Nothing makes me weepy like good toys…and good looking toys to start a hellish Monday, too. A great way to brighten the day.
HissTank forum members art2614 and Shimaneboy have come through with open pictures of Resolute Duke, COBRA Commander, and the COBRA Troopers. These figures are simply… mind-blowing. Fan-freaking tastic.
I haven’t been shy about my love for Resolute, and my strong desire to see Hasbro keep moving forward with the Joe concept instead of infinitely reliving the past. Vintage homages have their time and place, for sure, and the G.I. Joe line wouldn’t be where it is right now without them. But man, I would love to see Resolute take the reigns and go crazy on their own line at some point. The design, sculpting and execution is about as close to flawless as I’ve seen in this scale. Terrific!
I can’t wait to read your reviews. That Duke figure is just amazing.
Just wait for the Movie line. I have a strong feeling that ‘this’ is the kind of stuff we’ll be seeing a lot of. Sure, there’ll be those crappyish stealth suits, but those are only at the end anyway and I’m sure Duke will be in kickass combat armour at some point.
I really hope you’re right, Onslaught. I don’t hold out a ton of hope for the Movie line, but if the design work and detailing is anything in the neighborhood of what I’ve seen for Resolute I will sign up for that right now!
I hate to keep loving the same character every single time, but I love the heck out of that Cobra Commander. Am I the only one who thought he should have had a sword this whole time?
The trooper is still awesome, and Duke has got to be the first Duke that I’ve actually REALLY liked since the battle corps one.
However: WHY does Duke have a gun molded into his holster? Seriously, it would take less plastic to leave it open! He comes with a freakin’ pistol, and now there’s no place to put it ’cause there’s already one in the holster! Argh! How do they keep screwing up one super tiny thing like this? It’s not common, I know, but every so often someone has a brain fart over there and reverses all the hard work they’ve been doing. That HAD to have been a mistake, ’cause I honestly don’t know how that got past them.
(Ahem…I guess that’s just a sore spot for me. These figures freakin’ ROCK hardcore. I just hate it when a toy company keeps a standard, then drops it for ONE FIGURE. Just odd, is all.)
I just picked up the Duke this morning at Wal-Mart, even though I the entire wave is waiting for me at home from BBTS. I just couldn’t wait. He is a great figure. Sturdier than many of the other 25th Joes with great details and sculpting. I actually think the head looks like the actor playing Duke in the movie and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them use this head in the movie line! A great figure and I can’t wait to see your reviews Justin!
I saw the Duke from this line at Wal-Mart and was fairly unimpressed. Maybe the others will be nice though.
Sam