Gi Joe 25th - Stalker

Sgt. Stalker is a long standing member of the Joe team, and has found his way into the third wave of 25th Anniversary figures.


This figure is particularly interesting due to the several variants in which it can be found, one of them being very new. The first figures to roll off the line had a yellow treatment to the camo, and are quite rare - they typically command $50 and up on eBay. The much more available version is the one we have here in the Preserve, which features green camo. Raising the stakes now is a 'corrected articulation' version, which has had much of the 'crotch plastic' cut away, allowing the legs to move much more freely, and allowing the figure to be seated without a 45-degree slouch. Over at hisstank.com there is an amusing and lengthy discussion (more of a flame war, as these things always go) about this characters' crotch...amazing.

In that discussion there is mention of Beachhead and Firefly also having been corrected, though not to the same extent. I still need to track down the details about those figures, and be clear about which ones are in the collection. In the mean time, I have a feeling I'll buy a corrected Stalker if the opportunity presents, and maybe he'll be the one that gets opened to hang out with the Target Exclusive Hiss Tank about which I hear such wonderful stories.
Posted by charlie on December 3rd 2007
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