G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

[anarky]

That looks like a very solid set. I noticed a few of the cooler comic packs figures, and a couple of multipack guys. And the accessories look like they're mostly there (though some are misplaced; I saw a Beach Head displayed with Scarlett's crossbow). Definitely looks worth bidding on if you don't have 'em.

The Pit Commando is a frickin' sweet figure, partly because he's an accessory pack with a figure tossed in.

What's with all the loose Crazylegses in lots, though?

[Ran]

Funny how Crazylegs keeps ending up in those lots. If I win one, I'll send him your way. Bazooka, Flash, and Mutt seem to show up a lot, too.

[Ran]

Here is a strange lot. 25th Anniversary, ROC, pre-25th, some Star Wars, and who knows what else.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

I know it's been mentioned somewhere, but I can't remember where. Anyway, when I was talking to Derryl a few days ago, another guy came up and asked something or other about GI Joe. I asked him if it was true that Paramount only told Hasbro an hour before they told the public; his expression was extremely annoyed and he said they'd only given them half an hour. Fuck.

[Ran]

I read about that somewhere. That's pretty messed up. Other than the first wave of figures & vehicles, the rest of the line was pushed back until after the movie is released. Of course most of the cool stuff was in the later waves.

There were a lot of complaints that Hasbro took a lot of articulation away from some of the figures, especially the figures that came with vehicles. Some of them were down to 5 points. That's less than the original line has in 1983.

[anarky]

Did you assholes find that out from my Q&A?

[Ran]

Oh, was that yours?

[Ran]

Oh, was that yours?

[anarky]

Suck my fat nuts.

JJL, not only did they find out about a half-hour before the announcement, but the figures had been shipped to stores and the street date was less than a week away. It was a clusterfuck extraordinaire.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

I knew about the rest of the clusterfuck; I just thought Derryl's reaction was pretty funny.

[anarky]

I thought this was funny. The custom, as well as the people praising it.

http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/cus ... ter-11599/

When did Sergeant Slaughter get crossed with giraffe DNA? That figure would look decent except for the laughably long neck. Covering it up doesn't hide that it's a neck that would make Rob Liefeld say, "Damn, that's some bad anatomy."

I guess the guy who posted it must be someone everyone on that forum loves, because it's mind-boggling that no one's pointed this out yet.

[Rob Liefeld]

Damn, that's some bad anatomy.

[Ran]

Sgt. Slaughter may be a professional wrestler, but he has never been that buff in his entire life.

Stopped in a Walgreens today. They had a POC Cobra Commander. I already have it, so I didn't buy it. Just mentioning it because I never thought I'd see that figure on a store peg again.

[anarky]

Sounds like I need to start hitting Walgreens with more of a vengeance.

[anarky]

TRU had a metric fuckton of earlier Pursuit of Cobra stuff again today, including Alley Viper, Firefly, and Shock Troopers. I hope this means the POC stuff is still in the pipeline.