im going to see if i can order it for the toy dept. the wal-mart that i work in has been haveing trouble. there working on moving me to the toys dept, iv been running the foods dept for a long time now. time to run a diffrent dept. that or find a nother job. but ill see if i can get them here at the shelton wal-mart.

Waaayyyyy back in the day, I worked at a Walmart. Walmart's purchasing dept. never seems to get on the same page with Hasbro. I tried to work on my collection back in the late 80's, while I worked there and they never had any selection.

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I'm sure many have already seen this, but hisstank.com has images of the 25th Cobra pack figures loose.

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/showthread.php?t=558

Even the haters have to admit these look pretty darn cool, right???

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ok heres the link
http://www.joesightings.com/forums/...?showtopic=5594
im going too see if i can get them here at wal-mart. were i work.
on the pic it has 25th Anniversary and the name of the joe the price is $4.88,
it even said there is other names of joe may be comming out .
will soon see were hasbro will take us.

When the pictures of Stormy were first released, I thought wow. Then more pictures were released, these pictures highlighting the lack of an o-ring. That wasn't good for me. I'm really into traditional style Joe's. While I initially thought these new 25th Joe's were cool... they just wern't proper G.I.'s in my mind. Now that I'm seeing more of them I don't even think they are cool anymore. Scarlett cannot sit down... If she can't... Who else can't sit? The Cobra symbol on CC's shirt is way too small... I don't think the proportions are any better than what they were on the VvV line... I could go on...

I've said on other threads on this site how I feel Hasbro have shafted the collector with this 25th anniv line, so I won't go into that either...

I'm pretty down about the whole thing.

Dave

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I dunno if I agree with you dave, I won't argue the point of it being different, as it's quite clear hasbro wanted to use the 25th as an excuse to try out something new.

I do agree partly with what you said weeks ago maybe for the celebrations they should of stuck to more conventional methods

I've seen the review on Scarlett, and like any figure she has plus points and minus points too. The fact she can't sit down properly is a bad design flaw but maybe hasbro will modify this for 2008?

In 1982 they made adjustments to the whole 1st series and brought out them again as re-released versions with swivel arms. Giving better articulation to the arms. Perhaps we'll see history repeat itself 25 years later, but don't hold your breath.

I just looked at some images of the price cards, it had snow job, gung-ho and crimson guard priced at $5 each. Hmm.. I'd be interested in some of that.
Rich

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Wow, I just realized I didn't post the link last night. It's up there now.

I have to respectfully disagree with you, Jock. When the first publicity shots came out, I thought they were fantastic, but then, as with you, when the next round of pics came along they didn't seem so hot. But other pictures since then, including (and especially) these, make me feel once more that these may be the best Joes since... Well, a long time ago. Maybe my opinions are colored by the fact that they're finally re-doing everyone's classic costumes, but I just think these are fantastic.


CC: Yeah, the Cobra symbol is too small, and his helmet is too low on his head. But since the helmet is removable, I think whoever took the shots just mashed it down on there too hard. Otherwise, he looks great to me.

Baroness: Looks outstanding to me. I love the way her body suit is a different color from her armor, and I like the snobbish appearance to her face. Sure, I wish her hair wasn't blowing in the wind, but I got past that on comic pack Cover Girl, and I can do it for the Baroness too.

Storm-Shadow: Look at that head! It's like he walked out of a frame of the Sunbow animation! I swear they sculpted it based on the cartoon model sheets. His accessories are very nicely detailed too. I love the gold trim on his swords.

Destro: This was the one that I didn't like when the very first pics came out, but I have since changed my opinions. These photos show that I can finally retire my custom, because this Destro will be my definitive version, bar none. I love the color used for his suit, and the cartoon-inspired green eyes. And his head, which I thought was way too small when the original images were released, looks fine here.

Cobra Trooper: He's just amazing too. I love how his helmet finally looks like it appeared on the card art, comics, and cartoon, with the wide opening instead of fitting snugly around the head like previous versions.


Anyway, those are my gushing opinions. They are, of course, subject to change when I hold the figures in my hands, but I really don't see that happening.

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I'm with you Dave. The more I see of them, the less I like them, and these photos only confirm my feelings. I don't think they will sell well at all amongst traditional Joe collectors such as ourselves. I know it's a celebration of GI Joe's 25 years, but the fact that it's the same old characters is also a bummer. How many Snake Eyes/ CC's/ Storm Shadows, etc, do we need? I'll be saving my money.

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I'm really very surprised that these pictures aren't changing anyone's mind. I thought these made them look way better than any of the previous photos. To each their own, though.

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