As anyone who has seen my screen name knows (not to mention the name of the site itself) I’m a pretty big fan of the General Hawk character. Even as a kid, I loved how Hama portrayed him in the comics, and was endlessly annoyed that he somehow got blacklisted from the animation merely based on his resemblance to Duke. Heck, even when he appeared in Season 2, he had his hair color changed and didn’t seem to retain any of the hard-edged personality that I loved from the comic book.
However, I fully acknowledge that most folks know Hawk from his appearances in the cartoon, and the brown bomber jacket is certainly his iconic look, so I will admit, even though he’s in his ’86 togs I’m pretty freaking giddy to see him in the below Sideshow Production Blog:
Looks very cool. It should be noted there’s another figure in the background, which HissTank.com is labeling as “Grunt”, but there’s no proof I can see that this is the case. Regardless, love these behind the scenes peeks. Looking awesome.
Check out the production blog itself right here.
Looks more like Clutch to me, based on the vest.
Yep, I’m getting a Clutch vibe from the back figure too. The white head makes it hard to tell if he’s got a beard or not and I can’t get the video to go full screen to “zoom” in and see.
Hawk looks good so far. Definitely liking what Sideshow is doing with the Joe line. Very impressed.
One more thing… if they’re digging into the O13 then I have hope we’ll see Rock ‘n’ Roll. He has a distinctive look in both his v.1 and v.2 incarnations and would make me drive over to the Sideshow Offices and thank them in person if they make him.
I am going to get this figure, I’ve been waiting for Sideshow to do one of my favorites
If it is Clutch, they may be going with a more comics-accurate ‘stubbled’ look, which wouldn’t necessarily be visible in the sculpt anyway.
And if they did make a Rock’n’Roll, and gave him a surfboard as the Sideshow exclusive add-on, I think it would go to insta-buy status.