G.I. Joe Classified One-A-Day Beamish-Style Figure Poll - #181 - Cobra Shock Trooper (Pursuit of Cobra)

docsilence said:
This! I actually think they look good but the... hand feel? Of Vala (and BBWS's soldiers, too) isn't as pleasant to pose or handle as Hasbro's. (I swear it comes from related vs. unregulated for general toy aisle sale stuff.)
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Yeah I was going to say hand feel so I'm glad you did.

I wish I had more of a manufacturing, vocabulary and knowledge. I feel like if I was a gemologist there would be terms for the hardness and qualities that I'm trying to express.
 
Ru1977 said:
Not arguing that AT ALL, but kinda an aside... There was a general in the fifties who set the trend of naming helicopters after tribes because he wanted to honor their bravery and tactical prowess.
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Not to knock the intent, but I know if I ran that by the writer I'd mentioned earlier the first thing she'd say is instead of naming weapons of war after her people maybe put some of that military budget into improving the living conditions of the people they want to honor, but there's a reason she's perpetually angry at this country.
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Yeah I was going to say hand feel so I'm glad you did.

I wish I had more of a manufacturing, vocabulary and knowledge. I feel like if I was a gemologist there would be terms for the hardness and qualities that I'm trying to express.
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Yeah, I feel like, a bad collector in that I just like the more... toyetic lines? Like I objectively can tell how good those other lines are but like for example Monster Force plastic feels almost like clay or porcelain in my hand so it's less... pleasant? To mess with and pose. Or something like a Mafex figures, which is gloriously engineered, feels like bird bones and I'm afraid my muppet hands are going to break them by accident.
 
docsilence said:
Not to knock the intent, but I know if I ran that by the writer I'd mentioned earlier the first thing she'd say is instead of naming weapons of war after her people maybe put some of that military budget into improving the living conditions of the people they want to honor, but there's a reason she's perpetually angry at this country.
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I don't blame her, and completely agree with all of that. I get military minds are always gonna see only certain things, so I get where his heart was at but again, yes, it would be wonderful to take some of that budget and actually honor them properly rather than the way he saw fit.
 
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Tomahawk was clearly a trademark renewal. That card is...

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Ru1977 said:
I don't blame her, and completely agree with all of that. I get military minds are always gonna see only certain things, so I get where his heart was at but again, yes, it would be wonderful too take some of that budget and actually honor them properly rather than the way he saw fit.
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Yeah, and every time I've chatted with her, for ENTIRELY justifiable reasons, she makes me feel like I'm never angry enough and you know I basically live life at an 11 on the rage scale at this world. (It's good to have someone like that around because of the added perspective, though.)
 
POC Beach was pretty great.

Do I want that in Classified? Only if they can find a way to make his artic useful. I'm not a big fan of the character, so you really won't convince me to buy him while unable to utilize his articulation like some other characters I really like. And that vest is huge, and I could see it blocking most torso artic, especially butterflies. I'm open to it, but I'd be surprised if they make it something I feel I need to get.
 
I’m sorry, who? Is he somebody? Talk about obscure… 😁. I’m good on Beachhead, thx. Don’t need a POS, er, POC Beachhead too.
 
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