After the bru-ha-ha from yesterday’s Salvo reveal, the G.I. Joe Collectors Club comes back strong today with the reveal of their excellent rendition of Scoop from the fifth Figure Subscription Service.
The figure looks excellent, re-using Airborne’s helmeted head and coming with some great 25th Anniversary accessories. The addition of the submachine gun is a great touch as well. I’ve never been particularly attached to Scoop, but his representation in the DiC mini-series Operation: Dragonfire has put him at the top of many fans’ character lists.
Scoop looks really awesome and is a great way to end the week. Check out the reveal at GIJoeClub.com or the image mirrored below.
Underneath Scoop I’ve posted images of all the reveals to date as well. Nine figures shown so far!
The entire nine figure line up!
To me, Scoop is actually more of a disappointment than Salvo due to the Airborne Six head reuse. Both characters took a huge step back from having a removable helmet in their vintage incarnations. I view removable helmets as an additional point of articulation and would like to hear a similar stance from the club in order to better update and improve on the original figures. I know it’s a cost effective move to do this stuff but we are paying a fortune for these guys each year as it is.
Uniform color is also wrong. Tan would’ve been an improvement. Orange might be worse than yellow.