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I agree the poster does look awesome. I can't wait to see thundercats make a come back! I will go on a limb here and say that I am a little worried about the fact that it will be a reimagining. That can be a 50/50 chance that it will be good. I loved the updates in the comics, but am sure they won't go that route. Also as much as I like clone wars, i really hope that the animation isn't in the stye of dexters lab or power puff girls. I know at comic con last year mattel said they are really wanting the chance to do the thundercats line, which gave me alot of hope, but i guess they have legal issues to contend with. I can't decide between the choices between dcuc and motu, i could see a mesh of the two working well. most of the thundercats are tall and muscular but not bulky (except panthro which he could use the motu style) so the dcuc style would work well with most of the thundercats, where the villains are more bulky and the motu style would fit for them. I do hope mattel does get the license for the articulation and fact that they would get it right, and they would release classics as well as the reimagined figures. If the license goes to a lesser company, which it might, i am sure the license might not get its respect, just release the new cartoon figures rushed and crappy looking. I really hope we do see some good stuff. I would buy both a 4" and 6" line. 4" would be perfect for the vehicles and playsets! If what we see is anything like the customs we have been seeing, I will get everything I can get my paws on. and just think if mattel gets the line, we can look forward to sdcc exclusives like maybe Jaga and snarf or some ro-bears. Also if the line takes off we might see silverhawks and tigersharks as well.

Daniels?

pure awesome. just shrink me down so I can move in there, and I'll be happy.

thanks! they are on clearance here at san Diego too. mostly peg warmers. I did find snake eyes in trench coat, ice viper ( first time I saw him, his card art to me looked cooler, but was worth picking up), and cobra commander. CC looks like he has a removable faceplate but I guess not. I like the figures with the hoods, but snakes eyes hood gets in the way to put his sword on his back. I kinda wish the hood was removable and you could put a hood up on the figures too.

gratz my friend how are you? long time no hear. take care

I totally agree. With the q & a's hasbro has always responded with nickel and dime answers about how much it costs to make figures and molds, so they wouldn't be abled to make certain figures or vehicles. So when we get a new movie, they spared no expense to make all new molds for many figures, vehicles, and accessories. The fact that the movie would be a hit or a bomb didn't matter, they put out soo many movie products. Alot more than what was allowed for the 25th anniversary product, which was continually selling out where ever you went. Now what else makes me realize where these hasbro clowns have their heads is with the fact that they have stated that even if the movie had not come out, they wanted to take gi joe in a different direction. I think Resolute looks and is great and look forward to more of that product and some of the new POC items that is not a movie tie in. But truthfully this feels like an alienation since alls hasbro knows what to do is constantly reinvent itself. Look at that fact that in the 80s, gi joe RAH stuck around for 12+ years. I don't think that if it made its start now that it would have as much success.

Hey all I was at borders last week and got some nice items. I found the "Ultimate Guide to GiJoe 1982-1994" on sale for $6 which is turning out to be an awesome read as well as a guide, and also in this months issue of lee's toy review is a spotlight on Gi Joe 25th anniv with a figure guide. Yo Joe!

Sorry, not impressed. Nothing tops wes cravens "nightmare on elm street". I might see it, but kinda doubtful. These new remakes of old horror movies are not moving me the way the classics did. I do admit I did like the new texas chainsaw massacre, but thats about it. Maybe I just don't get things nowadays.

I actually prefer the smell. It reminds me of my childhood and happy thoughts. It was an odd smell at first. My girlfriend wasn't too happy with the smell, but after a short while of being on my desk, the smell has faded. I never owned a stinkor, but highly anticipate him. I will prefer him to have his original smell as well. When I was growing up when you opened a toy package to certain toys they had a distint smell that you could associate with them. It makes me think of where i was in my life, how i got it, and people around me, like with birthdays, or getting a toy as a reward for doing well in school. I'm not trying to sound wierd, but its something i noticed.

I'm going to go with MASK, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Mortal Kombat, Alien vs Predator, Ghostbusters, Robocop, Cinema of Fear, Hellboy and terminator. Those would be crossover ideas. If I was shooting for ideas for toy lines in the scale and articulation of GI joe, then I would add Thundercats, World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, WWE, TNA, SilverHawks, TigerSharks, Harry Potter, and AVATAR. I would also jump at the chance to collect star wars again if it had that articulation incorporated into it. I know some of these lines already have a 4" scale, but I think the lines could be improved.

I agree about hama, I think he saw "movie check" and is just going along for the ride on it all. What happened to pride? As far as the sci-fi aspect of Gi Joe, I thought it had a nice blend with the military. It didn't get out of hand (until the end). Color me crazy, but I did liked the laser guns, the defiant and Cobra La (battleforce 2000 not so much). Now with the movie, the sci fi did go too over the top. I would take cobra la over snake mask cobra commander, and all the snake armored troops of the movie. Of course, Cobra needs its blue suited troops, face plated vipers, BATS, and crimson guards. For gi joe resolute, I mostly like it. I didn't like that they offed Major Bludd and storm shadow. It is good that this is more for the collector, but I think main characters should be off limits to kill, lessers are fine for example Heavy Duty *cough cough*. I am not sure I like where they are going with zartan. The rest is great!! As far as hasbro goes, they saw movie check, with lots of toy sales, and sold out too. Arrow you are right that hasbro pushes what they want. I did talk to some people at the gi joe booth at comic con, and was more or less told that they would make the product that they wanted to see and would omit the things they didn't like. Proof in point, was zartans swamp skier. I really don't think they have taken anything we have said into account for any of the 25th line. It was an easy out for them to take preexisting molds and slightly tool things and throw it out there for us. We saw repaints aplenty. The RAH line, had heart and it went the distance. The 25th line wasn't being backed or pushed much by hasbro. They have gotten too comfortable with constantly trying to reinvent the brand over and over and figured that that is how to do business. Since the 25th line was out, I really think they weren't understanding it was a success and wanted to end it and were looking for anyway to do it. It was old hat, and the world needs new fresh product to compete with pokemon. Heaven forbid that classics are what I crave and many others do as well. Look at how well MOTU classics are doing. I really wasn't up for paying $30 a figure every month, but now, I have all the figures and am glad I got them. I would like hasbro to put out more 25th figures, vehicles and step up to bases. Also I would like to see VVV and spytroops characters be made, like Overkill and croc master II. There was a firefly figure in the joe con pictures that does look like a nod to spytroops barrel roll who was dressed as firefly. Kyver, the firefly from the comics pack was cool, I agree, but I think I like the Hall of fame Firefly a little better, but he would be better with the right color scheme. I always thought the original fireflys arms were a tad bit too thin.

Julianne Moore was perfect for scarlett to me in the ballad of Gi Joe video! Yeah I was not impressed with any of the ROC Scarlett figures. She just doesn't stand out to me. In her defense, (for some odd reason) at least she doesn't look like gorilla face Princess Leia lol . As far as the 25th anniv line goes, I have collected everything I have found and could get my hands on. I got singles, doubles, and some troops I bought 3 or 4 of like the BATS. I would still be buying them if they were out, and wish they would have taken it up a notch to release more like vehicles like oh say the SkyStriker and the Terrordrome. They heard us asking time and time again but chose to ignore it. At this point in the game, I don't want to hear anything about it costing them too much to make especially after all the toys they are pushing for ROC. ROC has a movie to push it, the 25th line didn't need it. I have been looking more at the Joe Con pics, and there are some vehicles I might pick up after all. I am kinda digging the maquarrie style art of the hiss tank. If that damn generic joe symbol is plastered on anything I get I am going to sand it off, or if its a sticker its going to get trashed. I still will avoid all the movie figures, but will pick up the rest that should be picked up like charbroil and any other 25th that gets released. Those huge alien beasts, I would pick up in a heartbeat! I do like the mini playsets but don't like that we have to get movie figures with them. I am also debating the past and present lines, I will have to see more of them when they are released. Finally we will be getting SNAKE armor rereleased. Time to dig the paints out again. Everything does not need to be painted black Hasbro!! That was what made snake eyes unique. As far as the grey camo on the suits go, I don't like it. I prefer the plain green uniforms the original 13 wore, and I like the old circle marking camo compared to the new stuff, thats just my preferance. By the way, welcome to the forums Kyver. Thanks for writing back.

Storm shadow "Yeah, this does feel alot like phantom menace doesn't it?" Snake Eyes "................" Storm Shadow "Ok, your right, its worse, I didn't think it was possible either"

Those figures look awesome. Would be nice if they were available for purchase, but i'm sure now they will just be on ebay. That was a cool parachute drop!!

Yeah, he was also Wash on Firefly, and he appeared on Dollhouse recently. Anyone else who would rather see a movie with this cast than the cast of RoC? I think I would. Rollins as Duke! Sweet... I definatly would. I would camp for tickets to see a midnight showing of it. I dug the music too, so would be all over a soundtrack.

As a point of reference, when star wars figures were relaunched in 95, they were a big seller, and the line took off, not long after we saw vehicles galore, 12" figures, etc. Now transformers came out and there have been lots of toys made for both movies, and they continue to sell well. GI Joe has had many incarnations, and has been hit or miss. Gi Joe, to me, has returned in a big way. I have enjoyed the relaunch with the toysrus exclusives, to the launch of venom vs valor, spy troops and especially the 25th line. (sigma 6 was cool, but I would have liked a more mego/famous covers/signature series approach with more authentic costumes). The 25th line has been very popular, constantly selling out online and at stores. From my understanding, Hasbro just wanted to do the initial 5 packs as a tribute, and leave it at that. Hasbro has always skirted around questions in the q&a sessions. To me it seems like the people behind the 25th line never wanted to go out on a limb for the line. It took forever to even get vehicles which started out to be the smallest vehicles hasbro has ever produced for the line. The 12" (hasbro) line looks like it was just spare parts thrown together more than anything. When it came time to do larger vehicles, we got 2 planes, which have been redone and repainted time and again. We kept asking for terrordromes, skystrikers, whales etc, and have always been shot down. What we hear is it would cost too much, we might get burned on it etc etc. No thoughts of online exclusives or anything, even though the figures kept selling well. Now we have the movie out, and all the thoughts of "we will get burned" have went out the window. Toysrus, in my neighborhood, has a huge display with mounds and mounds of figures, vehicles of all sizes, and the huge PIT base. It is everywhere. There is no sight of 25th anywhere, not even in the clearance aisle. ROC toys have went all out and are everywhere. When I look at all the product for ROC, it looks like there is twice as many toys as compared to when a star wars movie was released. Also, all the ROC toys look to be new molds with few repaints thrown in here and there. I am still and will always be a GiJoe RAH fan first and foremost. We have been told there has been lots of homages thrown in here and there to please older fans, but I am not seeing much. My beef is "why has so much needed to be changed for the line to survive and thrive, and why couldn't there been more to please older fans?" Was it mismanagment of the line, did they just not care, or are older fans like me just not enough and need to be thrown to the curb to make room for new fans to take my place?." I understand everything needs to change and adapt to survive the trials of time, but I personally don't like the direction of the new movie and toys. All of that aside, How do you like the new ROC line? Does it fit in with your 25th or other line figures? Is it the better or worse line to you? Where does it fit in for you?

It is all fail to me. I went to target and toysrus last night. Both stores were fully stocked, hardly looked like anything was touched. Even with the sales price, and after pouring over them, looking for something to buy, wanting to buy something, I walked away from it all. I didn't buy anything. They did have everything in stock, I had free range of it all. GI Joe always made me feel patriotic, and happy to be an american. Seeing that god damned generic symbol plastered on everything and no american flag in sight. It's not the same. To me it signifies that they are trying to tell me that its better not to be proud to be an american. Thats my thoughts on it, and I won't buy into it. As a side note I read the SD comic con gi joe movie comic, that was a origin story more or less for Helix, and I didn't like that either. So I won't be picking her up either. I know after badmouthing the movie and where the toy line is going, I am trying to come to terms with it, and find a way to like it because it is "Gi Joe!!" Even after meeting Ray Park at the comic con (which he is and always will be awesome!!), I still don't want to see it. At one point I was at the theater, and the gi joe trailer came on, and my girlfriend, who isnt into gi joe at all, said she might like to see it. Well, now that it is out, she has changed her mind (even though we have theater gift certificates.)

2002-2004 WWE sounds good. Most of the nWo era, wasn't much into the attitude era except the main events/ happenings (especially Stone Cold). The rock I have to admit was electrifying. The old school ecw era, i was devistated when it went off the air, then shut down. New ecw doesn't hold a candle to it. Wcw for the most was awesome except when it was going out. It had some bad moments. The 80's WWF.

To go: The miz, (only wish he could be gone and the real awesome one could return, Mike Awesome. Unfortunaly hes dead.) Jesse's wanksta gimmick. Zack Ryder, his gimmick now is officially one notch under vanilla Ices, Abraham Washington, The Burchills, little rey rey (mysterio jr). To return: Ernie the cat miller, Sabu, Francine, Steve Corino, Amish RoadKill and danny doring, Vader, DDP, Ahmed Johnson, Rick Martel, Jim Neinhart, Hugh Morrus, Tajiri, RVD (to tna rather than wwe imo), Mr Kennedy, Billy Kidman sans Paul London, CW anderson, Gilberg, Lance Storm, Chris Canyon, Adam Bomb (Bryan Clark), Horace Hogan, Sean O'Haire, Razor Ramon, announcers (Tony Schiavone, Joey Styles, and Joel Gertner), Vampiro, Mickey Whipwreck, Larry Zbysko, La Parka, Blue Meanie, and Raven and his flock, Justin Credible, Kid Kash, and the character simon diamond. Thank god to be gone, Colin Delaney.

Nothing to report from here in the san diego area. I just got back. I did ask someone and searched the store but no luck. I did see night court season 1, and was soo close but I am saving up for the Tcats. I also saw in the sales flyer for tales from the crypt season 5 for 3 bucks, but didn't see that one anywhere.

Thats a very nice mod to ripcord! Good Job! Now to do that with all the movie ripcord figures too lol.

Now that is a beautiful figure. Now I wish I was attended the joe con lol. But unfortunatly am broke from the SDCC. Is there any other way to get this, or just off of ebay afterwards? Thanks in advance!

I am going and am looking forward to it. I am not happy with this movie, and will not see anything joe related there. I am sure it will be a juggernaut like transformers has been. but for me, now I want no part of either of them. Have fun this year bro!!

These are looking so awesome, they even brought a tear to my eye. I can't wait. I am so dieing to see them all decked out with accesories and the missing helmets. As far as the movie stuff goes, I think i threw up a little in my mouth. Shipwreck looks decent. I think all the accessories are hasbros way of trying to justify raising the prices. For a new movie, it sure is funny seeing so many things redone like the vehicles. Why no love for the skystriker STILL? Also, looks like hasbro is resurrecting sigma 6 with those battlers, the storm shadow doesn't look half bad, just needs a trim on the jacket thing. As for those roller vehicles, they look like happy meal toys.

Toys are not serious, they're for fun. Thats what I thought. It's just the people that get pissy if you say something bad about the movie that irk me.