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The worst best things about GI Joe 1982-1994
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09-13-2017, 01:45 AM
solosam
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ON NINJA FORCE: A mixed bag. I absolutely LOVED the Ninja Force Storm Shadow with his black-on-white splash pattern. To this day, he remains my favorite Joe of all time and my go-to when I think of Storm Shadow. I also really liked Slice and Dice, and the Night Creeper Leader. Some of the others, like T'Jbang and Dojo were just absurd. What's the point of being a 'ninja' who wears bright yellow? Makes no sense.
ON STREET FIGHTER AND MORTAL KOMBAT: This was GOLD. When I was a kid, I used to fantasize about how cool it would be to have Street Fighter toys. This was before video game toys were really common. Then when I went to the toy store one day and saw them on the shelves, I literally screamed to my brother to come and look because I was so excited. Not only were they Street Fighter, but they were GI JOE at the same time!!! WIN!!! As an adult, I think the sculpts were weak and inauthentic, but I still love the idea of GI Joe and Street Fighter. I've made a few Joe-SF Customs because I think the characters fit together like peanut butter and chocolate. I've also written to IDW begging for Ryu, Guile, and Cammy to become permanent GI Joe members. (Fat chance)
ON GI JOE VEHICLES:
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if Congress saw GI Joe's motor pool, they'd yank their funding so hard the team would be lucky if they could afford slingshots and Spam.
LOL! HAH! You mean the same Congress that gives us trillion-dollar fighter jets? The same Congress that forces the Army to buy tanks it doesn't even want? GI JOE is the kind of organization that gives Congressmen wet dreams. Every single one of those vehicles means taxpayer money gets spent on factories, fuel, and FSRs that keep their constituents employed. But setting that aside, I tend to think of GI JOE as the recipient of prototype equipment that was too expensive or too specialized for widespread production. As you mentioned, some of their gear is pretty ridiculous. But I like seeing vehicles like the Storm Eagle, which was clearly modeled on the YF-23 'Black Widow' prototypes.
ON NEON GUNS: Even as a kid, I didn't like the trend towards crazy neon colors. It could sometimes be okay in moderation, but towards the end of the line they just went crazy with it.
ON STAR BRIGADE: I'm not inherently against the idea of Star Brigade. Things like Battlestar Galactica and Call of Duty have proven that the concept can be solid (and don't get me started on mil-sci-fi literature). The Planet Green Valley figures look amazing. But GI JOE's implementation of the idea was not mature. It could have used some more R&D time. It didn't help that by this point the line was basically over and Hasbro was just grasping at straws. The wacky aliens and dumb vehicle designs were just a bridge too far. (And I would still love a 1:18 scale Viper, but the only one I'm aware of cost like $2000)
ON ECO WARRIORS: Pass.
ON DEF: Some of the figures were really not bad. The drug message was dumb as shit, because it basically told kids that drug dealers were terrorists in pimp suits rather than... You know... Their friends and neighbors. But that's a whole 'nother topic... As figures, I actually thought they were pretty cool. Headhunter was a neat figure, and my brother's personal favorite. Headman was goofy, but no worse than any other 80's badguy. On the JOE side, the idea of expanding into LEO characters is not bad at all. Mutt and Shockwave were quite good figures. They could have done more in this vein with SWAT teams, border patrol, FBI agents, etc. (Then again, this was kind of before the police started buying their own MRAPS, so maybe it set a bad precedent ;-)
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