This is a tough one. He does look a bit rough, but at the same time, they can't all be good looking. I can just see Flint telling Falcon, "You run out an draw their fire, and I will cover you". At the very least, he is a decent base body if one wanted to customize and make the army builder, cannon fodder member of the Joes. Just swap some heads and boom.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this figure to see for myself how I feel about the head portrait. I’m starting to feel like at the end of the day, not everyone is good looking…
Can't say I blame you. This line has flaws and you at least want to be able to see what you're buying before you choose a defective figure. Has-been oops! I mean Hasbro took that away from the collector
@@shawnpiette5372 There are plenty of flaws, especially in this wave with its QC problems around the biceps of more than one character, but I do agree the good outweighs the bad with Classified. Quite the opposite with Marvel Legends the past couple of years.
@@alandoane9168 for me I’m such a joe fan and having them all as a kid that every time i open a 6 inch version of these figures, i almost cry from nostalgia
(spoilers) Falcon was the "Hot Rod" of the GI Joe movie. Even though Hot Rod unintentionally played a role in getting Optimus Prime killed, he was still more likeable than Falcon who just acted like the punk little brother of Duke. After the negative feedback with what happened to Prime, they changed the story VERY last minute on Dukes fate. Also, if the GI Joe movie was a little more edgy, I can totally believe that Nemesis Enforcer would have killed Bazooka, Alpine and Gung Ho in their fight. Dude can lift a tank and just back handed Bazooka about 10 feet, which should have broke the guys neck.
Yep; the GI Joe: The Movie originally had more than *just* Duke dying by the film's end. Much like the Transformers animated film Hasbro intended the film to wipe out multiple original characters while introducing a crop of new characters in order to keep kids buying new figures by removing old characters and promoting new ones. It's why so many original Joes are essentially gone early in the film having run afoul of Cobra-la.
I'm kinda winding down my classified collection due to lack of space so I might get him if I find him in the wild but I doubt I'll go searching for him.
I don't need my soldiers to be pretty, this looks like a rugged battle hardened Green Beret. The kind of guy that bites a head off a snake to show the locals he's serious. The filecard for Falcon was a vastly different character then the movie.
The OG Falcon had a great camouflage pattern! If Classified had matched that & maybe shrunk the botox/ Harrison Ford head 1% or 2%, it might have been a hit?!?
I'm just trying to figure out why they would send the homie Falcon into battle with just a gauge,a knife and what is clearly a first-gen Alltel phone back pack...he will be missed😢
falcon was one of my favorites back in the day. but he is a miss for me in the classified line. I can look past the face, but the accessories are the deal breaker for me, just not enough
Head sculpt is also a miss from me. It's not as bad as it was in those initial pics, but still not great. He's got some John Wayne vibes to me, fits the green beret theme, but doesn't scream Falcon. I also think of the animated movie where he was more of a suave ladies man, and this Falcon seems a little too grizzled for that.
Its up in the for me with him.... I did say on a different channel I was going to pass but I saw someone use the renew your vows Spidey 2 pack Peter head and that looks to be a good idea! Falcon is ugly but I would definitely use another head in its place. Nice review✨✨😀
Great review! Love all my classified joes….but this one truly was a disappointment….not just the head sculpt the gun stalk and he was very Igor in the joints even after the wam water soaking…still love joe tho!….oh and his face reminds me of the 60s joe head;)
His head is just a little too large. That's pretty much the major flaw I see with it. If he was Charles Bronson I'd be totally cool with it. His tac vest knife should be removable. I'd put Falcon at a low B- to a low C+ because I have seen samples with a decent paint job, thinner lips, thinner eyebrows, and it may be the lighting people use, but beyond that, I think they made the head just a smidge too large. He isn't madam flowers but I get where the consternation of fans are at in regards to butter face puppet.
I was at target grabbing cat food and they had falcon so I grabbed him even tho I said I wasn’t 🤷🏻 when I pulled him out I was like ugh I’m returning him …..but when you get his beret and his backpack and gun all set up (I took the bandanna off) it’s not as bad ….it’s not great tho …..but I’ll probably just keep him…….everything about him feels kinda cheap his harness he’s wearing is real thin cheap rubbed the color green and the camo is not great ……his backpack and shotgun and knife are the best part
Call me old fashioned . I never bought a joe on facial looks, but for character and accessories.I think the face sculpt looks okay . It’s a sculpt that reminds me of old classic 12 inch joes
It sucks they don't wanna put the see through plastic on to see the figure I'd rather open it and display it awesome figure awesome review tommy tbone 👍
I reckon matt damon should reach out to hasbro to get some royalty payments since hasbro has made damon apart of gi joe lol. I hope the line will really get alot better when they start making characters like desert scorpion, ceesepool, shadow tracker, cobra eel, flak viper, saw viper, dreadnok chaos, barricade, nunchuk, banzai, slice, dice etc. Would be epic if they make Raptor but designed him to look like a Navajo skin walker or whitchdoctor sharmen that would really make a cheesey character like Raptor become more of a serious character
Awful head sculpt. No sale for me. Plastic-free packaging is also a big thumbs down. Gotta see the figure and be able to weed out the badly painted ones.
Big miss for Hasbro, The plastic free packaging would have been great if they had released Falcon in a bag, "A little, Itty, bitty, ditty bag."
"At ease, disease!"😆
Nice call back
now they are doing cheap cheap stuff..... take a look how cheap and poor look those D&Dragons figures... they really deserve BETTER!!
Reminds me of a "Dick Tracy" mobster character. I think they were going for that kind of look his name is Falcone!
This is a tough one. He does look a bit rough, but at the same time, they can't all be good looking. I can just see Flint telling Falcon, "You run out an draw their fire, and I will cover you". At the very least, he is a decent base body if one wanted to customize and make the army builder, cannon fodder member of the Joes. Just swap some heads and boom.
Why not get Stalker and form the Beret Battalion?!?
He looks like one of the puppets from team America! 😂😂
Compared to the other headsculpts from the line it looks like they tried to modernize the headsculpts from the gijoe dolls from yesteryear.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this figure to see for myself how I feel about the head portrait. I’m starting to feel like at the end of the day, not everyone is good looking…
Falcon is to the Joe's like Hot Rod is to the Transformers. 🤪
Getting a head and shotgun replacement before I even get the figure, thanks for the review.
I also quit collecting GI Joe Classified once they stopped making the window boxes.
Thats a big loss. This line is flawless
Can't say I blame you. This line has flaws and you at least want to be able to see what you're buying before you choose a defective figure. Has-been oops! I mean Hasbro took that away from the collector
@@shawnpiette5372 There are plenty of flaws, especially in this wave with its QC problems around the biceps of more than one character, but I do agree the good outweighs the bad with Classified. Quite the opposite with Marvel Legends the past couple of years.
@@alandoane9168 for me I’m such a joe fan and having them all as a kid that every time i open a 6 inch version of these figures, i almost cry from nostalgia
Kyle, awesome Dreadnoks shirt!
I'm liking this new plastic free packaging. I dig it.
(spoilers)
Falcon was the "Hot Rod" of the GI Joe movie. Even though Hot Rod unintentionally played a role in getting Optimus Prime killed, he was still more likeable than Falcon who just acted like the punk little brother of Duke.
After the negative feedback with what happened to Prime, they changed the story VERY last minute on Dukes fate. Also, if the GI Joe movie was a little more edgy, I can totally believe that Nemesis Enforcer would have killed Bazooka, Alpine and Gung Ho in their fight. Dude can lift a tank and just back handed Bazooka about 10 feet, which should have broke the guys neck.
Yep; the GI Joe: The Movie originally had more than *just* Duke dying by the film's end. Much like the Transformers animated film Hasbro intended the film to wipe out multiple original characters while introducing a crop of new characters in order to keep kids buying new figures by removing old characters and promoting new ones. It's why so many original Joes are essentially gone early in the film having run afoul of Cobra-la.
This figure is the reason why hasbro changed to plastic free packaging. They knew nobody would buy the figure if we all could see that head sculpt. 😂
I'm kinda winding down my classified collection due to lack of space so I might get him if I find him in the wild but I doubt I'll go searching for him.
He was a cool figure back in the day. Never had a Flint growing up, so Night Force Falcon was my stand in.
I don't need my soldiers to be pretty, this looks like a rugged battle hardened Green Beret. The kind of guy that bites a head off a snake to show the locals he's serious. The filecard for Falcon was a vastly different character then the movie.
I like Falcon a lot, the head sculpt reminds me of Willem Dafoe in Platoon.
Is the plastic at least ok on this release. Was surprised by the gummy quality of PP Officer and Recondo
It's not a deterrent for me. He'll be proudly on my Joe's shelf.
Everyone just needs to mind their own Falcon business!! 😂😁
Was hoping he had a Don Johnson kind of face since he was the voice in the movie.
Yeah when I first saw the pictures of that head sculpt it reminded me of an elf or something.
Falcon reminds me of actor Dylan Walsh
Sometimes I get the Falcon & Flint mixed up with each other! LOL
The OG Falcon had a great camouflage pattern! If Classified had matched that & maybe shrunk the botox/ Harrison Ford head 1% or 2%, it might have been a hit?!?
Thank you for the review.
I'm just trying to figure out why they would send the homie Falcon into battle with just a gauge,a knife and what is clearly a first-gen Alltel phone back pack...he will be missed😢
I feel like removing the lipstick would make a huge difference. I'll pick him up eventually
It's not as noticeable in-hand.
falcon was one of my favorites back in the day. but he is a miss for me in the classified line. I can look past the face, but the accessories are the deal breaker for me, just not enough
Head sculpt is also a miss from me. It's not as bad as it was in those initial pics, but still not great. He's got some John Wayne vibes to me, fits the green beret theme, but doesn't scream Falcon. I also think of the animated movie where he was more of a suave ladies man, and this Falcon seems a little too grizzled for that.
How about in the Cartoon Dic Grey outfit where he got addicted to spark a drug sold by headman..
Thanks for another fun review. I will pick it up. Too bad about the face.
Falcon looks like a puppet from Team America movie.
Do people ever repaint these?
Yes
Its up in the for me with him.... I did say on a different channel I was going to pass but I saw someone use the renew your vows Spidey 2 pack Peter head and that looks to be a good idea! Falcon is ugly but I would definitely use another head in its place. Nice review✨✨😀
Great review! Love all my classified joes….but this one truly was a disappointment….not just the head sculpt the gun stalk and he was very Igor in the joints even after the wam water soaking…still love joe tho!….oh and his face reminds me of the 60s joe head;)
His head is just a little too large. That's pretty much the major flaw I see with it. If he was Charles Bronson I'd be totally cool with it. His tac vest knife should be removable. I'd put Falcon at a low B- to a low C+ because I have seen samples with a decent paint job, thinner lips, thinner eyebrows, and it may be the lighting people use, but beyond that, I think they made the head just a smidge too large. He isn't madam flowers but I get where the consternation of fans are at in regards to butter face puppet.
I was at target grabbing cat food and they had falcon so I grabbed him even tho I said I wasn’t 🤷🏻 when I pulled him out I was like ugh I’m returning him …..but when you get his beret and his backpack and gun all set up (I took the bandanna off) it’s not as bad ….it’s not great tho …..but I’ll probably just keep him…….everything about him feels kinda cheap his harness he’s wearing is real thin cheap rubbed the color green and the camo is not great ……his backpack and shotgun and knife are the best part
Call me old fashioned . I never bought a joe on facial looks, but for character and accessories.I think the face sculpt looks okay . It’s a sculpt that reminds me of old classic 12 inch joes
Agreed!
As a kid getting a $5 fig, I didn't worry about the face sculpt. As an adult collector spending $25 a fig, I expect a better product.
It sucks they don't wanna put the see through plastic on to see the figure I'd rather open it and display it awesome figure awesome review tommy tbone 👍
I reckon matt damon should reach out to hasbro to get some royalty payments since hasbro has made damon apart of gi joe lol. I hope the line will really get alot better when they start making characters like desert scorpion, ceesepool, shadow tracker, cobra eel, flak viper, saw viper, dreadnok chaos, barricade, nunchuk, banzai, slice, dice etc. Would be epic if they make Raptor but designed him to look like a Navajo skin walker or whitchdoctor sharmen that would really make a cheesey character like Raptor become more of a serious character
Are AEW Unrivaled figure stands compatible with MOTU origins figures? Had to ask..#gottagetadeal
Had to ask..didn't see the Mattell stands..Thanks Kyle!
Mattel only
Head sculpt isn’t bad it’s just too big
Interesting it’s not bigger then others even smaller then some
If you remove the neckerchief that problem disappears.
That's his name. Vincent R Falcone. Remember, he's only Duke's brother in the movie.
Yeah I am aware they do not share a last name. Remember they share a mom
@@KylePeterson1980 haha. thanks for the link to that canadian site - they've got some cool stuff up there.
@@KylePeterson1980 Ewwwwwww
Awful head sculpt. No sale for me. Plastic-free packaging is also a big thumbs down. Gotta see the figure and be able to weed out the badly painted ones.
Oh boy. His face looks like the character "Influence" from the 1990 Dick Tracy movie 😬
I don't mind a Charles Bronson faced falcon
He looks like Don Johnson to me. I'll mod him out if it's really that bad. 5 o'clock shadow and teardrop tattoo.
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That beret is rough. Sits way too high.
WHERE IS EVERYBODY GETTING HIM N COVER GIRL FROM
Did you watch the review where I clearly stated at the beginning of the video 😂
@@KylePeterson1980 I can't believe how little work so many "collectors" are willing to do to get the stuff they allegedly want. Amazing.
A little itty bitty ditty bag that cool .but he looks bad
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Falcon looks exactly like Karl. From the Slingblade movie played by Billy Bob Thornton. This is a pathetic attempt by Hasbro.
Falcon looks strange. And it's not just that he's ugly and botoxed, but the head seems to be way too big for the body.
Terrible figure back to the drawing board on this one Hasbro .