EricM Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I would love for Art Asylum and DST to do GIJOE minimates. With the live action movie coming out this year and Hasbro just recently celebrating the 3-3/4 line's 25th anniversary. Now would be a great time to do Joe mates. What do you guys think? Snake Eyes / Storm Shadow 2-pack Duke / Cobra Commander 2-pack Scarlett / Baroness Gung Ho / Destro so many possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Personally, I wouldn't go all out with the major characters like that in wave 1. My personal choice would be: Destro/Gung Ho Flint/Firefly visor Snake Eyes/Cobra Trooper variant pack: parka, 1989 version, Resolute, battle damaged, or ninja training Snake Eyes/Cobra Trooper You couldn't have a first wave without Snake Eyes, but I would hold off on Duke, Storm Shadow, the other major Snake Eyes variant (goggled), and Cobra Commander for later--always leave them wanting more, you know? Edited May 13, 2009 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 This has been a long time thing, WAY back before AA were owned by DST there was talk of this, sadly Harbro isn't going to give up licensing on one of it's cash cows I'm sure Nervous has better stories to tell on this subject! T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Still fun to speculate on. Wave 2: Duke/Lady Jaye Serpentor/Roadblock Storm Shadow/Cobra Eels variant: good guy/hooded Storm Shadow/Cobra Eels Wave 3: Goggled Snake Eyes/Scarlett Zartan/Shipwreck General Hawk/Crimson Guard variant: pre-General Hawk/Crimson Guard Wave 4: Beachhead/Baroness Tomax/Xamot Cobra Commander (helmet)/Snow Serpent variant: Cobra Commander (hooded)/Snow Serpent Wave 5: Blowtorch/Major Bludd Snow Job/Buzzer Torpedo/Viper variant: Wet Suit/Viper How amazing would these be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Still fun to speculate on. ... How amazing would these be? Agreed and I think these would make awesome minimates and I'm not really into GI JOE. They seem to hit the colorful character hotspot that makes the the marvel figures work so well IMO. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super spider piggy Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Two words: Sludge Viper. :spiderham: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max13 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I think I may draw up some Joe designs. I made a SE/SS drawing the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieMate Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Snow Job/Buzzer HA! (Wow, I'm immature...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatwave316 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I would love GI Joe mini-mates!!! It was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. Although, I would skip on the variants. I hate having to try and track down all the extras and spend the extra cash. One of the things I liked the best about the DC line was no variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvain Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Yo Joe ! Those would be cool. As a cardboard USS flagg would too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Yo Joe ! Those would be cool. As a cardboard USS flagg would too. Here's a secret prototype from DST/AA :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambitron Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I would LOVE to have GI Joe minimate, I would want them to be waves without variants though, just give us more characters. There are so many different ones to choose from that it would be easy to do this. My dream wave it all I could get was one wave would be Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow Gung Ho/Destro Cobra Commander/Scarlett Alley Viper/Heat Viper These were simply my favorite ones as a kid (except Scarlet I didn't have her as a kid but she would definitely need to be included here). I know this is heavy on the badguys but they simply look cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Though I would also prefer more characters, if there was ever a license made for "army builders," it would be this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_cbecker Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I saw the Rhino vehicle for the 3 3/4" figs in one of the print ads in the newspaper today - does anyone think it looks like a rip-off of the Aliens APC? Either way - if there was a vehicle made, besides the Ecto 1 or BTTF DeLorean, I'd say something like this would be at the top of my minimate list (though I'd much prefer the Aliens variation w/o the corny, detachable helicopter.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 The most iconic vehicles are, to me, some of the Cobra vehicles. Specifically the HISS Tank, Rattler and Trouble Bubbles. But a VAMP, Skyhawk, Dragonfly, or Sky Striker would also be cool in Minimate form. I would just hope that they wouldn't be "super deformed" like the BSG stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Gi Joe would be an awesome licence. One that would be easy to fill. One Joe one cobra each 2 pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Rex Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I don't think anyone needs to guess my feeling on these, lol...I love all your wave choices Karamazov. off the top of my headmy top 3 5 (too hard to do top 3) from each side would be.not necessarily in the same wave, but spread out over waves. GI Joe: -Duke -Gung-Ho (Dress Blues Variant) -Airborne -Wetsuit -Starduster Cobra: -Firefly -Major Bludd -Destro -Cobra Viper -Cobra Eel man this is hard, I wanna list everybody, lol hopefully I'll have time to start customizing again, I have a ton of ideas I wanna do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsomedevil Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I think that Luke's Toy Store should carry an "American Hero" (to avoid legal action) series of decals designed by Nervous. If you guys havenn't seen his customs, go find that thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Rex Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I think that Luke's Toy Store should carry an "American Hero" (to avoid legal action) series of decals designed by Nervous. If you guys havenn't seen his customs, go find that thread! Hey HD, thanks for the props... I think now that my life has calmed down after a very wild hectic last 12 months, I think i'd be really into doing something like that. At this point, I don't know when I can get back into doing full on customs, but designs may be a nice alternative (and let everyone else do the hard part, lol). Of course, we'd have to see what Luke thinks about this :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I'd love to see your Joe Customs Nervous. So there is an existing thread with some of your older customs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 You wouldn't have licensing issues creating "army infantryman," "masked terrorist soldier," "Navy SEAL commando," "disco fanatic with facial bone damage requiring protective metal mask," and "black ninja with vision sensitivity requiring shades," can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Saboteur Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 speaking as a GIJOE fan, it would be fantastic to see G.I.JOE Minimates, I also couldn't agree more about the wave selection and the fact the Joe Film Rise of Cobra has been out. You only have to look at the other products that have been released with GIJOE brand to see that GIJOE minimates would work. The cool thing about this would be that other GIJOE fans might also then buy into a Minimate collection, having seen a Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow two pack, they might of seen a Ryu/Akuma one and wanted to see Ryu Vs Snake Eyes :biggrin: Anyway I'm just waffling, maybe a deal could be struck between the manufacturers, between Art Asylum or DST and Hasbro. If they were that worried about sales figures they could make it online only pre-order or something, I'd be well up for getting at least 5 waves of GIJOE Minimates. I also have to agree on the Army Building Potential... you could have Vipers, Cobra's and BAT Minimate sets in packs or 4 or 5. Now that would be Awesome You wouldn't have licensing issues creating "army infantryman," "masked terrorist soldier," "Navy SEAL commando," "disco fanatic with facial bone damage requiring protective metal mask," and "black ninja with vision sensitivity requiring shades," can you? hi, I think i saw your name on the forums at Yojoe a few times, aren't you the guy with the macho man randy savage avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hello Urban Saboteur, and welcome! Yep, that's me. Unfortunately, my interest in Joes has waned a bit since Rise of Cobra and all the associated nonsense, so I don't find myself visiting Yojoe or Hisstank very much anymore. My only real Joe interests right now are the Sideshow toys, and there isn't much interest on either of those sites over those dollies. Have you seen the Sideshow Firefly? Based on your username, I'm curious to hear your perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Saboteur Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hello Urban Saboteur, and welcome! Yep, that's me. Unfortunately, my interest in Joes has waned a bit since Rise of Cobra and all the associated nonsense, so I don't find myself visiting Yojoe or Hisstank very much anymore. My only real Joe interests right now are the Sideshow toys, and there isn't much interest on either of those sites over those dollies. Have you seen the Sideshow Firefly? Based on your username, I'm curious to hear your perspective. Yeah! I know what you mean, I've spoken to 5 different people on MSN this week and most of them have lapsed their collection since the rise of cobra movie, some of my mates in the UK are finding it difficult getting new product in here in England, and they dont want to be spiked on shipping prices, as far as I can tell the US is about 3 waves or so in front of the UK. I didnt go into collecting ROC toys as much, I only picked up the Steel Crusher APV (Love to see one of these in Minimate form to go with a cobra set) :biggrin: My friend sent me images on msn the other day of the Sideshow Firefly, I've always liked their work. If i'd of ever custom built my own articulated ACTION MAN/GIJOE based on the character I reckon it would of looked something like that. In terms of actual collecting of Action Figures i've never gone above the 6" scale really, I stopped Collecting the HML line a while back and referred back to GIJOE. I've stopped collecting GIJOE and now I'm onto Minimates. :biggrin: I actually am Stumped and amazed at the 14 POA that you can fit into such a miniscule little figure.... its awesome! Added you as a friend here on this forum, hope you dont mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Not at all, though I didn't get a message about it, and have nothing listed in my "pending friends" list. I've never tried to use this function before, so I don't know how this is supposed to work. The articulation in the scale really is impressive with the Minimates. There is a guy here named "customizer" who actually added a swivel bicep to Minimates, to be more like GI Joes: http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.ph...ic=5017&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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