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Originally Posted by snake5289

Both of those were damn good. I'd take another season of Renegades over another movie any day of the week.

Renegades definitely had some stuff they should look into for the movies, though they tried with Retaliation to go for Renegades feel.

One of the things I liked about Renegades though was the tech advancements and the introduction of the Ninja BATs, and the cyber ninja arashikage armor. Sadly all stuff that hasn't really gotten figures in any scale except for the old Sigma 6 line.

A new movie should continue to build the world they've started. Retaliation has given them a reason to rebuild it more towards the GI Joe people know from the toon while keeping it updated.

While the movies get a lot of flack, they did have a lot of faithful stuff to it. Scifi tech, world building. Starting the origins of Joe and building on it. Zartan as a disguise expert, Cobra taking over the country, we got to see the beginning of Destro with a decent excuse to recast since his head will be CG now anyway with likely a deeper voice.

Baroness could have used some better work, but it did kind of get the whole aspect of Destro's obsession and perversion with her done right. The movies were pretty accurate to the franchise as a whole, even mixing in some of the toon additions to the story like Cobra Commander's first battle suit that he used in the later toon was what he had before the iconic suit people knew of his. They mention that in the toon even when he switches to it. That it was an older suit of his.

While 6'' GI Joe would be interesting, I think there's a lot in the 3.75'' they can still do to bring it more forward again. Ideally, I'd like to see both happen.

Let the 3.75'' line experiment and cover some of what's missing on the recent additions and other new things, while starting a Legacy 6'' line that caters to the toon icons.

So this way the 1:18th collectors can get the rest of what they want like Cyber Ninja Jinx, Baroness with her power gloves from renegades, the Sigma 6 BATs and Ninja BATs, the android serpentor, the movie actors and actresses that get added to the films, Milla Jovovich, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and more would rock in this scale for a lot of fans of various franchises and it's what made the Bruce Willis figure so enticing too! Which was one of the great things of the first and second movie on toy releases as well.

Maybe even test out a Hasbro United line to let Rom shine some, and create some new backpack types that can work with other Hasbro property gear for the 3.75'' fans. Have some more design fun like Ashiko was.

GI Joe is a great excuse to get some 1:18th scale great figures and fun concepts.

But for the ardent license dedicated people that want the icons, sure why not test a 6'' line, see how it does, and slowly build on that as special releases. It worked for other lines, but it shouldn't stop the creative fun of the 1:18th scale either. As troop builders go, and various fun character types, it was a great way for 1:18th scale fans to bolster their ranks of figures. I absolutely loved the limited release spec-ops suit releases too. They fit right in as SHIELD troop builders and also gave more in demand releases like a troop builder zombie pack.

And to be honest, that first movie Impact Armor Scarlett is a basis for a lot of customs I still want to do, so I'd absolutely love for that buck to get re-released with new sculpted heads. Same to the Wraith figure, and Ashiko with bike would have been a hit at stores if it made it to them outside of outlet shops. They should finish the retail releases of Cobra-La too, which should definitely get the 6'' treatment as well.

While 6'' would be neat for those that want it, it'd have to test the market slowly. So while that's going on, they should release the high demand 1:18th figures alongside some re-releases, and definitely keep the movies more 1:18th, with maybe some 6'' releases. 1:18th for actor likeness material seems to sell really well though, and even the nodding figures did extremely well. Like the Chuck Norris and Rambo look-a-likes.

Power gloves Baroness from Renegades and Cyber Ninja Jinx are definitely high up on my personal want list in 1:18th though. So I hope they keep the 1:18th line going and further expand it to cover other characters from the Hasbro character library as a whole. They've got quite a lot that could do well, from Rom, MASK, Transformers, Inhumanoids, and more.

Maybe they should look towards the robocop and tron legacy lines as an example of release pattern. Limited 6'' offerings as collector focused to test the market for demand and sales strength, and then wider ranging 1:18th releases that fill in the gaps of what's missing and also draws in newer fans.