G.I. Joe Classified Series Snow Job review

Snow Job was one of my favorite of the first wave of reinforcement Joes. I always liked the environment specific characters and naturally he was my first Joe I grabbed whenever we got snow during my childhood.

Hasbro has been hard at work knocking out members of the 1983 roster with just Doc left to reveal for the Classified Series. While it doesn’t look like I’m gonna have much snow this season, I am thrilled to get the team’s first arctic trooper in the line now.

Let’s see if Snow Job is another standout in the deluxe presentation or if he leaves me cold.

Package:  I’m loving the creativity in the package artwork. I’m thinking the polar bear in the background is a nod to the DIC episode Cold Shoulder where Sub-Zero helped raise 10 cub polar bears to adulthood.

Snow Job looks real bad a$$ geared up and ready to hit the slopes on the attack. He’s in front of a tank, which I think is the Avalanche. I love the Aurora Borealis effect as well.

As usual, we get the rollout of accessories in the right corner featured with the signature white strip. The drawing of Snow Job shows another look for him with his signature hoodie down and his polarized goggled atop his head.

On either side we get a larger version of the drawing and the QR Code that just go to a default Hasbro shop page and tiny skill sets.

 

Thankfully, there’s a wider shot of the accessories and the skill sets. Snow Job ranks a 4 in environmental specialist: arctic and arctic combat, a 2 in long range weapons and a 1 in strength. I dig that his skill sets are higher than the Snow Serpents.

Here’s the bio courtesy of Pulse: An Olympic Biathlon contender Snow Job accepted recruitment into the Joes for the vigorous training regimen and decided he liked the challenge more. He’s been known to bullseye Arctic B.A.T.S. in gale-force polar winds from more than 2 klicks away.

Likeness: With a few years under their belt now, the Hasbro Classified Series has successfully married the classic/modern aesthetic to satisfy both Rea American Hero devotees and those more flexible with the 6” take on the Joes.

Snow Job is another winner with this hybrid approach. He’s basically the RAH version with a little more added details or expansion of the original design.

He’s got a harness now instead of the smaller straps that just lead to two pouches the start at his chest. The harness pouches stretch a little further down.

The RAH version had a tease that his coat stretched beyond his waist. It had to stop at the midpoint of his crotch so it didn’t hinder his articulation. Thanks to the Classified Series articulation, Hasbro was able to make the coat longer and not affect his range of movement. But for the hardcore classic heads, this lower jacket piece is removable and Hasbro actually sculpted the circular belt buckle like the original figure.

His jacket is thicker than a standard Joe arm to account for the extreme harsh temperatures. Hasbro retained the pattern of Snow Job’s coat with more detailing including longer pouch-sized pockets. This makes a lot of sense as maybe he’s keeping some thermal-packs in there in case he’s got to camp out in the snow?

Snow Job also has a holster on his right leg that’s positioned in a way that it won’t keep slipping down.

His default head sculpt is excellent with strong intensity. He’s got a skull cap on that has more detail than I expected.

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Paint: Hasbro spiced up Snow Job’s color scheme and gave him more brown, grey and blacks to give him more visual pop.

The “T” portion of the coat, arm and leg pouches as well as the bottom lining of the legs are painted a faint grey. His gloves and boots are black.

Snow Job’s original figure had some black elements with the collar piece, side pockets and portions of the belt. His shoulder harness and belt were also brown so there’s some precedent here. I do like the cleaner mostly white look of the original, but it’s definitely not a deal-breaker for me.

I like the work on Snow Job’s face. Hasbro went the micro super committed to making this line amazing by giving his cheeks a reddened paint app to simulate some windburn/chill. That’s just next level and really impressive.

Also, the polarized goggles are another awesome touch. They could gone solid black like the original, but this really helps sell that this is a deluxe presentation figure.

Scale:  Snow Job might have a bulkier outfit, but he’s no taller than the standard Joe looking eye to eye with Stalker. He’ll be looking up at wave mate Gung-Ho.

Articulation: The engineering on the Classified Series line is some of the savviest I’ve seen in this scale.

The arctic Joe with a penchant for skiing can hit pretty reasonable ski poses. He’s another Joe that I can imagine spending a ton of time playing around with trying out different poses.

Seriously, this guy completely lives up to the arctic trooper in my mind. Now I’m desperate for some snow to hit this winter for the sole purpose of taking him, the Snow Serpent and Artic BAT out.

Snow Job has:

• head
• neck
• shoulders (butterfly)
• elbow (double-jointed)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• so
• torso
• waist
• hips (ball-jointed)
• drop down hips
• knees (double-jointed)
• ankles

Accessories: Snow Job is a deluxe figure, but I can’t complain about his accessory roll-out, which justifies the higher price point.

He’s got 13 pieces. That’s less than the Snow Serpent, but this covers the essential Snow Job accessories and throws in some very cool extras.

First up are the different portrait options. There’s the default skull cap version, but Hasbro added a hair showing head sculpt as well. I dig this since in the comics and cartoon he didn’t always have his hoodie up.

To complement that look, there’s a swappable hood down piece. It locks into place once you position it properly and doesn’t flop around with every movement.

Next up is his skies and ski poles. The poles were black, but Hasbro added silver paint to the tips to break it up a little. The skies are black with brown boot bindings.

He’s also got some snowshoes. I dig this addition as it gives him another option in case he damages the skis while in the pursuit of Cobra (cue rim shot). Like the Snow Serpents, they tab into his feet with no trouble.

To store his gear, Snow Job gets a sizable brown backpack. This has the standard terrific detailing with a means to actually contain most of his accessories.

The snowshoes tab into slots on the bottom while the skis fit into the sides. They are held secure by the straps, which you can tab out and plug back in. The ski poles fit in the interior, and you can fit the sniper rifle through a hole at the top.

Now on to his weapons. He’s got what seems to be a Ruger-57. I always appreciate the detailed work on these smaller pistols and this is another great addition to the line.

For his main weapon, Snow Job has a stand-in for the Remington MSR. It is a fantastically sculpted rifle with so much clear love put into the details. It’s even got some paint apps with olive green elements to break up the all black look.

Worth It?   Snow Job is the same $34.99 as the Snow Serpents. Ironically, I almost feel like he’s a better deal since all of the bonus extras for the Snow Serpents limits army building. Snow Job is packed with accessories and is a one off-figure increasing his value.

Rating: 10 out of 10

I was looking forward to Snow Job, but he really did a superb job of skiing through a crowded field to emerge as one of my favorite figures for 2023.

Where to get it?  Snow Job is a Hasbro Pulse exclusive so that’s your avenue to get him until resellers put him up on Amazon for a higher price point.