 |
I've got to admit, even though I hated the movie, G.I. Joe mecha is pretty damned cool. I'd hate for it to take the places of the more realistic military vehicles which I think define the series, but as a few toys in the line, I'm stoked.
30 comments
Comments
JB said:
METAL GEAR!!??
Creepybaldguy said:
Seeing as how that mech is repainted from a toy in the (sadly) canceled Sigma 6 line, G.I.Joe, did in fact do that years ago.
Dacshiggy replied to Creepybaldguy:
Yeppers. One of the few Sigma Six toys I still proudly own. It was like finding a silver dollar in a field of turds.
Patrick said:
Dude, spoilers!
(I kid. Mostly. But still.)
Mario! said:
"the more realistic military vehicles which I think define the series"
Are we thinking of the same GI Joe? GI Joe vehicles are characterized by their insanity. Giant missiles! Dudes hanging off all the sides! Carrying smaller versions of a vehicle!
C'mon. The Trubble Bubble!
Tyler W replied to Mario!:
Re: "realistic vehicles" I immediately thought of the bubble too.
spoon07 said:
I dunno man. Did you see that City Strike Beachhead? How many Beachhead's does Hasbro want me to own?
TrapJaw said:
Umm... they did. In 1993.
http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/93/armorbot/
And there was also the Cobra Battle Armor S.N.A.K.E. [System: Neutralizer - Armed Kloaking Equipment} back in 1983 and an Exo-Squad-style power armor around 2003 or so.
Awesome Thompson replied to TrapJaw:
Along the same lines there were also the 1994 Star Brigade power fighters
yIntagh said:
Those look ripped straight out of Mech Warrior 3: Vengeance
Now if GI Joe ends up with Gauss guns ,or ERPPCs and Hrothgar Dropships...
Oh wait this is for that stuff that Michael Bell hinted at a few weeks back,so it looks more and more like they're going to do a combined Transformers/GI Joe series.
That might now be so patently awful,as long as Ben Procter has nothing to do with the look of the series,he's the filthy HaDibaH responsible for those horrendous Bayformers.
do4m said:
I want a Joe Sized Metal Gear...
Dacshiggy said:
With their own Mecha, now Joe can team up with those military fucks from Avatar and finally defeat the wretched blue cat people.
Iwpach replied to Dacshiggy:
Not as long as the Last Shadow looms...
Ranchoth replied to Dacshiggy:
Naah...they have to wait until Hasbro retools the Sigma Six "
Dragonhawk">http://www.collectiondx.com/review/2006/dragonhawk">Dragonhawk."
F'n Smurfs. Gonna blast a hole in their racial memories so DEEP they won't come within six hundred miles of Gargamel's point again. Yo Joe. >:)
Greg replied to Ranchoth:
I can't believe they didn't retool the Dragonhawk for the movie. One has to assume they will in 2010 since it looks like the retooled mecha has the clamp to attach to the underside of the Dragonhawk.
Nate said:
These were originally compatible with 2.5 inch figures in the Sigma Six line they were released under (For instance, the guys in the photo you show here are 2.5 inchers)...but I'd surmise that since a couple of those protos on Hisstank feature the 3 3/4 to 4 inch style of Pursuit of Cobra Joes as pack-in pilots for the mechs, the cockpits of these suckers have been retooled to hold the larger, more "standard" size Joes. (Hasbro has done this before...heck, they have the schematics for the 80's Joe molds on tap, so that they can create new molds based on them if they wish...hence, say, the appearance of that vintage Snow Job/Polar Battle Bear set at Targets now.) This reminds me, a guy also found that Joes can pilot that AMP Suit from the Avatar toyline...
demoncat said:
kind of looks like some one discovered an old aliens toy and decided lets put it into the gijoe line for can not see joes or cobra using that thing ever
Justin said:
These things are all sorts of bad ass. Yeah, they first came out for the 2.5" Sigma 6 line, but were cool as heck there, too. Should be even cooler for the bigger figs!
Gerald said:
Does the Armor Bot from 1993 count?
AfterGlow said:
"You know what's cool with kids today? Mechs walking around shooting things, like in Avatar.
Thus, if we put in giant mechs shooting things in our next GI Joe movie, everyone will be super-psyked!"
MSIC said:
No-one yet mentioned Ed209? Come ON people...
☆☆☆JaganaR☆☆☆ said:
um guys anyone remember the cancelled UPN cartoon with the blue people we created to do our work for us , but they turned on us and started a war ....
cus the mech reminds me of toys used in that show .
for the life of me this mold has been used to kingdom come .from the turtles to every failed sci-fi toyline they tried .
rosewater replied to ☆☆☆JaganaR☆☆☆:
it was called "exo- squad." and it was awesome. the figures were too small to work with g.i. joes. i've always wanted mechs for my joes. i used to use all the 80's robotech stuff for them. i bought the veritech fighter, convinced that if i removed a bunch of screws,it would transform, and therefore make my ten-year old life complete. so, if we get anything out of this avatar business, it's that hasbro is finally giving us kick ass robots for the joes to drive around. sosweet.
☆☆☆JaganaR☆☆☆ replied to rosewater:
thanks Rosewater ^^
hopefully with the new non-movable Joes (smaller than the 3 3/4 figs) they will fit .
rickicker said:
now that metal gear is officially in the joe's arsenal, i'm half expecting solid snake to join the real american heroes. "codename: snake eater" sounds like he'll get real lucky with scarlet and covergirl. NOT!!
☆☆☆JaganaR☆☆☆ replied to rickicker:
hey we all know JOE girls are prudish,
just look at the crap that scarlette gave to ripcord.
zarana , and even the range viper would have shagged a joe so hard before he died ^^
and then shoot him just as the joe shot his load .
(cobra takes care of their own , its true ^^ )
Jason said:
The cockpit of that thing reminds me of that flying GIJOE vehicle, the Sky Hawk.
Articulated Discussion said:
This all just makes me wish someone would revamp the Exo-Squad toys. I'd probably have a stroke if someone announced a "classics" line of Exo-Squad mechs featuring new takes on the old designs.
