G.I. Joe Classified Series

I don't want to want that MMS with Hawk... I don't really have space for another giant missile rig but I actually want that Hawk figure... though he'll be getting a new better name from me.

I think I will end up ordering at least three Budo figures and then display him as three unique characters because the different looks are all do good.
 
Yeah see I’ll get multiple Budos, but then I’ll also need even more bodies to put all the extra gear on to have a crazy samurai squad. Same with Slice and Dice and all their stuff. Soooo much martial arts mayhem up in those sets.
 
I went from having passing curiosity about Budo to being like, am I buying two? Just based on the head sculpts alone.
 
AceofKnaves said:
Yeah see I’ll get multiple Budos, but then I’ll also need even more bodies to put all the extra gear on to have a crazy samurai squad. Same with Slice and Dice and all their stuff. Soooo much martial arts mayhem up in those sets.
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Jasis! But.... Yes!
 
Oooh and the oni-mask heads from the Blue Ninjas and Night Force Quick Kick are gonna be interesting with all this samurai and ninja gear as well.
 
Have people seen the Patriot Force Kickstarter?... six inch figures of REAL American heroes - apparently if G.I. Joe is too soft for you, this is the line for you.
On the one hand I am kind of interested in some generic soldier looks to augment G.I. Joe... on the other hand it seems like the guys running it might be the kind of 'Murica worshipping fellas I'd rather avoid. The $32 price tag is pretty reasonable. But the stretch goal for 'insurgents' with several strlereotypical middle eastern looking folks is super cringe for me.
 
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PantherCult said:
But the stretch goal for 'insurgents' with several strlereotypical middle eastern looking folks is super cringe for me.
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Oh, no. That's... no.

I don't hate the idea of a Middle Eastern enemy. They do exist, but that level of commitment to having such a large parts library out the gate of  just ME garb is a little narrow. I don't think it helps to show that they're based on actual contacts either.

But, he named one operator "Robo," so he knows whose favor to curry for good publicity.
 
PantherCult said:
Have people seen the Patriot Force Kickstarter?... six inch figures of REAL American heroes - apparently if G.I. Joe is too soft for you, this is the line for you.
On the one hand I am kind of interested in some generic soldier looks to augment G.I. Joe... on the other hand it seems like the guys running it might be the kind of 'Murica worshipping fellas I'd rather avoid. The $32 price tag is pretty reasonable. But the stretch goal for 'insurgents' with several strlereotypical middle eastern looking folks is super cringe for me.
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When I first saw them at JoeFest a few years ago, the main two figures they had on display (3 3/4") were Donald Trump (in full military gear, like the memes the right seem to love so much) and Dan Crenshaw (who at least did serve, much as I dislike the guy).

So yeah, take that as you will.
 
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I try to avoid knocking small creators and kickstarters cos it's hard to make anything in the world right now, but I was like "how bad can it be" and then I got to the photos of the "brown man mask disguise" they based one of the stretch goals on and was like: not with someone else's money. Plus starting off by sideways shitting on GI Joe breaks the cardinal rule of marketing - don't tell me why the other guy sucks, tell me why I should like you.

At least their whole campaign is up front about it so they're telling people ahead of time whether this line is for them or not. Nobody's getting blindsided a year from now. I'm already meh at best on more realistic military figures, but basing them on actual people was off-putting, and then choosing to focus on insurgents smacks of "here's some toys that let you kill an ethnic group in your imagination!" Which, I mean, even Wild West fantasy has managed to crawl out of the muck of Cowboys and Indians.

jonaskane said:
When I first saw them at JoeFest a few years ago, the main two figures they had on display (3 3/4") were Donald Trump (in full military gear, like the memes the right seem to love so much) and Dan Crenshaw (who at least did serve, much as I dislike the guy).
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Jeeeeesus. Yeah, not with someone else's money. But hey, credit where credit's due, they are definitely telling you who you're buying from up front. I've been bamboozled by a few kickstarters over the years.
 
Checked out the Cold Slither tracks. I would've bought the album even if the music was pedestrian as long as it sounded like what I imagine the 'noks might sound like (and no, I'm not referencing how they sounded on the cartoon), but the music is way too polished and the songs sound like a tribute to them and not by them. The music is OK, I just wish whoever put these together would've gotten more into character from an artistic viewpoint.
 
Eeeew to the max. I mean eew no matter what, but the whole “form of meme” thing is just hilarious and sad. Makes me want to sit down and write a paper about the eroticized worship of a doddering old man in makeup by a bunch of guys who claim to cringe at the idea of two guys kissing.

Methinks the cultists doth protest too much.

Anyway, it would be kinda fun to have a less-“idealized” figure of Tangerine Twitler. Apropos of our Snake-Eyes conversation: the fellow in question would certainly be on the silent ninja’s “naughty list”.
 
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