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

[canprime]

Pulse shipped my Ninja Force Zartan! Yay!

They used DHL. Boo!

Same here, but coming to Canada it is being shipped by FedEx so should be all good.

 

[Chooch555]

I think all my shipments from them have been FedEx lately, but they were all 2-packs or bigger.

 

[NORM]

My Pulse deliveries are half and half DHL and FedEx. I think the boxes with more value go FedEx, single items go DHL, usually taking 2-3 days longer.

 

[canprime]

Oh and just got an email from Walmat.ca that my 250th Duke is delayed. Hopefully not an issue that results in cancellation like seems a regular issue for you guys in the US. Walmart Canada has been pretty good in recent years with fulfilling preorders/orders so this is unusual. I'm hoping it is just a delay and nothing worse.

 

[Chooch555]

My Pulse deliveries are half and half DHL and FedEx. I think the boxes with more value go FedEx, single items go DHL, usually taking 2-3 days longer.

Makes sense, I just hadn't had a smaller delivery in awhile I guess. I've been spoiled.

 

[Ru1977]

I want that Ninja Force Scarlet 2 pack. Why does this shit sell out so fast? I wanted Zartan too but he sold out like, almost immediately too. Just makes me not wanna even bother with Ninja Force, since I can't even order them.

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I got a Zartan with store pick up, and a day later, my preorder got delivered. I still need to return one of them.

I think you two have something to discuss...

 

[docsilence]

This goddamned action figure line...

Zartan has always been a favorite but I never liked the original Ninja force version of him. I KNEW Classified would make him cool though so I picked one up and... this is just a fucking amazing figure. I can HEAR Zartan putting on a harsh Johnny Rotten accent - what a great face sculpt. so much fuckin' attitude. His kit is fantastic too. And the thing that happens to me in almost every line - he's not my favorite look but he's got the best, smoothest joints compared to other versions of Zartan so he's now my new favorite. I'm calling him Zartan not as a ninja but as an undercover alter-ego on an assassination mission.

I kind of wonder if he's got the best, smoothest joints and articulation because he arrived while I was on vacation and he basically spent five days basting in 80-degree heat in our package-delivery box on the side of the house.

I'm shocked how much I love this figure. He's immediately posing with his daughter looking like a hot mess in the best way possible...

 

[Damien]

I'm calling him Zartan not as a ninja but as an undercover alter-ego on an assassination mission.

Despite him being Ninja Force branded and having ostensibly 'ninja' weapons... I actually NEVER thought of this Zartan as a ninja character as a kid. He was just some punk rock weirdo tough guy to me. Zartan if he got into a fight right as he was coming out of the club.

 

[AceofKnaves]

Yeah a fair amount of Ninja Force was just “people who have been involved in ninja soap opera shit”.
Although Zartan’s canonical skillset definitely falls into “ninja” territory. And actually: go in stealthily/in disguise, accomplish mission and escape without discovery is a waaaaaaay more “actual ninja” thing to do than getting in sweet sword duels.

 

[Ru1977]

Zartan had some great moments in the comic,.but my favorite is when he fell in love with making swords while tryng to get close enough to thr Arashikage clan to kill Snake Eyes for CC.