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6/9/2025, 7:40:01 PM
>>11449999
The Vamp was always a quick Recon vehicle, never meant for frontline combat, so it having light armor makes plenty of sense to me. But it being a two seater will never not be a disappointment because even a recon vehicle can still double as a small transport, and there's plenty of space for a back seat. It was especially disappointing on the Classified version as they could have easily made the rear vent piece open up into a small storage bed or something so you could squeeze in a third figure or some extra cargo. (I also think the front winch was done in a lazy way as well).
Likewise, the Stinger was never really meant for combat either, with only four rockets it was designed to sneak in, take it's shot then gtfo. The armor panels are probably more to protect from it's own backblasts then enemy engagements. But being essentially just a recolored Vamp with doors and missiles, it was always boring to me so I always avoided it as I'm not really fond of Joe and Cobra using the same basic rides. But with all those Gridiron upgrades, it would become a whole different beast....but I don't really have the spare $300ish it would take kit the whole thing out right now, so I'll just pass on it entirely.
>>11450023
I actually got three versions of the Vamp 2, the original tan, the rerelease green and the blue "Ninja" version from Retaliation. Easily one of the best Joe 4x4s ever released with the Ninja one feeling like a whole different vehicle with it's add ons. I never thought they were that hard to find back in the day, I even remember seeing em on clearance in places but never bothered getting more since they took up so much space.
>>11450086
I could never find any of them PTE armored transports by me, but they always look so nice. But even the JW armored trucks are kinda cool. My only problem with most JW stuff is the canopy's don't really "open", they "break off" from Dino Damage. But that little armored truck is especially cool.
The Vamp was always a quick Recon vehicle, never meant for frontline combat, so it having light armor makes plenty of sense to me. But it being a two seater will never not be a disappointment because even a recon vehicle can still double as a small transport, and there's plenty of space for a back seat. It was especially disappointing on the Classified version as they could have easily made the rear vent piece open up into a small storage bed or something so you could squeeze in a third figure or some extra cargo. (I also think the front winch was done in a lazy way as well).
Likewise, the Stinger was never really meant for combat either, with only four rockets it was designed to sneak in, take it's shot then gtfo. The armor panels are probably more to protect from it's own backblasts then enemy engagements. But being essentially just a recolored Vamp with doors and missiles, it was always boring to me so I always avoided it as I'm not really fond of Joe and Cobra using the same basic rides. But with all those Gridiron upgrades, it would become a whole different beast....but I don't really have the spare $300ish it would take kit the whole thing out right now, so I'll just pass on it entirely.
>>11450023
I actually got three versions of the Vamp 2, the original tan, the rerelease green and the blue "Ninja" version from Retaliation. Easily one of the best Joe 4x4s ever released with the Ninja one feeling like a whole different vehicle with it's add ons. I never thought they were that hard to find back in the day, I even remember seeing em on clearance in places but never bothered getting more since they took up so much space.
>>11450086
I could never find any of them PTE armored transports by me, but they always look so nice. But even the JW armored trucks are kinda cool. My only problem with most JW stuff is the canopy's don't really "open", they "break off" from Dino Damage. But that little armored truck is especially cool.
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