G.I. Joe Classified Series: The Chatty Pointless Thread & Performance Art

Spongyblue said:
Thats above S Tier as a Western. Whats above S, Alpha? Cosmic? Let's go with that. Tombstone is a Cosmic Tier Western.
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Tombstone is easily the best Western of all time and is, indeed, the Western that convinced me that Westerns as a genre were more than just Marion Morrison acting like a swaggering jackass.
 
I’ve never seen Tombstone, but maybe I should correct that. Would you guys recommend the original version or the directors cut?
 
I haven't seen the directors cut, it adds just a few quick scenes I believe. If anything I say watch the theatrical cut, and then 10 minutes later after you wipe away your man tears, watch the directors cut.

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It remains absolutely insane to me how, in a line that absolutely crushes it with weird, complicated, highly detailed characters... they just keep making amazing figures out of green army men. Just got Zap and he's straight class. No frills, but clean lines, wonderful head sculpt, lots of personality... Like every O13 figure is a knockout. We're just missing Grand Slam and Flash, right? I hope if we get them they don't go too Tripwire-y and give them bulky, realistic gear - I love their old catcher's equipment nonsense but having it more like the textured effect they did with Crazylegs. (Also they gotta be around the corner, right? And with parts reuse they'll just do 'em one after the other.)

By way of funny timing... if Zap goes on discount I might buy an extra to doctor up to turn into Braden Lawson from Maul: Shadow Lord. The hair and mustache are damned near close enough to stand in for him in a pinch.
 
They promised to finish the O13 on the latest stream. I'm just really curious how they do them. A set of the same figure with different paint and heads, like the target divers? Do one as a single release, then the other as a repaint with a new head later on? Really Classified it up and make them true to the original line but more distinct from each other with new sculpts?
 
Ru1977 said:
They promised to finish the O13 on the latest stream. I'm just really curious how they do them. A set of the same figure with different paint and heads, like the target divers? Do one as a single release, then the other as a repaint with a new head later on? Really Classified it up and make them true to the original line but more distinct from each other with new sculpts?
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Okay, in my heart I want them to get their own individual releases. BUT if they do a removable overlay: ship with two unique head sculpts (despite a lot of parts reuse I cannot criticize Classified AT ALL for slacking off on head sculpts). Give them the same base body. And include swappable red and silver chest protectors, Flash's laser rifle, power pack, and cable; a helmet with a visor (a la Hawk's helmet); and then a generic sidearm, the classic GI Joe rifle Zap etc. comes with, and maybe a knife. Grand Slam IIRC did not even come with a gun in the old days, they came with and they came with the same helmet, and of course Grand Slam was released with the same red chest protector as Zap in v1 and just a color swap to silver in v2.

Aside from Flash's rifle and pack, neither came with distinct enough gear you couldn't ship them in one box.
 
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