![]() ![]() Roadblock’s arms are equally big and the large size actually allows the joints to be obscured a bit and let him look just a little more natural. The vest looks like a heavy bulletproof vest with a lot of pouches attached to it and some additional ammunition carried up on his shoulder as well. I liked this vest so much, I bought second Night Adder just for the vest so I could give it to Rise of Cobra Roadblock. This piece was released with Night Adder but not with the Rise of Cobra Roadblock figure. Up top, Roadblock is built huge and while he’s technically designed to be shirtless, he finally gets reunited with the great vest that wasĭesigned for him back in the day. Like the rest of the Resolute Joes, he’s wearing combat spats over his boots and large kneepads. Resolute Roadblock continues that development and he looks even better because Hasbro ironed out the kinks in this new construction style by the time he was released. However, even with all his faults, I had to appreciate the first 25th Anniversary Roadblock figure because he actually looked bigger than the rest of my Joes. My Battle Corps Roadblock seemed a bit bigger (and I think was a tad broader than other Joes), but he was still lacking the height I thought he needed. ![]() I have fond memories of my vintage Tiger Force Roadblock, but he was built just like everyone else in my childhood collection. I’ve said before that part of what I love about these modern figures is that big characters can actually be big. Considering Roadblock hauls around a heavy machine gun as his personal weapon, that’s a great call. The first thing you’ll notice about Roadblock is that he’s big. Roadblock’s design hearkens back to his original look, but it’s all been updated to reflect a modern military aesthetic. Though both Night Adder and Rise of Cobra Roadblock preceded this figure in release, all the parts those figures used were originally designed for Resolute Roadblock, so to me, that means those parts were designed for use here first. However, it wasn’t until the seven-pack that we got to see Resolute Roadblock released as he was intended. Hasbro didn’t let this figure go easily since they used all but the head of this figure for Rise of Cobra Night Adder and the whole figure was released with the Rise of Cobra Outpost Defender but he was missing his signature new vest. The designers did a great job with him and his look translated very well to action figure form. Out of all the redesigns, I was looking most forward to Roadblock. Thankfully, Hasbro was able to eventually get those designs out in the two Resolute figure seven-packs. There were a lot of great character designs that deserved to be immortalized in plastic form. However, it was pretty unfortunate that Hasbro couldn’t go all-in on the concept because they had to shift gears over to Rise of Cobra so quickly. I appreciated the more adult oriented cartoon and the modern take on the Joes was very well executed. ![]() Mental, starring Toni Collette and Liev Schreiber in a comedy about a woman tasked with taking care of five children when their mother is institutionalized, is at 44 percent.įamily Weekend, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Modine in a comedy about a a high-achieving teenager who takes her parents hostage to protest their indifference to her life, is at 25 percent (check out Chenoweth’s Five Favorite Films here).Resolute did a lot of great things for the Joe brand. Welcome to the Punch, starring James McAvoy and Mark Strong in a thriller about a detective who uncovers a conspiracy while trailing a master criminal, is at 55 percent. ![]() The Place Beyond The Pines, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in a drama with three interconnected stories about the fates of two families over the course of 15 years, is at 76 percent (check out director Derek Cianfrance’s Five Favorite Films here). Wrong, a dramedy about a man whose life takes a number of strange turns as he looks for his missing dog, is at 77 percent. Renoir, a historical drama about the relationship between painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his son, director Jean Renoir, is at 79 percent. Violeta Went to Heaven, a biopic of Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra, is at 83 percent. Room 237, a documentary that presents a number of fascinating interpretations of Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining, is Certified Fresh at 95 percent.īlancanieves, a silent take on Snow White set in 1920s Spain, is at 88 percent. Time to guess the Tomatometer! Also opening this week in limited release: Jurnee Smollett-Bell stars as a marriage counselor whose dissatisfaction with her own marriage pushes her into an affair with a tech mogul ethical and emotional complications ensue. Tyler Perry‘s films are rarely screened prior to their release in theaters, and Temptation is no exception. ![]()
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