Dukes of Hazzard Action Figures Series 3 Exclusives from Entertainment Earth by Figures Toy Co.

The long wait is finally over!  Well actually, we only first found out about these in April, but the few months wait is finally over.  Entertainment Earth has released their exclusive series 3 of Figure Toy Company's much loved Dukes of Hazzard action figure line.  Series 3 is comprised of episode specific variations of characters.  They are only released in 8 inch form and are limited.  You can order yours by clicking on the Entertainment Earth button on the right of this here blog.  Let's check them out.

The packages are the same as series 1 and 2.  I really like the design that went into these.

I like that these exclusive figures are officially Series 3 in the line.

There is a nice bold Entertainment Earth stick on the bubble of each figure.  Thank you very much EE for making these variant figures possible.

The backs of the figures have the same image as series 1 and 2.  Three is not shown.  The individual figure's character image is also on the back.

The world rejoiced when Tom Wopat and John Schneider returned to the Dukes of Hazzard after sitting out for eighteen episodes.  Read about that here.  In the story line, the Duke Boys chased their dream of becoming professional race car drivers.  When Coy and Vance needed to go help Aunt Bessie at her farm, the real Duke Boys snuck back in to Hazzard still wearing their race suits.  When they took off their helmets, all of Hazzard rejoiced too.  Bo and Luke in their orange race jump suits from "Welcome Back Bo n' Luke" start off series 3.

Figures Toy Co got the details of the suits right.  "Octoline," "Salzar Radials," and "Christy Batteries" are all represented on as sponsors.  These are, of course, made up sponsors.  I wonder why they photoshopped them out of the image used on the package, but used them on the actual figures.  There are things we will never know.

I think I prefectly recreated the image used on the package.  I should do more classic Dukes photo recreation with these figures.

I wonder who designed the look-a-like sponsor logos for the episode?

In the show, the two suits weren't exactly the same, there were a few different logos here and there, but you could never tell unless you meticulously google searched it.  (That's not at all what I just did.) These figures look great and really bring back memories of that great moment when we got our Duke Boys back.

Bo and Luke have different colored boots on.  They are the same colors as the individual character's standard figure boots.

Each jump suit has an American flag on the sleeves.

We never see the backs of the jump suits but we all know they didn't have the show logo on them. Though it is not show accurate, I really like that Figures Toy Company didn't just leave the spaces on their backs blank.  The show logo looks very good on the back of the jump suits and doesn't take away from the figure at all.

Season three's episode "Baa Baa White Sheep" introduced us to Boss Hogg's long lost twin brother Abraham Lincoln Hogg.  The episode also bolstered the '80s kid's fear of quicksand, but that's for another time.

Abe Hogg was as straight as Boss was crooked.  His name was even the opposite of Boss's.  Get it? J.D. stood for Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president.  Their mom must have known they would contradict each other.  Ah, '80s TV cliches.  There are a couple published press photos of Sorrell Booke dressed as Abe, but Figures used a standard picture of Boss and photoshopped the suit black. They did and excellent job in doing so.

His full name would fit on the package, though the joke is kind of lost without it.

When the idea of variant figures was bounced around, Abe Hogg was an obvious choice.  He is just Boss in black clothes.  The figure came out perfectly.

Somehow the black suit makes him look like a nicer guy.  This man wouldn't foreclose on your farm or frame your cousins.

Next up is Daisy Duke in her red bikini.  All the way back in "One Armed Bandits" (episode 1, like you didn't know) we saw sweet Daisy in her bikini helping the boys by distracting the truck drivers.  I think she has been distracting us ever since.  This figure was a no-brainer.  Great job FTC and EE.

Not only did we get bikini Daisy, but we also got another great Hazzard Police uniform with Officer Daisy Duke.

In a season two episode, Daisy joined Hazzard's finest after Bo and Luke got her fired from the Boar's Nest.

I have been singing the praises of Figures Toy Company's rendition of the Hazzard County police uniform since last year.  They did an excellent job with Rosco, then Enos and Cletus, and did not disappoint with Daisy.

 

The badge, tie clip, patch and flag all look great.  This may be my favorite police figure of the bunch.

I've said many times that my favorite episode is "Ghost of General Lee" but a close second would be "Carnival of Thrills."  It has everything that makes a great Dukes episode; stunts, fighting, stunts, love stories, races, stunts, and a happy ending involving stunts.  This figure is a great representation of Bo in his Carnival jumpsuit.

You only saw Bo in different clothes a few times.  Once he wore this jump suit, and that time he returned to Hazzard from driving NASCARs.  You pretty much have every Bo appearance when you get his three figures.  (Ok, he and Luke did wear police outfits once.)

I really like the design used in the episode.  We also got a few 1/64 diecasts with the Carnival of Thrills designs from Johnny Lightning.

I like the inclusion of the 01 on Bo's suit.  Just like on the show.

Again, FTC added the Dukes logo on the back of the jump suit, and again it really works.  I think it's funny that no character ever says the words "The Dukes of Hazzard" a single time in the series.  Only Waylon says it, and not too many times.

Now let's compare the figures.  Bo is ready to break a record jumping the Gen'ral and win the circuit cup.

The more I look at them, the more I like the inclusion of the logo on the jump suits.

Here are all six figures in series 3.  Again, series 3 is an exclusive to Entertainment Earth.  You can only get these figures from them and if you are going to order them, why not support the DukesCollector blog by first clicking on the EE logo on the right of this blog.

Boss and Abe are rarely ever seen together.  And when they are, there is usually an odd straight line going down the screen.

That is a police force that would make any county proud.

Daisy's deputy hat is the same as Enos and Cletus's.

Three great looking Daisys.

And three awesome Bos.

Love the logo.

Luke feels a little left out that his cousins got three figures and he only has two.  But it's ok.  Boxer Luke from "In This Corner Luke Duke" was one of my suggestions to FTC, but I'm not complaining.

If you would have told me two years ago that we would have 15 different Dukes of Hazzard figures, 9 of which are in 2 sizes, I would never have believed you.  We have all of the major characters and 6 variants.  This is amazing.  Figures Toy Company and Entertainment Earth are great companies. Dukes of Hazzard fans are very grateful that they went after the license and were granted it from Warner Bros.  Thank you to everyone involved in creating these great figures!

Figures Toy Co.'s Dukes of Hazzard Action Figures Series 2

Series 2 of Figure Toy Company's Dukes of Hazzard figures have arrived!  For the first time we now have all nine major characters in action figure form.  

Just like in series 1, Figures Toy gives us a choice of both 12 inch and 8 inch figures.  I went with both, big shock there.

In series 1, the 8 and 12 inch assortments were released about a month apart.  This time, they all came together.

The packaging is the same as the previous series. The only difference is the "Series No. 2" on the top. I like the fact that Figures kept it uniform.  

The back of the package is also the same.  I really like the design of these packages.

They used great pictures for each character.  The 12 inch packages are big.  A lot bigger than you would expect.  

The 8 inch packages have the same design.  The size of the 8 inch figures packages are similar to traditional action figure cards.

There is a large size difference.

Let's take a look at the actual figures, starting with the 12 inch.  When I first saw the preliminary shots of series 2, Cooter jumped out at me as being my favorite.  When I got them in, my opinion didn't change.  This is my favorite of series 2, and probably my favorite in the line.

Cooter comes with a jacket, but I think he looks better without it.  A very fun detail that Figures Toy Company added was making Cooter's clothes dirty.  Very dirty.  There are grease spots and dirt all over him.  He wouldn't look right without it.  O'l Cooter looks like he just came out from underneath the General Lee.

The coat that Cooter comes with is the same one that came with Luke.  Just dirty.  I love it.

There is a WB marker inside the jacket.  As I said in my review of series 1, there are probably WB tags inside all the clothes.  I'm not taking them off to look.

The sculpt of Cooter's head is the best representation in the line.  It looks just like Ben.

Cooter almost always had a yellow hat on.  This one says "animal feed."

It is styled after the picture of Cooter they used.  Great attention to detail from Figures Toy.

Just because Cooter is the best, does not mean that the other figures aren't great too.  Enos is very well done and really looks like Sonny.  The detail in the police uniform is spot on.

Cletus is also great.  He looks like he is laughing.  They really captured Rick's features.

I'm really glad Figures Toy Company didn't choose one deputy over the other.  I always felt bad for Sonny that he missed the merchandise boom because he was making the "Enos" spin-off.  I'm glad both Rick and Sonny are included in this line.

Rosco's uniform is slightly different than his deputies' just like on the show.  Detail wise, the tiny tie-clip has a glossy paint on it on Cletus and Enos, where Rosco's is more matte.  Other than that, the uniform is a detailed on all three figures.

Rosco's hat is more of a cowboy style where Enos and Cletus's are more traditional police issue.  Just like on the show.  

Uncle Jesse is nearly perfect too.  His outfit is exactly what you would expect.  The body is a little harder to pose than the other ones.  It is a different style body than the rest, more similar to Boss Hogg.  His hat is made of fabric where everyone else's is plastic.  It fits on his head nicely.

The sculpt is great.  It definitely looks like the Duke family patriarch.

The big surprise was that Daisy wasn't included in series 1.  We can finally add her to the line up in series 2.  She is wearing Daisy Dukes and a tied up top.  Just what you'd expect.

The face is a good representation.  The hair needs combed, but I didn't have one handy.  Figures Toy Company has really made us some happy Dukes of Hazzard fans with these figures.

The 8 inch figures are very similar to the 12 inch.  I think Figures Toy did a better job scaling them down in series 2 as compared to series 1.  The faces look nearly identical to their 12 inch counterparts where there were some differences in the first series.

Again, I think Cooter looks better without the jacket.  Crazy Cooter is ready to fix your car or help you in a scuffle at the Boars Nest.

The fabric hat on 8 inch Jesse is a little harder to get on.  It doesn't want to stay on his head.

Here is the 12 inch series 2.

The 8 inch series 2.

And all ten figures in the series.

I had to break out series 1 and get a group shot.  Here are all of the 12 in figures.

And here is the entire line.

Enos asked if he could take a picture with just him and Daisy.

Way back in September of 2013 I received the carrying case from Figures Toy Company.  

It has been empty since then.

It is built for the 8 inch figures.  They look pretty good standing around it.

And even better inside it.  If I ever want to transport the figures without the packages, I have the perfect method.  There is even a place for the hats and jackets.  

In my first review of series 1, I played out a little skit with Bo and Luke escaping Boss and Rosco. This time I decided to take the figures away from the oddly decorated table in my office and recreate a few famous Dukes of Hazzard full cast group shots.  Please enjoy. 

Setting these figures up and taking these pictures was so much fun.  I've mentioned before that the tree picture is my favorite group shot.  Recreating it with all the figures seemed like the perfect thing to do.  The shot with Bo, Luke, and Daisy standing on the car also seemed like a good picture to recreate.  The original picture does include Dick Sargent as Sheriff Grady Byde instead of Rosco, but I put Rosco in it, right where he should be.  I used the 1/10 scale remote control General Lee.  It is almost the right size for the 8 inch figures.  I needed to find a group shot where no one was in the Gen'ral.  This one worked out great.  I am very proud of these pictures.

The original pictures each had only eight characters in them.  The tree pictures had Cletus and no Enos, and the General picture had Enos with no Cletus.  Because Figures Toy Company was generous enough to give us both Hazzard County deputies, I took versions of the pictures that were true to the originals and versions that included both deputies.  I love them all.  Figures Toy Company made some wonderful products and I am very grateful for them.  I love all new Dukes products, and these are special.  Thank you Figures Toy Company.

All of these figures are available now from Figures Toy Company as well as Entertainment Earth.

Series 3 is coming soon and they will be exclusive to Entertainment Earth.  You can support the Dukes Collector blog buy buying them from Entertainment Earth after clicking on the banner on the top right on this page.  If you click the banner first, anything you buy on Entertainment Earth will support the blog.  I appreciate it.