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movie Desert Duke
HMM bit of a blandness to him as I have been expecting from most of the Movie figs, pass.
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Depth Charge? then he is pictured with this vehicle Not another Deep Six!

I know I have heard some wild speculations on this fig (Movie Strato Viper was one). Not a big fan either way so pass.
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Resolute Roadblock
Very Meh, pass
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Lt. Stone
Will get more for character than anything else.
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Dusty
HMMM, not sure, but is rather bland, pass
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Zartan in disguise stealing an accelerator suit?
Interesting, on maybe list.
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Barrel Roll comes with the Silver Mirage

Not impressed with design here, pass.
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2nd row movie Duke
Really not impressed with the accelerator suit design, looks scrawny pass.
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movie Hawk
If he is single carded yes, just cause of Quad though.
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Second picture
7 pack Range Viper {awesome using TR holster with removable gun!}
Less impressed than I thought I would be with this figure, The VvV mask is part of it but overall the design is just not as dynamic as the original.
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movie Duke convoy ambush minus vest
Is it me or is there just something odd about the Duke head, not sure why I didn't notice until now.
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:tunnelrat2: Night Force Tunnel Rat

Wasn't too happy with this fig the first time, repaint isn't helping.
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resolute Snake Eyes?
He is interesting, but not sure I want another Snake Eyes after the Paris Pursuit one.
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Resolute Wild Bill
My least favorite 25th mold repainted, easy pass
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movie Zartan in disguise
EXTREAMLY ordinary, easy pass.
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I am hopeing that isn't the elite viper, The Viper and Viper Commando are more stunning than this, if it is easy pass.
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2nd row Resolute Flint
Could be, Interesting design depends on how they paint it up and accessorize.
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:zap: 7 pack Zap
WOW, talk about accentuating the flaws, that strap makes the chest hump look worse than ever, big pass.
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Resolute Destro
AWESOME! Even better than the movie one IMO, Will hold out for this, I like this much much more than the movie rendition.
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Resolute Gung-Ho
Looks like a repaint of V2 Roadblock arms at least (if not whole figure) easy pass.
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movie Scarlett
Her accelerator suit does look alot better than the boys version, Surprizingly less scrawny, will most likely snag.
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movie Airborne
Another Repaint, another easy pass.
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Aero-Viper or Strato-Viper with Diamondback or single card Night Adder?
UUUUUGLY, what the heck happend here, Probably my least favorite of the figs pictured, pass.
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Third picture
7 pack Wet-Suit prototype
Hard to say but it looks like there is a beard on the face, kind of resembles shipwreck, will move on.
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:bat: battle damaged BAT
Very much like this one, have since it first came up.
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movie Ripcord
That face and headsculpt really turn me off, easy pass.
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:lamprey: 7 pack Lamprey
Gotta say I really do not like this design.
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Resolute Barbeque or Shockblast would make more sense
Either way, that design just does nothing for me. is it me or is there something funky with the eyes going on there.
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:nightcreeper: repainted Night Creeper from comic pack
What is up with the head, is that some kind of helmet they added, don't like it, but hopefully it is removeable. But didn't recognize him at first until I looked at the equipment.
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:recondo: 7 pack Recondo
There is just something goofy about that face sculpt, pass.
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2nd row Dusty
Bland again, Plus why is a desert trooper wearing urban camo (I know probably movie related, rehtorical remark there).
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:monkeywrench: Monkeywrench 2x from comic pack
Me no like not one bit, pass.
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repaint Copperhead from comic pack
The more CH gets painted the less I like him. I was fine the first time, easy pass.
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Night Force Chuckles
Is an ok design but Chuckles is not my fav character, so pass.
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:chuckles: 7 pack Chuckles
See above.
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Resolute Dial-Tone
I actually like this design, but not as dial tone, if I pick up will be a different character.
Overall, Extreamly disapointed in the level of repaints going into the apparent movie line. There are a lot here (at least over half) while I am ok with resuing parts, just seems like a lack of imagination (as there are many straight repaints, or straight repaints with just headswaps).
Destro and Dial Tone really stick out here as they are fresh and "new" feeling. Destro definatly is a step in a direction I like, new look but keeps the core of the character. While Dial tone does the opposite, she still has an interesting design that is very useable.
There are also lots of places where I feel they dropped the ball (Recondo, Monkeywrench) and just a bit of tweeking could have made an interesting and dynamic figure vs an ordinarly or flawed figure. They are doing much better on at least hiding the chest joint but some figures (zap) actually make it look worse. Huge design flaw that shouldn't be a factor any more.
Very disapointing