Reading Scarletts post about the new figure poll, I wondered that because it's on Quizilla, are there collectors voting on that or mainly just 40 somethings reminscing and being nostalgic? The reason I wondered is because even though Big Lob is a figure I could TOTALLY do without, I couldn't believe more people would want a Pythona firgue than Big Lob. (Hey, big lob is as bad as Bazooka as far as uniforms go and a very unrealistic character, but I never thought someone would want to bring back even the hint of that trash HAsbro came out with for Cobra-La!) Anyway, Let's start a poll...no voting, just write in your answers;

1.) Top Characters (in order) you would like to see made into figures? (10 Max!)



2.) With the GI Joe movie, would you rather they go with a Comic book style theme, or Cartoon Series theme?


3.) Which do you draw from more in YOUR JoeVerse? The comic or the Cartoon?

Ok, I'll go first;


1.) Top Characters (in order) you would like to see made into figures? (10 Max!)

1 Wraith
2 MayDay
3 Alexander Destro
4 Lady Armada
5 Dr. Venom
6 - 8 Red Shadows (I forget their names, the 3 leaders)
9 Red Shadows troopers
10 Billy (Cobra Commanders Son)



2.) With the GI Joe movie, would you rather they go with a Comic book style theme, or Cartoon Series theme?

Comic!



3.) Which do you draw from more in YOUR JoeVerse? The comic or the Cartoon?

Comic!

Kinda difficult, especially putting them in order...!

1) Firewall
2) Mayday
3) Zanya
4) General Rey
5) Alexander McCullen
6) Mistress Armada
7) Vanguard (would like ALL of the Plague but he's the hardest to customise)
8) Machete
9) Lt. Stone
10) Death Metal (I like his look, he'd be a great addition to the Dreadnoks...)

There's loads who didn't quite make it (Mariner, Dr. Knox, Heartwrencher...) not to mention the characters in desperate need of a DDP-style update (Zandar, Jinx...)!

Of course, if they made any of them and they were in 25th style & scale, I'd be really conflicted over whether or not to bother getting them...

As to influences, it's comic all the way. I would have said I'd use the cartoon for some characterisation inspiration but since DDP started doing that I can just carry on saying comic!

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Iron Grenadier;
Lt. Falcon;
Oktober Guard members;


Comic Book defenily


Cartoon

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I. Top characters I want in figure form:

(these are more or less in my preferred order)

1. Pythona
2. Dr. Venom
3. Lt. Stone (the Sigma Six character in 3-3/4" scale)
4. Professor Appel
5. Summertime Kwinn
6. Mayday
7. Armada
8. Alexander Destro
9. Cadet Deming (Crimson Guard trainee from the cartoon)
10. Billy (I do not like Billy, but for the sake of completion, I want one)


II. Movie influence:

It should have its roots in the more realistic world of the comic.


III. What influences my Joe world:

Both the show and the comics. The comics are what I use for the primary storyline, and for the characterizations after 1986. However, for the 1982-86 characters, I try to characterize most of them as they appeared on the TV show. I'm sorry, with all due apologies to Larry Hama, but as much as I love the comic book storyline, I found all the good guys pretty much interchangeable. They all spouted the same military jargon, and they all pretty much had the same "voice". If I read you a random line from the comic and asked if it was said by Duke, Stalker, or Flint (for example), I bet you'd have no idea. The show, however, gave most everyone their own distinct characterization and voice.

(oh, and as you can tell from my answers above, I do, in fact, want a Pythona figure more than Big Lob! More than pretty much anyone, in fact!)

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is on indefinite hiatus...

Okay, here goes:

1. Most wanted figures:

1. Captain Minh
2. Dr Venom
3. Kwinn in his proper shirt and shorts outfit
4. Daina in her regular gear (from the Marvel comics)
5. Cool Breeze
6. Prof Appel
7. Almost forgot - Captain Bulgakov

2. The Movie? Couldn't care less.

3. My Joeverse influence? Definitely the Marvel comics, ignoring the ninja-heavy bits.

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1.) Top Characters (in order) you would like to see made into figures? (10 Max!)

1) Dr. Venom
2) Kwinn in shorts gear
3) Professor Appel
4) Billy


2.) With the GI Joe movie, would you rather they go with a Comic book style theme, or Cartoon Series theme?

Not really interested.... I'd rather have a place to get the toons on DVD for a reasonable price (legally).


3.) Which do you draw from more in YOUR JoeVerse? The comic or the Cartoon?

Possibly, the comic a little more, but both influence my thoughts. I try to come up with my own material rather than only reliving the continuity of others. And characters killed in the comic does not influence me at all. I could have a major character get bumped off (or dismembered) in one episode, and then perfectly fine with a reboot the next day. Sometimes retaining those child-like thoughts help me keep perspective as an aging man who collects and plays with toys...

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and all the fellas are healed for tomorrow...This also helps when I only have one of a troopbuilder....

I couldn't agree more Yorky. I base my Joeverse on the comic continuity, but I am by no means limited by it. If I want something to be different in my Joeverse, then it is!

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"The future's uncertain and the end is always near." - The Doors "Roadhouse Blues".