To a resounding… “bleh”. Yeah, unfortunately very much unlike the G.I. Joe: Renegades 4-Pack, I find myself very unimpressed with the Retaliation one. Destro from HissTank.com also posted that image, and it just looks like essentially the same figures that are in wave 1, with the addition of the variant “Black” Cobra Commander which many folks hypothesized would be in this set. Pretty boring. I don’t even see many differences deco-wise.
Check out the mirrored image below.
Snake-eyes appears to be a darker color than the pre-production pieces I’ve seen. All black instead of gray with black accents.
Also, no electric blue accessories for SE.
I can’t tell if the SE is the wave 1 figure or the wave 2.
Really surprised that RB isnt the one pictured. Lame.
Can’t tell if Roadblock has an alternate hand
At least these look like they have battle stands.
at first glance I thought Roadblock had improved hands, but after squinting and getting close to my monitor, I just think they have been painted grey instead of black, and still have that piece molded in 🙁
Redundant.
I really think the best bets for Retaliation are, ironically, going to be the three-packs that Justin wasn’t crazy about on first glance. 🙂
Anyone else think it’s odd the artwork for Roadblock is the version 2 that is fully articulated and yet we get this one? It also says debut of movie likeness, but as this version is already starting to leak to retail that won’t be true.
Eh, not bad. Might be a good way to get the standard guys out of the way without getting the massive launchers ‘n stuff, and get get a black CC to boot. I may consider getting it.
As someone who has always favored black suits for Cobra Commander, I may get it.