tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post2383440608253508981..comments2023-12-18T21:04:53.693-05:00Comments on Toys and Tomfoolery: Alexx Shorts: PoC H.I.S.S. V (7/9/10)Alexxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-34371898246951725222017-02-21T14:43:10.013-05:002017-02-21T14:43:10.013-05:00I probably would have been the same, but my toy ro...I probably would have been the same, but my toy room in the house ended up being a bit smaller than my apartment toy room, so the space was taken up just by moving! *SIGH*<br /><br />I feel you on the boxed up stuff, though.<br /><br />I see a lot of people fixing figures with Marauder! Such a great line, really carrying the torch for G.I. Joe in general, since Joes are kind of limping along.Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-20308371669906392122017-02-21T10:33:37.634-05:002017-02-21T10:33:37.634-05:00I was the other way around, since we'd moved o...I was the other way around, since we'd moved out of the apartment and into the house and suddenly I had a whole basement to fill up with vehicles. When those hit clearance I *indulged*.<br /><br />... which are now in boxes anyway to make sure the lil ones don't snack on the missiles (or, worse, decide to topple the bookshelves used for storage. Stupid IKEA.)<br /><br />But, yeah, the Retaliation vehicle drivers were sad. I think half of my original Marauder order went to fixing a lot of those (their heads, mercifully, were still ball joints so if you swap out the bodies you get back to regular Joes.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748824534161540923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-10657159302766743502017-02-19T09:58:45.592-05:002017-02-19T09:58:45.592-05:00Yeah, with the pushing complaint: I was thinking a...Yeah, with the pushing complaint: I was thinking about kids pushing it around, mostly. The most basic thing I kid can do is push the top of a thing with wheels and roll it around. I know older kids are gona be the ones playing with this, but when I was a kid, if I had to play with a toy in a specific way to get it to work properly....well, I probably didn't play with it. It's a very basic play feature that they didn't think about when were designing it, and as a toy, I feel like that's a pretty big flaw when you have to say: "Well, it'll work if you do it JUST right..."<br /><br />BUT...I still gave it a good review, collector wise. It looks great, has neat features, and I'm sure all the collectors loved the thing. I doubt many kids were buying that awesome line anyway, which was G.I. Joe's basic problem. You've got to be old enough to handle all those super TINY accessories that PoC had at the time, and no kid old enough nowadays is still playing with toys, sadly. The age range for toys seems to have shifted greatly.Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-12937407291283053602017-02-19T08:45:59.651-05:002017-02-19T08:45:59.651-05:00You can actually push the tank in it's lower p...You can actually push the tank in it's lower position. You have to push it by the chassis as opposed to the body, but even then its squiffy.<br />Kinda wish it had a turret on the top. Lying inside isn't just as fun.<br />Still a damn cool toy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474378833672206463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-48372699680340320472017-02-16T17:59:57.462-05:002017-02-16T17:59:57.462-05:00Yeah I think any Joe collector can high five over ...Yeah I think any Joe collector can high five over PoC and pour one out for it's death. I don't know what happened to it or how it all fell apart, or why they couldn't get the same kind of design and innovation together again. Though, personally, if they started G.I. Joe anew, I'd rather see a return to the simpler times of before the 25th era. I'm messing with the early 2000's stuff and they honestly stand the test of time, for the most part. Less teeny tiny parts, almost universal hands that hold everything (at least by the time of Valor vs Venom) and basic articulation that was fun to mess with and you didn't have to micro manage.<br /><br />Anyway, the queston: I honestly can't remember if the "interlock system" clip was used for anything. I think it might work with the HISS scout vehicle, but my HISS V is buried and I never pulled it out to try. The gun ports worked with a few different things - one of which is in the next review - but not many.Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-84608614509443284962017-02-16T17:53:22.687-05:002017-02-16T17:53:22.687-05:00Yeah, by the time the Retaliation version came out...Yeah, by the time the Retaliation version came out, I was trying to cut back on vehicles. The basic figures they released with them safely kept me away, since half the reason I get a vehicle is for the cool exclusive figure. I would have at least gotten the SDCC Shockwave-styled version of the Retaliation HISS, but Hasbro exclusives were pointless to even try for back then (and I did try, but...well, pointless). Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-47081397122775458252017-02-16T13:30:09.816-05:002017-02-16T13:30:09.816-05:00YEAH PoC. The best Joe line. How did that line eve...YEAH PoC. The best Joe line. How did that line even happen. So many cool concepts, and no tie-in media. <br /><br />I didn't have the HISS v5, but it was always on my list. The PoC vehicles brought back a lot of what sells me on vintage Joe vehicles, which was making them feel like real equipment, even if they're baldly ridiculous. The great box art and diorama scenes on the back. The way the details feel like stuff that would be on an actual vehicle. The customizable sticker sheets. SO good. <br /><br />Something I don't remember, though: were the modular gun ports and mysterious "interlock system" clip used for anything in the line? Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-80268705886942952172017-02-16T08:55:30.290-05:002017-02-16T08:55:30.290-05:00The Retaliation HISS was basically answering all o...The Retaliation HISS was basically answering all of your complaints in this.<br /><br />- Rubber treads not working? Replace them with the normal hard plastic w/ wheels<br />- No see-through canopy? Swap it out.<br />- Goofy pop up feature? Replace it with a "Point at the ground" feature that I'm pretty sure wasn't even called out on the box (although the pop up is much more workable on the Crimson version of the HISS, so my guess is they tweaked it)<br /><br />Between that, swapping the weird brown for that nice blue (I know this version eventually got repainted in black and red), and a serviceable driver figure (poor articulation, but he looks fine in the cockpit), that was a hell of a rethink of the concept. And they were $10 during Christmas season 2013, so I grabbed like six of them. Good times.<br /><br />I actually have the HISS Sentry lying around (a rare instance of being Canadian being a boon for a Joe collector), but I've never combined them because the result looks, well, like they didn't think minor things like "center of gravity" through.<br />GeoffDesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-28190619335286495042017-02-16T01:02:33.069-05:002017-02-16T01:02:33.069-05:00Here's hoping they use that design for some fu...Here's hoping they use that design for some future G.I. Joe toyline that never seems to be coming.Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-71973481810833052862017-02-15T23:49:05.200-05:002017-02-15T23:49:05.200-05:00Pursuit of Cobra BAAAAYBEEEE!
I don't mind th...Pursuit of Cobra BAAAAYBEEEE!<br /><br />I don't mind this HiSS. but I'd rather have the Resolute Hiss Tank in it's place.Dr Synhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662331056153128519noreply@blogger.com