 Hello everybody hooded cober commander 7 at 8 here. Welcome back to class of Friday where we look at a GI Joe classified series figure Every Friday since we looked at roadblock last time I thought we would look at roadblock again this week But this time at the standard retail release of classified roadblock since I had them both out And since I enjoyed this one so much more than the other one I thought this would be a good time to look at it Let's take a look at the packaging and the box has the window pane that shows the figure and the Accessories it has the GI Joe classified series logo and this is roadblock It has some package art here showing the character and I think this looks like Terry cruise I can't be the only one that sees that the artwork continues to the side of the box We have a profile of roadblock and an action pose and this is all pretty good. I like it This is number one in the classified series. That's right. The very first GI Joe classified figure Well, not exactly deluxe snake eyes is number zero So technically the second of the classified series on the back of the box We have the generic classified poster artwork that we got on all of these first wave classified figures on the other side of The box we have these symbols that represent his specialties This one means he is a fan of the San Diego Chargers. This is R2-D2 without legs This means his phone is fully charged and this is a syringe for steroids Let's open this guy up and take the figure out and take a look at roadblock Here is roadblock out of the box with his accessories This uniform for roadblock is based on roadblock version 2 from 1986 You can see it's the same basic idea But updated for the larger scale and this is what I think they should do with classified figures Even when they are based on a vintage design, they should be updated to take advantage of the larger scale Let's take a look at roadblocks accessories. He didn't come with a lot, but he had this really big Rail gun it fits pretty firmly in his hands and it has two grips It has this foregrip here. You can you can't fit it in his hand. He will not drop it So let's take a look at this. This obviously is not a traditional machine gun Which you would expect roadblock to come with he is the heavy machine gunner, but let's look at this thing This is a science fiction weapon. It is not based on anything in the real world. It's very long It's in a silver color, but it has some red and blue highlights It has a grip at the back on the top and a grip kind of in the center So he can't hold it kind of low at the hip There's this other grip here, but that would be very difficult to get in the figure's hand It has these two long prongs in the front and the silver paint fades to a translucent blue That's a cool effect. It also has a removable magazine. This would not be for bullets This would be a battery pack or something like that I'm not sure you should count this as a separate accessory since it just goes into the weapon And there's no other place on the figure to store it roadblock included only one other accessory this knife That fits in this sheath on the vest. The knife is in silver plastic. It has some detail. It's fine I do like the removable knife. This is pretty limited for accessories on a classified figure But the vintage roadblock figure didn't come with many accessories either, so I guess that's understandable Let's take a look at the articulation on roadblock the articulation on these classified figures is always really good He has a good range of motion on the head Up and down all the way around hindered maybe a little bit by this bulky vest But he can still move his head pretty well. He has butterfly joints at the shoulders He can lift his arm up at the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around He has a twist at the bicep. He has double jointed elbows He has a twist at the wrist and in and out hinges on Both wrists. He has an ab crunch hindered a bit by this vest He can still twist at the waist. He has a good leg split pop the legs back in their sockets when you move them back He can swing his leg forward at the hip not so much back, but pretty well forward He has a twist at the thigh. He has double jointed knees He has a twist at the boot cut and he has hinged and rocker ankles Let's look at the sculpt design and color of this guy starting with his head His head is bald and there's some marbling in the plastic on my example I don't know if that's a quality control thing, but the face sculpt is good He has a black beard and a thin mustache. This is an update of the version 2 roadblock It's the same basic idea. It's just updated a bit. You can tell it's the same guy He has this vest which takes some elements from the version 2 tactical vest But has some additional details the vest is a separate piece that goes over the figure and I do like that It allows them to add a bit of depth to the figure the vest is kind of a mint green With some darker green kind of brownish green spots on it He has a white GI Joe star over his left vest pocket He has a gray belt with some pouches and such He has a gray strap on the right side with the sheath for that knife that gray strap detail does continue to the back But it has some spots of gold and it has this blue round device that I think we all assumed was like a Communication device not sure what it's for but that's my guess on the right side We have some spots of gold then we have this red segmented strap with blue highlights over the right shoulder with a gold clasp in the back His arms are bare and muscular as you would expect from roadblock He has a big lion tattoo on his left arm This was a mistake from the tattooist that was supposed to be a tiger king tattoo easy mistake to make He has red and gray gloves the lower half of the figure is in a dark gray And I do like that contrast to the lighter gray of the vintage figure I think this is an improvement the waist and legs are pretty generic These were used on other figures nothing too special here They do have a texture for the cloth He has pockets on both legs and he has a gold knee pad on the left knee Only on the left knee not sure why it's just that knee He has black boots with gold boot armor highlighted with red this gold boot armor was another element They tried to carry through on these early classified GI Joe figures I think they've kind of abandoned that element now But a lot of the early first wave figures had this gold armor overall I like this roadblock figure more than the target exclusive roadblock figure It gets the basic idea of version 2 roadblock But updates it in some ways that I like that being said this is not on my list of favorite classified figures It's just a little bland there is another Classified roadblock figure that's based more on version one and that looks really good I don't have it I will try to get it and I suspect that will be my favorite version of classified roadblock That was my review of version one of classified roadblock I hope you enjoyed it if you did please give this video a thumbs up and subscribe for more classified GI Joe and vintage GI Joe toy reviews you can find me on social media on Facebook and Twitter and I have a website HCC788.com I can only continue doing these videos with the support of my friends on patreon if you'd like to support the channel That's a great way to do it You can get your name in videos like the names you see scrolling on the screen right now Thank you for watching. 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