[Cyclopswc]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It's still just a basic deathmatch shooter though.

Yeah...but with GIJoe and Cobra!!!!!

It is funny, I never played Boom Beach, but when they released GIJoe: War on Cobra, which was basically Boom Beach with GIJoe and Cobra characters, I'm hooked on it. I guess that's how you tell I'm a GIJoe addict...the characters made it so much better!

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

So it's just an online Fornite-wannabe shooter? Pass.

The Cobra Island map on the back of the Baroness package shows the potential of a kick-ass open world game like Assassin's Creed or Far Cry where you infiltrate and explore Cobra Island as you try to stop a big Cobra assault on the world. Do that, not this bullshit!

"Just Cause" or "Mercenaries"...but with a G.I. Joe centered narrative and characters? That'd be a day one purchase for me.

Crazy to think the best G.I.Joe game is still the original NES version...and that dropped nearly 30 years ago!

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Crazy to think the best G.I.Joe game is still the original NES version...and that dropped nearly 30 years ago!

It's not that crazy. The brand hasn't maintained a high enough mainstream popularity to warrant publisher interest unless there's a larger project connected to it, like getting a crappy movie tie-in game.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

It's not that crazy. The brand hasn't maintained a high enough mainstream popularity to warrant publisher interest unless there's a larger project connected to it, like getting a crappy movie tie-in game.

That can be said of a lotta properties. Biggest issue is no cartoons weekend mornings or after school anymore. Thats how so many of us were introduced to them and now without that there just isn't enough to garner and keep a property in the limelight.

They really need to bring back weekend morning and afterschool cartoons.

[Robb]

I agree. But it needs to be on a major network CBS,NBC,ABC. That way it can get to those who do not have cable or dish.
Like most of you I am always thinking back to those toons.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Robb

I agree. But it needs to be on a major network CBS,NBC,ABC. That way it can get to those who do not have cable or dish.
Like most of you I am always thinking back to those toons.

And fox and cw.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

It's not that crazy. The brand hasn't maintained a high enough mainstream popularity to warrant publisher interest unless there's a larger project connected to it, like getting a crappy movie tie-in game.

They don't need a tie in to make a good video game though. All they need to do is just make a good video game, but the problem is Hasbro will license their properties to anyone without a care for the quality.

Ubisoft has their issues, but they would be one of the better companies to approach outside of someone like Rockstar or Rocksteady.

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

That can be said of a lotta properties. Biggest issue is no cartoons weekend mornings or after school anymore. Thats how so many of us were introduced to them and now without that there just isn't enough to garner and keep a property in the limelight.

They really need to bring back weekend morning and afterschool cartoons.

I just want a new GI Joe series done in the same tone and style as Resolute, which pretty much copied their stuff from the original Marvel comics. Do that along with good writers and proper animation (meaning not that dumb ass Adventure Time-style shit) and you'll have the best GI Joe series ever. Or, just do a live action series in that style.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

They don't need a tie in to make a good video game though. All they need to do is just make a good video game, but the problem is Hasbro will license their properties to anyone without a care for the quality.

My point was that the license had been dormant to the masses for years (really it was close to dead for anyone not in the toy collecting hobby) so no publisher cared about using it. As a point of comparison, the Transformers franchise has endured a much longer run of public awareness and success so then publishers had interest to just make Transformers games that weren't tie-ins (like WfC, FoC, or Devastation). If GI Joe hadn't fallen out of the public eye for such a long stretch of time then we would have maybe seen some standalone games.

[MeLikeJinx]

^ You know I am kinda surprised The Rock didn't turn GI Joe into a bigger hit/franchise. I mean look what he did for Jumanji... maybe GI Joe Retaliation was a bit too early though... The Rock seemed to explode a couple years later... bad luck I guess.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ You know I am kinda surprised The Rock didn't turn GI Joe into a bigger hit/franchise. I mean look what he did for Jumanji... maybe GI Joe Retaliation was a bit too early though... The Rock seemed to explode a couple years later... bad luck I guess.

Jumanji was a well written, fun movie. Neither GI Joe movie was even remotely good, not even in a "It's so bad it's good" kind of way. That's the difference.

[MeLikeJinx]

^ I haven't seen any of the Jumanji movies yet, but the later Fast and the Furious movies are crappy mindless action movies and the Rock was so popular in them that they made a spinoff Fast movie just for him. That Hobbs and Shaw movie was basically a GI Joe movie and it did well enough that they will do sequels.

[sh002]

[JCarterVA]

The Joes are rolling out in style on a real Military vehicle!

[Harbinger]

Damn where did you get this?


“Que weird al white n nerdy”

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by sh002

“Uhhhh Ana dear....you grabbed your Cobra brand hair dryer...not your Cobra brand laser pistol.”

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ I haven't seen any of the Jumanji movies yet, but the later Fast and the Furious movies are crappy mindless action movies and the Rock was so popular in them that they made a spinoff Fast movie just for him. That Hobbs and Shaw movie was basically a GI Joe movie and it did well enough that they will do sequels.

While i lost interest in fnf after 2 i did check out hobbs n shaw and while it was meh i did love the chemistry between the rock and statham. They should definitely pair for non fnf movies.

[Dr Kain]

I went to 2 Walmarts, 3 Targets, and 2 Gamestops today and all I found at a Gamestop was Scarlett. No CC, no Destro, No Gung Ho, but I bought Scarlett so I could at least justify the gas money.

[JCarterVA]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Damn where did you get this?


“Que weird al white n nerdy”

Amazon. It is a RC Polaris MRZR. Someone on the GI Joe Classified Community on FB got one and did a minor modification so the legs go through the floorboards. I paid $35 for it and spent 20 minutes trying to not cut my fingers off with a carbon fiber knife while cutting through plastic. Worth every penny and it has stickers on it already.

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by JCarterVA

Amazon. It is a RC Polaris MRZR. Someone on the GI Joe Classified Community on FB got one and did a minor modification so the legs go through the floorboards. I paid $35 for it and spent 20 minutes trying to not cut my fingers off with a carbon fiber knife while cutting through plastic. Worth every penny and it has stickers on it already.

That Beachhead poking out in the back….does he have brown eyes?

[sh002]

[Dr Kain]

Scarlett's a lot cooler in person than the pictures Hasbro did make her look. I actually kind of dig how her outfit is like the updated combination of her original one with her Ninja Force style. Her joints are nice and tight, though I worry about those drop down thighs. Scultp itself is fantastic, the articulation might be the best female figure they have done thus far period, and the paint job is fantastic. I do find it weird that her arrows are in the wrong direction and I'm not sure how she would grab them with her left arm. She would have to switch her bow into her left hand, grab an arrow with her right, then reload, and by that point she'd be dead. Other than than that minor nitpick, she's great. I do wish the knives had painted blades as it just looks lazy being all black.

Oh, and I went to another Target, Walmart, Gamestop, and a Walgreens without seeing a single Joe.

[usernamedustin]

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Epic! How did ya do the tank top?

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Epic! How did ya do the tank top?

Thanks. I saw Gung-Ho with camo pants and a removable vest and I immediately thought, "That Chuck Liddell figure looks like a great base for Sgt. Slaughter."
I'm actually not super happy with the shirt. It is a tank top from a Mattel WWE figure. I had to cut it down to fit, but it is still too bulky on the sides and I don't like where it meets the waist. I took the photo from a good angle.
I am going to find a doll tank top to use or maybe just give up and paint it on.

[JCarterVA]

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Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic

That Beachhead poking out in the back….does he have brown eyes?

His eyes are Blue. The other BH I have not opened has Blue eyes as well