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02-02-2012, 11:14 AM | #1 |
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Final Thoughts Like Falcon, Barbecue is a solid-but-not-dazzling figure. He's a great update to the original Slaughter's Marauders version of the character, features some cool tooling (albeit including an utterly redundant extra level of wrist articulation) and a superb paint job. It just seems really odd to me that Hasbro would go to all the trouble of producing a bunch of new pieces and then, effectively, waste them on a figure that didn't need them. It may sound crazy but I'm sure I'm not the only one who would have been happy with Barbecue simply being a repaint of one of the previously-released figures. The savings made there could then have been passed-on to other figures in the pack, figures that could make use of new parts and - more importantly - improved articulation. OK, so it's not the fault of Barbecue that the designers made such odd choices and I should be judging him solely on its merits but still, you see my point... Anyway, if you're a fan of the character - most notably in his Marauder days - then you'll really dig this figure. The tooling is great, the articulation is solid and it's a nice update of the original design. If - like me - you're coming to the character cold then there's still a lot of good to appreciate here from a technical standpoint but I just wish he was a little more special and his accessories worked a little better. A solid, well-painted, good-looking figure just let-down a little by his accessories and a generally bland character design. Final Score: B+ That Figures: REVIEW: GI Joe Slaughter's Marauders Battle Set - Gabriel ''Barbecue'' Kelly
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02-02-2012, 11:17 AM | #2 |
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I like this figure... I, too, would have preferred a repaint of the original but I like the new arms on this figure (even if they are a bit ape-ish in length) as opposed to the re-use of Snowjobs arms.
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02-02-2012, 12:06 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, I like what's here but I really wish they'd given the new parts to somebody else, as I think, say, Spirit Iron Knife, would have really benefited from a new wrist.
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02-02-2012, 05:39 PM | #4 |
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I think the new arms on BBQ are the ones used on Airtight.
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02-02-2012, 06:25 PM | #5 |
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I don't have my Airtight (yet) so I can't say for sure.
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