On the bright side, a new company is creating Joes, On the downside, I'm not so sure about the aesthetic of this figure, for the cost, which is $230:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWs8qbShxzg/

Here's more pics on GeneralsJoes (shout out to Justin/General Hawk)
http://generalsjoes.com/2017/07/19/bait-1000toys-and-alpha-industries-announce-comiccon-exclusive-duke/

I like the idea of the cyborg storyline, but at the same time, they have this figure in a very basic pose, and the only thing signifying that it's Duke is that he's got blond hair on his fake human head. He does wear khaki BDU pants and a green jacket, but it doesn't really resemble anything Duke's worn.

He's wearing a jacket that's supposedly a replica of the real life jacket they're selling, but there are multiple differences between the two jackets. In addition, the 1/6 jacket has this massive zipper on it. I've paid 15 bucks for 1/6 Tekken figures with proportional zippers, so on this figure, especially at this pricepoint, it makes it look more like a toy than an actual shrunken down cyborg soldier that's supposedly Duke.

I know that this is mainly a 1/18 board, but is anyone on here considering buying it?

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All of the Bait products perplex me. The best I can say is, "well, it's different."

The jacket is nice. I'm just not sure squeezing Duke into the BAIT cyborg story is a good thing. Neat, but not something I want to hunt down.

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Uh...okay. That's... something, alright.

So the GI Joe brand is pretty much just sitting in an empty room lit by one bare lightbulb, muttering the lyrics to "Hurt" by NIN and loading a revolver at this point, huh?

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same.

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I'd like to see the Venn diagram of "GI Joe character collectors", cyborg collectors, and 12" collectors that this seems to be aimed at. I have a feeling the diagram would look similar to my thoughts on the figure, which can be summed up as:

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I like the NIN cover, but I prefer the original Johnny Cash version much more


I found something even more confusing, take a look at this figure, from the Anti-CARB squad, also made by 1000Toys:



Check out that zipper pull. See how proportional it is? And this is a figure that is probably 60 bucks cheaper than Duke will end up becoming. How does a company put out an amazing zipper pull on a 150 dollar figure, then put something out that looks like it's Hall of Fame lolhuge on a 210-230 dollar figure?

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I would never pay anything close to that for a figure. A figure that looks good.

I think it's great that they made a line of action figures based on the doodles of an eighth grader who eventually has a special page in the yearbook.

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Apparently it's based off of some manga. But it's clearly a manga based on the doodles of an eighth grader with the special page in the yearbook.

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Maybe he's an extreme proponent of the Atkins Diet?

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... what is this? Boy band member Duke?


Have we really reached this point?

I don't get it.

It's been a few days since this news was released and I still don't get it.

Why do they even have to wear a skinsuit and clothing? If they are just basically downloading the mindwaves/memories of long dead JOEs into the processing unit, clothing and skin isn't necessary.

Trying to capture the Toyminator people?

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