The 80's Joes are kinda my "one and only". I collect a few lines, but I can't think of another before or since that's grabbed me the way ARAH did. Everything else lining my shelves is disposable by comparison. The modern Joes were nice to look at (and awful to gear up, pose, or god forbid, actually PLAY with), Classified has certainly improved upon that and added some functionality besides, but at the end of the day, ARAH were perfect toys, pure, plain, and simple. I don't think they'll ever really be able to catch that particular lightning in a bottle again. Agreed on the fact that Classified has breathed new life into the brand, though. It was VERY dead a few years back. I mention Hisstank a lot. Back in 2018-19, it was typically only 10 or so of us regular members, basically shitposting every day. Classified has brought in a metric ton of new and returning members, and the site is a thriving community again with a hundred or so new posts to read every day... and lots of bitching and arguing. Can't forget that :D

It actually took me some time to warm to the new scale, I was actually dead against 6" when the line debuted. The return to the classic aesthetics with modern tweaks ultimately won me out, though.

Just acquired 5 Alley Vipers with 1 leader and 4 Specialist. Bought 5 Grid Iron Studios Loadout sets for Alley Vipers and got 4 Loadout sets for the BATs and Roadblock his regular gun along with Gung Ho and Spirit.
https://i.imgur.com/bmwZAZ6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Z7x2tFI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/r14XZeY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gZci0cR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nNp283E.jpg

Very nice! Grid Iron's products are fantastic if pricey.

I love his classic look better, can’t wait to pick one up.

Ah I loved them but I dunno about perfect. A lot of mine had broken thumbs and crotches over the years, and oh god the o-rings. lol.

Yeah, Ill give you that, especially in regards to the o-rings. I'm still dealing with that to this day. They're an easy enough fix, but I have in the ballpark of 500 o-ring figures, all of which are practically guaranteed to need a yearly o-ring change. It can be daunting at times, to be sure.

Gung-Ho shipped from Pulse. I kind of wish I had canceled him.

lol. The thought of all the Joes and Cobra both queuing up and having annual o-ring surgery in the med bays of their respective headquarters just made me laugh. :)

Man, I gave up keeping up with the posts on HISSTANK. Which is a shame because I really enjoyed various peoples' discussion on GIJoe, but lately every post end up with an argument over whether Zandar's gay. So now I just look at the title posts and see if anything's new or up for preorder, that's it.

Edit

I actually do not use the stands. Classified figures typically have a very solid stance due to the drop hips. The only figures I've had any issues with are my Alley Vipers. Their ankles are weak. The weak ankles are further tested by the large and weighty backpacks. I wish Classified backpacks were lighter. It would help a lot.

If they changed anything pertaining to gear allotment I'd gladly take fists. I don't require 8 extra sets of hands that I'll likely never use. Fists or relaxed hands would be most welcome. I'm excited they are including those with Retro Storm Shadow and hope that's something that continues. I'll use fists quicker than a figure stand.

I just pulled out the first Classified Gung Ho figure to compare to the retro carded version as well, and the newer version is a huge improvement. I didn't mind the way that the actual figure looked in the first release, but I had trouble getting him to hold the grenade launcher style gun or getting either of the other guns to stay on his backpack. The larger tattoo on the new figure looks better and the retro figures hat stays on better. I also didn't realize that the retro figure had a retooled head without the mohawk and the different mustache. Ultimately I am glad that I got this figure since I had planned on passing on the retro figures, as the others seem like a step down compared to the previous releases that I already own.

Really, compared to a lot of the newer Classified figures, the original Gung Ho shows how far they have come and improved in a lot of ways, in terms of their hands, weapons, and their ability to store/carry their gear.

Rearranged My Classified set up and added my Gridiron order to my BATs and Alley Vipers.
https://i.imgur.com/BJzcDtU.jpg

Haslab has hit 20K with 2 days left.

Retro Gung-Ho up at Hasbro Pulse, ladies and gentlemen.

I backed the Haslab, but I really didn't like seeing that money come out of my account. But I guess it's better than my Target pre-orders that keep showing as "Pending" charges on my account. But at least I have a year to figure out where I am going to put it.

Not that looks fantastic, thanks for the vine…

Local Walmart this morning

https://www.toyark.com/forums/attach...1&d=1661177087

Look for the rare chase variant.

https://i.postimg.cc/nVkhp7LX/298230...96850952-n.jpg

Repackers strike again.

If there ever was an action figure designed specifically for the long game... it's Classified Croc Master IMO.

I only kept the croc master figure from the set and sold off the rest pretty much MIB. The croc would've taken up way too much space and the leash looked like shit anyway.

Saw a post about these $1.25 set on Hisstank from Dollar Tree, not bad. The grey color's a little off, but it fits right onto the back peg

https://www.toyark.com/forums/attach...1&d=1661997153

Well given how hasbros plastics dont match up on most of 5heir figs anyways it fits perfectly. ;)

IMO that BAT in the pic needs another claw hand instead of the gun/flamethrower hand so he can have 4 claws and just be the overly grabby claw BAT.