G.I. Joe: Classified 6" figures

[Neal136]

I cheated and did a Top 5 for the Joes and a Top 5 for Cobra:

Joes:

1. Mutt & Junkyard
2. Wild Bill w/Dragonfly
3. Clutch w/VAMP
4. Airborne
5. Retro Scarlett

Cobra:

1. Nemesis Immortal
2. Road Pig & Rawkus
3. Torch
4. Retro Cobra Commander
5. Shadow Tracker (I didn't get him until early in January)

 

[MeatHookGekko]

After a month of this thread being dead, it's nice to see some discussion in here again.

The year is almost over. Anyone want to share their Top 5 Classified figures for 2024?

Best?

Clutch with VAMP. Easily IMHO. So much potential everywhere with that.

In general, I was impressed with the creativity of the more arcane deluxes. Like Raptor and Road Pig. Those were IMHO, not that great of concepts as kids, but the design team managed to fusion some modern practicality and interesting aesthetics to it. The fear factor is I don't think they sell that well, and it doesn't bode well for the line when the deluxes don't sell well. I think when you make a deluxe out of a Snow Serpent, Snow Job and figures of that nature, then you get a lot of interest. But not the arcane subject matter. I just hope Classified last long enough so we might see some Pursuit of Cobra or 25th Anniversary kind of concepts. Some of those 4 inch Joes back in 2010-ish, those were rocking. Some of those were really incredible and creative. Like the 4 inch Dusty with the little barbed wire roll and alternate masked head, that was so cool and would be a great Classified concept. Or Shipwreck with the black beanie and plate carrier. Stuff like that. Or the Cobra Shock Trooper, which was kind of a blend of a law enforcement/crowd control/night ops/army builder kind of figure.

I'd like to see more of the core material made first. I'd like to see Zap, Deep Six, Sci Fi and Musk Rat made before Crystal Ball for example.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Do we know what’s been confirmed for 2025?
Law and order
Heavy duty
Blow torch
frag viper

What else?

 

[youngguns303]

Slice and Dice are in production

 

[screamingmetal]

Do we know what’s been confirmed for 2025?
Law and order
Heavy duty
Blow torch
frag viper

What else?

Slice and Dice are in production

In addition:
Cobra Rattler & figures
Cobra CLAW & Pilot
AWE Striker
Mass Device Snake Eyes & Bear
Snake Eyes V4
Legacy Firefighter
Darklon
Cristal Ball
Trench Viper & Cobra Outhouse

Now shipping overseas:
Saw Viper
Xandar
Leatherneck
DialTone
Heavy Duty

Retro-
Rock N' Roll
Viper
Dr Mind Bender
Flint
Covergirl
Breaker

 

[Joe Scorpio]

The Dragonfly is a clear, childhood memory for me. I got it at a local store called Venture a couple of miles from where I lived. It was the last one on the bottom shelf, and I had got there mere minutes before a couple of teenagers had arrived.
This thing is a friggin’ BEAST! So much so, that I’m literally out of room now. I have the Rattler coming next year and have absolutely no space for it. I’m seriously gonna have to cut back in 2025, picking up the products I want the most.

 

[screamingmetal]

Pics of the new Classified Retro prototypes have turned up.
Flint
Cover Girl
BAT
Tele-Viper
The last one is apperently a Retro Green Shirt

 

[Joe Scorpio]

Pics of the new Classified Retro prototypes have turned up.
Flint
Cover Girl
BAT
Tele-Viper
The last one is apperently a Retro Green Shirt
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I’ll pick up CG, BAT and the Tele-Viper and I love they added cartoon style texts to the visor of the T-V.

 

[Joe Scorpio]

Retro Duke is my favorite Classified figure of 2024.

 

[Joe Scorpio]

Dragonfly is my favorite vehicle of 2024.

 

[screamingmetal]

I’ll pick up CG, BAT and the Tele-Viper and I love they added cartoon style texts to the visor of the T-V.

I'm in for all of 'em! Another image shows that the Cover Girl heads can swap between the different hair pieces, I wish there was one with ponytail but without the hat and one with short auburn hair. I don't know why they put out ANOTHER BAT, seems like a waisted opportunity. I would've preferred a retro reissue of Snowjob. The Green Shirt is a welcome surprise! love that he comes with the visor helmet and different ethnic head options! I wish it also came with an asian head option and instead of or in addition to the fists, a set of forward rifle grip glove hands, those would be more useful. I'm still likely to buy multiples.
Then there's my boy Flint.... I need to see another image of that head, it looks, okay. I think Flint should have a more chiseled jaw, If I'm not happy with it, I'll just switch it with the Night Force Falcon head which would look closer to my ideal Flint.

 

[screamingmetal]

I just got the SAW Viper in the mail. I didn't think I'd like this figure as much as I do. It has a few flaws. The oversized and under detailed M249 is soft warpy plastic, the ammo feeds into a port that's too low on the receiver, the ammo can has an odd indentation in the front and back, and the mini black & decker chainsaw is a joke. I also had to replace the feed chute with a Classified 7.62 belt just because the scale of the chut didn't look right with the SAW, admittedly, the belt is larger than it should be but, I couldn't find a 5.56 belt option.
I have the Gridiron printed version of this weapon (also oversized) But I think I'll wait for the Monster Force plastic reproduction that's coming out this year in the Phantom Corps Zombie Defense Load Out set.
Nitpicky, I know, but there shouldn't be a need to replace these weapons with something that looks better, might as well point out all the flaws.
I added muzzle effects because Hasbro is too cheap to include them, at least the barrel port is a universal size.

 

[screamingmetal]

I also got a few more Joes to fill-in the holes of my collection. Quick Kick is a fun figure to pose around!
I'm using a Viper goggle piece because Crazy Legs' goggles won't fit on the helmet right. The Haslab figures pose well and the face paint on CL and Glenda look better than reviewers have been saying. Ripcord on the other hand, has jacked up eyes under that helmet visor, I'm glad you can't see through it.

I managed to get another Night Force Falcon & Quarrel set at $24, they make great background troops! The vest options on Doc are fun to pop and swap around with the Action Soldier pouches if you have them. I also finally got a Classified Hawk before it disappears, I didn't snap a good pic of that one.

 

[MeatHookGekko]

I just got the SAW Viper in the mail. I didn't think I'd like this figure as much as I do. It has a few flaws. The oversized and under detailed M249 is soft warpy plastic, the ammo feeds into a port that's too low on the receiver, the ammo can has an odd indentation in the front and back, and the mini black & decker chainsaw is a joke.

If you have any 1/12 gumby/"WTF Is This" type weapons you don't want, I'll take them off your hands.

Not just you, but anyone here. ( Heads, bodies, vests, guns, packs, fodder, I'm open to all of it) I'll use them for customs or diorama background stuff. Hell, some of the larger stuff, I might be able to use and convert for Transformers use too.

Will buy or trade.

 

[youngguns303]

Does anyone know what the best female body to use with Classified figures is? besides Phicen?

 

[screamingmetal]

First review I've seen of the Fans Hobby VE-01 Air Eagle.
Beware, the reviewer does some stupid things that might make you talk to the screen (yes, the plastic will stress if you push the tabs into the recesses before you realize that you were assembling it differently than how you wanted).......ugh.


He does confirm that you can assemble it into the original advertised configuration before Fans Hobby had to make changes. F'n awesome that the controls can move as much as they do (spring loaded torque pedals!) Love that the missiles can clip on without the antiquated '82 dog-bone peg system, why can't Hasbro do this? Ratcheted wing and/or engine pods and canopy! Love the lights, the instrument panel, and the added handles on the sides for figures riding the skids to grip, an issue I noticed even as a kid. I think I only have two nit-pics, the lights for the instrument panel are not defused and, the piece to lock in the wings or engine uses springy plastic tabs which would make switching between the two configurations difficult, they should have used a recessed screw instead. I don't know if the sticker sheet are stickers, transfer stickers, or water-slide decals. Nice that they give you enough numbers to have multiple vehicles!

An amazing release, I don't believe Hasbro could do better for the same price. I have one on order, now I want two.... or three.
When Hasbro does make their Sky Hawk, I'll get a couple of those to keep as is and this will go back to the Air Eagle for a heavy attack variant, I really like the look of both configurations!
Now I don't like the VE-02 coming up as much, I didn't like the original Fang either, but I feel like I need to get that one, the VE-03 on the other hand looks much better as a Chenoweth Patrol Vehicle than the Awe Striker, so I'll be looking forward to getting that one too!

 

[screamingmetal]

Does anyone know what the best female body to use with Classified figures is? besides Phicen?

If you're asking about scantily clad female bucks, I can't help you, but if you want options, the only female bodies that I know that are the same size as Classified females are the MCU female Marvel Legends & Indiana Jones Adventure Series females. Though, there are weird height variants common with Marvel legends, I know MCU Sharon Carter, Jane Foster, Black Widow, Hawkeye series Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Comic Mary Jane Watson and Retro Cardback Rogue are the same size figure. The larger female Marvel Legends neck pegs work on the earlier Classified female neck sockets but, the newer Classified neck sockets are smaller. The Indiana Jones AS females are identical height to Classified females and, the neck pegs are identical with the later Classified female neck pegs (Retro Scarlet, Glenda, and Quarrel).
The Hasbro Power Rangers Lightning Collection females and Star Wars Black Series females are scaled smaller than Classified so the heads will look small, though there are a couple PR Lightning heads that look proportionately okay. The BS & PR larger neck sockets work on early Classified females.
Action Force females are taller than Classified but look fine as taller females, Classified heads look too small on AF females, but okay with the AF heads on Classified. The AF neck pegs are compatible with early Classified female heads (same as Marvel Legends). There are some smaller Mattel WWE Elite/basic/Ultimate females that look in scale with Classified and some of the neck sockets are compatible. But it's a crap shoot, some are much taller like Action Force (Rhea Ripley), some are smaller sized and work with Classified like Alexa Bliss.

There's another work around with the neck peg issues, you can heat up and swap double barbell type neck pegs between Marvel Legends and Classified to get a better fit, I did that with a MCU Sprite neck peg and my Classified Chuckles neck to use the Marvel Legends Quasar head for my Chuckles. The neck peg length will vary quite a lot though so getting a good peg length/ball joint size combo is difficult. You have to trial and error with the parts in hand to figure it out.

 

[screamingmetal]

If you have any 1/12 gumby/"WTF Is This" type weapons you don't want, I'll take them off your hands.

Not just you, but anyone here. ( Heads, bodies, vests, guns, packs, fodder, I'm open to all of it) I'll use them for customs or diorama background stuff. Hell, some of the larger stuff, I might be able to use and convert for Transformers use too.

Will buy or trade.

I like having complete sets so parting with spare weapons is difficult even if they're gumby. I'll have to look into it. If you want Classified parts, you can buy them off Ebay, Monkey Depot and Joe Bits.