Thanks for the run down, Jesse. I haven't bought any 21st stuff since they got out of the 1:6 business and while some of the bbi 1:6 stuff TRU was carrying a while back wasn't bad, it wasn't quite what I was looking for at the time. I did buy a couple uniform sets and at least one weapons pack, though, and liked the stuff well enough.
I was tempted more than once to pick up a 1:18 Elite Fordces piece or two at TRU when I was buying Joes more often about 2 years ago, but never did. I've always admired the 21st planes and equipment that WM has been carrying also, but again, never purchased any of it.
It would be fun to have a nice Humvee for my Joes to tool around in so maybe I'll take a closer look at them at Target when I head back there next. No helos there yet, though.
On the Joe front, I found the two 5-packs at Target today and picked up one of each. Also got a single carded Stormshadow. Haven't opened them yet, probably sit down later tonight and go through them.
So far I have mixed feelings, though. I opened the v2 Snake Eyes last night and while the extra articulation is nice, the sculpting looks well done and the accessories are nice, the weak plastic (as we already see in the Star Wars line) sucks. The fact that the forward hip movement is hampered also is a big disappointment, especially in Snake Eyes. Except for that extra kneed joint, some of the 2003 and newer SE figures are almost better articulated.
I'm going to hold off on final judgement on all of them till I get the 5-packs and the Stormshadow open. Then I'll probably know if I'm going to be buying more or not...although I don't think I'd be able to pass up on Firefly.
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