Keep in mind that I really don’t like desert figures. I never really have. Yet, for some reason, the figure that I was most drawn to with those unreleased Target sets was Sandstorm…for some reason I just thought he was awesome. Whether it was the story with Zartan, or the desert camouflage and reactive armor combination…I’m not sure why, but that figure really drew me in.
And now, The Pursuit of Cobra keeps up the trend. Dusty, coming in Wave 2, is one of the cooler Joe figures I’ve seen in recent memory. Night Fox as well, who is slated to come with the upcoming AWE Striker, is another fantastic looking desert themed figure. Combine that with the HISS v.5 I already have, and suddenly I have a veritable desert arsenal, and they’re all cool!
Gyre-Viper from HissTank.com, of course, doesn’t help much when he keeps posting great pictures…I love some of the gear swaps he shows off in this thread, and I’ve mirrored just a few of the awesome images below.
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I usually skip environment-specific characters. Jungle, arctic, and desert figures just don’t do much for me, but I couldn’t resist pre-ordering this version of Dusty. He looks fantastic. Thanks for posting the images.
Agreed, that Dusty is just fantastic.
Night Fox is quite a nice repaint of the RoC Ambush Duke w/ Shockwave head and hat. Generic enough to have more than one if you plan to buy a few A.W.E Strikers.
Nice Webbing too.
I’m with ya Justin on the whole Desert themed figure issue. But this Dusty and even Nightfox have
drilled their way into my favor pretty easily. I’ve loved the Dusty sine we first saw him on display
at whatever con he debuted at. It’s also the most stable POC figure I’ve had thus far. He stands up really easy and stays that way. He doesn’t have Ashiko Syndrome or Jungle Viper Disease. The Dusty is really easy to pose and lean etc. His weapons are pretty different from the rest of POC as well. More on par with Destro’s freezy gun than anything else. His weapons look like pulse weapons or lasers etc. I’ll definitely be troop building him.
That’s a great subject that not many people focus on… stability. There is absolutely something to be said for a figure that will pose, stand, etc… on their own with little difficulty. I’m kind of disappointed in myself that I don’t focus on that more with my reviews, because often during the review process, I’ll be cussing out a figure because it doesn’t stand or balance right. If the figure pisses me off that much when posing him, shouldn’t that be impacted in the review?
I know a lot of folks are happy to just stand ’em up and look at them, but I like figures that look unique in many different action poses. I’m thrilled to hear this is one of those.
Justin
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