1: Tan Grunt & Clutch, maybe in a comic pack with a desert story by Larry Hama.

2: Ripcord vs. Zartan comic pack. From Marvel's G.I.*JOE #45. Ripcord could use the base body from the version 1 Snake-Eyes figure. (Wait until the Classic Zartan sculpt is available.)

3: Airborne & Spirit comic pack from Marvel's G.I.*JOE #31

4: Grand Slam vs. Major Bludd comic pack from Marvel's G.I.*JOE #17. (Please give Red Star's legs to Major Bludd.)

5: Snake-Eyes deluxe set: (Idea from Spin Doctor) Use Snake-Eyes version 1 body in black for the base figure with straps & belts painted gray. Include version 1 & 2 heads & maybe unmasked head. Use both version 1 & 2 web gear in gray. Issue Snake-Eyes his Uzi, M-16, pistol, knife, sword, explosives satchel, backpack, grapple hook & Timber.

6: Zap & Short-Fuse SOONER than later.

7: Jacketed figures. Sculpt a torso that has a BDU jacket. Dusty, Falcon, Footloose, Duke (Battle Corps) can all be made using the jacketed torso. Just please give Dusty his long sleeves & the other three mentioned, rolled up "Tiger Force Flint" style arms.

8: Duke with fixed arms meaning, no swivel at his wrist. Ad the swivel where his sleeve meets his forearm AND an elbow with a full range of motion. Stick him in his classic colors, (tan & olive drab,) put a boot knife on his left boot, Old Glory on his right sleeve, issue him his binoculars, helmet, tan backpack, olive drab XMLR-3A & Beachhead's sub-machine gun & our Ranger is ready to go.

9: Firefly with a jacket or button up shirt. Use the Beachhead/Firefly legs, a shirted torso like Duke or Shipwreck, Cobra Trooper arms (or new arms with knife on his right forearm & those remotes on his left forearm,) the Firefly head, backpack, pistol, walkie talkie, a grapple hook, & his original sub-machine gun or a new sculpted MAT-49 & retool his traditional web gear so it fits him better.

10: Accurate renditions of the characters. Examples, Major Bludd with Red Star's boots. Spirit with rolled up sleeves, not short sleeves. Falcon with a BDU jacket & rolled up sleeves, NOT Duke's torso & arms!

Thanks for your time.

1: Tan Grunt & Clutch, with a VAMP Mk II

I think that's what you meant to say

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1: Serpentor in his v1 uniform: They've gotten my hopes up twice for this, they'd better deliver.

2: Pythona: C'mon! Give the girl a figure, finally!

3: A playset: Even a small one. Even a $20 price point once. Just *something* new.

4: 25th style Slice and Dice: They tease me with the comic in the SS/FF pack...

5: A Crimson pack featuring crimson repaints of Tomax, Xamot, and the Baroness: I loved the Crimson con set, I'd love to have a 25th version.

6: More obscure characters: I'm not saying *all* obscure characters, since we do still have some big players without a figure, but maybe one obscure late 80's - 90's character per wave?

7: 'Deluxe' figures (like the Indiana Jones lines and a few of the past SW lines) that come with a big accessory/small vehicle for a slightly higher price point than a regular figure.

8: Better distribution: Hasbro, I have money. You want it. Allow me to give it to you.

9: Better consistency as far as quality: I expected the first few waves of figures to be a bit off. And it looked like they were moving steadily toward improvement (wave 5 and wave 6 figures are damn near perfect, imo). But they seem to be backsliding a bit with the neckless, depressed Spirit, horrible repaint Major Bludd and tiny headed Wild Bill (not that there aren't some bright spots....the HISS Driver is awesome and the v3 Snake Eyes is probably my favorite figure in the line so far).

10: Something akin to the pack-in 'relics' in the Indiana Jones line.

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cool!!! I'd love to see some of those! Here are my top 10:

1. WWIII style Billy vs. metal spine Sei Tin comic pack
2. Marvel Scrap Iron vs. Unmasked Kamakura comic pack
3. Dr. Mindbender vs. Dial-Tone comic pack
4. Zanya vs. Dusty comic pack
5. Red shadows 3-pack (Wilder Vaughn, Dela Eden and a Red Shadow Trooper or Artur Kulik)
6. Zandar vs. Chuckles comic pack
7. Zarana vs. Agent Delta comic pack
8. Metal Head vs. Low Light comic pack
9. Major Bludd (REDO HIM entirely) vs. Mercer comic pack
10. Dr. Venom vs. Short Fuse comic pack

(I did them all as multipacks cuz I find I like the quality of the figures more in them anyway)

obscure characters are basically what i want most.
characters that will need unique paint and parts.
ex:
WONG, WONG, WONG!!!!!!!!!!!! i.e. the Larry Hama tribute figure (either that or an actual Hama figure).

Bongo the bear with suit.

Kwinn (in crocodile krikey uniform).

Billy (its time he had one)

Pythona (yes Pythona i second that).

White Clown

Magda

Borovia

remade Oktober guard.

etc.

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my top ten:

1: New characters. After 25 years, I think its time for some new Blood.

2. A Pythona / Big Lob figure. Dammit people keep saying they dont want him, but if they make him, they would buy him.,...

3. PLAYSETS!!!! even small accessory sets like the Biouvac or Mortar Defence Unit. Hell I'll take the checkpoint.

4. FIX THE MOLDS AREADY!!!!!!

5. More Minority characters. You would think inthe US army there would be more Women, and more minorities, can we have more non whites and female characters, please? I mean, WHy does Duke have like 80 figures, but covergirl only has 2?

6. Listen to the fans. Weve been yelling for a Billy, Venom, and Kwinn characters,.. why cant we have them? The Star Wars line has a figure for virtually every character in the mythos, even ones with no speaking parts that were onscreen for 5 seconds,....

7. Better Distrubution: Not since the Tickle Me Elmo crazy has a toy been this so hard to find in stores.

8. weapon/ accessory packs: so we can swich the guns on figures...or have backpacks

9. bigger backpack hole: so we can use the old RAH backpacks.

10. more obscure figures: with over 300 figures, why do we keep seeing the same faces? for every Duke and Cobra Commander that gets put out, we could have had a Quick Kick, or a Techno Viper....or hundreds of other characters.

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Only the COMPLETEST would buy him. Your poll even showed not EVERYONE would buy him. So saying if they make him, we will buy him is not true. I WOULD NOT buy him cause I don't like the movie or the way the characters were portrayed in the movie. Plus GI JOE don't need a Micheal Jordanesque basketball player in their ranks.

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this is my ultimate 25th Anv style wishlist:

Bulletproof
Low-Light
Chuckles
Recondo
Quick Kick

Alley Viper (version 1)
Cesspool
Monkeywrench
Darklon
Serpentor 1986

My wishlist...

Tunnel Rat
Low-Light
Hit & Run
Grunt single pk
Dial Tone w/trade marked backpack

Night Viper
Alley Viper
Lamprey
Motor Viper
Air Viper (from the comic)

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1. Shockwave & Out Back - Night Force two pack
2. Life line w/ EMT gear like an Heart monitor and O2 set up (and a 9mm)
3. A rescue vehicle of any kind
4. Deuce and a half (see 3)
5. Realistic Helicopter
6. Hometown heroes three pack (Life Line, Barbecue, and Law and Order in civie gear)
7. Short fuse and Zap
8. Tollbooth (yeah no one saw that coming)
9. A hangar or garage assembly of some sort
10. Cobra recruits (in civie clothing like Fresh recruits)

Steve

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1. Make the "why aren't there figures of so-and-so yet" figures. General Austin, Candy, Soft Master, etc.

2. A multi-level Pit based on the early Marvel run. It could be sold in sets/levels and assembled piece by piece.

3. Less Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Duke and Cobra Commander figures.

I also hope that hasbro will decide on either painted flesh or molded pink flesh, pick a size for heads so we can use helemts on other heads if we want to, and if you have to reuse body parts, actually pay attention to which part would work best because yu have often had parts available that would better match and have opted to use parts that really make no sense... major bludd cough cough cough....

Single Carded:

Tunnel Rat
Chuckles
Gung Ho (dress blues)
Recondo
Alpine
Cover Girl
Ripcord

Comic Pack -

#59: Billy and Raptor

Vehicles:

Devilfish
Recon Sled

amidst the usual nitpicking,.. you missed the point....

people would buy him, completists would buy him, customizers would buy him, children who watch the movie would ask their parents to buy him. the point is,... the figure would be sold.

...now,.. why don't you post your own top ten instead of nitpicking mine....

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Pythona
Zanya
A Baroness done right
Cover Girl
Sgt. Slaughter
Major Bludd done right
Lt. Falcon with an all-new mold
Tomax and Xamot in business suits
Cobra Commander as "Snake" from Transformers
Alpine