Thanks for a great, Full On Retro O-ring video! And WOW, we are incredibly humbled and so appreciative of you naming our ROBOSKULL MKII your "TOY OF YEAR"! Thank You!!!! 🏴☠
I sure want o ring back for the GI Joe line. I feel left out all these years with just classified GI Joes, which I do not collect. Even the recent Joe anniversary was very bitter with no line to collect.
O-rings are one of the most unexpected and pleasant revivals to show up. In terms of nostalgia for figures, it started to feel like we were missing the window for o-rings. Heck, we're to a point that even early 2000s figures are starting to be reissued (see: Ninja Turtles as a prime example). So o-rings, which to me seemed to hit their peak in the late 80s and early 90s seemed to be out the window.
O rings need to be half the price of a 12 inch for them to be popular again. Unfortunately, with the money 3rd party companies are paying to Hasbro for using the IP is what is going to kill it.
I see what you mean in regards to that Super7 Snake Eyes. He's very tubular in the limbs. The sculpt is soft when those old GI Joe O-Ring figures really were not. I guess it's intentional since they maintained that ReAction branding, but it's not the approach I want, personally. The BAT looks much better.
Interesting for me, I’ve gone through a MOTU ORIGINS renaissance! I grew up with Joe that’s my #1 Flint is my favorite, but one thing that got irritating for me was seeing my joes falling apart each time cause of the o ring deteriorating, even though i replaced it with brand new o rings they constantly would fall apart. I fell in love with MOTU cause of the bright colors and big muscle figures. It’s really weird but I’ve sold most of my joes and have gone all in on MOTU ORIGINS. Love seeing you cover O Rings Dan!
I wasn’t a fan of 3 3/4” figures as a kid and I’m still not a fan as an adult. They always felt so small and wimpy compared to my 5.5” muscle-bound figures. I am appreciating the larger scale GI Joe Classified line.
Thank you for the reviews, Dan! Just want to say the Wolf Trooper is specifically an homage to the original Roboskull pilot, Red Wolf from Palitoy. A little harder to find, but that shoulder armor gives it away.
It's a little funny how modern stuff is labelled as "an homage or inspired by" and vintage stuff is simply branded as being a "knockoff or bootleg". At the end of the day, they're basically the same thing.
It’s so funny that there are these high quality versions of the old toy lines that tried to cash-in on the Joe craze in 1980s. There’s also new homage to MOTU knock-offs, Legends of Dragonore.
Great video and encouraging content. Makes me even more excited for what's to come in 2025! With so much going on from different companies, I had no idea that these lines were out there. Thx again!
Strike Force Alpha is hands down some of THE BEST new o-rings on the market. They were first to get their figs out to the fans and they figs feel heavy and amazing in the hand.
Delta17: Full Camo Pixel ZarDan and Rock & Robo Also, is that a VENTURE t-shirt? LOL Dad worked a side bit of security at Kirkwood, MO store. Now Burlington Coat Factory and whatnot.
I've got the Delta 17 figures and they're great. I'm really excited about this line. I've also got Ghost and I'm excited about the Longbow line as well. What I've seen of Operation Recall looks great. I've got the Super7 Wave 1 figures but I wish they would stick more to GI Joe and Cobra figures. They've got a couple of one episode figures coming in Wave 2 that I think I'll pass on.
The Skeletron type figures look cool. I backed Longbow. Ghost looks really great and glows according to the new email ha ha. I can't wait for the next figure. I only preordered 2. The Delta 17 figures look great too.
I don’t know about the market, but I still do. I can’t stand these “dolls” that are on the market these days. Unfortunately I also refuse to pay these ridiculous prices.
Hasbro is leaving a bunch of money on the table if they don’t do more O ring stuff. I’d love an MMPR set. They could do Star Wars, Marvel and Indiana Jones stuff. Sky’s the limit.
They tried with some of the O-Ring reissues, and then the HasLab Skystriker. They didn’t seem to sell as well as Hasbro wanted. So the line was combined with those GI Joe Transformers line.
O-rings are my favorite. When they announced 6 inch GIJoes, I thought "That will never work; the fans won't embrace them." And then they did. That really surprised me. I'd rather have more 3 3/4" or at least the 2007 25th anniversary style 4"ers. You'd think in this economy, smaller = cheaper and therefore better in the eyes of cash strapped fans, but somehow 6" became the default. But with Hasbro doing the Ghostbusters in o-ring, I hope more brands will find their way to that form factor.
Growing up with o ring joes being my all time favorite, I'll always love and want o ring. Have tons in my collection and it's cool to pair them up with the classified counterparts. For me anyway. Lol
I have ReAction+ Snake Eyes and Cover Girl. They’re fine, I got them on sale. They look like Super7 used the standard head and toros from ReAction and then made new articulated limbs. All of those Kickstarter companies making o-ring figures appear to have been a response to the lack of new figures from Hasbro and how disappointing Super7’s five-poa G.I. Joe’s were to fans. For G.I. Joe, in that scale, it was such a step backwards.
Delta17 is the best. Big bad toy store is not giving me updates on where my ghost buster action figures are. So not happy with that at all. Very bad customer service as I have asked them twice and still no answer to where my package is since it is tracked. In the navy o ring figures you missed as well. Very cool they have 6 out already and another 10 on the way. I backed them. Call sign longbow will be out come spring and operation recall the same guys that made GIJoe also are making operation recall o ring line from Carson 3D Joes so you have a few lines that have some of the same guys that worked on GIJoe figures. So it’s super awesome 😎
@@CouchCit Retail on nearly every one of the figures shown is $25. They aren't more than that unless sold out and you're buying from the secondary market.
BTS has the license along with some other Hasbro properties. Not sure what the scale is going to be. Hopefully we'll see some prototypes soon. Also I'd be down if Jada did some diecast vehicles as well.
@@phoenixliger948 oh💯❤🔥, Jada would be nice, i have from jade in 2024 the new Robocop with car, perfekt in scale with the mez-itz 3 pack ED-209👍so cool
The Skeletron, Callsign Longbow and Delta17 are the best. Strike Force Alpha is ok but the plastic has a kind of knock off feel. And Super 7's GI JOE? Too late to the game. Hasbro should have just let Brian Flynn do O-ring Joe from the start.
There should have been some news of new figures from Super7 by now. I doubt it lasts beyond three waves. It’s like they can’t handle an in-between line like o-ring figures. Super7 is used to cheapo five poa ReAction or expensive Ultimates.
@@mikekz4489 Yes. I'm surprised that Wave 2 wasn't announced yet. Unless it's part of their stupid in stock only plan (which didn't work for the Hasbro Star Wars team).
I’ve seen a lot of people say the price for new 3-3/4 is to high, but when I go to toy shows If there’s an 80’s or even a 90/2000’s joe I want from my childhood they are always 20/30 or more. So makes no difference to me. I say bring on more new stuff! I wish Lanard Corps would hop on the o ring comeback
My biggest problem with smaller scales is that my eyes have literally gotten to bad for things like classic Joes and vintage Star Wars. Like it's literally uncomfortable to hold a 4 inch toy and look at it without wearing readers.
You're doing a fantastic job! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I like modern tvc’s but not new figs made to look vintage, like the 4 pack of ghost busters but im not the majority vote. If there wasn’t market, then toy companies would not make em’. Some look cool
There is a small vocal die hard bunch that love them, but they aren’t for me. It feels like a step backwards, but that is okay! I can’t collect everything and I am happy for those who want them.
These are all Easy passes for me as well. There's only a finite amount of shelf space and I'm not putting a bunch of figures I've never heard of on them
Hi Pixel Dan, I'm not a big fan of the o-ring style but definitely gi joe is my favorite, thanks a lot for the video and I wish you and the Pixel family a happy new year, blessings! 🙏
O ring was great when it was the only option,It's garbage now.I recently picked up the Soundwave thunder machine and zartan & zarana in o ring form are complete trash,I had hundreds of o ring gi joes back in the day,my absolute favorite.O ring is trash now especially after 25th annivarsary joes,we know what can be done in small fig form and o ring is not where we want to go.
@@GearsLGLF That's a good comparison. I have 1 of those as well. The other thing is that they kind of still have those reaction proportions that looks off compared to the OG joes
Oring is absolutely a dead line. Most don't want that expensive cheaply made and over price gouged shelf warming trash. This is why stores will sell their pallets to third party, we don't want waste time to stock it, it's trash.
I'm glad everyone's kickstarters were successful, but all of these just come across as GI Joe bootlegs. I guess that is the point, but it feels like a cultural ouroboros. Is this all they want to make? Or is this the only thing that people will buy? Neither of those feel like good things.
I absolutely love the o-ring figures. I have full sets of every line in hand or on the way except for the Ghostbusters figures. Those look nice, just never a franchise I collected.
When compared to the other companies' quality and effort. I look at the GI Joe figures and although I can appreciate what they're doing, it's better than nothing... but they are Super 7, not Super 10 🤷
Isn't it a bit ridiculous that independent 3rd party crowdfunded kickstarters can produce better quality figures than a Has-been licensee who can't even make compatible backpack holes on actual Gi Joes? O-rings will always have a following, but the toy company that pioneered the style has forgotten them & their fanbase... Super7 is an overpriced Gi Joke...
True but I've not seen them advertised any place else. However, I'm not interested the market, it is nice to know they're out there. So, I don't mind the review.
@mgmatecki what are you talking about? They all advertise themselves across most platforms and so do the boutique stores selling them. Not to mention a wide swath of social media shills and upstart UA-cam review channels.
Amazing. Thank you for featuring all these, Dan. We'll hopefully see you again at Joefest this year.
@@ToyKennections How did I know I'd find you in here? 😂
@TheNewSam telepathy, great minds and all 😎
Thanks for a great, Full On Retro O-ring video! And WOW, we are incredibly humbled and so appreciative of you naming our ROBOSKULL MKII your "TOY OF YEAR"! Thank You!!!! 🏴☠
Love the Ghostbusters o-ring. I'd totally have them show up on a mission with my Joes back in the day.
I sure want o ring back for the GI Joe line. I feel left out all these years with just classified GI Joes, which I do not collect. Even the recent Joe anniversary was very bitter with no line to collect.
I want them back too, but Hasbro is ripping people off over nostalgia. How was that Cobra officer/trooper 2-pack worth $40?!
Awesome collection Happy new year dan👍
Thanks a ton!! 🙌🙌
O-rings are one of the most unexpected and pleasant revivals to show up. In terms of nostalgia for figures, it started to feel like we were missing the window for o-rings. Heck, we're to a point that even early 2000s figures are starting to be reissued (see: Ninja Turtles as a prime example). So o-rings, which to me seemed to hit their peak in the late 80s and early 90s seemed to be out the window.
O rings need to be half the price of a 12 inch for them to be popular again. Unfortunately, with the money 3rd party companies are paying to Hasbro for using the IP is what is going to kill it.
$12-15 would be reasonable. I don’t feel right dropping $20 per figure.
I see what you mean in regards to that Super7 Snake Eyes. He's very tubular in the limbs. The sculpt is soft when those old GI Joe O-Ring figures really were not. I guess it's intentional since they maintained that ReAction branding, but it's not the approach I want, personally. The BAT looks much better.
Interesting for me, I’ve gone through a MOTU ORIGINS renaissance! I grew up with Joe that’s my #1 Flint is my favorite, but one thing that got irritating for me was seeing my joes falling apart each time cause of the o ring deteriorating, even though i replaced it with brand new o rings they constantly would fall apart.
I fell in love with MOTU cause of the bright colors and big muscle figures. It’s really weird but I’ve sold most of my joes and have gone all in on MOTU ORIGINS. Love seeing you cover O Rings Dan!
I wasn’t a fan of 3 3/4” figures as a kid and I’m still not a fan as an adult. They always felt so small and wimpy compared to my 5.5” muscle-bound figures. I am appreciating the larger scale GI Joe Classified line.
Delta 17 is amazing!
Thank you for the reviews, Dan! Just want to say the Wolf Trooper is specifically an homage to the original Roboskull pilot, Red Wolf from Palitoy. A little harder to find, but that shoulder armor gives it away.
It's a little funny how modern stuff is labelled as "an homage or inspired by" and vintage stuff is simply branded as being a "knockoff or bootleg". At the end of the day, they're basically the same thing.
It’s so funny that there are these high quality versions of the old toy lines that tried to cash-in on the Joe craze in 1980s. There’s also new homage to MOTU knock-offs, Legends of Dragonore.
the O-ringaissance!!
I love my Ghostbusters plasma pack. It’s so cool to have ghost, buster movie, toys, and that old G.I. Joe style.
Great video and encouraging content. Makes me even more excited for what's to come in 2025! With so much going on from different companies, I had no idea that these lines were out there. Thx again!
Who makes that Destro at 1:55 ?
That's the Super7 Reaction Red Jackal. He's around $18 on Amazon.
@emerje0 Thanks buddy.
Strike Force Alpha is hands down some of THE BEST new o-rings on the market. They were first to get their figs out to the fans and they figs feel heavy and amazing in the hand.
The ONLY criticism I have is the pop and swap thing should have been glyos compatible
I’m all in for the o-ring’s 3 and 3/4 action figures. You are able to have vehicles and play sets. Thank you for your content.
Great Video Dan Happy New Year
Great video. Can't wait for Legends of the Hidden Force and the rest of Callsign Longbow in 2025. Also nice to see a BM shoutout.
Dan,
You do good stuff. I love the content, you continue to be a cornerstone of the toy community on UA-cam. All the best 👍
Delta17: Full Camo Pixel ZarDan and Rock & Robo
Also, is that a VENTURE t-shirt? LOL
Dad worked a side bit of security at Kirkwood, MO store. Now Burlington Coat Factory and whatnot.
I think that if Super7 adds Star Trek to their Reaction+ I am definitely going to be onboard for that. I also wouldn’t mind seeing D&D on O-Ring too!
Take the shield from ghost and put it on skeletron
Hey another great vid Some really nice figs 🤘👍
Yes! Thank for make video for orings fans. Great Video!
I've got the Delta 17 figures and they're great. I'm really excited about this line. I've also got Ghost and I'm excited about the Longbow line as well. What I've seen of Operation Recall looks great. I've got the Super7 Wave 1 figures but I wish they would stick more to GI Joe and Cobra figures. They've got a couple of one episode figures coming in Wave 2 that I think I'll pass on.
That Red robot ninja looks like it has a big red heart on his chest I can’t unsee it
Great video Delta 17 is the best new toy line out
The Skeletron type figures look cool. I backed Longbow. Ghost looks really great and glows according to the new email ha ha. I can't wait for the next figure. I only preordered 2. The Delta 17 figures look great too.
Delta 17 are the best modern o-ring figures you can get.
I don’t know about the market, but I still do. I can’t stand these “dolls” that are on the market these days. Unfortunately I also refuse to pay these ridiculous prices.
I hope someone does O ring Star Wars figures
Flashbacks to 1st opening a Star Wars fig in 78 and going “Is this a joke?”
I am starting a rumor that Indiana Jones is the next to get the O-ring treatment just to will it into existence
And in 2025, I'm looking forward for "Legends of the Hidden Force" and ZicaToys Space:1999 "Eagle:1976 Astronaut Crew Pack"
Hasbro is leaving a bunch of money on the table if they don’t do more O ring stuff. I’d love an MMPR set. They could do Star Wars, Marvel and Indiana Jones stuff. Sky’s the limit.
They tried with some of the O-Ring reissues, and then the HasLab Skystriker. They didn’t seem to sell as well as Hasbro wanted. So the line was combined with those GI Joe Transformers line.
O-rings are my favorite. When they announced 6 inch GIJoes, I thought "That will never work; the fans won't embrace them." And then they did. That really surprised me. I'd rather have more 3 3/4" or at least the 2007 25th anniversary style 4"ers. You'd think in this economy, smaller = cheaper and therefore better in the eyes of cash strapped fans, but somehow 6" became the default. But with Hasbro doing the Ghostbusters in o-ring, I hope more brands will find their way to that form factor.
It's a real good time to be a collector of toys. Especially 3 3/4 or 4 inch figures. Great video Dan. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Growing up with o ring joes being my all time favorite, I'll always love and want o ring. Have tons in my collection and it's cool to pair them up with the classified counterparts. For me anyway. Lol
Be careful, ull blow out ur O-Ring 😅
I have ReAction+ Snake Eyes and Cover Girl. They’re fine, I got them on sale. They look like Super7 used the standard head and toros from ReAction and then made new articulated limbs.
All of those Kickstarter companies making o-ring figures appear to have been a response to the lack of new figures from Hasbro and how disappointing Super7’s five-poa G.I. Joe’s were to fans. For G.I. Joe, in that scale, it was such a step backwards.
Sword and sorcery. Fantasy o-ring figures and beasts would be cool.
Kanstruct looks pretty cool
Please reupload the Blind Bag Mini Figure Madness episodes Dan! I miss them 🥺
Delta17 is the best. Big bad toy store is not giving me updates on where my ghost buster action figures are. So not happy with that at all. Very bad customer service as I have asked them twice and still no answer to where my package is since it is tracked. In the navy o ring figures you missed as well. Very cool they have 6 out already and another 10 on the way. I backed them. Call sign longbow will be out come spring and operation recall the same guys that made GIJoe also are making operation recall o ring line from Carson 3D Joes so you have a few lines that have some of the same guys that worked on GIJoe figures. So it’s super awesome 😎
Delta-17 is a great line, with a fantastic community sprouting up around it. I only grabbed a couple figures to try 'em out, but I need to get more
I want the original GI Joe's reissued with o-rings. Just like I still want a reissue of the original Voltron metal lion.
Can’t bring myself to buy a 3 3/4 figure for $30 or more. So this size is dead to me.
Wait, that's how much they're charging for theses?!?
@@CouchCit , depends on the figure, if it’s complete, etc. But, yes. Some go for more.
@@CouchCit Retail on nearly every one of the figures shown is $25. They aren't more than that unless sold out and you're buying from the secondary market.
That's inflation, Bro. What you gonna do?
Ghostbusters are 15 each
Someone NEEDS to bring M.A.S.K. back.
It's coming.
BTS has the license along with some other Hasbro properties. Not sure what the scale is going to be. Hopefully we'll see some prototypes soon. Also I'd be down if Jada did some diecast vehicles as well.
I would absolutely freak out if they redid mask!! I'm on board!
check Ramen Toys
@@phoenixliger948 oh💯❤🔥, Jada would be nice, i have from jade in 2024 the new Robocop with car, perfekt in scale with the mez-itz 3 pack ED-209👍so cool
Also can we get Micronauts back? I’d love to have new versions of those without having to pay the insane vintage prices
You can also pop off the legs on those figures lol 😂
It would be cool to official O ring motu figures
The Skeletron, Callsign Longbow and Delta17 are the best. Strike Force Alpha is ok but the plastic has a kind of knock off feel. And Super 7's GI JOE? Too late to the game. Hasbro should have just let Brian Flynn do O-ring Joe from the start.
There should have been some news of new figures from Super7 by now. I doubt it lasts beyond three waves. It’s like they can’t handle an in-between line like o-ring figures. Super7 is used to cheapo five poa ReAction or expensive Ultimates.
@@mikekz4489 Yes. I'm surprised that Wave 2 wasn't announced yet. Unless it's part of their stupid in stock only plan (which didn't work for the Hasbro Star Wars team).
Personally I want 25 GI Joe articulation at the 3 3/4-4" Scale. No 5 POA and 6" is too big for a Vehicle Heavy line like Joe
I’ve seen a lot of people say the price for new 3-3/4 is to high, but when I go to toy shows If there’s an 80’s or even a 90/2000’s joe I want from my childhood they are always 20/30 or more. So makes no difference to me. I say bring on more new stuff! I wish Lanard Corps would hop on the o ring comeback
My biggest problem with smaller scales is that my eyes have literally gotten to bad for things like classic Joes and vintage Star Wars. Like it's literally uncomfortable to hold a 4 inch toy and look at it without wearing readers.
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Visionaries we're my favourite o ring figures
You're doing a fantastic job! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I pre ordered the Ghostbusters pack and wanted to cancel… glad I didn’t! I think they are super cool.
I like modern tvc’s but not new figs made to look vintage, like the 4 pack of ghost busters but im not the majority vote. If there wasn’t market, then toy companies would not make em’. Some look cool
Yes, but they’re marked too high
There production numbers are lower because the distribution is not available nationally. As production increases cost come down .
Amazing 🤩
Unless the problem of rubber rot has been solved, O-rings don't last over the decades. Hopefully, they are better than the O-rings of the '80's.
Yeah, but it's literally a 60 second $0.25 fix... The O-rings are a consumable, but if the right replacements are used, they will last for decades.
Most of the new independents have switched to silicone, but that will always be an issue with this type of figure!
I would LOVE those Delta 17 figures in the 6" format. Those bad guys look bad @$$!
Where can I find those O ring toys ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Grabbed myself a Ghost figure. Major Techno-Viper Vibes! 💜
hey dan i want to show u my collection
There is a small vocal die hard bunch that love them, but they aren’t for me. It feels like a step backwards, but that is okay! I can’t collect everything and I am happy for those who want them.
Same
These are all Easy passes for me as well. There's only a finite amount of shelf space and I'm not putting a bunch of figures I've never heard of on them
Hi Pixel Dan, I'm not a big fan of the o-ring style but definitely gi joe is my favorite, thanks a lot for the video and I wish you and the Pixel family a happy new year, blessings! 🙏
Micronauts
Made by Hasbro or even Takara for Hasbro. Not even a huge wave. 2 figures even.
Hey Pixel Dan another successful Advent Calendar madness can’t wait for advent calendar madness 2025❤❤❤❤❤❤
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O ring was great when it was the only option,It's garbage now.I recently picked up the Soundwave thunder machine and zartan & zarana in o ring form are complete trash,I had hundreds of o ring gi joes back in the day,my absolute favorite.O ring is trash now especially after 25th annivarsary joes,we know what can be done in small fig form and o ring is not where we want to go.
It's a shame how cheap looking the S7 joes are. I was looking forward to those, but wasn't impressed with them after picking up one
They really feel like Black Major toys fr
@@GearsLGLF That's a good comparison. I have 1 of those as well. The other thing is that they kind of still have those reaction proportions that looks off compared to the OG joes
We need a terminator or hell, RoboCop
Oring is absolutely a dead line. Most don't want that expensive cheaply made and over price gouged shelf warming trash. This is why stores will sell their pallets to third party, we don't want waste time to stock it, it's trash.
I'm glad everyone's kickstarters were successful, but all of these just come across as GI Joe bootlegs. I guess that is the point, but it feels like a cultural ouroboros. Is this all they want to make? Or is this the only thing that people will buy? Neither of those feel like good things.
Robo skull could be motu skeletors new space ship awesome skeletron figures 👍
I absolutely love the o-ring figures. I have full sets of every line in hand or on the way except for the Ghostbusters figures. Those look nice, just never a franchise I collected.
Did you see the Joefest exclusive Strike Force Alpha Sidewinder? He's looks kinda like Solid Snake
It's an O-Ringaissance!
Skeletron are also coming out with 6 inch scale figures!😊
They are very cool but easy pass
When compared to the other companies' quality and effort. I look at the GI Joe figures and although I can appreciate what they're doing, it's better than nothing... but they are Super 7, not Super 10 🤷
😎👍
Isn't it a bit ridiculous that independent 3rd party crowdfunded kickstarters can produce better quality figures than a Has-been licensee who can't even make compatible backpack holes on actual Gi Joes? O-rings will always have a following, but the toy company that pioneered the style has forgotten them & their fanbase... Super7 is an overpriced Gi Joke...
This is just an ad for all the current overpriced Joe knock offs. 🤦🏻♂️
True but I've not seen them advertised any place else. However, I'm not interested the market, it is nice to know they're out there. So, I don't mind the review.
@mgmatecki what are you talking about?
They all advertise themselves across most platforms and so do the boutique stores selling them.
Not to mention a wide swath of social media shills and upstart UA-cam review channels.