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Darn you, Walgreens! Anything new on that new vendor?

It was in a Fan Club exclusive! They had a Hologram Megatron. I have that thing, somewhere...

Good. Goooood. Y'all are keeping my three favorite guys for set 2, so made my own Hangman, Mox and Cassidy in the meanwhile. Working on Keith Lee, Swerve, Shida, and Claudio. Have some ideas for a Brian Danielson, we'll have to see. *think*

They do. Britt and Jericho tho both usually come out with jackets. Me? I want to know WHERE ARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS? That one set gas three of the six men's world champions AEW has had, and one of the seven women's champions, and no belts!!!

I need one and the darn Galactus, some point

While I appreciate a lot of folks have a lot of feelings on this all, I do think it would be best that we focus more on the product/topic of GI Joe minimates, and specifically, what could come next. Zach, I think the feedback is monumentally more for more ARAH versus the Super Joe stuff. If, at all possible, I would suggest/plead to folks that the reaction to Super Joes has no reflection towards ARAH.

I am *DEEPLY* bothered at my OCD level that NO ONE is where they should be with that panel. You'd expect their placement to corelate!!!

That... sucks. Did you offer them a Ringside Collectibles exclusive paint scheme or something? THAT gets their eyes, trust me. They have exclusives of -1, Excalibur, Tony Schivone, JR and Aubry Edwards, plus all the team and memorable matches. Might not hurt to reach out to Toyark, Toynewsi, Wrestlefigs, and if you really want, SquaredCircle on Reddit.

This, this, this. We don't need a black suit Kingpin- it is cool, but honestly, Echo, Mary, and a more militant Bullseye are the killers of the wave.

Colton was the inspiration for the GI Joe codename; the unit's actual name, if I recall, is Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta. Stalker, aka Lonzo, was the first soldier chosen by Hawk, the unit's commander under General Flagg. (Snake-Eyes was actually the second!) This is 'classic lore,' so your mileage and preferred versiom may vary.

I honestly God think the biggest issue is just who saw that it was coming out. While I know that it was eventually labeled as news at one point, Hisstank did not exactly have a lot of coverage on this. I'm on that website daily and I am a huge fan of your product, but I found out about this through some other 3rd party website that has nothing to do with either brand, specifically. I really don't thin Super Joes/Adventure Team will be a big hit. I'll be Absolutely astounded if it is. Hopefully, we can still get series 3 and 4 and a troop builder but if I had to guess it's simply the matter of getting word out and getting these in stores. I would also suggest maybe something to do with the distribution model; I don't know if you guys can do a single issue Minimate for 10 bucks a piece, but I think that might help or something like GI Joe.

Hey @DSTZach Any chance we can get confirmation of who is still in the pack? Hoping Echo is still safe with her show coming out? I know you said Mary should be clear and good!

Please tell me it's not Echo. She looks perfect and we've never had her, before. Mary and Echo make the set, to me.

I'll HAPPILY take a Commando Snake Eyes.

If I remember correctly, and please understand I very well may not, but Yo Joe is effectively dead. I believe the story was that it was sold off to a group in effort or hope to get it grow or when the owner had financial troubles or something, but that group stopped working on it and there was a bunch of drama behind the scenespirit it is no longer owned by the founder, again if I recall correctly. But that's why you don't see any real updates on it. Something about an internal power struggle between the founder and the owner or something.

Sorry, further thinking of it, I would rank the important Joes in Tiers as such- Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Duke, Roadblock Flint, Lady Jaye Gung-Ho, Spirt, Beachhead, Tunnel Rat, Shipwreck Hawk, Cover Girl, Stalker, Barbecue, Dusty, Torpedo, Mainframe, Heavy Duty, Sgt. Slaughter (yes, yes, I know), Ripcord, Quick Kick Wet Suit, Falcon, Jinx, Doc, Clutch, Breaker, Bazooka, Chuckles, Ace, Helix Clearly, there are the main Joes in all media (top four) with Flint and Lady Jaye the easy 'next tier' with the rest as following, based on multiple appearances, or how dominating their primary (maybe only) real presence. And, like before, there are certainly ancillary Joes or ones that have decent roles in Canon A or Canon B, etc, such as Dialtone, Dialtone II, Doc II, Grunt, Steeler, Barrel Roll, Bombstrike (who is now getting added to things more, so this may change, some point), Marissa Fairborne (one could argue her an Autobot), Varona, Alpine, Outback, Lowlight, so on.

If you are not a big GI Joe fan, Serpentor is kind of difficult to explain briefly, but I will try. Keep in mind, GI Joe is military sci-fi fantasy, so some elements are goofy. Dr. Mindbender (or others, depending on lore) grew distrustful of Cobra Commander (again, lore reasons from his ego, to his treachery, or his competence in the cartoon, etc) and created a 'general' via dark science that he instead meant to push as the new Cobra Emperor. Designed with DNA taken, copied, mimicked from Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, so on, Serpentor was meant to be a regal, charismatic, commanding battlefield presence. The cartoon... went in a much wilder direction. For his overall importance in the story, think of him as a more honorable ;usurper' to Cobra Commander and the other side of certain Cobra 'civil wars.' Dr. Mindbender, on his end, is Cobra's 'main scientist,' and certainly has a unique look in his OG depictions. He was actually, originally, a kind man, who was trying to find ways to alter brain activity to help with pain management (often in dentistry, in the different lore) until an experiment went wrong, warping his personality. He's outlandish, but some people really like him. If you were to list Cobra's 'important' characters in tiers, it would probably be- Cobra Commander, Baroness, Destro, Storm Shadow, Zartan Firefly, Major Bludd, Tomax, Xamot Serpentor, Dr. Mindbender, Zarana, Buzzer, Ripper, Torch, Wild Weasel, Copperhead Dr. Venom, Zandar, Road Pig, Overkill There are then ancillary characters that, dependent on the version or telling, have more importance; Blackout, Dr. Knox, Scarface, Fred VII, Kwinn, Venomous Maximous (think Serpentor, but more animal), Skull Buster, Pythona, Golobulus, Big Boa, Interrogator, Wraith, Raptor, Ghost Bear, Cadet Deming, Lt. Clay Moore, and dozens and dozens of others who have had major stories in comics, or cartoons, or toys, etc, but rarely became 'mainstays,' whereas the ones above have at least more than a few appearances or places in numerous iterations. You know, with all that said? I would almost say the next Cobra one should be Zartan, Firefly, Major Bludd and then either Tomax or Xamot, with parts to make the other. *Yes,* this forces a collector to buy two, but hey, whatever increases orders... >.>;

For the Joes, Flint, Lady Jaye, Stalker and Spirit would be my top recs, but I can see Gung Ho sliding in there. Flint and Lady Jaye are *the* top two for the Joes. Cobra is easier with a top three; Zartan, Firefly, Major Bludd. You can then argue Zarana, Dr. Mindbender, or Serpentor. Troop builder isnthe easiest. Cobra trooper with male/female head/torso, Crimson Guard with male/female head/torso, Viper (vest and helmet make gender obscured on Mininates), and BAT. That right there will sell, sell, sell.

I appreciate you, both in response and in fighting for the Joe fans. I know it may seem abnormal, but I would almost really recommend asking here and even on Hisstank what characters would get people the most interested. Joe fans can be temperamental and fickle.

I bought six of the first con set, three of the second, three of set one, two of set two. I'm with you. I'm trying. But I don't even know what I would do, with these. I can't even think what custom I would do with any of them.

I think the biggest pain is availability. These need to be in stores. I have three comic chains in my area, with six locations, and none of them knew about these until I requested them, directly, which got set 1 ordered. The loss of Toys R Us has been such, such a blow to Minimates. I really, really hope that this new vendor pulls through, it can only help.

Crippler Jones over here...

Kind of a weird choice for a Excalibur, but I suppose this means I have to buy three sets so I can make Tazz, JR and Tony Schiovane.

As a massive GI Joe fan... I have absolutely no interest in these. Like... my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Everyone here asking for troop builders, Flint, Lady Jaye, Firefly, Zartan, Dreadnoks, Serpentor, Gung Ho, Tunnel Rat, et all. I saw no one asking for the Adventure Team. I hope this sells well so the GI Joe line continues but... I'm not convinced this won't be a misstep causing the end of it, instead.

Army Builders. Make a set with Trooper, Viper, Crimson Guard and BAT and it will sell like crazy to Joe fans.