What are your feelings towards the 25th Anniversary Joes?
 

I just read the "Q&A with Hasbro" thread and was surprised to find more more disgruntled questions about hasbro and GI Joe than positive ones. I know that when the 25th came out, I felt like an outsider because I HATED (and still do HATE) the 25th! But it seemed like everyone else JUMPED on them like they were the coolest thing since sliced bread! Well, let's take a poll....be honest.....

To be perfectly honest, I'm not really a fan in the sense of functionality. I have bought a few of them, but other than a couple of instances, I have them on the shelf for display. The only one I kind of like is the BAT, other than that meh.

Well, I would take back the ol' faithfull O-ring anyday...

Personally I dont have a single one of the new 25th line because:
1) I dont like them (stupid manboobs) and,
2) they are kinda hard to get here in Finalnd (read: from ebay only)
3) I dont like them (still stupid manboobs, oh and stupid articulation alltogether...)

But like many have stated in the forums before, I would consider getting some of them for their accesories (SS and comic pack Firefly come to first in mind) and couple of the figures seem pretty cool regardless of the "manboob syndrome" (like Zartan, the B.A.T, Stormy and Torpedo)

But what bothers me the most (after the "boobs") is the height issue, as most of them just look plain gigantic next to good old ARAH figures (like IG Destro...hes huge!!!)

So in the end I personally find so many negative aspects in them, that the few positives (accesories and couple of figures) are faded to obscurity... so why bother?

So Ender, Outrider and others!!... you are not left alone to dwell in your hate for the empire of the 25th!!!...there are many amongst us!...And we shall unite to bring the tyranny of the HASBRO to and end...MUHAHAHAHAAA!!!...*cough, cough*

Well my Avatar says alot of how I feel about this Line,but I do say the ONLY good thing thats came out of the 25th Line is the Vehicles.I love all the Vehicles thats came out so far,and i've bought multiples of just about everyone of them.And i'm looking forward to all the new ones still to come out,and I know i'll be buying just as many of them also.But as far as the 25th Figures goes,it's DEFINITELY a Thumbs DOWN!When they 1st came out I bought a Storm Shadow & Snake Eyes,and after looking those 2 over I knew that was the end of my 25th Figure buying.Heck the only reason I even have as many 25th Figures as I do,is because of the Vehicles i've bought.But I have a Couple of Friends that just love the 25th Line,so i've been able to get a close look at all the new Figures.And one Figure with a huge flaw that really stood out to me was the 25th Viper,I think the Hands on it are just Terrible!!So it really just boils down to Personal Taste,and thats what makes this World so Interesting.... :D

I am at the oposite side of the equation here.
I got back into collecting Joes because of the 25th.
I find the old models lacking in detail and poseability.

If you see the poll here you can see its mostly haters of the line, and then you have a small number on the opposite side.
***edited: just saw that there where only 5 people who have voted so far - lets wait and see what the majority says just yet (but I'm betting it won't be much different)***

All of the pro's and con's have been discussed way to many times now. The only reason I have a few o-ring joes is purely out of sentimental value, I usually never take pictures with them - they are to me, to old and dated (molds wise) to be of any use to me.

So please don't let this turn into another "Bring the O-ring back" campaign or "I hate the 25th" thing, I think most of us have heard it all before.

I allways seen it as the 25th haters beeing in the majority here on this site and on the internet at large. I belive that the 25th figures are not as good as the original ones in most respects. However the thing that the 25th do better is face and body detail which is what drew me into buying them, they look cool allthough they are inferior as far as posability goes. It is allso a tad irritating to see that they make some 25th figures that have decent posability (Snake eyes or Cobra trooper) and then just fall through on other figures like the Baroness.
All in all I buy 25th because they look good in pictures. :)

Funny, I had just the opposite impression. Every time I walk into a store, I find 1/5 of a wave left on the shelf. It seem like despite the fact that a lot of people say they hate them, they seem to sell out pretty quick. But I guess that's not too had when you only have 3 pegs in Walmart and a hanging endcap in TRU.

Everywhere I go on the web, people are talking about the 25th like they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Look at the pics on the front page! I haven't seen an Original "Spirit" action figure pic come out since the 25th one hit the shelves. Me...I pick and choose. I want to get "Wraith" and maybe some "Para-vipers", but that's about it. And the whole "MASK" thing just turned me totally off! Lemme guess, next is gonna be a Joe named "Captain Power"? Anyone think this smacks of the whole 90's "Let's jump on every bandwagon" thing they had goin on?

I really like the new figures. The detail, the accessories, the poseablity as a whole (minus some bad arms here and there) and the availability win me over. I went cold turkey off the Joes as a teenager and barely thought about GI Joe for maybe 15 or 20 years. I started picking up Star Wars figures here and there, and then got into collecting clone troopers and bounty hunters. I never really did anything with them besides stand them on a shelf. I wanted more real life military stuff and was content with PTE and some BBi stuff. I didn't even know 25A was coming out until I saw the anniversary 5 packs, which I thought would look good with my other military themed items. Then I started taking pictures. Then I found Joedios. For me, the 25A brings back good memories and gives me a new hobby. When I see ARAH standing next to 25A, Im blown away by how much better the new figures look. They dont have blocky heads and molded on guns and knives. They are different heights from each other. Their legs pose like crazy. I wish they would improve a few things, like the Duke arms and diaper crotches, but to me they are some of the best toys to come out in a long time.

They aren't entirely bad action figures, but part of me hates them...and it's largely because of the scale change, because it's not like they went to 5" or 6", "it's just enough to make you mad". If they'd all been Snake-Eyes' height I could deal. Instead Snake-Eyes is the shortest character in the new line.

Bringing back the o-ring is irrelevant, they'd still be giants to the rest of my figures, and I'm not interested in buying everything over in a new scale...again. Maybe some other fans will feel the same whenever Hasbro changes formats again (probably as soon as next year).

On the plus side, I've saved a lot of money this year.

25th
 

I like the 25th because of the detail, paint,. and the fact they were accurately based on the comic and tv show. Take the Sharc, can't wait to get it. Why, cuz Deep Six's arms can bend. Plus you don't have to pay 30 bucks for single vipers instead you can get a more accurate lot of 5 for about 4o. it's up to the person. I wish they went by year,sequentially; 83, 84, 85 that way you could plan what you want to get. They should make the October Guard again old and new. Plus Big Ben in Sas 1980 Iranian Embassy wear and 1991 form. Anyway, I love em!!!