MIA 80s Ladies: G.I. Joe's Battle Corps Rangers Baroness
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Some MIA 80's Ladies didn't get canned because of sexism but rather because the entire line collapsed. So that's cute. It's G.I. Joe's ill-fated 1995 wave, Battle Corps Rangers Baroness.
And speaking of cans... Flint!
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At the 94 Joe convention in NYC Hasbro had a urethane casting of the 2-up sculpt mounted to a board in exploded view to demonstrate how their sculptors worked from metal bucks to create consistent and interchangeable connections between body parts. The casting was unpainted but I looked at it and was just blown away at the detail in the sculpt and how beautiful that face was. There is a tiny detail that I have no idea how they expected to make it through the reduction processes of the time: The mesh part of her uniform had a very tiny Cobra logo at each intersection. Those logos were already crazy-tiny on a 7 1/2 sculpt, there was no way they could have ever been more than tiny blobs when reduced to 3 3/4 in a steel, mass-production mold.
THIS makes things make more sense! The painted prototype seems fairly plain but the two images they made up gave her a really intricate and colourful outfit. Adding all that extra detail seems redundant for that scale but maybe Classfied IS the right avenue for this updated figure...
Calling Ninja Force Scarlett “a figure. That happened. At us.” Is one of the truest truths of late stage GI Joe, I can’t even explain it to someone that wasn’t there. She and that line were suddenly on shelves and it was so evident how GI Joe was struggling to be relevant in an era when that 3-3/4” form factor was just passé in the face of bigger, more Xtreme 90s figures.
Hah right?! I forgot they were even still trying (too hard) but my excitement for a Scarlett figure was dashed with neon, a chonky bod, and Psylocke's 90's long butt.
I had a thing for ladies with glasses because of the Baroness. Great video, Dudeness. Keep up the excellent documentary creation.
Thank ya kindly good sir. In retrospect such a strange choice to give her big poindexter glasses but it was inspired a legion of burlesque shows.
Fantastic! This was a fun deep dive, Andrew!
Thank ya! I sent 'em your way for the line wide deeper dive!
Oh I totally agree with you sir about therw being a strong likelihood the lost Battle Corps Rangers figures could show up at Super7. Plus we're in that era currently when all 90's G.I. Joe kids are hitting that nostalgic sweet spot and I know this would resonate with them.
Very true! I think the Transformers team unexpectedly learned that when they realized the fans of Beast Wars and Energon were raised on that too and have buying power now.
@@gaytiestoysOh 100%. Around 2020 I watched all of those bizarre 90's MOC Joe figures (Eco Warriors, Mega Marines, Star Brigade etc) jump up in price. I used to troop build Monstro-Vipers MOC and now they're like $150 each which is INSANE as I remember people not being able to give them away at $25 MOC. And even now, 4 years or so later, they're still high up there.
@@theobscuratoyfiles1142 which is insane to ME but I was collecting ten years prior to these late 90s waves so it was for them, not for me
@@gaytiestoys Yes exactly. I've often thought there are about 3 Sections of G.I. Joe Collectors: 1982-to-1985, 1986-to-1989, and 1990-to-1994. I'm more of an '86-to-'89 Joe kid so the Sci-Fi stuff wasn't that weird to me. But yes I've heard Kirk Bozigian say how they had a new generation of kids every year discovering G.I. Joe so the brand had to change and evolve to keep up with the tastes of their next batch of costumers.
@@theobscuratoyfiles1142 agreed, I was there at the start when it was firmly real-world militaristic with Cobra having a bit more of a sci-fi slant but then soon pets and Hawaiian shirts showed up and THEN it got real coo-coo-bananas.
Hail Cobra! of course. These are great. Keep it up!
Hah thanks! And, of course, COBRRAAAA
I enjoy your commentary and speculation a great deal; thank you! This would have been a cool alternate to have back in the day. I don't have too-too much attachment to GI Joe anymore.
There's so much lately it's hard to focus much attachment on any
@@gaytiestoys That is so true. I'm totally dedicated to getting every 6"-7" Dungeons and Dragons figure though. There are more than anyone realizes.
To prove your point, too, having branched to other figures that fit in, Jinx is among them and she's my only Joe Classified.
@@TitularHeroine she's a great update. I did cave and get Shipwreck to sneak in my Ultimates Joes. For the moment...
Like all of the later Battle Corps, they did 2 colorways of each figure. Baroness was going to be available in black, but also blue.
Hasbro reusing sculpts?! Never!