MeatHookGekko
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What a day to be a Classified collector!
* Leatherneck YES!
* 60th Anniversary HALO Jumper and Sniper PASS! but cool though
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Depending on how well Leatherneck turns out, plus his loadout, he might end up the ideal "squadbuilder" in the hero Classified lineup. The Cobras have alot of options for good army builders, but the Joes, well it's not as rich in opportunity IMHO.
Each release announcement, I'm waiting and hoping for some homage Battle Gear packs. When I was a kid, if you waited long enough, Walgreens would put these on clearance. You could get them for as low as 79 cents each. I remember getting that set above, it had the Scrap Iron missile rack system, which was pretty cool for just a gun pack. Dude, those were the days.
The problem is carded gun sets really don't make much money. They've never sold very well most of the time in our hobby. The margins are very thin on them. But I see so many cool accessories through Classified that I'd love to see on a card pack. I wish 1/12th had true robust third party weapon support, much like Ultimate Soldier gave the entire 1/6th hobby a huge shot in the arm with those carded gun sets.
I think I might order the full maximum of 5 of those Rattlers. I don't typically splurge, but the Rattler is a bit of grail of mine.