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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #36 on: May 08, 2012, 06:25:13 PM »
Quote from: morgardee on May 08, 2012, 04:15:10 PM
Oh no. I can deal with most of this figure except for those awful legs. I won't want to army build this one at all:



Guess they found a spot for the unreleased IG set.

Not that impressed, but I do like the legs.  So we have 4 OG, 5 of this IG, that leaves 6 more.  What?  5 more IG of a different variety and an IG "general" (think Voltar, Darklon).  Then some more OG in the con attending packs?
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #37 on: May 08, 2012, 08:16:42 PM »
Quote from: morgardee on May 08, 2012, 04:15:10 PM
Oh no. I can deal with most of this figure except for those awful legs. I won't want to army build this one at all:



Good lord.  Those legs do suck.   I am not fan of this figure.

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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #38 on: May 08, 2012, 10:03:06 PM »
Yuk...

I hope the other IGs are better...
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #39 on: May 08, 2012, 11:30:17 PM »
Quote from: bandonov on May 08, 2012, 10:03:06 PM
Yuk...

I hope the other IGs are better...
Won't they all be the same?

I agree, pretty yucky.  :P If I manage to track down a set, I'd likely sell of the IGs. I will probably only want the oktober guard out of it because unfortunately I really like the oktober guard figures so far. But it sounds like unless I know someone going to the con, I'm probably going to be SOL on this set.

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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #40 on: May 09, 2012, 02:09:19 AM »
the collector's club page for the set shows 6 Oktober Guard figures and 4 of the adversaries (they hadn't revealed the IG last time i looked), so i imagine it's the 5 classic Guard members, possibly with Dragonsky, but it could be Big Bear, Gorky or hell, even Wong. then who the other 3 are? 3 IGs and a 'leader'? 2 IG generics and 2 singular characters? could be a modern sculpt take on General Mayhem or whatever his name was from the set they did a few years back in o-ring...
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #41 on: May 09, 2012, 07:22:33 AM »
Cancelled IG set:



Hopefully this is NOT the direction they are going. I don't need another Destro.  :'(
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #42 on: May 09, 2012, 08:52:35 AM »
Those legs are such a strange choice. I think basing the 25th IG on armoured Cobra Commander was a clever direction to take them, but it is also the most consistent complaint I've heard about that figure. To create a figure that is supposed to be a lighter armoured IG and yet to stick with armoured those legs is not only strange, it has no practical justification. And then colouring the armour not only brown but with a leather wash, it just doesn't work. And that doesn't even consider how the brown and the grey clash.
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #43 on: May 09, 2012, 03:08:19 PM »
not a big fan of that IG, and theres going to be 5 of him in the set? ugg.  I guess it would have been too much to ask for IGs we havent had yet, an Annihilator (they have the helibackpack from 25th), or even a Nullifier or ferret.  For IG leadership it better not be destro...plenty of others to chose from, general Mahem, Darklok, hell even Metal Head.
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #44 on: May 09, 2012, 03:12:13 PM »
They look like female IGs with those legs.
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #45 on: May 09, 2012, 03:14:31 PM »
next IG trooper is up

http://www.gijoecon.com/no2012/con12ighvywpns.cfm

its a little better, the paint aps are very nice, but Im not sold on the Grey color.  Though I understand these guys are suppose to be dressed for winter.
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #46 on: May 09, 2012, 03:32:28 PM »
The Heavy Weapons IG is better than the mini-skirt leather cyborg base IG from the set in every way. Very cool.
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Re: Oktober Guard 2012 JoeCon previews
« Reply #47 on: May 09, 2012, 07:34:32 PM »
I guess Brown Boots are all the Rage for the IGs.  If that is the Arctic versions for the IGs, for what country the Bahamas?
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