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

06-23-2007, 11:32 AM	#431
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	Oh yes... The size thing... Uhmmmmm... All I can guess is that Hasbro wants to set the GI Joe franchise FURTHER away from any other proper 3.75" toylines. Be it Star Wars, Corps, whatever. I'll admit tho, it's rather lame that these figures will not work with ANY of the vehicles currently out (THAT is an assumption).

06-23-2007, 01:58 PM

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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.

Well said Lava Boss. One of the best arguments I've heard. It's the change in scale thing that bugs me too. I admit I wasn't very happy with the "old" new sculpt stuff when that first came out, but at least it was still compatible with ARAH figures and vehicles. In time I grew to appreciate them, and consider some of them (Crosshair, Lowlight, Bludd, etc) amongst my all-time favourite figures. The fact that the anniversary stuff just won't work with the huge catalogue of existing Joes really annoys me.
I'm happy to have extra articulation, that's not an issue (although the torso/chest join looks all wrong to me). The "cartoonish" styling of the head sculpts and proportioning is another big no-no. When you are a realism junkie like me, "Sigma 6" type styling immediately kills any enthusiasm I might have had for the new stuff. The fact that the character selection is umpteenth rehash of most of the characters is a bummer, too.
At the end of the day, the cons outweigh the pros, and I won't be investing any of my hard-earned in the anniversary figures. My only hope for the future of GI Joe is that we still see some releases of classic style figures, whether that be through comic packs or some other angle.

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06-29-2007, 05:25 PM	#433
maxtype Veteran Offline --> Posts: 392 --> Join Date: Mar 2007	25ths Almost Here! Yay! My 25th Anniversary Joe & Cobra 5-Packs get here Tuesday! I'm like a kid at Christmas! I know not everybody likes the designs,but I'm absolutely entranced.....I feel like I'm 9 years old at the "birth" of ARAH again......and HISSTANK.com announced 25th Comic Packs are coming!( sorry,I don't know how to set the link,but it's easy to find the thread). Now if we just get vehicles.......

06-29-2007, 06:01 PM	#434
General Scarlett Hell hath no fury.... Offline --> Posts: 7,646 --> Join Date: Dec 2006	Here's a link to the thread (well, one of them dealing with the 25th anyway... ) http://www.hisstank.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594 Or, feel free to click on it from the link under my sig............. __________________ Non illigitamus carborundum~Vos mos non effrego mihi Coming soon: 'JoeSpecialOps'

06-29-2007, 07:06 PM	#435
Jay Still 100% Twitter-free. Offline --> Posts: 2,411 --> Join Date: May 2006	Bleh, those things try and fail to imitate Microman. The proportions are all lanky and weird... Gimme a good old ARAH figure over this stuff any day! __________________ RIP Minouche, 1994-2009.

06-29-2007, 08:21 PM	#436
Self-Modifier Crossover King Emeritus Offline --> Posts: 1,472 --> Join Date: Feb 2005	I'll be eagerly searching for them over the weekend, Maxtype! I can't justify spending the prices online shops charge for shipping, so I'll be checking two TRUs, five targets, and two Wal-Marts in the next couple of days. Hopefully one of them will have something! __________________ is on indefinite hiatus...

06-29-2007, 09:31 PM

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I'll be eagerly searching for them over the weekend, Maxtype! I can't justify spending the prices online shops charge for shipping, so I'll be checking two TRUs, five targets, and two Wal-Marts in the next couple of days. Hopefully one of them will have something!

Good Luck,man!

I got..

06-30-2007, 07:11 AM	#438
Urban Saboteur Legendary Saboteur Offline --> Posts: 2,138 --> Join Date: Apr 2007	I got.. I got a dude out in Chi-Town looking for me.. he's picking up a full set for him and a set for me.. I can't wait to get his email to tell me he's picked up some 25th Anniversary Joes. One thing I'd like to add to Maxtype's post. I do like the ARAH and old style construction. However looking at the articulation on the new style figures they offer alot better posing, some of the stances and pictures i've seen are flawless.. I too am looking so forward to the 25th Anniversary celebrations. I wonder when we'll see dio pictures posted at Joe Dios with 25th Anniversary figs? Rich __________________ My Sites Eternity Toys Superiorville Toy blog Urban Saboteur Stories Social Sites & Communities Facebook Flickr Tweet Me

06-30-2007, 11:26 AM	#439
Blowtorch Banned Offline --> Posts: 962 --> Join Date: Nov 2005	I don't know how much of this post you read, but the last one stated that these were fake. Also $4.88 anytime something from Wal-Mart has 88 at the end usually means it's a clearenced item. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't see these going on clearence that fast.

06-30-2007, 01:17 PM	#440
bravo Veteran Offline --> Posts: 942 --> Join Date: Feb 2006	Blowtorch]I don't know how much of this post you read, but the last one stated that these were fake. Also $4.88 anytime something from Wal-Mart has 88 at the end usually means it's a clearenced item. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't see these going on clearence that fast.[/QUOTE] they are in the system's new store in milford CT. has them. they ring out as 4.88, its a roll back item, not Clarence, any new item that wal-mart has always comes that way first. i know i worked for the company for 8 years now. its the same every were.