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

Damien said:
I pulled that off and tossed his back scabbard nonsense immediately.
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Oh yes. It was only just yesterday when I was putting him with Scarlett for that glorious '90sness that I decided to try it back on. Nope.

I don't even know what way the back piece is supposed to go. It is incapable of sitting flush or even looking correctly centered.
 
Apropos of nothing, with Airtight arriving yesterday I've come to realize I have two DISTINCT set of favorite Joes, like I've got two personalities to my collection:

One is the bare bones but not very realistic type of characters like the Original 13. The more modern warfare realistic they get the less I like them, but I deeply adore "green army man" guys like Zap or Stalker. Guys who match that vibe - "army man" but not something you'd see on the news, like Beachhead or Flint - also fall into this category. I think the vibe is "watched war movies with grampa but never even saw a commercial for Call of Duty" army guys.

But my other favorite category is absolutely "snipers would love you." Airtight, Sci-Fi, Wetsuit, Mainframe, Scoop, Crazylegs, Lightfoot...Spearhead with his BRIGHT ORANGE CAMO??? Guys who look like they could pull double duty in a sci-fi military toy line. Just too bright, zero camo, could be used to target a bomb from the air type costumes.

I'm a little bummed Clutch 2.0 is just a repaint - I was hoping they'd Breaker him since their first attempt at Breaker felt like a real-life veteran but the retro Breaker looks like a cartoon army man. I was hoping we'd get "guy in short sleeved shirt with a boring helmet" Clutch next.
 
docsilence said:
I deeply adore "green army man" guys like Zap or Stalker. Guys who match that vibe - "army man" but not something you'd see on the news, like Beachhead or Flint - also fall into this category.
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YES! You describe it perfectly.

And that even vibes for me with that new Duke and even some configurations of the Legacy Special Forces guy.
 
AceofKnaves said:
YES! You describe it perfectly.

And that even vibes for me with that new Duke and even some configurations of the Legacy Special Forces guy.
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Y'know, new Duke DOES do that. I actually find New Duke closer to the green army man thing I like than his OG look, though his OG look is so retro and dated that he works for me as well just fine and always has.
Damien said:
Spearhead is ORANGE?
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He's like, coffee milk with orange splashes. He's fuckin' hideous and he's a top three favorite character.
 
docsilence said:
He's like, coffee milk with orange splashes. He's fuckin' hideous and he's a top three favorite character.
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It's so funny because, again being colorblind, as a kid I viewed Spearhead as one of the 'normal army man-looking' guys on the team.
But yeah, whatever terrible colors he may be, that's what I want in Classified.
 
Damien said:
I can't believe how nuts they went with making Overkill so much bigger than a regular Joe. It's fantastic. Can't wait to get him.
Based on everything I've heard, I feel like I'm going to end up gluing his mask on, though. His ARAH look is way more important to me than the fantastic face sculpt beneath. I'll feel bad doing it, but the reality is that's how I want to display him anyway.
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Yeah, Overkill is huge and imposing. Feels deluxe to me with the increased size, unique sculpt work that probably can’t be reused, and especially that chest-mounted cannon. And the alternate hands and giant laser cannon.

I used poster gum to keep the faceplate on, so there are non-permanent options. But I still ordered a second figure—he’s just so good. But I am with you—the faceplate-on look makes him Overkill to me. I prefer the full robot look even if the unmasked face looks fantastic, too.


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All the Overkill talk had me back at EB yesterday afternoon, in fact. Just to check. Still nothin'. Jerks.
 
Ru1977 said:
When are they gonna do a Night Force Lady Jaye damnit? I'd even take a Retaliation Lady Jaye with no Palicki likeness.
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I know arctic Lady Jaye is coming up, but FFS we really need ANY other version of her. That first body is hot garbage and she deserves a re-do. I'd take any of her other looks just to have a version of her that isn't on a buck with fucked up arms and hips.
 
docsilence said:
I know arctic Lady Jaye is coming up, but FFS we really need ANY other version of her. That first body is hot garbage and she deserves a re-do. I'd take any of her other looks just to have a version of her that isn't on a buck with fucked up arms and hips.
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Where I'm at with this is... actually what should Lady Jaye even look like? Night Force makes sense to me because, in my mind, she is about infiltration etc. Retaliation made her very tactical, and I think she was one of the better characters in those movies, but you could have named that character something else and no one would have said "Hey, wait, that's Lady Jaye!" Well, I guess the disguisy bits early on where she is undercover etc. But I went along with it because for me Lady Jaye is a badass, and that character in Retaliation is as well.

So do I need the green uniform? The hat? The shorter hair with no hat? The spears etc? Their initial versions in Classified of Scarlett and Duke weren't great, and they did apology versions, but I'm kinda curious how a more 'classified' version of Lady Jaye might look. If I had to guess, I'd say something like the Energon NF version:

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