1 hour ago, JayC said:I don't doubt he said that and that may even have something to do with licensing issues when doing vehicles based on real world ones. Like for instance having the recent Skystriker come with Northop Grumman decals I felt like had to do with licensing. However IDK how you do Joe vehicles (especially the popular ones) and not have them based on real world stuff???
Well as far as ground vehicles go they can make the VAMP, the Wolverine, the Snow Cat, the Mauler (based on a concept tank which never saw service, so it might be borderline), and then...well...how popular were the Havoc and the Mean Dog?Air vehicles: there's the Conquest X-30 and the Sky Hawk and...maybe the Skystorm (like the mauler it was also based on a concept, but there doesn't seem to have ever been a prototype).
30 minutes ago, Satam said:I know that Lenny has said he wanted the vehicles in the line to be distinctly GI Joe or Cobra and not really have real world counterparts or at least be based on vehicles from the toyline and elsewhere in the franchise that deviated significantly from real world designs. The Dragonfly is pretty much just a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter with a different tail and a few other minor differences. This guy's 3D model looks like a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter with a different tail and a few other minor differences. Maybe that's why, if they hired him, they decided not to move forward with his design.Could also be that they hired a few different contractors to design a few different vehicles for them to chose from, and they chose to go with a ground vehicle to go up against the Cobra HISS instead of this. Him telling someone who then leaked what the project was may have made that choice easier, but I assumed the next Classified Haslab would have been a Joe ground vehicle anyway. That seems the most logical choice.
I don't doubt he said that and that may even have something to do with licensing issues when doing vehicles based on real world ones. Like for instance having the recent Skystriker come with Northop Grumman decals I felt like had to do with licensing. However IDK how you do Joe vehicles (especially the popular ones) and not have them based on real world stuff???
I know that Lenny has said he wanted the vehicles in the line to be distinctly GI Joe or Cobra and not really have real world counterparts or at least be based on vehicles from the toyline and elsewhere in the franchise that deviated significantly from real world designs. The Dragonfly is pretty much just a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter with a different tail and a few other minor differences. This guy's 3D model looks like a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter with a different tail and a few other minor differences. Maybe that's why, if they hired him, they decided not to move forward with his design.Could also be that they hired a few different contractors to design a few different vehicles for them to chose from, and they chose to go with a ground vehicle to go up against the Cobra HISS instead of this. Him telling someone who then leaked what the project was may have made that choice easier, but I assumed the next Classified Haslab would have been a Joe ground vehicle anyway. That seems the most logical choice.
18 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:Rumor and story behind it about disgruntled employee to make it more juice for the public... Click bate approach at best?
Yeah Im taking the news with a whole shaker of salt right now lol
I personally would not be interested in a 3ft dragonfly. I dont see 6inch vehicles being a big part of the classified line. Maybe gunner stations or some diorama type pieces would be easier on collectors wallets and space
Rumor and story behind it about disgruntled employee to make it more juice for the public... Click bate approach at best?
20 hours ago, ransomz said:A 6 inch scale Dragonfly would be great. So would a Terrordrome. Not to mention a Thunder Machine. That last one would be my first pick.
Yeah, me too. Im actually way more intrigued about the rumored Soundwave x Thunder Machine transformer. 2 of my favorite 80s toys right there..
6 hours ago, ucsf said:Imagine a modular base set. That would be cool.
But at these price points, there are many things to collect aside from this line. And I do really love Joes.
A modular Mobile Battle Platform would be sweet
14 hours ago, lordtom said:I want a haslab playset
Imagine a modular base set. That would be cool.
But at these price points, there are many things to collect aside from this line. And I do really love Joes.
