G.I. Joe Classified One-A-Day Beamish-Style Figure Poll - #211 - Wilder Vaughn (Red Shadows)

S.K.A.R. > Red Shadows

Damien said:

You might be able to get me to add a few guys like whatshisfuck up there, but really I have zero interest in the red shadows, black shadows, grey shadows, action guy super team European bullshit.

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I'm still open to more outside-the-US representation on both sides, and beyond the two established groups, like some Oktober Guard and such, which Red Shadows could be a good foil for.

AceofKnaves said:

S.K.A.R. > Red Shadows

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All the above!

Ru1977 said:

I'm still open to more outside-the-US representation on both sides, and beyond the two established groups, like some Oktober Guard and such, which Red Shadows could be a good foil for.

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For me it's not so much that I don't have an interest in non-US characters or ideas, and more that I have zero attachment to things that only appeared in Europe/outside the US when I was forming my attachment to G.I. Joe. I was an adult when I found out Action Force/Shadows/whatever even existed. So those characters and concepts largely just mean nothing to me. As opposed to something like the Oktober Guard, which were actively a part of the Joe mythology in the US.

But like.. I'd buy the SHIT out of Classified versions of all the various 'Corps' characters from Lanard. So it's also not just 'it wasn't in G.I. Joe, so I don't care' as much as it is 'what was I exposed to as a kid?'

Damien said:

For me it's not so much that I don't have an interest in non-US characters or ideas,

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To be clear, I wasn't saying you do, more that it was a selling point.

Damien said:

and more that I have zero attachment to things that only appeared in Europe/outside the US when I was forming my attachment to G.I. Joe. I was an adult when I found out Action Force/Shadows/whatever even existed. So those characters and concepts largely just mean nothing to me. As opposed to something like the Oktober Guard, which were actively a part of the Joe mythology in the US.

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I get that. My Classified collecting is a weird mixture of nostalgia for what I had, what I didn't have, what's neat now, and what feeds into a weird Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty, Sicario amalgam world I have in my head.

Damien said:

But like.. I'd buy the SHIT out of Classified versions of all the various 'Corps' characters from Lanard. So it's also not just 'it wasn't in G.I. Joe, so I don't care' as much as it is 'what was I exposed to as a kid?'

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Again, makes sense. What if the Corps guys turned out to be European?! Heh

Ru1977 said:

Again, makes sense. What if the Corps guys turned out to be European?! Heh

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Ha! I'm sure some are. Actually, my favorite ever Corps guy, for no reason I can figure out, was the one in the turban. So he's, at the very least, definitely not American (not that Americans can't wear turbans.. you know what I mean).

Day 207 - Red Shadow Trooper - (Red Shadows) (4/7/26)

Another Red Shadows character BBWS has sorta done, hopefully Hasbro has a version as well.

They look cool. Would buy.

Yep.

Yeah, dig those Euro weirdos.

I did not realize the Big Bad Workshop stuff was based on actual comic designs.

Y’know, their design is pretty close to Cobra Troopers, and could reuse a lot of their tooling. Again, I’d use these as a whole separate faction, and I’d be willing to get a few.

Elite Viper - Nah
Tomahawk - Not till we get Lift-Ticket. ALso in the comics there was a co-pilot copter guy called "Lighthorse" that I liked better, and thats who I turned my Tomahawk into.
Firefly - maybe
Dusty - Yes, 100%
Kickstart - Huh, I always thought his name was Kickstand. I have remembered that wrong for YEARS! ANyway yeah Id take him.
Cyber Viper - Hell yeah
Movie CC - Nah.
S6 Stone - 10000% One of the best figures in that line.
S6 Cobra Trooper - Nah
S6 Kamakura - Not that version, no.
S6 Scott - LOL, no.
S6 Spirit - Yeah maybe.
S6 Long Range - 10000% yes. That toy was amazing. I LOVE the main version of LR. Give me that toy in a Classified style, Id be DOWN.
S6 Hi-Tech - Yeah for sure
S6 CC - Yeah maybe. It was a cool design. Great toy too.
Wild Weasel - Nah.
Ren Lady Jaye - Probably, but I'd use her as a different character.
Firefly V2 - Nah.
Resolute Baroness - Id buy Resolute everything. So yes.
Shipwreck - Absolutely. Though i agree the Dollar general one is better.
Alley Viper - No.
Duke - Maybe? In Classified style that could be pretty rad. And Im putting a Jungle team together...
SS Officer - Maybe.
Toxo-Viper - Yeah, I'll get at least one, maybe a couple.
Bazooka - I want to say no to Fisherman Bazooka... but I kind of like it? And it would look dope in Classified? So... probably.
Red Face CC - Nah.
Voltar - Yep!
Dojo - Yeah, in for a penny, in for a pound.
Nitro Viper - Nah
Dogfight - For sure!
Colonel Courage - Yeah Probably. IU mean i have every other Joe character at least once, I dont see myself stopping now.
Red Jackal - Nah
Baron Ironblood - Nah
Black Major - Maybe
Red shadow Trooper - Probably not. Look honestly the Red Shadows are cool, but I really don't have the room.

Sure on the Red Shadow trooper, why not.

Day 208 - Red Torches - (Red Shadows) (4/8/26)

A Red Shadows character BBWS has NOT done!

Nah dont need one of those