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01-27-2012, 10:37 AM
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That Figures: REVIEW: GI Joe Dreadnoks Battle Set - Dreadnok Thunder (http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-gi-joe-dreadnoks-battle-set_27.html)
Final Thoughts
Dreadnok Thunder isn't the worst figure in the Dreadnoks Battle Set. That honour falls to Zanzibar. But he's also by no means the best, either.
There are two things I really dislike: the basic character design is just so dated looking that no amount of brilliant execution or cool sculpting is going to make him in any way cool and secondly, his head - or more specifically his face - is horrible. It's so utterly comical and so inept-looking. I know there's always been an element of the Dreadnoks being a bit useless at times but this sculpt is just comically bad. He looks less like a criminal biker punk than he does a pizza delivery guy. And that's really not good.
If you've bought the Dreadnoks Battle Set (or are considering doing so) then you've really no choice when it comes to Dreadnok Thunder - he's in there whether you like it or not (unless you do some trading with another collector...) and whilst he's not utterly terrible, he's not a figure I'd imagine many people would buy individually, either.
With a better head sculpt and a shirt, this could have been a pretty good figure. It's just too bad Hasbro stuck with this ''homage'' and went all 80s retro on us. And I know I mentioned in my Zandar Review that I liked that Hasbro had done that. For him it worked. But here, it just doesn't gel, especially with that awful face sculpt.
A weak, oh-so-retro design that's almost - almost - saved by a high quality of execution.
Final Score: B-
That Figures: REVIEW: GI Joe Dreadnoks Battle Set - Dreadnok Thunder (http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-gi-joe-dreadnoks-battle-set_27.html)
Final Thoughts
Dreadnok Thunder isn't the worst figure in the Dreadnoks Battle Set. That honour falls to Zanzibar. But he's also by no means the best, either.
There are two things I really dislike: the basic character design is just so dated looking that no amount of brilliant execution or cool sculpting is going to make him in any way cool and secondly, his head - or more specifically his face - is horrible. It's so utterly comical and so inept-looking. I know there's always been an element of the Dreadnoks being a bit useless at times but this sculpt is just comically bad. He looks less like a criminal biker punk than he does a pizza delivery guy. And that's really not good.
If you've bought the Dreadnoks Battle Set (or are considering doing so) then you've really no choice when it comes to Dreadnok Thunder - he's in there whether you like it or not (unless you do some trading with another collector...) and whilst he's not utterly terrible, he's not a figure I'd imagine many people would buy individually, either.
With a better head sculpt and a shirt, this could have been a pretty good figure. It's just too bad Hasbro stuck with this ''homage'' and went all 80s retro on us. And I know I mentioned in my Zandar Review that I liked that Hasbro had done that. For him it worked. But here, it just doesn't gel, especially with that awful face sculpt.
A weak, oh-so-retro design that's almost - almost - saved by a high quality of execution.
Final Score: B-