In all honesty with the Spy Troops movie and all that came with those straight to video movies that Hasbro came out with... I couldn't stand the Heavy Duty character as well as any other new character from that era. I.E. High-Tech, Coil Crusher, etc...What happened to the awesome Heavy Duty I use to know...
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I agree, the new Heavy Duty sucks. However, if its just a name change for Roadblock rather than a new character, I may be able to live with it... key word: MAY.
Actually from the new era, I didn't mind the new characters, it was good for the Joe roster to expand again. Admittedly, many of the figures sucked, unabashedly so, but the general concept of each of the characters was good: Crosshair, Hacker, High-Teck, Mayday, Barrel Roll, Bombstrike, Dart.... If Hasbro could do them again in the new 25th style with new base designs, I think they'd go over a lot better than they did during the SpyTroops and VvV lines.
EDIT: I'm referring mainly to the new joes they introduced, most of the new cobras with the exception of the plague unit were just too weird for me.
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I love the art, and hope it they keep their standards high, but I feel like the powers that be have no intention of listening to the fans. Heavy Doody (intentional misspelling) has always been a lackluster 2nd stringer in my book. However, if Roadblock just has his name changed to Heavy Duty, but is still the same rhyming chef character, that is a more palatable solution, I suppose.
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I agree.
If it gets to the point that Heavy Duty is just a name change for Roadblock but he stays the same way I am okay with it.
Definitely will pick up the first issue to check it out!It's so annoying that Roadblock is now Heavy Duty though... Roadblock is the man!
It is just depressing. Just because Heavy Duty is the same kind of individual of Roadblock (heavy gunner) Hasbro is now pretending that the two are interchangeable. They aren't. The first hint that this would be done occured in DDP's Malfunction story arc where Heavy Duty showed up and machine gunned the Super-BAT. Roadblock popped out of the sewer where the Joes were and asked "What are you supposed to be, my replacement?"
After that, i think some numbskull at Hasbro though that that would be a good idea and hence the Heavy Duty switch was born. How disgusting.
I'll still probably get the comic though, at least to see if its any good.
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The switch actually happened before this. When the first wave of G.I. Joe vs Cobra figures came out Hasbro made Heavy Duty a machine gunner (rather than a heavy ordinance trooper). He even came with the original Roadblock's accessories. From what I heard the figure was originally intended to be an updated look for Roadblock but Hasbro lost the rights to the Roadblock name so they decided to call him Heavy Duty. A lot of fans saw Heavy Duty as Roadblock's replacement and were angry about the whole situation. The scene in the Devil's Due book was cracking a joke about it. Later they would make an actual Roadblock figure but even then they would continue to make new Heavy Duty figures.
There was also the whokle Doubleblast thing before all of that.
Even one or two later Roadblocks had the Roadblock name but the Doubleblast bio.
In all honesty with the Spy Troops movie and all that came with those straight to video movies that Hasbro came out with... I couldn't stand the Heavy Duty character as well as any other new character from that era. I.E. High-Tech, Coil Crusher, etc...
What happened to the awesome Heavy Duty I use to know...
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Definitely will pick up the first issue to check it out!It's so annoying that Roadblock is now Heavy Duty though... Roadblock is the man!
It is just depressing. Just because Heavy Duty is the same kind of individual of Roadblock (heavy gunner) Hasbro is now pretending that the two are interchangeable. They aren't. The first hint that this would be done occured in DDP's Malfunction story arc where Heavy Duty showed up and machine gunned the Super-BAT. Roadblock popped out of the sewer where the Joes were and asked "What are you supposed to be, my replacement?"
After that, i think some numbskull at Hasbro though that that would be a good idea and hence the Heavy Duty switch was born. How disgusting.
I'll still probably get the comic though, at least to see if its any good.
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The switch actually happened before this. When the first wave of G.I. Joe vs Cobra figures came out Hasbro made Heavy Duty a machine gunner (rather than a heavy ordinance trooper). He even came with the original Roadblock's accessories. From what I heard the figure was originally intended to be an updated look for Roadblock but Hasbro lost the rights to the Roadblock name so they decided to call him Heavy Duty. A lot of fans saw Heavy Duty as Roadblock's replacement and were angry about the whole situation. The scene in the Devil's Due book was cracking a joke about it. Later they would make an actual Roadblock figure but even then they would continue to make new Heavy Duty figures.
There was also the whokle Doubleblast thing before all of that.
Even one or two later Roadblocks had the Roadblock name but the Doubleblast bio.
I love the art, and hope it they keep their standards high, but I feel like the powers that be have no intention of listening to the fans. Heavy Doody (intentional misspelling) has always been a lackluster 2nd stringer in my book. However, if Roadblock just has his name changed to Heavy Duty, but is still the same rhyming chef character, that is a more palatable solution, I suppose.
Definitely will pick up the first issue to check it out!It's so annoying that Roadblock is now Heavy Duty though... Roadblock is the man!
It is just depressing. Just because Heavy Duty is the same kind of individual of Roadblock (heavy gunner) Hasbro is now pretending that the two are interchangeable. They aren't. The first hint that this would be done occured in DDP's Malfunction story arc where Heavy Duty showed up and machine gunned the Super-BAT. Roadblock popped out of the sewer where the Joes were and asked "What are you supposed to be, my replacement?"
After that, i think some numbskull at Hasbro though that that would be a good idea and hence the Heavy Duty switch was born. How disgusting.
I'll still probably get the comic though, at least to see if its any good.
@can@
The switch actually happened before this. When the first wave of G.I. Joe vs Cobra figures came out Hasbro made Heavy Duty a machine gunner (rather than a heavy ordinance trooper). He even came with the original Roadblock's accessories. From what I heard the figure was originally intended to be an updated look for Roadblock but Hasbro lost the rights to the Roadblock name so they decided to call him Heavy Duty. A lot of fans saw Heavy Duty as Roadblock's replacement and were angry about the whole situation. The scene in the Devil's Due book was cracking a joke about it. Later they would make an actual Roadblock figure but even then they would continue to make new Heavy Duty figures.
Oh, somehow I missed that wave/figure. Thanks for the info.
THe joke makes more sense now.
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Definitely will pick up the first issue to check it out!It's so annoying that Roadblock is now Heavy Duty though... Roadblock is the man!
It is just depressing. Just because Heavy Duty is the same kind of individual of Roadblock (heavy gunner) Hasbro is now pretending that the two are interchangeable. They aren't. The first hint that this would be done occured in DDP's Malfunction story arc where Heavy Duty showed up and machine gunned the Super-BAT. Roadblock popped out of the sewer where the Joes were and asked "What are you supposed to be, my replacement?"
After that, i think some numbskull at Hasbro though that that would be a good idea and hence the Heavy Duty switch was born. How disgusting.
I'll still probably get the comic though, at least to see if its any good.
@can@
The switch actually happened before this. When the first wave of G.I. Joe vs Cobra figures came out Hasbro made Heavy Duty a machine gunner (rather than a heavy ordinance trooper). He even came with the original Roadblock's accessories. From what I heard the figure was originally intended to be an updated look for Roadblock but Hasbro lost the rights to the Roadblock name so they decided to call him Heavy Duty. A lot of fans saw Heavy Duty as Roadblock's replacement and were angry about the whole situation. The scene in the Devil's Due book was cracking a joke about it. Later they would make an actual Roadblock figure but even then they would continue to make new Heavy Duty figures.
I've been wondering if more artwork is going to get like that to save time drawing them to help meet deadlines. I prefer everything to be drawn myself in the same style by the same person. I hate those blurry digital buildings.Yea, its what is called a "cheat"--using blurs and such to partially obscure buildings and thus reduce the amount of detail drawn, or the origin of the art in the BG layer. It is a time-saver, it has its uses.......but like the infamous lens flares it can be over-used and a crutch when you see it too much.
My eyes are poison for this stuff ( a term that means I know what to look for and it spoils me) so when I see blurred BG's used all the time, it feels like a gyp to me. Some artists just have the knack for both figures and BG's--Michael Golden is one, and he drew my favourite ( and arguably the best) GIJOE story in the 2nd Yearbook.
I want the immersion a good story brings, and if the artist takes pains to make it look and feel like the characters are actually in a real-life or life-like locale, then so much the better. Good figure artists are a dime a dozen in comics.....so I look for other strengths in the art now.
Artists that draw beautiful women, great locations, and good props typically get my attention and money on their books.
I am like that too. Especially if the artist can draw hot women. I love Jim Lee and Alan Davis. Alan Davis was especially a huge influence on me when I first started drawing. I have really been into Frank Cho lately. I really liked his Shanna limited series from Marvel. Someone who I really dislike is Leinil Francis Yu and Simon Bianchi. Both are being made out by Marvel to be big deals but I don't see it. I picked up the latest issue of Astonishing X-Men and could not even read it because of the artwork. I think Bianchi would be good on something like Lobo but not much else. I like the smooth styles like John Byrne, Alan Davis and Dave Cockrum.
I wish if Roadblock was not going to be used they would just make Heavy Duty look like Heavy Duty. Do they just think that Heavy Duty's name is better Than Roadblock and Roadblock's appearance is better than Heavy Duty's? Roadblock was such a huge part of my Joe-verse and I know a big favorite of the mahority of Joe fans. If the lost the rights to his name just call him Sgt Roadblock or even Roadblokk. I'd even settle for Sgt Hinton or just plain Marvin. If they want HeavyDuty in the book to tie into the movie, fine. But make Heavy Duty look like Heavy Duty and at least have Roadblock show up later, looking like Roadblock.
HASBRO, I WANT ROADBLOCK BACK! @grumpy@
I stopped buying the DDP Joe comic LONG ago, but I'm really looking forward to this new one!
Definitely will pick up the first issue to check it out!It's so annoying that Roadblock is now Heavy Duty though... Roadblock is the man!
It is just depressing. Just because Heavy Duty is the same kind of individual of Roadblock (heavy gunner) Hasbro is now pretending that the two are interchangeable. They aren't. The first hint that this would be done occured in DDP's Malfunction story arc where Heavy Duty showed up and machine gunned the Super-BAT. Roadblock popped out of the sewer where the Joes were and asked "What are you supposed to be, my replacement?"
After that, i think some numbskull at Hasbro though that that would be a good idea and hence the Heavy Duty switch was born. How disgusting.
I'll still probably get the comic though, at least to see if its any good.
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Wow. They aren't even trying to make Heavy Duty LOOK different anymore. You can be sure it's a cross-promoting thing going on with the upcoming movie, but still...
I'm not buying the "We don't have rights to the Roablock name" anymore. There have been literaly DOZENS of Roadblock figures made since 2001. Not "Sgt" Roadblock, or "GI Joe" Roadblock, either. Just Roadblock. Their insistance to keep forcing "Heavy Duty" on us will brobably be one of the great mysteries of GI Joe history!
Who knew that one half-way-decent figure made in 1991 would caontinue to plague GI joe fans 17 years later!
All that said, not a huge deal However, I'm still not sold on this book. I'm NOT a fan of rebooting GI Joe and to be very honest, though we all love his original GI Joe, myself included, Hama has something to prove after that lack-luster "Storm Shadow" bomb.
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