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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

GI Joe Classified has to be one of the worst handled toy lines ever... great designs, but like everything else is a mess and has been like that since even before the Pandemic hit a couple of years ago.


I'm the opposite... I rather Classified be fully ARAH inspired so I can replace all my 3.75" Modern Era Joes on the shelf like how I completely replaced all my 3.75" Marvel Universe figs with 6" Legends versions. I don't really need two different scales of the same fig.

I get that for sure, in fact, that's why I feel the way I do, though in an opposite sense.

ARAH is kinda my be-all-end-all, so they'll always take priority over any other line and will never be replaced. I dumped my own ME stuff as Classified was starting to pick up steam, as I felt that Classified is that "different enough" line I'd been looking for the whole time- the ME stuff I had was practically just the same ol' ARAH figures, just with modern sculpting and articulation (and waaaay more frustration. I HATED gearing ME Joes up with a passion). Granted, it did take a few waves coming out for me to be impressed, I feel that the first two waves diverge from the classic feel too much. Figures like HA Roadblock, AC Snake Eyes, and this wave really hit that sweet spot though. They aren't just one ups, they all differ from the source, but they manage to do that and still evoke that classic feel. Even the Viper, Alley Viper, and BAT are significantly different from their 80's counterparts. If they weren't, I wouldn't own them- like you, I have no need for the same figure in two scales.

As a (former?) modern era collector, how did you feel about POC? I ask because it's frequently cited by many as the best of the ME, but those designs are mostly very far from the OG looks.