Jazwares Fortnight Legendary Series Recruit Jonesy

I had a little $ leftover from an Amazon gift card, so I came across this figure, for only $14. Since Jazwares no longer has the license to make Fortnite figures, I figured I might as well get him, especially at that low, below retail price. Plus, I'd always wanted to get me one of their Jonesy figures anyway.

Jonesy is dressed in military style brown cargo pants, with a green jacket and gray long sleeve shirt underneath. He appears to also have some type of grayish collar around his neck from another undershirt. At first I thought they had messed up and accidentally painted his neck the wrong color, but you can see a paint line that differentiates between where the collar ends and his neck begins, right under the head. For his accessories, he comes with 3 face plates (frowning, a slight smile, and a goofy smile), a Standard Pickaxe Harvesting Tool, Suppressed Assault Rifle, Tactical Shotgun, Proximity Mine Weapon, and Back Board Back Bling (a skateboard). He's painted and sculpted nicely, as are his various accessories.

His articulation is the standard that you find on other Jazwares Fortnite figures, including double jointed elbows and knees, and hinged fingers. One thing about this guy is that his hands don't wrap around too well on the rifles, making it difficult for him to hold his guns. I know past figures have had that issue, but on most of mine, I've been able to get the weapons in snuggly. With this one, it's been more of a challenge. Other than that, his articulation is good and I'm able to pose him fairly well.

Since I own the Rabbit Raider figure, the Jonesy face plates for that one fit well on this one, so I can mix and match, giving both figures options for slightly different portraits.

I know that there's another Jonesy figure without sleeves, and if I ever come across that one, I most likely will get it. I saw that one on Amazon, too, but they had it for $39, so I'll wait to see if I can find one cheaper than that. Though the prices on them may continue to rise as they are no longer in production from Jazwares, so who knows if I'm able to pick up some more?

Jazwares Fortnite Legendary Series Recruit Jonesy is yet another great release (from last year) from this now cancelled line. They had a good run and put out some good quality, fun figures. If you were lucky enough to pick some up, I bet you still enjoy them, as I do.

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