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8″ ARAH Soldiers Series 2

While the first series of 8″ scaled ‘Soldier’ class figures to be released following the rebranding of Sigma6 as ‘Kung Fu Grip A Real American Hero’ was pretty spectacular, the follow-up second series was a bit lackluster. This assortment consists of S.W.A.T. team member Lockdown, a Samurai version of Storm Shadow, and an odd purple-and-neon-green repaint of Zartan (officially, ‘Toxic Zartan).

The figures themselves are great, but when two out of three characters in a series are rehashes of previously released figures, my enthusiasm wanes. And since I’m not a huge fan of additional versions of the same character, I passed on the SS an TZ figures and just picked up Lockdown. See my pics and review when you expand the post.

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LOCKDOWN

Lockdown is an excellent figure with great gear and accessories, and although it’s a little odd to have a police officer in a military themed toy line, he makes a nice addition to the 8″ roster. Plus, I’m always fond of action figures with removable helmets, and his is pretty sweet - it looks kinda like a dystopian future stormtrooper helmet. Apart from the helmet, he gets hooked up with a spring-action battering ram, a big S.W.A.T. shield, a pair of functional plastic handcuffs, and a well-detailed machine gun. Not bad for the 10 dollar price.

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SAMURAI STORM SHADOW

I passed on this figure. I admit the overall presentation and assortment of accessories is pretty cool, but I just don’t need another Storm Shadow. And I’ve never been big on the Ninjas/Samurais of the GI Joe universe, so it was easy to save my money and move on. You can see nice pics and a good review from someone who did buy the figure over at joebattlelines.

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TOXIC ZARTAN

Similar opinion here as with SS. The first Zartan release is one of my favorite figures from this line, and I just don’t see the need to expand on that. But, others feel differently! Check out the excellent review at joebattlelines and form your own opinions!