New toys in the house. That's a thing that's been on the rare side in these parts, well, for me, anyway. I bought the "junior joe" his own Eaglehawk as I found that Toys R Us (online) had them marked down, and they finally had that yellow Jinx in stock.
It was interesting watching the "junior joe" build his Eaglehawk. There wasn't much building to any of the other GIJoe vehicles that have made their way to his HQ previously. No other toys really have this build up at our level, either, only Legos are the only things "built" here. It didn't look easy on some parts, but that comes more from smaller hands. Plus, there was never any "snap" in place sounds to let us know that parts were together. I did one forward engine cover to help out, the "junior joe" did the other side, but still wasn't able to finagle one of those two hinges on. And I was a little concerned the canopy hinge might snap if it was forced in, but I ended up helping out on that one, too.
We'll see how this Eaglehawk holds up under "junior joes" battle conditions....
But finally, I got that Retaliation Jinx (yellow). I kind of like the look of a few modern-ish figures and want to mix things up a little, but I could never find one of these locally (or any 'joes, for that matter) and only recently did I find that it was available for ordering online (I wasn't searching that hard online, but still never came across any in stocks until now).
I also bought Retaliation Lady Jaye, as I liked the Renegades Scarlett, and wanted that character represented by a figure, well, it was one I was going to get before but was just waiting to find Jinx at the same time.
I like both figures well enough, and I am impressed by the amount of gear across the board with these two, mostly with Lady Jaye, though. That figure is ready to rumble. I really like the bazooka, I did not know it separates as well as the ammo being removable from the backpack. Too cool.
Jinx looks pretty cool, being in yellow, it kind of adds some new life to an otherwise static looking group of figure characters. A lot of familiar weaponry that says "Jinx" with the twin swords and staff, too. I'm a little disappointed by the figures hands, however. Things pose fine, but fall away under movement really easy. (And I don't think I can make use of the zip cord.)
These two join the ranks along Scarlett and Agent Helix, as well as Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow for "my" modern GIJoe team.
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