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Massachusetts G.I. Joe Sightings
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02-20-2013, 12:12 PM
Air-tight
Zombie-Viper Disposal
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Boston, MA
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Finally got ahold of some new Retaliation figures last night. Stopped by Walpole Walmart and found the entire case of 12; picked up Dark Ninja, Alley Viper, Cyber Ninja, and even the green Firefly. Wasn't interested in any of the others, although that Roadblock does look fantastic- I may have to think about that one. Joe Colton and Lady Jaye looked slightly better than I had expected but their bizarre eyes made them look like morphine addicts.
Alley Viper is a pure winner, I absolutely love this version of him. I dare say he may even rival the esteemed POC Wave 1 Alley Viper. The paint job and choice of parts are just awesome. Dark ninja is a great figure too- as FastDraw said, he is exactly Renegades Storm Shadow. Cyber Ninja is pretty decent, better than I expected. Firefly is interesting but it's a shame that he's missing wrist, double knee and ankle articulation. I took the Blast Board out of the package and it doesn't even light up! I even unscrewed it and checked the batteries and it still won't work. I'll try to recover from this depressing blow and move on with my life.
The thing that interests me the most about these figures is the obvious relatively last-minute changes they made to all of them based on the photos on the back of the card and the illustrations in the instruction sheets. Alley Viper was originally meant to have a 25th AV head, no vest, different legs, and according to the instructions, the alternate black goggles helmet. Dark Ninja was originally meant to have an alternate POC arctic SS head and different swords/accessories, Cyber Ninja was originally meant to have a wraith head, etc. It seems like someone at Hasbro was either smart enough to update these figures or was listening to fan feedback, as they've evolved since their initial prototype appearance not long ago.
Also stopped into Worcester Walmart, where it appears I may have competition. All of the case was there minus DN, AV, CN, Colton and LJ.
Also saw plenty of ripsaws, fang boats, awe strikers etc at both Walmarts.
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