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Where is your personal “line in the sand” drawn for the fantasy element of GI Joe?
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07-10-2018, 12:30 AM
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For my Joe team I go as far as slight future tech, maybe as far as SHIELD. I don’t mind futuristic gear but prefer more realistic outfits for the good guys. I like the idea of Flash’s laser as a super high tech welding torch not a blaster and Sci Fi as painting targets or disabling tech from afar. In my head Joe uses cutting edge tech but it’s not the tech that saves the day. It’s the Joes that do, pure grit.
I give Cobra a bit more slack. I’m cool with Zaratan, BATs, and Serpentor (both Marvel and Sunbow should have dragged that story ark a lot longer) but Cobra La was too far. For me Cobra is the Ralph Kramden of the two. They attempt to win, get rich quick, with less than tested, quirky future tech instead of hard work. That’s why they loose. They rely on that tech too much to win. Cobra has no heart. I toned town Crystal Ball as a Rasputin type that Baroness carries around for old world superstitions and Raptor only wears his suit for Destros Druid cult ceremonies, otherwise he rocks a suit and does MARS’ taxes when not tending to falcons at Castle Destro.
After 1986 I began cherry picking figures and vehicles. Though oddly colored the IMP was fine as far as function. The POGO was down right silly.
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