I can't get the picture to come up. Is the HISS for sure the same color as the TRU one, just clean?

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Breaker head
Shipwreck torso
Shipwreck arms
Soldier legs
Soldier web gear

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Ya' lucky dogs

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The color is a little bit off (Hiss Tank had some comparison pics a while back).

Excellent! I just didn't want to buy a bunch of the same tank I already had.

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Mmmmmmmmm me wanta Krrrankase!

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Definitely getting Crankcase... maybe on the Grandslam and more likely than not will skip the HISS

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All three of these are great. I got mine today using the dcpi (087-06-0918). I just went to customer service, they called to the stock room then they asked how many I wanted. It was perfect. The dcpi even came up as GI Joe 25th Vehicles.

None of the figs come with weapons or stands. Minus Crankcase who has the knife in his sheath, even though the Cobra Driver doesn't.

No black Styrofoam in the Sharc.

The Breaker head on Crankcase has a full beard and looks pretty different in my opinion from Breaker. Side by side, the hair really stands out as the same and nothing else. Crankcase has crotch problems and can't quite sit down right. He still looks pretty good though.

The Grand Slam is cool. I like the reuse of the head, just like the good ol' days. He's fugly as can be. The Sharc is nice as well. It looks great in black/dark gray.

The HISS is great, the figure is okay. I have a driver for my HISS and that's all. But one of my extra Cobra Commander's has a seat now.

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Ok, first off --- big thanks to Beav for not allowing us to have HUGE ASS sig lines. I mean, the guys over at HissTank are really cool, don't get me wrong, but I absolutely HATE sifting through half a page of friggin signatures with embedded graphics to read a one-line response . Had I not found the pics when I did, I would have given up. It's so much easier to search through posts with the software we use here.

That said, I am definitely getting the SHARC (possibly a few of them), but that's probably it. I have no interest in the HISS -- the DTC one is way better and I have enough of those. The AWE Striker I'm on the fence about. I may get one, since it's so cheap and Crankcase looks cool enough (an actual decent franken-Joe for a change.) And in all honestly I think the PTE FAV is a better vehicle than the AWE, but I'll probably still get one for nostalgia's sake.

Stan -- how well do the figs fit in the vehicles? My original AWE Striker was destroyed decades ago, so I can't throw a 25A Joe in for comparison.

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Fixed crotch fit fine. They sit a little tighter than the RAH line but that feels more realistic to me anyway. Like I said above, the diaper crotch figs don't sit quite as well, but still pretty good. The hands fit on the steering wheel perfectly. they slide right on. The AWE Striker is awesome, Chief. The shocks and stuff are great. My favorite of the bunch. You NEED one.

Grand Slam has a back pack hole, by the way. And the Air Trooper Jump pack fits perfectly. My SHARC is now driver-less. Anyone got an extra Torpedo? Seriously.

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Cool - I was worried that the legs would be too long (couldn't remember how deep the "legholes" were in my original.)

Guess I'll be "LASER BLAST" my custom GS now and painting an Air Trooper JUMP OD Green

Thanks!

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With GS having the back hole I'll be taking Dukes jump and giving it to him instead of painting one of my blue ones. (now to get GS and the next wave of singles)

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A-fricking-MEN! I hate trying to read a board where they allow huge sigs, especially with embedded images that nearly fill the frame.


Anyway, these look great and can't wait to find them. I hope to get at least two of each, maybe more of the AWE Striker and Sharc ( I always loved that goofy little jet-sub.)

Using the DCPI trick, I was able to score a set of them in Albany, NY. they are friggin AWESOME!!! If i am this happy with these, imagine how happy I will be when the mass release vehicles hit! The figs alone are worth the $ for these. heck, for a single carded fig it is $6 on average...I will gladly throw down and extra $4 for a cool vehicle.......Whenever i find a Hiss, I will pick it up...Crankcase is DEFINITELY the gem of these, followed closely by Grand Slam. Cant wait to grab a few Duke figs for the Jetpack.

It's sort of odd the way Target has been able to not only score the cooler exclusives but to have them at almost give away prices. I mean this is the same company that had Classics Skywarp and Ultra Magnus for less than you could have got them as single packs. Now they get really cool Joe stuff with the vechiles almost thrown in for free. I guess someone at Target must know toy geeks or something.