I figured it was pretty much a done deal when the silhouette was shown alongside Dial Tone a short while ago, but the GI Joe Collectors Club has now confirmed that we will indeed be getting a Sea Adventurer to finish off the awesome Adventure Team figures, and he will come with a repainted Mantis vehicle from the Valor Vs. Venom and Rise of Cobra toy line.
Unfortunately, Lody from HissTank.com does not mention the initial source of this information, but I assume it’s from the latest Collectors’ Club newsletter, which should be arriving in some folks’ mailboxes currently. Lody mentions the description saying that it will come with an Adventure Team Joe in blue, and a repaint of the Mantis submarine in white.
Toy Nutz, also on HissTank.com has also posted a customized version of the Mantis, with some approximation of what we might expect. Gotta say, I’m not real big on the Mantis, but my twisted sense of completism will force me to pick this thing up. The figure should be cool, and who knows, maybe I’ll warm up to the Mantis in person, but as it stands, not my first choice.
Check out the custom images below. This is not necessarily an indication of what the final product will look like!
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I got my Club magazine yesterday and it is on the cover. I’ve only picked up the Dr Venom set so far, but I could see myself picking up the rest here in the new year. I’m saving up though to see what the con set offerings are this coming year. I’m optimistic my money will be going towards that instead.
I haven’t picked up any of the AT sets yet but I do plan on picking them all up.
While I’m not tickled pink about the Club reusing the Mantis Sub, I still plan on picking it up.
The way I see it, one could always that the AT grabbed some leftover Cobra vehicles and like Duke did with Tiger Force, repaint them.
I think the guy that did that custom submitted it to the Club as a “this is what you could do for the AT sub” and they didn’t like all the stickers or something. But I can see it coming in white with a couple AT logos. I’ll wait until it actually arrives and is up for sale before committing to all 4 sets though.
Just got my copy of the newsletter today.
I like. Both the figure and teh vehicle. Definately going on my list