G.i. Joe Classified #135 Road Pig
Immensely strong, prone to violence and probably the worst-smelling Dreadnok around, Donald DeLuca is the most anti-social member of the Biker group. While they do appreciate having another physically strong member on their team, Road Pig is so obnoxious an smelly, even the Dreadnoks are having second thoughts about keeping him around.
In the Marvel G.i. Joe Comics by legendary Joe scribe, Larry Hama, Road Pig is often depicted occassionally speaking in Early Modern (Shakespearean) English for some reason. Crude but classy at the same time?
I can’t say I’m a fan of all the tattoos on this guy. I prefer the classic look.
Naturally, Road Pig comes with his iconic cinderblock hammer.
The set comes with an alternate “smiling with missing teeth” head for Road Pig.
Wrist-mounted crossbow on his left arm (he’s left-handed then?). Road Pig comes with a quiver for his crossbow bolts on his right thigh.
“Boar’s head helmet” alternate head. I’m not sure why this was included since we never got before this in any appearance of the character. I guess it’s not too shabby, just a bit too eccentric, for me anyways.
Road Pig also comes with a “fanged” gas mask. Hmm… between this and the boar’s head helmet, someone on the design team’s been watching too much “Mad Max” methinks.
“Boar Hammer” – aside from his cinderblock hammer, the Joe Classified team decided to give Road Pig an evil-looking hammer just to spice things up.
Aside from his hammers, the set includes a meat hook for Road Pig to use.
Unfortunately, the handle’s a bit too small for Road Pig’s stubby hands to grasp firmly.
Riot shield.
Since it’s a reuse of the same shield that came with Shockwave, the handle’s still intended for the right arm.
For added value, Road Pig comes with his pet pit bull, Rawkus. I honestly can’t remember if Rawkus ever appeared in the comics or if this is an entirely new concept? He definitely didn’t appear in the old DIC cartoons.
Rawkus even comes with an alternate “happy dog” head.
“Who’s a good widdle doggie?”
Overall, pretty good. I love all the weapons and details they squeezed in here. While I’m not really sure how I feel about Rawkus, as well as the boar’s head helmet, I guess they’re well executed enough to bring added value to this deluxe set.
Road Pig was always something of a fan favorite in the Joe community (hey, he’s got more fans than Monkeywrench) and I think it’s great we’re getting another addition to the Dreadnoks roster in the Classified line.
With the upcoming Zandar release, that just leaves Thrasher, Monkeywrench and Zanzibar left to go and we’ve pretty much gotten the original 80’s-90’s Dreadnoks crew together in 6-inch scale. Who would’ve thought it a couple of years back, eh?
Road Pig’s oddball codename in the Classified line is “Highway and Pet”.
Gold
