50th Ski Patrol Arrives

I use "arrive" lightly, I had to go pick it up from the carrier since I missed it yesterday.

At any rate, here are the pictures:





He used the "use two boxes that are too small on their own but just right stuck together" packing technique.



The box is larger than I expected.



The new booklet.



The box art in the back actually has a 3D element to it, which I didn't expect, I assumed it was just flat art.



So there's a space behind the mountains.



All out and equipped.



The new dog tag with the bullet hole Action Man logo.



The face. Not as bad as I've seen others are. Maybe the lips are a bit prominent, but I've got some paints for that. The flock, within the first few hours, seems pretty good. We'll see in the future though.


The hands, yes are stiff, but no stiffer than I remember the Timeless GI Joe Adventure Team figures.

He may be a little tight, but I've got the patience.



Is he perfect? No. But frankly none of my figures are perfect, so I don't have the impossible standards that you guys have. He's a good figure and I'll do up his name and dossier later.

Very nice figure AY!
Now you need to take him out in the snow for pics!

As Dreadnought requested on HQ, some nudies.



Ready for action!



At attention, ahem, Privates.



Unaided, standing one footed.



Ditto.



Crouching/covering.

Pretty darn good, in my opinion. While it may take a little more effort to pose him, because there is a lot of tension, I'm not going to lie, it's not so much to as render him un-posable.

What a fantastic addition, the uniform looks great!

Very nice as I've said. He looks a very decent example.
I must strip down my Paratrooper and see does he match up.

I went ahead and removed the scar and lip paint.

Much improved, no?

I would have taken some outdoorsy snow pictures today, but I awoke this morning to find that it had gotten really warm last night, and nearly all of our snow is gone!

Hope it comes back.

ActionYankee wrote:

I would have taken some outdoorsy snow pictures today, but I awoke this morning to find that it had gotten really warm last night, and nearly all of our snow is gone!  

Hope it comes back.  

Never fear, Ian, this one beautiful day in the 60's will end tonight when they tell us the temps will again go below freezing with a winter mix...

Just wondering why you removed the scar and lip paint...

The color was a little too vibrant in person. I may replace it with some proper paint later.

ActionYankee wrote:

The color was a little too vibrant in person. I may replace it with some proper paint later.

Gotcha! I had a joe once with barbie hot pink lips....