The New style are the T-Bar figures. They been making the T-Bar style figures since 2003. And they just released 15 New Characters for 2008 and they are all the T-Bar style.
They will never go back O-Ring figure molds.
Lanard made the T-Bar figures in the style that the G.I.Joe's were at the time. Hasbro went to T-Bar style G.I.Joe's and so Lanard went in that direction as well. But Hasbro later changed their figures back to O-Ring. Lanard most likely will never do O-Ring figures again. And i don't like replaceing O-Rings all the time. And with the T-Bar nothing has to be replaced.
And we know now what style the figures for the 25th G.I.Joe's are that they also don't use any O-Rings! But that style would cost more to produce and Lanard likes to have cheap production costs and they sell their figures at a lower price than what we have to pay for our G.I.Joe's. So i don't think Lanard would copy the style of the 25th style G.I.Joe's in this case. They would be to expensive for what they like to make.
So if your not into the T-Bar figures then you won't want these as that is what they make now. And nothing else.
Of course allot of people buy Chap Mei figures alsoand those are also T-Bar figures and they have less poseability than The Corps! But they are highly detailed. You can't say that with the current 25th G.I.Joe's as the bodies on most of them lack really any Detail at all. So what were paying for with the G.I.Joe's is not Detail but for all that Articulation they have becuase that is all the 25th G.I.Joe's have got going for them. Nothing far as Details. Their really plain looking in this case.
By: Captain-DC
02/05/2008
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