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News · 2026-09-22

Entertainment Earth is taking orders for the Crankcase and A.W.E. Striker set at $99.99, ten dollars under Hasbro's own price

By gijoe.army news desk

Entertainment Earth is taking orders for the Crankcase and A.W.E. Striker set at $99.99, ten dollars under Hasbro's own price

Hasbro’s own store badges the Crankcase and A.W.E. Striker set Exclusive, prices it at $109.99 and reads Sold Out [1]. Entertainment Earth listed it on 21 September at $99.99, ten dollars under Hasbro’s price, with a live Pre-Order button and an estimated arrival of October 2026 [2]. Hasbro cannot sell you the set today and Entertainment Earth can, for less than Hasbro was asking.

BigBadToyStore has it as well. Its listing reads In Stock with a live Add to Cart at $154.99, forty-five dollars over Hasbro’s price [3]. BBTS is holding boxes Hasbro cannot ship, and forty-five dollars is what that costs, yet the wait at Entertainment Earth is a few weeks rather than a few months.

The G.I. Joe Classified Series A.W.E. Striker on white, seen from the rear three-quarter: an olive-green open-topped four-wheeler with a black roll cage, a pintle-mounted machine gun with a brass ammo belt, two whip antennae, a white star on the rear panel, a green snake mouth painted along the flank and a tool kit box on the side, with the cockpit seats, steering wheel and dashboard visible through the cage.

Entertainment Earth’s listing says prices and ship dates are subject to change without notice, so treat the $99.99 as today’s number; it can move before October. The same listing says the store will not charge a pre-order until the item is ready to ship, and it prints Free USA Shipping on this one [2].

Hasbro’s own copy counts nine accessory pieces for Crankcase: two helmets, a visor, a knife, binoculars, goggles, a bandana mask, a scarf and weapon accessories. It counts eighteen vehicle pieces for the Striker, and describes functioning tires and suspension, removable roll cages, a third bucket seat, a tow hitch, a tool kit, two ammo boxes, antennae, a gas can, a sticker sheet and a coffee mug. Inside the cockpit sit an articulated steering wheel, a gear shifter, a power brake, a cup holder, a Radio System handset and dashboard detail [1].

The mug and the holder are two of the eighteen!

This one is #171 in the Classified sequence, and it has been in our own catalogue since May 2026, sourced from the Hasbro Pulse listing. The A.W.E. Striker itself goes back to the vintage line, and a Classified version of a vehicle that old gets looked at harder than a new character would.

The retail box for G.I. Joe Classified Series #171 Crankcase and A.W.E. Striker: a dark blue carton with desert key art of the Striker and Crankcase, the G.I. Joe Classified Series logo across the lower half, a 4+ age mark and a choking hazard warning panel at the top right, and a window at the right showing the Crankcase figure in tray.

Entertainment Earth is the cheaper of the two live listings and asks you to wait until October. BigBadToyStore can put the box on a shelf now, and charges for it. Our recent Dreadnok Thunder Machine write-up covers the other Classified vehicle worth watching this autumn.

Sources. Hasbro Pulse product listing, G.I. Joe Classified Series #171, Crankcase & A.W.E. Striker, SKU G11745L00, read 22 September 2026 [1] [3]. Entertainment Earth item HSG1174, read 22 September 2026 [2]. BigBadToyStore product 184041, read 22 September 2026 [3].

Official product images: Hasbro.

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