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Has there been any word on if there are gonna be any G.I. Joe 25th anniversary vehicles being released. It would be sweet to get hold of some vehicle reissues like:

Bridgelayer
Cobra Ferret
Flight Pod
Snowcat
Conquest X-30
H.A.V.O.C.
Triple T
Cobra C.L.A.W.
Rattler Plane
Cobra H.I.S.S.
Cobra F.A.N.G.
Dragonfly

And many others....

Anyway, Let me know

I read your post then searched on google and then found this link: http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=12021

Looks interesting I might get into collecting GI jOE vehicles if they turn out to be good.

Wasn't the HISS originally Black?
And why aren't they making a Rattler or Terrordrome?
I want those remade.

At a garage sale I sold my Thunder Clap for dirt cheap.
Now I wish I hadn't

DISCHARGE wrote:Wasn't the HISS originally Black?
And why aren't they making a Rattler or Terrordrome?
I want those remade.

At a garage sale I sold my Thunder Clap for dirt cheap.
Now I wish I hadn't

I think the HISS was black. And I'm guessing the Terrordrome won't be remade cause it'd be very big and expensive(I didn't have it though).

I DID and do still have the Thunderclap, now that was a great vehicle when I was a kid. I used the middle part as a shuttle. The Cobra Hammerhead was also one of my favorite vehicles, I loved that thing! Ah, those were the days....

The original Hiss toy was black. It was black on the cartoon as well.

Duke of Luns wrote:

DISCHARGE wrote:Wasn't the HISS originally Black?
And why aren't they making a Rattler or Terrordrome?
I want those remade.

At a garage sale I sold my Thunder Clap for dirt cheap.
Now I wish I hadn't

I think the HISS was black. And I'm guessing the Terrordrome won't be remade cause it'd be very big and expensive(I didn't have it though).

I DID and do still have the Thunderclap, now that was a great vehicle when I was a kid. I used the middle part as a shuttle. The Cobra Hammerhead was also one of my favorite vehicles, I loved that thing! Ah, those were the days....

Well the toyline is popular enough for Hasbro to possibly consider putting the Terrordome out in retail again, again it's Hasbro's choice. It'd probably have a better chance of passing the safety tests than Fort Max.

Don't even get me started on the USS Flagg. That will never see the shelves again with todays safety standards and cost.

There's already a GI Joe topic here...

It's okay....We can have one more

I almost hope that they will not release many vehicles as my wallet is near empty as it is. That little fact aside, there are alot of them that I would like to reclaim from the abuse they suffered when I was young. On the top of my list would be the first joe arctict vehicle (forgot the name), and that huge joe hovercraft (again, forgot the name.)

That giant space shuttle & crawler from the late 80's/early 90's would be bad ass as well. Considering how expensive it was then, now it would cost an arm, or maybe a leg depending on where you got it.

The HISS Tank was black in the comics too. (Though I guess we sort of are getting a HISS tank, isn't Animated Blitzwing's tank mode based on the HISS?)

Some vehicles have been confirmed, I think, I just don't remember which ones. I'll look it up later for you guys.

I want a VAMP and the inevitable Stinger remould.

EDIT: You're thinking of the Snow Cat and the WHALE, Grahf. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

I wish they would remake this,
This was one of my first JOEs
(Firefly's a PIMP!)

I loved the GIJoe VAMP when I was a kid. When I got mine, it was dirty, the gun and accessories were already missing, and the rollbar was busted. I fixed the rollbar and played with it anyway. ALL THE TIME. Then I accidentally lit it on fire, torching most of the passenger's side. But it still rolled, so I kept playing with it. Then it broke in half, so I screwed it back together with a 2x.25" piece of wood and kep playing with it.

So, yeah, if they rereleased that at a decent price, I'd definately buy one, possibly more, for my Clone Troopers.

Rogue. wrote:There's already a GI Joe topic here...

This one is about the vehicles

Caelus wrote:I loved the GIJoe VAMP when I was a kid. When I got mine, it was dirty, the gun and accessories were already missing, and the rollbar was busted. I fixed the rollbar and played with it anyway. ALL THE TIME. Then I accidentally lit it on fire, torching most of the passenger's side. But it still rolled, so I kept playing with it. Then it broke in half, so I screwed it back together with a 2x.25" piece of wood and kep playing with it.

So, yeah, if they rereleased that at a decent price, I'd definately buy one, possibly more, for my Clone Troopers.

Homegrown battle damaged JOE vehicles are
half the fun of it. We lit a Conquest on fire and threw it through the air to simulate being shot down.
That was cool. Heh Heh hmm hmm Heh Heh.(bad Beavis impression)

Only vehicles confirmed are Target Exclusives:

AWE Striker with Crankcase
SHARC with Grand Slam
HISS with HISS Tank Driver

If you were using the other thread, you might know this...

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=12021

Yes, I know you guys were talking about blue versus black here... I think at this point blue is okay, because the driver isn't the real driver anyway, just a repaint...Crankcase looks to have a new head mold--other's body parts, but the rest are all just repaints.

However, I am still waiting on a re-issue of the FLAGG, and the Defiant Space Shuttle and COmplex. Wouldn't mind some more Night Attack figs/vehicles either...

tigertracks 24 wrote:Only vehicles confirmed are Target Exclusives:

AWE Striker with Crankcase
SHARC with Grand Slam
HISS with HISS Tank Driver

If you were using the other thread, you might know this...

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=12021

Yes, I know you guys were talking about blue versus black here... I think at this point blue is okay, because the driver isn't the real driver anyway, just a repaint...Crankcase looks to have a new head mold--other's body parts, but the rest are all just repaints.

However, I am still waiting on a re-issue of the FLAGG, and the Defiant Space Shuttle and COmplex. Wouldn't mind some more Night Attack figs/vehicles either...

About the FLAGG. Given it's size and cost, that thing stands about as much a chance of seeing retail again as Fort Max does. I'd pass on it because I wouldn't have enough room for it.

I wouldn't mind seeing some of the jets.

it's nice stumbling into this thread, the Joes really bring back memories.

i had a huge Joe stealth fighter back then, with a pilot named Ghost Rider. it looked like a tear-drop shaped ship with cruise missiles underneath (with rotating wings) and at its sides it had pop-out gun systems. the thruster array at the back also pops out, plus it had real retractable landing gear. too bad i really DID not appreciate this toy back then as it was huge and heavy and i was scrawny as a kid, now i wish i took better care of this, now i think it's broken, somewhere if i can still find it .

any ideas on the name of this toy, as well as pics? i think this was released 1989-1990. thanks!

zemper wrote:it's nice stumbling into this thread, the Joes really bring back memories.

i had a huge Joe stealth fighter back then, with a pilot named Ghost Rider. it looked like a tear-drop shaped ship with cruise missiles underneath (with rotating wings) and at its sides it had pop-out gun systems. the thruster array at the back also pops out, plus it had real retractable landing gear. too bad i really DID not appreciate this toy back then as it was huge and heavy and i was scrawny as a kid, now i wish i took better care of this, now i think it's broken, somewhere if i can still find it .

any ideas on the name of this toy, as well as pics? i think this was released 1989-1990. thanks!

I still have my Ghostrider figure... somewhere!
And you're thinking of the Phantom X-19 Stealth Fighter. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

1337W422102 wrote:

zemper wrote:it's nice stumbling into this thread, the Joes really bring back memories.

i had a huge Joe stealth fighter back then, with a pilot named Ghost Rider. it looked like a tear-drop shaped ship with cruise missiles underneath (with rotating wings) and at its sides it had pop-out gun systems. the thruster array at the back also pops out, plus it had real retractable landing gear. too bad i really DID not appreciate this toy back then as it was huge and heavy and i was scrawny as a kid, now i wish i took better care of this, now i think it's broken, somewhere if i can still find it .

any ideas on the name of this toy, as well as pics? i think this was released 1989-1990. thanks!

I still have my Ghostrider figure... somewhere!
And you're thinking of the Phantom X-19 Stealth Fighter. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

*sniff* 1337W422102, a huge THANKS for helping out an old grognard with the memories. seeing those pics again made my heart all warm and mushy, and it's a very bittersweet feeling to know that i ONCE had this in my hands all those years ago, only i did not take good care of it.

now i know why my Phantom did not look so good back then...i did not apply all the decals! argh!

this toy is a marvel of engineering...pull-out thrusters, working landing gear, plus air brakes! who puts air brakes in their toys back then? i also did not know there were 2 variants of the body. i had the straight pull variant, but the sliding variant i had no idea about.

sigh...plus the Ghost Rider was the only one ever produced. how idiotic of me to lose it in the first place?!?! (actually, i did not take care of him properly because he was "boring" as he had no guns LOL )

i wonder how much does this baby cost nowadays...

zemper wrote:i wonder how much does this baby cost nowadays...

I grabbed one off eBay a few years back complete for about $70, I think. It is certainly a cool plane, but the pull out wings are way too easy to just pull out...I always preferred the Nightraven, Skystriker, and Rattler myself.

zemper wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:

zemper wrote:it's nice stumbling into this thread, the Joes really bring back memories.

i had a huge Joe stealth fighter back then, with a pilot named Ghost Rider. it looked like a tear-drop shaped ship with cruise missiles underneath (with rotating wings) and at its sides it had pop-out gun systems. the thruster array at the back also pops out, plus it had real retractable landing gear. too bad i really DID not appreciate this toy back then as it was huge and heavy and i was scrawny as a kid, now i wish i took better care of this, now i think it's broken, somewhere if i can still find it .

any ideas on the name of this toy, as well as pics? i think this was released 1989-1990. thanks!

I still have my Ghostrider figure... somewhere!
And you're thinking of the Phantom X-19 Stealth Fighter. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

*sniff* 1337W422102, a huge THANKS for helping out an old grognard with the memories. seeing those pics again made my heart all warm and mushy, and it's a very bittersweet feeling to know that i ONCE had this in my hands all those years ago, only i did not take good care of it.

now i know why my Phantom did not look so good back then...i did not apply all the decals! argh!

this toy is a marvel of engineering...pull-out thrusters, working landing gear, plus air brakes! who puts air brakes in their toys back then? i also did not know there were 2 variants of the body. i had the straight pull variant, but the sliding variant i had no idea about.

sigh...plus the Ghost Rider was the only one ever produced. how idiotic of me to lose it in the first place?!?! (actually, i did not take care of him properly because he was "boring" as he had no guns LOL )

i wonder how much does this baby cost nowadays...

How do you think I feel? I have Ghostrider, but I don't remember ever owning the Phantom!

I remember getting the Night Raven for Christmas back in 86. There were so many cool vehicles back then. If only I had kept everything I had. Most were sold off at the same rummage sale that claimed most of my Transformers.

On a side note, does any one know how much the Defiant Space Shuttle and the USS Flag goes for now?

Grahf wrote:I remember getting the Night Raven for Christmas back in 86. There were so many cool vehicles back then. If only I had kept everything I had. Most were sold off at the same rummage sale that claimed most of my Transformers.

On a side note, does any one know how much the Defiant Space Shuttle and the USS Flag goes for now?

Defiant $500+

USS Flagg $700+

Finding either complete is nearly impossible, and when there is one expect a bidding war.

BTW, I am very fond of my joe vehicles. I love the WHALE, and the Dreadnok Thundermachine. The Tomahawk, and Mamba are also very sweet vehicles! I wish I had room to set up my joe stuff too.

The only vehicle I still have is the Python Patrol Conquest, plus a shoe box full of various guns and missles. I would give anything to reclaim what I sold on that stupid rummage sale. Granted they were well played with and not in the best shape, but I wish I could get them back.

It is nice to at least see the figures back in stores. I'm a little glad they have held off re-releasing the vehicles as I have no space left to display them.

I love my Rattler. I'm just so mad it's not in the best of shape...