Hasbro G.I. Joe Classified March 2023 Live-Stream Coverage

[JayC]

Hasbro today is holding their latest live-stream with the G.I. Joe brand team. Look for pre-orders for some of them items shown today to go live at 1pm ET at places like our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth.

We will be updating this story over the course of the next hour with any new product reveals or information they release during the event.
 

Panel begins. They have 8 pre-orders coming today.

Starting with 3 character name only reveals: Quick Kicks, Big Boa, Mutt And Junkyard.

Next up are digital render reveals: Tunnel Rat, Firefly v2, Low Light with removable goggles and Shadow Tracker.

Next are the 8 physical reveals that go up for pre-order today at 1pm ET.

Next mainline wave - Copperhead, Bazooka, Torpedo, Shipwreck and Rock N' Roll. These will cost $24.99 each.

Deluxe figures with lots of accessories will cost $34.99 and $44.99 price for figure and Pet figure. $54.99 will be the price for 2-packs.

Scrap Iron will cost $44.99. The drone treads are articulated. This will be a mainline item.

Cobra Female Trooper 2-Pack will cost $54.99 and be a Hasbro Pulse Exclusive

Snow Job will be $34.99 and exclusive to Hasbro Pulse.

Panel ends.

[JayC]

Panel begins. They have 8 pre-orders coming today.

Starting with 3 character name only reveals: Quick Kick, Big Boa, Mutt And Junkyard.

 

[JayC]

Next up are digital render reveals: Tunnel Rat, Firefly v2, Low Light with removable goggles and Shadow Tracker.

[GnarlyCharlie85]

They killed it with scrap iron!!! That face made me fall out, didn't even think his helmet was gonna be removable.

[deecee4]

Finally...a Big Boa mention..

[RecklessEndangerment]

I loved everything I saw but hated seeing two pulse exclusives, especially on a troop builder pack.

[Reno]

Wow, everything continues to look great with this line. Hasbro is knocking it out of the park! Not all surprised by the price increase.

I had to drop this line after they went to windowless packaging since I don't open any of these figures. I bought at least one version of every figure they did in the original packaging design and multiples of a few, but I just can't justify buying figures that I'm never going to open and can't even see inside the package. However, I'm very happy for everyone who is enjoying this line. I'm still plenty busy with Marvel Legends (which are the only figures that I do open) as my primary line for the past 2 decades and then the newer lines of DC Multiverse, Spawn and Masterverse (none of which I open). I buy at least one version of every character in the lines that I collect, so dropping Joes saves me some money and space even if I do still have a lot of affection for the line. I've still got all of the windowed packaging Joe Classified figures taking up one large bookshelf all to themselves. Shipwreck will be the one that will tempt me though. He was my very first Joe when I was a kid in the 80's.

[RobertD]

I think Low-Light is the one that's got me the most excited.  He and Leatherneck were my first two Joes and he was the easy favorite. 

[Satam]

Copperhead is a must get for me. So is Scrap Iron. On the fence about Rock & Roll - I like the updates to the figure itself, but his M60 is so Vietnam era and outdated. Not happy about Snow Job being a Pulse Exclusive.
I like that Shadow Tracker isn't just a scaled up version of the POC figure, but he really needs a second bow and arrow that's molded drawn back like the Marvel Legends Old Man Hawkeye. Glad that Tunnel Rat has knee pads, but as a sniper, Low Light really needs knee pads, too.

[RobertD]

Have they officially announced Snow B.A.T.s?  Because one of the Snow Job promo shots has them in the pic.

[Satam]

4 minutes ago, RobertD said:

Have they officially announced Snow B.A.T.s?  Because one of the Snow Job promo shots has them in the pic.

They have not. That's a tease.

[toynewman]

Our Sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth have the new G.I. Joe Classified Shipwreck, Torpedo, Copperhead, Bazooka and Rock N Roll Wave as well as Scrap Iron and Drone Deluxe Pet Figure from Hasbro up for Pre-order! The regular mainline figures retail for $24.99 each and Scrap Iron is $44.99!

G.I. Joe Classified Cobra Female Trooper 2-Pack ($54.99) and Deluxe Snow Job ($34.99) are exclusive to Hasbro Pulse! Yo JOE!

[toynewman]

[Atlantis]

thanks for the heads up!! I was able to order Snowjob thanks to you!

[Faceless]

Some look really good. Others are meh. Quick Kick and Big Boa are waaaay down on my wish list.

[toynewman]

36 minutes ago, Atlantis said:

thanks for the heads up!! I was able to order Snowjob thanks to you!

Any time I aim to help as much as I can. 

[ransomz]

Great line. I'm down for all of it but ... where are my Dreadlocks??

[Satam]

1 minute ago, ransomz said:

Great line. I'm down for all of it but ... where are my Dreadlocks??

Right here. Or do you mean Dreadnoks? In which case, I'm guessing we'll see at least one character render in the next live stream, whenever that is. They know Zartan's gang is popular.

[Canes05]

Shadow tracker is a dreadnok from the 50th anniversary line

[Outsiders]

Why do I have a feeling that Hasbro is going to make the new Firefly an exclusive to Walmart and either it's going to sell out before it goes on sale or Walmart will be shipping it in an undersized box?

[RobertD]

25 minutes ago, Outsiders said:

Why do I have a feeling that Hasbro is going to make the new Firefly an exclusive to Walmart and either it's going to sell out before it goes on sale or Walmart will be shipping it in an undersized box?

Box?  Only if you're lucky.  Walmart prefers to pack collectables in poorly padded envelopes, by my experience. 

[Outsiders]

5 minutes ago, RobertD said:

Box?  Only if you're lucky.  Walmart prefers to pack collectables in poorly padded envelopes, by my experience. 

I usually get poorly padded envelopes if I order the 3.75 figures from Walmart.

[Satam]

3 hours ago, Canes05 said:

Shadow tracker is a dreadnok from the 50th anniversary line

I have the old POC figure (somewhere). There's no indication anywhere on the packaging he's supposed to be a Dreadnok, and there was nothing indicating that in his first (and last) appearance in the comics. He's also not listed among the names of the Dreadnok members on Joepedia. His 3 3/4" figure was also released in 2011, a few years before the 50th anniversary line (2014).
Of course, if you want Shadow Tracker to be a Dreadnok in your collection, there's nothing stopping you.

[RobertD]

16 hours ago, Outsiders said:

I usually get poorly padded envelopes if I order the 3.75 figures from Walmart.

Like I said, lucky.  I preordered doubles of all the original 6" retro cardback exclusives; Destro, Lady Jaye, Baroness and Gung Ho.  All one order (if I recall correctly) and all delivered on the same day.  You'd think a company would stick everything in one simple box, right?  If only to minimize the shipping expense on their end?  Nope, they were all shipped individually, to varying degrees of protection.  Two were in undersized boxes (not even the same figure, which was particularly curious), four were in poorly padded bubble envelopes and two were sent in a flimsy, no padding at all envelopes.  Somehow, one of these was the least damaged of the group.  

Walmart's a mess. 

[Faceless]

On 3/9/2023 at 10:54 AM, RobertD said:

  You'd think a company would stick everything in one simple box, right?  If only to minimize the shipping expense on their end?  Nope, they were all shipped individually, to varying degrees of protection.  Two were in undersized boxes (not even the same figure, which was particularly curious), four were in poorly padded bubble envelopes and two were sent in a flimsy, no padding at all envelopes.  Somehow, one of these was the least damaged of the group.  

Walmart's a mess. 

They're shipped separately because they're being shipped from separate stores.

They're poorly packed because the people packing them have ZERO training on packing collectibles. It's not even on the training radar. Secondly, they're in the only department in Walmart whose work is strictly TIMED.