You can call him a Profit Director, but if you’re dressed like this you are one thing and one thing only: a Pimp Daddy.
What started out as a joke has taken on a life of it’s own, and now the one and only Pimp daddy Destro color scheme has made it into the 6-inch leagues as Destro’s very first variant. It’s a very practical and obvious choice being that it’s just the same figure with a different color scheme. And since the GI Joe classified series doesn’t have a Build-A-Figure type of deal, there’s none of the stigma attached to having to buy it if you don’t want to. So if you’re into it, you can get it, and if you’re not, you can tilt your nose upward and breeze right past it.
For me, this was an obvious and instant buy. There’s something just so outrageous and bizarre about a super-serious arms dealer dressed up in a maroon-and-leopard print ensemble. It’s not like he’s the type to dress in business casual since his most-familiar look is flared collar and bared chest, but this takes everything one step further into Destrocity. Which is not the same as Destro City, which is a wonderful place to visit but you probably wouldn’t want to live there.
In short, this is not a subtle figure. I’m not sure if in my personal headcanon this is going to be a variation on destro or if it’s a completely different character that’s trying to ruin Destro’s reputation. Maybe it’s somebody who destro screwed over in an arms deal and he’s trying to undercut him whenever he can, using the loudest and most obnoxious variation on Destro’s overall “look” to run him down.
Or maybe this is what he wears when he’s courting the Baroness. I don’t know. I just know that I’m glad it exists.
Destro is a 100 percent reuse of the already released and (already reviewed) regular Destro figure, so if you have that figure then you know what to expect with this one. It’s well articulated with the additional butterfly shoulders, drop down hips and ab-crunch + waist wobble that the Joes have standard.
Despite how nuts the costume is, I like the colors of it quite a bit. The maroon looks very nice and the leopard print somehow just…works with it. Like it’s meant to be. Despite the fact that it does jump out and demand attention, there’s a cohesive quality to everything. There have been a lot of references to the first wave colors and Fortnite, but if Destro were to show up in a Fortnite game, he’d probably be wearing this. I’m almost positive.
Destro comes with a few of the same accessories, and a few new ones. The carryovers are his gold sidearm—the gold here being much more appropriate than it was on the original Destro. I gave him a black version of the same gun, but Pimp Daddy is keeping the gold gun just as it is. He also comes with the suitcase full of money and bomb stuff and whatever in gold, unlike the black the original came with. Again, it’s ostentatious and perfect.
This time around, Destro comes with a cape that slips over his flared collar to rest snugly on his shoulders. It’s not an ordinary cape. That’s a leopard. That is definitely a leopard that he is wearing. He has taken the print of his costume and just gone balls to the wall with it.
In addition, he comes with a pair of sunglasses. Dude’s got a full gold helmet, but he’s going to wear sunglasses also. Pimp Daddy Destro never just orders the medium bag of popcorn. I think we’re all lucky he’s not wearing a crown.
The sunglasses fit snugly to his face. You can move him around and it’s not like they’ll just slide off to the floor so you step on it and break them. Unless you’re really swinging him around. So…maybe don’t do that.
The accessory that’s garnered the most buzz is the burning cash, which fits in with the entire vibe that this figure has. This is Destro telling you that he’s rich as hell and doesn’t need your money, but he’s going to take it because that’s how playas play. He’s about five seconds away from lighting up a Chow Yun Fatty with this wad of burning cash and blowing the smoke up your girlfriend’s dress, because that’s the way you have a better tomorrow. He also loves it when you call him big poppa. I guess? I don’t know.
So yeah, I wasn’t expecting this variation of Destro to show up so soon in the line, but I’m glad it’s out. It’s strange. It’s colorful. It’s fun.
