Jumbo Joe's from Gentle Giant confirmed!

[RangerRick]

Wow. That does look pretty cool. 80 bucks just to join? Are there any other perks to joining?

Rick

 

[EVILFACE]

Yea, here's the link.

Grunt G.I. JOE Deluxe Jumbo Figure - SDCC 2015 Exclusive - PGM Exclusives - Premier Guild The 3D Studio

It's a kewl set, but I don't want to shell out $200 bucks to get it. The carded version will display better.

 

[The Skull]

I'm digging this line and I'm also really liking those little figures too, this is pretty damn cool

 

[Khev]

The carded version will display better.

Only if the art is vintage and not that 25th anniversary crap.

 

[CABIN WOLF]

Yup, original card art all the way.

This alone is pure nostalgia. Every time I see any packaging or box with the Joe colors on it makes me excited and brings back good memories of vehicle boxes stacked up when I was young. Really looking forward to the carded release.


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[teemu]

hopefully people buy these so we can get the swivel arm 83-86 characters

 

[EVILFACE]

Only if the art is vintage and not that 25th anniversary crap.

Based on the packaging for those little guys, looks like they are reproducing the original art. Prolly scanned from original packaging and cleaned up. The original art used is long gone.

 

[GearheadSS]

Based on the packaging for those little guys, looks like they are reproducing the original art. Prolly scanned from original packaging and cleaned up. The original art used is long gone.

Not all of it is. There is a lot of original artwork in collectors hands. There are plenty that got painted over for Tiger Force, Python Patrol and Slaughter's Marauders though.

 

[GhostGL]

All without swivel arm battle grip.

 

[vbar1]

hopefully people buy these so we can get the swivel arm 83-86 characters

Ask over on Statue Forum and GG said if they sell well, they will keep going. Imagine Zartan and swamp skier 12 inch style

 

[EVILFACE]

Well, that can be said about anything.

 

[vbar1]

Well, that can be said about anything.

True
And with the rate they are producing them, in about 2-3 years we should be on series 2

 

[living the adventure]

In my Opinion they should have yes gave the original team first, but at least with Swivel Arm Battle Grip......The straight arms do nothing for me......And what about the vehicle drivers?.....Hawk, Clutch, Grand slam? And I want to see Breaker, Flash, and even scarlett. Where's Cobra, Cobra Officer, Cobra Commander?

 

[kl241]

I'm digging this line and I'm also really liking those little figures too, this is pretty damn cool

Grunt always looked deformed but the jumbo scale really magnifies his misshapen noggin beyond proportion.

 

[Niltusk]

I'd really like to see them pump out a Steel Brigade with patches, etc... maybe next years exclusive.

 

[living the adventure]

if we get a next year the exclusive will more than likely be cobra commander as he was the first exclusive.

 

[Otomofan]

I just want a Storm Shadow. I can't possibly see this line lasting long enough to get to him, if they are really releasing them chronologically. Old school GI Joe ain't exactly Star Wars. And modern Joe collectors are notoriously cheap...they don't even support the Hasbro lines at retail and then ***** that there's no new product.

I just don't see the logic in making characters like Grunt instead of going straight to Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Zartan, etc.

 

[EVILFACE]

Logic is mold reuse just like the original figures did.

And there is a Snake Eyes......

 

[DPrime]

So they're using o-rings and the screws are fake. What happens when those rings snap?

Oh really? That might be a dealbreaker (not that price wasn't already a dealbreaker)...

Yea the swivel will add complexity to the molds. These are already far more complex than the Star Wars and Secret Wars Jumbos.

"Far more"? I don't know about that. Moderately more, maybe. I mean, we're still talking about 1982 articulation here.

Grunt always looked deformed but the jumbo scale really magnifies his misshapen noggin beyond proportion.

It's not misshapen, he's just not a pretty boy. Why do you want a pretty boy soldier, hmm?

I always thought he looked like Michael Ironsides.

At any rate, I'm not wowed by the packaging, here. I've already got a 60's GI Joe accessory footlocker, and I'd rather see the original card art anyway. But it's all moot anyway, since the price means I'm out. I wouldn't mind picking this up in a trade or something, though. Those mini-figures, too, if at all possible...

 

[EVILFACE]

BBTS sent email that RnR will be shipping soon!