I like them all in a sense, but none are compelling enough that I think I'll buy them. Might be convinced though in-hand reviews. Thank you for the breakdown.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I can see why some might not find them particularly compelling - let's see what happens when we see the in-hand reveals. I've certainly got mixed feelings about a couple of them. And thank YOU for watching :)
Footloose looks like Pedro Pascal and that cobra perimeter looks a lot like a porter party but I like the initial look of this playset and the Alley Viper..the legacy figure looks okay but it's not sparking my impulse to buy as much as the others.....I will most likely buy one ( my dad was a firefighter in NYC 😀 ) Now the mass device with snake eyes and that massive polar bear is one that I initially think looks amazing. We can pair this polar bear with Snow job and any other winter Joe's we might get farther down the line I'm guessing that when we get wetsuit with another element for the mass device and I'm wondering if it would have a giant tube worm ? The retro figures look okay and I will definitely get two vipers and a Dr mind bender but I hope his cape does bleed onto his skin like the first ones we already got . Can't wait to see how Darklon and Crystal ball will turnout never recall ever seeing them . Snake Eyes 3.... I will most likely buy it ,I'm sure he will look great like most versions we've gotten of him . Yeah I was wondering what's the reason behind the possible future delay on the classified figures🤔 Take care Chris
First - big up respect to your FDNY Dad. Those guys do the lord's work. The polar bear looks amazing. It gives me hope for more interesting Sunbow cartoon inspired sets. Bring on a Cold Sliver line! That's a niche I'd be happy to go for LOL My Mindbender's cape didn't bleed - I was fortunate not to experience that particular challenge. :)
I was in for Footloose regardless. Not convinced about the Perimeter, looks like a hybrid of the Bunker, Surveillance Port, Coastal Defender & a portable toilet. Quite like the Trench Viper colour scheme. Also not sure about the Fire-Fighter, as a figure / design looks great but not sure where it fits in the collection, another maybe. I want the Polar Bear, not bothered about Snake-Eyes although the pack gives me a hope for Kwinn. Pass on Mindbender, maybe a Viper, Rock n Roll was going to be a "Ton-Up" in the collection but there's very little changed, I'll probably hope for a discount. Definitely want a classic Crystal Ball, Darklon & Snake-Eyes v4 are 2 more passes. Consensus seems to be AWE Striker but I've seen Thundermachine mentioned as well. Still my favourite line overall but these reveals/updates didn't really align with what I'd like to see but there's probably a lot more on the horizon I will want!
I mean... even Cobra's have gotta go sometimes too LOL It would be great to see Kwinn in the line. In fact seeing this gives me hope for some more cartoon inspired sets, hopefully not quite so specifically referential, but still... I would LOVE Cold Sliver LOL I've heard AWE Striker and Thunder Machine too. I've not seen any outlier options so far, but I've not been lurkin the socials so much lately.
I'm hoping the production delays are due to a large amount of new tooling being used. Pushing out repaints and reuse isn't as intensive. I'm happy with a lot of the fresh accessories and sculpts lately so if that's a contributing factor, I'm content to wait a little longer per wave.
That's an interesting view - I would certainly hope that is the case. I think in instances like this we've been programmed to be suspicious of Hasbro's intentions - they don't make it easy to trust them sometimes. LOL
Thanks, Chris for the recap. I wasn’t aware of all the reveals, so this helped. I’m a fan of Snake Eyes so I’ll definitely pick up the Mass Device version w/polar bear. And even though the pink hands are accurate to the source material, I will not be using them. I’m interested for the digital render of the V4 Snake Eyes. As far as the teaser picture, what about the AWE STRIKER? If that’s the case, I’m in on that too. Keep the videos coming, Chris
The Awe Striker seems to be one to be one of the leading speculations, would be nice to see a Crankcase in the line too. The Thunder Machine is the other guess I've been getting in response to my question in the vid. I think folks would be pleased with either tbh. :) Definitely a hand swap job with that Snake Eyes. It will mean another repeat character for me though... LOL 😬
Totally agree. I'd have been much more happy with a straight up Cobra Trooper with the play set too. Classic Hasbro throwing the "Trench Viper" in there LOL
@@MoDXtraGC to be it’s a no brainer. Most collectors want a couple of Troopers. They have the molds and costed so no extra for Hasbro to use these figures again.
I really like that polar bear! I'm excited to see The mass device. That one picture of them teasing a vehicle with them showing part of a wheel. I think that's 90% of the picture it is GI Joe Battle unicycle
I’m a Classified fan and this line brings me the most happiness. So I don’t get bothered by the repaints and repeat characters. I am over the moon about the MASS series. That bear and Snake Eyes is fantastic! I’m a bit greedy. I want SNAKE armors to build out. The idea of the hunt for the three elements and maybe an actual MASS device. But I think it will be on us fans to make the device. Hasbro is making characters and elements. Anyway. I think the next set will be female Cobea diver with generic and Baroness head along with the hard water container and I think tube worms will be coming. Another deluxe pack with world building. More thoughts later gotta click in to the 9-5.
Thanks Prophet - always great to hear from you. So glad the Snake Eyes MASS set has got your juices flowing! I like the speculation on the other two sets too. Appreciate ya as always man :)
All these figures are delayed until late summer/fall 2025 same with the zandar , dial tone wave. I hope all these 2025 delays Hasbro announced are not going to affect the rattlers release
Time will tell. Over here our shipping dates for the Zandar wave are just the other side of the New Year - but we all know how that goes with shipping dates LOL
I won't be pre-ordering any of the retros that were announced this time around. I have all of those characters and I'm happy with those renditions. As far as everything else goes, I'm definitely in on Darklon and Footloose. On the subject of the production delays, as well as anything they deem too "top secret" to share with us filthy commoners, I'll never understand the reasoning behind the secrecy. What's the point and what do they think they're protecting? It seems more like keeping things quiet, just to have something to keep quiet.
I knew you'd be happy with Darklon LOL ;) The production delays thing is a bit of an odd one. None of the other lines made reference to it so its just GI Joe. I think they just make a habit of making stuff like this a little opaque for a number of reasons - contractual obligations, confidential agreements, optics, proprietary information blah blah blah. But it doesn't make us feel any better.
I like them all in a sense, but none are compelling enough that I think I'll buy them. Might be convinced though in-hand reviews.
Thank you for the breakdown.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I can see why some might not find them particularly compelling - let's see what happens when we see the in-hand reveals. I've certainly got mixed feelings about a couple of them.
And thank YOU for watching :)
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Awwww. You're too kind! Thanks so much :)
Footloose looks like Pedro Pascal and that cobra perimeter looks a lot like a porter party but I like the initial look of this playset and the Alley Viper..the legacy figure looks okay but it's not sparking my impulse to buy as much as the others.....I will most likely buy one ( my dad was a firefighter in NYC 😀 ) Now the mass device with snake eyes and that massive polar bear is one that I initially think looks amazing. We can pair this polar bear with Snow job and any other winter Joe's we might get farther down the line I'm guessing that when we get wetsuit with another element for the mass device and I'm wondering if it would have a giant tube worm ? The retro figures look okay and I will definitely get two vipers and a Dr mind bender but I hope his cape does bleed onto his skin like the first ones we already got . Can't wait to see how Darklon and Crystal ball will turnout never recall ever seeing them . Snake Eyes 3.... I will most likely buy it ,I'm sure he will look great like most versions we've gotten of him . Yeah I was wondering what's the reason behind the possible future delay on the classified figures🤔
Take care Chris
First - big up respect to your FDNY Dad. Those guys do the lord's work.
The polar bear looks amazing. It gives me hope for more interesting Sunbow cartoon inspired sets. Bring on a Cold Sliver line! That's a niche I'd be happy to go for LOL
My Mindbender's cape didn't bleed - I was fortunate not to experience that particular challenge. :)
I was in for Footloose regardless.
Not convinced about the Perimeter, looks like a hybrid of the Bunker, Surveillance Port, Coastal Defender & a portable toilet. Quite like the Trench Viper colour scheme.
Also not sure about the Fire-Fighter, as a figure / design looks great but not sure where it fits in the collection, another maybe.
I want the Polar Bear, not bothered about Snake-Eyes although the pack gives me a hope for Kwinn.
Pass on Mindbender, maybe a Viper, Rock n Roll was going to be a "Ton-Up" in the collection but there's very little changed, I'll probably hope for a discount.
Definitely want a classic Crystal Ball, Darklon & Snake-Eyes v4 are 2 more passes.
Consensus seems to be AWE Striker but I've seen Thundermachine mentioned as well.
Still my favourite line overall but these reveals/updates didn't really align with what I'd like to see but there's probably a lot more on the horizon I will want!
I mean... even Cobra's have gotta go sometimes too LOL
It would be great to see Kwinn in the line. In fact seeing this gives me hope for some more cartoon inspired sets, hopefully not quite so specifically referential, but still... I would LOVE Cold Sliver LOL
I've heard AWE Striker and Thunder Machine too. I've not seen any outlier options so far, but I've not been lurkin the socials so much lately.
I'm hoping the production delays are due to a large amount of new tooling being used. Pushing out repaints and reuse isn't as intensive. I'm happy with a lot of the fresh accessories and sculpts lately so if that's a contributing factor, I'm content to wait a little longer per wave.
That's an interesting view - I would certainly hope that is the case. I think in instances like this we've been programmed to be suspicious of Hasbro's intentions - they don't make it easy to trust them sometimes. LOL
Thanks, Chris for the recap. I wasn’t aware of all the reveals, so this helped. I’m a fan of Snake Eyes so I’ll definitely pick up the Mass Device version w/polar bear. And even though the pink hands are accurate to the source material, I will not be using them. I’m interested for the digital render of the V4 Snake Eyes. As far as the teaser picture, what about the AWE STRIKER? If that’s the case, I’m in on that too. Keep the videos coming, Chris
The Awe Striker seems to be one to be one of the leading speculations, would be nice to see a Crankcase in the line too. The Thunder Machine is the other guess I've been getting in response to my question in the vid. I think folks would be pleased with either tbh. :)
Definitely a hand swap job with that Snake Eyes. It will mean another repeat character for me though... LOL 😬
@@MoDXtraGC take one gor the team, Chris. And what is the polar bear’s name? 🤔
I'm excited for Darklon!🤜🤛
I can't wait to see what they do with him! Please don't disappoint Hasbro!
@@MoDXtraGC yup, same!!
Excellent breakdown as a standard now Chris. Unpopular opinion from me - plain troopers should come with the play sets.
Totally agree. I'd have been much more happy with a straight up Cobra Trooper with the play set too. Classic Hasbro throwing the "Trench Viper" in there LOL
@@MoDXtraGC to be it’s a no brainer. Most collectors want a couple of Troopers. They have the molds and costed so no extra for Hasbro to use these figures again.
I really like that polar bear! I'm excited to see The mass device. That one picture of them teasing a vehicle with them showing part of a wheel. I think that's 90% of the picture it is GI Joe Battle unicycle
LOL - of course! How did we all miss that. It's clearly the Uni-cycle LMAO
I’m a Classified fan and this line brings me the most happiness. So I don’t get bothered by the repaints and repeat characters. I am over the moon about the MASS series. That bear and Snake Eyes is fantastic! I’m a bit greedy. I want SNAKE armors to build out. The idea of the hunt for the three elements and maybe an actual MASS device. But I think it will be on us fans to make the device. Hasbro is making characters and elements. Anyway. I think the next set will be female Cobea diver with generic and Baroness head along with the hard water container and I think tube worms will be coming. Another deluxe pack with world building. More thoughts later gotta click in to the 9-5.
Thanks Prophet - always great to hear from you. So glad the Snake Eyes MASS set has got your juices flowing! I like the speculation on the other two sets too. Appreciate ya as always man :)
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I'm not sure what that means Vern? LOL
@@MoDXtraGC checking out the reveals!
All these figures are delayed until late summer/fall 2025 same with the zandar , dial tone wave. I hope all these 2025 delays Hasbro announced are not going to affect the rattlers release
Time will tell. Over here our shipping dates for the Zandar wave are just the other side of the New Year - but we all know how that goes with shipping dates LOL
I won't be pre-ordering any of the retros that were announced this time around. I have all of those characters and I'm happy with those renditions. As far as everything else goes, I'm definitely in on Darklon and Footloose.
On the subject of the production delays, as well as anything they deem too "top secret" to share with us filthy commoners, I'll never understand the reasoning behind the secrecy. What's the point and what do they think they're protecting? It seems more like keeping things quiet, just to have something to keep quiet.
I knew you'd be happy with Darklon LOL ;)
The production delays thing is a bit of an odd one. None of the other lines made reference to it so its just GI Joe. I think they just make a habit of making stuff like this a little opaque for a number of reasons - contractual obligations, confidential agreements, optics, proprietary information blah blah blah. But it doesn't make us feel any better.