G.I. Joe Classified Series

Just going by ones I got this year, regardless of original release date, Marine Sniper gal, Night Force Shockwave, Crystal Ball, Desert Scorpion,and Retro Cover Girl are my favourites so far. That's not to knock 90% of the other releases, it's a killer line right now.
 
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This always help me remember what came out when.

All the choices so far are great. Viper is very close to top for me, but I'm disappointed he doesn't come with his standard classic grey rifle. Lots more "sleeper hits" I haven't seen listed like NF Quick Kick and Blowtorch come to mind in my top 10. I'm looking forward to Wet Suit and Sci-Fi but just personally I don't see either hitting my top 5 of the year, again, just such a stacked year.
 
I think I have found the ultimate Legacy Cop configuration: a headswap with an extra Footloose! Makes Footloose into a generic kinda ‘Nam-looking soldier, and makes the Cop into an officer who is definitely NOT letting you off with a warning, and detects a distinct odor of marihuana in your vehicle.
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There are a lot of figures I don’t have yet, but top 5 of the year so far might be:

Slice
Desert Scorpion
Ghost Viper
Darklon
Battle Armor Cobra Commander


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vicious said:
BTW he looks great with the policeman helmet and riot shield!
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He's seriously underrated, definitely one of the rare examples of a v2 shoving the v1 in a locker and stealing its lunch money.

Going by your checklist, I've got 122 things on it, so I am firmly far from a completionist but damn, that's a lot of stuff!

Also, damn, you guys are hard on poor Footloose!
 
vicious said:
Who is your guys' favorite Joe figure of the year? I'm really struggling to choose between:

Budo
Crystal Ball
Monkeywrench

Top 10 this year is going to be difficult!

Also, I think 2025 has likely been the best year for Classified figures so far. Any agree/disagree?
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Of the year?

Rattler Baroness. Keystone character. Great execution. Display options.

If you want me to top three it:

Baroness
Crystal Ball
Armored Commander

The last one is left field to me because I didn't even like the original. Chrome or Hood for me back then. But he's such a cool looking figure, and the alternate hands and head give him some personality. Surprised how much desk time he gets.

Someone mentioned the paint scraping, and I noticed the chest on mine has some... From putting colored pencils on top of it while moving things around my drawing area. Might get another. But it's strange that was what did it. Although I guess I could just throw a wash on it and call it battle damage.
 
I will say: maybe I missed this about the retro line. But now that I have Cover Girl. She also looks cartoony like Flint. It's just very different to my eye from Mercer, Baroness, Dial Tone, Crystal Ball. At this point that surely is intentional. Maybe they were always trying to do this with retro?

It's very subtle. But it's like when Roger Cruz appeared on shelf stands with Joe Madureira.
 
altcunningham said:
Order Haslabs
Keep figures I want
Flip Haslabs
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Profit
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No, but I reeeeeeeally considered that. I just always panic when I try to do that with anything, and I mean even when I got the Stinger on sale and was just trying to almost break even on the cost of the figure. And actually with the NF Shockwave when I sold the bike (which I got on sale too) just trying to get the figure to end up costing me $25.

I don't even know how much the Rattler cost, but what? Like $400 something? And I probably would have kept all three figures, then I gotta sell it for $375 or so plus the shipping, and as we've established, ebay customers LOVE paying shipping...
altcunningham said:
I will say: maybe I missed this about the retro line. But now that I have Cover Girl. She also looks cartoony like Flint. It's just very different to my eye from Mercer, Baroness, Dial Tone, Crystal Ball. At this point that surely is intentional. Maybe they were always trying to do this with retro?
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I don't own the Flint or Covergirl, but CG definitely looked less like a real person to me than Flint. And that wouldn't bother me too much if I didn't already have a few shelves of characters who look like real people. But yeah seems like retro was always kinda cartoon leaning as far as the costumes but now the faces too kinda.

Maybe they can break up the line into Classified, Comic, and Cartoon stuff.
 
Damien said:
Maybe an unpopular thought about Budo: I think he's being unfairly graded on a curve by a lot of people strictly because he comes with so much stuff and it's just a really impressive loadout. But I think those people are skating around the fact that you PAID for all that extra stuff. It's not like Budo is a regular-price figure. So you paid for a ton of extra shit, but you can't actually use it all anyway.
Frankly, I actually think Budo would have been better figureS if each armor set had been designed around a dedicated base body instead of trying to do this hybrid thing that doesn't necessarily 100% work for either look. Like he's got those chunky, kind of ugly forearm guards on his ARAH look, because they have to be removable so you can put on his samurai gear. Which I'll never use, because I want ARAH-style Budo.

I really really think samurai Budo could have been his own release. And I would have happily paid for two figures that I can display individually, and look better for it, than one figure and a bunch of junk that will go in a bin and never be used or that I have to buy a whole other figure to be able to use (and if that figure is another Budo - I end up with a whole OTHER set of extra shit in a bin).
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This is my problem with so many modern figures. From Hasbro Extreme ML and Classified to 4HM Mythic Legions to BBWS Operation: Monster Force: too many accessories especially for alternate looks. They all sell it as extra value for the customer but this is mostly bullshit if the pricepoint is resultingly higher. Addition of accessories is cheap for them and expensive for us; if accessories bump the price from $25 to $35 (or even $50! Extreme ML...) you can be sure that price adjustment for added accessories greatly increased the profit margin. It is particularly expensive when one wants multiple options for a given figure represented on the shelf because you need to buy 2 at the inflated price (rather than 2 distinct looks at basic pricepoint or 2 basic figures and an accessory pack (a good thing that Valaverse does)). One also ends up with boxes of accessories that can't be used and that is not added value.
 
Ru1977 said:
I don't even know how much the Rattler cost, but what? Like $400 something? And I probably would have kept all three figures, then I gotta sell it for $375 or so plus the shipping, and as we've established, ebay customers LOVE paying shipping...
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It's true that being in the Toronto area probably makes it easier than if I lived in a smaller city. Also Joes and Legends seem evergreen for my toy scene. Everything else struggles.

But for big and expensive items, I do make it pick up only. The Rattler guy sent a "friend with a truck". It was all very spy movie coordinating and handing off and getting paid by the dude I wasn't even dealing with.

I went into the Dragonfly full knowing I was doing it for the figures, but the Rattler I wanted to keep. Just couldn't justify the space vs what it would offer me entertainment-wise.
 
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