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Post by Big BosskMan on Feb 9, 2022 13:52:36 GMT -5
For all the 80s kids, this abomination was found in a local U.S. retailer for the inexplicable price of almost $20.  WHY? |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 9, 2022 13:59:03 GMT -5
The super rare “figure made out of an ice pack in the freezer” line, I see.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 9, 2022 13:59:04 GMT -5
Despite the common entertainment industry view that ninja wear black, they are supposed to blend in with their environment.
This is Snake Eyes trying to blend in with the ocean.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 9, 2022 14:00:25 GMT -5
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 9, 2022 14:46:31 GMT -5
Not the first time they tried to colorize Snake Eyes  Why does a ninja need a bazooka? |
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 9, 2022 14:59:08 GMT -5
Not the first time they tried to colorize Snake Eyes Why does a ninja need a bazooka? This one looks like he put goggles over a Jason style hockey mask (or maybe given the coloration, Uber Jason) |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 9, 2022 15:15:07 GMT -5
That's based on the Funskool indian variant of Snake-eyes, 80s toylines were known for their weird international variants because licensees weren't on that tight a leash, when they had licenses at all. It's how we ended up with Super Powers Green Lantern Riddler, Mexican police car Prowl, the Action Force vehicle driver Gi-Joe repaints and so on.
As to why it exists? Easy repaint, easy money. Super 7 do low production run stuff in the 5POA Kenner style and licenses are expensive so they'll get every use out of a tooling they can.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2022 15:52:32 GMT -5
Not the first time they tried to colorize Snake Eyes Why does a ninja need a bazooka? I love this figure because it reminds me of Andrew Wildman's run on the comics. He made all those 90's neon Joes look dope. Also, its a grappling hook, not a bazooka. And he used it in the comics to climb the mountains near Destro's Castle. |
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Post by Gremlin on Feb 9, 2022 16:02:05 GMT -5
I saw the full line of these today. I’m a mark for Cobra Infantry and yet I didn’t get one. They look fonk.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 9, 2022 16:05:24 GMT -5
I still regret all the times I spun the torso of my GI Joe figures so they would spin around like a helicopter but ended up snapping the little rubber band.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Feb 9, 2022 17:07:28 GMT -5
I still regret all the times I spun the torso of my GI Joe figures so they would spin around like a helicopter but ended up snapping the little rubber band. I learned how to replace the bands, usually with other rubber bands. If you used the right ones and wound them tight enough they would work pretty well. Granted, it was more necessary for the older figures that I owned than the newer ones as the old bands got dry and brittle. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 9, 2022 17:22:13 GMT -5
For all the 80s kids, this abomination was found in a local U.S. retailer for the inexplicable price of almost $20. WHY? Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. |
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 10, 2022 8:45:19 GMT -5
For all the 80s kids, this abomination was found in a local U.S. retailer for the inexplicable price of almost $20. WHY? Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. Here's what he looked like in the cartoon (at least the MASS device mini, he went to the visor look for the show proper)  (sorry for the large image, it was all I could find) |
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 10, 2022 9:14:58 GMT -5
Not the first time they tried to colorize Snake Eyes Why does a ninja need a bazooka? I love this figure because it reminds me of Andrew Wildman's run on the comics. He made all those 90's neon Joes look dope. Also, its a grappling hook, not a bazooka. And he used it in the comics to climb the mountains near Destro's Castle. It reminds me of the Konami arcade game where Snakes wears this (and speaks!?). |
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Post by Big BosskMan on Feb 10, 2022 9:19:54 GMT -5
For all the 80s kids, this abomination was found in a local U.S. retailer for the inexplicable price of almost $20. WHY? Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. While I watched all the GI Joe 1980s cartoons, my frame of reference for Snake Eyes is the original G1 figure. All black, with Uzi and strap pack. Seeing this robin-egg blue abomination with an AK-47 in Target over the weekend was just.... traumatizing. |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 10, 2022 9:26:17 GMT -5
 Vintage Funskool Snake Eyes. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 10, 2022 9:34:23 GMT -5
Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. While I watched all the GI Joe 1980s cartoons, my frame of reference for Snake Eyes is the original G1 figure. All black, with Uzi and strap pack. Seeing this robin-egg blue abomination with an AK-47 in Target over the weekend was just.... traumatizing. This would be if Q5 had authority over G.I. Joe and declared Snake Eyes would scare kids if he kept wearing darker colors. /What, you mean DiC Joe wasn't because of Q5? |
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 10, 2022 9:35:20 GMT -5
Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. Here's what he looked like in the cartoon (at least the MASS device mini, he went to the visor look for the show proper) (sorry for the large image, it was all I could find) You got me then. Maybe whoever made the toys wanted to make sure we didn't confuse SE for a member of Cobra? |
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 10, 2022 10:32:41 GMT -5
Get ready for your jaw to drop...I actually own one of those. I THINK it's meant to be like the cartoon, but I don't think SE was in powder blue there. I also have Baroness from this line, which is still lighter colored but being in navy blue, she's an improvement. While I watched all the GI Joe 1980s cartoons, my frame of reference for Snake Eyes is the original G1 figure. All black, with Uzi and strap pack. Seeing this robin-egg blue abomination with an AK-47 in Target over the weekend was just.... traumatizing. I think what's more traumatizing is seeing a G.I. Joe figure with poor articulation. |
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Post by Big BosskMan on Feb 10, 2022 13:58:23 GMT -5
While I watched all the GI Joe 1980s cartoons, my frame of reference for Snake Eyes is the original G1 figure. All black, with Uzi and strap pack. Seeing this robin-egg blue abomination with an AK-47 in Target over the weekend was just.... traumatizing. I think what's more traumatizing is seeing a G.I. Joe figure with poor articulation. Yeah, and this one has WORSE articulation that the G1 Joes did! |
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