I was just reading a review of some pre-production wave 4 DTC figures on Joe Battlelines and Fred and Justin (well one of them) said the didn't like figures without removable helmets. What are your thoughts?

I have to say after thinking about it, I would prefer all figures have removable helmets.

I prefer removable if done right. They must've been picking on Airtight and Munitia.

For Joes, I'd say I prefer removable helmets. Especially after seeing most of them bare-headed in the cartoons and comics. It depends how it's done -- if a removable helmet makes their head look too big with it on, I'd rather have a sculpted helmet-head so they look cooler in action (which is how they'd be used most).

Cobra troop-types, I'm less bothered. The DTC Cobra Troopers, Snow Serpents and Range Vipers are cool for their helmets/masks but really if they'd not had that feature it wouldn't have been any great loss. The individual characters again can have a bit of depth from having a more "casual" look but moulded helmets, masks, etc do give them a harder edge and make them more scary if you can't see their vulnerable, "human" faces.

I'd imagine the main issue people have with Munitia is that having a permanent hat stops her looking like Mistress Armada from the comics despite pretty much copying her colour scheme. I'm more annoyed that this implies Hasbro had no intention of doing a "proper" Armada figure, which also throws doubt on the possibility of other DDP characters. If they were even going to release any more figures at all...!

I totally agree with you. I love removable helmets. It's kind of a bummer that so many figures have permanent helmets, especially in the original line. Guys like Airtight, Barbecue, and even Mainframe will always be stuck with headgear.

Removable hats, removable helmets ~ i am all for it

most of my customized figures ie Shockwave, Sci-Fi, Muskrat
all have headswaps to accomodate this NEED of mine

That's the key word.

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Hasbro Really Drives Me Nuts!! In The Valor Vs. Venom 3 Packs With The Original Joes, Rock And Roll, Short Fuze, Hawk, And Some Others Like Dragonsky Don't Come With Helmets. Munitia Should Have Been A Paige Adams Figure. Her Helmet Should Be Removable.. When Someone Throws Down The Money To Buy These Figures, Hasbro Should Give Them Their Money's Worth And Let The Buyer Have All The Bells And Whistles. Snarf

Depends on the figure and how the helmet looks.

Like with Star Wars...I don't see the need for removable helmet clones and stormtroopers who never removed them in the films. It doesn't look as good, paint rubs off the head, and used figures in the future are likely to be missing helmets.

I could've done without the removable helmet feature on the crimson guards they made, while a cool idea, it wound up looking worse than the 1985 release. And what's under the helmet...is it Fred from the comics?...no, just a masked generic face.

Ahhh, another point! What is the use of having a helmet on a cobra troop if when you take it off, there's a mask underneath? (Like the Coils, Crimson guard and Shadow Guard) I can understand the mask-within-a-mask for Cobra Commander, he's the exception to the rule, but the C.L.A.W.S. Commander, WTF? He looks like TrapJaw from He-Man. Great Concept, LOUSY Execution! If the bottom part of his helmet came off, I'd like the figure more!