GI Joe review: Gay Mustache Man



Here it is, the one figure from wave 8 that everyone thought they wanted. Thought they wanted, until early word got out that "Bludd sucks!" Of course, toy fans on the interwebs are easily given to hyperbole. Major Bludd is nowhere near as bad of a toy as you'd been led to believe.

Yes, I don't disagree that the Flash body mold probably would have been better, but would you believe that the Zartan body works better for Bludd than it did Zartan? The armor works better for the first mercenary to work for Cobra, especially since he was on the battlefield in the cartoon.

The stolen dog tags didn't look to great in some reviews I've seen for this figure, but those can be pushed down the neck and made to look a lot better than the way they sit on the figure in the package.

The right arm, whether it's armor to protect his arm from his rocket-firing handgun or a completely bionic arm, doesn't have any elbow articulation. But, if you were a good, knowledgeable, and thoughtful fanboy, you'd have done your research and realized that the 1983 figure didn't have that either. At least it's posed so that he looks great aiming his gun at whatever.

I liked the headsculpt too. All the Dreadnoks had worse likenesses than that of Bludd here, at least in my opinion. The eyepatch is there, as is the ambiguously gay mustache. The only thing I didn't like about this figure is the lack of a removable helmet. Hasbro is the undisputed king of removable headgear on action figures at this scale, and I fully realize that the 1983 Bludd didn't have a removable helmet, but it would have been neat to have that, especially since the helmet is a seperate piece anyway. But, not toy is perfect, and while Bludd has highs and lows, as all toys do, he's certainly a worthy addition to your modern GI Joe collection. He's really the newest thing in a wave just full of repaints and a pre-paint, so he's worth your seven bones. No early Cobra hierarchy is complete without Bludd.

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