I’d like to say 2023 was the best year for for AF so far in my opinion. Bobby is really doin a great job enticing the crowd and pumping out pretty solid figures. Not to mention Joefest and powercon. Wasn’t all perfect. Website crashing, community drama (as usual) and QC issues here or there. However I feel like there were so many more positives overall and I’m really happy to be a part of such a passionate community. Always appreciate your commentary man as always.
I don't know, the first SDS waves with Blowback and the Spec Ops troopers were the best, both quality and figures I think we've seen. Series 3/3.1 just doesn't hold that ground for me. I think 4 and 5 will be spectacular
Great review. I definitely slowed down on the action force stuff. I just don’t have the shelf space anymore. But I am glad Bobby is putting out quality stuff!
I got mostly everything from this year. I picked up 6 Horde Troopers to replace the bright yellow Swarm Troopers. I just wished he would have included the other 2 Swarm heads, like what he's doing for the new Swarm Tracer. I missed out on bloody Pandora, but managed to get the bloody face variant from the accessory pack. I wasn't a fan of Gemini, but I got her anyway. I'm pretty happy with the squad I made using all those Duster bodies as a base.
I purchased the 4 females characters, the $30 with the points smh Miami vice Condor & a weapons pack. The wings characters not a fan of them. As far as the Vanguard I was planning to purchase, but unfortunate for me I'm passing on it. Because it's just way too big of a vehicle to me it just doesn't scale with the Action Force & Classified, is not a jeep anymore, it's more like a tank. But for everyone that's ordering I'm truly happy for yall 👍🏼👍🏼 The figz are nice thou...
I have some of these and I think I like Gemini because of her ready to battle mean mug. Give that extra 50 cal to Jodie shooter she is in dying need of it her weapons really are disappointing! 😂😂😂 Im still building up my valaverse collection though✨✨✨✨ And yeah I will be getting one vangaurd to start off✨
Repaints galore (not just part reuse), easily broken plastic, some pretty poor face sculpts, and product delays…however, the weapon designs have gotten MUCH BETTER over the past year.
I've been having a blast mixing and matching female trooper bodies with Marvel Legends and GI Joes heads. Right now they are probably the best female Body Buc out there. The only one in contention is the ML Target exclusive Black Widow that noone ever saw on shelves. The Warpath Eclipse is a contender for years best. Only surpassed by $100+ werewolves. With that said ValVerse has been frustrating this year as the male troopers were impossible to find. Gear sets other than Steel Brigade even worse. Yeah Bobby managed to sell an all female wave. But he didn't have much else to sell for most of the year.
Cool review as always. Eye have all of those figures except bloody Pandora(which eye hope to get)and Covert Ops Condor(just wasn't feeling him). Waiting on that Desert Condor and the Desert Vanguard...may wind up getting the gray one as well.
I'd be happy to do you a solid and take one of those Pandoras off your hands if you're so salty about her. 😎 I was late to the party so I missed out on most of this. But I did manage to get Warpath Eclipse and the last Special Ops trooper on BBTS, so at least there's that.
yeah, I appreciate a year line report, it s smart and gives an idea of how it stands you now have a few pieces, to see it all is nice compared to the other lines I get pieces from, I m at a different place with this line, Joes, legends, Indy have lore - stories, those don t there s no free - easy media to know more, and we can t distinctively see who s who s factions. unlike Cobra which is mostly blue, here, I just see a red guy who looks different because of this, I don t quite see them as full characters but just 'bodies' I could use for my other lines, which is fine enough, but feels also strange Gemini - Kill switch are those I d get, and I d dress them in green clothes - uniforms add a few green army builders, but don t know what else I d get. Joes s strength is instant recognition, Hawk vs Cobra Commander, here, I don t have that, it looks like a bunch of loose soldiers it d help if fans made movies to follow - learn about them. but it should be easier than this... good show bro
By any measure, this is a lucklustre yearly lineup. I personally buy all Joe Classifieds and at some point contemplated getting into Action Force, but I'm glad I decided against it. Limited selection of characters, many being knockoffs of G.I. Joe equivalents, poor quality with high chance of breakage, relatively high prices and difficult to find (especially if you live outside the U.S. like I do) were factors. In the end what sealed my decision to avoid the entire line was those people's attitude. Vala and some particular UA-camrs who are on the payroll constantly badmouth the Classified line and Hasbro. I don't care for that shit at all. They can keep their position as a small, obscure toy line, I'll stick with G.I. Joe.
Yeah I initially jumped in on Action Force at the beginning. Classified was still new, and I wanted more of it. But I sold everything off this year, Classified is just killing it and I don't need to line to supplement it anymore. Plus all the drama from the company and Bobby is just ridiculous. A company as small as, his he IS the company. Don't really want to support him honestly.
I’m not gonna hate on the brand or the toy line. I also want you all to know this isn’t a knock or me coming to defense of any of those “characters/personalities”. I whole heartedly agree with you on those parts. I have done my best to separate the people from the product. I personally like the product but that is personal preference. It is nice looking. It is fun to play with. He needs therapy. His stooges should be good “friends” and let him know that. At the end of the day. They have a right to their opinions. Just as we do. I don’t agree with it. Obviously you guys don’t. On a closing note, I have started this line the summer of 2022. Since the name I won’t mentioned started his smear and hate campaign. It lighted a fire under the Joe team. Yes I will put that credit to him. Him pushing and attempting to slap down a corporation has made them fight back. That they did. Incredible line from Lenny and team. He should now understand he has to counter with both diver units and parstroopers. I hope for his sake he gets his anger in check. He is the head of his company and it looks sad and ridiculous for him to behave like that. Again I do love the VV figures. Them and him not so much. There may come a day where I will have to face not supporting the nonsense like one of you obviously has. Let’s see. t. I hope you all have a good holiday season.if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas. Happy New year.
16 figures, 2 eclipse, 2 Pandora, version 3 of condor, rereleases of condor, Kerak, and bone collector. Let this sink in GIJOE released 68 figures, the hiss tank arrived, the vamp is up for preorder. While VaginaVerse runs their mouth GIJOE just keeps dominating. 365 days in a year and rereleases, and repaints is all this “line” has to offer.
Valagarbage could never compete, anyone thinking otherwise is delusional. The quality is nowhere near as good as gi joe figs and the character selection feels pretty flat to joes. The entire 'valaverse' has three gimicks for its characters: -strong independent woman -wanna be cobra firefly trooper repaint -ugly looking male character portrayed as 'badass' The fact that the creator is pos person irl doesn't help either.
@@jigsawnora3207 they talk shit at every turn. Every livestream they talk bad about gijoe, about marvel, about Hasbro. No one calls it out and it’s annoying as fuck. VaginaVerse make more toys that you don’t need heating instructions for or shut the hell up. Am I right?
I don't think you can bash on Valaverse for following the same business strategy as Hasbro: repaint/re-use. The only way to make it profitable is to re-use the molds. The entire Classified line is a recombination of existing parts; just like Action Force. Classified has entire sublines dedicated to repaints (Tiger Force/Python Patrol) and no less than five iterations of the original snake eyes figure.
Then what about the broken hinges on the gi joe figures or the awful head designs like Falcon or Lady jay, the broken legs and hips that plague the joe figures throughout the year. The massive about of recolors done for python patrol and Crimson guards that go straight to clearance the moment they hit the shelves. Not to mention all of the online errors that happened through pulse and the disaster that was the Steel Corps troopers that even you HasBros couldn’t even defend. If anything I think you are the delusional one here you fanboy XD
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Great 2023 recap. Looking forward for all the new stuff for ‘24
I’d like to say 2023 was the best year for for AF so far in my opinion. Bobby is really doin a great job enticing the crowd and pumping out pretty solid figures. Not to mention Joefest and powercon.
Wasn’t all perfect. Website crashing, community drama (as usual) and QC issues here or there. However I feel like there were so many more positives overall and I’m really happy to be a part of such a passionate community.
Always appreciate your commentary man as always.
I don't know, the first SDS waves with Blowback and the Spec Ops troopers were the best, both quality and figures I think we've seen. Series 3/3.1 just doesn't hold that ground for me. I think 4 and 5 will be spectacular
Great review. I definitely slowed down on the action force stuff. I just don’t have the shelf space anymore. But I am glad Bobby is putting out quality stuff!
Love the weapons packs
"Falcon's cousin" had me bawling. Boom, roasted- loving the videos. Keep it up!
I know you didn't like Pandora, but I didn't realize they were limited releases when she came out. I just think she would make a good dteadnok
Bloody Pandora was an exclusive, which I think pumped up regular Pandora. Eclipse is the better figutr and character anyways
I agree with you OP.
Great video!
I got mostly everything from this year. I picked up 6 Horde Troopers to replace the bright yellow Swarm Troopers. I just wished he would have included the other 2 Swarm heads, like what he's doing for the new Swarm Tracer. I missed out on bloody Pandora, but managed to get the bloody face variant from the accessory pack. I wasn't a fan of Gemini, but I got her anyway. I'm pretty happy with the squad I made using all those Duster bodies as a base.
I purchased the 4 females characters, the $30 with the points smh Miami vice Condor & a weapons pack. The wings characters not a fan of them. As far as the Vanguard I was planning to purchase, but unfortunate for me I'm passing on it. Because it's just way too big of a vehicle to me it just doesn't scale with the Action Force & Classified, is not a jeep anymore, it's more like a tank. But for everyone that's ordering I'm truly happy for yall 👍🏼👍🏼 The figz are nice thou...
I wanted it in black and he said he would make it in black for another edition. I’ll wait for that one
I have some of these and I think I like Gemini because of her ready to battle mean mug. Give that extra 50 cal to Jodie shooter she is in dying need of it her weapons really are disappointing! 😂😂😂
Im still building up my valaverse collection though✨✨✨✨
And yeah I will be getting one vangaurd to start off✨
Repaints galore (not just part reuse), easily broken plastic, some pretty poor face sculpts, and product delays…however, the weapon designs have gotten MUCH BETTER over the past year.
I've been having a blast mixing and matching female trooper bodies with Marvel Legends and GI Joes heads. Right now they are probably the best female Body Buc out there. The only one in contention is the ML Target exclusive Black Widow that noone ever saw on shelves. The Warpath Eclipse is a contender for years best. Only surpassed by $100+ werewolves.
With that said ValVerse has been frustrating this year as the male troopers were impossible to find. Gear sets other than Steel Brigade even worse. Yeah Bobby managed to sell an all female wave. But he didn't have much else to sell for most of the year.
So is the Classified 2023 retrospective going to fit in your review space? 😂 Excited to see all the 2023 Joes in one shot
About 65 figures 😂
@@beesbattlegroundsget to work ! 😝😂
Cool review as always. Eye have all of those figures except bloody Pandora(which eye hope to get)and Covert Ops Condor(just wasn't feeling him).
Waiting on that Desert Condor and the Desert Vanguard...may wind up getting the gray one as well.
I'm really looking forward to Desert Ops Condor
I'd be happy to do you a solid and take one of those Pandoras off your hands if you're so salty about her. 😎
I was late to the party so I missed out on most of this. But I did manage to get Warpath Eclipse and the last Special Ops trooper on BBTS, so at least there's that.
By the way, eye know ubarent...fond if Pandoras background/story but how do u feel about the figure?
I think Eclipse is the best figure of the wave
@beesbattlegrounds eye enjoyed all the figures of the female wave but eye agree with u on Eclipse being the best.
yeah, I appreciate a year line report, it s smart and gives an idea of how it stands
you now have a few pieces, to see it all is nice
compared to the other lines I get pieces from, I m at a different place with this line,
Joes, legends, Indy have lore - stories, those don t
there s no free - easy media to know more, and we can t distinctively see who s who s factions.
unlike Cobra which is mostly blue, here, I just see a red guy who looks different
because of this, I don t quite see them as full characters but just 'bodies' I could use
for my other lines, which is fine enough, but feels also strange
Gemini - Kill switch are those I d get, and I d dress them in green clothes - uniforms
add a few green army builders, but don t know what else I d get.
Joes s strength is instant recognition, Hawk vs Cobra Commander,
here, I don t have that, it looks like a bunch of loose soldiers
it d help if fans made movies to follow - learn about them.
but it should be easier than this...
good show bro
By any measure, this is a lucklustre yearly lineup. I personally buy all Joe Classifieds and at some point contemplated getting into Action Force, but I'm glad I decided against it. Limited selection of characters, many being knockoffs of G.I. Joe equivalents, poor quality with high chance of breakage, relatively high prices and difficult to find (especially if you live outside the U.S. like I do) were factors. In the end what sealed my decision to avoid the entire line was those people's attitude. Vala and some particular UA-camrs who are on the payroll constantly badmouth the Classified line and Hasbro. I don't care for that shit at all. They can keep their position as a small, obscure toy line, I'll stick with G.I. Joe.
Yeah I initially jumped in on Action Force at the beginning. Classified was still new, and I wanted more of it. But I sold everything off this year, Classified is just killing it and I don't need to line to supplement it anymore. Plus all the drama from the company and Bobby is just ridiculous. A company as small as, his he IS the company. Don't really want to support him honestly.
Yeah their whole "WWE Bad Guy Persona" can be annoying to the brand, but I like the "realistic" side of things the line offers
I’m not gonna hate on the brand or the toy line. I also want you all to know this isn’t a knock or me coming to defense of any of those “characters/personalities”. I whole heartedly agree with you on those parts. I have done my best to separate the people from the product. I personally like the product but that is personal preference. It is nice looking. It is fun to play with. He needs therapy. His stooges should be good “friends” and let him know that. At the end of the day. They have a right to their opinions. Just as we do. I don’t agree with it. Obviously you guys don’t. On a closing note, I have started this line the summer of 2022. Since the name I won’t mentioned started his smear and hate campaign. It lighted a fire under the Joe team. Yes I will put that credit to him. Him pushing and attempting to slap down a corporation has made them fight back. That they did. Incredible line from Lenny and team. He should now understand he has to counter with both diver units and parstroopers. I hope for his sake he gets his anger in check. He is the head of his company and it looks sad and ridiculous for him to behave like that. Again I do love the VV figures. Them and him not so much. There may come a day where I will have to face not supporting the nonsense like one of you obviously has. Let’s see. t. I hope you all have a good holiday season.if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas. Happy New year.
It's always good to have competition and opinions against the establishment. Action Force keeps pushing Hasbro to be better and vice versa .
@@raypaz2947save your funds and space for monster force 😂 . Happy holidays and happy new year🎉
16 figures, 2 eclipse, 2 Pandora, version 3 of condor, rereleases of condor, Kerak, and bone collector. Let this sink in GIJOE released 68 figures, the hiss tank arrived, the vamp is up for preorder. While VaginaVerse runs their mouth GIJOE just keeps dominating. 365 days in a year and rereleases, and repaints is all this “line” has to offer.
Lol!
Don't be mean 🎉🎉🎉
Gijoe is kicking assholes but they are a bigger company than vala✨
Valagarbage could never compete, anyone thinking otherwise is delusional. The quality is nowhere near as good as gi joe figs and the character selection feels pretty flat to joes. The entire 'valaverse' has three gimicks for its characters:
-strong independent woman
-wanna be cobra firefly trooper repaint
-ugly looking male character portrayed as 'badass'
The fact that the creator is pos person irl doesn't help either.
@@jigsawnora3207 they talk shit at every turn. Every livestream they talk bad about gijoe, about marvel, about Hasbro. No one calls it out and it’s annoying as fuck. VaginaVerse make more toys that you don’t need heating instructions for or shut the hell up. Am I right?
I don't think you can bash on Valaverse for following the same business strategy as Hasbro: repaint/re-use. The only way to make it profitable is to re-use the molds. The entire Classified line is a recombination of existing parts; just like Action Force. Classified has entire sublines dedicated to repaints (Tiger Force/Python Patrol) and no less than five iterations of the original snake eyes figure.
Then what about the broken hinges on the gi joe figures or the awful head designs like Falcon or Lady jay, the broken legs and hips that plague the joe figures throughout the year. The massive about of recolors done for python patrol and Crimson guards that go straight to clearance the moment they hit the shelves. Not to mention all of the online errors that happened through pulse and the disaster that was the Steel Corps troopers that even you HasBros couldn’t even defend. If anything I think you are the delusional one here you fanboy XD