Back in September when the
6" G.I. Joe: Classified Zartan figure first went up for pre-order, the official solicitations for the figure listed it with a color change ability like the original 80's figure had. The original copy for the Classified Zartan read as followed:
Series Zartan figure features a color-changing effect when placed in ultraviolet light, turning from a pale skin tone to a bluish gray color
Now back then, we first
reported to you that the this was a mistake and that at least the regular release version in wave 3 would not have color change properties. Still many including myself wondered if perhaps there was a second figure coming that would include the color change ability. Perhaps a store exclusive version or such. After all it seemed strange someone would have written up copy including a feature that never existed.
Well according to the site
Toy-Wizard, Hasbro recently held a small G.I.Joe Q&A round-table with a few fan-sites where someone asked them if a color change figure was coming. Hasbro's response was no. Apparently such a feature isn't possible with the plastics and tools at hand. Apparently someone just grabbed a description of an old
Zartan figure and used it for this new one, not bothering to read or confirm the features listed. I am not entirely sure why plastics and tools for such a feature aren't available now when they were clearly available back in the 80's, but I guess we will just have to take Hasbro's word on this and go with it's not happening.
The regular version of
Zartan is currently available for pre-order at our sponsor
BigBadToyStore.com and will be released next year.