G.I. Joe Classified Series

docsilence said:
On my jog today I was thinking a lot about how much I don't want a Joes film or show taking place now. I truly, truly want it to be an alternate timeline 1980s
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It's kind of crazy to me that I'm so old that my childhood is now a retro setting. But yes, some things just belong in the 80s.
 
AceofKnaves said:
I will say though that Slice suffers from that misaligned right hip thing that Storm Shadow, Night Creeper, etc have where the hip drags against the crotch piece when raised horizontally. It’s not as bad as some of the earlier ones, but still: that’s a bummer.
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Good memory! I wrote about this in my mini-review but edited it out after it was easily fixed by cutting away some plastic. Mine was really badly misaligned, or at least I was more picky about it. Hilarious, I happen to have the first regular release Storm Shadow out and checked and yeah, I sanded his hip down back in the day. Had totally forgotten.

But then again, I'm having this weird Berenstein/Berenstain Bears mix-up where I keep wondering where my Storm Shadow with tattoos is, like I owned it and lost it. In reality it's just gloved vs wrist straps.
 
Spongyblue said:
Once my homeboy Krillian bagged that hottest chick in the show I figured there wasn't a point in watching anymore.
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Ah yes. Well, I have terrible news for you about your comparison......


I watched Bee's review of the Slice/Dice figures and I really can't help but be disappointed with Slice and all the stupid extra bullshit they glued all over him. They dropped one of the better decos from the '90s, and added just a bunch of extra shit on him that actively makes the design worse. Reminds me a lot of the utter and total bullshit they pulled with v2 Storm Shadow. As I said then, I get wanting to put a stamp on it that says 'this is ours, this is something a little different.' It's not about it being not 100% ARAH accurate. It's about some of the design just being -bad-.

And I really don't see us getting another shot at Slice, so this is almost certainly the version we're stuck with and it bums me out.
 
Ru1977 said:
I know they did Jinx but I'd still like for the to do a Cobra ninja, even if not Storm Shadow, with that design. Just not all white and make a new character
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I think the reimagined 'evil Storm Shadow' from like... was it JvC?... would look cool with tattoos. The version with the Cobra symbol over his face. They did a version of that costume in 25A but with short sleeves. Same look but with no sleeves, like v1 SS, would be a great chance to take a far more 'modern' (by comparison) design and amp it up with some of the Joe team's favorite accessories; tattoos.
 
Damien said:
Ah yes. Well, I have terrible news for you about your comparison......


I watched Bee's review of the Slice/Dice figures and I really can't help but be disappointed with Slice and all the stupid extra bullshit they glued all over him. They dropped one of the better decos from the '90s, and added just a bunch of extra shit on him that actively makes the design worse. Reminds me a lot of the utter and total bullshit they pulled with v2 Storm Shadow. As I said then, I get wanting to put a stamp on it that says 'this is ours, this is something a little different.' It's not about it being not 100% ARAH accurate. It's about some of the design just being -bad-.

And I really don't see us getting another shot at Slice, so this is almost certainly the version we're stuck with and it bums me out.
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I love this Slice but can't help but agree. I think he looks amazing decked-out on my shelf but I'm not wanting to pick him up and do fun martial arts poses like I would the old toy. Taking a very simple ninja and adding armor is too much of a fundamental change. Why does he need shoulder pads, he shouldn't be getting hit. Can't remove them because his arms would be deformed. Even talking about how he looks, the red is wrong. It's that "Hasbro red" that looks like Red Vines candy. Slice's legs look straight-up like Red Vines. I'm getting hungry just looking at him.
 
Spongyblue said:
Once my homeboy Krillian bagged that hottest chick in the show I figured there wasn't a point in watching anymore.
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You know you spelled Krillin wrong? Also he did, but the show was still good after. 18 and Bulma were my girls. And they both like short strong men lol.

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I thought the Gregory Peck similarity seemed the best looks-comparison for Flint. Dunno why his look is so hard to nail down for Hasbro. This is why I stick to masked vigilantes and mercenaries.
 
altcunningham said:
Haven't opened it, but I felt kinda bad in that social media slacktivist way. ACAB, buuuuut toys. I dunno. Who would have thought some Hasbro release would send me into an existential desert combing.
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If it helps, and I know I've mentioned it on here before... I have a freelancer friend who has done work for Hasbro for 25 years and he's like "look all corporate entities are monsters but of all my clients the ones who have donated the most dollar for dollar to human rights charities are Hasbro so I can't hate the bastards" so ACAB, but buy the action figure and enjoy it.
Fletch said:
It's kind of crazy to me that I'm so old that my childhood is now a retro setting. But yes, some things just belong in the 80s.
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I know the 80s were a terrible time period. So many bad things happened. But as a 48 year old guy, when people say "if you could go back to one period in time for a while and experience it as you are now" for me it's that decade. I just want to see the opulent selfishness of it all first hand and see it as an adult. I also want to see how much cocaine they were doing in the MOTU design studio.
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
I thought the Gregory Peck similarity seemed the best looks-comparison for Flint. Dunno why his look is so hard to nail down for Hasbro. This is why I stick to masked vigilantes and mercenaries.
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I am so effin' glad I'm not the only one who sees Flint as Gregory Peck. I just see Flint in my head as, like, people meet him and they're like "that guy? Class act. Genuine nice man. Also very damned handsome." I liked the rugged first attempt at Flint with Classified A LOT, but the retro just does it for me. That's my dude.
 
Damien said:
Financial danger isn't the only kind of danger, Ru. What about the danger to the purity of your soul by constantly thinking about huge dicks, small dicks, double dicks, ENGORGED dicks. Engorged dicks, Ru. You don't think there's a danger in how you are constantly right now thinking about engorged dicks?




Engorged.
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Don't forget shaved dicks. People are shaving their crotches as we speak. There is public hair in the air, EVERYWHERE!
 
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