Blood for the Baron!

Hey guys,
Just thought I'd get some critiques on these....

Tr101al wrote:Hey guys,
Just thought I'd get some critiques on these....



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this is freaking awesome! man what I would give to get a hasbro produced one like this

all around perfect, and looks like to came from Hasbro themselves

Tunnel Rat looks the business, he was always one of my favourite Joes, what parts did you use to make Tunnel Rat? I'm guessing Shipwreck's legs but I could be wrong.

Very cool!

If you wanted to do it correctly you should have used a Cobra Officer though.

Judging by the webbing I'd say he has used the Cobra Officer, I think the webbing is the only difference between the officer and trooper in the 25th anniversary line.

Great job on these figures. I realy like the detail on the Hunter face. He looks different and more human than the Cobra Troopers or Officers. Just try a real Trooper helmet on him. He will look better. This helmet seem to be the Cobra Commander one.

pocoyo_joe wrote:Judging by the webbing I'd say he has used the Cobra Officer

You are absolutely right! The beveled V missing on the helmet put me on the wrong track. Hunter needs an AKA47 though, not a Dragunov.

Your Hunter had an AK47? Mine had no accesorries (well, apart from a bloody great missile tank).

Jaye, something I've been meaning to ask you for absolutely ages now - your pics in the archive, all of your jointed figs have little black crosses on them, is this part of the originial Dutch release, or an addition by you as a nipper? It actually started a thread over at yojoe a while back:

http://forums.yojoe.com/showthread.php?t=58102

Really good job, Tr101al!

It is certainly not a special Dutch release! As a child I did quite a bit of scale modelling. This is most likely some customizing I did with some left over decalls to make it appear as if they are wearing medals. Steeler & Quarrel were my favourite heros.

FYI: I do have a spare Steeler visor, but are not likely selling...

No rifle? Tell me, what do you see next to the figure?

I'm still none too sure about those European bubble editions, I know my jointed figs were loose in the box. None of these figures came with any accessories in the UK:

Red Jackal
Hunter
Blades
Jammer
Gaucho

Red Laser had the laser pistol
Stalker had the uzi and ammo clip bag
Steeler had the uzi and helmet with visor
Quarrel had the crossbow

And vehicles obviously. Are the bubbles the European editions, then? The only other theory I've heard is that they were convention exclusives, but that's more of a US concept I feel.