JoeDios.com Forums - *OFFICIAL* 25th Figures/Vehicles/Accessories, etc. Discussions ~Part 1

06-22-2007, 04:30 PM

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the new one will be 3.75 right
but will we see any 33/4
and i was looking at that poll,why street fighter

3.75 is 3 inches and 75% of a inch. another way of writing it is 3 3/4 which is 3 inches and 3 quarters of an inch. i wanted street fighter just for the reason of a female and a fat honda, hopefully. i honestly dont thin well see street fighter.

06-22-2007, 05:55 PM	#422
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06-22-2007, 06:19 PM	#423
lehsreh G.I. Smurf Offline --> Posts: 3,446 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	yeah, thats a very very good point stormer. but like i said, i only voted for them to see a different style of figures, that and there were no others on the list i cared about.

06-22-2007, 06:29 PM	#424
ender098 Veteran Offline --> Posts: 3,665 --> Join Date: Dec 2005	Yeppers!! Those of you who missed 90% of the figures in the last 25 years, here's your chance to buy THE SAME OLD FIGURES YOU DIDN'T BUY 300 VARIATIONS OF THE FIRST TIME AROUND!! AND WE'RE RE-RELEASING THE SAME OLD JUNK WITH NEW ARTICULATION SO THOSE OLD FANS OUT THERE, WELL, YOUR FRAKKING COLECTION IS USELESS AND AFTER YEARS OF LOYALTY, SCREW YOU, YOU GOTTA START ALL OVER AGAIN! BLAH!!!

06-22-2007, 06:59 PM	#425
lehsreh G.I. Smurf Offline --> Posts: 3,446 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	lol, i think im sensing some hostility there frank. its true though, its really good for the ones of us who missed a lot, but not really that great for you. hey man i got an idea, give me all your old ones and you can buy the new stuff,lol.

06-22-2007, 07:44 PM

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Yeppers!! Those of you who missed 90% of the figures in the last 25 years, here's your chance to buy THE SAME OLD FIGURES YOU DIDN'T BUY 300 VARIATIONS OF THE FIRST TIME AROUND!! AND WE'RE RE-RELEASING THE SAME OLD JUNK WITH NEW ARTICULATION SO THOSE OLD FANS OUT THERE, WELL, YOUR FRAKKING COLECTION IS USELESS AND AFTER YEARS OF LOYALTY, SCREW YOU, YOU GOTTA START ALL OVER AGAIN!

BLAH!!!

My thoughts exactly, Frank. As far as the new stuff goes, Hasbro can go and get.....

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06-22-2007, 07:48 PM

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My thoughts exactly, Frank. As far as the new stuff goes, Hasbro can go and get.....

I dunno how I feel really. I might pick up a Storm Shadow, just to have one....but....I'll stick with my classic stuff

06-22-2007, 09:03 PM

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Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel!

I don't really see this as a "same old, same old" situation though. I mean, it is, but in a different way than the past few years. Yes, Hasbro released multiple new-sculpt versions of Duke, Snake-Eyes, Cobra Commander, etc. ... But this is the first time they've released new-sculpt (new-new-sculpt?) versions of those characters in their classic costumes, which is what I've been wanting since the relaunch.

I've never been one to look forward. I much prefer looking back nostalgically.

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06-23-2007, 08:46 AM	#429
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	Was it here or on the JBL that someone said that GI Joe seems to be going the SW route in that they are moving toward a collector/fan's base as opposed to kiddy oriented (ie; 2002+). In a way, this is a revamp of the original line, which is cool with me. Will the 25thA fit w/ the old stuff? Nope and it's not meant to be. It's another starting point. Just for the record, there was a huge backlash against the 2002 JvC concept. There was hate towards Spy Troops and the new sculpts. There was MAJOR hate towards Valor vs Venom and the weird things Hasbro did. This concept is no different. But I think Hasbro is going forward as far as they can with the 25thA-style figure. We all need to accept that this is how the new breed of figures will look (ie; new characters). IF Hasbro goes comic packs, will it be using the 2002+ sculpts or will they go classic-style? There's something to ponder for y'all. In Hasbro's eyes, they are trying to give the aging collector a BETTER action figure. By going back to the original designs but updating the technology, the 'fans' are getting (in theory) better articulated figures. It's as if they went, "Gee whiz, Duke would be REALLY cool if he had double-knee joints and swivel wrists... And hell, everyone LOVES the symbol of Americana!" snicker

06-23-2007, 10:19 AM	#430
Lava Boss Veteran Offline --> Posts: 3,378 --> Join Date: Apr 2006	The apparent scale change bugs me more than anything. Correctly scaled characters, bigger ones are now actually bigger. But a Flint that towers over the vintage one, and he was never known for being taller than average characters. There's really no good reason for it. (It's obvious from Star Wars that Hasbro can make super-articulated 3 3/4" scale figures) The whole new breed, new seperate collection thing...tiresome. Why not continue something people like? (Isn't that why the con sets are popular?) Why a whole new route? I guess it's more and more clear I'm a 3 3/4" action figure fan, not a real GI JOE fan. I don't like the character enough to get Sigma Six scale, 2.5" scale (which is dead now), etc... Let's remember that a plethora of characters never made it to "new sculpts" and some that did were mere kitbashes of existing parts. How long with 25th run? Long enough to get Barbecue, Deep Six, Dialtone, Mainframe, Iceberg, Techno Viper, Tripwire...? The more collectible A Real American Hero gets the less enjoyable it is. When I was collecting back in the early 1990's, and I thought I was one of a handful of people on Earth over the age of 10 who did,...I never thought "15 years from now it would be awesome if they had GI JOE conventions and exclusive figures that cost more than $15 each and also attendee exclusive. And maybe if they upped the scale of the figures just enough to make them incompatible with what I have hundreds of...that would be GREAT!" Starting to push me away the way Star Wars did when figures became hard to find and/or cost more than they were worth to me. Plus every other year, there was a better "improved" version of the character you paid $5 to $6 for already. Nowdays, it's even worse than that. Anyone bringing up marketing, what the stores will and will not carry... I don't care. Want what I want. Not a lecture by an armchair marketing analysist.