General Hawk G.I. Joe Modern ERA Review

[Shogi]

Wave 9's General Hawk is the classic leather jacket version most people have been waiting for.

This is an all new sculpt that makes a great looking figure. Hasbro added a little touch with sprinkling some grey paint on his hair. The use of separate belts on this figure is done really well and looks great for the most part. My only complaint about the separate parts is with the wool collar of the jacket. It doesn't sit down quite right so it looks more like some foam neck pad than the collar of the jacket. Two other minor gripes of mine are the elbows (I usually don't hate on them) are made in just that special way that doesn't allow the elbow to bend much more than Duke's arms. Also the left hand is a little under-formed. It can't really hold the gun that comes with Hawk and I doubt it can hold any accessories. The wrist joints are hidden perfectly as the hands plug into the jacket sleeves. Speaking of hands, his right hand is made so that he has his forefinger in "ready" mode when holding his gun, or pointing to who ever he just ordered. The little details on the jacket like the name tag and medals are very nice. General Hawk comes with a new helmet, backpack, handgun and GI Joe stand with his name on it.

This figure looks great and is a nice representation of the original figure. The minor gripes are just that, minor. This figure will look great in most any diorama.



Figure Review: 8 out of 10

Pictures by Eopie Herder

[Gung.Heaux]

i have ZERO issues with this figure. love it.

if i had to gripe, cuz we dont live in a perfect world...id say he was a tad light on accessories. even if theydve ended up in my surplus box, a few more guns wouldve been nice. (especially considering i paid the "everyday low price that gets higher every two months" walmart price.

three hawks now...
the first from the comic pack i consider to be a younger, lower ranked MMS operator.

the bomber jacket version is a young General

the SRO is the seasoned General.

(they all have their helmets on, so the hair color doesnt contradict)

[catofadiferntskn]

I love this figure too. I too am a little bothered by the collar, but but the rest make up for it. I like the belt, I like the legs, I like the hands, and I love the Hawk head, which will get some blond highlights and be going on my V1 Hawk.

Oh, I do have one more complaint. I dislike the full size 1911. It's simply too big, the smaller one that comes with Ship Wreck and Lady J is far superior and fits much better in the holster.

[~Synder Corps.~]

Oh, I do have one more complaint. I dislike the full size 1911. It's simply too big, the smaller one that comes with Ship Wreck and Lady J is far superior and fits much better in the holster.

I love the larger 1911s...I even modified all the webgears for everyone else to accomodate them! Bring em on!!! Those smaller ones work nice for the chicks (nothing dispareging against em', just fact.)

Can't wait to get this figure...

As for the collar...nothing that some light tan drybrushing won't fix :)

[tuan_tran73]

I am finally got my hand on this figure, and it is absolutely awesome. I noticed the left hand also, but I swaped it with the my cobra trooper's hand, and it is now looking flawless.

[The Commander]

Has anyone else gotten a version with only brown hair, no gray highlights?

[VIPER E7]

I like the figure as well. I think the collar is fine but the color should have been darker or brown, this way it would not stand out as much and look like a neck brace. Of course I also have one complaint. I wish they had given him the tanker boots that the original figure had instead of the same generic lace boots that most of the other figures have. Otherwise, I think the figure looks great.

[Monkeywrench]

This Figure looks great. I can't wait to get it.

[Eopie Herder]

I had posted this in another thread back when I first got the figure, but felt it was relevant here too.

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll45/eopie-herder/custom%20joes/DSCF7200.jpg

BTW, this is one of my favorite figures thus far. Great solid figure. In fact, I've only bought Hawk, Bazooka and the B.A.T. from this wave as of now, and really all three are incredibly well done figures. Vast improvements over some of the earlier waves.

[ultra8294]

General Hawk has always been one of my favorites, and this one just improves on him!

OMG ,I just realized... He looks Ben Affleck!! :0
WHY HASBRO,WHY??!!!!!

Well, there goes my childhood memories!

[ultra8294]

I like the figure as well. I think the collar is fine but the color should have been darker or brown, this way it would not stand out as much and look like a neck brace. Of course I also have one complaint. I wish they had given him the tanker boots that the original figure had instead of the same generic lace boots that most of the other figures have. Otherwise, I think the figure looks great.

You mean somthing like this:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5502.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5504.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5505.jpg

[VIPER E7]

You mean somthing like this:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5502.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5504.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/ultra8294/IMG_5505.jpg

YES! Now just give him his tanker boots and you would be the proud owner of the perfect (Wave 9) General Hawk.

[catofadiferntskn]

I love the larger 1911s...I even modified all the webgears for everyone else to accomodate them! Bring em on!!! Those smaller ones work nice for the chicks (nothing dispareging against em', just fact.)

I'll trade you one for one big 1911s for little ones ;)

[gijuan]

i really like this fig..for me the best hawk figure of the 25th line.
and hawk is my fave joe..haha!

[Snow Job]

He looks great. I don't have any bad comments to make except for the fact that the initial look at him made mention that he had better arm articulation and could hold a rifle right. I don't know how they got it to do that, because mine doesn't.

[hailed]

i really like this fig..for me the best hawk figure of the 25th line.
and hawk is my fave joe..haha!


same here bro!

[Crimson Rage]

Great looking figure. but the limited elbow movement sucks. Good job he only wields a pistol otherwise I'd rate it lower.

[Rodimus Prime]

I have waited for this figure since the 25th Anniversary figures came out, and I wasn't disappointed. While the left hand and non-functioning shoulder holster detracted a little from it, as well as the sparse accessories, these were minor issuess to me. I just wish he was going to look like this in the movie...

[Monkeywrench]

Awesome figure. i would give it a 9 1/2 out of 10

[Lantern_Lad]

My favorite Joe of all time...

Looks great and is the centerpiece of my 25th collection.

Great review!

[sgt.bludhound]

This is the hawk I grew up with. great review!

[Snow cat]

Great figure and review.