G.I. Joe Classified March Madness 2025 Official Kick Off

Welcome to the official kick off to G.I. Joe Classified March Madness 2025 hosted by HissTank.com.

Board members are invited to post your top 32 most wanted G.I. Joe and Cobra agents that have yet to be made into G.I. Joe Classified action figures. There has been lots of talk about G.I. Joe and Cobra figures that people would prefer to be updated, while others prefer the classic look and feel of the ARAH designs.

This is your chance to tell Hasbro directly what versions of each figure you desire and what figures should take precedence in both design and desirability. We are asking board members to be specific when making your list of 32 for G.I. Joe Classified March Madness. If you want a POC designed over the classic design to be produced, note these character selections properly. No character is off the table!

Use this thread to nominate 16 Cobra agents and 16 G.I. Joe team members to face off in our yearly G.I. Joe March Madness polls. G.I. Joe Classified March Madness 2022 G.I. Joe Classified March Madness 2023 - G.I. Joe March Madness 2024

We have had excellent success with our previous G.I. Joe March Madness winners for 25th Anniversary and G.I. Joe Classified figures because this list provides Hasbro with excellent direct market feedback. Every vote counts and we are asking everyone in the G.I. Joe Community to get involved! If there is a figure you want to see get produced let Hasbro know!

Before you make your list please check this news post to view all of the up coming G.I. Joe Classified action figures that have been announced to-date.

G.I. Joe Classified Series Check List What We Know

LIST OF FIGURES UNOFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY WILLIEPETE:

Night Viper
Mercer
Sci Fi
Monkeywrench
Flash

My list includes characters ranging from 1982 to 2008

Cobra:

01- Cesspool
02- Desert Scorpion
03- Scalpel (2004)
04- Medi-Viper (2005)
05- Cobra C.L.A.W.S. v1 (2002)
06- Neo-Viper v1 (2002)
07- H.E.A.T Viper v1
08- Crimson Guard Commander
09- Crimson Guard Immortal
10- Mercenary Wraith (2008)
11- Toxo-Viper v2
12- Sludge-Viper
13- Para-Viper (2008)
14- Guillotine (plague trooper commander)-(2006)
15- Gallows (plague trooper)-(2006)
16- Grim Skull (plague trooper)-(2006)

GI Joe:

01- Short-fuse
02- Fast Draw
03- Hard drive (2004)
04- Wide Scope (2003)
05- Hardball
06- Spearhead and Max
07- Repeater
08- Light Foot
09- Recoil
10- Rampart
11- Bombstrike (2005)
12- Hit & Run
13- Stretcher
14- Red Zone (2006)
15- Rook (2006)
16- Checkpoint (2006)

Allright, subject to change as more info comes out and I'll think we'll see Steeler, Heavy Metal, and maybe Thunder or Grand Slam in a MOBAT/Mauler Haslab and Colonel Hawk with a MMS repaint.

GI Joe:
1. LRRP "Snake Eyes"
2. LRRP Lonzo "Stalker" Wilkinson
3. LRRP Tommy "Storm Shadow" Arishikage
4. Kwinn
5. Airtight
6. Tollbooth (and he needs to come with razor wire, claymores, etc)
7. Ripcord '84 retro
8. Ace
9. Frostbite
10. Keel-Haul (include a ship's bell for USS Flagg)
11. Iceberg
12. Mainframe
13. Lifeline
14. Zap
15. Short-Fuze
16. General Flagg Marvel comics version

I don't care what the political climate is or what people say. I want Oktober Guard. And this is the first time I've ever put any Cobra-LA on my wish list. So, kudos to Hasbro for making me want characters I didn't care for in my childhood.

Cobra:
1. Dr. Venom (with brain wave scanner)
2. Scar Face
3. Thrasher
4. Cesspool
5. Zombie Viper
6. Cobra Shock Trooper POC
7. Volcano Viper POC (the Hazard Viper paint scheme would be fine too)
8. Hooded Cobra Commander
9. Pythona
10. Golubulus
11. Colonel Brekhov
12. Horrorshow
13. Daina
14. Schrage
15. Stormavik
16. Dragonsky

Cobras:

1.) Battle Armor CoCo
2.) IG Destro
3.) Cesspool
4.) Toxo Viper V2 (pretty please!)
5.) Rock Viper
6.) Undertow
7.) Royal Guard (totally cool with updates!)
8.) Desert Scorpion
9.) Interrogator
10.) Overkill
11.) Headhunter Stormtrooper
12.) Wraith
13.) Strato Viper
14.) Pythona
15.) Golobulus
16.) Medi-Viper

Joes:

1.) Wet-Suit
2.) Bullhorn
3.) Blizzard
4.) Lifeline
5.) Ambush
6.) Captain Grid-Iron (totally cool with updates!)
7.) Hit & Run
8.) Backblast
9.) Snake Eyes V3
10.) Topside
11.) Retro Dusty (with fabric or redesigned Havelock)
12.) Iceberg V2 (like the card art with OD green instead of yellow accents)
13.) General Hawk V3
14.) Free Fall
15.) Retro Snake Eyes V2
16.) Retro Falcon

***NOTE***All of my picks are ARAH-era and I would like them to be fairly close to their original, classic designs but with some modern aesthetics applied. Basically what Classified has already been doing for the most part.

Still really hard for me to narrow it down to just 16 per team.

JOES
Airtight
Hardball
Budo
Fast Draw
Blizzard
v2 '87 Dress Blues Gung-Ho
v3 '89 Snake Eyes
v1'84 Cutter
Repeater
v2 '89 Tundra Stalker
The Fridge
Ambush
v1 '84 Deep Six
Cpt. Grid-Iron
Red Dog
Lightfoot




COBRAS
W.O.R.M.S.
Hydro-Viper
T.A.R.G.A.T.
v1 '89 H.E.A.T. Viper
AVAC
Lamprey
v1 '88 Toxo-Viper
Laser-Viper
Desert Scorpion
Undertow
Crimson Guard Immortal
Zanzibar
v2 '84 Hooded Cobra Commander
Interrogator
Voltar
Thrasher

Cobra:
1. Night Creeper v2
2. Firefly v2
3. Cobra Commander v6
4. Chameleon (Skybound)
5. Desert Scorpion
6. Cobra Eel v2
7. Headhunter Stormtrooper
8. Snow Serpent v2
9. Zanya
10. Laser Viper
11. Overkill
12. Krake (IDW)
13. Wraith
14. Cobra Commander v2
15. Zartan Ninja Force
16. Sludge Viper

G.I. Joe:
1. Snake Eyes Ninja Force
2. Scarlet Ninja Force
3. Dawn Moreno
4. Baroness (Skybound)
5. Snake Eyes v3
6. Duke v3
7. Rampart
8. Hit & Run
9. Wet-Suit
10. Charbroil
11. Bombstrike
12. Airtight
13. General Hawk 92
14. Stalker v3
15. Steeler
16. Stalker v2

Joe team:
Ace (modernized flight-suit w/Air Assault Glider)
Beach Head (arctic camo)
Colonel Hawk (blonde in dress uniform)
Deep-Six (w/removable dive suit)
Fast-Draw (v1)
Flash (ARAH #8 Astronaut suit)
Friday (Phoenix Guard)
General Philip Rey (Phoenix Guard)
Grand Slam (v1 w/modular JUMP)
Joe Colton (Adventure Team commander)
Lady Jaye (Night Force redesign w/new head sculpt)
Roadblock (v2 Retro)
Scarlett (Arctic trooper)
Scarlett (dress uniform)
Stalker (modernized v2/Tundra and new head sculpt)
Zap (v1 deluxe w/Super Sonic Fighter loadout)

COBRA team:
Cobra Blackstar (Ron Rudat concept)
Destro (Arctic Threat)
Dr. Venom (ARAH design)
Firefly (v2 POC)
Ice-Viper (POC)
Krake
Mara (female Cobra Eels/Sunbow)
Para-Viper (25th Anv or ROC)
Raven (female Strato-Viper pilot/Sunbow)
Rock-Viper (modernized)
Scar-Face (w/red balaclava)
Serpentor (ARAH Cobra Island/shirtless w/cape)
Stiletto (see Bill Nedrow)
Undertow (w/Cobra Night Landing)
Valkyrie (Arctic Trooper)
Valkyrie (Copperhead's crew)


And, thank you.

ARAH ONLY:

G.I. Joe

1 General Flagg
2 Short-Fuze
3 Zap
4 Grand Slam (Silver Pads)
5 Colonel Hawk
6 Steeler
7 Ace
8 Hit & Run
9 Deep Six
10 Repeater
11 Fast Draw
12 Frostbite
13 Wet Suit
14 Keel Haul
15 Mainframe
16 Iceberg

COBRA

1 Cloth Mask CC
2 Lampreys
3 AVAC
4 Motor Viper
5 Strato Viper
6 Thrasher
7 Undertow
8 Ice Viper
9 WORMS
10 Hydro Viper
11 IG Destro
12 Crimson Guard Immortal
13 Desert Scorpion
14 Annihilator
15 Laser Viper
16 Decimator

Monkeywrench was confirmed by WilliePete, if you want to put someone else in that spot.

You've got number 3 twice, giving you 17, instead of 16, Cobras.