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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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04-25-2011, 12:41 AM
Loose Cannon
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Loose Cannon and I discussed this in another thread, but yeah, Budo was one of those characters that just had me going WTF (if the expression had existed back then) but ended up getting a lot of play time anyway. I mean, he looked goofy as hell beside all the other Joes from 1988 (it was a very strong "class" design-wise... you had guys like Hit & Run, Muskrat, Blizzard, Shockwave, urban camo Storm-Shadow, Repeater, etc.) but he was a lot of fun to play with for me, both as himself, or as a stand in for some other fantasy character (I'd frequently use him as Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat in wrestling play, with Roadpig as
Dino Bravo
).
I'd like to see a modern Budo figure but I'm torn between wanting a re-do of the classic figure or a modern PoC City Strike style figure.
Make mine an Modern Update. Zulu you have extensive work to pull from. I always like my Budo figure. I think it was the olive drab pants that let me overlook the outlandish look of his outfit. But back then I thought Ninjas were still fun. I don't ever remember giving him a gun either.
But I think the love of Heavy Metal made me like him the most. I'd say give him a Harley and some riot gear, but you got to keep the sword as well. I wonder how much of Budo's character was derived from Hama's Wolverine. I'm no Wolverine expert, but there is a certain je ne sais quoi that reminds me of Wolverine, based on his filecard, which is all we have until DDP Special mission Toyko,
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