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01-20-2012, 11:37 AM
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That Figures: REVIEW: GI Joe Dreadnoks Battle Set - Road Pig (http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-gi-joe-dreadnoks-battle-set-road.html)
Final Thoughts
Your response to Road Pig will be similar to how you feel about Zandar. If you like the 80s-style of Joe (or more specifically, Dreadnok) then you'll really dig Road Pig. He's an excellent update of the original 80s design, retooled with an excellent sculpt, tight paintwork and superb accessories. From a technical standpoint, there's really nothing to criticise here, as the execution of the design is excellent.
But that's where Road Pig may let himself down. Personally I find the design to be just a little too 80s punk for my tastes. He's simply too close to something from a bad post-apocalyptic, straight-to-video movie thanks to his ''improvised'' armour and weaponry. The addition of a t-shirt and a shotgun or other, more modern weapon would have helped exorcise that image from my mind but I have to admit that I'm struggling a little to really get my head around this figure's concept. And that's a shame, as the actual sculpt work is superb.
At the end of the day it comes down to this: if you like the look of the earlier Road Pig figures, then you'll love this. If - like me - the Mad Max ''homage'' is just too much for you, then you'll probably not be so keen.
A technically excellent figure let down by a dated-looking design and a character concept I personally don't ''get.''
Final Score: B+
That Figures: REVIEW: GI Joe Dreadnoks Battle Set - Road Pig (http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-gi-joe-dreadnoks-battle-set-road.html)
Final Thoughts
Your response to Road Pig will be similar to how you feel about Zandar. If you like the 80s-style of Joe (or more specifically, Dreadnok) then you'll really dig Road Pig. He's an excellent update of the original 80s design, retooled with an excellent sculpt, tight paintwork and superb accessories. From a technical standpoint, there's really nothing to criticise here, as the execution of the design is excellent.
But that's where Road Pig may let himself down. Personally I find the design to be just a little too 80s punk for my tastes. He's simply too close to something from a bad post-apocalyptic, straight-to-video movie thanks to his ''improvised'' armour and weaponry. The addition of a t-shirt and a shotgun or other, more modern weapon would have helped exorcise that image from my mind but I have to admit that I'm struggling a little to really get my head around this figure's concept. And that's a shame, as the actual sculpt work is superb.
At the end of the day it comes down to this: if you like the look of the earlier Road Pig figures, then you'll love this. If - like me - the Mad Max ''homage'' is just too much for you, then you'll probably not be so keen.
A technically excellent figure let down by a dated-looking design and a character concept I personally don't ''get.''
Final Score: B+