They didn’t announce it would be coming today, but here’s a nice surprise! The G.I. Joe Collectors Club has debuted another figure from the 2014 Convention boxed set, and this time it’s the E.C.O. Force Leader, Flint! Sporting a rocking new head sculpt and new helmet, this figure looks pretty spectacular. I love the green and yellow paint scheme, and using the Resolute shotgun shells gauntlet for him is pretty inspired.
The integration of the 30th Anniversary parts and the Retaliation torso is an awesome move. Love the base figure here, it’s really, really nice looking.
Parts breakdown is:
Head – New
Torso – Retaliation Cobra Trooper
Arms – Ultimate Cobra Commander
Legs – 30th Anniversary Airtight
Helmet – A new sculpt, which according to Boss Fight Studios (the designers of it) is a “hybrid” of Flint’s and Ozone’s.
I love the shade of green… excellent, excellent work right here. Check out the full details at GIJoeCon.com.
I’m loving this too, and it makes me think Ozone and Clean Sweep are going to look really good too. The accessories work for me. I can see that big gun as something that would fire some kind of experimental compound Z neutralizing rounds, and if that doesn’t work use the shotgun to blow the zombies heads off.
As for the helmet, aside from the colors, all I see is Ozone’s helmet, not a hybrid. I’m okay with that because Flint’s old ECO Force helmet never worked for his mission; this one will cover his whole head better.
Fantastic-looking figure! That helmet is great. ECO Warrior Flint was the first GI JOE I owned. I remember his original helmet was all yellow and it was so tight fitting I was afraid it would rub off his face paint. I really wish I had the money right now for this set (I don’t), because this figure is a must-have. Are these convention exclusives available after the fact, and do they get cheaper or more expensive?
Nice. Totally digging this figure.
They sent out two tweets about it today Justin.
The helmet would work great for Ozone, but not for Flint. The Retaliation single carded Duke alternate head is perfect for Flint’s Eco helmet. Think about it. Go look at it and put it in the proper colors and it’s a no brainer. This helmet is a complete miss for Flint. I really hope they fix it and only make this Ozone’s helmet.
I love this figure with the power of a thousand suns. For MASK fans, the helmet looks like it would be perfect for a Buddy Hawkes custom figure.
Beaten to it. That’s going to be the helmet that launched a hundred customs once one of the custom casting guys gets their hands on it.
I’ll be honest, the fact that this is Flint (who, let’s face it, we’re not exactly hard up to have a representation of in our collections) and not, say, Snow Storm still bugs me. I know they’re the three most-remembered ECO members, but most collectors could turn one of those guys into ECO Flint via a headswap.
After the last couple of years, having such a mainline character as Flint in the convention set strikes me as quite odd. Seems like he’d be a better fit for the subscription service, like Falcon the year before.
That said, I like the design of the figure, and makes me look forward to the more unique figures.
While I agree we don’t need more representations of some characters, I disagree that the FSS is a better place for a figure like Flint or Falcon, so someone like Snowstorm can be in the con set. As someone who can’t attend the convention (and even the non attending sets are limited) I would rather miss out on Flint and get Snowstorm (or some other new character) later in the FSS.
Isn’t that just the Retaliation Flint’s head, just less tan?
Nope. GIJoe Club says it’s a new sculpt, and it doesn’t have Cotrona’s likeness…
This one could have been an ironic throwback with little in the way of part swaps. Instead, they clearly tied it to the original figure, but toned down the green and yellow
and added some black, they created what might be the best Flint head sculpt, including a removable beret. I didn’t think I would want any figures from this set, and I never thought I would want an updated Eco Warriors Flint, but I think I want this figure.