[1987olds442]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

Great group shot 1987olds442! That pic makes me want to open up all my Classified Joes... but no, must remain strong and keep them all MIB.

They do have collector friendly packaging where they could be reboxed later on

[Cyclopswc]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

is that a sniper rifle?

That’s the Nerf Longstrike that came with the CI Cobra Trooper, which used to be the one thing that the Cobra Trooper has that the Infantry didn’t have. Nice of them to re release it this way.

[Kirathis]

Today was a great toy day. My BATs from Pulse came in along with my case order from EE and my Action Force Wasp Raider. I definitely went overboard on the BATs and I still have another order outstanding from GameStop.

[Cyclopswc]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

...overboard on the BATs...

Does...not...compute..., there's no such thing as too many BATs!

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

Does...not...compute..., there's no such thing as too many BATs!

My credit card would disagree LOL!

[MeLikeJinx]

At 6" scale troop building to me means 2 troopers and 1 officer... that's it. LOL. And that has less to do with cost and more to do with there just is not enough room to display figs at that size.

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

At 6" scale troop building to me means 2 troopers and 1 officer... that's it. LOL. And that has less to do with cost and more to do with there just is not enough room to display figs at that size.

I really need to take this approach. I got carried away with Infantry and Troopers and that trend has continued with the newer troops. The BATs pose the added problem of suckering me into overbuying as I am a robot figure fan in general.

[Harbinger]

I build in squads of 6-9

[Cyclopswc]

Alley Vipers and BATs are back on Hasbro Pulse.

[Sataninjaku]

[Sataninjaku]

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Originally Posted by Sataninjaku

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Yeah, I know- not Classified, but as this is the Joe thread here, I thought some of you may be intrigued.

[MeLikeJinx]

^ Whoa... didn't even notice the Cobra symbol at first. IMO it would be smart of them to just do Cobra figures and vehicles and skip the Joes... more money in Cobras I think because of the troop building.

Never bought any Hiya figures before though, so I don't know what the build quality is like... their 1:18 modular playsets look amazing though.

[Sataninjaku]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ Whoa... didn't even notice the Cobra symbol at first. IMO it would be smart of them to just do Cobra figures and vehicles and skip the Joes... more money in Cobras I think because of the troop building.

Never bought any Hiya figures before though, so I don't know what the build quality is like... their 1:18 modular playsets look amazing though.

I agree from the standpoint that army builders would be the most profitable, but I wouldn't mind seeing them go deep- the whole reason I dropped ME was the lack of a full roster. After all, the choices for Major Bludd, for example, were limited to the 25th or the PP Con version. It'd be great to see a company dedicate themselves to the line and do a reasonably complete run; you and I both know of the sheer amount of characters Joe featured... which does bring me to some possible downsides.

Hiya is a small company, so I'd imagine the amount of releases would pace around something like Mezco. I've also heard that the overall quality of Hiya's offerings aren't great; sort of fragile, like Neca. I have heard that the later stuff has improved greatly though, so there's hope.

In any case, I feel like it bears watching.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Sataninjaku

I agree from the standpoint that army builders would be the most profitable, but I wouldn't mind seeing them go deep- the whole reason I dropped ME was the lack of a full roster. After all, the choices for Major Bludd, for example, were limited to the 25th or the PP Con version. It'd be great to see a company dedicate themselves to the line and do a reasonably complete run; you and I both know of the sheer amount of characters Joe featured... which does bring me to some possible downsides.

Hiya is a small company, so I'd imagine the amount of releases would pace around something like Mezco. I've also heard that the overall quality of Hiya's offerings aren't great; sort of fragile, like Neca. I have heard that the later stuff has improved greatly though, so there's hope.

In any case, I feel like it bears watching.

I can't comment on the quality of their human figures...but I have had a couple of Hiya's Predator figures in the past. Looked great in the box...but once I took them out, things immediately started to fall off and break, even with a fair amount of heat and the most gentle of handling. Twenty minutes after opening them, they were back in their boxes and up on ebay.

I've read comments that the colonial marine figures were in a similar vein, so while I do appreciate the detail being incorporated into these tiny sculpts, I've just steered clear of them altogether because of that experience, which was tough because i Really wanted their Robocop releases. It's just not fun to play with toys that I'm constantly wondering will crumble to dust in my hands.

[MeLikeJinx]

So I was confusing Hiya with JoyToy... JoyToy is the one that makes awesome 1/18 scale figs/mechs/modular playsets. Kinda sad now. LOL. I saw the Hiya Aliens Power Loader at Gamestop for 40 bucks, but then I watched some reviews of it on youtube and although it looked pretty cool paint app-wise... it also looked pretty cheaply built... so my hype for this diminishing.

[Sataninjaku]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I can't comment on the quality of their human figures...but I have had a couple of Hiya's Predator figures in the past. Looked great in the box...but once I took them out, things immediately started to fall off and break, even with a fair amount of heat and the most gentle of handling. Twenty minutes after opening them, they were back in their boxes and up on ebay.

I've read comments that the colonial marine figures were in a similar vein, so while I do appreciate the detail being incorporated into these tiny sculpts, I've just steered clear of them altogether because of that experience, which was tough because i Really wanted their Robocop releases. It's just not fun to play with toys that I'm constantly wondering will crumble to dust in my hands.

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

So I was confusing Hiya with JoyToy... JoyToy is the one that makes awesome 1/18 scale figs/mechs/modular playsets. Kinda sad now. LOL. I saw the Hiya Aliens Power Loader at Gamestop for 40 bucks, but then I watched some reviews of it on youtube and although it looked pretty cool paint app-wise... it also looked pretty cheaply built... so my hype for this diminishing.

Yeah, I'm trying to keep my expectations low. I figure that if this is actually going to happen, I can afford to commit to a single wave and form my own judgements when I get them in hand.

[kenm2474]

[MeLikeJinx]

^ Love the setup! And its so cool that CC is holding Megatron.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

That is a great shot ken!

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ Love the setup! And its so cool that CC is holding Megatron.

Love that Megs Gun.

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

That is a great shot ken!

Thanx Appreciate it.

[kenm2474]

Does anybody here have an extra Classified Spirit I will trade a Classified BAT, Alley viper, and Supreme Cobra Commander all mint in box unopened.

[Cyclopswc]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

Does anybody here have an extra Classified Spirit I will trade a Classified BAT, Alley viper, and Supreme Cobra Commander all mint in box unopened.

He's not even out yet, is he?

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

He's not even out yet, is he?

Yes people have him.

[Cyclopswc]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

Yes people have him.

Was it another one of those “a few trickled out and no one have seen anymore since then” type of situation?

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

Was it another one of those “a few trickled out and no one have seen anymore since then” type of situation?

Yes.