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Bucky O’Hare

Order this figure now from BossFightShop.com!

NOTE: Boss Fight Studio has informed folks that the connecting joints for the replaceable faces and hands are a bit tighter than anticipated.  You will want to apply some heat to ensure safe removal.  Either a quick burst with a hair dryer or some warm water will do the trick.

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As I mentioned in my review of First Mate Jenny, I had very little exposure to Bucky O’Hare prior to Boss Fight Studio acquiring the license, but I didn’t hesitate in jumping on board, because I’ve grown intimately familiar with how well developed their toy lines are, and had no questions in mind that Bucky would be any different.

Now that I’ve actually got the first two figures in hand, I can say with assuredness that Boss Fight Studio knocked these out of the park.  The fact that BFS is able to design, sculpt, and produce figures as realistic as their Vitruvian HACKS line, then turn around and do an animation-accurate line like Bucky O’Hare is pretty astounding, and they execute it to near perfection.

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The sculpting of Bucky is very much like he appears in the vintage action figure line, but with loads more articulation worked in.  Ball joint shoulders and hips, jointed knees and elbows, and swivel forearms at the glove (not to mention jointed ankles and toes for crying out loud) allow for nearly any pose you can think of, and the joints are all rigid and move fluidly.

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Bucky’s color scheme is great as well, an awesome combination of especially vibrant and animated green, red, and yellow looking as if he just leaped right off the comic page or right out of the TV screen.  I absolutely love the color selection of the first two figures in this line as they very nicely match an animated aesthetic and compliment each other well.  There’s a definite art to color selection, and Boss Fight has it nailed.  From look to sculpting to articulation, Bucky O’Hare has it all.

The best thing about Bucky specifically is the sheer playability of the figure.  He just feels like a fun toy to play with, yet still manages to capture a collectors’ style.

Accessories

NOTE: Boss Fight Studio has informed folks that the connecting joints for the replaceable faces and hands are a bit tighter than anticipated.  You will want to apply some heat to ensure safe removal.  Either a quick burst with a hair dryer or some warm water will do the trick.

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Like Jenny, Bucky’s got a mixture of external accessories as well as additional body parts for the figure itself.  His swappable hands attach at the glove and allow for clenched fists, pointing fingers or hands that grasp his laser pistols.  He also comes with three facial expressions that are swapped (courtesy of a little heat) and look really great, conveying all sorts of fun emotions.  The two aforementioned pistols also fit on the knobs on his belt and hook into his grasping hands perfectly as well.

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Packaging for Bucky O’Hare looks spectacular.  Great artwork, very nice layout and a collector friendly separating bubble give you anything you could possibly want from a presentation perspective.

This line has already started out strong.  Captain Bucky O’Hare and his First Mate Jenny launch this new Boss Fight Studio line in style and set a new standard for animation accuracy without sacrificing functionality.  Really great stuff, even for fans who aren’t super into the Bucky O’Hare property.

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Summary

Bucky O’Hare is one of those toys that I didn’t even realize I wanted until I had it. Fantastic sculpting and articulation combine with gorgeous, vibrant colors and ingenious accessories to give us a great, great toy. And that’s the best thing about it. He looks and plays like a toy, yet manages to cram a ton of collector value in there as well. Truly the best of both worlds.

A Love Letter to Lanard for The Corps!

I don’t talk about The Corps! on this site a whole lot, but trust me when I say, they’ve often found a place among my G.I. Joe figures (especially in my Dio-Stories).  Apparently I’m not alone!

Dustin over on The Dragon Fortress brought together a bunch of like-minded Joefans who all spoke their praises about The Corps, and he posted an awesome article on his site.  Lots of familiar contributors with lots of fun stuff to say.

Boogie on over to The Dragon Fortress and check it out, it’ll take you back to a simpler and better time when Steve Wyoming was the hero America needed.

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Boss Fight Studio reveals upcoming Horse Kickstarter at RICC

Rhode Island ComicCon kicks off today in Providence, Rhode Island, and Boss Fight Studio is there already breaking some news.

Over on the Boss Fighters Facebook Group, Troy Osgood shared some images from the Boss Fight booth featuring artwork for an upcoming Kickstarter for a Vitruvian HACKS Horse!  We first saw some rough test shots for this horse at New Jersey Collectors Con, but things seem to have come a very long way since then.  According to the display at the booth, there is a Kickstarter planned for March.

The horse will apparently have Pegasus wings, a unicorn and dark unicorn head, various saddles, and will even be HACKS blank compatible to make freaking centaurs.

Lord have mercy.

Check out the info at the Boss Fighters Facebook Group and see the mirrored images below.

Marauder Task Force RPG Kickstarter is LIVE

The day is finally here!

A ton of great work behind the scenes has been going on for a while, and I’m thrilled to announce that the Kickstarter for the Marauder Task Force RPG is officially LIVE.

Tapping into resources from very talented industry professionals, a really unique gaming system has been built around the Marauder Task Force formula and it promises to be a LOT of fun for folks who love military action figures and military stories.

If enough support is put towards the project, there are even some exclusive Marauder Task Force figures that can be unlocked!

If you’re a fan of Marauder Task Force, or even other 1:18 military action figure lines, this RPG is right up your alley.  Check it out at Kickstarter and help support us.  I’m beyond thrilled to be involved in writing for this project and greatly look forward to bringing it to fans everywhere upon Kickstarter funding.

Check it out now!

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G.I. Joe Collectors Club FSS 7 reveals!

Once again I’ve been a little delinquent on posting reveals for the G.I. Joe Collectors Club FSS 7, but they have just released an image for their fourth figure – Dreadnok KAOS.

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While on the one hand, I’m really  glad they’re dipping into the Concept Case unreleased Pursuit of COBRA items, on the other hand, this was probably my least favorite of those items.  Show me some N.O.M.A.D., Clutch, or Raven’s Wing… or heck, some of those heavy Alley Viper or HISS Drivers, too!

Figure three was revealed a couple of days back, and I gotta be honest, this is one of the coolest figures I’ve seen in a long time.  Yeah, I’m mark for most things General Hawk, but as a kid I LOVED the jet pack version of him (I wish it had been used more in the comic) and I think this is a pretty cool representation.  The colors aren’t quite right, but the build is fantastic and I just love how the figure looks.

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Figure #2…  I’m kind of blah.  For a nearly swan song Figure Subscription Service, the last thing we need is yet another COBRA Commander.  And honestly, the Arctic Version was horribly overrated just because it was a canceled figure.  If it had been released, I can almost guarantee nobody would have cared less.

That being said, I’m glad at least that the Club overhauled the parts with more modern choices so the articulation wasn’t quite so bad.  It’s an okay figure, I guess, I just don’t get the hype.

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If you like what you see, you can sign up for FSS 7 and go crazy!