Who would have thought anything sporting the “Battleforce: 2000” moniker would be considered “kick ass”? Honestly, even the shameless fanboy that I am, I didn’t find much redeeming about Battleforce: 2000 back in the day. Well, except for Dodger. He became a really interesting character after he survived the bombing run that killed the rest of his team, and his figure was definitely the best of the lot, but beyond that, the figures were clunky, the weapons were horrible, and even the face sculpts were doofy looking. Those plastic empty shell vehicles that formed into the lamest “base” I’d ever seen certainly didn’t help either.
But leave it to a G.I. Joe fan to polish up Battleforce: 2000 and really make it cool. For whatever reason these designs really did NOT work for me in 1987, but seeing heretics awesome work bringing them to life in the 25th Anniversary format is a totally different story. These figures look fantastic. They call back to 1987 perfectly, yet with the larger, somewhat more streamlined figure design these days, they really end up looking better than they did back in the day. Awesome looking customs and very faithfully represented.
I found these customs on The Terror Drome initially, and you can check out Heretic’s custom page here.
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Awesome. I’d love to see a set of these in a seven pack exclusive.
I’ve always had a special place for BF2000. Hama’s intro of them in the comic was wonderful, he really brought the characters to life. Despite what must have been a rush job by Hasbro, I always thought that there was a lot of potential to the team. Excellent custom work!
These are very cool. Knockdown has always been my least favorite, but the unarmored look makes me like him a lot more here.
I never had a big interest back in the day, but once integrated into the whole GIJOE team on my end, I found these guys to be great additions.
These are incredible!