[Colder Soldier]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

The numbers help for collectors and come in handy when trying to make the checklists. If it wasn't for the stands many of the figure numbers wouldn't be in the checklist now making it easier for others to find them on shelves.

I can't buy into the "helping colectors" part. MU is 3rd on the list of lines I collect right now and I've never had to use the numbering on the stands to find or remember them. The only real reason for Hasbro to include the numbers is to induce the OCD in most collectors. Trying to force that "collect them all" mentality. You mention that, plus a lot more of Hasbro's lack-of-thought in the following...

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

Though I can see why it'd be annoying for those that don't like having a break in the numbers on their figures. Going from 14 to then 17 is weird, and having repeated numbers because there's no series or year designation makes it even weirder. If there was no starting over on the numbers or they had some sort of first letter designation in the numbers like S01(Shield), H01(hammer), R01(Steve Rogers) then it wouldn't be much of an issue, but too late now. I mean it's not like they'll ever use that 3 digit place since they just restart the numbering every new series now. Kind of wish they did use the full numbers(no restart), then it'd be easier to keep a tally of how many MU have been made single carded.

And even if they just kept numbering them continually through each series, no one would want to display the figures in the order they came out. I know I like displaying all "like-characters" by one another. MUw13 Cyclops, XMO Gambit, brown/yellow CP Wolvie, etc= X-Men Blue. HA Cap, CP Thor, IM2 Ditko Iron Man, CP Hawkeye, etc= Contemporary Avengers. IM2 War Machine, CAP: TFA USAgent, CP Spider-Woman, etc= Avengers West Coast. Then there are Spidey, Cosmics, etc.

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

As for the GI Joe Codename: That's fine to leave it. It's not like it is the characters real name. In the times it is, just leave the codename: part off.
I mean it's not like I think Snake Eyes birth name is actually snake eyes.

Though "Codename: Cobra Viper" is just stupid since it's a rank or army, not an individual's real name or codename, but "Codename: Destro" or Codename: Zartan is perfectly fine. In the second examples, it adds to the whole espionage aspects of GI Joe, in the first example, it just looks ridiculous.

I'm glad they took it off. I understand that putting "codename" on the stands make them seem more militant, but c'mon. They already have enough guns and grenades hanging off them for that. "Codename:" on every stand just looks tacky and redundant. "Codename" on a every Joe stand is about as silly as having "Alias:" on every Marvel stand.

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Originally Posted by behindthemask

Fuck Hasbro, it's simple stuff like this that annoys the shit out of me. OCD alert!

^True. If it wasn't for the HUGE mistakes Hasbro makes across all lines, there will always be the dozens of little ones that will hinder their lines from being no more than C+.