G.I. Joe Classified Brand Team Member Tony Collela Has Announced He is Leaving Hasbro

by Jay Cochran
May 9, 2026
The G.I. Joe Classified brand team is down another member. Designer Tony Collela has announced on social media that he is leaving Hasbro for a new job with Boss Fight Studios. He will be joining Lenny Panzica there who also recently left Hasbro and the G.I. Joe brand for Boss Fight.

We wish both gentlemen the best of luck in their future endeavors.
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ucsf - 2026-05-14 @ 7:07 am

history repeats itself. I'm wishing the best for these people, I really hope they will shine in their new endeavour.

Scattergorical - 2026-05-14 @ 5:46 am

These guys are starting to look like a superteam haha. Boss Fight just took all the mojo out of Hasbro's pockets! Maybe the plan really is to have BFS to be the company to make new licensed mainline GI Joe figures. I actually hope not, I wanna see some new IPs!

Satam - 2026-05-13 @ 5:49 pm

This is a news site, not a gossip site. This is not the place for gossip about Bobby Vala and his relationships/interactions with other former Hasbro employees, current Hasbro employees, Bossfight employees, toytubers, and this thread is not a place for discussion about Bobby Vala at all.

Satam - 2026-05-12 @ 10:34 pm

Front page article says Cory was the sculpting manager on the Power Rangers line. This is true, but he was also the sculpting manager on GI Joe Classified for three years. Also Cory's been at Bossfight for weeks now.

Cxb452 - 2026-05-11 @ 4:06 pm
2 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

I actually thought the same man...???

I wonder if they have something cooking. Wouldn't surprise me honestly if Hasbro licensed something out to BFS and they hired Lenny and Tony and Corey to handle the work.

Roadpigmaster - 2026-05-11 @ 1:46 pm
2 hours ago, deecee4 said:

I honestly wasn't aware that bossfight was big enough of a company for them to hire away people from larger companies. Always got the impression it was just a couple of guys.

I actually thought the same man...???

deecee4 - 2026-05-11 @ 11:06 am

I honestly wasn't aware that bossfight was big enough of a company for them to hire away people from larger companies. Always got the impression it was just a couple of guys.

Roadpigmaster - 2026-05-10 @ 1:54 am

I hope Tony the best at Boss Fight Studios. He and Lenny make them shine over there... BMac should have a plan for this. I wonder if we would see Transformers designers moving to the Classified team!???

Jscott991 - 2026-05-10 @ 12:50 am

I wish them the best at Boss Fight, but I'm ready for the line to change. Hopefully whoever takes over will do fewer Z-listers, fewer Dreadnoks, fewer revisionist designs, and more A-list updates for characters that were done very early and haven't been revisited (Baroness in her v1 outfit for example).

Scattergorical - 2026-05-09 @ 10:10 pm

Well there goes Tony Colella! How many ways can Hasbro say the line is dead without saying the line is dead? Sure we'll get a year's worth of leftovers, but forget about fine tuning or anything ambitious.

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