The quality of this figure is pretty good, the paint apps are quite crisp, and considering this is the figure with the most complex series of paint apps in the retro line, it’s good to see. This Stalker is reminiscent of the US domestic release, with the wide camouflage pattern. I spent a lot of time in 2022 paying attention to the various variants one could find of Stalker during the figure’s various releases produced in Hong Kong factories. ![]() Funny how things like that happen, and if I was going to bother transforming the damn thing, I’d probably turn this into my main AWE Striker.Īs a figure, Stalker is pretty solid. It’s a little richer than the early 80s small vehicle green, like the one seen on the VAMP or RAM or Skyhawk, and more in line with the green used for Tripwire, Zap and Steeler. There’s enough yellow on the figure that identifies it as Bumblebee, but it probably would’ve been simpler to just do the whole thing in Tiger Force motif.įunnily enough, the shade of green used on this AWE Striker, is probably the nicest green I’ve seen in a domestic G.I. The front wheels are iffy, as they really get in the way. The rear tires on the robot are neat, because they fall in with where the G1 Bumblebee’s rear wheels were. So while that would’ve been something that would make sense, provide the whole cross over with something new, we instead get an AWE Striker, which was seen a couple years back, that turns into a character who’s more known for being a Punch Buggy, and who’s first interaction with the Joe team, led to him getting blown up, and killed.Īs a figure, Bumblebee, is somewhat awkward, he’s bulky, features a kibble backpack, and while he has articulation, it’s less like the current iterations of Transformers, and is more like the G2 Transformers, in that it’s there, but definitely not particularly fluid. Joe, despite all of it’s various vehicles, has been missing the entire time. The Transformers has this character named Hound, Hound turns into a basic army Jeep, a thing that G.I. Bumblebee turning into an AWE Striker is a little more baffling. Turning him into a HISS isn’t ideal, since HISS Tanks have been a common release for the last 22 years, but it’s something that with a little finessing, would make sense. ![]() Joe and COBRA vehicles into Transformers has it’s ups and downs, Megatron turning into a HISS, has some basis in history, as in Generation 2, he was brought back online by COBRA Commander, and since turning into a realistic handgun is a no-no, he had a new form as a tank. They’re expensive, they don’t really provide anything new to one’s collection, and a pair of fan favourite figures, are now costing big bucks, though with how bad The Baroness was, I didn’t bother getting one to open. Joe and Transformers crossover is a little less desirable, than what anyone was actually hoping for. No one’s expecting that out of some rickety ass Back To The Future crossover figure, or whatever thing that has the “Iconic vehicle from a relatively similar timeframe” they’re going to use as a nostalgia exercise. Joe figures, while still being a transforming robot. Joe, they’ve been a shared universe since at least 1985 (The Oktober Guard was mentioned in an episode of Transformers, prior to the Marvel comics crossover), so because of this, there’s far higher expectations, than your typical cash grab crossover Transformer. What fuels the expectations in someways, is these are going to have to be Transformers that scale with G.I. Striker that’s actually a Transformer? Not really, nor did I expect that Transformer to be Bumblebee, perhaps the second most popular Autobot, after Optimus Prime, and a guy I thought was a Volkswagen Beetle.ĭoing a crossover with Transformers is one where there’s more on the line, than some of the other Transformers crossovers, where it’s “Oh hey, we have the license for Ghostbusters, let’s make Ecto-1 a Transformer.” With G.I. Joe characters, and the most dynamic figure that uses this torso.ĭid I expect him to come with an A.W.E. ![]() Of the 5 figures that used the torso (Snake Eyes, Hawk, Stalker, Breaker, and Grunt), Stalker was the figure I most expected to see. Mold sharing is a fact of life, so when Hasbro announced the 2022 Snake Eyes was going to be a 1983 Snake Eyes do over, I figured we’d probably see at least one other member of the 1982 G.I.
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