Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 16, 2020 6:24:12 GMT
I’ll be picking one of those up methinks!
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Post by Jim on Jun 16, 2020 7:10:53 GMT
The thing is, it doesn't actually need as radical a rethink - the core concept has enough parts that can be be used now without any real need to retool. Destro - secretive arms dealer who will work with any side for the right price. Tomax and Xamot - creepy twin brothers who run a global corporation - Extensive Enterprises with their own private army at the back of them. Zartan - master of disguise and all round shady bad guy for hire Dreadnoks - lunatic mercenaries and biker gang. Cobra Commander - lunatic cult leader I'd say it's the actual Joe side that needs the work, what is this team, how does it come about and why. Follow the Star Wars Rebels formula - have Cobra already on the ascendancy, if not outright in charge, and have a ragtag band form to resist them and slowly grow. It would fit the much more individualistic stylings of the Joes better, which never really made sense as a government-backed military force, and would be sadly topical!
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 16, 2020 14:18:05 GMT
This is what they’ve done in the new IDW series, Cobra starts off on top and GIJoe is the resistance
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2020 14:38:16 GMT
IIRC the last GI JOE cartoon had them on the run. It didn't do well.
Heck they were on the run in the last film too!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 16, 2020 18:26:25 GMT
HAIL COBRA!!!
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Post by KnightBeat on Jun 16, 2020 21:52:25 GMT
That was yesterday. It's the rain of Cobra tonight.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 18, 2020 20:33:10 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2020 21:10:48 GMT
Intrigued to see if this will be reissues like the Star Wars and Ghostbusters 'Retro' lines. Hasbro seem to be into that at the moment.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 18, 2020 21:44:09 GMT
I bet it is. Given how dead GI Joe has been in recent years, two new lines would be odd. Pumping out the old stuff less so.
Let's hope other companies jump on the bandwagon. More 80s lines please!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 18, 2020 21:48:05 GMT
I'd be interested in some Retro Battle Action Force! Z-Force! SPACE-Force! THE RED SHADOWS!!! ... Imagine...
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Post by Jim on Jun 18, 2020 22:07:26 GMT
I'd be interested in some Retro Battle Action Force! Z-Force! SPACE-Force! THE RED SHADOWS!!! ... Imagine... Would be so happy to get a Q-Force Swordfish!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 18, 2020 22:11:30 GMT
I'd be interested in some Retro Battle Action Force! Z-Force! SPACE-Force! THE RED SHADOWS!!! ... Imagine... Would be so happy to get a Q-Force Swordfish! Oh gosh yes! Oh I haven't thought about this for a long time! I still have my cardboard Action Force HQ. The Shadow Track? THE RED SKULL?! Brilliant toys.
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Post by Jim on Jun 18, 2020 22:12:21 GMT
I have high hopes for this, straight-up reissues from those first couple of years would be amazing.
This trend for retro/reissue toys from that era is great, though I'm forever surprised LEGO doesn't jump on this bandwagon. I would have thought it would be relatively easy for them.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2020 22:33:15 GMT
I doubt this will be old school Action Force if it's a Walmart line. It'll be Real American Hero. Not sure I'll bother unless there is a Flint and a Lady Jaye.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jun 18, 2020 22:39:45 GMT
The Shadow Track? THE RED SKULL?! Brilliant toys. Yes! A shame the Doctor's probably right...
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Post by Jim on Jun 19, 2020 7:13:52 GMT
I don't think either of us were thinking that this meant we would see those, just some intense wishful thinking!
A line with Lady Jaye, Flint, Destro, et al would be amazing. Just a shame it wouldn't be the Action Force versions
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Post by Llama God on Jun 19, 2020 9:51:14 GMT
Oh wishful thinking from me, too. It's good to have unattainable dreams.
I'm not sure why...
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 19, 2020 20:23:17 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 19, 2020 23:12:19 GMT
I bet it is. Given how dead GI Joe has been in recent years, two new lines would be odd. Pumping out the old stuff less so. Let's hope other companies jump on the bandwagon. More 80s lines please! Now you've done it! Stand by for an announcement of reissue Sunbow TFs.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 19, 2020 23:15:51 GMT
That would be Action Masters wouldn't it?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 26, 2020 9:27:16 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 26, 2020 9:31:49 GMT
I bet it is. Given how dead GI Joe has been in recent years, two new lines would be odd. Pumping out the old stuff less so. Let's hope other companies jump on the bandwagon. More 80s lines please! Now you've done it! Stand by for an announcement of reissue Sunbow TFs. And then a couple of days later the RED line popped up.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2020 9:38:23 GMT
RE: Wave 2.
I don't think it's a good sign to have characters recur in only wave 2 of a big relaunch. Having said that, Love God Destro does look amazing. I wouldn't have bought wave 2 Destro if I had known that was coming out. It's also deeply annoying as wave 1 isn't even out yet!
Oh, Hasbro.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jun 26, 2020 10:26:18 GMT
That Destro is a thing of beauty.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2020 18:33:34 GMT
ID has LOVE GOD DESTRO up (one per customer, amusingly).
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 30, 2020 18:58:19 GMT
This is something strange. Last Friday Hasbro Pulse unveiled two Amazon exclusives: one a piece for TF and Joe. The TF one has a listing on Amazon UK but can't be ordered. The Joe one, however, has turned up on Amazon UK but under the wrong name and with a different release date to Amazon US! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B083MMS7M1-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 7, 2020 14:18:54 GMT
ID has 'regal' Cobra Commander up. Think it looks much nicer than the regular retail CC release (which is fine anyway).
Would like to see what the line is like in person before coughing up for more though.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 13, 2020 21:45:10 GMT
Sold out already.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2020 21:47:34 GMT
I may have flip-flopped and ordered one before it sold out.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 13, 2020 21:49:11 GMT
Managed to avoid purchasing any...for now anyway.
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