G.I. Joe Classified Series

I love that the Joe team really gets how much more enticing and 'displayable' figures get when they do little in-motion effects like that.
 
Damien said:
I've said before that Budo was one of my favorite ARAH figures growing up. But that means I want him to be ARAH-style Budo. I NEVER intend to use his samurai gear, even if it does look really cool. So I'm still debating with myself whether I spend the money to find a different body for that armour, or just try to sell it to someone that might actually want to use it.
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I threw his spare armor on an extra Grunt. The helmet even fits great. You might not have a Grunt but his body mold is very common. The only drawback of arming two figures with Budo's loadout is that you'll be short a katana, so I had to borrow one that has a silver blade and brown painted handle, I'm not sure who's it is, it's the same katana mold that comes with the blue/red Cobra Ninjas.

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vicious said:
I threw his spare armor on an extra Grunt. The helmet even fits great. You might not have a Grunt but his body mold is very common. The only drawback of arming two figures with Budo's loadout is that you'll be short a katana, so I had to borrow one that has a silver blade and brown painted handle, I'm not sure who's it is, it's the same katana mold that comes with the blue/red Cobra Ninjas.
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That does look good. It's not a downside for me about the swords because A) I hate his bigger sword and B) I don't need both figures to have all three weapons. So I'm good. It's just about finding a body where I like the color combination AND the body actually works. I've been seriously considering the Snake Eyes body from the polar bear set, if I ever get that.
 
Damien said:
That does look good. It's not a downside for me about the swords because A) I hate his bigger sword
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It's certainly a ridiculous weapon. Even in feudal Japan they're like, "why the heck would I use this?" and just kept them around for show. But it's fun to imagine Budo cutting down a group of Vipers, Dynasty Warriors-style, with it. Or maybe cutting the legs out from under a SNAKE Armor, since Cobra doesn't really have horses.

Damien said:
B) I don't need both figures to have all three weapons
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It's not quite that. The issue is that the largest sword and the shortest sword will always have one sheath each, while the middle-sized sword is needed on both gear loadouts to avoid a permanent empty sheath, so you'll need an extra (or cut off a sheath ofc, which is something I'm considering for the lighter armor).
 
I got my Steeler/Short-Fuze set and I'm glad SF's green shirt isn't nearly as vibrant in person as it looks in the solicited pictures. But it sure looks like they are wearing eyeshadow. Just a pair of sexy boys on a Classified mission (DADT)! SF in particular looks like he stepped straight out of Vampire Diaries (and I'm here for it).
 
Just cracked open Steeler and Short Fuze who arrived silently while DMing this afternoon. Nice little post-game surprise to see a Target box on the kitchen table and my partner looking at me like WHAT DID YOU BUY NOW. I really like their loadout. Short Fuze's hands are a little too tight, hard to get a rifle into his right hand so he's gotta be lefty, and I clearly don't know enough about military grade explosives because I'm going to need a tutorial on how to use the backpack and launcher.

Spongyblue said:
I just opened Wild Weasel and his Jacket is cool as $h!t and he is unnecessarily handsome.
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Wild Weasel makes me question things about myself.
AceofKnaves said:
Good lord yes he is crazy hot.

So is Steeler, actually. Just opened him up and he has bedroom eyes.
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Steeler and Short Fuze look like they worked as male models before joining the military. They are both insanely good looking and it's funny that they shipped together, like someone said "let's try to contain all this hotness in one box so nobody gets hurt." And then you've got Short Fuze with what my romance novel author friends refer to as "slutty little glasses."

ANYWAY, I know they're on really basic bucks, but I've got zero issues with two more O13 characters not being on groundbreaking base bodies. Save the crazy feats of engineering for the weirdos they haven't made yet like Fast Draw or something.
 
docsilence said:
Steeler and Short Fuze look like they worked as male models before joining the military.
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I legit was stationed with a guy for a few years who was a male stripper. He was semi-retired when I met him as he married a Lieutenant and didn't want her to look bad, but they divorced and whenever he wanted to make a big splurge purchase like a new car, he would do a few performances. Was a nice side hustle for him.
 
vicious said:
It's not quite that. The issue is that the largest sword and the shortest sword will always have one sheath each, while the middle-sized sword is needed on both gear loadouts to avoid a permanent empty sheath, so you'll need an extra (or cut off a sheath ofc, which is something I'm considering for the lighter armor).
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Oh, I got'cha. Yeah, that's a good point.


vicious said:
It's certainly a ridiculous weapon. Even in feudal Japan they're like, "why the heck would I use this?" and just kept them around for show. But it's fun to imagine Budo cutting down a group of Vipers, Dynasty Warriors-style, with it. Or maybe cutting the legs out from under a SNAKE Armor, since Cobra doesn't really have horses.
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It's not even that it's a ridiculous weapon - the Classified sword isn't even that big, really. It's the weird proportions of it. It just looks stupid and wrong. Why is it so skinny? Why is the handle so short compared to the blade? Why is the tsuba so small compared to a figure's hands. It's just a bad sculpt.
I bitched about the same/similar thing with Articulated Icons; literally a line of ninja figures and they managed to have fucked up proportions on the swords, and sword handles that didn't look anything like a traditional katana tsuka/ito. Like.. how hard is it to fucking Google this stuff if your actual job is to sculpt it?
 
Speaking of tanks, now with Steeler in-hand, the Ramen Hunter is looking sexier and sexier. If the stars align with them in stock on BBTS and me somehow having the cash, I could easily see myself getting one.
 
Spongyblue said:
I legit was stationed with a guy for a few years who was a male stripper. He was semi-retired when I met him as he married a Lieutenant and didn't want her to look bad, but they divorced and whenever he wanted to make a big splurge purchase like a new car, he would do a few performances. Was a nice side hustle for him.
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I used to do art modeling for extra cash when I was younger and when someone asked why on earth I'd do it I said I could make more in ninety minutes than I did in a whole day as a journalist.

Also, years later I can be like 'dat booty tho' and annoy the hell out of my partner with the photos.
 
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