For those that dont know Target has the ROC R.H.I.N.O for 25 bucks. I picked up 2 the other day and noticed the driver is HeavyMetal but is named Rampage? Then theres SpeedMetal whom has the same name as the original HeavyMetal? Im just wondering whats going on up in Hasbro's G.I. Joe conference rooms.
http://www.yojoe.com/action/85/heavymetal.shtml
http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/rampage3.shtml
http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/rampage2.shtml
http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/speedmetal.shtml

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I went to Target today and saw it for $35. If it goes lower, I may get one. I have the DTC version, but I like the colours and driver better on the RoC version. Goes to figure they finally start dropping prices and they've gotten rid of their Pits, and the only figures that were cut were Cover Girl and both versions of Heavy Duty. The Past and Present set (or whatever it's called) with the Snow Jobs and snow mobiles were down to $12, but I still couldn't justify it for a couple vehicles and a couple figures I don't really want. I hope they release another set with different vehicle in the future.

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Remember when HTS was closing out the DTC line on-line?

I got my DTC black RHINO on that uber-clearance closeout at Hasbro Toy Shop for about $7.99. And the ROCC for $9.99. Probably paid that again in shipping, but it still felt like the best deal on new toys I had in a long time. I think I also got a night ops humvee for 7 or 8 as well. And most importantly, DTC Major Bludd for only a couple bucks. I was going to buy a lot more and my wife said just get one of each...

Not to mention Characters (aka REPAINTS!!) ...hey, it's "Neon-Glow,wall-Climbing, Web=slinging, Urban-Jungle Gay nightClub Camoflauge Duke!" (Just that long sarcastic name makes me wanna see what hasbro could come up with for that!!)


I took the Beach Head from the snarler and with a little eqipment Change "Viola!"...I made a LBC Wreckage! If they have such an issue with Generic names being Copyrighted, I wonder what kind of flack they are getting on the Transformers side of the house. "Ravage", "soundwave", "wheelie". I wonder why they get to keep their generic names?

I ALWAYS thought of the GI joe Team as having each Code name assigned to a billet. For Example, "FLASH" is their Laser Specialist. So when Anthony Gambello got killed with Blaine Parker (MAinFrame) The just got a new guy to be "Flash", and take over his resposibilities and code name! Same thing with "MainFrame". There might be "MainFrame" on the team now, but his real name is different!.

This topic got to me thinking...Mauler driving Heavy Metal became Speed Metal, Rock & Roll became Bench Press, Dial Tone got a sex change... since the release of the 25th and RoC style figures, has there been an entirely new Joe character introduced? The only one I can think of off hand is Agent Helix and maybe Specialist Trakker (but does he count as "new" since he's based on an older figure from another toy line?).
Near as I can tell, the last new Joe characters were Med-Alert, the Steel Brigade, and lady Doc.

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Wasn't the guy who came with the ROCC a repaint of someone from the JvC line? ANyway, I'm glad I do my own thing with figures a lot of times.

Helix is the only one I can think of, unless you cound Hard Master, who was never a figure, but is not a new character. I dont count the RoC neo vipers and their endless number of neon repaints, but some of them are "new" like the terra viper, who was a silly repaint of croc master anyway.

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