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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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04-02-2010, 11:17 AM
oliverbox
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Ah, so Tracker was another of those sports themed figures was he? Who was he supposed to be? (and if that's the case why did his filecard say he was a Navy Seal, always thought those colours were a bit non-tactical ;))
His "costume" was like that of an American Football player. He's one of my pet peeves of the whole ARAH line. To read his file card, he's possibly one of the BEST Joes on the whole team. Seriously, he's listed as the only Joe who could find Snake-Eyes and Spirit in the woods. That's pretty amazing. He's a Navy SEAL, and he's the ONLY Seal (until this past decade) that didn't come in a dive suit. SEALs are supposed to be amphibious commandos, but all the Joes who were listed as SEALs were in dive suits - they weren't getting out of the water.
So here's the first Navy SEAL Hasbro made who was equipped for Land Operations, and his costume is a joke. He looks ridiculous. It's quite possibly the greatest disparity between the quality of qualifications and execution of the figure in the history of the Joe line. I honestly can't think of a better example of such disparity.
I suppose a counter example would be like this:
Let's say they made an SBS Commando character, and his file card said he was awesome. He came out of the Royal Marines, he's an expert in demolitions, marksmanship, knife fighting and hand to hand. He's an all around killer and a ghost.
... and he's wearing a Rugby uniform from Manchester United.
That's what Tracker was like.
On another note:
I want to argue that Tracker should be a qualified Sniper. Many Navy SEALs are trained as Snipers, but for him to be that proficient as a tracker, he must have learned those skills somewhere.
The SEALs have their own 4-week Sniper course, but is it possible that a SEAL might get sent to the Marine Scout/Sniper course? There are 4 places the Marines train Scout Snipers, and Quanitco and Hawaii are both close to places where SEAL teams are stationed. Does anyone know if that's possible?
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