We are wrapping up reviews this year with a look at Monkeywrench, as it’s time to take the annual holiday break. Happy Holidays everyone!
The Cobra Dreadknoks are getting a new member of their outlaw motorcycle club and that’s none other than Monkeywrench, a character first offered by Hasbro in 1986 in their o-ring 3-3/4″ line. This new updated version makes his debut in the 6″ line, and while he maintains his classic appearance he is given some new elements such as an updated outfit, accessories and even an alternate hair piece and mask.
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Availability: November 2025
Monkeywrench is packaged in a window box, with logo’s and artwork on all sides, an image of him on the side, and the back includes an action shot with some great toy photography.
Monkeywrench is inspired by his 1986 figure release in Hasbro’s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero 3-3/4″ line, and given some modern updates to the design. While he resembles his vintage toy release, his red vest is now made of a soft plastic, the blue jeans are darker and have rips in them, and even the grenades on the belt around his torso are now green, instead of silver. In addition, his belt has some new updates such as chains on the sides of the belt buckle that clip around to the back of the belt. He is also given black gloves and boots, red bands over his calves, and the vest has a silver zipper and buckles, with black on the back of it. The back of the grenade belt has two holsters for his axes.
Monkeywrench includes 1 head sculpt, with multiple options to display him, such as showing his face, putting on sunglasses, covering his face with a bandana, or placing the additional interchangeable hair piece with the attached mask over his face. There is no need to pop the head off to place any of these accessories on, as slipping them around the head, such as the bandana, is possible. His facial details look great and are also modernized, including the scar on the left side of his face, and his silver earrings.
The sunglasses are similar to the one’s that came sculpted onto him in 1986, but these are removable. The bandana around his neck is covering a necklace, which is also removable. An extra bandana is included which can cover most of his face. The pistol can be stored in the holster on his left hip, or placed in either open grip hand sculpt. The pistol is mostly silver, with a black handle.
He also includes a trident rifle, which can be held in one hand, two axes, and two sets of interchangeable hands (closed fisted and open grip). This is mostly black and gold, with a silver trident.
The interchangeable hair piece with the mask is also a new option to display this character, and the mask is mostly silver with blue and red lenses over the eyes. The axes are given silver blades, with black, silver and red handles.
His articulation includes a ball jointed head and neck, swivel-hinged and butterfly shoulders, swivel biceps, double-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, ball jointed torso and upper ab crunch, ball jointed hips, swivel thighs, double-hinged knees, swivel calves, hinged and rocker ankles.
Overall, Monkeywrench is an excellent figure with a great likeness and updates in this scale. This is a great offering for the Dreadnok team so you’re going to want to pick this up now. Monkeywrench is an essential character for the Dreadnok’s, which Hasbro has promised to make more members of this faction in the Cobra ranks. Make sure to grab him now at BigBadToyStore.
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