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03-29-2012, 06:54 PM | #11 |
Iron Grenadier
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"Ultimate ninja commando Roadblock?? WTF! I thought the ninja thing was big in the 80's? Ugh, that is terrible.
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03-29-2012, 06:56 PM | #12 |
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Looks like Retaliation's answer to the Pit Commando to me and I like it. Still not too sure why he wears a cape.
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03-29-2012, 06:56 PM | #13 |
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I know one thing Marauder John going to be busy.
I do like the figure though
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03-29-2012, 07:02 PM | #14 |
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I think the Joe guys are getting their first real taste of dual-duty releases here, like the TF fans have gotten for years.
Basically, the figure is not what you want as a collector, because it has elements geared towards kids, or things done for cost/marketing etc that reduce it's "collector-tude" so it's viable as a mass release. BUT... It may have enough good elements, and a some may have collector "nods" that only you would know, because it won't put a kid off in his purchase (in the mind of the designers/marketing @ Hasbro). So it's up to you to pick and choose your path in what's sold, knowing that some are not for you, and some may be. Sucks for those that prefer to collect entire lines, because you're forced to buy a lot of crap you would never buy otherwise. The first movie was so "off" from Joe collector's desires that many 100% skipped it all. Here, I think people want some of this stuff on first sight, but are like "WTF where is my file card" "WTF is that huge missle crap!" "WTF where is my articulation!" I can't say how it will turn out, Joe fans may wind up not playing along with this. TF fans have gotten used to it by now. Personally, I am picking and choosing figures from Retaliation that will merge in with my 25th/Modern/POC/30th shelves. This one - maybe, not sure yet. |
03-29-2012, 07:04 PM | #15 |
tht 1 guy with a mustache
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what i think it's not turning into ninja force this is the new ninja force
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03-29-2012, 07:13 PM | #16 |
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What happened to his head? It looks deformed. I have see amateurs do better molds that that. It's looks really lame. It is just screaming, "customize me!"
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03-29-2012, 07:16 PM | #17 |
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I absolutely laughed out loud when I read the bit about Roadblock being an ultimate ninja and leading the Joes...
It's almost as badly written as some of the Chinese-to-English translations I've seen. I don't care about the packaging, though. I'm getting this dude, neon shovel and all. |
03-29-2012, 07:17 PM | #18 |
Iron Grenadier
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Where's the blue cape?
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03-29-2012, 07:21 PM | #19 |
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Hasbro is really screwing up with the Retaliation toy line, just like they did with the Transformers: DOTM line.
These figures look like crap. No other way to put it. I guess they're offering such shabby figures to go along with a shabby film. |
03-29-2012, 07:24 PM | #20 |
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I don't understand all this anger towards Roadblock's new ninja heritage. Yes, the original character was not a ninja, at least so far as we know. But neither was Snake Eyes at first, or Zartan, or Firefly. Larry Hama made things up as he went.
I'm not sure who was first to decide that Snake Eyes would be the first Ninja Commando to go toe to toe with Cobra's ninja Storm Shadow. I don't know if Hasbro designers made it and Larry wrote it in, or if it was Mr. Hama leading the way. (I'd be interested to know as I still think a book all about the development of each early Joe character would be very interesting). But my point is that it didn't Have to be Snake Eyes. It could just as easily have been Stalker, or Scarlett, or Roadblock. The movie has decided to make the new Joe leader (apparently by default as everyone else is dead) a bad ass. It's the Rock and he knows how to fight so big deal. In the comics Snake Eyes had trainees, Scarlett being one of them. Why couldn't it be Road Block since he's the big draw that will get butts in the seats so we can, ultimately, get more toys?
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