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

Ru1977 said:
Why did you have to go and say all this? Now I want this to be real!
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The closest I have come is when I was more involved on Facebook groups, and I'd be the only Canadian to beat the Mezco Lottery on an exclusive.

I would post it.

People would ask for in depth shots and poses and comparisons and would swaps work.

And I'd look down and whisper... "No."
 
altcunningham said:
It is less painful to me than the dudes who get the figures first, have a Nokia flip cell camera, don't pose it, do compare it to 1/6 and 1/18 figures you wouldn't even care to compare, and then pose it leaning vanilla on a dusty shelf with 20 others like it.
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For some reason it seems like the first person to get a new/desired figure in hand is always the guy with the shittiest phone camera on earth AND who never opens their figures. So it's just a terrible picture of a figure in the packaging.
 
@Ru1977 This is the performance art I keep coming back for. Hot damn.

Also, how do these people end up having the kind of Fuck You money to import new figures often enough to support a YouTube channel AND somehow also being the sort of sausage-fingered mumbleass chimpletons who can't frame the goddam thing in their SEO optimized "review"? Does EVERYONE'S dad own a dealership?!?
 
DarthDre758 said:
This is where I learn my nerdom, and others don't always come together. I was trying to think of when there was a sword in Fast and the Furious 7.
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I've never watched any Fast or Furious, beyond Tokyo Drift, but I just assumed there was a big ass sword in part 7 until you said something.
 
WrathofTaco said:
Also, how do these people end up having the kind of Fuck You money to import new figures often enough to support a YouTube channel AND somehow also being the sort of sausage-fingered mumbleass chimpletons who can't frame the goddam thing in their SEO optimized "review"? Does EVERYONE'S dad own a dealership?!?
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Wasn't that an Adult Swim bit?
 
Trunks3540 said:
My friend years ago had a replica Sephiroth sword from FF7. It was huge. He was like, 6'2" or something. Fairly tall. And he couldn't unsheath it without help. Those kinda swords I never found practical. But I'd have to imagine if they were being worn, it would have to be for transportation purposes. Actually unsheathing the thing would require removing it and using 2 hands while leaving the sheath/scabbard behind or on the ground. And then the thing is fuckin heavy anyway. Not great for fighting. It looked cool. Iirc those big swords were only used for ceremony, not actual combat. But, I don't have a degree in history so I only know alot of surface stuff I've learned along the way.

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I mean, the important thing here is to draw the distinction between what is a REAL 'giant sword' and what is a fake, fantasy 'giant sword.' They're definitely different. Seph's sword was like 11 feet long or some shit. That's definitely a fake thing. But the odachi in Ghost of Yotei is definitely a very real thing.

But, if you're interested, the 'big swords were only used for ceremony' is a thing people say but isn't actually accurate. There WERE ornate carry-only parade swords in the early modern period, sometimes called 'bearing swords.' But those are exceedingly rare. Most big two-handed swords were absolutely intended for and used in combat. People just tend to have an uninformed view of how big and how heavy they actually were. Nothing you're gonna buy at the mall is going to be comparable, that's for sure.
 
altcunningham said:
It is less painful to me than the dudes who get the figures first, have a Nokia flip cell camera, don't pose it, do compare it to 1/6 and 1/18 figures you wouldn't even care to compare, and then pose it leaning vanilla on a dusty shelf with 20 others like it.
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"Here for a size comparison, we have GI Joe Classified Mainframe next to a McFarlane Onimusha 2 Jubei, a Micro Machines Dodge Charger, and a 1993 ERTL Toys Bob Hoskins as Mario action figure.
 
What is the fascination with the size comparison? I'd understand if the review was Serpentor or Big Lob, look at this big boy style stuff, but if you own three Joes you know how tall the damn things are. Why do I need to see Mainframe next to your uncle's bowling trophy and a catheter bag?
 
WrathofTaco said:
What is the fascination with the size comparison? I'd understand if the review was Serpentor or Big Lob, look at this big boy style stuff, but if you own three Joes you know how tall the damn things are. Why do I need to see Mainframe next to your uncle's bowling trophy and a catheter bag?
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ACAB.

Wait.

ACBA. Toy photog scene.
 
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