Let's face it people, the designs might be simpler, some PoA might have been lost, but the Retaliation toys are fun.

I got Zartan today and even without the double knee joints and ankle articulation, it was still a pretty cool figure. All the basic GI Joe PoA are there with the addition of the wrist swivel. Still better than a lot of toys that are on the market right now. Plus he looks creepy, he'll become some underworld assassin/thief.

Snake Eye and his bike. After too many Street Hawk episodes, I decided to get that bike. Guess what? It's fun too. The bike has pegs to hold the figure in place and it has a fun crank and go gimmick with having "training wheels" on each sides. The design of the bike looks good too. Riding Snake sports 7 PoA which still makes it better than a Mattel toy.

Red Ninja, the star of the line, the scalper bait, well it's fun too. I would have liked the simpler belt to the sash, but it looks and poses pretty darn fine.

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The way I look at it, we had less articulation on the old RAH figures and we loved those. These Retaliation figures have the 26th sculpting and still more articulation than the RAH figures. I'm just no fan of the bricks they are sticking in the vehicles. That Cobra Commander than comes with the HISS could have been awesome.

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I stopped into Target after I got called into work and found they had redone the action figure section.

I grabbed the box set of Rockblock/Beachhead/Kamakura and the lone Cobra Trooper. Saw Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Rockblock, but passed on them. Checked out the HISS, the Fangboat, and the motorcycles.

Firefly reminded me of some type of medic uniform.

Grabbed the 3 cartoon Scarletts and the 2 cartoon Tunnel Rats for fodder.

Checked out the Batman and Spider-Man stuff. Grabbed a single card Bane for $4.99.

Checked out MIB3 stuff. No single card Boris anywhere, but he appears on the back of the delux figures, so I'm not sure if he is also a single card.

No new MU or Avengers stuff.

Mentally kicking myself for not grabbing the Real Steel set to turn into a custom BAT...

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Boris is, indeed, available single carded. I have seen several at my local TRUs. He is also available in the Deluxe range, also readily available at TRU.

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I saw Boris as a deluxe. I got J and K as a deluxe. For $14.99 these are not too bad. They have the prop thing that turns into a vehicle so you do get a decent deal there. The single packs though with just a little accessory isn't worth it for $9.99.

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I picked up Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, today. The zip line stuff is more entertaining than spring loaded launchers, but I'd still rather have ankles on all the figures, and maybe a few more accessories.

The single knees don't really bother me, since they seem to have a pretty good range of motion (unlike some of the single knees from the 25th line) but I have a hard time justifying nine dollars or more for a figure that doesn't have ankles. Dunno how many figures I'll be buying, once they're finally widely available next year. I'll mostly be looking for custom fodder, so ankles will be a must. (unless I invest in some small Revoltech joints, if they even come that small)

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I would've skipped that one if they hadn't made it Renegades Zartan in a Retaliation packaging.


Sounds like it has the same articulation as the TDK/DKR Batman figure. Head, shoulders, hips, knees.

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Found the HISS Tank, can't wait to open it up!

In a KMart in NC, I found Duke, Stormy and SE. Also, the boat and the ninjay AWE Striker. Passed on them all. Not worth the money.

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Finally saw some Joes in the store today. Only picked up two of the Joe soldiers - figure the extra helmets made it worth it. Surprised I considered getting Zartan - he looked pretty cool. But, I couldn't justify $10 for him. Forgot who said the red ninja would be scalper fodder, but seems they were right - only figure I didn't see.

Also bought the Batman 5-pack. Catwoman and free movie ticket pushed me over the edge.

The only things I saw at Target today were the bikes, the Water Moccasin and AWE Striker and a couple each of Snake-eyes, Storm Shadow and Duke. Oh and the Ninja Showdown 3-pack which I would have picked up if I hadn't already gotten all 3 figures in the Amazon packs. I brokedown and bought the AWE Striker because its a great little vehicle and the basic black color scheme will work well for customizing.

TRU only had the bikes and some of the role play stuff. Really disappointing selection.

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Finally found the Joe Troop figure. Couldn't wait to check him out. And, man, talk about suck. They skipped the ankle articulation- and that makes it very difficult to pose him. May just as well gone for the single knee joint.

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the trooper has rocker ankle articulation! His feet can be posed in all kinds of unique positions.

Found the Joe Trooper today. And Zartan. The Trooper is an awesome figure. The backpack is kind of busy, but still really, really cool.

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Those aren't the same figures at all!


Indeed! He also has the new wrists! However it could be that the paint has the joints sticking a bit. Try heating it up with a hair dryer just to be safe that you won't break it.