by generalsjoes | May 17, 2009 | G.I. Joe, Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
With the recent influx of previously impossible-to-find Groundblast Heavy Duty figures on eBay, one was destined to get into someone’s hands who doesn’t mind cracking open a hundred dollar toy to take some pictures. Big props to “Felix” of the Sigma 6 Central forums for stepping up, opening the box and getting some great pictures out there for folks!
Check out the thread here, and the images mirrored below.
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by generalsjoes | May 14, 2009 | G.I. Joe, Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a diehard Sigma 6 fan. Outside of the original Real American Hero vintage line, Sigma 6 has been my favorite iteration of the G.I. Joe brand over the past twenty-five years, and it’s one of the only toylines that I feel died while in its prime and while it still had so much promise. No matter how much I love certain toylines, near the end, it becomes obvious that they have sort of outlived their “spark” and that it’s time for them to go. I still feel like there was so much untapped potential with Sigma 6… of course, Groundblast Heavy Duty isn’t necessarily the perfect example of “what could have been”, but this figure has been, to date, one of the most desirable “rare” pieces, just because production got cut short as the line shifted from the Sigma 6 “theme” into a more standard G.I. Joe look.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 19, 2008 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
Well, got my camera yesterday after work, and took a couple of hours getting familiar with the features and “breaking it in” a bit. A very, VERY cool piece of equipment. A much better zoom, higher resolution, manual aperture and shutter speed settings…this should work very well, even though I’m still learning a bit about shooting indoors with low light (as you’ll see in some collection pics).
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by generalsjoes | Sep 2, 2008 | Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
I’ve often thought that the biggest measure of how much a fan of a toyline you are is what your reaction is to what we never saw. Make sense?
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by generalsjoes | Aug 29, 2008 | G.I. Joe Reviews, Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
Ready for the most unpopular opinion you’ll read today?
Sigma 6, in my mind, has been the single greatest toyline on store shelves for the past 10 years. I loved the scale, I loved the style, I loved the characters…it was fantastic. Pretty much everything I’d wanted to see in a toyline. I would have loved a more consistent 3 3/4″ scale (though that would have taken away some of the coolness of the toys) but even as stands it’s one of my favorite toylines ever. I even loved the small vehicles (though again, it’s a shame they weren’t a more compatible 3 3/4″ scale).
Anyway, all of that potential nastiness aside, I loved Sigma 6 so much that I created a whole site for it along with Fred from JBL. So if you want to check out the reviews of those toys, hit up Sigma 6 Central, specifically the Reviews Page.
