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05-03-2016, 11:43 AM | #1 |
The Man You Know & Love
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Some may have already known this, but I didn't. For awhile now Bass Pro Shop has been selling some figures that look like the vintage Joe style. But now they also have some figures that are looking a little more modern. Plus, they come with some awesome vehicles and watercrafts.
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05-03-2016, 12:45 PM | #2 |
A Makeupless Clown
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Yeah, it's not just Bass Pro, either. Cabela's has some from the same manufacturer and my local Wal-Mart stocks the base brand (which is cheaper) under the parent label "Adventure Wheels" which I gather is distributed by a company called Tree House Kids. They have 1:18 motorcycles and ATVs, a canoe, a swamp fan boat, and some other pretty fun stuff.
I have a pair of pickup trucks and a fishing boat/trailer set for my kids to get later this year. My son already has one of their ATVs (this exact model and color, though they make this model in red as well - some of the other ATV body molds they offer don't look nearly as good but I absolutely recommend that one) and it works great for Joes.
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05-03-2016, 11:12 PM | #3 |
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I have been seeing these at Walmart for awhile. I believe the line is Adventure Wheels, but don't see the same exact sets with a Google search, that I see in store.
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05-04-2016, 08:44 AM | #4 |
just a Marine
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Some neat sets but I find they are overpriced at Bass Pro, Cabelas and Gander Mountain, like most products at those stores. I went to Walmart looking for them and didn't see them at my local Wallyworld, but they have to be better priced there.
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05-04-2016, 11:38 AM | #5 |
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The ones from Duck Dynasty and Swamp People were found at Walmart a few years ago.
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05-04-2016, 07:37 PM | #6 |
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EDIT: I ended up doing some Mother's Day shopping this evening so I stopped over to Wally's while I was out. My store no longer carries the ATVs and the single-pack motorcycles are out as well (still carrying the 3-packs). The trucks and boat/trailers have changed (boat/trailer sets are phasing out, it seems - there also used to be a H2-style Hummer in the assortment but it looks like it has been replaced with a Baja buggy of some sort). The front doors on the trucks open. Windshields are opaque plastic (the body is 1-piece, including the windshield so you'll have to cut the plastic out yourself if you want to put in a transparent panel or anything). Anyway, here is what my store is carrying these days, with price tags shown: Baja buggies and trucks (Chevy and Dodge at least, if make matters...didn't notice any Fords but I wasn't really looking) are in the $16 price range: Kayak/canoe pack, inflatable raft pack, and rowboat pack are all in the $9 price range: Motorcycle 3-packs are $10: Some more shots of the assortments: That's the last fishing boat/trailer set at my store. The figure in that one is ME-style almost, but with less articulation. I noticed that the t-bar or whatever is plastic in that figure. Arms and hands may be usable for customs. As-is, he'd do well for a random civilian or a Cobra hostage. Size comparison for the motorcycles: The sport bikes and dirt bikes seem like they are big enough, but the regular motorcycles (I'll just call them "Harley style" since I am totally ignorant of motorcycle classification) seem a bit undersized which is disappointing. But they are made by Maisto, so I guess that's a plus.
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05-05-2016, 12:14 AM | #7 |
A Makeupless Clown
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So anyway, if anyone wants me to pick some of this stuff up for them, let me know. See above for pics and prices.
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05-05-2016, 10:24 PM | #8 |
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Thanks for sharing. I've known about this line for years, but had no interest in the retro sculpts. The more modern sculpts I will buy. So the OP said Bass Pro Shops for the new sculpts. Anybody else seen them elsewhere. No Bass Pro shop here, but I have Cabellas and of course Wal Mart.
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05-06-2016, 11:55 AM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
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These are cool. It's funny that they are using figure articulations from 1984 and they actually have more articulation than most figures today in that scale.
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05-06-2016, 02:25 PM | #10 |
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I have had a question about these for a while, is that Vintage Repeaters head on the one dressed in Khaki?
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