

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>>6376688
its the female armor that has the bottom cut off

>>6376730
It looks surprisingly good, going to have to try that myself.

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I kitbashed a Vietnam guy and he smolders

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>>6376688
>>6376688

It's a brown female armored vest trimmed.

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>>6376733

He's seen some shit

>>6376733
>>6376742

That's come out pretty well.

>>6376103
>>6376120
Nice photos. Is that the VC ATRT trooper?

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Rate my Outback

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>>6376860

I dig it

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Highway to the Dangerzone

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>>6376889

Don't mean to spam. I'm up way too late just making pictures and listening to music

>>6376733
Ugh, this reminds me of the Vietnam Gung-Ho custom, sitting in pieces, likely never to be completed.

>>6376831
Kit really needs to hit us with some wacked-out Acid Rain rotary-wing assets.

>>6376896
Nice use of that Micro Machine F-4.

>>6376456
>But who cares about Hasbro now that we have Marauder
And Boss studio, and Acid Rain, and [spoiler]Hiya[/spoiler]

>>6376860
Nice work, was skeptical from the thumbnail but the full size looks great.

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>>6376994

I'm waiting for decent 1:18 aircraft to make a comeback

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Here are a few shots of my city sized Spaceport playset.
More pics can be seen at my Empire Toy Works Facebook page.

>>6375267
>This attitude triggers me anon. This is a repro of a classic GI Joe playset - the first one ever. The original runs thousands of dollars. Since it was a Sears exclusive it was hard to get in the first place.

but it's still just $60 for cardboard lol

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>>6377258
Better than $16,000

>>6377249
I miss 'em, too.

>>6377261
that's the same mentality that drives people to pay $$00 for a copy of Action 52 sealed in the wrapper, when they could emulate it for free. And it's not like you could ever open and enjoy the thing, it's a massive expense for a chunk of useless novelty junk that people only buy to "show off" in the hopes of getting asspats, and yet actual rich people wanting to buy luxuries to show off would never consider touching low-grade shit like toys or video games in the first place because they wouldn't want their rich friends to laugh at them.

>>6377324
Ok, to use your example, what if the only way to read that comic was to spend thousands of dollars to buy an original copy.

Would you be against DC republishing a much cheaper repro so the people who wanted it could go ahead and buy it?

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>>6377135
Nice as those toy lines you mentioned are, I'd still like to see Hasbro return to making single carded Joes again. PoC, Renegades, 30th, and the later Retaliation waves show they can make good figures for a decent price. I bought plenty of Joes when they were 8-9 dollars at Wal-mart and Target, up to about 11-ish dollars at Walgreen's for good single carded figures.

Those other companies make good stuff, but the figures mostly start around 20-25 dollars and go up from there. Obviously it's up to the individual how much they want to spend, but some folks can't justify double or triple the cost of what they were paying for a quality Joe figure a few years ago. So, like those Joe Collector's Club subscription figures, these offerings from Boss Fight, Hiya, and Acid Rain are for them just expensive curiosities.

>>6377261
That kind of thing is just to show off, he doesn't pretend anyone to pay that, and no one will ever do.

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Marauders NJCC Exclusives.

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>>6377359

>>6377359
>>6377362

Please, tell me the purple Val will be in the online store later...

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My Marine Infantryman came in today

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>>6377535
He's pretty sweet

Joecon fss news:

You know how the club just gave us a Xamot in hus suit? Well the club announced for FSS 7 we're getting Tomax to complete the duo.

The club also said that Heartwrencher is coming out with the Dreadnok Stinger some time in the 4th quarter and so we may finally see a reveal soon.

And remember how we missed out on 50th Rock n Roll? Well he's next year's Joecon attendee figure.

And next big news item is that Crystal Ball is coming.

>>6377332
Action Comics #52 (2017 reprint): MSRP $49

Update on news from Joecon courtesy of Hisstank from someone who was at the con panels:

GIJCC (Brian, Lanny and David Lane)

>-Heartwrencher (new head sculpt) with Dreadnok Ground Assault 4WD (Q4 2017)

>-2018 3 3/4" Club Membership figure will be Rock n Roll v2 (not a straight Concept Vault interpretation, but one more in line with the vintage)

>-2018 12" Club Membership figure will be a Black and White (grayscale) Army soldier

>-there will also be grayscale versions for Navy, Marines and Air Force

>-2018 3 3/4" Add on Set 3-pack will be the Cobra Night Stalkers (will include an African American female trooper)

>-FSS 7.0 will launch one month after 6.0 finishes with Crystal Ball and Extensive Enterprises Tomax, rest will be announced as they finalize

>-2018 Joe Con (The final one!!!) will be June 21-24 in Chattanooga, TN

Hasbro (Deryl Depriest):

>-SDCC G.I. Joe exclusive will be the Cobra Missile Command HQ based on the vintage Sear's Exclusive (which we all found out about on iO9)

>-no retail presence for 2017 OR 2018

>-next Joe line will be contingent on next "media" project (did not confirm it would be a movie)

>-will not license G.I. Joe because Hasbro has plans to relaunch/reimagine the brand; basically they will not make it a "legacy" brand like others

>-working on a G.I. Joe experience at Hascon, details will be provided in "two weeks"

>-no Joe exclusives at Hascon THIS year, but left it open for the future

>-there will be a G.I. Joe VIP Experience on the Friday of Hascon (keep in mind VIP tickets are $600 for this conference)

>>6377251
My fucking biggest dream room right here

>>6377680


[ taps plays mournfully in the background ]

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Incoming finished violator pictures. I know hes a little stylized and not everyone will like it but I am happy with it

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>>6377851

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>>6377852
Im moving into a new apartment in a month so ill have a better place to take pictures

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>>6377855

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>>6377862
Last one, feel free to ask anything ill answer the best I can

>>6375441
>The word is out that there's nothing at retail until the next movie. Which isn't out till 2019 at the earliest.
>>6375438
>You're nuts.
>We've gotten a GI Joe wave released every year
>The unexpected would be Hasbro NOT releasing anything GI Joe for the year.
>Nothing would be a surprise.
>>6377680
>no retail presence for 2017 OR 2018

Surprise!

>>6377680
>Heartwrencher (new head sculpt) with Dreadnok Ground Assault 4WD (Q4 2017)
God I hope they don't fuck up her sculpt.
>2018 3 3/4" Club Membership figure will be Rock n Roll v2 (not a straight Concept Vault interpretation, but one more in line with the vintage)
Sounds within the Club's wheelhouse. I'll sign up.
>2018 3 3/4" Add on Set 3-pack will be the Cobra Night Stalkers (will include an African American female trooper)
Sure.
>FSS 7.0 will launch one month after 6.0 finishes with Crystal Ball
Fuckkkk I actually like Crystal Ball. Maybe since everyone else hates him he'll be decently priced on the aftermarket.

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>>6377618
>>6377332
>>6377324

You guys are retarded.

Comics are reprinted all the time and if an old 60¢ comic were reprinted today it will cost $3-5.
Here's the SEARS catalog from back then.
Given that you got 3 GI Joes back then for $8, they'd cost 2.67 each. A single one will cost you $10 today, so that's roughly a 4x increase in price.

If the Sears exclusive cost $11 back then, guess how much more it would cost today? About 4x more, so $44 based solely on inflation (which ignores the cost of productions and materials).

Given that this is an EXCLUSIVE, sold in 5,000-15,000 rather than the 100,000-1,000,000 units Sears would sell it at, the cost per piece increases. So selling it for $50 is a pretty good deal.

>>6377922
Yep, it's a surprise, because it goes against what they've been doing since 2014.

>>6378139
Yeah but it's CARDBOARD lel kek reddit

These guys are just bitching to bitch. If the exclusive was a reproduction of the USS Flagg that came with free blowjobs for virgins but cost a dime over 80s MSRP they'd bitch about that for a week.

>>6378144
It's only a surprise if you've paid ZERO attention to how the line's been doing at retail the past few years. That they have done anything recently is because BBTS and Entertainment Earth joined with TRU to buy the bare minimum of figures to make it worthwhile. TRU dumped them in the no mans land and they festered and didn't sell and BBTS went and bought up all their leftover stock.

Writing's been in the wall since the 50th anniversary was a bust. That we have had anything is because Hasbro considers it one of their core brands.

>>6378166
>GI Joes being released every year since 2014 exclusively to certain stores
>BBTS is unknown but stock seems to move the same as years before
>sold out at TRU last year, unlike the year before
>writing on the wall
And this year is different... because you said so?
Sorry, but there's nothing to have suggested they wouldn't release anything new up until their announcement at JoeCon this week.

The fact that they said it's two years until they release anything new is par the course with how toys are produced.
It takes over a year to produce a toyline for most any company and if they're making plans for the next movie or even cartoon... well, no shit their only team/halfteam is going to be busy doing stuff to not release anything new until then.

>>>6378150
Seriously.
AND they completely ignore the fact that SDCC exclusives have cost $15 per figure before, so no matter how you look at this set (unless you're a nostalgiafag who thinks shit should cost the same it did from way back when), it's a really good deal.

>>6378150
>If the exclusive was a reproduction of the USS Flagg that came with free blowjobs for virgins but cost a dime over 80s MSRP they'd bitch about that for a week.

If the exclusive was MLP toys painted up as Joe characters, you'd buy 5 copies and say "be THANKFUL they make toys at all! You have no right to gripe!"

>>6378376
This is copypasta, right?

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Wow man, all these people defending 60$ for a cardboard piece, you are like a dream for scammers...

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Everyone's arguing over this cardboard shit but I'll tell you what really gets me

I prefer more realistic look and colors, in my opinion the best figures they've done were in the POC line, especially the Shock Trooper and Jungle guys done up like the team from Predators but my favorite is the Pit Commando with the boonie hat. Looks just like a SEAL but blue. All I want is that guy in Jungle camo.

The club did exactly that but it costs rape prices and now I either have to paint or just live with it being blue

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>>6374784
This is it right? Thanks. It's a shame I didn't get it when it was new, it looks like it would have been serious clearance bait.

>>6378377
>If the exclusive was MLP toys painted up as Joe characters, you'd buy 5 copies and say "be THANKFUL they make toys at all! You have no right to gripe!"
No, I just wouldn't buy it. There'd be some people who'd like that, and I'd be happy for them.

I'd be disappointed there was nothing there for me, but that happens sometimes. Most of GI Joe was unappealing to me for like twenty years, between the end of regular RAH when I was a kid and the 25th anniversary. So I didn't buy it.

There a lot of room between being a sucker shill who buys everything Hasbro puts out and being a whinging bitch who complains about everything that doesn't fit into their tiny view of what GI Joe should be.

Most people are in that space, why don't you grow the fuck up and join us?

>>6376733
Who's head did you use to create this handsome GI?

>>6378663
The sad thing is that said Wetsuit is a shit figure regardless.

For such a major figure in GI Joe lore, Wetsuit is one of the main characters to get a really rare deal in the modern line.

His main costume figure is a god-awful repaint of Torpedo and looks NOTHING like the actual figure. PLUS was never released to retail/only available in an online box set.

And then there is this abortion. Basically the Pitt Commando with new vest. God-awful and devoid of anything new or interesting to make it stand apart and worse? Doesn't even fit the fucking them of the set (IE Mission Brazil).

>>6376678
Cry me a river.
It's still better than the price of club exclusives or paying (at least for Canada ) over priced postage from ebay - and even BBTS.
- Add to it the fact that the only place you *MIGHT* find Joes is a small selection at a comic store and NOTHING at TRU or anywhere else.


I'll take 2 Marauder's figures, 1 of their big pouches sets, 2 or 3 other things to customise em more and 2 guns and it's still cheaper than if I had bought Joes.
Rinse and repeat as they put out new stuff - bodies my girlfriend *insists* that I need ( I love her. She both price-watches and supports my addiction.
My only two wishes.
1. cheap WW 1 style gassmasks.
2. that she sewed to make me S.T.A.L.K.E.R stuff.

>>6376860

He seems angrier than the standard figure.

>>6377251
I want that Eagle man.

>>6377261
>>6377258


I watched the cartoons growing up and only started reading the comics and "collecting" about three or 4 years ago and I don't have the brand loyalty to Hasbro - or the nostalgia-based toy loyalty.
When I see this set I see cheap.
I would rather get a TRU Heroes missile truck and play with that. Heck, the truck has 3 missiles and I could use one and MAKE the Hasbro dio.

>>6379023
To be fair, Marauder shit is garbage in it's interchangability.

Do they even have unmasked heads for fuck sake?

It's basically OK if you are an army builder but if you want unique looking characters Marauders has jack fucking shit for people who prefer GI Joes.

UK anons how did Action Force handle the American flag when it was animated in to an episode? Did they just not call it out, or was it cut?

>>6379045
Also, does anyone have the list of what they want to start rolling out in the summer?
I'm guessing
>>6379037
is a regular but may have missed the
Canine stuff, exo-frames, and desire to produce WW2 figures (both sides) etc.

>>6377865
This... doesn't look good. Are you really satisfied?

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Anyone else got these? Amazon's got 'em for 20 bucks. Not great, my first set had a busted Log Lady, but not terrible. Really hoping someone typo'd the fuck out of the Stranger Things sets, I want a set of them as civilians but if they're really 3.75" then they'll be terrible.

>>6377680
>-2018 Joe Con (The final one!!!) will be June 21-24 in Chattanooga, TN

Looks like I may actually be able to attend one of these

>>6379020
Look up what SEALs wore in the 80s and come back and tell me again how this is a bad rendition of the character. This figure is one of the best looking figures in the entire modern line.

>>6379302
Is...Is that Revolver Ocelot in the blue shirt...?

>>6378663
It cost rape prices when it came out too

>>6379404
>Not knowing Twin Peaks
No, but you could probably use him for that if you like. Since I've got spares now, I'll be using the Dale and Bob figures to make customs of Ichijo and Godai from Kamen Rider Kuuga. Not sure what the spare Laura and broken Log Lady will be for though.

>>6379237
Yeah I am actually. What don't you like about it

>>6379389
actually Gung-ho and leatherneck are then CC and Storm Shadow. Nothing from the club.

>>6379499
Not that anon, but what I dont like is the sloppy paint application. You did a great job on getting the parts together. The horns, the head, feet, claws all came together good. The paint job is what makes it look not good. I think if you used less paint on the brush and done more of a drybrush application of the light grey, it would of looked much better.

>>6378697
It was indeed on clearance. I snagged one for like 16 or 18 bucks at Ross. It's a great castle playset.

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>>6379020
I suspect based on Maverick's helmet in the recent Battle Force 2000 set, that we're getting a Battle Corps Wet-Suit. The helmet looks an awful lot like the one Wet-Suit had.

>>6376860

Where did you get the head from? The FSS Tiger Force figure?

>>6379584
Maybe I'll work on the paint more. I never mind advice

>>6379596
At the very least, it's good to know I'm developing an eye for what tends to go on clearance.
I'm waiting out the new Pirates of the Carribean toys.

>>6379886

Avac's Lab head cast of the FSS figure

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Fortress Defense Gate

>>6380312
This is fucking awesome

>>6380312
Omg that is so cool!

I've been out of the loop for a while.

Did acid rain drop a new scale?

Are they any more reasonably priced?

>>6378697
I own one too thanks to these goddamn generals. Love the Castle for a place for Destro or Dr. Doom to frequent.

>>6380791
yeah the new scale is 1:28 so closer to mega bloks scale i think

They have the speeder for 32$ while the larger one goes for around 90$

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>>6380853
Actually i think i might prefer the smaller size and price actually

>>6380853
>>6380870
That's real neat. But 35 (maybe up to 50) is what id want to pay for the Joe sized one.

>>6378697
>>6373883
I got mine for $30 at a local game store that carries cheap toys and stuff too. I haven't been in a few years, but they also had some Pirates of the Caribbean ships for cheap.

Got the new beaver acid rain sets. i really want to get back into collecting the main set, but jesus christ the prices

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>>6380870

I'm down as long as the previous scale and quality don't get snuffed out. These would be great for busy wide shots of crowds

I really, really hope it doesn't snuff out the current line though

>>6380312
Where is that door from?

>>6381668
It's run by a different company just using Kit's IP. Ori Toy will keep making the Joe-scale stuff.

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>>6380312
>>6377251
Jesus those are glorious.

>>6380791
>>6380870
>>6380853

They look nice but it sucks that the sand tank robot doesn't come with the new hand parts.

And the green and blue speeders don't match. Building options seem very limited in the first wave.

still haven't gotten my guns from Marauder. I'm beginning to think they're lost forever.

>he shipped them may 1st
>arrived in Mexico May 6
>in customs since May 12

fuck this shit.

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So I'm not very into this two-pack but is this thing a one-off(it's a Target exclusive) or is there going to be a line of Marvel vs Capcom two-packs?

With Joe dead at retail it'd be cool if Hasbro made a 1:18 Chris Redfield, Dante, Street Fighter/Darkstalker characters etc.

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I hand make these playsets. All wood construction.
Tons of pics of hundreds other previous playsets on my Empire Toy Works facebook page.

>>6381949
Bro, lont time fan of your page on FB and I love your work. When I move into my bigger place this summer I'm going to start getting serious about my own dio building and you're my biggest inspiration.

>>6376733
>>6376742
Do you plan on making more?

I really like the nam setting.

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M.A.R.S. Industries...Once you "pop", you can't stop!

>>6381953

Name under?

I saw "american ninja 3: the blood hunt" the other day and I thought it was a better GI Joe movie than the official GI Joe movies.

It is so cheesy that I loved it, it was like watching a cartoon but with live actors. Plus the bad guys are called "The Cobra" lol

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>>6382349
Empire Toy Works

>>6376733
>>6379012
>Who's head did you use to create this handsome GI?

Pursuit of Cobra Dusty, 2010

>>6382286
>Do you plan on making more?

If I can. I'm not a customizer, more of a kit basher and for all the fodder I currently have I'm almost certain I don't have another torso I can use to make another.

If I do I'll post it.

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>>6376733
>>6376742
>>6376745
>>6379012
>>6382286
>>6383805

Alright, so I looked and I don't have anything I can turn into another Vietnam guy but I managed to make a D-Boy from The Battle of Mogadishu (Blackhawk Down)

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>>6383950

and a Frog Man

>>6379348
Where did you hear that it's the final one?

>>6384055
The joe license expires at the end of 2018.

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http://news.toyark.com/2017/06/22/first-look-vitruvian-h-c-k-s-series-2-fantasy-wave-2-pt-2-257382?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook


UUUNNF

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>>6386311
not bad, not bad, it's nice to finally have some female rapist in our collection

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>>6386376

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>>6386311
taem 2 RAPE yuman farmers!

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I'm thinking about selling my FSS Dice, because the club forgot to paint the sleeve on his right upper arm. It's an easy fix with some black paint, but I'm not a customizer. Is $20 a fair price for it?

>>6386396
Shit, must have been a good price, because someone just snapped him up in the facebook group I'm in.

>>6386376
Nice. This is a good wave.

>>6386376
Swapping the faery with the dark elf... What a low move BFS, now I'm forced to give you my monies!

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>>6386376
I think I like this wave better than wave 1. That female Orc turned out great. Definitely going to snag this wave too.

>>6386396
That is a great price for that figure. I would have bought it off of you.

>>6387314

Where'd the back stone pieces and trees come from?

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>>6387354
The trees came from some Schleich safari set I grabbed from Walmart like 8 years ago. The set was on clearance for like $1.50 so I bought every single set they had. It came with a tree, some rocks, a pond and one large boulder.

The larger boulders are from a Schleich Castle I bought on sale on Amazon.

The base in the background is a repainted Conquest of Cobra playset.

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>>6387410

>>6376785
It's actually the legacy collection one from like 07, but it's still really nice

>>6387314
Just missed it. Some guy on the Trade Yer Joes facebook group snagged it about a minute after I listed it. I put $20 in it because some people might not want it because of the unpainted sleeve and because one of the two ninja stars is missing. Otherwise it was just going to collect dust in my storage bins since I was getting a new one

>>6387185
>Swapping the faery with the dark elf

what do you mean anon? the only swapp they made is release the dark elf instead the elf queen

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>>6387491
No big deal. I already have him.

>>6387678
Yep that one..forgot the right name.
Guess they pushed her back cause the delf parts were pratically all done.

>>6387995
I was thinking the same, in fact I find strange the elf queen have a "only for her mold boots" BFS always try to re-use parts and I find strange there is only one figure in the fantasy line using them

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>>6388081
also none of the series 3 (space) concepts have those boots.

>>6387414
How many times did Hasbro repurpose that damn Star Wars playset?

>>6388081
My same thought exactly. I wonder if they thrashed it or simply pushed to later relase.
Which actually annoys me, I was waiting for that boots for a custom I had in mind.

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>>6388127
Lol. I know right. Im not sure to be honest.

Just a heads up BBTS now has the Hiya Boar and Shadow Preds for preorder. Ive got the other two preordered but i think im skipping Boar and Shadow. I really wish all 4 came with alt heads. One with a helmet and one without.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?SearchText=hiya+predator

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Guys (and ladies, who could forget about you?), help me out.

I need a 1:18th trenchcoat. Age of Ultron Nick Fury's is good, but he's way too expensive to buy just for the accessory at this point. I could justify it if the figure was really good, but I already have two. But that's the sort of thing I'm looking for. Any ideas? I don't necessarily want to resort to Vortious Customs, because I don't want to wait +2 months for it, even if I love the quality.

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>>6390898
ROC Cobra Commander's pretty cheap I'd think

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>>6390915
The Pursuit of Cobra version works better palette-wise, but that's a very good idea. The figure itself has a lot of customizing potential, too. Strong contender.

Keep 'em coming.

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>>6390898
There's this 1:18 mezco hellboy, you can take his trench coat off, im not sure if its the style you want though. And hellboy looks a little goofy with the sculpted sleeves but I like him better still, the sculpt on his body looks great

>>6390898
There's a detective gordon 1:18 with a removable trenchcoat. Someone used it for a custom on Hisstank and remembered it. It should be easy to find on ebay, las time I checked.

The 4" DC Multiverse Hush has a coat that might work.

>>6390822

Why do they all come with the same hands, disc, and staff? Why not one with a freaking net or blast effect for shoulder cannon? Or even a different spear?

>>6391421
"Why are these cheap figures all coming with the same accessories?"

>>6380870
I preordered 4.

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>>6381863
They seem to be done in the format as the MCU 2-packs. I guess the new figures will have the same articulation budget as the past few figures (adequate but could be better) but will be lacking accessories

>>6391013
>>6391065
>>6391091
Good suggestions, thanks. Leaning towards Cobra Commander for now. Any other black ones? I'd prefer not to have to paint.

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I'm still excited for zombie labs stuff. Do you guys think it will make it past just a kickstarter or should I buy everything I want from them on the kickstarter? Its just a lot of money to throw do at once

>>6392046

The Kickstarter should outline if they intended to make this a perennial thing like the H.A.C.K.S. line, or just a one-and-done campaign.

I like that female on the left. The skirt is wonky (oversized, perhaps), but overall good stuff.

>>6392046
>>6392053

the good thing about these figures it is 100% hacks compatible, so even if you don't like it you can be interested in buying it only for the pieces and combine with BFS figures (like Lego pieces)

imagine the dark elf with a black leather jacket, I think it would look great

>>6392046
It looks like you could make some good civilians with this

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>>6390898
Paris Pursuit or Renegades 4 pack Snake Eyes?

>>6392074
As I recall, half of the line is civilians.

>imagine the dark elf with a black leather jacket, I think it would look great

Sounds like something out of Shadowrun.

>>6392117
They have cops, firefighters and bio hazard people, I think they all have zombie/non zombie forms but im not sure

>>6392095
Renegades. That Rise of Cobra one has an odd looking head sculpt to me.

>>6392095
Oh, I do really like that Renegades Snake Eyes. Good idea.

>>6392046

Fuck yes.

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Just ordered Dial Tone

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Also picked up Bombstrike. She should arrive Friday.

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>>6392786

aw yis

>>6392786
Has the Club reused that sculpt yet?

>>6392802
Bossfight did a good job on that one. I kept pushing off getting her because of how expensive she was, but I finally pulled the trigger. I'm thinking of getting Covergirl next despite that her sculpt is dated.

>>6392117
Precisely why I'm interested in this. I need civilians for Cobra to attack and kidnap.

>>6392885

Not that I'm aware, and the club loves reusing heads twice, so we might see it again.

Got my homefront hero set in today and I've got to say.The club needs to outsource their photoshop because holy shit these look so much better in hand.

The bats. Holy crap. I thought the club lost it but instead created a stop gap between the v1s and v2s add to the fact the paint on the exposed metal looks like a factory metallic paint job and I'm won over still think there should be about five less in there with the laser vipers, hot wire and overkill being in the set.

Dodger. Hands down the best of the bf 2000 guys but what else is new biggest fault of his being the paint on the chin. But overall a great new build and in a world of black ops 2 and 3 and advanced war-fighter programs he still looks futuristic but grounded.

Blaster looks great and his build adds to the idea of him being an engineer but once again biggest strike against him is the paint on the face but still a great addition to joes.

Blocker. Hell yes. Blocker is great he's got this lanky look to him but unlike last year's lanky guy he still looks like he could throwdown. Biggest fault...no eye brows...why? Honestly if you had to get one from the set it's between him and dodger

Avalanche bf2000s arctic sniper looks good and holds his rifle very well. But his posture is horrible poor guy looks like a hunchback but he doesn't have the faults on paint that his brothers do.

Maverick... while I think he's the weakest of the set his build is fantastic but the head just don't cut it especially since it's the ace head with brown hair l...so he's ace . Still a great retro future vibe that I love and he will stand out on your selves.

Knockdown...his arms are the only thing I hate the blues tans and blacks really hammer in that he is bf2ks heavy hitter but Sci fi's arms would have been better. But still a great looking figure that I'm kind of sad he lost the gut.

Overall this set is a great idea that is sadly only executed well enough if the paint was better This would be a "must have"

>>6393168

Also got in Back-stop at first I hated his guy but after reading his filecard and seeing pictures of the figure I had to have him while the yellow pants are jarring everything else looks good and he looks like a modern update to the only Canadian Joe. he needs a better gun. but if you can find hime for less than 50....get him. He's a great figure of a fun character.

>>6392046
RIP my wallet.

>>6393178
>if you can find him for less than 50...
That's not gonna happen. He is only going to go up in price.

Dang, Bombstrike, Dial Tone, Backstop and the con set. Your poor wallet but those are nice figures. Congrats. Im just glad i was able to get them from the club when they first came out.

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>>6393400
Different guy. I do have Bombstrike and custom dial tone though (Tiger force SUCKED)

The club puts out great product but damn if they don't charge you an arm and a leg for it. oh well I got my contacts looking out for me.

>>6393796
Yup, they are pricey indeed. I saved my money and skipped this year's joecon. I had some friends who attended it and had them snag me 2 sets of the laser viper 3 packs and a bagged Backstop. Im not a big fan of BF2K so skipping it was a money saver. I kinda want to get Dodger since he turned out great.

>>6378980
>and being a whinging bitch who complains about everything that doesn't fit into their tiny view of what GI Joe should be.

>and join us?

Ironic considering you're bitching and whining about some other anon's preferences.

So why don't you stop whining?

>>6393841
The set overall turned out Great with the only problems being paint and Avalanches MS. Love BF2000 and this set should have been the best thing the club did instead we got a solid but overall passable set for people that aren't fans of the Bleeding edge side of joe. Hope we get Hotwire and Overkill down the line though.

>>6392046
I feel like the "schoolgirl" is the least interesting.
If they had actually wanted that figure as an actual schoolgirl they should have made her a smaller figure. - like even a head shorter.

>>6377851
lol how long did you spend on this, looks like garbage. have you ever painted anything in your life and do they all look this bad? I don't know why I'm asking, of course they do. If you're under 12 though great job, disregard this post.

>>6392063
Is this a new age of waifuism transcending upon us?

>>6395166
I think it's called "customization"

>>6395164
He doesn't have to. It's YOUR work that's on display and up for critique. Get a thicker skin or GTFO.

>>6395166
Vitruvian Hacks, once we will have more pieces, minikits and series it will be like a GI Joe scale Lego you can even make your "monsterfu" with the beast parts of the minikits, and a space anubis or crustacean gladiators are nice concepts to me

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Welp, this whole "make the best versions con exclusives" shit is getting a little old.

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>>6396245
Luckily, that's for the small scale Acid Rain line. If it was 1:18th, I'd be bummed out. Kinda like how I'm bummed that the Stinger Raptor Mk. 1 is an exclusive.

>>6396245

why isn't the weird green or blue speeder exclusive?

Sure is a lot of shit-posting lately.

Anybody get anything cool lately? I'm kind of waiting/hoping marauder gets the light green Valkyrie deco from Joe Con into their store soon.

Other than that I'm just planning my trip for NJCC in August.

>>6396331

I literally don't even know the names of any of the bossfight people

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>>6396262
>>6396245
Woot!

Gonna be poorer this summer!

Is the Strongarm and this thing going to be in the smaller scale?
Disappointing if it is, but i still may spend money on them.

>>6396361
Big Lob arrived along with 6 con Laser Vipers and Backstop. Ill have to take some pics soon. Oh and im waiting on the Club exclusive female Cobra troopers 3 pack and a carded Big Lob. I previously purschased the female 3 pack and was very impressed with them so I ordered an other set.

>>6396422
The Stinger Raptor is normal 4" size. The Stronghold is the new 2.5" size (see where the pic is labeled B2.Five, the name of the new subline). Also, an easy way to tell is by looking at the legs. The B2Five legs are kinda shrimpy and undersized compared to the rest of the body, and the ankles are simple balljoints, whereas normal Acid Rain ankles are angled pegs sticking into the foot.

>>6396422
Oh, forgot to look at the pic you posted. Yeah. that's a B2Five Raptor, so smaller scale as well.

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WHOAH!!!! wave 2 already for preorder, shipping in november... this gurs go fast!!! if until november we will not have those figures, what will they do in all that time??? they work really fast I wonder if aside the fantasy and Bucky figures they will work on another product/line for their store...

also check the image... what he mean with this?

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>>6396634
I assume he means something in the fantasy wave, he might consider the other designs "more metal"

>>6386376

Might pick up the mage, but Death Metal and the Green Grapist aren't doing much for me. Dark elf seems to be an improvement over the wood elf, but that's not saying much.

>>6396696
I dont see a "more metal" design in the remaining figures, the dark knight it's on the top of the edgy levels.

The thing is this guys seems to go really fast and this makes me wonder if we will see more than the series 2 and bucky in the remaining 2017-sumer 2018 at thet speed maybe we will have more fantasy models or maybe even a new line of figures

>>6396634
More guess is an exclusive figure that we haven't seen yet. There will probably be a convention exclusive 2-pack and another Kokomo Toys exclusive.

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>>6396752

>not wanting the death by snu snu figure

are you a REAL MAN?

>>6396759
>convention exclusive
>Kokomo Toys exclusive

shit, I really hope it doesn't...

>>6396765
Exclusives can really suck, but Boss Fight has sold their convention exclusive 2-packs on their webstore in the past. They probably will in the future. Kokomo Toys is selling their Atelis Amazon on ebay and ship internationally, so that is good too.

Honestly, the only exclusive that was hard to get was the NJCC Ultimate Spartan, which makes me worried that the upcoming gold armored orc might be tough to get.

>>6396778
>Honestly, the only exclusive that was hard to get was the NJCC Ultimate Spartan, which makes me worried that the upcoming gold armored orc might be tough to get.

I am going to NJCC to get this and the Marauders exclusive, but when I was looking into that very thing you mentioned I noticed the wording for the two exclusives is different on the NJCC website.

2016:
>New Jersey Collectors Con is proud to present our official exclusive action figure from Boss Fight Studio “The Ultimate Spartan”.
>In-order to purchase the NJCC Exclusive Ultimate Spartan you must pre-order the NJCC Exclusive Ultimate Spartan Package.

2017:
>NJCC will be the host to the Boss Fight Studios SERIES 2 Fantasy Line – VITRUVIAN H.A.C.K.S. launch party! Buy Series 2 for the first time in person along side a special BUCKY O’HARE preview station with special guests. >There will also be a very special New Jersey Collectors Con, Boss Fight Studios SERIES 2 exclusive figure available for the first time ever at retail.

The wording on the 2017 entry implies to me that it's a general exclusive that will be for sale first at NJCC, not exclusively like in 2016.

>>6396795
That would be great if the orc sees a wider release. Hopefully, it will be a traveling exlusive available at multiple conventions or eventually online.

>>6396778

Kokomo toys don't ship to spain :(

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Pics if the cancelled 50th Action Man. He was going to come in a vehicle set with 50th Wild Bill.

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>>6398355
Another pic of Action Man

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>>6398359
The Wild Bill he was going to come with.

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>>6398361
Cobras that were going to be in the set

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>>6398363

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>>6398355
>>6398359
Action Man's file card art

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>>6398363
50th Snow Serpent file card art

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>>6398364
50th Stinger Driver file card art

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>>6398367
Possible convention set version or early card art

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>>6398371
Possible convention version/ early concept art of the 50th Stinger Driver.

>>6396756
I wasn't saying I personally think they look metal I was just saying HE might think that

>>6398355
These are nice and would have worked nicely for The Thing.

Since this was posted on piss-tank I'm guessing they are saying it's the fans fault HASBRO didn't make these or any others.

>>6398355

Alas, I was outbid by someone who REALLY wants them.

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Although he really is close to this - has anyone done an Aztec Serpentor?
you know.. the mummy and the whole Feathered Serpent. thing...

>>6398744
Toys R Us didn't want any vehicle sets because they didn't sell well enough. Another canceled set had a Rattler with Wild Weasel and 50th Rock & Roll. The Wild Weasel had inverted colors. He was going to be black with some red parts on him. The Rattler ended up released as the Transformers one and came with regular Rattler stickers.

>>6398771
I hate how GI Joe fans are all talk when it comes to buying vehicles.
I actually cleared my TRUs of all their vehicle sets. Kept buying one with every single visit.

>>6398838
The last ones looked like shit tbqh. Give me Normal painted vehicles, not this red tint glass with chrome blue shit.

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>>6400046
>Being this much of a casual

The last vehicle sets were pretty good and they go very well with all the Club figures and vehicles.

>>6400739

>>Based Stash House anon posts

glorious

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>>6400046
windows and view ports being tinted red is an actual real life thing.

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>>6400741
Im still around just not as often.

>>6400100

Yeah I bought the Orange ones because dammit I love making them HISS specials for Cesspool and his gang.

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I love these figures.
Great sculpts, high quality plastic, very poseable despite their their bulk, and the paint is superb... but not the paint for the head.

>>6400907
I did the same. I built up a little army for Cesspool. I use a vintage Parasyte as a troop transport for him.

The Bassilisk I kinda like pairing with my Battle Corps Viper and Range Vipers, because of the bright 90's style colors.

>>6401672
The Parasite. It's a crazy vehicle, but looks damn good with either Repulser or a Zombie Initiative Toxo Viper in the driver seat. The purple is similar enough to the purple on them to make it look like they go together and the troop transport can hold six figures inside, making it badass.

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>>6401689
Forgot pic for some reason

>>6401713
Oh, hell yeah. I have a similar setup. I also added a paralyzer tank that works great as a personal tank for Cesspool or sludge viper.

>>6401713

Damn we think alike. I dug up my Parasyte for the same reason. Does the Paralyzer work well with him? I've been thinking of looking through it but was a bit weary that it might not work on him.

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>>6401915
I haven't tried a modern figure in a paralyzer, but the anon above has >>6401909 and I know it goes really well with the 50th Hiss tank.

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>>6401915
>>6401932
>>6401909

I repainted the Paralyzer I got a few years back.

>>6396594
I just got in my Big Lob, Cobra femme three-pack and a carded Arcee crossover figure. Pretty good looking figures.

I gather the Transformers crossover figures weren't well-regarded but I think Arcee looks pretty cool and unique and won't be using her as Arcee anyway.

>>6402224
The only reason nobody likes the Transformers figures is because they'll never finish out the rest of the figures since Funpub no longer has the Transformers license.

>>6402243
Ah. I thought maybe they were unpopular because other than Arcee the designs are a little meh(at least IMO).

>>6402250
Nah, it's knowing that they'll never get the rest of the figures because of Hasbro

>>6401915
Ill have to take some pics when i get back from 4th of july vacation.

>>6402083
That looks sweet bro! I was going to paint it black myself then realised i could use it with my toxo troopers and hazard vipers so i left it as is.
>>6402224
Dude i got my carded big lob and 3 pack femme cobra troopers too. The club did a great job on big lob and the female troopers. They really look fantastic in hand.

>>6403497
>>6403497
>>6403497
NEW THREAD
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>>6403497
>>6403497
>>6403497

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>>6402399

Cheers anon, I also did something similar to the Parasite.

>>6403919
Very nice. Oh i love the the resolute cobra troopers.