GI Joe Sigma 6: The best toy line that you NEVER bought.

[Team Jetfire]

That's right, I said it. GI Joe Sigma 6 was the best toy line ever and while there was/is a small following, it was never really embraced by the collecting community. Why? I will never know, but I do know that for those who past on it missed out big time.

Sure, it would take a lot for defunct toy line to be considered the BEST toy line ever, but Sigma 6 has a lot, and here are three compelling reasons why it was the best:

1. Wide appeal
2. Customization
3. Sheer awesomeness.

Reasoning to follow

[VIT]

they are great. the large scale figs that is, not the miniatures. i managed to get some cool ones.

[Tkim87]

i found out about these guys a little too late..wasnt really into toys then..
damnit :P

[VIT]

[JTCh]

Any loose figure pictures?

[Team Jetfire]

Originally Posted by VIT

they are great. the large scale figs that is, not the miniatures. i managed to get some cool ones.

Until about a week ago I would have agreed with you, but I finally opened the 2.5 inch scale Dragon Hawk vehicle and I was like a 10 year old on Christmas again. The thing is simply amazing, plus I got it for like 20 bucks a year and a half ago. My only regret was not buying more other vehicles when they were at Winners.

i found out about these guys a little too late..wasnt really into toys then..
damnit :P

Too bad. There are some deals to be had on Ebay, but some go for big bucks.

Here is a pics of all the unopened figures that I got. It was taken after I got, who I thought was going to be my last Sigma figure...Snake Eyes W/ ATV.

[Team Jetfire]

Originally Posted by JTCh

Any loose figure pictures?

I will post a few later.

[racerguy76]

Wow, I like those minty pictures. I missed out on that line too. I saw them here and there, but just couldn't fit toys into my life at that point.
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[Team Jetfire]

On with the reasoning.
1. The have wide appeal: While this may not be the case in some toy lines, Sigma 6 had something for anyone...OK, maybe not everyone, but toy collectors more specifically, something for all toy collectors. You like Military figures? Check. You like Ninjas? We got 'em. You like Vehicle play sets? No prob. How about Mech's? Yep. What is you policy on Robots? You want 'em, we got 'em. Sigma 6 even did a better job than a certain Movie in tying the series back to the original mythos. The biggest thing that people had to get past was that Sigma Six was not your fathers, nor your childhood Gi Joe. These figures did not have the familiar 12'' or 3 3/4'' stature and were not held together with an elaborate rubber band system. It was...OMG different. There were two size classes: 2.5'' and 8''.
Many of the 2.5'' figures had limited articulation but were molded fairly well, in nice action poses. They also released Vehicles with the 2.5'' figures. Great new vehicles with familiar Joe Undertones. These vehicles were loaded with action which again was strangely familiar with the 3 ¾'' toy of my past, but were not so large or bulky that you would need an aircraft carrier to store them all. The biggest down side, and was touched on before, was that the figures that accompanied these vehicles were smaller and a good deal less fun then their 3 ¾'' counterparts. The limited articulation and zero extra accessories made these figures more of an accessory to the vehicle than anything else. The 2.5'' line reminded me more of the 80's MASK toy series. It is just too bad that the figures did not follow the same level of articulation as the MASK characters as it could have had a little more appeal. I know that was turned off by it, but by leaving these on the shelf I really missed out on some greatly designed and fun toys. Like I said earlier, the Dragon Hawk is easily one of my favorite vehicle play sets that I own. It is a shame that I didn't open it eariyer...

More to come....

[Team Jetfire]

As for the wide appeal of the 2.5'' line they had a full range of really stellar vehicles. Some links from Joebattleines.com:

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...dragonhawk.htm

The review speaks for itself, but it really is the jewel of the collection.

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...ironhammer.htm

This Iron Hammer is high on my list of "what was I thinking by not picking this up when I had the chance".

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...teelhammer.htm

This Steel Hammer is a smaller price point mech, but still offers such great playability. I actually got this one for my son when he was younger and he loved it.

Finally some mid size vehicles:

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...1/heatwave.htm

Heat wave: a cool looking jeep.

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...rcountdown.htm

Winged Fury, which I was able to pick up...and is great.

http://s6c.joebattlelines.com/toys/r...2/hisstank.htm

And finally the ever popular Hisstank.

For the vehicle enthusiast these sets offered a little bit of everything. Some minor improvements would include more articulation and accessories for the individual figures, but both these shortfalls that made up the 2.5'' line are focal points in the 8'' line.