I'd take a bunch of those black cobra troopers/officers. It'd save me having to rit dye my unopened troopers to make my POC Night Watch.
Retaliation Carded Pics
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GeneralsJoes says these are dollar store 'exclusives'. So says his source:
http://generalsjoes.com/2012/04/16/details-revealed-about-vintage-themed-mystery-g-i-joe-figures/
http://generalsjoes.com/2012/04/16/details-revealed-about-vintage-themed-mystery-g-i-joe-figures/
I'd buy a handful of the Nightwatch Cobra Trooper and a Shipwreck for actual display purposes and then some of the others for customs.
Hmm. I thought that when I saw the card art. They definitely look cheap (artwise) and would fit in at those Dollar General type stores. The quality of the figures isn't bad, though. As good as some of the POC/30th repaints were, and better than the majority of the Retaliation sculpts.
That Shipwreck will be great for the Deep Six custom I had planned but never got around to. He looks just like the torso from one of the original ARAH Hama comics (minus the head, of course). Maybe even a modern Cutter. He'll definitely be a figure I'd get multiples of.
I'll definitely get a few of that Officer, and as many of those "grunt" (greenshirt, Duke, Short-Fuze, whoever he is...) as I can muster. I love that helmet, and it'd be nice to update some of my O13 figures that were lackluster.
That Shipwreck will be great for the Deep Six custom I had planned but never got around to. He looks just like the torso from one of the original ARAH Hama comics (minus the head, of course). Maybe even a modern Cutter. He'll definitely be a figure I'd get multiples of.
I'll definitely get a few of that Officer, and as many of those "grunt" (greenshirt, Duke, Short-Fuze, whoever he is...) as I can muster. I love that helmet, and it'd be nice to update some of my O13 figures that were lackluster.
Yeah, that SW and Grunt are great custom bases...love your idea for the D6 custom...itd look much better than what I used...
*cries harder*
YEH HEHEHEEEESSSSS!!!!
*cries harder*
YEH HEHEHEEEESSSSS!!!!
Yeah, agreed with you on the Dollar Store promotion.
Nice move by Hasbro for the fans of the 25th and 30th series.
As referenced by XOC:
http://generalsjoes.com/2012/04/16/details-revealed-about-vintage-themed-mystery-g-i-joe-figures/
Takes me back to the re-release of 1986 O-Ring Beachhead at Dollar General:
Image courtesy of cmistore.com
Nice move by Hasbro for the fans of the 25th and 30th series.
As referenced by XOC:
http://generalsjoes.com/2012/04/16/details-revealed-about-vintage-themed-mystery-g-i-joe-figures/
Takes me back to the re-release of 1986 O-Ring Beachhead at Dollar General:
Image courtesy of cmistore.com
Looks like Grunt to me...
http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/grunt8.shtml
High quality dollar store exclusives??? That just doesn't make sense to me!
Wonder what dollar stores these will go to? These will be 8 dollar figures at Family Dollar, maybe a bit less at Dollar General.
We will NOT be seeing these at Dollar Tree, though I'd nut myself at the news of sightings there.
1 dollar retail Joes? Fuckin' A!
We will NOT be seeing these at Dollar Tree, though I'd nut myself at the news of sightings there.
1 dollar retail Joes? Fuckin' A!
If (and it's a big IF) these actually do show up at dollar stores, Hasbro's whole "we had to cut costs on vehicle drivers so articulation had to go" argument will seem even more suspect.
Not really. If these were figures packed with vehicles then yeah. But single carded figures specifically for Dollar Stores have no relation to mainline Single cards, multi-packs, vehicles (w/driver mannequins), or those role play items.
Yeah, sorry, I don't see it. The argument was that cost restricted them to limit the articulation on the drivers, which are being mass-released as part of a movie line. And yet here we're seeing fully articulated figures on a line supposedly marketed towards cheaper retailers, where you'd expect them to be making the cuts. I know that the movie studio takes a cut of anything movie-related, but the numbers don't add up for me.
Well, if these DPCI #s and prices are correct, then the Delta Vehicle price has gone down some, creating a need to cut costs.
Figures. 087060202. 8.99
Delta vehicle 087060253. 19.99
Bravo vehicle 087060257. 14.99
Alpha vehicle. 087060262. 12.99
Ninja set. 087060274. 24.99
10" battle battlers 087060270 19.99
Blade of justice. 087060283
Battle kata weapon. 087060284
Mask. 087060287
Figures. 087060202. 8.99
Delta vehicle 087060253. 19.99
Bravo vehicle 087060257. 14.99
Alpha vehicle. 087060262. 12.99
Ninja set. 087060274. 24.99
10" battle battlers 087060270 19.99
Blade of justice. 087060283
Battle kata weapon. 087060284
Mask. 087060287
man i hear ya on all of this. and the lack of articulation has me being very picky on the ones i get now. so i think it might hurt the line cuse your going from 30anny articulation back to less Oring/25th.
to save a buck is BS as we want good articulation on our toys now !!! also thats what separates joe from figs like the Ateam figs that came out. so them tiring to save a buck they might lose more then a buck (at least from me lol).
Will the dollar store figures actually come with weapons though? The VvV ones did, but when they got repackaged in 2009 they were striped of their weapons and gear while also recieveing a price increase. I don't want to pay five bucks for a figure that does not come with a weapon.
Too bad this couldn't have been done for the new movie line and instead of crap they coulda had functioning knees
What numbers exactly?
Anyway these Dollar Store figures who use existing parts and bare minimum accessories probably come from a separate budget solely aimed at producing these figures for said Dollar stores.
SO I don't see how they have any implications on the vehicles and their crappy drivers, that's just Hasbro being cheap for whatever reasons they have.
Exactly - they're reused parts to save money, and yet Hasbro had to make new parts to save money on drivers rather than reusing parts to save money. How does that possibly add up?
Here's Has Bro himself giving the official explanation at a recent press conference:
Wasn't the single knee and no ankle articulation 'attributed' to stability issues for the big ass launchers?
Oh my god. Hasbro has done the worst management job over the GI Joe property imaginable. They refuse to strong arm the retailers into properly distributing the product like they would with other brands. They refuse to make any serious effort to advertise the product to kids who would love this shit even if it didn't come with brightly colored spring loaded rocket launcher ninja stars. They keep catering to both fans and what they think kids would like, despite the fact that you can never please fans and kids don't know about the property because it's not advertised.
AND now we have the Retaliation vehicle driver fiasco that officially makes NO since now that the dollar store figures have been introduced. Hasbros market decisions must be decided the same way Family Guy decides what it's next joke is going to be.
Joe vs Cobra, SpyTroops, and VvV was the last time the brand made any since from a marketing perspective.
AND now we have the Retaliation vehicle driver fiasco that officially makes NO since now that the dollar store figures have been introduced. Hasbros market decisions must be decided the same way Family Guy decides what it's next joke is going to be.
Joe vs Cobra, SpyTroops, and VvV was the last time the brand made any since from a marketing perspective.
Choir, man, choir. I have a sackful of them. Keep hoping I can find someone that hoards Marauder weapons and needs them.
stands aren't a deal braker but I do like them and use them. I usually display my figs on a shelf and I like the stands(the 25th ones anyway)
Carded images of the Dollar Store Retaliation figs:
http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=491
http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=491