Red Spot pinch hits tonight
Your intrepid blogger has been under the weather of late, so it’s been a bit of a slog to keep up the pace. For tonight, here’s a quick shout out to an old post. There are more than a few figures from the relaunched o-ring years that piqued my interest and kept a bit of freshness in the brand. Red Spot is an interesting looking character that I think deserves a shot at another action figure treatment. Check it out here.
Seems like an easy kitbash for figure subscription or Convention whatever release. So people can pay twice what they’d pay for a character most of them wouldn’t buy at retail. Well, I dunno…seems like the people left collecting are die hards who will buy anything. All the casual types probably gave up when PoC/whatever ended.
I want him “Modern era”!
Hope you get to feeling better. Red Spot is an interesting character of his vintage and not a bad figure. Less “pop” than ’82 Flash, but certainly more real-world to fit in with the other camo’d Joes.
Haven’t got this guy yet. As someone who completely missed the boat on Joes from 2000-2007 (jumped back in with 25th, but im more interested in rebuilding vintage and getting into the “new sculpt” o ring stuff now) i have found an appreciation for guys like this who werent a part of the ARAH era i collected in the 80s/90s. I applaud your site and its ability to uncover hidden gems like this to guys like me who didnt get a chance to buy these at retail. The figure itself is an interesting one in my view. I could see him as being mentored by guys like Flash or Sci Fi moreso than just a modern replacement for either tenured Joe. Im sure ill be picking this one up eventually.