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Post by spongyblue on Feb 10, 2006 19:59:46 GMT -5
New Sigma Six info early from ToyFair. toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=8782I guess I'll have to see in person the 2inch line, but what gets me excited are the names of Zartan, Lt.Stone and Firefly. No Destro announced. Bummer. Anyway I hope some pics will come out when the fair starts. |
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Feb 10, 2006 21:21:02 GMT -5
Destro was announced in the 8 inch commando assortment if I recall correctly.
~SS~
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Post by spongyblue on Feb 10, 2006 21:38:56 GMT -5
Humm. Maybe a typo on their part then. I didn't see him listed. Anyway, FIREFLY!!!!
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Post by Quiller-Bee on Feb 10, 2006 21:54:40 GMT -5
Ah, ya beat me to the punch, spongy. Dang you!  Anyway, I'm pretty stoked about the announcement of the Zartan, Firefly, and Destro (he is listed in the Commando assortment, btw) 8" figures. Even though we haven't seen pictures yet, I'll go ahead and assume that they'll be definite purchases for me. As for Lt. Stone, I can't remember him offhand... wait, wasn't he the Joes' leader in the wretched "G.I. Joe Extreme" series? I wonder if this means that we'll see SKAR characters in the line at some point. I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of G.I Joe Extreme (You say that through clinched teeth with a furrowed brow, son!) characters being included in S6... nah, I've decided, I don't much like the idea at all. As for the 2 1/2" series, I'll probably be passing on that one... but I'll reserve my final judgment until I actually see them. |
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Post by Your_Number1_Fan on Feb 11, 2006 22:10:40 GMT -5
Hmmmm. 2.5 inch line means we might get to see some of the vehicles that they can't do for the 8inchers. wonder what they'll look like. (should also be a lot cheaper then the 3.5 inch vehicles were.) also, don't know if this pic was shown before here, toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=8709take a look at Heavy Duty there. could probably merge him and duke to make a neat flame thrower guy... whose name escapes me at the momment. (torch? bah its been to long) Your Number1 Fan |
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Post by Quiller-Bee on Feb 11, 2006 22:31:47 GMT -5
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Feb 11, 2006 22:59:41 GMT -5
I'm passing on the 2.5 inch line.
I'm very dissappointed by the Destro with soft goods shirt. That looks like crap IMO. I hope they eventually offer another version with a sculpted one that doesn't look like a little girl mistook it for crappy fashion doll.
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Post by Machineman on Feb 11, 2006 23:36:41 GMT -5
Whoa, that jacket is poor. Does it come with 1980's white high tops?
The rest look good.
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Post by Quiller-Bee on Feb 12, 2006 5:25:16 GMT -5
I'm passing on the 2.5 inch line. I'm very disappointed by the Destro with soft goods shirt. That looks like crap IMO. I hope they eventually offer another version with a sculpted one that doesn't look like a little girl mistook it for crappy fashion doll. I'm definitely skipping the 2,5" line. There's nothing there that even remotely interests me, which is pretty much what I expected. You pegged my feelings for Destro dead-bang. That dopey jacket totally ruins what I'd hoped would be a cool figure. I'm also not crazy about the blue and red color scheme. IMHO, Destro belongs primarily in black. (For some odd reason, I seem to be a lot more open to radically new interpretations of the Joes' designs than I am with Cobra's agents.) Maybe I'm just starting to cool on S6, or maybe I'm just not in the best of moods, but I'm honestly not overwhelmed by any of the S6 offerings unveiled at the NYC Toy Fair. In fact, I'm not overly impressed by anything that anyone's shown thus far. My prediction at this point is that 2006 will be very easy on my wallet. |
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Post by spongyblue on Feb 12, 2006 8:29:23 GMT -5
I think you both are on crack! Just kidding. I not to impressed with the various Dukes, kinda wish they were different characters, not bad designs though. I'm trying to figure out who the gezzer in the black and orange is. Is it that Lt. Stone dude they mentioned or did Firefly become a Joe? And if it is Lt.Stone, where is Firefly and Zartan? Bah. I like Long Ranges hat and sixshooter. Ok, I just like Long Range in general. I agree with Destro's jacket. Maybe it's time to learn some tailoring skills and make a better jacket. I'm probably gonna get majority of these guys seeing as I have a compulsive action figure buying disease. Who needs a retirement fund when you got stuff like this out. My overall vote as of now is 7 1/2 out of 10. |
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Post by spongyblue on Feb 12, 2006 9:12:17 GMT -5
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Feb 12, 2006 9:13:32 GMT -5
I totally mirror your thoughts on not only Sigma Six but 2006 toys in general so far. Zartan was a no show and Firefly was shown as a repaint snake eyes and as Joe to add insult to injury. No great cobra showings equal little interest from me. The only NEW Joe I was interested is seeing was Scarlet and of course Hasbro won't make her anytime soon since she's a female. THe Baroness is probably a couple of years away if the line can survive 50 snake eyes and duke variants first.  The only other line I was interested in this year was marvel legends super hero showdown and those let me down too due to the high prices and crappy plastic they made the smaller statured figures out of. I bought the Thing Vs. Spidey 2 pack. 2 minutes after a got Spiderman out 3 of his appendages snapped off at the cut joints due to the really soft cheap plastic that toybiz used. I'd loved them to have gotten rid of the stupid wasteful game pieces and provided a better quality plastic figure. I liked the scale, availability, and sculpts better than the bigger legends. They screwed the pooch with that line. Where's that hinted at xevoz type line by stikfas? Cubiods isn't going to get it.  I guess Xevoz ruined me to a lot of offerings. So much playability, variety and creativity in an original property makes that one a hard act to follow. I guess I'll spend more toy money that I would have used on new lines on buying discounted old Xevoz, paint and primer to make my own toys. Hopefully we'll see Marvoz in 2007.... ~SS~ |
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Post by Quiller-Bee on Feb 12, 2006 12:10:40 GMT -5
Firefly is undoubtedly the biggest disappointment for me. His S6 version retains none of the elements that I thought made the original Firefly look so cool. Like you said, adding him to the Joes' roster only rubs salt in the wound. Maybe he's acting as a double agent for Cobra, but that's pretty much irrelevant. For a representation of Firefly, the figure flat-out sucks. I guess if I really want a Firefly closer to the way I think he should be, I'll have to pick up an original S6 Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow and make my own.
With a little additional sculpting on his torso, I might be able to make Destro work for me. Still, to see if that idea is workable at all, I'll have to see a picture of him without that dumb jacket before I decide to pick him up. As he is, I sure as heck am not dropping my cash on him.
I'm eager to see if Stikfas shows anything of the rumored Xevoz-type line. Those Cuboyds do nothing for me either, and I sure hope that's not what the rumors were referring to. Besides, they're way too similar to Shockinis for my tastes.
Speaking of which, I wonder if we'll see any of their "Xevoz-compatible" offerings at the Toy Fair. I have to admit that my expectations aren't too high as far as anything coming from Shocker Toys goes, but maybe they'll do the impossible and surprise me. (But I doubt it....)
You're definitely not alone in feeling that Xevoz has ruined you to a lot of offerings. Xevoz irreversibly raised the bar for me, and the line's absence has left some big shoes to fill. As far as I'm concerned, nothing that's out there right now--or what appears to be floating down the pike--even comes close to comparing to Xevoz.
Meanwhile, I too will be hoping that we'll see Marvoz in 2007....
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Post by JeremyMarcGirard on Feb 13, 2006 9:25:11 GMT -5
I really like the look of the S6 line, but due to finances (not being able to buy EVERY toy I think is cool), I have passed on all but the first Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. Passing up the BAT and Cobra Commander has been tough, but I've been able to manage it. I told myself I would get Firefly and Zartan though, just because they were always two of my favorite as a kid. Well...I check Firefly off my 'to get' list. He sucks! So he's a Joe and he's orange? WTF? Hasbro sure knows how to mess up an otherwise good character who people actually wanted!
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Post by eMummy on Feb 14, 2006 20:01:16 GMT -5
That's not a snakeeyes repaint, they are calling him Firefly? sucks! I agree with most of the above, destro should have been black with no cloth jacket that makes him look like a retarded ken doll. I like all the guys with masks. So the Barbeque ish type guy (firefly?), the guy with the orange face shield, the green mask guy are definites. I think the new longrange is pretty lame, but if I got the ATV duke, a Master Chief clothing bash is pretty much there!! Yeah I thought FireFly should be a version 1 snakeeyes with urban camo paint and definitely have the cloth snakeeyes pants from ninja showdown and tunnel rats grenade harness, I'm pretty down with SnowJob duke, sucks that its duke tho... I know SnowJob isnt in the tv show, but lets face it, the tv show sucks. If the show was better maybe the line would have that much more appeal. Man I have 13 S6 figs, when i think aboutit, it's nuts.
Does anyone know of an easy way to remove the heads safely? I have a workable wetsuit but i need to change Kamakura's head with SeaDuke.
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