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12-30-2009, 02:12 PM | #10891 |
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Did not know that. Knew about the cadet program but that's all I thought it was.
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12-30-2009, 02:13 PM | #10892 |
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12-30-2009, 02:14 PM | #10893 |
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Didn't Cobra Island end up being Ripcord's look, with Altitude's name and Freefalls' filecard information? That is a strange one.
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12-30-2009, 06:58 PM | #10894 |
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It's sad that all of this licensing business and laws about who has the rights to a look or name screws up the fun and pleasure of having updated classics like Altitude.
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12-31-2009, 12:25 AM | #10895 |
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Gentlemen.
I hope everyone is doing well. I had a lovely holiday, and I got lots of Joe stuff - including the boxed set of the Cartoon show (The entire Sunbow series from Shout). We had a white Christmas which made me want to take my Arctic Joes outside for maneuvers... however, that would have meant that I would have been outside and it was far too cold for that. I've got a lot to catch up on this thread. But I just thought of a fun way to use the new PoC Recondo figure we're getting. I think I'll send him to Marine Deadpool and let him paint him up in DPM camo and use him as "Digger" the Australian character that we talked about earlier from Action Force. That'll be pretty fun. Has anyone gotten any word/pics about Big Lobs file card from the upcoming convention figure?
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12-31-2009, 12:28 AM | #10896 |
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You too Oliver, welcome back.
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12-31-2009, 12:51 AM | #10897 |
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Thanks, buddy.
I got your PM. I'll try to give you a very thorough explanation tomorrow. It's a good question.
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12-31-2009, 12:53 AM | #10898 |
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Haven't seen Big Lob's filecard yet.
Using the PoC Recondo as Digger is a great idea. I'm going to steal that. If I have a 25th of a character, the PoC version becomes a new character. Great way to fill out the ranks. Although I think I may make the PoC Beachhead into Beachhead and rename the 2 25th versions as Wreckage and Sabretooth. The PoC version is so kick-ass and Beachhead deserves the best.
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12-31-2009, 12:55 AM | #10899 |
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From what I can remember, Action Force Beach Head's filecard says that he was formerly an "NZSAS Ranger" or something of the sort, which I suppose makes some sense, as the NZSAS detachment that served in the Vietnam War was called the 1st Ranger Squadron (NZSAS). Outside of that, though, there was never really any formal "Ranger" unit within the NZSAS. I guess they just wanted to keep the Ranger designation for the character whilst remaking him as a Kiwi.
It would probably have made more sense for them to have made Action Force Beach Head from a NATO/NATO-friendly nation that actually has a formally named Ranger unit, though, like the US (which has the famous 75th Ranger Regiment, a special operations-capable airborne light infantry unit), Canada (which has three Ranger units: the Canadian Rangers, a reserve arctic/coastal reconnaissance unit, the Queen's York Rangers, a battlefield reconnaissance unit, and the Rocky Mountain Rangers, a light infantry unit), Ireland (which has the Irish Army Ranger Wing, their version of the SAS), Portugal (whose Special Operations Detachment is known by the nickname "Rangers"), the UK (which has an Army CBRN Recon unit called the Sherwood Rangers), Malaysia (which has a light infantry unit called the Royal Ranger Regiment), or the Philippines (whose 1st Scout Ranger Regiment is considered by many observers as one of the best trained units in tropical counterinsurgency warfare). So, for example, you mention the Irish Rangers. Are they really on par with the British SAS? How does the NZ and Australian SAS compare? Are they as good as the British SAS? I mean, we often compare Skymate and Big Ben because they're SAS, but their from the Australian and British SAS, respectively. Is it a fair comparison?
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12-31-2009, 12:57 AM | #10900 |
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I know the Irish Army Ranger Wing is one of the few spec ops units worldwide to allow women.
I'm debating whether to make Lady Jaye full Irish and part of the ARW in my verse or just make a new character that's from the ARW.
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