G.I. Joe Classified Series

[Damien]

I love that the Joe team really gets how much more enticing and 'displayable' figures get when they do little in-motion effects like that.

 

[vicious]

I've said before that Budo was one of my favorite ARAH figures growing up. But that means I want him to be ARAH-style Budo. I NEVER intend to use his samurai gear, even if it does look really cool. So I'm still debating with myself whether I spend the money to find a different body for that armour, or just try to sell it to someone that might actually want to use it.

I threw his spare armor on an extra Grunt. The helmet even fits great. You might not have a Grunt but his body mold is very common. The only drawback of arming two figures with Budo's loadout is that you'll be short a katana, so I had to borrow one that has a silver blade and brown painted handle, I'm not sure who's it is, it's the same katana mold that comes with the blue/red Cobra Ninjas.

EDIT: Here's a picture along with a dump of other random Classified photos over the past month (sorry if there's reposts!) -

 

[Damien]

I threw his spare armor on an extra Grunt. The helmet even fits great. You might not have a Grunt but his body mold is very common. The only drawback of arming two figures with Budo's loadout is that you'll be short a katana, so I had to borrow one that has a silver blade and brown painted handle, I'm not sure who's it is, it's the same katana mold that comes with the blue/red Cobra Ninjas.

That does look good. It's not a downside for me about the swords because A) I hate his bigger sword and B) I don't need both figures to have all three weapons. So I'm good. It's just about finding a body where I like the color combination AND the body actually works. I've been seriously considering the Snake Eyes body from the polar bear set, if I ever get that.

 

[Ru1977]

I have a spare Mutt body waiting for Budo.

 

[vicious]

That does look good. It's not a downside for me about the swords because A) I hate his bigger sword

It's certainly a ridiculous weapon. Even in feudal Japan they're like, "why the heck would I use this?" and just kept them around for show. But it's fun to imagine Budo cutting down a group of Vipers, Dynasty Warriors-style, with it. Or maybe cutting the legs out from under a SNAKE Armor, since Cobra doesn't really have horses.

B) I don't need both figures to have all three weapons

It's not quite that. The issue is that the largest sword and the shortest sword will always have one sheath each, while the middle-sized sword is needed on both gear loadouts to avoid a permanent empty sheath, so you'll need an extra (or cut off a sheath ofc, which is something I'm considering for the lighter armor).

 

[Spongyblue]

I just opened Wild Weasel and his Jacket is cool as $h!t and he is unnecessarily handsome.