G.I. Joe Classified Series

Maybe I just have terrible luck, but man, I run into so many stuck/clunky/too heavily ratcheted waist ball joints across every line that uses them (though that ML Wolverine was smooooooth as silk). if they were all like his I'd be more annoyed at companies using waist swivels but I'd say fully half my Joes I rely on the mid-torso swivel for poses cos their waists are a struggle to twist.
 
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I was really happy with the Firefighter figure but the lack of a length of hose and a nozzle to pose him with seems like an obvious miss, and since Doc is such a neat medic figure I was similarly looking forward to the Police Officer.

Of these specialists he's a bit disappointing on the execution of the accessories. The coffee cup...what hand is he supposed to hold that with?(!) He should have come with a coffee-holding hand and a doughnut.

The cuffs are neat for putting on a collared perp, but look dumb stuck into the slot on his belt so I don't really want to have them on him, and they'll mostly just be left in the accessories bin.

The biggest fail though, is the torch. If I want accessories permanently moulded into the storage detail then Marvel Legends have got me covered. I do not expect this on a £35 'deluxe' figure.

Get your shit together Hasbro.
 
docsilence said:
fully half my Joes I rely on the mid-torso swivel for poses cos their waists are a struggle to twist.
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Interesting, I almost never have this, but have other issues with my figures. Is it maybe cold in your fig room? Do you "break in" the waist like you would any other part? I feel like as long as you're not doing it with cold figures it's probably safe.

Although some figs with belts attached to their vests can make it difficult!
 
vicious said:
Interesting, I almost never have this, but have other issues with my figures. Is it maybe cold in your fig room? Do you "break in" the waist like you would any other part? I feel like as long as you're not doing it with cold figures it's probably safe.

Although some figs with belts attached to their vests can make it difficult!
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Room temp truly depends on the time of year (I'm in New England, so, y'know, anywhere between 95 degrees in the summer and single digits in the winter outside, constant fluctuation). I try to work the waist on these guys but I'd say... less than half but more than a quarter it's alarmingly tight, and others the belt and such really interferes with it. And it's feast or famine, they're either smooth and easy or totally stuck, nobody's ever just a little ornery.
 
I was messing with Budo again today and I think I want to try to find a regular belt for him. I fucking HATE the modern artist/designer instinct to always put crotch flaps on everything. They did this stupid shit with v2 Storm Shadow as well and it was dumb as fuck there, too. All it does is inhibit posing the legs. If you look around at history and modern life - we don't drape flappy shit in front of our dicks nearly as much as the toy and fantasy art industries would have you believe.
 
I've had the that alarmingly tight on plenty of Joes. I use hot water to break it in. Funny enough. It is Joes. Never Cobra. I wonder if there's a torso reuse that makes that pattern happen.

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I think Budo is cool, but once I had them set up I realized I just had no affinity for him. And then he just has to have all these extra parts that just get stored. Ironic that after posing him up, I just boxed it back up to return. There's just other characters that resonate more, and while I appreciate all the effort that went into it, the final product convinced me it wasn't going to bring me joy.
 
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.
 
altcunningham said:
I can already imagine Marketplace regulars hassling me over selling that second waist piece but not the two swords...
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Yep. I thought of that too. I'll probably sell the bigger sword, because it's fuckin' dumb. So maybe that'll keep someone happy?
 
Completely, utterly random thought, but I always kinda find it weird how I'm so much in love with a line of toy soldiers while being relentlessly anti-war and belligerently pacifist, but I was doing my occasional "It's two a.m. and I'm obsessively listening to the songs that formatted my brain" and Mark Knopfler's Brothers in Arms popped up and it all kinda made sense.

Anyway, war sucks, toy soldiers are cool, and this song is part of the reason I write violent stories about why violence is bad. (Also it's 2 a.m. and apparently Japanese whiskey makes me melancholy.)

On the upside I think I got charged an hour ago for the two greenshirts I ordered a million months ago so I'll have some head swapping to talk about instead.
 
Damien said:
we don't drape flappy shit in front of our dicks nearly as much as the toy and fantasy art industries would have you believe.
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Speak for yourself kemosabe, gotta go full tribal commando every so often.

I still havent cracked open Budo yet, he's sitting in a pile of plastic prisoners, but I have been debating how he will be displayed. Classic armor, tactical armor, none, hybrid? Not sure.
 
25% off one toy at target got me Budo for $27something, yay!

Also for some reason I was thinking of the Attack Shitter and came up with yet another name for it, the Battle Ready Strike Toilet, BRST, codenamed Chilidog.
 
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Got an in-store pick-up order in for these two at like 6:40 this morning. It was the last one available for this store and it didn't get filled until like 8:20, so I was afraid I'd missed out, but it worked out. A couple other stores in town also had one available, the rest were sold out.

Was able to use the $10 off $50 toy coupon and $5 off $40 coupon. So $43 for the set is definitely something I can be happy with.

This set got me to look up how exactly a mortar works. I guess nothing I couldn't just infer, but cool to know.
 
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