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General Collecting => GI Joe => Topic started by: Clonehead on July 20, 2009, 03:38:16 PM
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I took these shots of some of the new ROC items that were on the shelves at my local TRU.
The figures look pretty cool but I need to open one or two to see how the articulation is. The two that I picked up, "snake eyes, and Firefly", came with some neat accessories.
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Some great looking vehicles and figures Clint.
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I saw a lot of these, and I'm having a HARD time not picking some of them up. That Night Raven isn't bad priced, and the figs are about normal. They look really nice, but I want to see how they are also before I start buying any. That Ice Viper looks sweet! And of course, the PIT is AWESOME!
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Here is a couple of shots of that Firefly fig that I bought today. I still haven't opened him up yet. I will do that and shoot some shots of it tomorrow.
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I like the looks of him. Would love to see him in hand yet.
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The old grey cammo Firefly used to be one of my favorite GI Joe toys figure wise. solid top ten pick from the original SA figures.
I used to get so mad when the" inevitable" happened and the thumb broke off of one then both hands.
Lots of ninja fights and lots of people losing digits and other body parts.
But they were the best for customising and bodypart swaps since they were all pretty much made the same back in the 80'sand up to the 90's.
If only I had a small percentage of all my past toys and collectibles now.....
They sure are all nice looking and i want to see the movie no matter how bad it is.
Cant be any worse than "Titanic"...
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Yep, firefly was one of my old favorites, also. Him and Storm Shadow. You are not the only one who is missing your old toys. Star Wars, GI Joes, and Micronauts. Man, I had a bunch of em.
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I had so many ninjas and snake-eyes and fireflys and vipers and just enormous army builder stuff when i was a kid and most from local yard sales and then frankenstein together better stuff or fix a fig back to original using 2 jacked up figs...
or blow them up with firecrackers or bottlerockets or roman candles. if you put enough large bottle rockets you could make the old joe and cobra planes like the rattler and skystriker actually launch off of a roof and fly for a while....
it either went to pieces upon landing or had outrageous missile lock and explosion before hitting the ground.
and the Wonderbread bag parachutes were soo coool tooo.
the wife wont let us on the roof any more.
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That Ice-Viper has a nice jacket for a custom I have in mind may have to get him after all, and talk about reusing old accessories that sled packed with him originally came with the Cobra WOLF (http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/87/wolf/wolf_top.shtml) back in 1987! ::)
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This one is for the Joe guys out there,
I am going to write a little review of the new Firefly and Snakeeyes figures that I bought the other day.
First up, the pursuit snake eyes comes with a removable sleeveless trenchcoat, a samauri type sward and sheath that pegs into his back "rather loosely", a combat knife, an automatic rifle, a figure stand, a movable eye visor, a glock looking pistol, and, of course, his trusty dog.
Detail onthe figure looks good but this one isnt my favorite, of special note, the articulation is superarty except for his legs which have no side to side pivot except at the ankles. The knees are however, double jointed above and below the knee which makes this figure that much more posable.
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Now for a little review of my favorite ROC fig, thus far, Firefly.
This fig is a TRU exclusive and features the greatest amount of cool accessories that I have found packaged with a Joe figure, to date.
As a Cobra Saboteur and explosives specialist, Firefly certainly comes equipped for the job and includes:
One block of plastic explosive with timer detail, one large Rambo looking knife, one set of multipurpose pliers, one large mag-light, one ww2 looking German gas can, one sling over the shoulder ammo pouch with nice detail and a hole on one side of the top that will contain one of his 4 smaller accessories, One large backpack that has a posable opoening top flap that has plenty of room to contain his other accessories and has a containing area on the outside of the pack which also works well for storage of 1 of three thinner accessories. He also includes his preferred weapon, the m.a.r.s. industries D57-B extreme environment electromagnetic rifle with an extra clip and yes, the clips on the rifle are interchangeable. His night vision painted close fitting goggles are removable, and he comes with a figure stand. He also comes with a clonewarsish large toy missle launcher.
Paint apps on the figure are nice as are the molded on details. He has a waist harness with a d-ring that would work nicely for a climbing-reppelling scenario.
He also has the same semi-super arty posability that the snake eyes figure has including those crazy double jointed knees.
I am very impressed with this one, folks. The only complaint would be that the backpack peg doesnt work very well with his back peg-hole.
For the custom guys here, you just can't beat all of the accessories that this fig has to offer. With this in mind, I picked up two more of them, yesterday.
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one more shot showing that double jointed knee
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Wow, that guy is packed with a ton of accesories.
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That Firefly is AWESOME! I've been resisting on buying these so far, but it's becoming harder and harder to stay away!
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I picked up Ripcord last week.
(http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/Files_Main/890812ed8754_Main400.jpg).
The articulation is great and with some modification it should make a good Swoop/Speeder jock.
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I just picked up the Rise Of Cobra Agent Helix yesterday... I had to sneak it into the cart as Dawn told me the day before "NO MORE TOYS, for a while"... needless to say when she did find it at home she claimed it as hers! lol
I think this figure is my favorite of the entire line, second probably only to the reactive armor scarlett. The sculpting is amazing, the detail in her outfit and the accessories are awesome (minus the BFG). The only problem I have with her is that her hair needs to be more blonde and not so white. Other than that I honestly don't know how to customize the figure to make it better.
I think I may fit her into my star wars verse as a bounty hunter/ merc or something....
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I think the Joe collectors here have been corrupting me.
I have been on the fence about this item for 2-3 weeks now as I am not a Joe collector but it looked so cool.
A Target exclusive, this is the Cobra EEL with the wave crusher pack priced at $9.99
Even before you get the package open it's obvious that this figure rocks and looks better than the single carded EEL figure to me. The figure is super arty with the double jointed knees and the detail on the sculpt and paintwork is exquisite. Loaded with accessories, the EEL comes with removable swim fins that have mounting peg holes in their bottom, two knives that don't recess deeply enough into their leg scabbards for me,"something I could fix by cutting out the bottom of the scabbards" a pretty cool looking speargun, removable backpack with breathing apparatus, a removable shoulder armor assembly, and a removable swim helmet with a clear faceplate that you can clearly see through. A figure stand is also included. The Wave Crusher features a swing up control pilon that doubles as a missile launcher or you can leave it in the down position and just remove the control levers and insert them on the top of the craft for various riding positions.
This one is a winner, folks, and the amazing figure is worth the price of admission in itself.
Spudafett and USD had been talking about making a scuba mando and I picked this one up to use the accessories or the body as the base for a similar project. We will see what happens.
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sweet the pairs prosut snake eyeslooks awsome im trying to look for the snake eyes in snow uniform
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Sweet.
I liked the look of this, but couldnt get it.
That vessel has lots of potential, just like the fig and accessories.
Cant wait to see what you make of them.
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looks good, but I'm holding out on thisn. I realy like the looks of the Gi-joe S.H.A.R.C. vehicle though..... the human powered torpedo looking thing
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Here is another ROC fig that I picked up today. This one is the Para Viper Cobra Paratrooper.
I seen this guy in the package and had to pick him up.
Talk about greeblies. First off when stripped of all his gear, you have a great base body sculpt with a nice head, the double jointed knees and a peg in his back and in his feet. He comes with a parachute rig that has all sorts of bags and pouches molded into it. he has a scabbard on one leg with a knife that is removable. He has a removable pilot looking helmet with holes for 4 soft air hoses attached to the removable parachute harnes/vest combo. he has a removable set of goggles on top of that. He comes with a mini machinegun and this sweet looking scopless sniper rifle with fold in stock, removable clip and removable bipod. The straps from his waist to his ankles remind me of a rebel pilots and are removable and on the backside of his legs, held in place by the straps and some pegs on his legs, are a pair of swim fins. "i didnt even see those when I bought him"Naturally he comes with a figure stand and he also comes with this little personal heli vehicle thing with a launching missile that is supposed to peg into his back but doesnt work very well.
I bought this one purely for custom fodder so first off, my plan is to use the waist to ankle strap on my shadow pilot custom that I'm working on. I will mold the head, helmet, goggles, and probably cut up his vest/parachute rig combo to mold the satchels and bags. I might as well mold the swim fins as well.
That little personal vehicle of his would work well as either an underwater personal vehicle like for the scuba mando that we were talking about, Spud, or would even double as a large gun barrel for a vehicle or mounted weapon.
I am as excited about this fig as I was about the firefly fig.
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More paraviper pics
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I received the Para Viper along with a Firefly and they are both great figures with lots of nifty, useful accessories.
In fact, the Joes are growing on me, thanks to Spudafett for getting me infected.
The Para Viper's long rifle is a WW2 German 1st model FG42, the only German personal weapon specifically made for the paratroops. The only difference is that Hasbro gave the FG a folding stock which the real thing didn't have. It sported a reversable needle bajonet and a folding stock as it was thought to double as a light machinegun and in combination with a scope, as a sniper rifle.
Needless to say, it wasn't really any of that. Could have been great, had it been constructed for the short cartridge...okay, I'm stopping here before I bore you guys to death with all this historical trivia.
Still, a cool weapon for an action figure.
I've cut the mag pouches away from the Viper's parachute harness and they will look very good as pouches on a Clone trooper, Mandalorian, Rebel Commando, etc. The parachute helmet has a certain Star Wars look to it so I think it will be great for any civilian, Rebel or even Republic or Imperial pilot.
On mine, I'm probably going to re-sculpt the back of the lower legs so the figure can be used without the fins attached and sand off the collar of his shirt so armor will fit more snugly over him.
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I love the paraviper fig. My speeder bike pilot started life as a paraviper... replacement lower legs are a usual must for this figure for me though, I can't stand that pegged flipper holder crap.
that included launcher is the best one in the ROC line it looks like... I'm going to have to get one of those now. if I can ever find one....
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Was able to score the Outpost Defender today at Wally World. I love this thing, I had one of these as a kid and even had a "full scale' kid built fort as a kid, We lived out in the country so my one brother and I built our own little outpost like structure with some old posts and some corugated metal for the roof,, good times.
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Who was looking for the Serpent armor?
My local Target has some, atleast they did yesterday but I couldn't recall who wanted them???
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im thinking para viper as a custom pilot and all others can be used as bounty hunters and loads of accesories come with them so defintly bying them
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Picked up another Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes that caught my eye, What is the ratio of Black wolf vs grey wolfs, I know they did this in teh 25th line, but was surprised to see this again?
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I do like the background for that pic Wayne. Hmmm.....good looking figure with lots of extra accesories. I just saw this movie a few days ago. I really liked it myself. I can't wait to see the next one.
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Wayne, if you end up with one or two of those trenchcoats to spare, I'd take them off you for a special non-Mando project.
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i got today a mole driller i think it is for x mas and on the eve i got 3 pak exclusive to sainsburys basically the english wall mart and the tri pak had baroness neo viper and duke in sand afghan camo type camo
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I like these new Joes. Ipicked up 5 last week for customs and they rock. I got Red Fang Ninja, Ripcord, Flash, Heavy Duty, and another Charbroil.
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hey watton witch sainsbreys did you get it from because if you live near cramlintoin there is a home bargins there and there selling deluxe packs for £3.99 i got one today air vipa commando it is mintige
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I think the Joe collectors here have been corrupting me.
I have been on the fence about this item for 2-3 weeks now as I am not a Joe collector but it looked so cool.
A Target exclusive, this is the Cobra EEL with the wave crusher pack priced at $9.99
Even before you get the package open it's obvious that this figure rocks and looks better than the single carded EEL figure to me. The figure is super arty with the double jointed knees and the detail on the sculpt and paintwork is exquisite. Loaded with accessories, the EEL comes with removable swim fins that have mounting peg holes in their bottom, two knives that don't recess deeply enough into their leg scabbards for me,"something I could fix by cutting out the bottom of the scabbards" a pretty cool looking speargun, removable backpack with breathing apparatus, a removable shoulder armor assembly, and a removable swim helmet with a clear faceplate that you can clearly see through. A figure stand is also included. The Wave Crusher features a swing up control pilon that doubles as a missile launcher or you can leave it in the down position and just remove the control levers and insert them on the top of the craft for various riding positions.
This one is a winner, folks, and the amazing figure is worth the price of admission in itself.
Spudafett and USD had been talking about making a scuba mando and I picked this one up to use the accessories or the body as the base for a similar project. We will see what happens.
i have just noticed its a repaint of the deep six figure
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poucher ,wattoh ,everyone. do you know were london is/do you know were enfield is/there is a toys r us in enfield wich has joes for 99p know that is a deal i think it is usd 49 cent but wat a deal i have loads of neo vipers and ninjas poucher where is cramlintoin btw is it south west or north
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Wow.
Which figures do they have and would you be willing to pick up some for me?
At that price they're like a sore body part...can't beat it.
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nice find neo im with kurgan can i have a couple lol