G.I. Joe Classified Series

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I think we need some winter gear SEALs to go with our winter-themed Haslab. Keep 'em neutral like this and they can easily fill ranks of either side.
 
Ashtalon said:
I'd like to see an astronaut in the line as well
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Given the failure of the Zombies from Mars line, which I do hope gets another shot at some point, I think this might be the only way I'd get a good Astronaut and yes, absolutely, 100%. This is like a top ten random figures want for me. Gosh they could do a whole subline of different astronaut eras if they really wanted to. But I think a standard white EMU would probably be the best. There were space-based Joes right? Something that would work well for reuse?
Ashtalon said:
And historic soldiers. WWII. WWI. Vietnam. Civil War. Revolutionary War.
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Yeah, this would be cool as well. I feel like WWII is the easy one since it's probably the most ripe for reuse.
 
Ru1977 said:
That would be a smart move. Task Force Ranger from the early 90s, Seal Team Six etc, Delta operator. McFarlane did stuff like that a while ago.
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This was what initially got me into 6" military style figures waaaaay back in the day with Plan-B/Resaurus Special Forces figures. Dated leg and elbow articulation by today's standards, but really solid for the time. They did Delta, Seals, Green Berets, a few others. They eventually did a Emergency Forces line and a WWII line and had one of the best sculpted SWAT figures I've seen to this day. A lot of the purchases I've made from Classified and Valaverse are just me chasing down what I consider to be upgraded versions of those older figs.
 
JakeEkiss said:
This was what initially got me into 6" military style figures waaaaay back in the day with Plan-B/Resaurus Special Forces figures. Dated leg and elbow articulation by today's standards, but really solid for the time. They did Delta, Seals, Green Berets, a few others. They eventually did a Emergency Forces line and a WWII line and had one of the best sculpted SWAT figures I've seen to this day. A lot of the purchases I've made from Classified and Valaverse are just me chasing down what I consider to be upgraded versions of those older figs.
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Makes total sense. And I would love if this Legacy line went that way too. I will happily create my own filecards and codenames. I'm also not above swiping names from the Modern Warfare games, heh. Oh, speaking of, could also do CIA, the Army Ranger Wing of the Irish Defece Forces (Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm), British SAS, 75th Ranger, Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales, and other international special forces units.
 
Oh yeah, I forgot all about Zombies from Mars.

About the Bridge Layer, though, I'd be so mad if they released a Classified version. I bought the Ramen Toys tank specifically because I knew that, even if Hasbro did an official MOBAT or Wolverine, they'd never in a million years make a T&C and the Ramen tank will continue to have value for that specific niche.
 
Fletch said:
Oh yeah, I forgot all about Zombies from Mars.
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It bums me out, but on some level I think the concept might not have enough legs to really support a line at that price point. I have thoughts on what could help it, but those thoughts also would move it away from the pulp inspiration they were going for.

But the Joe line, it could pull it off for at least a baseline astronaut, and I'd accept that.
 
Just to jump back real quick on Greenshirts, I believe in the comics (no Steel Brigade showing up that I remember), the Greenshirts could eventually become full Joes and a few in the Devils Due/IDW eras of non-Hama comics had named characters promoted up from Greenshirt to full Joe. I mean, sometimes you just somebody to stand around and shoot shit, and sometimes you need somebody to flex their skills.

And I think classified versions of specialized units like SEALS, Rangers, Mess Hall admin, Pararescue, Power Production, etc. would be pretty awesome.
 
JakeEkiss said:
Found it, basically SAS is just repaint of Big Ben with maybe some weapon swaps.
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Awesome! Just like that then. A lot of these shouldn't be too difficult since we have so many parts. Speaking of, please check out the new Parts Checklist thread!
Spongyblue said:
Just to jump back real quick on Greenshirts, I believe in the comics (no Steel Brigade showing up that I remember),
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I obviously have been wrong with comics before but I would be shocked to learn Steel Brigade ever appeared there either.
Spongyblue said:
And I think classified versions of specialized units like SEALS, Rangers, Mess Hall admin, Pararescue, Power Production, etc. would be pretty awesome.
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And not a huge stretch since some of the actual Joes were members of those units. So like JakeEkiss was getting at, the parts are definitely there.
 
Logged into my EE account and discovered Heavy Duty had shipped. Footloose, Blowtorch, Darklon and Frag Vipers x 4 are processing.
 
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Argh. I ordered the full case at EE which is not yet processing, but I did order an extra Darklon and 3x extra Frag-Vipers, and they ARE processing.
 
I'd buy an astronaut. In fact, let me argue that Hasbro should release a realistic astronaut figure alongside a full wave of Star Brigade. Do it, you cowards!
 
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