AWESOME Figures!!!! :) I Love All of them!!!!!! :D

have to say that i'm really looking forward to these upcoming packs

I'm gonna end up buying these, purely for the new Larry Hama-written comics. I dread to think what it'll cost me to get them sent to the UK from whatever online stores end up having them.

So if anyone out there is gonna get them for the figures and doesn't actually want the comics, please let me know and maybe we can work something out...!

Let me see how I feel about the comics. I preordered them from DNStoys.com.

Why is it whenever Hasbro poses figures for photos they can NEVER put the weapons in the hands properly. Look at the twins, they're holding their weapons by the clip!!!

I'll be picking these up as I am an absurd completist, besides I'd love to build my Cobra ranks more with the CC and Scarface figs.

Wave 4 comic packs previewed!!
 

Storm.Shadow over at JBL.com found this. Great find! All credit goes to him; I'm just spreading the love!

http://gijoeclub.com/comics08wave4.cfm

Discuss!! Copperhead, Red Star and more!! :eek:

Ahh, but you don't have to get another Duke to get Red Star! As soon as I saw him, one word came to mind-- Grunt! Just give him web gear from Snake-Eyes or "G.I. Joe Hawk" and he's ready to go!


P.S.: At the rate they keep unveiling these comic packs, I want to know how quickly they're supposed to be coming out. We just got wave 1 around here a week ago, with no sign of wave 2... And they've already unveiled two more waves!

Well, the last two comic pack waves are pretty good IMO. The Duke-Red Star is the inevitable weak point, but overall I'm liking them: Copperhead is awesome, and Shipwreck looks really cool.

I can not wait to get Firefly. The bag he comes with is HOT!!! Mag light, pliers, the details are amazing.

I looked at those comic packs and thought, hey, that's pretty good. The Duke could be customized into almost any of the original 13... I was thinking the same about Hawk. If I pick up a Hawk/Scarlett pack, what would I do with that Hawk when the eventual leather jacket hawk comes out? Time to customize!

But first, a rest from spending to recover ye 'olde finances... ;)

I didn't know about these until just now! Holy cow! I almost wonder if THIS is the direction the 25A is going. Maybe they'll give up the singles idea and do the better priced 2-packs w/ comic!

I totally agree on the Duke/RedStar thang. Make him GRUNT!

Forget the crappy figures, I might have to pick up a Firefly just for the accessories. The case is great and those goggles will make for an awesome custom Lowlight!! ;)

Sweet!!!! I'm so anxious for Copperhead now!!! :D

it's funny when i first saw the Duke/Redstar comic pack i thought that was Hawk cause i don't remember Duke ever being in the OG fatigues

I just found the first wave here in Orange County. I picked up two of the Hawk Scarlett packs so my boys could have a Hawk. Like Lehsreh said though I did'nt double on the Duke/C.C. or S.E./S.S. they dot need 3 of each in Play Doh colors and blues. :confused:

Plus I still have'nt found all of the '08 wave 1 single cards yet. :( I have the Snake Eyes , Flash , and Snow Job but thats it. Now I get the tease of the next wave of comic pack. S-L-O-W down Hasbro let me catch up...... :p

You're ahead of me, Flatline. I haven't seen the Flash wave yet.

As for the 1st comic pack wave, I totally agree. I don't need those other packs. Hasbro DOES seem to be releasing these fast. We already know what Comic Pack wave4 is! Crazy! And yet, people are getting Comic Pack W2 already! I won't see mine for a few MONTHS!!!

I'm in the same boat as you, Sonn. I have yet to even see a sign of the Wave 1 '08 figures. They usually start hitting here a month or two after they've shown up everywhere else, so I'm not too worried yet... But another few weeks, and I'll be wondering if Hasbro forgot to send them to my area (or if I missed them somehow!).

Heck, last new thing I saw was a firefly and Beachhead single pack around December 16th.......even if I liked these new figures, I'd have to go get raped on ebay to get them....but Craig is right! I might just get some of them for their accessories!!!

Just preordered a set from Bigbad. I'm really looking forward to these! Especially Copperhead! :D

25th wave 7 pics
 

cant wait for these. only one i wont be getting will be duke.
http://gijoeclub.com/2008wave3.cfm

These are so badass!!! Man I can't wait for these! :D

this line just keeps getting better, that Snake-Eyes is awsome but the coolest figure for me has gotta be Spirit, can.t wait for em!!

As I'd hoped, Duke is obviously based on the opening of G.I. Joe: The Movie. I just need a 1:18 scale Stature of Liberty to put him on top of.

Wild Bill looks good, though his head is a bit on the small side.

Spirit looks angry, but is still a nice update of the original, and the removable cartridges for his gun are pretty neat.

Snake-Eyes is not v4, but v3, which I never owned. I love that his knives appear to be removable.

HISS Driver is, just like the original, pretty lame. I might get one just to have, but all my HISSes are driven by Super Sonic Fighter Vipers (my Viper motor corps), so I really have no use for this guy.

The Viper is pretty awesome, though I wonder why he has no goggles. I'm guessing they're a separate piece that just wasn't ready when the pictures were taken. Or maybe Hasbro finally heard all the people asking "What's the point of goggles when you have a full face plate?" and completely did away with them...


...But wasn't Major Bludd supposed to be part of this wave too?!?

That Snake Eyes was the first one I got, so I wouldn't mind getting a 25th version, though I'm sure it will be released several times, so I may wait to pick it up. Also love the Viper.

Duke's too similar to the 5 pack so I'll pass on that.

That was my first Snake Eyes too and I'm really pleased with how he came out. Hopefully we get Nightcreepers soon. I always liked sparing them off with v3 Snake Eyes. Seeing how well that came out makes me wish they'd waited to do v2. He'd look so much better with the proper legs and the wrist dart.

Anyway, Big Bad has these up for preorder. I took advantage of the Vipers being offered separately. Yeah the cost over twice as much but I got so sick of running around trying to find CGs. I'll shell out the extra $$$ and chock it up as time and gas money.

There's been a lot of talk of taking that Duke figure and turning him into Grunt. Personally, I think the jetpack and the American flag are the selling point, in which, I have neither at this time! As for SE, it's nice they are doing a DIFFERENT SE as opposed to a repaint or whatever. STormy on the other hand is getting some VERY strange love. I mean, there's a SHIRTLESS stormy coming! However, both that Duke (if i bother) and SE will be MOC.

Wild Bill is the best, hands down. I'm impressed.

Spirit. Ok.

HISS Driver. I think he looks great. I never minded the old design or figure. But why's he single packed??? WHy isn't he going to be with the Target HISS to make it an even more awesome exclusive??? Did people buy a bunch of HISSes back in the day w/o a driver???

Viper. Absolutely wonderful. Perfect. Too bad we'll never see these on the shelves and they are TOO expensive to build. I'll stick with my VvV Vipers. But they are great. THIS'LL be MOC cuz what are we going to do with 1 VIPER???

Some details here and there lower the quality fot these figs, but still they are reeeeeally cool. The Viper looks sa bity strange on the helmet, can't explain what is it, but it's a bit like the CG with his helmet.
Snake-Eyes v3 was too my first Snake-Eyes, but still everybody could have done without two of the previous versions, wich could have been replaced by this one from the beggining.

More use of the new tooling by making HISS driver single carded, i.e. higher production run than the Target Hiss. Plus fans are "forced" to buy two seperate items.

There's plenty of driverless vehicles out there (why limit the driver to just Hiss tanks?). I'd be loving the opportunity to buy additional armor crewman...if they were 3 3/4" Heck, I might get them for the DTC Hiss...if they fit and I feel like it.

I don't like the collar much. Not sure why they did it on Flash to begin with.

Wave 4 pics up
 

http://www.hasbro.com/gijoe/default...5EC48DE62C3858F

looking forward to the guys

I see they fixed Flint, now if it were in the original colors also :rolleyes:

Snakes looks neat and Roadblock looks pretty cool too. Not really interested in the Python Patrol and Tiger Force figures, although I think they look ike great repaints. Baroness and CC are pretty meh, and I really don't like Major Bludd. The re-used Zartan sculpt just doesn't work for me at all.

Crap in a hat. These were sneaked on us a few days ago ala another site. We were HOPING that Hasbro might he doing some sort of cartoon 5-pack cuz Cobra Commander and Baroness example that the best. The only figures of true interest is Major Bludd with Roadblock v2 loosely behind that. But I can see using the v2 more than the v1 simply cuz of the vest. Pretty pathetic wave and at least I'll save money by not buying 2 of each.

I'll pick up Flint because the Tiger Force color scheme has always been closer to his cartoon appearance than his original colors.

I'm getting Cobra Commander for that silver stripe on top of his helmet. Yeah, it sounds silly, but that's a big deal to me, and it looks better than the stripe I added to my five-pack CC.

I'll get Baroness to swap her head onto the five-pack version.

I've always liked '86 Roadblock, so I'll likely get him as well.

Of course I plan to get Major Bludd, even if he is just a Zartan repaint with a new arm and head. I actually think this mold looks better for Bludd than for Zartan anyway.

I could care less about anything Python Patrol-related, so I'm definitely passing on that guy.

Of course, all of this is assuming they actually show up in my area!! I still have yet to find the Flash/Snow-Job/Destro wave, and the wave 2 comic packs!!!!!

I found Flash and that was it. Then we were back to 2007 Wave4; the 5-pack in singles. And even then, it was missing Snake Eyes and the Air Trooper. lol

I've never even seen the five-pack singles!

My WalMart here JUST put up pegs for the 25th figures this week, they were still empty as of last night. TRU had 1 Lady Jaye, Target had a Shipwreck & hooded CC. I can't find anything here! :mad:

Snake Eyes - I don't know much about GI Joe comic lore, but he looks good, so I'll probably grab 'im.

Roadblock - He won't be my default, but I can definitely see using him.

PP Cobra Officer - Right now he's a pass, but I guess it depends on how much more TF and PP come out.

Baroness - An EASY pass.

TF Flint - They fixed him! I wish they'd fixed his crotch, though. Here's hopin' for a Flint (proper 1985 toy colors with the Tiger Force arms) / Lady Jaye (hatless) comic pack!

Cobra Commander - I feel like a sucker, but I really want that white stripe :D

Major Bludd: Too important NOT to get.

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen... is one person's opinion.

Have fun, all!!!

You all know I wouldn't have bought them anyway, but is Hasbro serious? Is that the best they can do? I feel insulted, and I don't even like the 25th anniversary stuff! Heck, even if those figures were ARAH style, I wouldn't touch 'em! :rolleyes: