Not content with merely providing a crappy cell phone pic, Scott “madmac41” from JoeBattleLines has put his camera to use, grabbing a nice allotment of boxed images of the fresh from the retail womb Wal-Mart Battle Station sets! Retailing for a very appealing $14.96 (in the same ballpark as the Wal-Mart 2-Pack figures, only with a whole bunch of added Battle Station goodness… WTF?) these are some very cool sets that initially left me somewhat cold, but are now leaving me a lot less cold. Still a bit cool, though. I’m not wild about ’em…
Frustrating thing is, there are some very cool things about each set, but none of the sets really blow me away. I love the Heatseek Missile, but I really don’t care for that Scrap Iron, and I’ve got like 47 Neo-Vipers already. The COBRA Surveillance port is awesome, but I really don’t need another cruddy MARS Trooper, and that Tele-Viper don’t look right.
On the Joe side, I dig the Resolute Roadblock (he looks a lot better in these pictures, for sure), but Tripwire is just bizarre, and I’m not sold on the Outpost Defender itself. The Laser Artillary Weapon is a bit underwhelming, but that Hawk kicks all sorts of ass. I dunno…maybe I’ll think different if I see them at retail. There are some pretty awesome aspects to them, but not enough warranting sixty of my dollars, at least not at this point. I know other fans are riled up about ’em, though, so enjoy the mirrored pics.
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That Grand Slam is kind of a few steps back in terms of quality, compared to the version that came with that Spy Troops glider.
The Heat-Seeking Missile feels kind of useless to the general consumer, who didn’t get a Stinger or a HISS during the 25th Anniversary. Because the Steel Crusher sure as heck can’t tow it.
Also gotta ask… What rifles come in the crate of the Outpost Defender? The same old ones from the 80s, or newer weapons?
man the cobra sets are NICE!!!!
and that roadblock is mine
47 Neo-Vipers? I had a feeling you were a closet Trekkie. 😉
Where the heck did these come from?? Hasbro! Stop coming out with stuff so fast! I can’t keep up!
Jonny, are you serious?
We’ve known about these Battle Stations since SDCC and the JoeCon.
WHOA! 15 bucks? Awesome! After the horrid 18 dollar build-a-droid sets I figured these would be in the crazy range. At that price, I’m getting them all!
Best figure in there is Roadblock, without a doubt. Awesome colors!
I dunno if my Wal-mart will get these any time soon, they are over flowing with figures and just marked them down to an even $5 to compensate.
Just went to Wal-Mart today, and while they didn’t have these sets, they did have exclusive two-packs on the pegs. Weird! But I got my Resolute Gung-Ho, and that made me a happy camper.
They also had Wave 2 Alpha vehicles, but I passed on ’em. Gotta pinch a little. Maybe later.
I like the Joe sets – not so much for the Cobra sets. Resolute Roadblock! Awesome!
Yeah, between a full-time job, girlfriend, and my comic book series I just don’t have time to keep up on all this stuff. I have to catch these updates on the fly.