Hasbro's gotta do the CORE. Hasbro's gotta do the most popular. Maybe they do a poll around the US : Who are the most recognizable GI Joe characters? Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander. The triad of GI Joe.

I can deal with this Duke. We gotta assume by now that H is taking the original designs and giving them an updated sculpted style. So while we'd love definitive versions, that would be another line or theme. Maybe when H did Duke for JvC (uh, the more-articulated version), there were hoping fans would embrace that version as the definitive. And I bet they were hoping they could push that JvC SE (the articulated version) as the definitive too. Hard to say since comic and toy are pretty separate now.

So for a figure based on the original, he looks pretty good. Can't expect much more from the old ARAH Duke, right? It this reasoning that I worry about Roadblock. Will he be as boring as his v1?