I thought that I'd take a quick look at the rest of FSS 7.0 and give my brief thoughts on each of the figures. There will be no FSS 8.0 headed my way. I decided to let them slide. No issues financially, I just wasn't terribly excited by them. So here goes... mostly in kinda random order.
Dreadnok Kaos - an original design by the Club? Maybe, I'm not sure and don't care too much. The figure turned out pretty decent. Not a bad use of the RoC parts, but not terrific. He'll make for some interesting pictures one day.
Dusty & Sandstorm - crap... blurry Dusty. I don't feel like taking another picture. So much outrage at the use of Falcon's head sculpt for this version of Dusty. I really don't see what else the Club could have done besides a new head sculpt and that wasn't going to happen. Decent build though. Yeah, Sandstorm is a pretty big coyote, but who really cares?
Cobra Commander in arctic gear... well, at least a nice winter coat. Not a terribly impressive figure and I don't really have much use for him, but it's still a decent build. Not bad, I like him well enough.
Budo - a much better build than the Retaliation version, at least as a combat soldier (sort of). The Retaliation version was fantastic as a traditional samurai and Hasbro had some interesting potential with that build, but... nothing. Oh, the Club had the helmet glued onto his head because it didn't fit securely. Sigh...
General Hawk w/ jet pack. Oh my, the outrage and butt-hurt that flowed based on the color palette. Yeah, he's a bit bright, more Funskool-ish, but again... so what? The build is pretty solid based on what the Club had to work with. Decent enough for me.
Excellent choice for the head sculpt. Everyone was hoping that the Club would be able to use this head and it works fantastic.
Tomax and Xamot or Xamot and Tomax. Whoever... The one with the bigger head is Xamot from FSS 5.0, I think... Good and bad about these two figures. First off, the heads are too damn big. The hands are not great either, I may need to switch them out with some other choices. And the damn holes in the feet don't fit on the stands. But it's still pretty cool to have the twins in suits!
I had to switch out the heads with the originals from the 25th Anniversary 2-pack. Maybe too small now? Close enough for me!
Big Boa! No, it's actually Kangor, the South American repaint of Big Boa. Damn fine with me. For those hoping to sell their extra Big Boa figures from FSS 1.0, the market just dropped. This guy is now my Big Boa. Damn fine figure, one of the best overall from the Club. The kangaroo accessory is pretty dumb and has been dumped into the FSS figure spare parts bin.
Crystal Ball! Another of the Cobra crazies enters into the modern era. Either you loved him or you hated him. Either way, the Club did a solid job on this new version. Again, like most of the new figures with new head sculpts, the head is a bit too large. Still works just fine for me.
Tiger Force Jinx - a Club original from their comic series. She also comes with a masked head sculpt that was previously used with Vypra and the SDCC Jinx figure. The new head sculpt turned out great.
Tundra Ranger Stalker - another excellent figure from the Club. Everything came together nicely for this build. Stalker even comes with a repro of the kayak that the original figure came with.
Hollow Point - the mystery 13th figure. A pretty big surprise for most people for the Club to choose a relatively obscure figure from the Built-to-Rule line. Great build from the Club. Sucks about the unfortunate typo on the stand. Oh well...
Hollow Point may possibly be my final Club figure. I've passed on FSS 8.0 and I'm less excited about the "Final 12" figures that the Club is working on. There's a Sonic Viper that looks amazing and I might "need" a couple of them, but that would mean also getting a couple of the Sonic Fighter Dodger figures as well.
There's also the three-pack of the Cobra Night Watch female troopers. They look good, but... do I really want them?
Interesting times for my personal collecting. Who knows what the future holds for GI Joe product?
One thing I do know. If I never buy another GI Joe figure, I'm content with what I have. I have enough.
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Hollow Point ia a surprise. Might have to track him down. As for Dusty, I'm surprised they didn't just use the PoC/50th Dusty head, but maybe the beret meant they had to use the Falcon head, and it's not like there aren't an abundance of those Dusty heads out there to swap with.
THat Dreadnok Kaos is actually from the concept case reveals of what might of been that we've gotten quite a few figures from thankfully (no Raven's Wing sadly).
I need that Jinx though
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