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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 20, 2023 17:38:22 GMT
The name Rage-Viper would suit him better.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2023 18:02:18 GMT
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Post by legios on Aug 22, 2023 21:03:02 GMT
You're understanding as if the Range Viper is named appropriately does rather hinge on if you conside his grenade launcher a ranged weapon Is there any situation where a grenade launcher used to launch grenades isn't a ranged weapon? By definition it is designed to launch the grenade in order to make it be somewhere else when it explodes. I mean, having a grenade detonate where the user happens to be is a rather... involved.. method of the user shooting themselves... surely? I suppose you could bludgeon someone with the grenade launcher. But that that point it is basically just a much more expensive stick... Karl |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 23, 2023 15:58:03 GMT
01 Roadblock
02 Snake Eyes
03 Destro
04 Duke
05 Scarlett
06 Cobra Commander (Regal)
06 Cobra Commander
07 Gung Ho
08 Red Ninja
09 Cobra Commander (Snake Supreme)
10 Beach Head
11 Roadblock (Cobra Island)
12 Cobra Trooper
13 Baroness with Cobra C.O.I.L.
14 Arctic Mission Storm Shadow
15 Profit Director Destro
16 Snake Eyes (Origins)
17 Storm Shadow (Origins)
18 Akiko (Origins)
19 Baroness (Origins)
20 Scarlett (Origins)
21 Firefly
22 Cobra Viper (Cobra Island)
23 Zartan
24 Cobra Infantry
25 Lady Jaye
26 Flint
27 Major Bludd
28 Heavy Artillery Roadblock
29 Breaker with RAM Cycle
30 Snake Eyes & Timber: Alpha Commandos
31 Master of Disguise Zartan
32 Barbecue
33 B.A.T.
34 Alley Viper
35 Storm Shadow
36 Spirit Iron-Knife
37 Cobra Officer
38 Croc Master & Fiona
39 Stuart "Outback" Selkirk (Tiger Force)
40 Duke & RAM (Tiger Force)
41 B.A.T. (Python Patrol)
42 Cobra Viper (Python Patrol)
43 Dr. Mindbender
44 Tomax Paoli
45 Xamot Paoli
46 Sgt. Stalker
47 Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers
48 Zarana
49 Dusty
50 Crimson Guard
51 Blue Ninjas
52 Snake Eyes & Timber
53 Sgt Slaughter
54 David L. "Bazooka" Katzenbogen (Tiger Force)
55 Recondo
56 Python Patrol Officer
57 Serpentor & Air Chariot
58 Gabriel "Barbecue" Kelly
59 Courtney "Cover Girl" Krieger
60 Crimson B.A.T.
61 Kamakura
62 David L. "Bazooka" Katzenbogen
63 Stuart "Outback" Selkirk
64 Vincent R. "Falcon" Falcone
65 Dusty (Tiger Force)
66 Python Crimson Guard (Python Patrol)
67 Snow Job
68 Valkyries
69 Arctic B.A.T.
70 Shipwreck
71 Craig "Rock N' Roll" McConnel
72 Copperhead
73 Edward "Torpedo" Leialoha
74 Scrap-Iron & Anti-Armor Drone
75 Philip "Chuckles" Provost
76 Range-Viper
77 David "Big Ben" Bennett (Nightforce)
78 Tripwire, Apsara, & M.A.C.L.E.O.D.
79 Tele-Viper and Cobra Flight Pod (Trubble Bubble)
80 Ralph "Nunchuk" Badducci
81 Cobra Eel
83 Tunnel Rat
84 Firefly
85 Crimson Viper
86 Low-Light
87 Robert "Grunt" Graves
88 Vypra (Python Patrol)
89 Flint (Tiger Force)
90 Jodie "Shooter" Craig (Nightforce)
91 Crimson Alley Viper
92 Desert Commando Snake Eyes
93 Snow Serpent
94 Mole Rat
95 Steel Corps Troopers
Classified Retro
Crimson Guard
Snake Eyes
Baroness
Destro
Gung-Ho
Lady Jaye
Storm Shadow
Zartan
Retro Storm Shadow and Arctic B.A.T. acquired.
The Arctic B.A.T. is good, but flawed in that while it comes with a chainsaw and sniper rifle instead of the three arm attachments that came with the previous three B.A.T.s, it still has the storage backpack for the three absent arm attachments but nowhere to stow its new things. Almost as if they planned to include the three attachments but dropped them (but not the backpack) at a late stage.
Cool new head.
Martin
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Post by Jim on Aug 24, 2023 12:17:26 GMT
I canceled my Arctic B.A.T. order because I realised I wasn't very fussed about it anyway, but if I'd noticed that in advance I probably wouldn't have even put the preorder in! That would irk me a lot, I think. If the standard B.A.T. was still easily available I think I'd prefer to army-build that.
Snow Job and the Valkyries arrived the other day, and Tele-Viper and the Trouble Bubble should be with me early next week. It looks like both Serpentor and Mindbender are finally making it to the EU store next month too, so expensive times!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2023 12:51:19 GMT
I will only buy new figures if they are Action Force.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 24, 2023 13:09:46 GMT
When was the last time they did an official Action Force branded figure? Have they done any since this thread was started?
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2023 13:20:17 GMT
I think AF has been dead since the early 90's!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 24, 2023 15:54:20 GMT
A Classified Skeletron with Palitoy Action Force branding would be an instant purchase for me
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 24, 2023 16:09:05 GMT
Roboskull for me, please.
Martin
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Post by Jim on Aug 28, 2023 13:13:07 GMT
1. Footloose 2. Dusty3. Cobra4. Snow serpent 5. Flint6. Lady Jaye7. Storm shadow8. Eel 9. Barbecue10. Bazooka11. Crimson guard12. Tele-viper13. Airtight 14. Snake Eyes plus timber15. Ripper 16. Buzzer 17. Shipwreck18. Alpine 19. Destro20. Quick Kick Or to keep track of it another way:
Tele-Viper is in! Keeping my fingers crossed that the Eel is restocked at Pulse or turns up at a non-absurd price elsewhere.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 30, 2023 17:14:34 GMT
Crimson Viper acquired.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 30, 2023 21:17:12 GMT
That card back is so nostalgic!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2023 7:49:58 GMT
Toy packaging rarely features cross-sells anymore  -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2023 8:18:31 GMT
SW Vintage, Retro and MOTU do. I think I've seen some on the carded articulated 3 3/4 modern style Joes
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2023 9:27:39 GMT
TF stopped doing it and 16bit.com oftens laments the loss of them on some SW stuff.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 31, 2023 9:50:23 GMT
The retro-packaged Classified releases have it to some extent. The nearest one to hand I have has four of those card art images on it (though two of them are silhouettes).
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Post by Jim on Aug 31, 2023 9:52:55 GMT
My favourites remain the Palitoy cardbacks, with the photo of all the available vehicles and figures together. A dream!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2023 11:29:56 GMT
To some a dream...
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 2, 2023 13:28:54 GMT
01 Roadblock 02 Snake Eyes03 Destro04 Duke 05 Scarlett06 Cobra Commander (Regal) 06 Cobra Commander07 Gung Ho 08 Red Ninja09 Cobra Commander (Snake Supreme) 10 Beach Head 11 Roadblock (Cobra Island) 12 Cobra Trooper13 Baroness with Cobra C.O.I.L. 14 Arctic Mission Storm Shadow15 Profit Director Destro 16 Snake Eyes (Origins)
17 Storm Shadow (Origins)
18 Akiko (Origins)
19 Baroness (Origins)
20 Scarlett (Origins)
21 Firefly
22 Cobra Viper (Cobra Island)
23 Zartan
24 Cobra Infantry25 Lady Jaye 26 Flint 27 Major Bludd28 Heavy Artillery Roadblock 29 Breaker with RAM Cycle 30 Snake Eyes & Timber: Alpha Commandos 31 Master of Disguise Zartan 32 Barbecue 33 B.A.T.
34 Alley Viper
35 Storm Shadow36 Spirit Iron-Knife 37 Cobra Officer
38 Croc Master & Fiona39 Stuart "Outback" Selkirk (Tiger Force) 40 Duke & RAM (Tiger Force) 41 B.A.T. (Python Patrol)
42 Cobra Viper (Python Patrol)43 Dr. Mindbender 44 Tomax Paoli 45 Xamot Paoli 46 Sgt. Stalker 47 Cobra Viper Officer & Vipers
48 Zarana49 Dusty 50 Crimson Guard
51 Blue Ninjas
52 Snake Eyes & Timber53 Sgt Slaughter 54 David L. "Bazooka" Katzenbogen (Tiger Force) 55 Recondo 56 Python Patrol Officer57 Serpentor & Air Chariot 58 Gabriel "Barbecue" Kelly 59 Courtney "Cover Girl" Krieger
60 Crimson B.A.T.61 Kamakura 62 David L. "Bazooka" Katzenbogen 63 Stuart "Outback" Selkirk 64 Vincent R. "Falcon" Falcone 65 Dusty (Tiger Force) 66 Python Crimson Guard (Python Patrol)67 Snow Job 68 Valkyries
69 Arctic B.A.T.70 Shipwreck 71 Craig "Rock N' Roll" McConnel 72 Cobra Copperhead 73 Edward "Torpedo" Leialoha 74 Scrap-Iron & Anti-Armor Drone 75 Philip "Chuckles" Provost 76 Range-Viper77 David "Big Ben" Bennett (Nightforce) 78 Tripwire, Apsara, & M.A.C.L.E.O.D. 79 Tele-Viper and Cobra Flight Pod (Trubble Bubble) 80 Ralph "Nunchuk" Badducci 81 Cobra Eel 82 Crimson Strike Team: Baroness, Tomax & Xamot 83 Tunnel Rat 84 Firefly 85 Crimson Viper86 Low-Light 87 Robert "Grunt" Graves 88 Vypra (Python Patrol)89 Flint (Tiger Force) 90 Jodie "Shooter" Craig (Nightforce) 91 Crimson Alley Viper 92 Desert Commando Snake Eyes 93 Snow Serpent94 Mole Rat 95 Steel Corps Troopers 96 Cobra Copperhead (Python Patrol) 97 Cobra Officer (Python Patrol) 98 Tele-Viper and Cobra Flight Pod (Trubble Bubble) Classified RetroCrimson Guard
Snake Eyes
Baroness
DestroGung-Ho Lady Jaye Storm Shadow
ZartanSnow Serpent acquired. He has so... much... Stuff! Inluding snow shoes. And a snow board! He comes with everything you could think of, short of a matching robot partner. Oh wait, that's why I've got the Arctic B.A.T. And he can't ride his snow board and wear his snow shoes at the same time. But the B.A.T. has the same shoe size, so... B.A.T. on a snow board! Putting the Snow Serpent alongside Snake Eyes and Timber reminds me of that second story in Action Force Monthly #3. I may need more than one. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 2, 2023 14:07:19 GMT
Do you have all these out on display, Martin?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 2, 2023 14:13:35 GMT
No, about two thirds of them are on cupboard shelves in plastic boxes, the other more accessible third of them sort of on display standing on cupboard shelves.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 2, 2023 14:23:40 GMT
A secret GI Joe cupboard! Fantastic!
I did wonder. You've got a fair few there now, reaching past that point where a collection is just too big to keep together in one place. Storage boxes came into play when I got to that point with Origins.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 2, 2023 15:04:16 GMT
Oh yes, but it helps enormously that I don't keep the packaging, I've steered clear of vehicles, and there are no playsets like Castle Grayskull. Figures standing up take up very little area on a shelf.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 15, 2023 18:22:08 GMT
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Post by legios on Sept 15, 2023 18:24:27 GMT
Just realised that I have one remaining Joe figure left in the house - and that it is Low Light. Hmm. I'd have expected him to be the second last Joe to go out the door, but apparently not.
Anyone need a 3+1/2inch RoC/PoC era Low Light?
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 15, 2023 18:50:01 GMT
Interesting. Have to say I'm not mad on the Classified Python Patrol as a team. I mean, all five Crimson figures match, and all five blue infantry figures match, but the five Pythons released so far don't really match colour-wise, e.g. Vypra alongside Python Crimson Guard - so different. They're all over the place. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 15, 2023 19:15:09 GMT
How many figures from the subsets (Tiger Force, Python Patrol, Night Force and Marauders) have Classified done?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 15, 2023 19:43:04 GMT
How many figures from the subsets (Tiger Force, Python Patrol, Night Force and Marauders) have Classified done? By my reckoning: Five Python Patrol (Officer, Viper, B.A.T., Crimson Guard and Vypra) Five Tiger Force (Dusty, Bazooka, Recondo, Duke, Flint) One Marauder (Barbecue) Two Night Force (Big Ben, Shooter) Got all five Python Patrol. Also collecting other Cobra subsets: Blue infantry (Cobra Trooper, Cobra Infantry, Cobra Officer, two Valkyries) Crimson Guard (boxed C.G., carded C.G., Crimson B.A.T., Crimson Viper) Vipers (Viper Officer, three variants on basic Viper, Alley Viper, Range Viper) Arctic (Snow Serpent, Arctic B.A.T.) Ninjas (Storm Shadow, Red Ninja, two Blue Ninjas) Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 15, 2023 19:59:34 GMT
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