So the 25th Anniversary line of GI Joes really got me back into GI Joe. It was a fun run, but there was one figure I was never able to snag right at the end of the run - the San Diego Comic Con Sgt Slaughter. The Triple T version if you want to be exact. I don't go to SDCC, and I wasn't able to get one off the Hasbro Toy Shop. I was (at the time) not willing to go and pay the "insanely high prices" on eBay. So I just missed out. I had the chance to pick up one recently and jumped at it. I always held out hope that they would rerelease it with something like a Triple T or as part of a FSS, but it became pretty obvious that it was never going to happen. So I finally pulled the trigger on this 8 year old figure...
I was really impressed with the actual toy packaging and the clam shell. The clam shell that it came in had GI Joe stamps all over it. The back had the GI Joe logo on it, and the top had a cobra logo and a star on it. It's a lot nicer than some of the other generic clam shells I have. Small details like that make me smile. I really liked the artwork on the card because it reminded me of the Sgt Slaughter from the cartoon. I was a cartoon guy (both Sunbrow and DiC) so nostalgia is a great thing.
So I have ALWAYS been an "open figures because they deserve to be played with and seen" kinda guy, but opening this figure hurt a little. It's a collectors item, but it's still a toy! Below are some pictures of me unboxing the figure. I used an x-acto knife to remove the bubble off the card (after all I didn't want to mess anything up!), and I was super careful. The figure came with a stand, revolver, machine gun, and a baton. All were decent accessories but I never saw Slaughter as a revolver kind of guy. I really liked the machine gun. I currently don’t have him displayed holding anything because I think he looks more impressive with his hands behind his back.
So after I finally got this guy opened I decided to pose him and take some pictures. I made a nice backdrop and started taking pictures. It's my first time really taking pictures of an action figure, so it was a bit of a learning experience. Below are my pictures! Don’t make fun...
Over all I'm really happy with my purchase of an 8 year old toy. It reminds me a lot of childhood and that's the point! Yo Joe!
