Kicking off another 2015 exclusive, it’s the San Diego Comic Con Hasbrotoyshop Crimson Strike set. For the first time, I was able to pick up one of the large sets via Hasbro’s own online store. Amazing, huh? I guess either the demand wasn’t what it was in years past, or simply more product was produced. Whatever the case, it’s nice
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By Jason Royalty Jason is back yet again with another gloriously vintage photo shoot. It’s time to get in the water with Cobra’s aquatic forces. Amazing stuff, as always.
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By KansasBrawler This is another one of those Kre-O pairings that doesn’t quite make sense, but they’re who’s left so I guess they go together. If I want to force a theme on Alpine and Night Viper, I guess I could point to the fact that I wanted both these figures as a kid but never found them on the
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Light grey on dark grey: is this an intentional reverse colors 1984 Firefly? Actually, that’s a pretty cool concept. It’s certainly a more useful alternate color scheme for the character than the Joes in the same multi-pack. By far my favorite figure in the Sneak Attack pack, I’m glad to see this mold version return. I’ve been a little hard
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How many times do we need to see Bazooka, considering he’s always seemingly based on a 1980s figure design? Actually, I take that back, as he did get a re-design for the Battle Corps series and during the new sculpt era. Yeah, both of those are pretty cool figures. Which makes me wonder, where the heck is our modern interpretation
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When I first saw press photos of the 50th anniversary’s Sneak Attack set earlier this year, I thought oh wow, Hasbro is totally ripping off NECA’s 8-bit video game paint job deco. Then I realized Dusty and Bazooka were simply outfitted in a new type of night-fighting garb. That’s cool too, I suppose. I’m all for new and different paint
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From the Vanishing Act set, it’s the subject of the vanishing himself. Pursued by Hit & Run and Torpedo, the master of disguise makes for the swamp, his home turf. Like yesterday’s subject, I found myself asking do I need another classically inspired Zartan figure? The answer turns out to be yes, since he’s different enough to stand out from
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The coverage of 2015 product continues as we focus on the second figure in the Vanishing Act set, Torpedo. When I first saw the figure was going to appear in one of the multi-packs, I thought why are we getting another modern Torpedo? Then I checked around and remembered that we really don’t have a version created using the most
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Its time to get back to coverage of 2015’s exclusive sets, and over the next few days we’ll be looking at the Toys R Us multi-packs. Up first is the Vanishing Act set featuring Hit & Run, Torpedo and Zartan. This isn’t the only version of Hit & Run to be released this year, as the Collectors’ Club has its
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By KansasBrawler It’s no secret that I love when the Joe brand creates new characters. Add in the fact that the new character in the Rise of Cobra Senior Ranking Officers Joes set was also in an Accelerator Suit, and I’m a sucker for it. There’s not really too much to Speed Metal, but his simplicity works for him and
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