Clearly, Hasbro is not worried about classic G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in 2009; instead, they're bringing all their considerable resources pimping out toys for the live-action movie G.I. Joe: Robocop Vs. Jason X. So there aren't too many non-movie Joe toys due over the next 12 months, so I hope you can sate yourselves with these two 7-packs. I also hope you wanted a new Chuckles and Dr. Mindbender, because that's about all you're going to get.
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THE PR0F3550R said:
Hit & Run! Hell yeah! Loved that mofo! And the BAT looks pretty sweet too.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 07:46:18 AM
THE PR0F3550R said:
Hit & Run! Hell yeah! And that Bat looks pretty sweet too.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 07:47:20 AM
rgallows said:
An Alley Viper!? He better have a badass helmet, or I'm gonna throw things at random children.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 08:00:47 AM
AndyHel said:
REALLY want the Lampreys. But pretty much just the Lampreys. Who wants to sell me theirs?
Posted 02/17/2009 at 08:22:48 AM
rgallows said:
AndyHel, I'd totally give you twenty Lampreys for twenty Alley Vipers. With awesome helmets though. Until then, these Lampreys will just have to stay in a thermo containment unit.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 08:38:58 AM
doubledumbassonyou said:
I want Outback, but there's no way I'm going in for the whole 7 pack. Looks like i'll be picking him up for an outrageous price on the secondary market.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 08:46:25 AM
Doc said:
Wow. I consider myself well-versed in Joe lore, but I've never heard of Hit and Run. He must have been from some point in the middle of the Marvel series. Seriously, what was his specialty? He sounds like his Primary Military Specialty would be Driving Under the Influence.
Doc
Posted 02/17/2009 at 09:10:00 AM
Zach Oat said:
I always liked tothink that Hit and Run's specialty was camouflauge, meaning that he could hide, then hit, then run away. But apparently his specialties are infantry and Mountaineering, because he likes running and climbing. Whatever.
And Chuckles and Dr. Mindbender are pretty much my two favorite G.I. Joe figures ever, so these two SEVEN-PACKS are like huge knees to my balls. Looks like I'll have to keep playing with my much gayer-looking Mindbender and my much more floral-printed Chuckles.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 09:43:19 AM
skinny128 said:
Celebrity look-a-likes:
Outback - Chuck Norris
Wetsuit - Patrick Harris
Dr. Mindbender - The Iron Sheik (WWF)
Posted 02/17/2009 at 10:37:06 AM
skinny128 said:
Celebrity look-a-likes:
Outback - Chuck Norris
Wetsuit - Patrick Stewart
Dr. Mindbender - The Iron Sheik (WWF)
Posted 02/17/2009 at 10:37:36 AM
Brion said:
Why do the bad guys ALWAYS look so much cooler?! It's like they want us to root for them! Although, I would not want to pick a fight with Hit @ Run, awesome name awesome gear.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 10:38:13 AM
THE PR0F3550R said:
@Doc - Funny stuff.
@Zach Oat - I really didn't care what his file card said. He looked so badass I used him for special ops and gave him a sniper rifle. He was my G.I. Joe "Hitman". A loner who got the job done.
@Brion - This new version of Hit & Run looks even better than the classic figure. I love how you can take off the helmet.
I really don't know anything about the guy other than what it said on his file card, I just loved the figure. He was a camouflaged special ops badass looking guy who came with simple commando gear and a big ass knife. Just a bad ass looking dude that when you played with your in the backyard you knew that he was about the only regular soldier that could hang with Snake-Eyes on a covert mission. He was Rainbow Six before Rainbow Six. One badass mofongo!
http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/hitnrun.shtml
@rgallows - Alley Vipers were always cool because they came with that awesome shield for Cobra riot duty. The only problem was that bright orange color that says "hit me".
Posted 02/17/2009 at 11:37:14 AM
Doc said:
Now I may have to search these toys out just to get a look at Hit & Run and see if he's as badass as everybody says :)
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've waited too damn long to see figures made of Jinx and Billy. I want to see them already!
Yeah, I know there have already been Jinx figures, but I mean a GOOD Jinx figure. And I want to see Billy in a ninja outfit with the kick-ass eyepatch, packing a gun right next to his sword.
And how about a Roadblock figure that is properly proportioned to be bigger than the rest of the Joes.
Or how about a really well done figure of Quinn the Eskimo?
Yeah, I'm not TOO much of a Joe geek.
Doc
Posted 02/17/2009 at 02:12:15 PM
Mr. C said:
Not sure how no one has called out that Zap is a dead ringer for our current president. He is.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 03:36:07 PM
Aladdin Sane said:
I've cut back on collecting the new Joe stuff, but I really want the Dr. Mindbender...I'll probably order both sets, just cause. Lord knows I have no interest in the movie crap.
And I totally want a Jinx figure too!
Posted 02/17/2009 at 04:14:47 PM
NeoXorn said:
Dr. Mindbender looks like a porno actor reject.
Posted 02/17/2009 at 04:40:05 PM
Doctor Flarb said:
Chuckles was one of the most unsatisfying Joes I owned. A guy in a hawiian t-shirt? Whoop dee doo. He should have come with one of them dolphins with laser beams on their heads. Then he would have been cool
I think I may still have my original Chuckles in a box somewhere...
Posted 02/17/2009 at 08:36:36 PM
THE PR0F3550R said:
@Doc - He is pretty awesome. Check out this guy's custom Hit & Run figure:
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs/31260-hit-run-mtn.html
Like I said, I really don't know his official story, but for me he was just some badass covert special ops dude. He just looked badass and looking at that guy's custom job you can tell he's thinking Rainbow Six with Hit & Run.
Posted 02/18/2009 at 06:20:50 AM






