threezero is expanding the 1:6 GI JOE line for 2022!

[KitbashOfficer]

No announcements or appearance at Comic-Con? Bummer

 

[mistermark]

Yeah it's pretty bad. If they want a hot seller make Baroness and Destro and Cobra Commander and worry about doing the Joe team, after. TZ is dropping the ball with their releases. 1 new Stranger Things fig and no new Joes/Cobras yet. I really dislike the plastic clothes TZ is giving the Joe line. I much prefer TZ Firefly's clothing look. I hope they stick to clothing from now on other than Baroness chest plate. Roadblocks plastic vest looks ridiculous in this scale. No more hard plastic clothes please!

Maybe TZ is having a hard time topping the Sideshow Baroness design. It's one to beat and they need to use the same eyeglasses Sideshow did because the Roadblock shades are not looking professional (with the 2022 sculpt technology we have, his glasses are lacking) on him at this scale imo. Baroness needs to look incredible. Destro needs to look great too, no hard plastic clothes! TZ could give us a way better Commander with proper helmet unlike what Sideshow did with their V2. That would sell well. Get it together TZ, there are Joe fans who buy when you make a proper quality design like Firely. No more hard plastic clothes FFS!

 

[Gipetto0812]

Definitely bummed we didn't get a reveal of any kind for future figures. I know I'm in the minority but I didn't really care for Sideshow's 1/6 Baroness. Didn't like the headsculpts, felt the shoes/boots were oddly shaped and a little oversized and didn't find the underlying body all that great, at least not for Baroness' typical shape. Would prefer it if TZ did it more like sideshow's PF rather than the 1/6.

That said, I'm more of a Joe collector than a Cobra collector, so I was/am looking forward to Lady Jaye if she still happens as well as Duke.

 

[mistermark]

Definitely bummed we didn't get a reveal of any kind for future figures. I know I'm in the minority but I didn't really care for Sideshow's 1/6 Baroness. Didn't like the headsculpts, felt the shoes/boots were oddly shaped and a little oversized and didn't find the underlying body all that great, at least not for Baroness' typical shape. Would prefer it if TZ did it more like sideshow's PF rather than the 1/6.

That said, I'm more of a Joe collector than a Cobra collector, so I was/am looking forward to Lady Jaye if she still happens as well as Duke.

I agree. I liked Sideshow's Baroness 1/6 but I think TZ could make a great improvement on her face sculpt and do an upgrade like they did with their Firefly Vs Sideshow Firefly 1/6. Fingers crossed it happens sooner than later

 

[stingermck]

I've noticed second hand prices on SE and SS have tanked. Lack of announcements is killing this line.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Yup I agree. Thought we’d have most of the previously teased figures up for order by now. Or at least teased have a few new prototypes shown at one of the summer conventions

EDIT: I’ve already sold my 3Z snake eyes and storm shadow simply b/c the ratchet joints in my figures weren’t strong enough and would always bounce back to below 90degrees elbow bend. Idk if I should still get the 3Z Firefly or just hunt down the Sideshow one to keep with the rest of my Joe figures

 

[Riceroket]

I'm not really familiar with 3Z but do they have a track record of scrapping a new line after only a few figures? They haven't shown anything at quite a few big shows recently so just wondering if they pulled the plug.

 

[stingermck]

I wonder if sales were low, after the snake eyes movie. This may have caused 3z to take a pause

 

[mistermark]

If they made a hot looking Baroness 1/6 (better than Sideshow's) she would sell even to non Joe fans, based on her S and M outfit and beautiful looks. They need to at least do Destro and Baroness and Cobra Commander for a Cobra line up. The problem with Roadblock is, they made him look about ten years too old and they need to make fabric outfits instead of plastic. The Joes are a toucgher sell as they look more genric. No one wants to buy two figures to collect ie Firefly and Storm Shadow. At least give us some beautiful Cobras and people need to support TZ if they do instead of whining about prices. If you can't buy a $170 1/6 fig you have bigger problems than worrying about buying toys. No offense to all of course. I've been there and back many times in life. I'm still keeping Firely from TZ as he looks right out of the comics and even looks great as a stand alone

 

[BuddyGus]

Got a bad feeling about this line.....

 

[Deeznutz6]

Yep… what a waste of money on the SE and SS… the sideshow version was far better and the hope was they would no a lot more figures creating a secondary line… now it’s just the same old same old snake eyes and done

 

[Masao]

If they made a hot looking Baroness 1/6 (better than Sideshow's) she would sell even to non Joe fans, based on her S and M outfit and beautiful looks. They need to at least do Destro and Baroness and Cobra Commander for a Cobra line up. The problem with Roadblock is, they made him look about ten years too old and they need to make fabric outfits instead of plastic. The Joes are a toucgher sell as they look more genric. No one wants to buy two figures to collect ie Firefly and Storm Shadow. At least give us some beautiful Cobras and people need to support TZ if they do instead of whining about prices. If you can't buy a $170 1/6 fig you have bigger problems than worrying about buying toys. No offense to all of course. I've been there and back many times in life. I'm still keeping Firely from TZ as he looks right out of the comics and even looks great as a stand alone

If you are spending more than $150 on any 1/6 figure, you have problems.

 

[stingermck]

One sixth kit just posted.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Cool to see it released. Still looking forward to inhand reviews even though I’ve pretty much given up on this line. I’m not sure I’ll go through with the Firefly order. I’ve nearly bought all the Sideshow figures I’ve wanted except for Firefly, Baroness and the Cobra Viper. Not sure how the 3Z Firefly would look with the Sideshow Joes.

 

[KitbashOfficer]

One sixth kit just posted.

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Cool. It was due for release here in the 4th quarter. More bothersome though that they sure go a long time between these little 2-figure pods of solicits.

 

[mistermark]

If you are spending more than $150 on any 1/6 figure, you have problems.

We'll agree to disagree since apparently you haven't looked at Sideshow, Blitzway, Hot Toys etc 1/6 prices in the last few years. If only we lived in a world where you made the 1/6 pricing rules. If you find 1/6 for less than $150, good on you

 

[mistermark]

Cool to see it released. Still looking forward to inhand reviews even though I’ve pretty much given up on this line. I’m not sure I’ll go through with the Firefly order. I’ve nearly bought all the Sideshow figures I’ve wanted except for Firefly, Baroness and the Cobra Viper. Not sure how the 3Z Firefly would look with the Sideshow Joes.

Someone did a post on the Gi Joe Reddit thread and had their TZ with the SS Joes. They actually all looked great together. I'll keep my TZ Firefly order and am hoping if they kill the line, they'll at least make Destro, CC and especially Baroness first before pulling the plug

 

[mistermark]

Yep… what a waste of money on the SE and SS… the sideshow version was far better and the hope was they would no a lot more figures creating a secondary line… now it’s just the same old same old snake eyes and done

I would argue that the second SS Sideshow is the best followed by the TZ Cobra and Joe versions and in last place is the very-dated looking SS from 2009 that Sideshow did. TZ would win first prize had his chest been fabric and not a plastic piece imo

 

[Gipetto0812]

I would argue that the second SS Sideshow is the best followed by the TZ Cobra and Joe versions and in last place is the very-dated looking SS from 2009 that Sideshow did. TZ would win first prize had his chest been fabric and not a plastic piece imo

Agreed. The biggest drawback is the use of so much molded plastic IMO. 3Z Storm Shadow would've been the best one had the chest, arm wraps and leg wraps all been fabric IMO. Not to mention my version of Storm Shadow couldn't even hold his arms at 90degree elbow bend. That said, I've actually aquired the original Sideshow Storm Shadow, gave him the V2 Snake Eyes muscle body with a white, padded HT body suit and he looks much better than the 3Z version now to me. Of course, stock he looks sorta lame b/c he's so thin and the shirt looks very oversized on him. It's crazy though how much all the original Sideshow figures still go for though.

 

[Masao]

We'll agree to disagree since apparently you haven't looked at Sideshow, Blitzway, Hot Toys etc 1/6 prices in the last few years. If only we lived in a world where you made the 1/6 pricing rules. If you find 1/6 for less than $150, good on you

As consumers, we do make the rules. Here's what I picked up over the weekend: