One of the things that has been irritating the crap out of me here lately is that Hasbro is showing some true flashes of genius when it comes to deciding which figures to bring back from the dead and just how to do it. There are some of the coolest things I've ever seen in figures coming up this year...
...but, vehicles? Sheesh. Are you kidding me? OK, the Skystriker is a hellaciously awesome rebuild and I'm getting one for me and one for my son, but that's just about the extent. We see Star Wars getting all these cool vehicles (and I realize that as action figure marques go, it's bigger than GI Joe) and there are companies making limited production runs of 1:18 military vehicles that go for about a quarter of my month's take-home, but that's about it.
Where's the Tomahawk? Where's a REAL Pit playset? Where's a REAL Dragonfly attack helo instead of that tiny POS we got?
I've been experimenting with customizing some common vehicles in order to get some decent vehicles, like the ERTL John Deere Chevy pickup and the Bruder Jeep Wrangler. Both would make excellent vehicles, except for one little problem...they're 1:16 scale and the figures look like someone's kid sister is behind the wheel.
I wish that the diecast vehicle makers would make their products fit the figures. I keep hoping some of those stout diecast Hummers would accomodate figures, but I've yet to find one that works.
...but, vehicles? Sheesh. Are you kidding me? OK, the Skystriker is a hellaciously awesome rebuild and I'm getting one for me and one for my son, but that's just about the extent. We see Star Wars getting all these cool vehicles (and I realize that as action figure marques go, it's bigger than GI Joe) and there are companies making limited production runs of 1:18 military vehicles that go for about a quarter of my month's take-home, but that's about it.
Where's the Tomahawk? Where's a REAL Pit playset? Where's a REAL Dragonfly attack helo instead of that tiny POS we got?
I've been experimenting with customizing some common vehicles in order to get some decent vehicles, like the ERTL John Deere Chevy pickup and the Bruder Jeep Wrangler. Both would make excellent vehicles, except for one little problem...they're 1:16 scale and the figures look like someone's kid sister is behind the wheel.
I wish that the diecast vehicle makers would make their products fit the figures. I keep hoping some of those stout diecast Hummers would accomodate figures, but I've yet to find one that works.