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I'm super excited about the divers.  I love any water or ocean themed anything.


   
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Wow. Just wow.

That big beefy Snake Armor is glorious! I like my Gridiron stuff and thought about their SNAKE upgrade to Trubble Bubble. Nah. Not now.

Thwipp!


   
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What an amazing showing!!

Everything is fantastic, but as a Cobra guy and a guy who wants all Joe eras represented, I’m over the moon for Darklon and Slice/Dice, and HOLY SHIT the SNAKE!!


   
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Retro Flint and Cover Girl look EXCELLENT. 100% excellent.


   
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https://imgur.com/a/Rsao8BU


   
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https://imgur.com/a/fWViZCI


   
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https://imgur.com/a/XadRCRQ


   
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Work was so crazy yesterday I missed these reveals completely. AWE Striker looks AMAZING. (CRANK CASE!) All the retro figures are fantastic. I wouldn't have said I needed more divers but those are far more my speed than the generic soldiers and that Torpedo buck is awesome. 

Darklon, Slice and Dice are perfect examples of how Classified does such a great job crafting these figures that I can be intrigued by characters I have no nostalgia attached to. They look great even if I'm not invested in them the way I am other characters. 


   
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So let me see........

AWE Striker.   Interesting choices.   I like it, don't get me wrong, but I find it too "generic" as a Joe vehicle.  Especially one as iconic, and over used, as the AWE Striker.   This looks more like a half dozen other vehicles that have been released by other companies over the years, and less like an AWE Striker to me.   Hell poor Grid Iron just revealed a vehicle almost exactly the same as this one just the other day.  Much like other 3P companies with Transformers, the official AWE will probably kill interest in the Grid Iron version (especially since the Grid Iron one will be $200US).  Crankcase looks good, but again fairly generic.  I guess that means we'll see a retro version down the line sometime.

Slice and Dice look good, but once again the accessory loadout really puts this up to another level.   Love it and can't wait to get it.

So probably tied for my favourite reveal is the S.N.A.K.E.  At first I thought it was an updated S.N.A.K.E. armour, but looking at the render it doesn't seem like there is any way the legs can connect to the torso in a way to allow a figure to fit inside.   Hopefully I am wrong, but this may be a case of this just being a robot rather than armour.   Either way it looks like this thing will be huge!!!  Love the look of it.

Darklon looks better than I had hoped for after seeing the leaks.   The colours are not too bright and those two head sculpts look great.   And that sword!!!!

That is where the grey/blue Breaker prototype ended up.  Looks good and glad to see not all the M.A.S.S. Device offerings are going to be expensive multipacks.  

Retro Tele-Viper looks great, but not sure I needed three heads.  Drop one and give me a couple other accessories.

Retro Covergirl looks great as well.  Not quire feeling the head sculpt with the hat, especially with a retro offering, but she looks good overall.

Retro Flint is about as perfect a retro offering as can be done.   This is a great update to the ARAH look of Flint.

And either the winner, or tied for it with the S.N.A.K.E. is the M.A.S.S. Device diver two pack.   Man is that a great set!!!!  I love that it is an army builder pack, but not only a single group army builder, but both teams.   They look great and the accessory load out is incredible.  Can't wait for this to go up for preorder.  I'll probably get at least 2 sets.


   
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So people are saying Lenny on social media is confirming the S.N.A.K.E. will be able to hold a figure.   I don't have social media so I can't find anything to confirm this.

However if this turns out to be true I can't even begin to imagine how big the S.N.A.K.E. will be and what it will cost.  Although if true it would make this even more awesome.


   
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I'd have to imagine the SNAKE pilot would be in a seated position inside. We aren't seeing the depth of this thing, just the height and width. I could see it being possible. Otherwise, what's the point of making it? A big robot isn't that appealing. Then again, we've all bought Hulkbuster armors that don't fit another Iron Man figure inside...


   
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So, a figure can possibly be in a  seated position inside the SNAKE? If so, I'm liking that quite a bit more than a traditional ARAH version.


   
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Man.... I guess I better stop spending money on cobra trooper kitbashes.

Similar to what docsilence said, Darklon, Slice, and Dice are designs that had a lot of potential and Classified made them must haves for me. I'm guessing Slice & Dice is the next set I'll be returning twelve times to Walmart. Retro Flint is rubbing my nostalgia just enough for me to think who the tiger force figure I already have can be renamed as. And Covergirl is someone I added to my list when I saw the prototype, and I'll probably still get her, but that really plain and no frills figure is gonna wait for November.

I'm crossing Crankcase off my list, heh. Wreckage, NF Shockwave, and TF Duke were one thing, but Stinger driver, Crankcase, and especially Wild Weasel and the HISS driver are bridges too far. I'm also waiting to see what the CLAW costs since I would like to get the pilot too.


   
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I don't have any room for that massive SNAKE armor, but it's exactly what I'd hoped they'd do with it so I might get one anyways. On the other hand, what's the point of putting a figure inside of you can't see it? I'd hope for at least a transparent eyeplate.

I could be tempted by the Retro Breaker just for the corded helmet and bubblegum head, and *maybe* the Cover Girl if the face is really better and I could find a way to keep the brown hair. 


   
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Well those are all day one preorders for me. 


   
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