10 Complaints about GI Joe Classified -- (I KAREN Hasbro)
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Here is some constructive criticism for the GI Classified Team at Hasbro....
#gijoe #gijoeclassified #actionfigures
All kidding aside, this is meant to be constructive criticism
What would you karen Hasbro about?
no commitment to GI Joe as a media franchise…you’re putting a lot of effort into everything but them!
I don't like to use the name "Karen" in this way. There are great women named Karen that don't deserve this stigma. Furthermore, there are other examples of names one could use to invoke stereotypes that we'd all agree are in bad taste.
For not making a Mola Ram figure for 6" Indiana Jones like... That an unforgivable offense.
@@GeoffNelson.. yeah should use Kamala 😂
Using the trigger mechanism on the guns as mounting points in backpack pegs. It’s a terrible weapon’s safety lesson for kids to subconsciously learn is acceptable. (lol, this would’ve been a great “Joe: And now you know “ bit on the cartoon)
In blabbering to my wife last night about my current GI Joe addiction, I realized that history will repeat itself. When the 80s characters run out, everyone who collected Joes in the 80s will once again stop collecting them now. This is a short lived moment and we need to enjoy it while it's here.
Tue. I guess their plan is to create new characters, but I agree it will be hard to do if a new generation doesn't get into it
I don’t know if that will hold true OP. Since they are pulling characters from all over the Joe line and not in order.
@@raypaz2947 Yes, they are even pulling obscure characters from the comic book/ or Rise of Cobra line. And making their own-llike Wolf Spider
Very little past the 80s yet. I have zero interest characters I didn't see in the 40 years ago. Might as well be a different brand altogether.
I honestly think the only generation that truly appreciates joe's are the ones from the 80s. It's way before my time but I do appreciate them.
Fully agreed on File Cards, Availability and Extra heads.
I appreciate your self awareness of the fanboy rant we all are guilty of. I’m here for it
I think they should all come with a foot peg, the generic rifle from the cartoon, some type of alternate head when necessary and a swappable punching fist
I am 45 myself and anyone who says they don't play around with these figures are lying ! Unless they keep them in the package . And I am not saying we all make whole stories and recreate battles , but we all pose them around and have some fights for a few minutes lol ! Because I collect Elite wrestling figures and do the same . Call me a nerd IDC . Even my girlfriend watches me do move sequences and stuff and she don't care . If I recreated a whole PPV then that may be a tad iffy hahaha !
People who leave them in the package are doll collectors. Only we who take them out, let them breathe and play with them are allowed to call them Action Figures. After all, there's not exactly any ACTION going on inside the package, is there?
@@brandonr8269 Yes. I'm against keeping things in the package. if you don't move it around it's a statue
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalthen you'd probably love what I wanna take them out the packaging and do with them. NOTHING NASTY LOL
Talking along the lines of playing.
To the post, I told my woman "one day, you're going to see me wrestling my action figures, and I won't give a flying 747 F___ what the reaction and judgment is."
I'm gonna be in the heyday LOL
Say what you want.
bendy weapons are number one
nobody wants their weapons floppy, they should be long and hard…i mean rigid! 🤣😎
I keep wanting to excuse the Eel and Torpedo spear gun because it has that rope that has to bend to attach around the wrist, but it could have been a separate piece too.
@@curseoffenrir man i looked at it yesterday in my collection. and that tip is so messed up i bet it would break off if messed with too much.
It’s to keep their market open to 4+ instead of restricting it further
@@pixelforge4858yeah I used to try straightening the weapons with heat, been so lazy about it lately, maybe once I fix my shelf space issues.
Very good and sensible list. They should be able to hold up to a child's play.
Thanks.
The File Cards seem like a no brainer , plus it wouldn't cost any money . That was a staple of the original 80s Joes that added so much to the character . Also I would like to see you make a vid of your top 10 Joes and top 10 Cobra figures/characters .
They say it would cost. I can't see why. it's a piece of carboard
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalFile Cards should always be there!! On the back of the package is more ideal. Sometimes, it helped kids decide who they wanted to get. It familiarized us w/ the characters.
At least put them in the packages w/ the action figures, even if inside on the packages.
They're necessary!!
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal It would cost because people moan why they have to be printed in multiple languages instead of just English
would people be willing to pay more just t have it in English? very much doubt it. Much more cost effective just to have the single packaging for everywhere
First off, the kid poking their eye out comment made me laugh. Well delivered.
Second, totally agree on the slipping arm bands, the trigger fingers and mostly the file cards. File cards are why as a kid my Doc didn't shoot Cobras and why Flint delivered eulogies at Joe funerals. I figured his education made him well spoken. Yes my playing with Joes sometimes meant I played out funerals.
#10 - Bent weapons
Absolutely agree. Valaverse Action Force weapons outshine hasbro by a mile. Make the weapons out of a more durable harder plastic. Screw the little kids who stab themselves in the eye. It's natural selection working at it's best. If you can't make it through playing with toys safely as a kid, I'm sure that's going to be the least of your worries in life.
#9 - Backpack pegs
Never a problem for me. Never had a peg break. Backpacks always stay on. But I mainly pose & display. I'm sure if I played with the figures more, the backpacks would probably pop off constantly. A slightly longer peg could work just fine. I think that internal backpack storage would be cool, but not if it's chipping away at the budget, or raising the cost at all.
#8 - Hair/Hat heads
Not a concern at all to me. I like the hair & hats being swappable. To me I've seen the hairlines be a bit off because of this, so getting that dialed in would be cool. But a complaint for how the head looks without the hair or hat? Really? Put the hat or hair back on, like it's supposed to be. Again, I pose and display. I'm not sitting there trying to rip the hair off a figure while playing with it, so this one's kind of lost on me.
#7 - Hands
I'm a little mixed on this one. Classified has done very few swappable hands so far, and I've been happy. I'd love to have the occasional fist hand as well. But not at the cost of additional budget going to hands rather than other more desirable accessories. Overall, most characters tend to have multiple guns. If you want them holding those guns, they should have trigger fingers. I don't know, it wouldn't be a complaint from me, but occasional fist hands would be cool.
#6 - Alt heads
Another one that I'm not going to have on my complaint list. But alt heads are awesome. Grunt was one of my favorite figures because of the Head/Alt Head/Removable Helmet combo. So much variety there. It's absolutely awesome. More of that would always be great.
#5 - Arm bands
Another thing that differs for someone just posing and displaying. Arm bands, leg straps, etc. don't bother me. Not only does it not bother me, but I'd prefer all this stuff to be removeable. I like being able to switch stuff to other characters if I chose. I like being able to just remove a piece if I don't like it.
#4 - More creative accessories
I gotta say, I'm never going to disagree with even more creative accessories. But I do disagree that they haven't already been creative enough. Maybe every single Classified figure isn't a home run on accessories, but so many figures are just loaded. Compare Classified to just about any other mainline toy series. Classified has had more accessories, and more creative/unique items than any other series. Not talking $60-$100 stuff, but other $20-$25 figures. And Classified's accessories beat all the other stuff you see in stores.
#3 - Paint
Kind of a case by case thing. I know that not every figure is going to be perfect. But I've not had the paint problem with Classified yet. Again, Classified stands out far above every other brand in that area, especially compared to other Hasbro brands.
#2 - Availability
Right at the beginning of the line, I'd completely agree. Especially with the first few Target Exclusive items. The summer of Cobra Island was a Nightmare! But since then they've gotten a ton better. I'd say Availability for release day on Pulse specifically needs to improve. But product on store shelves has vastly improved. I remember a time when I would take pictures in amazement to send to my friends, if I even managed to find Classified figures on the shelf. That's how bad it used to be. But yeah, things like army builders and Exclusives are always going to be a potentially tough thing to get. They'll get re-issued eventually.
#1 - File cards
I dunno. There's no reason that the back of a package can't be a file card. So sure, I'm all for it. But I don't need it though. If it had to be an extra item inside the package, chipping at the budget, I'd say pass. I don't want any additional funds going to cardboard with reading material. Put as much into the figures as possible. If it's printed on the back of the box, like with the Carded Retro figures, then great. Lets do that. for sure.
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When it comes to MY complaints, it would likely be entirely committed to manufacturing decisions.
Don't use the softer plastics like most of Hasbro brands have been switching certain parts to lately. Making the figures flimsy and cheaper is not improving anything. It makes the figures fall apart easier, and makes them less sturdy. Just leave the materials the way they were before.
Keep doing the things that have been working. Don't switch to the shoulder system like what Hawk has. That garbage may work for McFarlane figures, but there's a reason why Classified is a better brand, and a better product. Lets keep it that way.
And facial sculpt & paint mishaps like Falcon. Lets just not have stuff like that. We all know what looks good, and what looks bad. Don't Green Light stuff like that. Take the time to get it dialed in correctly. Do it right, make it look good, and then approve it for production.
Great list. For me the main thing is the QC issues and bendy/warped weapons. Last year, I hardly had any issues with figures. This year, the quality is all over the place for Hasbro. I want to pose the figure without having to worry if the arm will fall off.
Bendy guns, bad paint apps, everything about the current Firefly....I'm out even if they fix this in the future. If we keep buying poor qc, they will keep selling poor qc.
Agree with most of these. The straps, while annoying as hell, are part of what allows them to reuse body parts. Pai t it different, throw on a new strap, bingo! You've got a new character
Good point. I suppose they help customizers as well. But they suck for playing with
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal can they be glued in place?
@@LandofMert76 It feels like you'd see the glue, at least in the case of the arm bands on Copperhead. Although I could glue others. For example: Gung Ho has an ankle holster that falls constantly
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalI agreed w/ your point in the video. The armbands etc should've just been a paint-on.
I can see from your video how the straps would be annoying.
Larry Hama wrote every one of those file cards in the 80s. That is definitely missed in this line.
I don't know why they don't get him back to do more
I really like the hat/hair swap, no other domestic company is doing it, gives you so many options.
Maybe if the hair didn't fall off easy I wouldn't mind it
I couldn't agree more... with everything. Right on!
Thanks!
Yes. File cards. In the king's English.
I like the muzak! It's like you are waiting on hold to talk to the Hasbro complaint department.
Bend weapons allow the joes to shoot around corners safely and umm..The finger on the hands is for that fishhook move in a fight? Sure that sounds good 🙃! 100% agree on WHERE are the FILE CARDS!!!
I agree on the file cards that’s my biggest complaint about the classified line and now we’re 100 and something in on figures how do you get those file cards if they start including them with future figures
You can get them on 3DJoes.com, and maybe print them on card stock--but not for newly made-up characters like Wolf Spider
Not being able to have a chance to buy the figures they released is number one. They have preorders that sell out and then they either don't get anymore stock " Cobra Eel " or they just move on to a new figure. And Scalpers and bots and resellers are number 2 and I mean that literally and figuratively.
Yes. That is the biggest offense
I usually hate people who complain but you did it in a very fun reasonable way. And i also agree.
I found those old backpack pegs from the 82-94 line always wore down after a few weeks of good play as a kid. Mine never sat tight after a while.
I believe...As fans of the GIJoe brand, we would buy Classified even if they were absolutely crap! As long as they look great and hit our nostalgic nerves. We'd still buy them, regardless of QC.
Hasbro can definitely do better! And hopefully in the future... they get better.
I agree 100% about the File Cards!
I agree with a couple of your points. we need better weapons when it comes to a couple of the figures. the twin just had a gun and 2 knives. really thats it. could have had another gun or something.
3 weeks late to this video but it hits many good points and gripes.
Bendy weapons are terrible.
More hand options. Fists for sure.
Better backpacks. Make the one side with the peg more form fitting. They did this with the Eel and Torpedo. That way the peg fits in better. The worst for me is/was Major Bludd. Worst backpack ever. If I just look at him too sternly, it will fall off and his missiles will scatter all over my room and find the areas that are hardest to recover them.
And I think every character should come with the cartoon guns as well as their unique ones. At least the Cobra army builders should all have the cartoon laser gun. They are starting to include them at least with some characters. And Every Joe should have the cartoon laser rifle too. Which does look to be included now with a few Joes.
100% with you on the laser guns, give them to everyone!
Haha that intro 👍 you go.
Good vid. I would urge you to stop saying, "Just charge us a little more." because those phrases come up in meetings I promise. Hasbro's already charging an awful lot for a $3-4 production figure. There are other costs that up that base cost, but its still way under 100% markup that many think it is (for a standard $25 figure).
Amen buddy! Loving the content!
I think my main gripe with classified is that they haven't incorporated *_M.A.S.K._* characters into the line yet.
I LOVE the file cards. Bring 'em back.
I wonder if it's because of the special language boundaries to producing a universal box.
I bet it also comes down to Hasbro's focus on "play". They want anyone to be able to relate to a character & to make it their own when they are playing with it. Give the character an identity & he HAS to be that. I think they have more value in the toy having a personal identity & should give kid's more credit when it comes to their imagination limits
No file card = no story telling. Maybe Hasbro can’t afford Larry Hama.
I feel like he'll do whatever for the money, right?
I couldn’t say, but he may be the last true fan and creative working on G.I.Joe
If Hasbro was concerned with kids playing with the toy, then the arms and legs wouldn’t be breaking off and getting lodged up my nose 😡
That has not happened to me, I have to say
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal try harder, you have a proper European nose, they’ll fit!
If Hasbro was concerned w/ kids playing w/ them, they'd put prices in a range that was more fair to the parents.
Imagine a little Billy trying to get Mom, Dad, or both to get an action figure that costs $20+!!
When I was a kid, sometimes you went into battle and the Joes were only $3-5!!
@@PontFlair yeah I’d say toys like this aren’t priced to be kids toys. The new wave is over 225$ if you get 1 of every figure.
Dude u nailed it on the eels wtf... Did they make 100? Why so damn hard to find.....I could take a chance w a sketchy Chinese order house w bad customer reviews but wtf why so difficult
Yeah that quick kick fudgies bar thing like his first cartoon appearance what about the dreadknocks and there grape soda
They should give Torch Grape soda and chocolate donuts
You're right...
You called BBQ a soulless ginger, than said he was dehumanized. As a ginger, I forgive you and agree, he needed extra head.
Thanks for forgiveness. Maybe you do have a soul after all
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalhaha, many, one per freckle.
International regulations are different than USA. The file cards would have to contain multiple languages OR there would have to be different packaging for each country.
KUNG-FU GRIP!
G.I. Joe invented the kung fu grip yet they haven’t used them on the 6 inch figures 😂
I am the complete opposite. I want non-removable helmets. Copperhead and Barbecue nailed it. That thing does not need to come off. He's known for the helmet.
Oh yeah? That Scrap-Iron though. Perfect face sculpt with a removable helmet
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalI agree. There are characters figures that need removable helmets etc.
To me, characters like Barbecue should have an extra head sculpt. And in the future, a guy like Airtight as well.
Like you said, guys aren't just living in helmets etc.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalI love that Scrap-Iron figure. The removable helmet is an awesome touch. And I like his scarred face etc.
I agree extra head should only be 3 dollars lol
I resisted going there about fifty times in the edit. Glad you picked up my slack!
- Bendy weapon excuse is such a cop out. Better not let kids play with sticks I guess, either. Geez.
- Backpacks - agreed. Especially the ones that don't conform to the body shape when they should. Firefly's backpack was great.
- Brain surgery heads. I'll agree but only to a point and then agree with your other point about heads. They wouldn't have to have brain surgery heads if they'd just give us alternate heads, which deffo characters like Barbecue should have. Why not include alternate heads for one character (older ones) along with new figures to incentivize buying the newer figure if it means it will cost a couple bucks more?
- Hands hard disagree. I like the options and fists I almost never use on my Joes. You know what happens to Joes who solve battles with their fists? They get shot.
- More creative accessories, would be nice so agree but I'd rather they just made more detailed, less monochrome. better accessories for all figures if not a bunch of new R and D.
- Sloppy paint: either I have gotten really lucky or my 47 year old eyes just aren't that good anymore, my paint jobs have been good. They COULD be better (compare Vala tattoos to Joe) but overall I think they're good.
- Availability hard agree: Especially certain characters, they should be re released as needed to fill the gaps in collections of people who are jumping on a little later to the game. Beach Head, Major Bludd, Dr Mindbender, Serpentor, the good Zartan, troop builders. Re release once a year or every two years in the original form, not necessarily a PP or TF version which is less interesting to me.
- #1 FILE CARDS! 100% agree and 100% of us agree, I'd wager. There's a dozen ways they could have done this, hell I'd even pay extra to buy them separately like collecting baseball cards again (WITH the dusty bubblegum, of course). You're bang on here; the file cards were half the battle for the legendary artwork and lore of GI Joe. We all read them over and over and over. I even used to use their real names as authors of books that I made up to fill out the bibliographies of my half-assed middle school projects. Stanley Perlmutter was a prolific writer of the social sciences, don'tcha know? 😉
Yeah, Kids today need to toughen up anyway. I got poked in the eye plenty by a missile or two. I'm fine.
exactly@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal
I found your channel. Maybe a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it. And I found out about these Gio classifieds 3 of you, so I've looked them up online, and they're very expensive. That's my second biggest complaint and I'm complaining to me they don't even look to me as good as most of the originals I was especially looking. Forward to possibly picking up a hiss. Tank, however. To me, that thing looked like junk. And at a $300 price tag you can hang it up. It's nowhere near as cool as the original. The original's only real problem to me is that the helmet on the driver looked a little weird, but it looked like it had been a good idea to begin with and then just messed up in production.
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the channel. I did get the HISS, and its pretty awesome, but maybe not 300 dollar awesome
Okay not arguing with you here just commentating on what you said. Now to start with you said you want removable swappable heads but yet when they give us the option of removable hair you just said you only want one piece then glue it on and let everybody else enjoy the swappable hair. You said the armbands are a problem then glue them on you won't have a problem anymore but the people who enjoy them being able to be removable will enjoy that kind of thing. Hasbro is giving us what they can but it almost seems like you don't want some things but you want everything else that you're asking that you actually don't want LOL I prefer everything to be pretty much removable. But there are some characters that never remove their helmets and such so that's okay by my standards like Copperhead we've never saw his face I'm okay without seeing it. I will agree with you on the backpack pegs those things suck they fall off constantly
I don't wanna have to glue crap. Although the hair, I could glue that on, That's an easy fix. I feel like if I glue on an armband it'll look like crap
there’s some that are iconic because they never showed their faces or you’re not sure if it’s their real face
The way you speak reminds me a bit of Jim Brewer🤣
Availability/Exclusives are something that will ruin a whole line for me. I’m a huge varied collector. And this is the #1 for hat will make me leave a line. Don’t understand it, don’t agree with the arguments for it. It’s annoying and takes the fun away.
Yeah, the Serpentor one pissed me off. It's 200 bucks now.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalYES!! I HATE THAT!! I saw Serpentor, though he looked cool. Then, saw the price and was like WTF?!?
I've seen other figures highly priced too. Like c'mon man SMFH
Great presentation. You hit some of the same points that annoy me. I want to embellish a bit onto your list.
You wish you addressed the annoying multi-language cards on the retro cardbacks that squeeze in 4 or 5 foreign languages but since they have all that they skip the description paragraph. It totally defeats the purpose for the file card!
I agree 100% they need extra heads. I think the hair thing is a good compromise (since we all know Hasbro is trying to cut corners so the CEO can have his $9 million Christmas bonus while laying off 1100 workers 2 weeks before Christmas).
Cover Girl comes to mind. They charged the full $25 but all the figure came with was a wrench and gun! The character originally was shown with blonde hair in the original mini series. It would have been nice to get a blonde hairpiece in the package. Look at Lady Jaye. She got the hat and hatless look in addition to all the camera backpack equipment. Yet they couldn't give Cover Girl the time of day. It was a very lazy offering and the needes to do better for that amount of money.
Multiple heads is a must. Beach Head always come to mind. In the cartoon, there are a few episodes with animation errors where his face is shown for a few framea. Joes are not Cobras and don't need to hide their faces! Barbecue needed to have a face sculpt. Another lazy offering.
I'm with ya, but they don't make toys for playing anymore... only for collecting
Although you can play with these pretty rough. I let my kids play with them (I play too). My daughter made Destro and Baroness married. took all the violence out. That's girls for ya
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalthat's cool.
And at least she got it right. Baroness isn't w/ say, Dr. Mindbender (another ridiculously priced action figure), and Destro wasn't w/ Zarana.
Your daughter got it right and I salute her.
I think the pegs are too high up on the back and yeah too short
I hate Low-Light's sniper rifle. It's so gummy. I get that if it were made of more ridgid plastic it might also be more brittle and it could be a safety hazard for kids, but c'mon, it should still feel more substantial.
The duro on the accessories isn’t for safety, it’s to save a few cents. They can say it’s safety and maybe in some way you can hitch that to it, but there’s no regulations on making accessories gummy. It’s low duro on the cheap.
This guy is right.
Seems like the plastic got WORSE!!! I got the Python Patrol Trubbel Bubble and the accessories are even softer than the first version. Can they check the joint QC from the factory? Fused knees and legs is not acceptable. Just QC in general. I think the word youre looking for is "Kung Fu GRIP!" I think a great way to fix the file card issue is make them like baseball card sized and sell us a packs 1-50, 51-100, sell every character up until now or something like that. Then the new ones come in the package.
Haha, go to China to get an Eel. I had to order both mine direct from China. Cheaper than what you have to pay here but you run the risk of damaged packaging.
I still can't get one. The China one is all overpriced, but I guess I have no choice
Hasbro has a systemic problem with the availability and distribution in every line they make. G.I.Joe, Star Wars, Marvel,... That generates a secondary market that Hasbro does not make any profit from.
How About SnakeEyes Mask Does it Stay on still
Quality control is at a all time low and
The gummy accessories seriously gotta go are my only complaints ….Maybe pump the breaks a little bit on the out put of figures (we get practically a wave every month) I think it’s the direct cause of all these quality control issues
Yes, I don't need this many this fast. I can't keep up
#GiveUsHead(s)
Ha. I resisted hard to not make that joke. Glad you picked up the slack
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal No problem sir we all have to do our part 🫡
bout time some one says somthing i have not got me a zJoe In a long time hasbro ceo is screwing up
The biggest complaint about the classified series the use of the out dated ab crunch articulation. Hasbro does not use this on their Star Wars black series. Why go Joe ? Mcfarlaine does not use it either. It looks really bad especially on figures like guns ho that has a chest tattoo
That's true. I don't need that much articulation. I'd prefer a better look
They won't do cards because arah is no longer an American property, so you get stuck with 1 or 2 sentences that are meaningless in 4 to 6 languages, and I've been cheesed on that since the 2000s when everything began to have 4 to 6 languages smeared all over the boxes because inclusivity. I'd love full file cards though. I'll add stands, we should have gotten stands with wave 1, where my damn stands at HasBRO! And omg, they so greedy with their trash clear plastic stands they try to pawn off. My main complaint is, 80% of classified are retro boxed figures, and majority of collectors will not touch carded retro, just move carded retro to classified boxed numbered. The figures are just double and triple dipping on the back of classified. Get rid of carded figures, they serve zero purpose and are a huge money loss to Hasbro. Put those in boxes because those are the joes most people want boxed.
I'm brazilian and I don't give a sh*t for that 'inclusivity'. What I don't want is a bunch of signals that I must look with my cellphone to know what they mean. Give me a full file card in english, with all the main informations about the character. Put them in the back of the box, I don't care, I can cut them off. The box will go to the trash can, anyway.
Right> If you can't put the file card on the back stick a damn piece of cardboard in the package. Their excuses for this are dumb.
Agree on the stands too, good point. Most of us are displaying these things, so we need stands.
Yes, those stupid symbols are completely pointless
this not Hasbro Classified its out in the open
What they about the the Star Wars black series
bendable weapons equals no lawsuit because of Karens blaming the toys instead of stupid kids playing with pointy toys wrong
unless it’s essential to their weapons, no soldier is fighting a battle with full backpack like that: they take them off and stow them safely, they’re fighting with their extra ammo, grenades, medkits, and weapons. frankly, just don’t use backpacks and reinforce the necessary ones like Barbecue
some characters never showed their faces so there’s no basis for alternative heads…the cartoon doesn’t count to Hasbro, except for one case and that was one they dropped the ball on for years: the cartoon created character they didn’t acknowledge
If that's how you cup a book, I truly feel sorry for your wife, lol. I'm just kidding. Great Vid.
Ha, h! Nice one
To add to this list,, Drop down hips are on my sh#t list they are always really annoying. Also loose figures right out of box is unacceptable.
None of the damnd backpacks fit and that my friend is billshit the old school 3/4scale the oackpacks stayed on all damnd week
Exactly. Just use the same peg as the original, but bigger
Some of your complaining I agree with. Others are just nitpicking.
I call it "Constructive Criticism"
nerdy lot of soldiers are nerdy
Yeah bro some of this stufff i see on utube but never in oerson on a shelf hell its at least a month later than every one else if at all ,but i do live in action figure hell / independence mussouri wich youde think with akk the b.s. in the area kansas city m.o. and k.s as well as several other towns and beung about as midle if the country as possible that even if the product was say later on the shelf than either coast is what it is but no iam into black series g.i. joe and mainly w.w.e elites and ultimates and its the same across the board so i gess iam agreed 100% on it but iam adding my own spin of frustration to the availability bull shizen
I never see anything in stores. And I live in the goddamn homeland of Hasbro (Rhode Island). I have to order everything online
Well there not like 2.50 cents or 3.00 like they use to be of course they was smaller les articulate and less detail
What constructive critism? All I see are fighting words 😢
Really? I said a lot of nice things about the line, that makes it pretty constructive
Some of the most important complaints that I have about the classified line is mostly what you are saying. My top ones, are the gummy or bendable weapons, in which I believe the reason is that they are designed that way, is because they wanted it that way. Another thing is the standard way of putting scarves, or “ascots” on figures that did not have it, in the comics or the cartoons, like Snake Eyes, Cobra Vipers, Stalker, just to name a few. It makes me wonder if the “G I Joe” team are really fans of the comics or cartoons. The other things are the no file cards, because, they continue with the icons that are now nothing but a sad link that leads to an empty link. The other things are stuff that really aggravates me like the distribution system that is the fault of the “Global Marketing Director” that has her head so far up her SJW a** , that, for instance, she thinks that it is ok to delay shipping because of a stupid “virus” that was started in China, and that they don’t want to move the manufacturing process to another country despite the fact that the Chinese government is threatening Taiwan of an amphibious invasion and totally disrupting the world trade system that starts from places where the G I Joe line started from, which is Hong Kong, as well as the microchip industry. Hasbro doesn’t want to give up “cheap labor” which is basically slave labor for a small wage for the workers who work for very little money, yet can not even stop to rest, after working 14 to 16 hours a day, or even non stop, and this affects the workers,as well as their ability to pay attention to detail, and therefore the production suffers from quality control issues and problems.
Personally I’m not into figure photography and I don’t “play”
with my figures so I never use the extra hands and could care less about them once I get my figure set how I like him that’s usually how he stays and all the extra stuff if it can’t be stored on the figure goes in my toolbox thing a got a whole section that’s hands,heads hair pieces ……and no dude I don’t “play” with them and make them have fist fights haven’t done that since I was 11 and if you wanna “play” with your figure that’s cool but don’t act like it’s not weird and try n make it like everyone does you are the only adult man I have ever heard say that
we have several others in the comments confirming I am not the only one
#1 issue is availability for me then hands and heads variations. We need weapon packs and small stands. I would prefer backpacks have straps instead of pegs as well...sorry I'll stop now.
Remember wave 1??.. these have gotten way better.. but I'm not really collecting them. I sold all of those first waves. If I could find them for $4.99 at Ollie's I'd pick up a few. But not gonna worry too much about these. Just more clutter in my house I don't really need.
Oh, they are incredible (sometimes) I'm still gonna complain though.
But seriously, way better than wave one. And every once in a while they make something amazing. Check out the Scrap Iron figure or the Chuckles deluxe set, or Major Bludd. These things are amazing