G.I. Joe Classified Series

All things being equal... Man, I'd rather they release a second snow-themed Joe and the Polar Bear than the Snowcat because I love the snow themed stuff and I'd rather buy a bunch of smaller purchases than one big one. But the 'cat was one of my favorites as a kid and this team truly seems to put a ton of love into getting this stuff right.

Damien said:
ALSO, I'm a collector that recognizes the mortality of action figures. I don't -want- figures to be hard to get for purely the selfish reason that I want to be able to get another one if something happens to mine. What size clown shoes do you put on in the morning if you want a figure you really like to be hard for you to replace?
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I just replaced a truly random Legends figure, Songbird, for eight bucks plus shipping when I'd found she got completely effed up in storage. My cat attacked 84 Firefly and I was able to get a fresh one pretty easily because the poor arsonist had teeth marks all over one boot. That's what I'd prefer to see for distribution. I want to be able to replace figures over the years and really hate feeling like I gotta treat rare stuff with kid gloves. I've got some Mythic Legions I'm afraid to leave on the shelf.
 
docsilence said:
I've got some Mythic Legions I'm afraid to leave on the shelf.
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One of the many reasons I just don't collect Mythic Legions. The aftermarket on those if you break one, lose one, or just miss one you really wanted, is fucking duuuuumb. I can't control whether some of my figures become hard to get later on in my life, or even right after I buy them. That can be pretty unpredictable. But I'm never, ever, going to CHOOSE rarity on purpose. That's just so silly.
 
Ru1977 said:
What about holiday Chuckles? Ugly Christmas sweater.
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SOLD!

I mean, this is a company that will slap some red and green paint on a Stormtrooper or an R2D2 and resell it. I balk at that stuff. But Christmas sweater Chuckles?

SOLD!
 
Justice said:
Are you sure? Mine said shipping soon at the top but at the bottom it said 9/1. Just got the email.
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You caught that while I was editing my post! I was all excited and fired off a post, then I was quickly deflated after reading a little further. I heard there was a recent opening up of preorders, maybe September is for those new orders and there is some kind of cross up in the email. After all, this is from a site where I have to retype my saved phone number for every order.

Earlier in the day I was looking at various things to fill the void of a non July 1 SNAKE
 
Damien said:
One of the many reasons I just don't collect Mythic Legions. The aftermarket on those if you break one, lose one, or just miss one you really wanted, is fucking duuuuumb. I can't control whether some of my figures become hard to get later on in my life, or even right after I buy them. That can be pretty unpredictable. But I'm never, ever, going to CHOOSE rarity on purpose. That's just so silly.
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I jumped on Legions from the beginning, being a Four Horsemen Fan since the McFarland days. Got almost everything they released. When I knew I had to slim down my collection by a significant amount, I picked all my Horsemen stuff to sell. Sometimes I felt guilty for the prices I put stuff at. I tried to be fair and whatever the market dictated. If a particular figure was going for $90, I would put it up for $80. My main goal wasn't money necessarily, i needed space, but when I list a Gothitropolis Raven for $101 on a whim and 10 minutes later it sells, I would be silly to not follow through. And I'm pretty glad I got out. The stuff looks fantastic as usual, but that corner of collecting is starting to become like the guys who collect expensive watches and never where them. The "value" of the collection started to out weigh the enjoyment factor just a little too much for me.
 
mrboshek said:
You caught that while I was editing my post! I was all excited and fired off a post, then I was quickly deflated after reading a little further. I heard there was a recent opening up of preorders, maybe September is for those new orders and there is some kind of cross up in the email. After all, this is from a site where I have to retype my saved phone number for every order.

Earlier in the day I was looking at various things to fill the void of a non July 1 SNAKE
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It is completely stupid that they send out an email that says "hey, either your order is going to ship soon or it is delayed!". That would be like going to a doctor and they say "hey, either you have cancer or you don't have cancer".

Pulse really needs to get their act together.
 
Damien said:
Maybe unpopular opinion, but I legitimately do not give a shit about anyone that wants the HasLab figures to be special, one-time-only versions. Like, not a single shit. People that got the HasLabs got a super cool vehicle and Mattel threw in a bunch of figures for, at worst, cost. Or free. Or however you want to look at it. If other people can get those figures later on as literally full-priced figures, and that gets your panties twisted, you can fuck off.
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Damien said:
Honestly, I've never ever ever ever ever..... ever ever ever..... hold on... ever ever ever.... fucking ever, looked at an action figure in my collection that I really enjoy owning and posing and whatever else, and thought to myself 'boy, I really hope fewer people can have this.' How big of a fucking baby do you have to be to only enjoy your toys if fewer people can also enjoy that toy.

ALSO, I'm a collector that recognizes the mortality of action figures. I don't -want- figures to be hard to get for purely the selfish reason that I want to be able to get another one if something happens to mine. What size clown shoes do you put on in the morning if you want a figure you really like to be hard for you to replace?

Exactly. And as I said, I really don't think this is a concern Hasbro actually has -- that is people abandoning a project en masse if everything in it isn't exclusive. How many collectors out there are deciding to buy a friggin' RATTLER based solely on whether or not pilot Baroness is exclusive? That guy is a dick and I don't care what that guy wants - and neither should Hasbro.
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This is why I married you.
 
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Spongyblue said:
Maybe release a Chuckles in a different shirt every year. It could be like the christmas edition Barbies.
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I would just want a red one. And a non-angry Mutt head.

Crap, then I would need to get a Beyonder for his hair...

AND I WOULD PUT HIM RIGHT NEXT TO INDIANA JONES, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!!
 
Christmas-themed Joes would actually kind of be cool. Hasbro's been making Star Wars ones, and the SW team (and Lucasfilm) seem a lot less fun than the Joe team. Maybe Hasbro figures the Joe fans won't support holiday Joes, since some Joe fans are insufferably inflexible with their tastes.
 
NF Beachhead is one of the most hideous figures in the line. His outfit just doesn't work. One of the coolest looking characters now also has one of the worst looking figures. I don't even this he's salvagable. Maybe the lower half could work with a different upper half as a custom characters. But the top half is terrible.

NF Quick Kick does look cool though. Definitely a wait for deep markdown set.
 
Heh... If I could only have one of the two, I would want NF Beach head. But I don't have quick kick yet so I'm kinda okay having this version
 
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