Another notch in the E.C.O. Force belt was revealed today by the G.I. Joe Collectors Club! Along with the previously revealed Flint, today we get my personal childhood favorite ECO Warriors character, Ozone.
Unfortunately they elected to only show a helmeted image for now, as I’m really dying to see what his head sculpt looks like, but the parts choice is relatively solid. Color matching is pretty much dead on.
He looks to be using RoC Flash/Resolute Zartan arms, which is great, and PoC Snake Eyes legs, which is… not so great. Sure the lower legs show off a bit of an armored look, and perhaps I just don’t like them because they were attached to one of my least favorite figures in the PoC era. Tucked underneath there appears to be the torso from Retaliation “Ninja Duel” Snake Eyes as well. Whatever the case, the entire figure ends up looking really nice and really captures the original’s spirit well. That Retaliation Cobra Trooper webgear sets it off nicely, too.
Check out the figure at GIJoeCon.com and see the image mirrored below.
Looks like a M.A.S.K. helmet!
He looks great!
High-riding shoulder pads and helmet aside, looks pretty cool.
Just producing helmets and gear separately here could be a “business” opportunity.
It’s a challenge to be unbiased toward these figures because it’s an era of the the toyline that I am not particularly nostalgic for. That being said, Ozone here looks fairly nice. The colors tie together fairly well and the helmet is pretty cool. I agree about those lower legs, though. It’s hard not to associate them with ninjas.