tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730351558727980814.post6755921434462340563..comments2024-03-27T10:13:19.073-07:00Comments on Forgotten Figures: 2004 Crimson GuardRobot_Sonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046347432548886565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730351558727980814.post-86479531860115055332017-07-01T10:14:42.196-07:002017-07-01T10:14:42.196-07:00Dreadful upper arms, with their big smooth bicep a...Dreadful upper arms, with their big smooth bicep and short t-shirt sleeves, are from Duke 1991, the lower arms are from Shockwave 1992...why not use the entire Shockwave v2 arms...no idea.<br /><br />Technically the OCS set and Six-pack are different releases, as the OCS have the armored unit patch on one shoulder. The six-packers are all gingers, for some reason.<br /><br />Parts usage and non-turning head problems aside, I'd have preferred the tradition silver logos. <br /><br />I agree and disagree they overdid red CG's. Again, they should've made the OCS and 6-pack CG's more distinct from each other, like giving the 6-packs silver logos and decorative "braids" (not sure those are called) and the old unit patch on their arms. Likewise, the OCS didn't necessarily have to have 3 CG's. <br /><br />A lot of the burn out on these guys depends on how many Faces mail-ins a person scored (me, not that many) or how easy Operation Crimson Sabotage was to find (I NEVER saw one at retail and wasted a lot of gas in the process), because I had to order them from Kay-Bee online.<br /><br />There were also the people who'd abandoned ARAH style and were waiting for new sculpt CG's. (I hoped they liked figures that can't aim their rifles..*snort!*)<br /><br />And you'd think for all these Crimson troops, ready to fill out Serpentor's side, there'd be a lot of Marvel Cobra Civil War dios...but not really...maybe people were waiting for vintage BATS remakes? <br />A-Mannoreply@blogger.com