Agreed with this completely, and I should apologize a bit here to Black Major, since I really meant to post my initial mention of these on the Red Laser thread, not the Black Major one.

Whoops!

But, yeah, what Red Laser has in mind for JoeCon -- WWWOOOWWW!

Thanks guys - for all of the positive comments and well wishing!

Just to be clear, Black Major and I are friends. I even named my efforts in line with what he was doing as there was supposed to be more of a hand-off of the Black Major business to me that didn't quite materialize. It's okay though, as I think I've distinguished myself enough from my competitor now. And we are competitors - but it's healthy competition. It's all in fun (although, we all want to put out the best figures possible). I like a couple of the things they have in the works. But I'm really excited for what I've got going on

For those unaware, the original Black Major has stepped down and handed the reigns (and name) out to a few people. So there are now multiple people producing figures under the Black Major name. I don't know how that will work out for consistency, but I'm sure it means there are a lot of ideas floating around.

I wish them continued success, and look forward to all the o-ring goodness coming soon!

Looking at some of these figures, and see multiple sellers of both Red Laser and Black Major figures. What are the eBay handles of the "legit" sellers?

never had a black major or red laser figure, Are they factory painted then?

Yes. They are very well done. The paint apps and toughness of it are as good as anything from Hasbro. Plastic quality is also very good, say, a step below a genuine 80/90's figure - on par with some of the foreign offerings.

There's quite a few as both guys use partners to sell some figs.

Red Laser himself:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/redlasersaucti ... 7675.l2562

A Red Laser reseller:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/gi_joe_eben/m. ... 7675.l2562

Black Major resellers

https://www.ebay.com/sch/momof5*2013/m. ... 7675.l2562

https://www.ebay.com/sch/evolving_door_ ... 7675.l2562

There's lots more. I think Black Major sells on Ebay from time to time, too. But, he does a lot more in Instagram and Facebook.

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Thank you, sir

I have a few Red Laser figures. I can say that they are sturdy, well designed, and well executed. I bought several Funskool figures in the early 00's, and would say that Red Laser's figures are of about the same quality as the best Funskool figures I own. Much better than the worst. I love the designs and have already ordered some more. Just remember, these are custom recreations of produced figures, so there will be some inescapable loss of ultra fine detail.

I hope to have some Black Major figures too at some point, but have not yet taken that plunge.

Has anyone tried the Letal Iron Grenadier figures yet? I just ordered a set of the 4 versions from eBay. They look interesting.

Speak of something and not post links???

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Sorry, I thought these would be well known by now.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/kbecovic?_trks ... 2749.l2754

I bought a set of 4 on ebay, should arrive this weekend. I only found out about them from a random FB group post I saw.

My IG figures arrived today. I'm not a big fan of the IG's in general, but they are fantastic. The plastic quality is probably the best of all these type of custom figures. Feels like a Hasbro figure. And they look even better in person than in the ebay listing. Hands can hold their weapons, even the larger uzi. Both swords fit on the waist peg.

Red Laser has a new wave of 86 Vipers out with removable helmets. 3 are on his eBay store.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Laser-RedL ... SwMGVadOsI
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Laser-RedL ... Sw-RhadOmw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Laser-RedL ... SwMfhadOwx

There is a 4th one that is more limited in numbers although I don't know how many. It's called a Terror Trooper and is intended to be Terror Drome security. Colors match that of the TD. That is exclusive to his Facebook group. Look up "RedLasersArmy" and request to join if you aren't already a member.

All 4 are great figures. The arms are a little loose at the shoulder but still function well. And these figures were run with a different plastic for the forearms. The hands have some flex in them like the early 2000 figures so they don't break.

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Is there a pic anywhere comparing the red of that IG to the various reds of the vintage CG, CG:Immortal, CG Commander? Or the 2002 club figures?