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Post by Bravo on Sept 16, 2020 19:19:21 GMT -8
Not to be confused with the modern style Eagle Force line that's taken 5 years to make. This is just a computer rendering.  Zica Toys made the new Sectaurs, heard good things about...but these will probably be as pricey. If/when they ever get made. |
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Post by Felix on Sept 18, 2020 17:37:26 GMT -8
As long as they have a way to replace the O-rings when they wear out, the line has a lot of potential. Looks like they have wrist and some ankle articulation too.
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Post by Bravo on Sept 18, 2020 19:57:03 GMT -8
They said it's just a rendering and the final figures will have back screws.
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Post by Johnny Turk on Sept 19, 2020 12:05:51 GMT -8
If they can do the scale, and sculpting similar enough to vintage Joe (Rather than kitschy modern but with classic construction, like the render suggests), they might have a little value. I wouldn't mind a G.I. Joe compatible Capt. Eagle.
Honestly, Eagle Force homages are something I'm kind of surprised none of the Factory Customs makers did, they didn't have to do them in Gold, but it's one of those things that could've been cheap enough and shared enough parts, to pull off. I doubt they would've been popular mind you, but they're probably more useful than some of the stuff made.
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Post by Bravo on Sept 19, 2020 16:44:08 GMT -8
What's not useful about Tiger Force versions of popular cobra troopers...with Cobra logos on them. Not like "hey, this guy defected" or "what if TIGER FORCE figures were recolors Cobras like some of the vehicles were?" Yeah, I don't get it. Like I didn't get CG's with Hammer and Sickle logos.
I actually unfollowed BM on instagram because he had all these MOTU origins Skeletors for trade. Really? How much money you making dude you need to buy up Skeletors "for trade"? I guess that was petty of me. LOL
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Post by Swindle on Sept 19, 2020 19:38:05 GMT -8
Ok, maybe I'm dumb, but who is "BM"?
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Post by Bravo on Sept 20, 2020 9:11:29 GMT -8
BOWEL MOVEMENT.
No, really, The Black Major, the alias of the guy who makes many of the factory customs "bootlegs". Hated by purists, loved by people who like o-ring mold army builder figures in new colors. Wanted for trademark violations, he fled into the instagram underworld...if you can find him, maybe you can buy from BLACK MAJOR.
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Post by Felix on Sept 20, 2020 12:09:37 GMT -8
I got my repo Cobra De Aco from him...I think. It's not bad, could have used another coat of yellow, the black bleeds through a slight bit.
Most of his customs look good, but I'm just not interested in them.
If they make a good looking Flint, Duke or Scarlet for Eagle Force (I still don't know what Eagle Force is!) I'm in, but I wouldn't get those Cobra troops in the rendered pic.
It's not that there is anything wrong with them, just not interested.
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Post by Bravo on Sept 20, 2020 13:09:45 GMT -8
Eagle Force was made by MEGO toys in the early 1980's, more or less a rip off of DC's old BLACKHAWKS comics, but set in present day. They were 2 inch die cast figures. The villains weren't as Cobra like, though they did have a ninja guy, I think. The concept was better than the toys. But that's a thing now, people nostalgic for things that weren't that good or were even outright failures (there's a collector's Barnyard Commandos line now!).
I mean, shit, I found a MOC Eagle Force figure at mall toy store in the early 90's and the line came and died around 1982.
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