Quite a few things to discuss.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Thursday, July 9, 2015
FSS 4.0 Reveal: Night Creeper Ice Ninja
And then there was one...
The Club revealed the next figure in FSS 4.0 - the Ice Ninja. Based on some repaint of the Night Creeper, this figure actually looks pretty decent.
I like the use of the cape it looks like the Club chose some different parts for this figure rather than going back to the 25th Night Creeper figure. Thank you!
It's still doubtful that I'll keep this figure. Another troop builder and these figures are a bit too pricey to troop build.
Now we play the waiting game...
Cobra Commander's son, Billy.
Ooh... I posted before General's Joes and JoeBattelines!
The Club revealed the next figure in FSS 4.0 - the Ice Ninja. Based on some repaint of the Night Creeper, this figure actually looks pretty decent.
It's still doubtful that I'll keep this figure. Another troop builder and these figures are a bit too pricey to troop build.
Now we play the waiting game...
Cobra Commander's son, Billy.
Ooh... I posted before General's Joes and JoeBattelines!
FSS 4.0 Reveal: Sneak Peek
Oh, the cries of "Butt Hurt" ring across the inter-webs like a symphony! "He doesn't look like the vintage version." Get over it.
The Club revealed Tiger Force Sneak Peek yesterday. I think he looks pretty decent. It looks like the Club used the Shock Trooper body (again) and it looks like Airborne's head. Not a bad mix of parts and I really can't fault them for using the Shock Trooper body. It's a good base for just about any figure.
Two more to go - the Ice Ninja and Cobra Commander's son, Billy.
The Club revealed Tiger Force Sneak Peek yesterday. I think he looks pretty decent. It looks like the Club used the Shock Trooper body (again) and it looks like Airborne's head. Not a bad mix of parts and I really can't fault them for using the Shock Trooper body. It's a good base for just about any figure.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Ghost Hawks
I don't discuss GI Joe vehicles very often on this silly blog, but I decided to take a look back at the Sky Hawk Ghost Hawk. I'm not sure what happened, but apparently Hasbro lost the rights to the name Sky Hawk and had to come up with a new name.
Hasbro reintroduced the Sky Hawk as the Ghost Hawk in 2009. Everything about the new version was brand new. Nothing from the original mold from the 1984 Sky Hawk was reused. Maybe those molds are long gone. That really doesn't matter to me; Hasbro did a great job with the new one.
I've always liked the Sky Hawk when it first appeared and have always considered it to be an iconic GI Joe vehicle. Don't ask me how it flies or where the fuel tank is or how long it can fly. It makes no sense at all. Who cares? It's still a damn cool vehicle.
Like the Sky Hawk, I consider the Ghost Hawk to be a standard vehicle in the GI Joe motor pool. A light-weight air vehicle that just about any team member can jump in and fly. It always seemed like just about anyone could fly these in the cartoons and I'm okay with that.
I would think that nearly everyone would get checked out in the use of the Sky/Ghost Hawk. There's probably a few team members who wouldn't fly it. Perhaps Keel Haul or Heavy Metal or maybe the ugly dude who drives the Rolling Thunder. But then again, I can kind of picture the Flagg under heavy attack and the only way to get the Admiral off the ship is to get in his personal Ghost Hawk. Maybe?
In 2010, Hasbro revisited the new Ghost Hawk mold and breathed new life into it.
The unique design of the 2009 Ghost Hawk allowed Hasbro designers to come up with new parts that would give the 2009 model a new, slick look for 2010. A new canopy was designed, along with new skids, engines, and tail fins.
The new 2010 Ghost Hawk now looked more armored and ready for a little more serious air combat role. The new engines just looked like they had more speed and maneuverability. The armored canopy had less options for direct line of site for the pilot, but I'm thinking that technology upgrades gave it a whole new sensor suite of visual tools.
Does it look like it could be an actual flying vehicle now? No, not really. That still doesn't matter. It still looks cool and fits perfectly into the technology of GI Joe.
Hasbro reintroduced the Sky Hawk as the Ghost Hawk in 2009. Everything about the new version was brand new. Nothing from the original mold from the 1984 Sky Hawk was reused. Maybe those molds are long gone. That really doesn't matter to me; Hasbro did a great job with the new one.
I've always liked the Sky Hawk when it first appeared and have always considered it to be an iconic GI Joe vehicle. Don't ask me how it flies or where the fuel tank is or how long it can fly. It makes no sense at all. Who cares? It's still a damn cool vehicle.
Like the Sky Hawk, I consider the Ghost Hawk to be a standard vehicle in the GI Joe motor pool. A light-weight air vehicle that just about any team member can jump in and fly. It always seemed like just about anyone could fly these in the cartoons and I'm okay with that.I would think that nearly everyone would get checked out in the use of the Sky/Ghost Hawk. There's probably a few team members who wouldn't fly it. Perhaps Keel Haul or Heavy Metal or maybe the ugly dude who drives the Rolling Thunder. But then again, I can kind of picture the Flagg under heavy attack and the only way to get the Admiral off the ship is to get in his personal Ghost Hawk. Maybe?
In 2010, Hasbro revisited the new Ghost Hawk mold and breathed new life into it.
The unique design of the 2009 Ghost Hawk allowed Hasbro designers to come up with new parts that would give the 2009 model a new, slick look for 2010. A new canopy was designed, along with new skids, engines, and tail fins.
The new 2010 Ghost Hawk now looked more armored and ready for a little more serious air combat role. The new engines just looked like they had more speed and maneuverability. The armored canopy had less options for direct line of site for the pilot, but I'm thinking that technology upgrades gave it a whole new sensor suite of visual tools.
Does it look like it could be an actual flying vehicle now? No, not really. That still doesn't matter. It still looks cool and fits perfectly into the technology of GI Joe.
Let us not even speak of this.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
FSS 4.0 Reveal: Bullhorn
The Club released another reveal for FSS 4.0 today.
Bullhorn is next up for the reveals. Initial thoughts are pretty good. Bullhorn was a pretty basic character in his original form. Upon closer inspection of the mock-up picture, it looks like the Club is going with the Shock Trooper body again. And they are using the Dusty/Duke/Spearhead head again.
But he actually looks pretty good. The original head sculpt was kind of bland, so this head sculpt works. That head band though... It has got to go. The 90's are over.
We're down to three more reveals! Sneak Peek, the Ice Ninja, and Cobra Commander's son, Billy.
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