I was just on Ebay and saw some figures and vehicles from the Canadian GI Joe convention. It had a chrome tank and some frankenjoes. It was celled the HATE set. Anyone else see or hear of these? Anyone know what HATE stands for?Maybe next year, I'll finally go to a Convention......THE CANADIAN ONE!! LOL!!

HATE: HISS Assault Tank Elite

Convention Set
Joe Canuck

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Past exclusives from the Joecon were pretty bloody awesome (especially Black Ice!), but this one was a bit underwhelming. HATE aside, it's all pretty easy to DIY these exclusives with some black dye, some paint and some Marauder Inc gear.
It doesn't help that I hate the Armadillo tank, and just slapping some Air Chariot guns on it doesn't really help make it look better...

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When I first heard about this set I was interested, but on seeing it I was underwhelmed. Like Jay, I'm not a fan of the Armadillo, and the chrome finish on the HISS ruins it for me.

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Agreed, I felt a bit underwhelmed as well. Although I must admit I'm constantly impressed by their dedication to the fanbase and the effort they put in providing Convention Exclusives every year!

I loved what they did with the previous ARAH figures though - I even made my own Black Ice since I had no chance to get one of theirs!

It was the first time that they have done a complete set with vehicles, usually it is only a couple of figures, and additionally this is a small group of guys doing these customs, not like the Hasbro sponsored Joe Con in the US. Even though the vehicles may not be up everyone's alley, I really have to commend these guys on the very hard work that they put in, not to mention I believe they only charged $150 CDN for the sets, I particularly like the fact that they got permission from Hasbro to do a newer version of Backstop, the only 'official' Canadian in the Joes. On a further note, this started as a small trade show, and as of this year became a full fledged convention. So that being said, like em or not, these are some of the rarest Joes that you can get your hands on.

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