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Rather disappointing re-release ones really.

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I might get the Duke. Kind of like the Oring colors on the torso but the rest of the figures look pretty much like the stuff we already have.

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Destro's O-ring mold has the most amount of paint apps that mold's ever gotten.

Very disappointed that neither Duke nor Storm Shadow feature their original arms. The thick Gung-Ho lower arms on teeny Duke upper arms is still as awful as ever, and he's still got the Gung-Ho waist that never works. Storm Shadow's bare upper arms painted in skintone are also awful. Snake-Eyes also still features the 86 Roadblock waist that DOES NOT WORK with the rest of the body.

Considering how the first release, Snow Job, featured his original upper arms, I am quite disappointed that none of these guys have any effort in them.


Considering the "ROC" Snow Job from the Past & Present vehicle set featured original paint apps it's very disappointing to see all the other figures completely unmodified.

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Wow. Those are pretty poor choices to re-release or repack or repaint or whatever. The only O ring fig that looks decent is Snake-Eyes. I have already passed on ALL of those new style figs already, why would I buy them now?

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Chrome head Destro and Duke's smg are the highlights...which is sad, so sad.

Eel recasted and movie Eel...how about that? Ice Viper and (not in the) movie Ice Viper? Even Viper* and Viper Commando? What? recast something? Like we did for Snow-Job? NO WAY! Take these 2005 releases! Troop builders? We don't want fans buying more than one of these sets!

I wish they'd put ARAH figures on single cards like the VvsV figures (and beach-Head) available last year, but they've dumped that idea for Combat Heroes. $3 for the barely poseable kiddie toys! Much cheaper to make.

*It would have that mismatched waist, thighs and legs anyway.

Seriously, those are some of the worst re-makes they could've chosen. Why not dial it all the way back to '83 for Duke and Destro? Those '90s era guys were off then, too. Otherwise, the character choices make sense: big ones in the movie.

I'm not sure who they're targeting here. Can't be adult collectors, we complain too much about mismatched arms. Besides, we'd rather have army builders anyway. You think they're trying to get the younger generation hooked on O-ring figures? Maybe there's a resurgence coming??

I just want that 12 inch neo-commando !!!

For Pete's sake, Hasbro -- I don't complain about anything you do -- some might even call me a Hasbro Apologist -- but please, for the love all that is good and just in this world, either FIX DUKE'S ARMS or STOP RELEASING THAT VERSION!!!! It looks ridiculous!

...Sorry. Had to get that off my chest.

On the plus side, that Duke uses comic pack Duke's head, which I will point out for the umpteenth time is based on the one issue of the comic drawn by cartoon character designer Russ Heath, and therefore it is a cartoon Duke disguised as a comic book Duke.

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Meh. Boring repaints of figures that already have dozens of versions, and nothing too different fron what's already out there. Come on Hasbro. A quick look at YoJoe shows around 25 versions of Destro, 35 of Storm shadow, almost 40 of Duke, and almost fifty, yes fifty, of Snake Eyes. Do you think we are that easily pleased? Why not just reduce the line to these four characters and you'll never need to have an original thought again. There's obviously enough fanboys out there to keep you in the money. Plus you want to make us pay for a cr@p 25th style figure to get an o-ring one? Simply another lazy and cynical ca$h in.

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