newtru01I guess it has become a weekly ritual to check my local Toys R Us on Thursday mornings for new products! They get their shipments on Thursdays and Saturdays out here in California.

Since they took down the G.I. Joe main feature a week and a half ago here, I wondered where all the Joes went. They only had 2 pegs worth in the Joe isle. Today they put out a full half-endcap in the middle of the main isle filled with Joes.

newtru02I was very surprised to see a Charbroil staring back at me! When I dug a little further in I found the complete Collection 1, Wave 4. This includes Charbroil, Kamakura, Red Fang Ninja, Nano-Viper and the cool Night Adder figure.

I was doubly surprised to also find the White-coat “Doctor Rex” Variant and the no-mask “Arctic Storm Shadow” variant as well. There were also some Para-Vipers, but I had to pass on them this time.

newtru03I really like the Charbroil figure in person, and am LOVING the White-coat doctor. I passed on the Nano-Vipers, as they still have the terrible, TERRIBLE, turtle heads.. and passed on the Red Fang Ninjas and Kamakura as I don’t have any need for ninjas in this mans Army. The Night Adder SEEMS cool, but I’ll reserve judgment until I can open it up and check it out. I am not crazy about the headsculpt/mask… but we’ll see what can be done with that.

newtru04Finally, the unmasked Storm Shadow variant is … okay. I only got it because it was ‘different’ as I dont generally like the overall look of the figure. To each their own!

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