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I just noticed the name they gave Crystal Ball.
Richard "Crystal Ball" King, clearly a reference to Richard Bachman/Stephen King.  Just the name alone give me nostalgia for the retro file cards.

Yep and didn't they use his son's name for another character during ARAH?   I'm sure that character will pop up eventually.

Edit:

I just looked it up and yeah his son Owen had Sneak Peek named after him.

I just noticed the name they gave Crystal Ball.
Richard "Crystal Ball" King, clearly a reference to Richard Bachman/Stephen King.  Just the name alone give me nostalgia for the retro file cards.

I collect them. They are fun, especially the fluffy. Man, it's so goofy to have it with the dreadnoks. They blend well with Joes and fun to pose. Nothing too crazy about. Hence, it's probably better to pick and choose rather than collect them all.

Martin - how about a review of these figures. I saw in another post that it looked like you had received your order?

Yes, I got my figs. Overall, I like them.

What I like:
1. I now have 7 new original characters
2. They are build with a neck ball joint and have swivel wrists (2 things we don't see with S7 ReAction+)
3. Paint is good
4. Sailors have alternate skin (Black & White)
5. Joints are good
6. They comes with alternate eyes (white part of the eye painted or not. So you choose what you like)
7. I have 3 sailors. All are different (3 differents ranks, Darker skin, Brown hair, Red hair). So I guess you can make 9 unique figs.

What could have been better:
1. Rivets are not painted (I like it when they are)
2. For this one, I don't know how to explain it well, so you will have to use your imagination... they have swivel wrists (which is good). But, when the hand is turning, you see a gap with the lower part of the arm. Because the hand is round, but the arm isn't, that look weird. To do it right, I think a part of the wrist should be included with the hand, and another part stay on the arm. So, the wirst is cut in half and is rotating "round part on round part" (if this make sense)
3. Accessories are limited (1 gun, no backpack). Vintage GI Joe backpack fits in, but tight.
4. Some torsos don't stay straight. Falcone is working on a replacement torso (free replacement)

How do I rank them?
1. Skeletron / Callsing Longbow / Delta-17
2. Vintage and new (Transformers collab) GI Joe
3. In The Navy (Falcone)
4. Strike Force Alpha
5. Super7 Reaction+ (no swivel wrists, no neck ball joint)

Quote from: bishop on April 08, 2025, 06:28:24 AM

Man, I did it again and bought 1 cobra soldier and 2 sailors (I am ashamed to say I have too much). Toysrus is closing and the Super7 joes are super cheap with 30% off. No more cobra soldier left, but still some sailors left.

I miss shipwreck, I am waiting for the o-ring version, which they will release... Well I hope so!

Nice, yeah the closest TRU to me is closing (after opening in 2023) and unfortunately they don't have any ReAction figures.   Even the next closest one, which isn't closing only has a couple sailors on clearance, but I don't need the sailors.

Yeah i opended the sailors i got at Christmas on clearance. Dissapointed.
If anyone is collecting the o-ring figures from Super7, how do they stack up to the previous 5 POS er... I mean POA's?

Martin - how about a review of these figures. I saw in another post that it looked like you had received your order?

Are we getting a FANG?  The artwork on the back of Snake Eyes would suggest it.

The FANG also showed up on the Star Duster package (I believe). 

Of course nothing is guaranteed just because it shows up on the package.   I mean the Bridge Layer and that Cobra white tank (from the cartoon) showed up on the packages of some recent preorders.   I don't imagine either of those is going to be showing up in Classified anytime soon, if ever.

However the FANG is a single person, small, vehicle.   So it is probably a very safe bet that it will show up in the next year or two.

Also just a heads up.   The CLAW is up for preorder on Pulse (Premium members only until 2pm EST).   The nice thing is it is priced at $55US.   So the same price as the Ferret and Trouble Bubble.   Which is where it should be, but with everything going on I was worried that it would be the start of higher pricing from Hasbro.   Glad to dodge that for this release at least.

Are we getting a FANG?  The artwork on the back of Snake Eyes would suggest it.

New images for the latest wave (Monkeywrench, BACC, ...)

https://toynewsi.com/278-57473

They all look good, but Monkeywrench and CACC (unfortunate acronym)  Combat Armour Cobra Commander are the winners in my book.   Let's see if they bump the price on these.

New images for the latest wave (Monkeywrench, BACC, ...)

https://toynewsi.com/278-57473