I'm very disappointed in the lack of vehicles in the Joe side.
What other ground vehicles do they have besides the Pit? A small armored Panther tank?
As for the air vehicles, no Howler transport craft.

What gives Hasbro?

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I'm with you. Some of what we got was nice but it really isn't enough. The Joes really need a new jeep-esque vehicle like the VAMP of yesteryear, but with that modern twist that makes ROC so great.
Heck, a Night Ops Humvee in Joecamo would suffice!

And yeah, a tank is a must as well.
Don't really expect Hasbro to dabble into the large transport copter market... unless they reissue the Night Attack Copter for it.

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Well, anyone wanna buy these:

http://www.gizmag.com/avatar-toys-interact-computer/12403/gallery/


They'll be on sale in October 2 months before the movie starts. Definately for the Joe side for vehicles.

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Yea I'm looking forward to the Avatar toys to fill in some of those big gaps in the Joe and Cobra vehicle department. With a near future setting you would think the designers would have a field day and yet I'm going to have to hit up other toy lines so the Joes will have some vehicles for the different settings the action takes place in.

My poor Cobra snow troops keep having to foot it since the new pickings are so slim for Cobra in the snow.

Hasbro is releasing the Ice Cutter next year for Cobra, so that issue will at least be partially addressed.

So wiat... The Avatar movie features the Dragonhawk.

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Yeah, but the Ice Cutter is an Alpha vehicle... doesn't exactly have much room to carry around other Joes.

Meanwhile, the Joes have the Rockslide, the Ice Dagger and coming up, the Snow Cat.

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That's what it looks like to me...neat! Are they 1/18th scale, though?

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I think this is a case of toy imitating toy imitating art. The Dragonhawk was based on the dropship from the movie Aliens which was directed by James Cameron who is directing this Avatar movie. Regardless of how the concept came about, the idea is solid and the toy looks cool.

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Yep, from what I've read they are 1:18th.

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Wasn't there also an almost identical vehicle in HALO too?

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The Pelican from Halo kinda looks like that but it's a single body troop transport, wheres this thing and the dragonhawk apper to be modular cargo haulers.

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These do look cool. That's a control shot of the figure, so they may not look as good, but if they are close to that I'll want a few.

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anywhere i can find more pics of the basic guys? I vaguely remember someone in a wheelchair.

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*hopefully* the fact that guy's in a wheelchair doesn't play into the story as some sort of forced moral lesson... like when bad guys have a scar that of course leads to the obvious backstory/flashback.

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