G.I. Joe Wave 13 Makes No Damn Sense
Posted at 11:05 AM Dec 01, 2008
What's the deal, Hasbro? Wave 13 has Resolute versions of Duke, Cobra Trooper (both above) and Cobra Commander (shown previously), but it's not a Resolute Wave, since it also has Blowtorch, Torch (the Dreadnok), and a repaint of Firefly. So two new Classic figures, one re-paint, and three Resolute figures. I don't want to tell you your jobs, but shouldn't there be some kind of coherency to these things? At the very least, shouldn't you at least not put the guys named Torch and Blowtorch in the same damn wave? HissTank has in-package pics of the other figures, all of which are supposed hitting stores now.
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There's a lot of kneepads in that picture. Maybe that's the theme - all kneepads all the time.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 09:02:57 AMWave 13 is a mix because they don't want to kill the goose that's laying the awesome eggs, in this case the classic figures. They can't just have a pure wave of completely new figures, because collectors would go nuts.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 09:18:22 AMIt's true. Over at hisstank.com, and indeed the web over, we Joe nerds have been screaming for updates to classic figures. It doesn't get much more oldschool Joe than a bright yellow and orange guy with a flamethrower. So yeah, Hasbro is trying not to piss us off.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 12:29:44 PMKneepads RULEZ!!!
Posted 12/01/2008 at 03:42:19 PM