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View Poll Results: How would you rate the Classified 71 Craig "Rock 'N Roll" McConnel figure? | |||
1 | 0 | 0% | |
2 | 0 | 0% | |
3 | 1 | 2.04% | |
4 | 0 | 0% | |
5 | 2 | 4.08% | |
6 | 2 | 4.08% | |
7 | 5 | 10.20% | |
8 | 11 | 22.45% | |
9 | 10 | 20.41% | |
10 | 18 | 36.73% | |
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll |
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09-07-2023, 06:40 PM | #1 |
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Released as part of Wave 12 in June 2023, the Joe team's MACHINE GUNNER was revealed in 2022 and was instantly met with a ton of excitement, with some fans saying he was the perfect update to the original character design from 1982 and others saying it veered too far away into modern with the surfer wet-suit shirt and tattoos all over his arms. Regardless of your thoughts and preferences on him, there's no mistaking Rock N' Roll is a fantastic figure and is full of detail and character.
Rock N' Roll comes packed with the following weapons and accessories: a heavy machine gun with articulated bi-pod and a detachable ammo box, an ammo belt (which can attach to the heavy machine gun), a pistol, a helmet, (2) alternate hands (one is a clenched fist, the other a pair of "devil horns"), a removable wrist bandolier and a communications device aka "walkie talkie" (which can be attached to his waist belt). **NOTE** Wave XII was the first wave to debut the newly designed plastic-free black packaging. Using the poll options, rate the figure on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a total miss and a 10 being plastic perfection, based on what you feel the figure deserves. Ratings should take overall design, sculpt, paint apps and paint deco, accessories and articulation into consideration. Thanks for voting and Yooo Joe!!! If you haven't already voted on your favorite G.I. Joe Classified figures, please click on the link in my signature below and make sure to do so! The more votes, the better!
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09-07-2023, 07:29 PM | #2 |
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He's 8 for me, I didn't mind some of the modern or surfer themed updates to him. The radio's cool, the helmet looks modern, nice to have extra hands even though I don't use them, & I especially liked the LMG with the MK23 pistol.
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09-07-2023, 07:59 PM | #3 |
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I pretty much feel the same exact way. I think I may even give him a 9, still on the fence with this one and how I want to vote!
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09-07-2023, 08:41 PM | #4 |
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I really like RnR. He's a great updated version of the classic. I could have done without the devils-horns hand and the tats... but I respect what Lenny was going for.
I hope we eventually get a v2 Rock N Roll. That 1989 version was always my definitive RnR. |
09-07-2023, 09:06 PM | #5 |
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Here's how I vote, 8 means the figure is one of the best, 9 means one of the best but one of my favorites too, 10 is reserved for top favorites if the figure is flawless too like Mindbender.
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09-07-2023, 09:16 PM | #6 |
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I'm impressed with his (and Outback's) head sculpt and his paint detail looks great. The beard textures are a dramatic improvement compared to the place they were in when the o-ring line was our go-to. I'm still fond of the ARAH issue where RnR, Clutch, and Breaker get into a road rage fight with the Dreadnoks. Unfortunately, the figure just doesn't hold my interest. The new shirt is okay and the devil horns are overused ... twice in the box art on the same side of the box? It takes away points for me. If I was rating some of the repaints that collectors have given this figure, I could give an easy 7. As is, not so much.
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09-07-2023, 09:43 PM | #7 |
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He doesn't fit my taste. I just find he doesn't have much accessory or deco outside those tattoos and the funny hand I used to Jab Shipwreck's eyes out.
(Heh) It's a guy in a T Shirt, Pants and a Spec Ops Helmet and an outdated Machine gun.
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09-08-2023, 03:09 AM | #8 |
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6. Fun figure, great headsculpt, but the combination of a seriously gummy weapon, a somewhat overly "modernized" design (why couldn't we get the classic G.I. Joe "Neo-Fritz" helmet?) and that horrid cream-coloured shirt knock him down several pegs below where he should have been.
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09-08-2023, 05:25 AM | #9 |
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I gave him a 9. Took off a point for the shirt. I would have preferred all green, like Breaker. Interestingly enough, my Rock n Roll didn't have gummy weapons. Seems like the plastic quality is all over the place at the factory.
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09-08-2023, 12:16 PM | #10 |
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Does your RNR's walkie talkie fit into the belt okay? Mine is so gummy, that I can never get it to actually snap into place. The ammo box snaps perfectly fine though.
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