G.I. Joe Classified Series

I may do that when I eventually end up getting one. It looks nice. I wish she would've come with a non hat hair piece for the red head. Thats what is mainly stopping me from buying it. I'll probably be using the red head girl head and I wanted a hair option for her that doesn't have a hat. Maybe I'll be able to find 3rd party hair piece that'll work. Most likely keep the camo painted head girl on that body and use the other girl head for something else. But with lack of hair options sans hats, limits her use.
 
That's a big improvement. I was never a fan of those sunglasses. It's the only thing I didn't like about the set — two things, actually, I wish you could use the two hats (or at least the boonie hat) with the darker head.
 
I'm deeping my feet into the GI Joe Classified waters (and by that I mean throwing myself in the river ugh) and that Budo looks CHARMING.

And now I see myself wanting Glenda, Crazylegs and Wild Bill but not the Dragonfly. WHY am I always my biggest enemy?
 
I gotta imagine they'll release everyone other than Glenda from the Dragonfly as carded or main line figures. I think they picked non-classic costumes for them by design for the exclusives. (Glenda might be SOL though.)

Question for the the Joes gang - I was just setting up a retro display in my office because of the new Rock n Roll figure and pulled out retro Snake Eyes (I usually have one of the knight-visor looks on display). I'm trying to find where if anywhere it's explained why Snake Eyes favors uzis when it comes to firearms. I'm not a gun guy by ANY means, but I always thought it was interesting that SE favored a pretty unique firearm in the early days. Anyone know off the top of your head if it's ever addressed in the comics, or if it was just the usual rule of cool thing?

Always feels weird displaying him without a sword these days, but it's fun to have a Classified version of his original lewk (even if they did commit the sacrilege of putting ANY paint apps on him at all :) ).
 
docsilence said:
Anyone know off the top of your head if it's ever addressed in the comics, or if it was just the usual rule of cool thing?
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Unsure about the Uzi specifically, but Snake-Eyes is canonically a collector (and utilizer) of idiosyncratic weaponry: there are many references to his penchant for collecting trench knives (like the kind his v3 ARAH figure wears on his chest). I always figured that despite (or perhaps because of) his injuries, Snake-Eyes has a flare for the theatrical and is all about his warrior-goth aesthetic. I mean this is a dude who dresses in head-to-toe combat leather, frequently wears a medieval knight’s visor, and regularly sword-fights ninjas using a falchion. He may not be able to use his vocal chords, but he damn well makes a statement.

I love him so much.
 
docsilence said:
I think they picked non-classic costumes for them by design for the exclusives.
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See, but, that's what I consider to be "classic" for Wild Bill.

The blue & yellow, I'd call "Retro," which, knowing how much the majority prefers those over the modern updates, they should've made that version the HasLab one to entice more sales, so I wouldn't have had to blow $80 on just him as is... :cautious:
 
TENIME said:
See, but, that's what I consider to be "classic" for Wild Bill.

The blue & yellow, I'd call "Retro," which, knowing how much the majority prefers those over the modern updates, they should've made that version the HasLab one to entice more sales, so I wouldn't have had to blow $80 on just him as is... :cautious:
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I think we might've seen riots in the streets if they made the retro/cartoon/comic Wild Bill an exclusive, but I bet even more people would've bought it. I wonder if we get his retro look on a card and his cow-boy-scout ridiculous outfit as a main line release.
 
No one ever riots for my causes of unfair exclusives or multipacks or membership paywalls, so...

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I want Wild Bill in his Battle Corps “US Cavalry” outfit. It looks cool as hell, and also if they ever make Cross-Country (🤮) I can pose Bill whupping his ass.
 
docsilence said:
I'm trying to find where if anywhere it's explained why Snake Eyes favors uzis when it comes to firearms.
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I'd love to know this as well. I can't see an Uzi without thinking of him though, even though I can think of two movies featuring an Uzi from when I was a kid as well. (Terminator and Wisdom) Maybe the answer is simply that it was the hot gun in the 80s?
 
AceofKnaves said:
Unsure about the Uzi specifically, but Snake-Eyes is canonically a collector (and utilizer) of idiosyncratic weaponry: there are many references to his penchant for collecting trench knives (like the kind his v3 ARAH figure wears on his chest). I always figured that despite (or perhaps because of) his injuries, Snake-Eyes has a flare for the theatrical and is all about his warrior-goth aesthetic. I mean this is a dude who dresses in head-to-toe combat leather, frequently wears a medieval knight’s visor, and regularly sword-fights ninjas using a falchion. He may not be able to use his vocal chords, but he damn well makes a statement.

I love him so much.
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I bet that's it, it's just part of him being, well, him. I always loved the comedic references to his vast collection of spiked-knuckle trench knives (I just went down a brief rabbit hole to confirm whether or not those things were, in fact, banned by the Geneva Convention). I do love the idea of Snake Eyes being a bit of a drama queen, too. Falchion? Who uses a falchion in the 20th/21st Century? (SNAKE EYES does.)

That visor is my favorite part of his costume and I will never understand what purpose it serves.
 
docsilence said:
I gotta imagine they'll release everyone other than Glenda from the Dragonfly as carded or main line figures. I think they picked non-classic costumes for them by design for the exclusives. (Glenda might be SOL though.)

Question for the the Joes gang - I was just setting up a retro display in my office because of the new Rock n Roll figure and pulled out retro Snake Eyes (I usually have one of the knight-visor looks on display). I'm trying to find where if anywhere it's explained why Snake Eyes favors uzis when it comes to firearms. I'm not a gun guy by ANY means, but I always thought it was interesting that SE favored a pretty unique firearm in the early days. Anyone know off the top of your head if it's ever addressed in the comics, or if it was just the usual rule of cool thing?

Always feels weird displaying him without a sword these days, but it's fun to have a Classified version of his original lewk (even if they did commit the sacrilege of putting ANY paint apps on him at all :) ).
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I think it goes to back when the Joe canon was first coming around, Snake Eyes was just a commando. The Uzi was used by Israeli special forces, US Secret Service due to it's light weight. It's better a close range, so it kind fits with Snake Eyes MO of being a sneaky guy who gets in behind enemy lines.
 
Ru1977 said:
I'd love to know this as well. I can't see an Uzi without thinking of him though, even though I can think of two movies featuring an Uzi from when I was a kid as well. (Terminator and Wisdom) Maybe the answer is simply that it was the hot gun in the 80s?
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The uzi really did have its moment in the sun in 80s pop culture, didn't it. I had an uzi squirt gun back before you had to put orange caps on squirt guns to prove it wasn't real gun. The squirt gun uzi pumped like a shotgun, I was so confused.

And Wild Bill's cavalry outfit isn't even in my top twenty figures, but it would be amazing if they made that one.
 
Yeah I think those later-years ARAH designs are the ones that need and deserve the most love in Classified. Ninja Force Snake-Eyes, crotch-rocket Duke, fancy-gold-helmet Cobra Commander, Crimson Guard Commander, Heat-Viper 2 and Eel 2, that weird purple Viper . . . these would all be amazing in Classified.
 
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