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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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03-29-2016, 08:19 PM
LowTech
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zuludelta
It's interesting that Recondo has what appears to be the Navy & Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia on his left chest in that concept sketch. There were probably more of these Navy/Marine design elements that never made it into the final products (Ron Rudat came from a Navy/Marine Corps family from what I recall).
EDIT: I just looked up pictures of the vintage Recondo figure from 1984 and it does look like the insignia made it into the production toy. Considering the degree to which we dissect these sort of things, I'm surprised it doesn't get brought up more often (or maybe it does and I just missed those times).
EDIT 2: And of course, Duke is another one of Rudat's "secret Marines/SEALs." Dude has the Navy & Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia on his chest as well.
EDIT 3: And while Repeater was released after Rudat had left Hasbro, the figure had the Navy & Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia pinned under the Ranger tab on his cap. Maybe he was a holdover design from the Rudat era.
I think Recondo is wearing South Vietnamese wings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parach...ile:ViPaBa.jpg
from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parach...ther_countries
and a few more random examples here:
https://agenerationxersfinalyears.wo...ag/jump-wings/
Duke's are a little harder to figure out, but are probably USMC. Maybe Honduran or Canadian. Perhaps he did an exchange with a UDT or SEAL team. On a different note, for all of Duke's supposed time with indigenous tribes in Vietnam, I notice he isn't wearing a Montagnard bracelet. Maybe he was to much of a Boy Scout for them too!
I can't make out Repeater's wings.
As an aside, isn't Flint wearing his wings (Army) on the wrong side?
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