Previous Thread >>10405724LATEST INTEL:•CLASSIFIED SERIES>HasLab H.I.S.S. Tank fully funded! All 4 tiers unlocked including- missile racks, retro canopy and tread skirts, weapon accessories and H.I.S.S. Gunner figure, Retro styled Cobra Commander figure, and early bird bonus H.I.S.S. Tactician figure>https://hasbropulse.com/products/g-i-joe-classified-series-cobra-h-i-s-s>Now Shipping:>Crimson B.A.T.>Outback>Cover Girl>Falcon>Serpentor w/ Air Chariot (Pulse)>Dr. Mindbender Deluxe Set (Pulse)>Tiger Force Bazooka (Target/Pulse)>Tiger Force Recondo (Target/Pulse)>Python Patrol Officer (Target/Pulse)>Zarana>Dusty>Crimson Guard>Retro Destro (Walmart)>Retro Gung Ho (Walmart)>Sgt. Slaughter (Fan Channel)>Pipeline Reveals - Quick Kick, Big Boa, Mutt & Junkyard, Agent Helix, Shadow Tracker, Chuckles, Hawk, Tripwire, Snow Serpent, Buzzer, Range Viper, Grunt, Snow Job, Ripper>Render Reveals -Tunnel Rat, Firefly, Lowlight, ShadowTracker, TeleViper w/ Trubble Bubble, Steel Corps Trooper 2-pack, Scrap Iron with Drone, Snow Job, Big Ben, Female Cobra Trooper 2-pack, CopperHead, Torpedo, Rock “N” Roll, Shipwreck-Preorders:>Big Ben Nightforce (Walmart)>RangeViper (Walmart)>Copperhead>Bazooka>Torpedo>Shipwreck>Rock N Roll>Scrap Iron>Cobra Valkyrie 2-pack (Pulse)>Snow Job (Pulse)>Retro Snake Eyes (Walmart/Pulse)>Retro Crimson Guard (Walmart/Pulse)>Marauders BBQ•OTHER>Mezco Storm Shadow available for pre-order>Hiya Toys: Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Cobra Commander, Beach Head 4” figures revealed------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>Free Episodes of G.I. Joe ARAH:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXV9Mb7egjH0ccOkdYG-SWdLNFuYpBmF>Free Episodes of Renegades and Sigma 6:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnFUEcs3dTmsoPRBY4b7tA/featured>G.I. Joe Spy Troops (PAL version, ripped and edited by a very kind Aussie Anon/Spy Troops anon):
>>10438042Another teaser update for the next Classified HasLab.
>>10438043Really? Another Haslab after the Hell Charger and Rancor failure? Mighty kek
>>10438046Are you unaware that the HISS Tank sold like gangbusters?
>>10438049No, you don't understand, it was a fluke. there aren't that many Joe fans, there are a handful of figures that are easy to get so there is no sales, ignore the fact that the line is continuing at all, ignore that they are planning several out.No it will never happen and the many many times haslabs have succeeded are trivial to the few failures.
>>10438049There was a hiss tank Haslab?
>>10438069Yes. Is this your first time in a Joe thread within the last year?>https://hasbropulse.com/products/g-i-joe-classified-series-cobra-h-i-s-s
>>10438046As other series flop, only successful series will remain.
I thought HISSTank launched after the Rancor anyway. Or maybe it was right around the same time.
>>10437342Where the fook is Snake Eyes?
>>10438129Knowing how most generals, the resident troll is here just because he thinks 4chins is supposed to be just people being cunts. The guy who gets autistic for poses that aren't the A pose, gratefully isn't here.
>>10438135Hiya recently said Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are getting ready to ship. Does anyone even know where to order them from? Only place I found that had them listed marked them up to like $35 which was lame. I wonder why BBTS didn't get them.
>>10438042Cobra Viper 3 pack update.Called Hasbro, complained loudly about the factory fuck-up three pack I got at Gamestop. Sent them photos of the fucked up Viper figure and the rep agreed to mail me a replacement without forcing me to send back the entire set. New set arrived today. White Viper wasn't a frankenstein freakshow with black arms. However, in a bit of irony, the replacement set I got had two sniper rifles and only one of the sci-fi guns! Not going to complain about that mix up since I prefer real guns over the sci-fi stuff!
How come no one is talking about the fact that that Mezco Destro finally came out? Was he that shit, or did everyone just give up on thinking he was ever coming out?
Anyone know what gloved hands are compatible for the Joe figures in the Classified? The Joe figures seem to have hands with short connector numbs but the Cobra figures have longer slender nobs that aren't compatible with the Joe arms. And vice versa. Want to give Dusty and Bazooka gloved hands but can't find any gloved hands from my Cobra figures that fit their ports.
>>10438145Cool that they added the tattoo, probably not a cheap print either, and that looks well done, assuming that's production. And with Beachhead on the horizon, I wonder if I should get into the line. So far 4/4 masked characters. I wonder if they want to make sure whatever face printing they use is nailed down. It's also really good to see double jointed arms on regular sized 4" figures.
>>10438042From the thumbnail I thought we were getting dinosaur troopers, like maybe a raptor of gallimimus or something
>>10438193I got him and think hes great. I just think he might be a hard sell for a lot of people with how similar he looks to the classified one.
It is a mask, right?
>>10438223Kek now I can't unsee that. I suppose you could make that using Hammond Collection figures.
What is everyone’s thoughts on custom JOE vehicles?
Classified Series Lunartix Empire figures in 2027.
YO JOES
>>10438414Like from Snailiens?
>>10438427No, Hasbro just copied the homework for the name.
>>10438403What do you mean by custom?
>>10438448Custom as in someone else designed and made them. I don’t get what’s so difficult to comprehend there.
>>10438463No reason to be an ass, I just didn’t know what the word meant. But now that you’ve explained, I only buy official Joes made by Hasbro
Amazon has this plasma drill from the shitty Buzz Lightyear movie toyline on sale for $7. It fits Classified figures. Been seeing other people repainting it to use for both Joe's and Cobra weapons so I grabbed one to do the same.
>>10438403>>10438463Have any examples? Perhaps not from a certain recent YouTube video?
>>10438468Don't use laser weapons.
Who members?
>>10438479Holy shit, I had this. This is what got me into GI Joes. This little sub had more soul in it than anything else. It was the epitome of the toyline, something that every vehicle afterwards tried to aspire to be, but none could even come close. Even my parents would play with it sometimes. It brought my family closer together. I owe everything to this little sub. May you venture the seas forever, little Sea Wolf.
>>10438145Nostalgia fags ruined Classified
>>10438541So how much damage did Snake Eyes's movie do?
>>10438563I think it might be a few years before we fully understand what a setback that movie was to the IP. It was supposed to get a fresh batch of kids into the IP like Spy Troops, Sigma 6, and the movies did before it, but it was so devoid of any of what makes the GI Joe IP special that it's had even less of a cultural footprint than Sgt. Savage or G.I. Joe Extreme. Not making the main line 1/18 scale was a huge mistake, but so was the movie itself, so it's just as well that they don't fit with an established line.I've ranted about why the movie was trash enough in these threads. Suffice to say, Hasbro put all their chips on a lame horse and now GI Joe is pretty much an adult collector line only except for the GI Joe dads who have kids. I'm sure in a few years Hasbro will try again but they will likely have less creative control over it since they are getting out of the movie business. And a fat lot of good that creative control did them when they sabotaged their own movie as bad as any third party studio hack could.
>>10438645What was so bad about it exactly? I thought it was okay at best. But I don’t understand the hatred it gets.
>>10438046>failureBoth GI Joe Haslabs were overwhelming success, achieving all stretch goals except one.
>>10438667What was the other GI Joe Haslab besides the hiss tank?
>>10438649I'll just copypasta what I said in the last /tv/ thread about that movie:>The minute they decided all ninjas have to be Asian because of race politics the movie was fucked. They changed and simplified parts of his backstory in Rise of Cobra but he was still ostensibly the same character he'd always been.>Snake Eyes is a white outsider who was brought into the clan by Tommy / Storm Shadow. That is an essential part of his backstory. He was also in the US military before he wore the all black getup, and in the Snake Eyes movie he is never shown to be in the military at all. In the comics it's explained that his face is kinda fucked up from the helicopter crash, and he has damaged vocal chords, which Rise of Cobra never addressed, given that the GIJOSE changed or left out everything else about his backstory, it's a complete different character. Lastly, the real Snake Eyes is not driven by revenge or vengeance. He's driven by loyalty and duty, and he still sees Storm Shadow as his brother even though they are enemies. He doesn't even wear the costume until the very end of GIJOSE, and he never loses his ability to speak because "we can't silence Asians" or some dumb bullshit.>Ray Park was an absolute pro about being Snake Eyes. He was already a fan of the IP from childhood and he understood that the role was bigger than himself. He never demanded a one-liner or a mask off scene. He did all his acting with his body and it worked. Henry Golding sees himself as bigger than the role and above it, and he would not have taken the role if he had to spend a significant amount of time in a mask or if his character had to stop speaking, because they were hoping GIJOSE would serve as a reboot for a GI Joe Cinematic Universe and they knew he wouldn't come back if he had to wear a mask and couldn't talk, and they wanted this "huge star's" face on a poster. This was a Henry Golding movie, not a Snake Eyes movie, and nobody showed up to watch a Henry Golding movie.
>>104386701/18 skystriker
>>10438687>1/18oh that’s why I didn’t know about it then
If you're willing to spend the money, Mezco Destro is THe Destro. My first Mezco and he's much more impressive in person than in photos. Zero complaints, and I love how easily his joints articulate and how easily yet snug you can swap out pieces.
>>10438691Super7 will be better.
>>10438702It's around half the price and at least 4 times as bad. And Mezco is usually trash so what does that tell you.
>>10438691yeah, i pretty much stopped giving a shit about Hasbro's Classified line once Mezco announced they had the license. Wasn't even really collecting the Classified line though, as i have like 5 figures and most of those were gifted to me.One:12 is my go to for 1:12 figures, even for Marvel and DC. Been hooked to the line ever since their very first Dark Knight Returns Batman. Better than Hasbro's lines and even stuff from Mafex and Figma.My Destro is sitting in my pile of loot at BBTS and I'm mulling over what i should buy to go with him, as it's convention season and i can find better deals at the showrooms.
>>10438182well bully for you! you got your way! I swear to christ, you should have fucking shut up and kept the arm guards on the Viper instead of bullying a Hasbro executive into sending you a free $90 toy.
>>10438681ROC actually established that SE wasn't mute, but had taken a vow of silence after Storm Shadow killed his uncle to protect him from being hunted down by his family's ninja clan.
>>10438691>>10438708Yes, I love their dwarf proportions. So amazing.
>>10438691zero complaints? really? have you put his forearm gauntlet on?
>>10438713Yeah, it was not perfect but it still kept the aspect of Snake not being able to speak. And as we saw in the Snake Eyes movie, it could be a lot worse than that.
>>10438042
>>10438479>>10438492Is this a shitpost or something?
>>10438866Wholesome six inch kino goodness? :o
I finally started accumulating parts to build a custom classified-scale Mr. T / B.A. Baracus, and I'm basically following what Kobocop for his. AEW Ortiz body with WWE Legends Mr. T parts. I couldn't find the same bracelets he used at a price I was comfortable with but I did find some that I think will accomplish basically the same thing. Picrel is his, not mine, although if I do it right mine will be similar. I might paint his shoes up as chucks instead of black-tipped white sneakers.I (briefly) considered looking into trying to swap his arms with some Roadblock ones and going bare-armed but honestly, the red softgoods shirt is really the brilliant part that makes this work, and I don't want to tread too far into uncharted territory.I gotta say, Jazzwares is someone to pay attention to in the action figure scene. I've never bought a thing from them before and I'm not even into wrestling, but I would love to see a military / action hero line from them someday. I will have to shave down some plastic to get a bit more range on the arms but it'll be covered up by the red shirt, so I'm not worried. I'm also working on Classified customs of Rambo and John Matrix and I'm excited to see how they turn out.
>>10438866>he didn’t get to experience the Sea Wolf in all its glory
>>10438895As a super casual wrestler figure fan I can say rhat the bodies they use are magic. Like that Mr t you used, I can ball him up and throw it at a wall and it's fine. Check out jazzwares fortnite stuff, it's good.
>>10438042That mask is really dumb.
>>10438942No it’s not.
>>10438945Yes it is. Why is the middle just randomly a smooth material and different color? Why is there a small patch of texture on the chin? It looks really really bad.
>>10438949It's to imply that it's a mesh material that he can breathe through. The Classified Series Beach Head has the same thing and so does Valaverse Blowback (I own both).
>>>10438145 stores charging mark upyeah, Hiya lists it at $19.99, but not a single store I've found is selling it at that price.
>>10438949You’re a literal retard who clearly has never seen tactical stuff
>>10438691I was surprised how much I like him. I don't normally think mezco stuff looks great but with this figure the weird proportions are cancelled out by the design and fact he's supposed to be sort of huge and imposing. Not sure I will pick any more up though because the rest look much worse.>>10438763The gauntlet missiles are definitely my big complaint, no idea why its so easy to pop off. Not that easy to fix either, the peg is just too short for it to get a good grip even after thickening it. My other complaint is the gun holster; the straps feel really fragile for something you're supposed to be swapping the holsters on and I can see it breaking very easily if you do it a few too many times. Probably should have been secured to the leg but they wanted it to be removable.
>>10438472Nigro, the HAL Heavy Artillery Laser was in the line during the first year.
Wow it's been awhile since a reveal huh?
>>10439256Classified had some within a month, Hiya had one yesterday. Unless you mean Mezco or Super7, then we've gotten news.
>>10438949I have a halfmask with the same thing I use for work in the winter. The middle part is thinner mesh to make it easier to breath, the thicker chin padding is to make it more comfortable to wear and talk in. That's the part that will also see the most wear and tear so it's thicker so it doesn't rip apart as fast. These are all basic, real life concepts used on a modern balaclava mask, which works just fine for Beachhead.
>>10438472You know you're allowed to mod it however you like, right? I've seen people adding tank and machine guns to it as well as missile pods.
>>10439038>>10438145Because they're imported. Hasbro put a block on Hiya being able to sell them in North America through retailers in the contract. So you pay the import price or you don't get the figures
>>10439327Well hopefully they change that. It's not like Hasbro is producing modern 4" Joe's to compete with them. I found a place selling them for $25 so I just placed an order for Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.
What’s everyone’s favorite GI Joe vehicle?
>>10439719Joes: the SnowcatCobra: Imp
>>10439719Hydrofoil
>>10439083>>10439282It looks like shit. Cope.
>>10439731Rattler, I will get a legit one of my own one dayNight viper And idk, sky hawk. No, what did cross country drive? That thing was cool but I never had one so I played with my buddy's.
>>10439907It looked fine on the Classified figure but the grey Hiya went with looks odd. Ain't nothing that a little paint can't fix though.
>>10439719This guy
>>10439327>Because they're imported.Hiya is Chinese though, and should have local distributors in various countries.If you look at the non-US/English pages on places like Robot Kingdom and other foreign sites that sell the figures, they're still marked up over their MSRP.This makes me believe that Hiya doesn't have localized distribution in other countries and Hiya doesn't have euro/asian distributors, which would account for euro/asian stores needing to pay extra from a non-local distributor.In other words, wat?
>>10439931It looks fine to me. Stop your bitching.
>>10440057How am I bitching? I'm not even the guy that originally said it looks dumb. I don't like the particular color and have an easy way to fix it. That's not bitching at all.
>>10439719If I had to pick one, it'd be the R.H.I.N.O. I know it's not a vintage vehicle, but it pretty much ticks all the boxes for what I'm looking for in a vehicle. It's large, but not overwhelmingly so, it requires a multi-figure crew, has troop carrying capacity, has a decent load out and it's gimmick is actually a lot of fun and doesn't really ruin the toy. I have the blue RoC version and subsequently built a squad of all the blue camo/reactive armor RoC figures I collected to man it. Still need to get me one more figure to work the com station, but otherwise it's fully crewed. Rolling Thunder would be up on the list, but there's too many little things about it I wasn't too fond of. Open seat turrets, it's unwieldy size, and most of all the fact that it was an ICBM Clusterbomb mobile launch vehicle used...by G.I. Joe. That kind of firepower always seemed a bit too indiscriminate for the "good guys" to use in my head, and with all the turrets and missiles, I always felt it would've been better off as a Cobra vehicle. >>10439931The colors on the Hiya one make it look weird. The Classified one works better because while it does have different colors, they're all similar shades of military greens so it's less jarring.
>>10438895The bottom half of Classified Mr. T is done.
>>10440057Just for that I'm going to share everywhere my issues with it.
>>10441929Do it in a spare tfg thread or that other bullshit thread. I believe you've exhausted the issue here.
Headman when
Give your Snake Eyes a sick coat, he deserves it.
>>10442707That would just cause drag.
>>10442727Well it wouldn't be the first time Snake Eyes was in drag.
>>10441602Also started on Rambo.
>>10443140>puts a shirtless torso on legsSTARTED ON RAMBO
>>10443144I had to remove a tattoo off of a Gung Ho torso, strip a bunch of paint off of an Aquaman bandolier, attach a quiver to it, cook Stalker's legs, Gung Ho's crotch cover, and a gray knife sheath in black dye, seal them in varnish, and paint Gung Ho's crotch structure black. There is a lot more work going on here than might be apparent initially.
>>10443140don't you have a blog to go to
>>10443162no. I just like talking about my toys.
>>>10442956 having colorful clothes and long hair is dressing liek a femalelol, what a zoomer
>>10443152Wow anon sounds like you put a lot of effort in. Cool for you. What youve shown, looks like youre making good progress, keep it up!
>>10442679That could be slick, but I'd rather get eco warriors first. Of course I'm still patiently waiting for psyche out and dee jay. Just make em in a haslab or something hasbro!
>>10442727Sure, but style. >>10442956Oh, well done.
>>10443549>>10443552That's pretty kickass.
BBTS is having a one day sale on Classified B.A.T.s for $19.99.
>>10443925Still too expensive.
>>10443925Please. No more BATs. I still have one u opened BAT and Alley Vuper because I accidentally army built them. That's how I learned I have an impulse control problem. Every time I saw them restocked at Walmart I'd buy all of them. Now I have 8 of each when I only meant to get 1.
>>10443925on sale for retail. Never change BBTS
>>10443951Yea, I limited myself to on 2 Crimson BATs, probably the same with Arctic one. Saving room for Overkill and Neon BATS.
>>10444063That's not retail anymore. Cry to Hasbro.
>>10438691You ready for tomorrow, anon?
>>10444443wow, a preorder? how exciting.Almost as exciting as waiting 4 years for the toy to be released.
>>10443359>Implying Boy George wasn't a drag queen. Get out of here junior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xil7JV36--k>>10443951I ended up with three bats, and will get a fourth with the Arctic one. If they do straight repaints like the Crimson BAT I can ignore em. But once they throw in new heads/accessories/parts, I'm not left with much of a choice in the matter.
>>10444443If I wanted a big headed doll I'd grab a MEGO. Even those are better proportioned.
>>10443140>>10443368Thanks. Today I was able to carve off the wristbands and sculpt on some scars. Might be a while before I can post another update because I'm still waiting on the head sculpt and the rest of his accessories to arrive.
>>10443925I'm not an army builder, just need one of each. Besides, most of my stuff is still sealed sadly. Guess I'll open crimson bat after work if the mood at home is ok. Still bummed I had to pass xamot and stalker when they went cheap, got Redondo though and I doubt I would have ever bought him otherwise
>>10438691Why is he barrel-shaped?
>>10445190Have you seen Scotsmen?
>>10444457>wearing loose and baggy men's clothing is dragso you're a mormon zoomerMen were wearing colorful shit back then and make up was also a thing in 70s and 80s bands.
>>10438691>>10445190>>10445229
>>10445244He was dressed like a woman. It's okay, Pyramid of Darkness was shit anyway. Poor Timber had to dress like a rat.
