Familiar overseas seller, ws_toys is now selling the M.A.R.S. Industries Officer and Trooper in sets of 3 for $29.99 with free shipping. Considering the Officer and Trooper were $14.99 and $12.99 apiece respectively, this is a pretty decent deal, though these will be available at mass retail in probably 1-2 months for about half the price.
For those folks who want these early, though, check out eBay to get all three of them in one whack.
As everyone is aware, an eBay seller is trickling out some movie product early, and even though I’m not a big fan of the Breaker figure, I decided to jump on the chance to get an early look at the movie product hands-on. And honestly, even though I don’t really like Breaker necessarily, I really like what they seem to be doing with the movie figures as a general rule.
First of all, most articulation complaints from the fandom have been addressed, at least on figures with the skinnier arms. Breaker’s arms bend a full 90 degrees (or quite close to it) and he’s got the familiar full socket hip joints which allow him close to full range of motion there as well. Without his vest, he’s a bit scrawny, but he looks functional for one of these pseudo-futuristic G.I. Joe operatives “at rest” in The Pit or when not in the field. The vest adds some bulk, but of course, also adds some articulation restrictions with the mid-section joint. He’s got swivel wrists and the familiar double-jointed knees…in other words, he has all of the functional joints and “look” of the Anniversary figures, but with even a bit more motion where it matters, and that’s all good to me.
Rounding off the tirumvirate of cmderinchief news scoops tonight is a great assortment of loose pictures of the upcoming Zartan and Shipwreck from the first wave of movie figures. What’s immediately evident from these pictures is the excellent packaged presentation and even with the spring-loaded weapons included, there is a ton of usable gear above and beyond. Shipwreck is quickly rising on my list of “can’t wait” figures for the upcoming film.
Don’t forget to show appreciation for these pics by paying a visit to CoilClub.com! They get the good stuff…
Just call this “cmderinchief weekend” at GeneralsJoes, as he comes through again with some nicely detailed close ups of some movie Combat Heroes figures. Two sets are on display here with the Duke/Baroness 2-pack and the Ripcord/Destro 2-Pack. Collectors will be pleasently surprised to see that Ripcord/Destro has a familiar looking masked Destro, though it is still unconfirmed as to whether or not he will actually appear that way in the film.
For now, though, just enjoy the superdeformed cuteness:
The reliable cmderinchief from CoilClub.com comes through with an awesome scan of what looks to be the insert catalog that comes with the Night Raven. We’ve all seen side one already:
Well, apparently on the flip-side, is a breathtaking image of the Night Raven in mid flight. A very cool picture of a very cool plane!
Definitely nice! Keep your eyes peeled to GeneralsJoes over the rest of the weekend as well, as we promise a bunch of new images of the movie Breaker, Zartan, and Shipwreck coming over the next 24 hours or so!
It seems a bit strange, that with the bang-bang nature of G.I. Joe news in recent weeks, to be writing a post about finally picking up DVD pack #3 (that’s the “Arise, Serpentor, Arise” pack containing Dusty and Montezuma’s Skeleton, for all of you who have moved on from such ventures). Granted, I could have picked this one up sooner, but I was picky about finding one with a fully-accessorized Dusty.