By: Chris

In this toy review, we cover Airtight, or “Kurt Schnurr”. Airtight was one of my favorite GI Joes as a kid because it was one of the few GI Joes (not Cobras) with a sweet mask. His mask was similar to “Copperhead”, the Water Moccasin driver. And when it came to masks, Cobra had the best. From the Vipers, Wild Weasel, Frogmen, Firefly, and all the way up to Cobra Commander, Cobra had all of the coolest masks. Airtight was one of the few Joes that stood out among the crowd.

Although his history is a bit ambiguous (like why is an environmental specialist giving safety advice when someone from the medical profession (like Lifeline) would be a better choice), there’s no denying that he was always a cool looking figure.

Read the review below:




The original Airtight never had a hasmat hoodie. His helmet was fixed in place and couldn’t be removed. I love the fact that the new Airtight sculpt has an “airtight” seal around his hoodie and makes it look like a true HASMAT suit.



You couldn’t tell from the package but he has a similar backpack to the 1985 version. I was very pleased to see that because I always liked his original backpack.



Here he is with his awesome helmet! This one is much different in that there is actually a translucent visor that allows our protagonist to see. The 1985 version of Airtight didn’t have a lens at all in the helmet. It was just “implied”.




This is a great shot because you can tell that his chest piece is not molded on (like the original). It’s actually a separate piece that adds to the realism of the sculpt. Notice that the artists respected the old sculpt by including the hose as well!



And here’s another good shot of the side of the figure in great detail. I think that this is one of the best new GI Joes on the market. He’s from the Renegades line and somehow between the local Wal-Mart dropping out of the GI Joe market and me missing the new products, I didn’t originally know about this figure.



I really like the fact that he also comes with an oxygen tank as well as his original tank. After all, I used to pretend that he could go underwater anyway and this just adds to my narrative. Its like the sculptors were reading my 11 year old mind and just went with it.



The thing that I didn’t remember from his original file card was that he worked for COBRA. As a matter of fact, he never worked for COBRA originally. He was actually one of the few GI Joes that I liked from the get go. He was cool just because. Of course, the new file card does make sense. It’s almost like… work for COBRA… get a sweet helmet…. then you’ll be a fan favorite and we’ll make you sort of good…. Well, not really but it’s almost how the new card reads!

All in all this figure is fantastic! I give it a 5 out of 5 rating! It really does a good job of keeping the original toy theme while updating it with all of the new sculpts and technology that makes the 25th (and 30th) anniversary toys so awesome! I think that’s the magic of it all, really. If you can remake a figure and capture the imagination and spirit of the original in sort of a way that reminds you of “the way it was” and still keep up with the modern techniques that make it more realistic, then you’ve achieved something great. This figure does just that. I highly recommend it!