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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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01-11-2010, 01:41 AM
takedown
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Loose Cannon
What book is that?
The Ultimate Guide to GI JOE 1982-1994 2nd Edition by Mark Bellomo.
Lowlight pg.109, Doc pg 32, Dreadnoks pg. 87, Roadblock pg 56, Duke 33 & 54, Baroness pg 57.
It also adds the insert hasbro was to put in Duke's filecard if he was Major. "Current Grade: Major, Battlefield Commission in 1967. Captured by the NVA in 1969, Escaped six months later. Ran Special Ops School in Langley. Advisory commission on Special Warfare. Chairman, Combined Anti-Terrorism neutralization unit."
Flint pg 78, Hama talks about the misprint of Flint's name. Dashiell Hammett the detective novelist and William Ewart Fairbairn of the Commando knife. So it seems the FAIR-skinnEd BORN was a typo that unintentionally makes a pun. But its still funny that indian sounding names come from Wichita.
Quote:
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Troynos
One of these days I'll need to pick up the two books. Which is better? Bellomos or Hidalgos?
I bought Bellomo's book today, I would say this book has my vote of being better. Because it shows what the figure looked like, the weapons that [he] came with and some of the character design notes, it would have been nice for it to show filename, rank and MOS/SMS, but then the book would be too big. My best friend thought I should get "The JOE vs. Cobra Essential Guide" but didnt appeal to me as much, because most of the stuff I already knew. It only had certain "main character" full filecard information and the rest of the Joes only had file name, birthplace, POS & SMS. Seemed too basic and the info provided was an overview (cheat sheet) for those who hadnt kept up and had no plans to read or watch anything of GI JOE ever again. There is stuff I would like for quick reference like the vehicle information and the Joes updated ranks, but not for the full 26 dollars. If I get lucky and find it for cheap at a 2nd hand bookstore or someone gives it to me, sure I will use it. But I plan on being around the source material. But that's just my opinion.
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