[GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex [img]http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/file.php?5,file=9465[/img] Compadres, please pardon my effusiveness. The figure above has been receiving much praise across the nerd boards, and indeed, like many others, I’ve been salivating over pictures of this toy for about a year. In hand, this toy is not just a marvel of design and engineering; I think it trumpets a new figural toy paradigm. Am I being melodramatic? Imagine if an SOC was released that was anime accurate down to the tiniest detail, had perfect transformation (no parts swapping), and was tougher and more “playable” than a Takatoku 1/55 valk. A unicorn, in short. Low-Light would be the 3 3/4 –inch analogy. Admittedly, not much of an analogy because toy figures are way easier to design than transforming toy robots. Still, it’s been—what, forever?—since I’ve held a toy that is so utterly and wonderfully infallible. If I were to nitpick, I’d say that of the 14 or so accessory bits*, many are incredibly tiny and are consequently prone to loss or damage (there’s a removable bullet the size of a starved flea). That’s not so much a problem as an embarrassment of riches. Put away the accessories save for the rifle and backpack, and voila—you’ve got the most accurate, beautiful, and durable toy version of this character that’s ever been. Mr. Crush already mentioned the new Snake Eyes as indicative of what Hasbro has accomplished, but I’ve so far been laying off the Pursuit of Cobra line in favor of figures that are strict adherents to the designs of the original characters. Perfect homages, in other words, that also happen to be perfect toys. Low-Light has deliciously tight joints all around, and the material used seems more robust than that of its 25th predecessors. Whether that’s just the excitement talking or not, the figure does feel a lot sturdier than those of the 25th line. The recent Toy Fair photos have provoked new bouts of slavering. Sci-Fi looks incredible. Ditto for Zarana. And though the GI Joe Club’s Dial-Tone looks like a reuse of 25th Anniversary parts, there’ll always be a soft spot in my heart for the 1986 line of Joes. If Hasbro keeps doing what it’s doing, and assuming the QC holds up, the 30th anniversary homage line could go down as my favorite toy line ever. For a much more detailed review of this figure, go here: http://www.generalsjoes.com/reviews/2010/pursuit_of_cobra/figures/wave4/lowlight.html *The last figure I had with this many parts, including a rifle that could be broken down into multiple components, was the 12-inch Hot Toys Golgo 13, and that figure, IIRC, actually had less accessories. http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,228062#msg-228062 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:13 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249882#msg-249882 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249882#msg-249882
Unfortunately, I never really liked environmentally themed characters, and I still don't. The new Joe Club exclusive Iceberg isn't bad for what it is, though. The niftiest thing is the snowboard. There's a button in the center of it that releases, in switchblade fashion, two black wing things that do...I don't know what the hell they do. But it's neat to press the button and snap the wings back in place over and over and over....

Anyway, loaded to the gills with gear, and the figure's got the new additional wrist swivels.




]]> gingaio The OT Tue, 14 May 2013 00:13:42 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249634#msg-249634 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249634#msg-249634 GI Joe: The Movie??? A gargantuan, super-strong, mute. Perfect--let's make him our undercover guy!]]> Sanjeev The OT Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:34:13 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249633#msg-249633 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249633#msg-249633
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Haha...if only it wasn't Chuckles!

Yup, the only undercover agent on the Joes gets the glowie shirt.

Did Chuckles ever get a regular figure?

Also, I never quite understood how Spring Break Douchebro was undercover. Was he working for the Campus Police division of GI Joe?

Original-colors Chortle was released a while back in a 7-figure pack called "Dissertation Defense of the University of Knowing is Half the Battle."



Not quite accurate per the vintage...I mean, geez, everyone knows that you're not a covert operator without pink starfish on your shirt. Also, the modern version is a bit off-color. Plus he likes to tell racy jokes.



My Chortle is currently on a deep-cover assignment, tasked with getting close to Cobra Commander and learning what nefariousness he plans for the Sports Cup World Destructor device.


]]> gingaio The OT Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:54:08 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249631#msg-249631 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249631#msg-249631
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Haha...if only it wasn't Chuckles!

Yup, the only undercover agent on the Joes gets the glowie shirt.

Did Chuckles ever get a regular figure?

Also, I never quite understood how Spring Break Douchebro was undercover. Was he working for the Campus Police division of GI Joe?]]> Gcrush The OT Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:25 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249626#msg-249626 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249626#msg-249626 fujishig The OT Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:01:29 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249603#msg-249603 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249603#msg-249603
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Haha...if only it wasn't Chuckles!

Yup, the only undercover agent on the Joes gets the glowie shirt.]]> gingaio The OT Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:36:03 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249596#msg-249596 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249596#msg-249596 Sanjeev The OT Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:21:34 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249591#msg-249591 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,249591#msg-249591
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A glowie Joe. Ha!
]]> gingaio The OT Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:19:26 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247214#msg-247214 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247214#msg-247214 Supersentai The OT Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:02:17 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247205#msg-247205 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247205#msg-247205


To this:



Because of this:



Thank you, Hasbro. Lazy fuckers.

The facial follicular pattern is not a perfect match, much less dense than the shrubbery of the original, but I did what I could.
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Even your non-baby talk disturbs me, G.

I don't make the news. I just report it. Unless it is about moustaches. Then I make it. Sometimes. Because I have a really good moustache living on my face. (I'm not making that up. It's what the moustache said to me.) I'm pretty sure it's immortal. I tried shaving it once, but all I found was another, stronger, more powerful moustache living underneath it. It must be some kind of infinite regression paradox. With reversed polarities.

And while I usually find my reporting to be much more accurate when I don't fact check... Didn't you already declare this place to be ToyCockDX? I'm keeping Hope alive... Just long enough for the cock-staches to carry it away into the darkness.]]> Gcrush The OT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:01:55 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247197#msg-247197 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247197#msg-247197 hillsy The OT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:39:35 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247183#msg-247183 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247183#msg-247183
The gf put the kibosh on it though...

100% Aron Ra's Honest Word. I wouldn't lie about that. :(]]> Sanjeev The OT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:51:10 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247177#msg-247177 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247177#msg-247177
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Are you shitting me? Without writing an essay about it, all I'll say is that 'staches on figures represent a more mature, dignified time. Pains me to no end that the 'stache is no longer "toy friendly."

My father once ordered me to shave my moustache. "Son, those things are disgusting and they harbor germs. Get rid of it." I pulled him close with both hands and kissed him on the mouth so hard his gums bled as my filthy rugburning hairs abraded the Truth into his very soul. After we broke our heaving embrace, he just looked at me and tearfully said, "I understand now." He never called me son again after that. True story.

Except for the part about it being my dad. It was actually my friend’s father.

And the part about it being me. It was actually my friend.

And the kiss. That never happened.

But the rest is 100% God’s Honest Word. ‘Cause I love me some moustaches.]]> Gcrush The OT Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:36:03 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247175#msg-247175 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247175#msg-247175 gingaio The OT Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:22:50 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247170#msg-247170 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247170#msg-247170
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Just a few more. Ripcord's helmet needed to be painted and Slipstream's helmet is custom cast and was painted. The change I liked most was for Cutter, who originally had a repainted Gung-Ho head. What a difference a custom cast and painted Red Sox cap makes.









I just love the facial hair on the Joes. It screams MANPORN is a falsetto so high you can just barely hear it over the crack of machine gun fire.

All the sometimes-not-so-secretly good things about the 1980s are actually the terribly-absurd things.
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]]> gingaio The OT Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:46:34 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247153#msg-247153 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,247153#msg-247153
Ben's been helping me fix some of Hasbro's godawful mistakes with his magical painting skills. It's weird, but having a customized Showy/Toy-ey fig means a lot more than having a mass-released Showy fig, especially when it's painted well. Guess I really am a jerk elitist.

Bromance Bros



Bromance Orange Bro (the helmet was originally all black, and I needed to drill holes in the ports for the tubes)



Rock Viper (the head and helmet were definitely not Showy on the stock version; custom cast helmet)



Motor Viper (the figure was practically all unpainted, so Ben knocked it out of the park with this one)


]]> gingaio The OT Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:34:14 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245425#msg-245425 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245425#msg-245425 Sanjeev The OT Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:33:01 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245409#msg-245409 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245409#msg-245409 fel9 The OT Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:43:41 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245333#msg-245333 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245333#msg-245333 -------------------------------------------------------
> The BIG question in my mind is what's up with the
> Spurs???


The answer is....Old men somtimes get tired...

As far as the Celts go KG and Rondo have shown what it means to have heart...Everytime someone on the Heat turn around there is Rondo...and damn...if KG ain't a true leader on the court...something that Lebron and Wade are not...Seriously how many times has KG fired the guys up on the court/bench/huddle...

And You are wrong if you don't love Doc Rivers (a former Hawk and the reason I'm pulling for the Celts)...He coaches like a man who made a living playing the kind of ball that the Celts are playing right now...]]> fel9 The OT Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:36:44 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245325#msg-245325 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245325#msg-245325
I'm not saying it's a lock at all. There are certainly plenty of scenarios where the Heat DO take the next two games...but that would be all on the C's. It's Boston's series to lose now. And it could happen.

But a "shocker"? I don't think so at all. I can totally see the C's taking the series tomorrow night.

The BIG question in my mind is what's up with the Spurs???]]> Sanjeev The OT Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:48:32 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245324#msg-245324 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245324#msg-245324
But what does an Atlantan know about the NBA anyway...]]> fel9 The OT Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:44:19 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245315#msg-245315 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245315#msg-245315
I'd love too see Miami go down hard, but it'll be a shocker if it happens.]]> Supersentai The OT Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:53:09 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245314#msg-245314 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245314#msg-245314 -------------------------------------------------------
> ...Game 5...

HOW YA LIKE ME NOW, MIAMI!!

LOL


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> Hate to break it to you, but Game 5 is when the
> refs will give the series back to Miami...had to
> happen.

Prolly.

It's all fixed.

I'm more surprised about the Spurs-Thunder series!


> Maybe he'll survive after going into a deep coma
> and all, a la "The Movie"

Ha! I never made that connection before!]]> Sanjeev The OT Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:50:16 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245299#msg-245299 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245299#msg-245299
"It's true, but life's fulla grey areas, y'know? They can make you eat shit. They can make you eat shit and smile. But they can't make you eat shit and smile and like it. Or something like that..."

Dude, you eat poop? I think once you get past the eating it and smiling part, the assumption is that you like it...or you just happen to smile at the strangest of times.

Hate to break it to you, but Game 5 is when the refs will give the series back to Miami...had to happen.

> Anyway...back to GI Joe sucking...

An article I read spopped on about trying to add more Tatum to the movie...I don't think it's a SPOILER at this point that he gets croaked in the first ten minutes, hence the "Retaliation" tag...

Maybe he'll survive after going into a deep coma and all, a la "The Movie", then they'll just CGI him into the rest of the film in "Magic Mike" inspired 3-D.

Magic Mike isn't in 3-D...is it...? Eeek!]]> Supersentai The OT Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:09:43 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245221#msg-245221 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245221#msg-245221 -------------------------------------------------------
> After so many decades of it, why should we stop
> now?


It's true, but life's fulla grey areas, y'know? They can make you eat shit. They can make you eat shit and smile. But they can't make you eat shit and smile and like it. Or something like that...



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> Normally, since 'Jeev is in the thread, I would
> take this opportunity to say, Ha, Ha, Fuck the
> Celtics--A Hundred Times! (Not that I'm in much of
> position to laugh myself.)

LOL

Fair enough! It's not like Boston has had a drought of championships as of late! :P

> But the Celtics losing is not the most preferable
> option at the moment.

Amen. I think the whole nation can unite against Miami.

> Ah, who cares. The Spurs are going to take it.

I'm saying. I don't think I've ever seen such a monstrously dominant team before. Truly terrifying.


Anyway...back to GI Joe sucking...]]> Sanjeev The OT Thu, 31 May 2012 16:32:08 -0400 http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245196#msg-245196 Re: [GI Joe Post-25th and beyond] A Real American Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?5,228062,245196#msg-245196 -------------------------------------------------------
> repairtechjon Wrote:
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> > You see, they've been reading the TBDX Designer
> > Vinyl thread and figured, Hey! let's give it a
> > whirl!
>
>
> Ha!
>
>
Nice, Jon.

Normally, since 'Jeev is in the thread, I would take this opportunity to say, Ha, Ha, Fuck the Celtics--A Hundred Times! (Not that I'm in much of position to laugh myself.)

But the Celtics losing is not the most preferable option at the moment.

Ah, who cares. The Spurs are going to take it.]]> gingaio The OT Thu, 31 May 2012 00:49:08 -0400