It occurs to me that I neglected to post about the review update I did yesterday, and I’ve got one posted today, too…so over the past 48 hours, I’ve posted the following reviews for you to peruse:
The Rise of COBRA reviews page is posted with all links right here.
My buddies over at One-18th.com have posted another review from the Rise of COBRA, this time for Zartan, in his Military Policeman disguise. This is one figure that I haven’t picked up yet, and I’m honestly not certain if I will. I absolutely LOVE his weapons, but I’m just not convinced I want to drop $8.00 just for those. Still tempting, though.
See what Smokescreen thinks right here, and a few of the images are mirrored below.
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HissTank.com acts pretty fast…news just barely broke this morning of an apparent second wave of Target Exclusive vehicle/figure packs, and they’ve already got some high res images posted on their forums. I’ve also mirrored the images below. The sets consist of:
Pretty interesting assortment. Target is really ramping up the Joe product this year, good for them! Love all the vintage homages and the obscureness.
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San Diego ComicCon is just around the corner, and as always, Hasbro is front and center as part of the action. First and foremost on my mind is the great sampling of SDCC Exclusive toys, especially the ones by Hasbro. We’ve all seen the images of Destro and The Baroness, here are Hasbro’s Press Images themselves:
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To check them out in full detail hit up Hasbro at booth #3213.
Above and beyond the excellent exclusives, click the “Full Story” link below for some events that may be of interest to G.I. Joe fans among us:
I’ll warn you right up front… the Rise of COBRA reviews are going to be pretty frenetic as I kind of scoop up figures here and there, but for better or worse, the first five figure reviews are uploaded now! Check out the brand spanking new Rise of COBRA Reviews Page with links to all of the reviews I’ve posted so far:
Overall, I’m quite impressed. There are plenty of kinks to still work out, but by and large, these figures have retained the increased mobility and articulation of the Anniversary figures, but are infinitely more “playable”, the feel more durable, and more interactive. All the benefits of the Anniversary styling, with a fraction of the drawbacks from a “toy” perspective. Yeah…I’m definitely impressed.
I think once Hasbro kinds of burns through the typical Reactive Armor look and the various shades of blacks and grays, the design aesthetic could get VERY cool, and I think the best is still to come. I’ll be looking forward to it, and I’ll be looking forward to doing the reviews for it.
Renowned toy reviewer Michael Crawford has posted a review of the recently released Rise of COBRA Shipwreck figure, and he loves what he sees. It averages at least three stars (out of four) in most categories, and even hits four stars in some spots. He’s got some pretty neat images to go along with it. Check out the review here.