GI JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES RETRO CARDBACK SGT. STALKER REVIEW

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @scottyphillips7799
    @scottyphillips7799 3 месяца назад

    Thanks so much for an honest and in-depth review, I’m gonna buy the classified at a discount and just custom my own retro.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  3 месяца назад +1

      You are most welcome. As much as I love the Joe brand, you'll always get my honest first impressions of these figures out of the bubble and box. A custom retro with the Classified Stalker is easily done and if you require the webbing, you could always get a retro Cobra Trooper and take it from there because it's the exact same as this release.

  • @Damackism
    @Damackism 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for the honest review!!

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      You're most welcome and thanks for checking it out. Honesty and perspective are two qualities you're always going to get with my reviews.

  • @tr1ellio
    @tr1ellio 4 месяца назад +3

    Good review I enjoy all of your Joe reviews! About the backpack/case, it seems to be made for the M-32 Pulverizer and not the light machine gun. Remove the magazine from the M-32 and it will slide in nice into the backpack/case (that’s what she said). There is also a place to store the magazine.
    Sorry if this was already noted.
    About the camo beret, true that the vintage figure had the proper color for the green beret, the vintage packaging art always had a camo on the beret (artistic license I think from the artist). And I believe that the Hasbro Joe team had the conscious decision/inspiration from the vintage figure artwork.
    Thanks for comparing the vintage figure with the new 6” figure. Seeing them together I wish Hasbro made the colors and camo a bit more like the vintage figure.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for the kind words and checking this one out also. It is indeed made for the M-32, because I've never used it prior, I never put the Pulverizer in it. I tried to fit the magazine in off camera, and it damn near bent the mag. So into the accessory box it went lol
      As for the comparisons, had to be done. I think you're right though, definitely some artistic interpretation in play. And that's fine, I can live with that. Just give us some better suited accessories that are in line with the other retro figures. Because they also like to remind us the Classified line is a future forward interpretation of the classics. So the retros should reflect that.

  • @williamstone1536
    @williamstone1536 3 месяца назад

    Excellent review again, thank you! Regarding his file card info, I'd imagine hasbro felt his being a Gang Warlord didn't age well, as being such was a different thing in the early to mid 1960s (when the original character would have been a teenager) than any time past the mid 80s, when 'gang-banging' became far more about drug selling and far more violent. Even so, if they kept it, his enlisting would make a fantastic redemption story. Any how, as for the figure, yeah...I agree, if it's retro, it should be retro: M16, XMLR etc. I'd have preferred the more solid green beret as well as his suit's colours being darker like the og figure, but there it is; 'correcting' these things is as much a part of the fun for me as getting the figure itself. Thanks again for the review! Subbed!

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  3 месяца назад +1

      That's a very salient point regarding his gang warlord background. As for the retro aspects, THANK YOU! I'm glad I'm not alone on that front. The lack of retro weapons is just lazy when compared to Scarlett/Duke. Thanks again for checking in and I appreciate the sub, mate. 🫡

  • @eddyspurlock1299
    @eddyspurlock1299 4 месяца назад +4

    I agree. They got lazy on this one. Just a straight up repaint. He should have gotten a new head sculpt at least. Retro Snake Eyes new head. Retro Duke new head. Retro Scarlett whole new figure. Should have gotten the M16 and the XMLR rifle instead of the heavy MG. And Retro Dukes holster and pistol. But I'd be interested in your second one if you still get him as Stalker (no sgt here) as he was my very first Joe and I've always had a love for his character. I believe Devils Due had a solo Stalker story in an issue of their Joe Battlelines comic.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      They sure did, Eddy. No extra hands either. Poor form from Hasbro and you just know it was ALL budget related. As for my second one, I'm sorry to say I already sold it to a friend in Tasmania - where they don't have a single supplier of Classifieds. Thanks for checking out the review and have a ripper of a day.

  • @jarellano1014
    @jarellano1014 4 месяца назад +1

    Honestly I hope they do All figures in the Retro line!! Hoping you do a Cobra Commander Retro review!🤞🤞

  • @kurtmcmahon7386
    @kurtmcmahon7386 4 месяца назад

    your intro is killer... good stuff man...

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      Hey Kurt, glad you like it, mate. Thanks for the kind words.

  • @JohnnyB5454
    @JohnnyB5454 4 месяца назад

    Another GREAT review!👍🏼

  • @Astro319
    @Astro319 4 месяца назад +8

    I like the color better on this one! ...but not enough to double dip and buy him all over again. Great review as always 🦈

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Honestly, I won't be shocked if he eventually ends up reduced and warming pegs.

  • @JasonKeane
    @JasonKeane 4 месяца назад +2

    You should have shown what he looks like with the V1 beret to recreate the look of the vintage figure.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey Jason, yep I definitely should have and that was an oversight on my behalf. However, I have posted in the Facebook groups and on my instagram shark_eyes_pix how that looks.

    • @JasonKeane
      @JasonKeane 4 месяца назад +1

      @@SharkEyesToyView Cool. Thanks!

  • @Blitz0065
    @Blitz0065 4 месяца назад

    I agree with your points on the retro loadout. Could've given him the M16 and laser rifle at very least. Also, I'm starting to feel like all these retros deserve a "Yo Joe" fist/punching fists swap out hands and even a salute. C'mon Hasbro, they're less than a penny to toss in! My other gripe with Stalker (and some others), why the sculpt looks 60+ vs the card art. Thanks for the honest review!

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey Blitz, thx for watching and the kind words. It's just so obvious at this point that they cut corners on some releases. In this case, no new face sculpt, so why wouldn't they throw in the hands/extra weapons?!? Hasbro exec: "Nah we'll just a throw a whole new paint deco on an existing buck and accessories we already have and that's good enough for these collectors." It's pathetic, dude. I ended up selling my extra, that's all I have to say about that.

  • @jerellewynn2855
    @jerellewynn2855 4 месяца назад +2

    He is a good looking figure. Why Hasbro made this stalker face look older is a bummer. They should have made his close as to the super 7 head sculpt it's kinda of a let down but I get one.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      I can tell you why they did that. To save money.

  • @CambrieFeldt
    @CambrieFeldt 2 месяца назад

    Great video, great review. Personally I prefer the classified version so I gotta pass on this one. Yo Joe!!

  • @cyberfrank-bx2nv
    @cyberfrank-bx2nv 4 месяца назад

    good review bro
    [classified]
    Stalker was my 1 rst purchase with the mobat in 82, I always loved how he looked
    black guys look great in uniforms, same for Doc.
    in my opinion, if you have classified, you don t really want this one.
    he s not like Duke, where he s 100% better [I got him]
    he s about on par
    the bad
    I agree with your points for the guns - beret
    and mostly, I expected a much closer look to the cartoon for his face in this version
    a rare instance where s 7 gets it better than Hasbro.
    he looks like nothing before, older and angrier than the Stalker I knew.
    the holster seem unfit for it s purpose...
    the tint of his uniform is too pale, almost yellow...
    I prefer mine, but he s a must have for any real fan of the team
    so now you know...
    God bless America and world peace!
    good show bro

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Just a lazy, uninspired, cheap, offering. Putting out repaints with no extra value then asking the same price as other retros with more value for money, is a bogus business practice. Shame on Hasbro for acting in such a fashion.
      And watch, this figure will be available for forever and a day as a result.

    • @cyberfrank-bx2nv
      @cyberfrank-bx2nv 4 месяца назад

      @@SharkEyesToyView I think they manage equipment as a whole for the wave, so some figs are bigger, so they cut on another to get even overall. in the end, some figs will be better deals than others. but if you want x fig... it will make no difference, you want it. I don t think it s that bad, as I m fully equipped now, I can 'load' any fig like an army. I store all my weapons and accessories in a box to make sure I can do that easy, thanks!

  • @Sabir_DelNorte
    @Sabir_DelNorte 4 месяца назад

    Greetings from the swampy summer weather USA mate! 😆
    So this wave is now out in your part of the world? Good review, minimal rework for a figure imo but nice addition for the OG Sgt Stalker collectors

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey brother, nah only Stalker stuck through somehow (Hasbro distro roullete). The minimal amount of effort was put forward with this release and that's a damn shame imho.

    • @Sabir_DelNorte
      @Sabir_DelNorte 4 месяца назад

      Lots of great questions you asked in the review for a retro figure 😆 on point evaluation

    • @Sabir_DelNorte
      @Sabir_DelNorte 4 месяца назад

      @@SharkEyesToyViewagreed I am like ok I get hasbro has to cut its operating expenses, it’s just really evident in this figure and the eel in the prior wave. Distribution roulette, so true.
      People already have the phoenix from ML 😆

  • @HFord-zx8bq
    @HFord-zx8bq 4 месяца назад +1

    I like this one more. I will probably swap the berets though. I prefer the solid/darker version. I hope you review the Retro Cobra Trooper.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for checking it out and agreed, a beret swap is better suited. As for the retro Trooper, watch this space...

  • @wilfredodiaz3445
    @wilfredodiaz3445 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm still hoping to get him ....I like the camouflage on him

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      Yeah always buy what you like, friend. All I am is a truth teller and a simple man that only wants the line to be all it can be.

  • @armoriya
    @armoriya 4 месяца назад +1

    I believe that is a scar going down the left side of Stalker’s head, not a part in his hair.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah apparently it is. Never knew that prior.

  • @MrCIAD
    @MrCIAD 4 месяца назад +1

    Let's go! Now that Retro is out of the way, we need Tiger Force Stalker and Stalker v2.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +2

      My brother in Christ, the day v2 Stalker is bestowed upon us, will be a day to rejoice and bust our collective nuts.

    • @MrCIAD
      @MrCIAD 4 месяца назад

      @@SharkEyesToyView Well, let's just hope they don't just edge us - I need a full kayak, mask, machete, et al.
      Now, back to the sample at hand: As noted in the live chat, I would have preferred a younger profile; Something to harken back to '82. That shotgun..thing (pack + gun = mess) is unnecessary. Give me weapons that make sense.
      Great stuff as always, my man!

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      It has to be a deluxe set. If they can go all out for fricken Road Pig, Lonzo deserves all the trimmings.
      And yeah man, the accessories with this release being a rinse repeat is just disappointing really.

    • @kenmatinee
      @kenmatinee 4 месяца назад +1

      Wow! I Appreciate the video of retro card back Stalker. He’s definitely one the iconic Joe’s in my opinion. I watched the cartoon as a kid but never owned the toy. I passed on the classified version and ordered the retro card and it looks like I’m in for a nice one!

  • @scoobysnacks3740
    @scoobysnacks3740 4 месяца назад

    I’m definitely getting it

  • @rach4carlos
    @rach4carlos 4 месяца назад +1

    I’m pleased with the Classified Stalker, and he will remain my Stalker. However, I plan to buy this retro Stalker and turn him into a Jammer custom. Since I recently purchased retro Beachhead, Classified Beachhead has gone back in the box. I will give his red beret to Retro Stalker and find a radio backpack from Falcon or Wolf Spider, for my Jammer custom.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey Carlos, good to see you here, mate. You know what, a Jammer custom might truly be the best use for this release. With that said, don't be surprised if Hasbro get around to him eventually. See: Quarrel

  • @FrostbitesGIJOERepro
    @FrostbitesGIJOERepro 4 месяца назад +2

    Stalker v2 is the only one I would buy in classified if I bought them...Great video mate!

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      @@FrostbitesGIJOERepro God I can't wait for that release. Because they need to make up for this piss poor effort.

  • @80spopculture
    @80spopculture 4 месяца назад +2

    I’m all in on this line regardless if there’s setbacks. Enjoy your reviews 👍🏾

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      And that is A-OK, mate. As I always like to remind people, no action figure line is flawless. I'd just prefer that they put a little more thought into some of the retro releases.

  • @beesbattlegrounds
    @beesbattlegrounds 4 месяца назад +1

    Huge miss with not including the M16 and Sunbow rifle. And the argument of him being hard to get can't be made because you can still score the regular version on sale easily.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      RIGHT??? Just reeks of cost cutting, mate. It will likely end warming pegs I dare say. Not enough bang for one's buck.

  • @ronnie_trickshot
    @ronnie_trickshot 4 месяца назад

    Beautiful work mate... love your use of the term "Bla dee blah!" 😂

  • @coris3436
    @coris3436 4 месяца назад

    Ill wait for clearance

  • @davidr8389
    @davidr8389 4 месяца назад

    Great review. This is an easy pass for me unless I get it on clearance. I like the character but it is a lazy repaint. They should have done a v2 stalker with the kayak for classified and put someone else for retro. The classified version hit liquidation stores last year. It is tough to justify paying $25 for a repaint of a figure that can easily be had for $12 online (or $5 for those that found him in Ollie’s).

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words, David. They'll do a v2 Stalker eventually and it will be a deluxe set. When they do, they need to kit it out with the same reverance that they did with Road Pig. Lenny and the team need to firmly keep in mind that every Joe/Cobra character is someone's favourite.

  • @westcoastavengers1
    @westcoastavengers1 4 месяца назад

    I'm torn if I want to keep the Classified Stalker or get this one.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Honestly, I'd probably wait until you see it in store and decide then. I dare say you'll see plenty on shelf pegs.

    • @westcoastavengers1
      @westcoastavengers1 4 месяца назад

      @@SharkEyesToyView I prefer the retro's camo.

  • @Alart28
    @Alart28 4 месяца назад +3

    I agree with you. For such an iconic character, they were lazy on this retro. I never liked that face likeness. Doesn't look like Stalker. (Cartoon or comics)

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Yup. Bare bones, no effort to kit him out with anything that reflects the comic or cartoon. Just threw some new paint on it and were like "here you go".

  • @REDEMPIRE
    @REDEMPIRE 4 месяца назад +1

    fo some reason the classified version looks like eddie murphy to me

  • @spaceape5678
    @spaceape5678 4 месяца назад

    The magazine comes out of the mp5 and then the mp5 goes in the backpack case. Magazine goes into the magazine holder on the case. The machine gun is a modified m249 saw. Both weapons have been used by U.S. commandos. And the mp5 matches what he came with originally. So yeah as far as retro Stalker it’s a fine figure. He should have maybe had a back pack instead of a gun case but meh. Who cares? It’s a toy based on an older toy. Matches the cartoon perfect.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      You must have missed the part in the review where I referred to the Pulverizer as being his iconic weapon and a fitting inclusion. The SAW may have been employed by the Rangers, but it's never been associated with the character at any point in the lore. It being included was just a throw in, when they could have just as easily included the M-16 or the laser rifle he used in the cartoon. As for caring, you cared enough to watch and respond. So thank you for caring.

  • @90lancaster
    @90lancaster 4 месяца назад

    I think I'd have preferred a darker brown webbing to the Black they gave him.
    I think that would have made for a nicer look alongside some other "green guys" who use Brown as an accent as well as not standing out as much as the black does and so ruining the camo.
    Not a bit deal really, ust something I think would have looked a bit nicer as a figure and not overtly wrong compared to the vintage figure either to go with dark brown. Shame they didn't pick out the webbing with some paint too either.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      That would be an easy fix with some paint.

    • @90lancaster
      @90lancaster 4 месяца назад

      @@SharkEyesToyView If I can find the right sort that will stick to flexible plastic.
      But I might consider picking out his grenade with paint if nothing else.

  • @giltucker2007
    @giltucker2007 4 месяца назад

    Totally unsure what you meant about the beret. In the card art The Beret is painted yes on the figure it is not but if you really feel that much about the Beret take the one from the first stalker and put it on the second one

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад

      Hey Gil, how are ya man? I haven't gone back and checked, but I'm pretty sure I was making reference to the original 82 figure's beret being solid green. The card art it was camouflaged, so this retro reflects that more so than the actual '82 release. If you head to my IG, you'll see I switched it out. Thanks for watching.

  • @Paul-qw1yf
    @Paul-qw1yf 4 месяца назад +2

    I’m passing on this one. I prefer the Classified version.

  • @liquididentity101
    @liquididentity101 4 месяца назад

    They did so little with this retro. A review just confirms all the reasons why this was such as easy pass for I assume a lot of collectors. It's nice for those wanted this deco, but give retro a bit of a changeup on the weapons, or ditch the machine gun for a JUMP pack and one of Firefly's TNT bundles. Pegwarmers and then direct to discount stores to sell for $5.

  • @cookingwitherik101
    @cookingwitherik101 3 месяца назад

    Just like in real life we can't all be main characters.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  3 месяца назад +1

      That is quite a profound and accurate statement, sir. Thanks for checking out the review.

  • @charleshunterii7157
    @charleshunterii7157 4 месяца назад +1

    WTF on the website he is still on preorder. How the hell do you have it already. I know this is terrible of me but it’s crazy how an American company gets it to other countries first, while American collectors get it last.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +3

      Hey Charles, I hear your frustration, but lemme break it down for you. For whatever reason, Hasbro distribution favors all corners of the world at times. For example, the English got the Ferret first, you guys in the States got the VAMP before anyone and then recently Australia saw Wreckage and the Tiger Paw first. Why it's like that? Who knows? But I assure you, everyone wins at one point or another.

    • @dustindustindontworry-jz8dh
      @dustindustindontworry-jz8dh 4 месяца назад +1

      Because you Americans kept complaining about “too many figures”, “too many preorders “, “woe is me”. All that moaning and complaining like a menstruating female. Glad they ship them to the countries that don’t complain, first.

  • @kevinyoung9557
    @kevinyoung9557 4 месяца назад

    I like him. Would have liked a green beret, but in the end, he's an orginial Joe.Getting it for sure.Its GI Joe .

  • @AToyKindaMood
    @AToyKindaMood 4 месяца назад

    Yeahhhhhhh 🪖🔪

  • @phildpain
    @phildpain 4 месяца назад

    This looks exactly like the Walmart retro release.

  • @KatchouroBlade
    @KatchouroBlade 4 месяца назад

    Give him a red beret and this would make a decent enough Jammer.

    • @SharkEyesToyView
      @SharkEyesToyView  4 месяца назад +1

      Guaranteed people will be making him into that figure.

  • @anthonyshepard1407
    @anthonyshepard1407 4 месяца назад

    Only one is Retro Cobra Commander! Double Dipping on Stalker and cobra officiers might keep me away from them, Especially the Cobra officers for throwing us off with that different blue color!

  • @jt6761
    @jt6761 3 месяца назад

    I’ll pass