Action Figure Review: David "Red Dog" Taputapu & Varujan "Taurus" Ayvazyan from G.I. Joe: Classified Series by Hasbro

I love Sgt. Slaughter's Renegades and I'm really excited to have this set which completes the trio first introduced in the 1987 G.I. Joe animated movie. Rather than release all three of the Renegades in one set, Hasbro released them in two sets with a Sgt. Slaughter variant. Sgt. Slaughter & Felix "Mercer" Stratton came out as a 2-pack in 2025 and 2026 has delivered us David "Red Dog" Taputapu & Varujan "Taurus" Ayvazyan as a 2-pack. Who are the Renegades? They're a motley crew of unconventional soldiers (an ex- Cobra Viper, a volatile former football player and stuntman, and a former circus strongman who worked undercover with INTERPOL) that perform missions "off the record." I love the lore that these guys are funded by a budget line item for "Pentagon Pest Control" and do stuff that's completely off the books with limited oversight. G.I. Joe is already a top secret special forces unit but the Renegades? They're something else entirely. Both figures in this set are extremely well…

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