GIJoe toy Acquisitions (new and classic)

Got GI Joe Rise of Cobra Desert Ambush Duke today:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...on20090731.jpg
...primarily to reimagine him as a soldier for my movie Transformers - he's not to scale to my TFs (who aren't even to scale to each other :p) but he's the same scale as Mutt Williams which I reimagine as Sam Witwicky. :)

I wanted to get Heavy Duty as well (not the one in the scifi suit, the other one) but thanks to Hasbro's QA the only one I found today had poorly painted eyes so I passed it. :( Hopefully I can find another one with better eyes before Target's Toy Sale finishes.

Thanks to Lord Zed for recommending this figure. :D

Well while I'm somewhat interested in the movie figures, I'm still more of a classics fan so for me the GI Joe toy release of the year arrived today.

The Cobra Island Web exclusive packs, plus last years for good measure.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...s/P1010109.jpg

Finally I can finish of Cobra's high command with Dr Mindbender, as well as add some of my favourte Vipers. While on the joe side of things I was glad to see Zap actualy has his trademark moustache ( it was missing in early pictures) while Ripcord seems to have been renamed Altitude (I blame the movie). Recondo who is really an Aussie in disgiuse, and Chuckles are also two I've been waiting for.

And best of all, more Cobra's than Joes yay!!!!!!! :D

Now if only they will re-make Night, Saw, and Techno Vipers then I'll have all my favourte Vipers in 25th glory.

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Got GI Joe Rise of Cobra Desert Ambush Duke today:
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I wanted to get Heavy Duty as well (not the one in the scifi suit, the other one) but thanks to Hasbro's QA the only one I found today had poorly painted eyes so I passed it. :( Hopefully I can find another one with better eyes before Target's Toy Sale finishes.
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I wanted to get a Heavy Duty to, to sub as 25th Anniversary HD, but alas it appears the badly painted eyes are standard. They really fumbled the ball on that one.

Is there any other figure currently out that you could recommend as a substitute for Epps?

Where did you get those multi packs from Zed ?

They look awesome! I used to have or play with a lot of those figures when I was a youngin'! I should get myself a reissue B.A.T. - my very first G.I. Joe figure (my original has snapped in half cos the rubber band broke :( Not sure if he's lost his janglies too like so many of my other ARAH Joes. (T_T)).

Hey Goktimus, I got a few spare reissue BATS if you're interested! Lol

A replacement for Epps... maybe use Ripcord? And paint/sand over his moustache? That's all I can think of. Heavy Duty just looks too off.

I was trying to avoid spending today, but....

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...s/P1010111.jpg

Got Shipwreck at Target, then found the rest at Big W. The Ice Sabre wasn't in the system, so I thought I'd see what price the staff would grab for it. And luckily they grabbed the Alpha Vehicle price of $37 SCORE!

PS: I know the other items are TF's and non Joes, but the majority fit the threads criteria, and I ain't taking seperate photos damnit! :D

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Where did you get those multi packs from Zed ?

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They came from BBTS, I haven't got my credit card statement yet, but even with BBTS shipping gouging they should cost a little more than half the standard price of the current movie toys. As I'm not a MOSC collector mass figure boxes are a godsend. :)

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They look awesome! I used to have or play with a lot of those figures when I was a youngin'! I should get myself a reissue B.A.T. - my very first G.I. Joe figure (my original has snapped in half cos the rubber band broke Not sure if he's lost his janglies too like so many of my other ARAH Joes. (T_T)).

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As you probably noticed with Desert Duke, the new Joes have no rubber bands, that goes for the new BATs to. They are complete resculpts but extremely faithfull to the orginal toys. I have the one foor's selling If I can find my old BAT I can do a comparison pic.

Lord_ZEd where did you find that ice dagger? cant seem to find that one?

Does anybody know where I can get a Sigma Six Dragonhawk? (the small figure scale big VTOL carrier thing) Preferably locally so I don't pay through the nose for shipping.

I recall that for quite awhile the Dragonhawk was dumped in Australia for low prices, but now I can't seem to find them anymore :( Can anybody help?

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Lord_ZEd where did you find that ice dagger? cant seem to find that one?

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Miranda Big W, it had only just arrived I would guess. Shipped with the Cobra Gunship I would guess.

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Does anybody know where I can get a Sigma Six Dragonhawk? (the small figure scale big VTOL carrier thing) Preferably locally so I don't pay through the nose for shipping.

I recall that for quite awhile the Dragonhawk was dumped in Australia for low prices, but now I can't seem to find them anymore :( Can anybody help?

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I had no idea that we even got Sigma Six anything out here, never saw em round here.

The Dragonhawk and occasionally the smaller vehicles like the HISS and one of the mechs were clearanced at places like Deals Direct and on eBay AU, but they've all magically vanished.

Picked up Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow yesterday just to take advantage of the last day of the Target sale. These are the first "new style" (read: o-ringless) figures I've bought and I have to say I'm impressed. But I probably wont be getting anymore unless they're on sale (as good as they are, I don't think I'd pay more than $13 per figure). Plus, I only collect ninjas. :p

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Got GI Joe Rise of Cobra Desert Ambush Duke today:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...on20090731.jpg
...primarily to reimagine him as a soldier for my movie Transformers - he's not to scale to my TFs (who aren't even to scale to each other :p) but he's the same scale as Mutt Williams which I reimagine as Sam Witwicky. :)

I wanted to get Heavy Duty as well (not the one in the scifi suit, the other one) but thanks to Hasbro's QA the only one I found today had poorly painted eyes so I passed it. :( Hopefully I can find another one with better eyes before Target's Toy Sale finishes.

Thanks to Lord Zed for recommending this figure. :D

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so0o0o gok are you goin to be collecting JOEs as well :D

My Joes Acquisitions

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00442.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00441.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00440.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00439.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00437.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00432.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00433.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00434.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00435.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00436.jpg

Pretty nice collection,not keen on some figures, though others tempt me greatly.

What are your thoughts on the Cobra 4wd, what action features does it actualy have? Can it carry 4 figures or only 2?

After seeing the movie I'd like a big Cobra gunship now, the one currently released doesn't seem to look much like the one in the movie. I'd prefer a nice big one around the size of the Gi Joe vs Cobra/Spy Troops choppers.

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Pretty nice collection,not keen on some figures, though others tempt me greatly.

What are your thoughts on the Cobra 4wd, what action features does it actualy have? Can it carry 4 figures or only 2?

After seeing the movie I'd like a big Cobra gunship now, the one currently released doesn't seem to look much like the one in the movie. I'd prefer a nice big one around the size of the Gi Joe vs Cobra/Spy Troops choppers.

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cobra four wheel drive? hmmmm i got actually that after the night raven, which i haven taken photos of cos i dont know where to put it cos its so big. um you can only fit two people in there plus its has that plow kinda claws in the front just like in the movie when you slide the top all the way to the front of the engine it becames like an armor and the missiles at the back pops up. the vehicle is ok i guess i kinda like th gunship better you can fit 3 people including firefly as the pilot which is included with the vehicle.

did you see my snakes eyes head i replaced it with the one on the target exclusive snake eyes on the bike it looks more way better and my breakers body replaced with another shipwrecks body it kinda make him way cooler

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I had no idea that we even got Sigma Six anything out here, never saw em round here.

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Yeah, a few years ago I found the smaller Sigma 6 sets at Uncle Petes

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cobra four wheel drive? hmmmm i got actually that after the night raven, which i haven taken photos of cos i dont know where to put it cos its so big. um you can only fit two people in there plus its has that plow kinda claws in the front just like in the movie when you slide the top all the way to the front of the engine it becames like an armor and the missiles at the back pops up. the vehicle is ok i guess i kinda like th gunship better you can fit 3 people including firefly as the pilot which is included with the vehicle.

did you see my snakes eyes head i replaced it with the one on the target exclusive snake eyes on the bike it looks more way better and my breakers body replaced with another shipwrecks body it kinda make him way cooler

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The pop up armour and guns on the Cobra 4WD remind me of the MASK vehicle Jackhammer, maybe they'll repaint it or mod it and make another MASK toy. I actualy like the Breaker figure as is, as I prefer the Joes in their individual outfits over the more uniformed reactive armour. I would like to see a Paris pursuit Scarlet figure. I do like the Target Snake Eyes head mod, but he just costs to much for me to deem it worthwhile. Having opened paris pursuit Snake Eyes, he is pretty cool as is.

yeah i was thinking of the jackhammer two, hey Lord_Zed do you know if there are more ice digger at big w miranda?

Haven't been there since last week, when they only had the one and a gunship. Though I'd think they'd order more than just one box of two vehicles.

Had the bottom set for a few months now, thanks to jaydisc who bought it for me during his stay in the US. And I finally bought the set on top from eBay about 2 weeks ago, which I received yesterday:

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...w/DSC00355.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...w/DSC00356.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...w/DSC00357.jpg

Now that I finally have both sets I'm going to open and play with them. :D


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The greatest Snake Eyes of all time. Seriously the pic doesn't do him justice.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...ensnarl046.jpg

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The greatest Snake Eyes of all time. Seriously the pic doesn't do him justice.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...ensnarl046.jpg

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Which version is he?

He just looks like a regular Snake Eyes to me in that pic.

got my package from Foor earlier yesterday.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/P1010775.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/P1010768.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...P1010772-1.jpg

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Which version is he?

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An unpainted version of the latest 25th mould. Same mould as the one in Kyle's 2nd boxset above.

Photos will be posted soon. Got this all last month up to lthis week Monday.

2009 SDCC Joecon Crimson Strike Team Arrived on Monday
- Crimson Strike Red Suit Baroness
- Crimson Strike Commander Tomax and Xamot
- 12 Red Crimson Strike Vipers (Chrome Face Plates)

GI JOE 25TH ANN 5pack #1
- Duke
- Scarlett
- Gung Ho
- Roadblock
- Snakeyes

Cobra 25TH ANN 5 Pack#1
- Destro
- Cobra Trooper
- Baroness
- Storm Shadow
- Cobra Commander

GI JOE 25th ANN 5 Pack #2
- Hawk
- Lady Jaye
- Flint
- Ship Wreck
- Snake Eyes w/ Timber

and

GI JOE Base Pit Mobile (disappointed with Gen. Hawk cos he just looks like crap!)

Nice!


How much was The Pitt?

$279 at Toys R Us. Bloody Expensive but it looks so massive they could have done better with the details and paint jobs and colour schemes. Ill try to take photos tonight :D

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$279 at Toys R Us...

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wow

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yup i thought youd have that reaction or more like :eek:

Stuff from ebay;

1. 8 cobra viper with crome face plate from G.I.JOE Cobra 25th 5 Pack #2
2. 25th Anniversary Quick Kick
3. 25th Anniversary Lt. Falcon

Got these yesterday via Amazon and TRU:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions188.jpg

Highly recommend the Ultimate GI Joe guide - its by the same guy who did the TF one and its very comprehensive with full colour pictures and variations. It also has a close affiliation with Larry Hama explaining things Larry wanted with certain characters and how he planned on using certain characters in the comic. Two massive thumbs up!! Found the Storm Shadow/Firefly 2-pack at a TRU - love this particular mold of SS and thoroughly recommend SS fans grab this as well.

are the 25th anniversity joes back in Toy r us?

No I would assume it's old stock Fungal is reffering to. The 2 pack was part of that stock.

I to recomend that 2 pack, aside from an awesome Devils Due style Storm Shadow and Firefly you get probably the best new comic from a 2 pack I've seen. it feels like a direct contuiation of the original Gi Joe comic rather than just filler like most of the comics.

how come TRU has not restocked 25th joes?
it's been i think one year now...

just come to think of it TRU are pretty unreliable with restocking new figures

i think it's their marketing people in my opinion...
they aren't focusing much on action figure markets...
stocks there now are for toddlers and for kids.

I believe hasbro were just trialing some of the 25th Anniversary line at Toys r Us, I'm pretty sure that was mentioned before somewhere on these boards.

I hope the new movie line is here to stay though.

Well Toyworld got in a bunch of Wave 1/2 C1 along with Wave 3 C2 Gi Joe Movie toys - at an incredable $2 each (5 for $10)

So, I finally got some Joes and will eventually open them.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...2010Haul05.jpg
Snake Eyes (Paris), Storm Shadow (Paris), Agent Helix, Cobra Commander, Ice Viper

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...2010Haul06.jpg
Heavy Duty (Armor), Ripcord (Delta 6), Elite Viper, Destro, Cobra Eel

Hey Zippo

You reckon you can help me get Agent Helix ,Elite Viper and Cobra Eel ?

the Joes have disappeared from Brisbane.

Toyworld still has them but nothing new since last August.