{"id":4032,"date":"2010-02-18T02:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2010-06-26T03:23:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T08:23:40","slug":"adventurevaultreview-g-i-joe-arctic-threat-doc-shipwreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=4032","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: G.I. Joe Arctic Threat Doc & Shipwreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at Toys R Us the other day when the Toy Gods smiled down upon me. Noisy found a TRU Exclusive Batman<\/a>, but, as usual, they had nothing I had gone there for (still can\u2019t find that Arcee). Since they were resetting I walked around hoping for a surprise. I found it in the G.I. Joe aisle. The neon colors of Arctic Threat Doc caught my eye. Arctic Threat Doc and Shipwreck had appeared to fill the empty Joe pegs, and with snow on the ground I had to buy them. When I got home, these brave Joes ventured outside to see to the environment they were destined for\u2026<\/p>\n


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I\u2019ve always been attracted to Shipwreck (no, not in that way). When I was young, my knowledge of him came from the cartoon. So, although I didn\u2019t know his back story, I did know he was some sort of sailor who wasn\u2019t part of the military, yet he was so cool the military let him hang around anyway. That and he had a bird who wasn\u2019t on the as annoying level as most other cartoon animal sidekicks.<\/p>\n

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I really like this Arctic Shipwreck. There are not a lot of new pieces to him, but they did a really detailed job with what they had ready. One thing you will need to be careful of when you\u2019re picking him out is the paint job though. I think I went through ten before I found one that had just enough white \u201cice\u201d built up on his beard without making him look like an old man. Also, some of them had gray slop from his hat come down over the eyebrows. That was my biggest problem with this figure though; everything else turned out great. His pants are from the Ice Viper\u2019s, but almost all Shipwrecks other parts come from ROC\u2019s Arctic Snake Eyes. One of the interesting things is that he and Snake Eyes share the same jacket mold, all the wrinkles and folds match, except for the hood. Snake\u2019s hood was sculpted up, while Shipwrecks is sculpted down.<\/p>\n

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Shipwreck also comes with some great accessories. The best, though, is Polly. This is the same Polly mold we\u2019ve seen before, but again they hit us with the details, and this version is an Arctic Polly with touches of \u201cice\u201d added to the wings. This gives a really great effect, but I couldn\u2019t help wonder why anyone would bring a tropical bird to an arctic battleground. Shipwreck also comes with a neat looking rifle, a long spear for hunting whales after Cobra\u2019s been dealt with, and the same firing bazooka that ROC\u2019s Arctic Storm Shadow had only in gray, and some really cool snow shoes that actually work in snow. (Notice how Shipwreck is able to stand higher in the snow than the other Joe figures?) My least favorite accessory of Shipwrecks is his backpack. It\u2019s basically a large brown shell with \u201cice\u201d paint on it. This is what Joe backpacks used to be like, but they\u2019ve come a long way since. The upcoming Snow Job\u2019s backpack can hold all his stuff, and I\u2019m pretty disappointed Shipwrecks can\u2019t do the same.<\/p>\n

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Next up is Doc. I\u2019m not really sure what was going through Doc\u2019s mind when he picked out his arctic gear for this mission. Doc is technically emergency personnel, so he\u2019s trying to save lives and I guess he thinks he\u2019ll be spared. The problem is, this isn\u2019t the side of a busy highway, this is a battlefield, a mostly white battlefield. Bright colors and reflective patches (which actually do reflect) might keep you from getting shot by your own men, but I don\u2019t think the B.A.T.s follow the rules of the Geneva Convention. Let\u2019s hope there are no Arctic S.A.W. Vipers around\u2026<\/p>\n

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Even if Doc\u2019s uniform is a little strange, his accessories are well worth the buy. Doc comes with his helmet (which doesn\u2019t like to stay on very well), ice shoes (which also don\u2019t like to stay on), a medic bag, a flare gun, and a sort of hypo-spray type gun, a white stretcher with a blanket\/tarp and his medical case\/backpack. <\/p>\n

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The backpack is the coolest part. You may recognize it, it was originally given to Firefly, but they\u2019ve ingeniously repainted it to match Doc\u2019s needs seamlessly. The red gas can has been repainted into a blue water can, and the time bomb has been repainted into a stethoscope sitting on some bandage wraps. They did an amazing job on this case. Even the outside shows an attention to detail. The letters that spell \u201cRESCUE\u201d on the case are in the same font as the \u201cRESCUE\u201d letters on Lifeline\u2019s uniform. Very cool, and probably one of my favorite accessories. All together, even if you don\u2019t like Docs choice of colors, he\u2019s got enough medical supplies to cure a battalion. <\/p>\n

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These two figures make a great addition to the Arctic Threat line. I can\u2019t wait to add Duke, Snow Job, and the Ice Viper Officer to the ranks.<\/p>\n

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I was at Toys R Us the other day when the Toy Gods smiled down upon me. Noisy found a TRU Exclusive Batman, but, as usual, they had nothing I had gone there for (still can\u2019t find that Arcee). Since they were resetting I walked around hoping for a surprise. 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