Buzzetta

HOLY SHEETS I never knew about this... OMG just plain old OMG I looked it up to see if it was for real... and they actually shipped out radioactive materials to kids... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory It cost $50 back then which is almost $530 now. Just omg...

There are a couple of things I have been holding on to but they are very carefully stored and tucked away... I have a few minty fresh swivel arm Scarlet's and some v1 Snake Eyes figures. I am not doing anything with those until the movie approaches though if at all. I bought a Final Engineering Pilot from someone at Hasbro through the PrePro FB group... things like that. It's very hard though... there are pieces that I am cautious to see because I see prices rising on things like v1 straight arm Snake Eyes but you have to figure that the plastic is only getting weaker so when do you pass off that hot potato for maximum profit? I don't think there is anything wrong in saying that the figure I am selling you today for $100 increases its likelihood to crack and split apart in a year. It's the nature of GI Joe. I know and you accept that risk in buying it.

Yup... And it was not just Marvel, most everything from Godzilla to B Level Sci Fi movies capitalized on the public's fascination AND concern with atomic energy and radiation.

Unused Concept Art from GI Joe for an Abandoned Project. Posted on HissTank

For Star Wars Lego Collectors - This is the set you want to get. Lego 75283 will have the first Ahsoka Tano "realistic" minifigure in years. With the last, and only one up to this point, trading for around $150-$200 for the minifigure, this is a welcome release. Price is $39.99 and will most likely be discounted to $32-35 by Amazon if previous discounts are repeated. https://www.brothers-brick.com/2020/07/20/lego-star-wars-75283-armored-assault-tank-aat-from-the-clone-wars-season-7-includes-ahsoka-tano-and-ahsoka-trooper-review/#more-209377

I won't start collecting the Black Series... I won't start collecting the Black Series... I won't start collecting the Black Series... I won't start collecting the Black Series... The Black Series - Heroes of Endor - $110 Exclusive to Hasbro Pulse Hasbro will release a new four-figure box set of The Black Series 6-Inch Figures, including Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Paploo, and a Speeder Bike. Retailing for $109.99, this set will be available in September exclusively on Hasbro Pulse. http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbro_The_Black_Series_Heroes_Of_Endor_Set_Revealed_187370.asp

6" Scale Black Series Wampa $30 Available exclusively on Hasbro Pulse in September http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbro_The_Black_Series_Wampa_Revealed_187372.asp

Meanwhile, remember it is SDCC week so here come the reveals... Available on Hasbro Toy Shop ONLY in September for $50 Fives, Echo, and Jessie in realistic sculpts - 3 3/4" http://rebelscum.com/2020/The-Vintage-Collection-501st-Legion-Arc-Troopers/

Eh... I am glad I sold off the bulk of my stuff. Someone posted this the other day. I still have a handful of childhood Joes but I do not regret selling off the bulk of the collection I rebuilt. All it took was a fifty dollar figure to crumble in my hands like Thanos snapped him to make me suddenly fear the wrath of the Toy Gods and pass that along to someone else. However, I do have a lot more modern stuff.

When people send lowball offers (Say $100 for something reasonably priced at $225), I decline with a message that says, "Not even if I needed drug money." With this... I would be far more creative. Just ignore it and walk away. He is not your friend and this is a pretty interesting scam.

I picked this up earlier this year. I love it and will probably have it framed for my office when that is finally redone. I have never shopped for an artist. Outside of comic collectors, no one would know what a Ditko or Kirby or Romita is. However when people come over they definitely know who Superman is and want to know if it is original art. I shop for images and Tony Daniel did an incredible job on this. I picked it for the actual art. Superman v Luthor with Superman leaving Earth to fly into space. I was sold on picking it up as soon as I saw it.

Send me mine for now if you will... I like to keep a running tab.

Totally missed this... On the other hand... I did finally watch Jumanji: The Next Level... That was great ! I will check in and out...

Currently in universal 4.5 holder from another company being pressed and sent to CGC for a proper set of clothes... I have others but these were the last three I bought.

Picked this up last week. I operate a rescue home for purple label schomburg Timely's Small amount of glue on the cover and the cover is detached.

That's where it gets complicated since Hasbro kind of already tried that. GI Joe disappeared from Toys R Us in 2016. That was the last year they saw a mass retail albeit limited release with the continuation of the 50th Anniversary Collection. At this time, Hasbro had trademarked the name "Hascon" and was ending the license extended to the GI Joe Collector Club. The intention was to bring GI Joe completely home and create a shared universe with Transformers, GI Joe, Rom the Space Knight, Micronauts and M.A.S.K. As you can see, not much has occurred with that shared universe. So at the 11th hour, Hasbro renewed the club license allowing the club to continue using Hasbro's library of parts and to allow the club to create and produce 3 3/4" figures that Hasbro did not think would sell at the retail level and offer them to adults through the club membership. This went on for another two years until 2018. The issue with that was a single carded figure cost $35 after tax. What adult was going to pay $35 a figure? (Buzzetta slowly raises his hand - Hey, it was the only way to get figures like Frostbite, and a proper Hit&Run) The following is not fact but my personal opinion. I personally believe that Hasbro made the decision to switch to 6" figures back in 2016 and allowed the club to continue for two years to continue testing the adult collector market while they see what they want to do with the line. The club officially closed up shop after shipping their final 12 figures in 2019 and have lost the domain to their website. What currently confuses me about the line is the big deal they are trying to make of the 'retro' line. I am fine without classic o-rings. The design was brittle and flawed and placed too much pressure on the joints which is why all the MOC Vintage collectors are ... and I mean this... watching their figures crack and shatter while sealed on a card. However, when they relaunched the figures in 2007 with modern designs they put them on REAL retro cards that were of the same size and bubble size as the vintage figures. The retro line as it is being introduced looks very 'off' as there are no borders around the card art and the bubbles are oversized. 2020 Snake Eyes Card Art 2007 Snake Eyes Card Art 1982 Snake Eyes Card Art BTW... pick up the retro figure and open it. That is a mini sideshow figure you are getting and prior to this release was a very sought after figure commanding up to $50 each. However if you have the means seek out the original release on that figure because it came with the 'commando' head as well as the 'knight visor' head that is on the 2020 release. Hasbro should have put on the right head for the 2020 release to at least match the card art. This is why GI Joe collectors shake their heads as Hasbro always seems to come up short.

There has been a lot of talk about the history of GI Joe and whether or not can even be accepted as a huge IP. Long story short it deals with the public perception of war. In 1969, Hasbro shifts GI Joe from a military them to an adventurer theme. The line would not resume itself as a military unit until it was reintroduced in 1982 with a very tight budget due to fears of the public's perception of welcoming a war toy into the home. Vietnam was still fresh in the minds of toy buying parents in the 1980's However, Reagan's presidency and the booming 80's have often been attributed toward the rebirth and success of GI Joe: A Real American Hero with a lot also to do with Larry Hama. GI Joe was fighting an enemy that was apolitical. They were fighting terrorism. Cobra was instantly branded a terrorist unit. Communism existed in the comics and the competition with the Soviet Oktober Guard was illustrated, however, even the Oktober Guard fought against Cobra to defeat terrorism. No one liked a terrorist. By 1994 though American interests shifted. The Boy's Toys aisles started shrinking while the video game and electronics era started expanding and Hasbro began to pump out Star Wars figures again in 1995. Hasbro tried to inject life in the line with Sgt Savage... which failed, and GI Joe Extreme... which failed. They took a break and started releasing ARAH line again as a TRU exclusive until it went TRU and Direct to Consumer from Hasbro's website until around 2005. Then around then they started getting bigger and smaller with Sigma Six 8" reintroducing the Adventure theme and 2.5"... The 25th Anniversary set was supposed to be a one off until Hasbro saw a demand for modern articulation classic size GI Joe figures. From 2007 through 2018 we received somewhat of a GI Joe line that always seemed on the teeter totter of slipping away. The movies did not do the lines any good. The GI Joe franchise is one of the few instances where the sequel is better than the original and the sequel really wasn't that 'great'. A lot of Joe collectors believe that contrary to the reaction to war in the Gulf during the 90's, that the Post 9/11 wars did actually hurt the concept of GI Joe rather than help it. Parents went back to the Post Vietnam era of their view of GI Joe and given the choice between reaching for a Transformer, Star Wars figure, Superhero figure or a Lego set, video game or anything else to put in their shopping cart instead of GI Joe, they chose something else. The problem is that GI Joe has always been perceived as a military / war toy. Do parents want their kids playing with war toys? If your answer is 'no', then GI Joe needs to be marketed toward adult collectors. If you want to market the line toward kids then you have to try what they are doing now and throw in sci fi guns, ninjas, guys in metal masks and things like that. That's why the 6" probably introduced Destro and ninjas first rather than Cobra Commander and Cobra troopers and why Roadblock is carrying what looks like a lightening pitchfork gun. In today's day and age, GI Joe is not the easiest brand to market unless you have a distinct and clear vision with media support.

I only have one... he just sent three messages.

That’s still not a thing.

Hey... I did over $XXXXX in sales through eBay and FB from the last week of February to mid June which was great as my bathroom cost a few thousand more than I anticipated... However, I have been finding things slowing down for me lately. EDIT: Nvr post numbers.