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popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:38 am

This is from Molten Monkey:
http://generalsjoes.com/
Scroll almost to the bottom. It looks like they are planning a couple of jets, one looks like a Harrier and there is a helo that looks pretty close to a Helix/Skycrane mix.

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:22 am

good spot i home it to scale

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Thu May 06, 2010 5:05 am

These have potential if they come to fruition. The birds appear to be made up, but an imaginary 1:18 plane is better than none!

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Thu May 06, 2010 1:35 pm

i here that.. i can not wait...

my joe and marvel universe need these badly

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Thu May 06, 2010 5:49 pm

Yeah, I'm really hoping that helo will be good to go!

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Fri May 07, 2010 10:13 am

CW4USARMY wrote:These have potential if they come to fruition. The birds appear to be made up, but an imaginary 1:18 plane is better than none!

Not all of the, the Javelin they have planned is a Harrier!

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Fri May 07, 2010 7:51 pm

Shin Densetsu wrote:
CW4USARMY wrote:These have potential if they come to fruition. The birds appear to be made up, but an imaginary 1:18 plane is better than none!
Not all of the, the Javelin they have planned is a Harrier!

Definitely has a harrier look to it but is not a harrier, hence the name Javelin. Its sort of a stretched skinnier harrier looking bird.

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:37 am

Hey...the clip is gone...oh well, the company is molten monkey and the figs are SK Omega...for those of you who weren't able to check out the news clip.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:53 am

popeye357 wrote:Hey...the clip is gone...oh well, the company is molten monkey and the figs are SG Omega...for those of you who weren't able to check out the news clip.

http://generalsjoes.com/page/2/

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:57 am

Here is their website...

http://www.moltenmonkeyinternational.com/

NightVyper · Post by **NightVyper** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:57 am

The javelin/harrier looks real nice, but i have to see better images of the second jet. I think it might be too much for me, just too over the top. my favorite 2 over the top joe vehicles were the rattler and night raven but they are still grounded to real planes. this does not seem to be the case with their virus fighter.

fightin · Post by **fightin** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:34 am

The Javelin looks pretty sharp, but I'd prefer a real Harrier.

Post by **aferguson** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:25 pm

why can't i find the pictures of the javelin/harrier thingy?

NightVyper · Post by **NightVyper** » Sun May 09, 2010 5:40 pm

Here is the actual link to the article I think this should have been linked not the General Joes home page some one might want to edit that.

http://generalsjoes.com/2010/04/30/intr ... -sk-omega/

I have a feeling this wont actually launch since they have nothing to show but drawings and pictures. I am graphic designer and I could produce what they have on show in a week maybe less. these guys have no prototypes, or anything technical. having worked with a toy company, the prototyping and the back and fourth to china takes forever, and i have been involved with the back and fourth for three factories and they are real low tech it is amazing how behind they are.

in reality i think Pickel has more to show for in legitimacy then these guys. In my honest opinion these guys are selling a second rate concept that feels more like a pipe dream. I hope they prove me wrong but even the name is kind of lame and I think big companies (retailers) will have a hard time taking them seriously.

bravo5 · Post by **bravo5** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:20 pm

If you read more about them, the guy who is behind this line was on one of the main players in developing GI Joe back in '85 and '86. Based on this and the fact they debuted their line at Joecon, I have a feeling Hasbro may have a hand in this.

NightVyper · Post by **NightVyper** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:08 pm

Not to start a debate, but i very seriously doubt hasbro is involved. Hasbro is not going to create competition for the Gi Joe Brand. You would be splitting your own market and, paying twice the payroll (IE new and seperate marketing and staff) that is not profitable. Also worth noting JoeCon is run and owned by Fun Publications, Inc. they are a licensee and outside of that license have no connection to hasbro, anyone can show up who pays Fun Publications money to do so.

Granted more merit is lent to the guy having been with hasbro (i wasn't impressed enough by the pics to sit down read the article), i still have doubts and the physical release of anything from what he was showing is still more than a year away.

I say a year or more because Hasbro is an organized toy pumping machine and they claim from start to finish it takes about 18 months to get a toy into consumers hands and this guy is still concepting. I work with the makers of khet (khet.com) and Hasbros numbers sound spot on to me.

ROCK ON!!

fightin · Post by **fightin** » Sun May 09, 2010 11:25 pm

aferguson wrote:why can't i find the pictures of the javelin/harrier thingy?

It's the second last picture.

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:40 pm

so is this alive or dead?

NightVyper · Post by **NightVyper** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:03 am

i think it is alive, tho i doubt they will get past a first wave for some reason i just hope the vehicles happen first.

gburch · Post by **gburch** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:21 am

I hope they do make something, for the figs, if nothing else. The imaginary planes sort of chap my a$$, though. If they're going to go to all this trouble, why of why can't they make a real vehicle? I know the GI Joe line is aimed at kids, and kids want products that "look cool," but there are modern weapons that fit that bill. For instance, as much as I'm not a fan of the F-35 in real life (don't get me started ...), a realistic F-35B has lots of moving parts to play with, looks cool and ... oh well ...

1958Zelda · Post by **1958Zelda** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:36 am

Expense:the reason to make them close too but not a direct copy,copy right laws and fees.

NightVyper · Post by **NightVyper** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:42 am

zelda has the correct answer. Also kids don't count bolts or measure or compare or for that matter care if it is cool parents will be nagged.

gburch · Post by **gburch** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:48 pm

1958Zelda wrote:Expense:the reason to make them close too but not a direct copy,copy right laws and fees.

True enough, I'm sure, but in the case of the F-35, LockMart should give the license away, just to try to counteract the bad press they get from the money-toilet the Lightning II has become ...

NightVyper wrote:zelda has the correct answer. Also kids don't count bolts or measure or compare or for that matter care if it is cool parents will be nagged.

I'm sure this is right ... but there ARE some modern items that are "techie" looking enough to appeal to kids while being reasonably accurate.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:59 pm

I wonder how much licensing fees can be for a plane? I suspect that is why the harrier looking jet is not called the harrier. The old Joe line made a few similar looking planes to actual planes but never called them by their actual names.

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