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  1. So Hasbro would rather cancel the Joes instead of take feedback on them and improve them? That sounds like the lazy way if it's true. Complaints are a form of criticism, and if a bunch of suits selling what amounts to nothing more than "products" to them can't take a little criticism from people who see the Joes as more than products, then they should leave the company.

     

    Yeah I have to admit I was almost offended by that statement too. Implying hasbro would say Stop all your whining or we'll stop making joes is ridiculous. I mean what is this a Father/Son relationship??? Are they going to send me to my room with no snow serpent next??? Im the customer. Hasbro works for me. If they dont like what I have to say Im going to say it anyways. :)

  2. I believe that DDD has said that sales have been good for the GvC line minus Wave 1, which was over ordered and produced(Hasbro knows this). So I am starting to believe that a lot of the ultra-negative reaction is coming from a small and vocal minority. The problem is that if they whine and cry long enough, Hasbro *may* think this is how all collectors feel and kill the line again.

     

    Hasbro is not coing to cancel the line because of internet whiners and thats what they "think" everyone feels like. When it comes to cancelling a line the only voice that is heard are numbers in an accounting book and if JvC were to get cancelled it would be from poor sales, not me crying on this forum about quality issues.

  3. Complaining does a few things. It irritates the people around you, and it costs you legitimacy if you do it too much. If I am to believe some of you by the volume of complaining, the only thing that will satisfy you is the cancellation of this line. Trust me, thats the message you're sending.  

     

    I know Im going to get blasted for saying this but In all total honesty if wave 3 is the pinnacle of all that is good about JvC (which of course only time will tell) then Yes, I would just assume this line be cancelled. As it stands it is just a constant distraction from me collecting what I consider to be superior toys with the Gi Joe name (Vintage). I cant resist checking them out every time I go to the store, and I must admit every so often I cant resist buying one and giving it a chance... But it I had the 10 bucks back on my rockslide, and the 8 bucks back per 2 pack Ive bought namely 3 (not counting old school repaints), that would be 34 bucks. Hmmm with 34 bucks I could buy a thunder machine, and still have probably a 20 dollar bill left over. Hehehe

    Doh

  4. That and it was out for like almost a year before wave 1.5 even hit.... You know I mean people are only going to buy so many Neo Vipers before they just start letting them rot on the pegs for eternity... which is what they are doing now...... I figure ill pick up 2 or 3 when I see them on clearance. :)

  5. I know the feeling---

     

    I have been going to wal mart and target every other day for months hoping to find a new he man figure or a new gi joe figure that just screams buy me...... Havent found much of anything for a long time except my blow torch vs snow serpent find earlier this week......

     

    Other than that I have been spending a LARGE amount of my toy money on dvds... which is a shame... I would just assume spend 100 bucks on He man toys than 50 on dvds, but mattel just doesnt seem to want to release anything but a thousand different hemans. Doh.

     

    Oh yeah this is the Gi Joe board isnt it? Well Id just assume spend 50 bucks on Gi Joe than 25 on dvds, but Hasbro insists on releasing JvC. :)

  6. . Probably his stupid nonbutt snapped it.

     

    Yay! Someone else wanting to join the coalition to bring back butts to Gi Joe. :)

     

     

    Seriously tho quality is an issue with this new line. I really like the sculpt/paint jobs of Snow Serpent Vs Blow Torch, but as I said before Why do I have a brand new Blow Torch figure with weapons Specifically made for him and he cant even bloody hold them?

     

    Yeah Im real glad I have opened a package to a broken figure, I would be miffed to say the least.........

     

    All I can say to you guys is make sure to return those figures so that Hasbro can eat it and realize they wont save money by cutting corners on quality in fact they will lose it with a high level of returns and a low level of sales.

     

    Our money talks, lets not waste it on shoddy product. :)

  7. your starting to like them phanstar? lol. Well guess what i am finding more and more problems with them! were switching sides! not realy i guess it's finaly sinking in wich parts suck anus and wich things rule about the line. Most of the time I loath paint schemes and arm articulation (neo viper and such) and the can't pic lines good at all. Wave 5 has some gems but too many new ones! Skull buster? WHY DEAR LORD WHY? green dusty? blasphmy !

     

    Well Im only judging them as I see them in person. Pictures on the net are great to make us drool and get psyched for whats to come, but I never judge a figure till I play with it. Wave 1 Blows, Wave 2 Blows just as hard if not harder, Wave 3, Looks "Somewhat Acceptable." trust me I still have complaints. I mean, Why do I have a brand new Blow Torch with accessories specifically created JUST for him, and yet he cant even hold them?? And Yes the no butts thing does suck, their legs are WAY too long... and As cool as the New snow serpent looks alone, He still doesnt blend in well at all with old joe figures which is a SERIOUS issue to me who has already spent easily 1000 bucks on his old joe collection. Blow torch on the other hand I think will fit in fine with old joes with the exception of lanky legs.

     

    Anyways back to my point, I fear from the pictures that I have seen that wave 3 may be the pinnacle of JvC. Im so far not very impressed with the designs of the future figures... Sure every wave will have a gem in it that I will probably buy, but as far as getting them all (as I used to always do with RAH) that just doesnt look like a reality yet.

  8. I once saw someone post that the main reason Hasbro added the sound attack tabs was that Toys R us wasnt going to continue to carry the joe toys if they didnt add electonics/lights/sounds. Well I dont know if that was rumor or speculation, or collaborated fact, but It puzzles/offends me. Because from what I have seen in my own town and reported here by fellow collectors, The only thing Toys R Us has bought figure wise so far is Wave 1!!! I have yet to see past wave 1 figs at a toys r us which leads me to believe they passed on 1.25, 1.5, 2, and now even 3. So what gives? We get stuck with these crappy tabs on our weapons and toys r us still doesnt sell em?

  9. Yeah when I found my blowtorch and Snow Serpent they also had several other two packs I must admit I was tempted.... I decided for now to pass on the Beachhead one, because it didnt look like they really did much to try to update this figure... he looked very similiar to his original figure and since I already have it and like it better, Why bother.

     

    Flints hands looked really huge, but its hard to say how they look without buying and opening them.

     

    I will say this, blowtorch looks cool as heck but he is not really capable of holding *ANY* of his weapons... a feather falls near him and they plop right out of his hands.

  10. Oh and just so you guys dont think ive gone soft, lemme add I spent some quality time with my blow torch figure today and almost wanted to break him in half it was so frustrating how he wouldnt hold any of his weapons... Whats the deal with that?!??!

     

    Butt yeah he still looks cool. :P

  11. Hey now lets not get carried away.. heheh I didnt say I LOVED them. :) No seriously wave 3 is a serious improvement over wave 2 and wave 1. Id like to see a little back on these figures (as in BUTTS) but these are going in the right direction.

  12. Ok... So I went to target on the other side of town the other day and saw my first wave 3 figures. As we all know I've been a fairly pronounced hater of the new JvC figures yet, people keep arguing they are getting better with every wave. So I keep hoping. Anyways, When I got to target I decided that enough time had passed and it was time to give the next wave of JvC a fair shot. So I picked up Blow Torch Vs. Snow Serpent. Heres what I think.

     

    These figures are a definate improvement over wave 1 and wave 2. But I still have 2 huge complaints.

     

    I love the sculpts on these figures. Blow Torch looks a lot better in person than he did in the pictures. Paint scheme on him is beautiful, and his outfit is awesome. Why are his hands sculpted into karate chops? Im not sure but at least he can do a decent salute pose. :) One of my minor complaints still apply to this figure. He can barely hold his weapons, if he can even hold them at all. Other than that, and my two major complaints with the new figures in general (which I will get to later) this is a great looking figure, a great sculpt, and great paint, and really a cool blow torch.

     

    Snow Serpent. This guy is way neat. I love the fur cloak. I love the husky dog. (Ive always been a sucker for joes w/ animal counterparts). This guy just looks awesome. At first his hands and feet look really huge. But I guess you can take into account that he should be wearing about 7 layers of clothes and thats ok. :) I have one minor complaint about this guy. I dont like these new 'outlined' cobra symbols. They are really hard to see unless you are holding the figure and looking at it close up. I like the old colored in cobra symbols WAY better. When I see a clan of enemy troopers come marching over the tundra, I wanna know their Cobra!

     

    Ok now my two major complaints with these JvC figs in general. We are on to wave three. and things do look better. The O ring is a start, but with it has come yet another problem. My guess is that Hasbro is trying desperately to make the crotch pieces less breakable or something. But none of these figures have a butt! Seriously. Their crotch parts are all molded really really small and skinny, making the figures legs have to be way longer. Look at a new JvC and look at a RAH figure. The New joes legs are almost a half an inch longer, and the reason? Because of the hip piece. Once again I assume hasbro is trying to make the figures more durable, but I really dont like the way that looks. It IMO makes the figures look disporpotionate, especially when compared to RAH figures that Have a butt. :)

     

    Second complaint. Sound Attack Weapons. These things gotta go. I dont like taking exacto knives and cutting up my joe toys, I generally try to preserve them exactly as they came. But what a great way to ruin new original character specific weapons, than to throw this huge ugly bulky tab on the side of all of them. MAKE IT GO AWAY. :)

     

    Other than that these new figures arent just AWEFUL. and while Im still going to be VERY selective, I may buy a couple of these.......

     

    Now if they would just do something about the JvC vehicles. :)

  13. Here is another old Joe memory... I remember once when i was probably 10 or so I dreamed that I got the Dragonfly helicopter with wild bill. I had always wanted that toy and now I finally had it, I packed my joes into it and was running all around the house thumb rapid firing that propellor switch so that it could fly all over..... Then when i was done I placed it ever so gently down on my dresser and went to sleep. Then I woke up. I was confused. I seemed to remember going to sleep twice. Did I actually get the Dragonfly?? I rolled over and looked at my dresser and it wasnt there. I even looked around the room in case I put it somewhere else and forgot. Then i realized I had DREAMED I got the toy and it wasnt anywhere....... Sigh... I was so depressed.. So then a few months later when I got the USS Flagg, every morning when I woke up I rolled over immediately to make sure it was actually sitting on my floor. hehe

  14. What's with all the "WE" usage?  It's either ME..YOU..US or THEM, no "WE". At least when it comes to our personal comments about the figures each of us like or dislike that is.

     

    I used the phrase "we" to try to portray my patronizing tone. :) You dont have to worry Viper Hunter, I've already figured out that your smart enough not to be fooled by the JvC trap. :)

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