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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: olyeller01 on April 27, 2010, 05:30:41 PM
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Ok, am I missing something here? I've recently heard of and seen pics of a RoC figure called White Out that looks like a Snow Job repaint. Who is this guy? Did you guys up north get a figure we didn't?
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He's a figure that hasn't been released yet...maybe July or August. Right now, it's being sold by an Ebay seller by the name of handytoys for 3.99 each.
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according to the listing, White out figure will be relased with a vehicle, handy toy is a seller from ontario, but item ships out of hong kong. i have not had a problem with that seller, but some ppl have, i think their is a thread on joecaunck about him.
here is a link to his auction
http://cgi.ebay.ca/G-I-Joe-Rise-Cobra-W ... 335c53b27c (http://cgi.ebay.ca/G-I-Joe-Rise-Cobra-White-Out-2010-pre-sales-loose-/220592321148?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item335c53b27c)
and a link to the thread
http://www.joecanuck.com/joe/board/inde ... pic=3504.0 (http://www.joecanuck.com/joe/board/index.php?topic=3504.0)
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I think he is suppose to come with a repaint of the Snow Cat or something like that.
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As to who this guy is, here's the story. Back in 2000, when hasbro was remaking vintage style figures and messing up the names and such, they released a two pack with big ben and snow job, which they renamed whiteout. Here's the yojoe.com scoop:
Hasbro occasionally has named figures after individuals - usually Hasbro employees. Whiteout is unofficially named after Lenny Lee - publisher of Lee's Action Figure Times and News, a magazine about toy collecting.
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Oohhh yeah forgot about that Snow Cat reissue. And from what I remember they even fixed the missile box so it won't break right the hell off the first time you try to reload it with missiles.
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There is pic of White Out and the repaint Snowcat (called a Wolf but has the cat logo stickers) in the latest issue of ToyFare Mag.