|
Community Links |
Social Groups |
Pictures & Albums |
Members List |
Search Forums |
Advanced Search |
Go to Page... |
|
Thread Tools |
04-16-2009, 12:51 PM | #4781 |
#voteblackjack
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Northwood, NH
Posts: 35,747
|
Firefly, Major Bludd, Baroness, Scrap-Iron, Copperhead, Wild Weasel, Tomax and Xamot, Croc Master, Storm Shadow and that be it.
I'm pretty pysched, I just won the Night Force Flint, Beachhead, Short-Fuze and Tunnel Rat. Love the figs (except the "G.I. Joe" on the leg). BTW, the Flint filecard says he graduated Special Forces school as well as Ranger school. Beachhead's says he's got his EOD badge.
__________________
Join the New England G.I. Joe Collector's Group: Battleforce New England Join the March of Cobra. Read the epic adventure on Kindle Worlds and visit the page to learn more. https://www.facebook.com/marchofcobra/ |
04-16-2009, 01:03 PM | #4782 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 12,236
|
Hey man, I really liked this list too. Very detailed, but I was curious as to why you stopped the Cobra rank at O6. It makes sense that your top ranking title is Commander, which is befitting of Cobra Commander but there are also generals in Cobra's leadership, like Voltar and Gen Mayhem, or did you separate these guys into a different rank structure for Destro's army?
|
04-16-2009, 01:05 PM | #4783 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Back in the US of A! (NoVA)
Posts: 10,649
|
Nice haul, and good catch on Beachhead. I barely noticed that. You didn't get action man?
|
04-16-2009, 01:07 PM | #4784 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Back in the US of A! (NoVA)
Posts: 10,649
|
Has anyone else seen the trailer on adult swim for Resolute? WOW! Can't wait. I'm going away next week so I'm going to miss most of it, except for the first few nights.
|
04-16-2009, 01:10 PM | #4785 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 12,236
|
Quote:
Firefly, Major Bludd, Baroness, Scrap-Iron, Copperhead, Wild Weasel, Tomax and Xamot, Croc Master, Storm Shadow and that be it.
I'm pretty pysched, I just won the Night Force Flint, Beachhead, Short-Fuze and Tunnel Rat. Love the figs (except the "G.I. Joe" on the leg). BTW, the Flint filecard says he graduated Special Forces school as well as Ranger school. Beachhead's says he's got his EOD badge. I just finished reading your stories and started to edit/revise "The Beginning". These definitely have that comic-esque qualitiy that you like so much. So when did you write The Beginning anyway? Was this before Origins #0 came out? If so, it's pretty cool that you had the same idea of making the Joes "dead men" in order to join the team. I think you could explore this in a lot ways that Hama didn't. I'll get back to you later. |
04-16-2009, 01:12 PM | #4786 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 12,236
|
|
04-16-2009, 01:18 PM | #4787 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 12,236
|
Here's what I also don't understand. They're supposed to start showing the 5-min clips on April 17 and there are 10 of these, but the entire 60 minutes will debut on April 25. That leaves only 8 days to show these 10 clips, which means they'll be showing at least 2 clips a day on two of those days? Seems odd, doesn't it?
|
04-16-2009, 01:21 PM | #4788 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Hope, ME
Posts: 4,736
|
Quote:
Here's what I also don't understand. They're supposed to start showing the 5-min clips on April 17 and there are 10 of these, but the entire 60 minutes will debut on April 25. That leaves only 8 days to show these 10 clips, which means they'll be showing at least 2 clips a day on two of those days? Seems odd, doesn't it?
__________________
|
04-16-2009, 01:22 PM | #4789 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Back in the US of A! (NoVA)
Posts: 10,649
|
|
04-16-2009, 01:22 PM | #4790 |
EQ-Viper
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 4,343
|
Some more filecards for your perusal (click on the images to view the full-sized filecards):
notes: one of the (very) minor pet peeves I have is regarding how some artists/writers/toy designers refer to Snake-Eyes' distinctive one-handed short sword as a "scimitar" or a generic "ninja sword" (then again, I can get pretty anal-retentive about minor technical details). It's design has, to me, always looked like it's been inspired by the pinute (pronounced "pee-NOO-teh") used in FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) systems such as kali, eskrima, and arnis. It's not a very far-off and obscure reference when one considers that Hama has demonstrated prior knowledge of FMA... I think his reference to the bali-song (Filipino butterfly knife) in Torpedo's filecard is one of the first real Western pop culture references to FMA, preceding DC Comics' Nightwing's use of kali/eskrima as his preferred martial art by a couple of years. It also ties in with Snake-Eyes' filecard description as an "expert in the use of edged weapons," as I think most any martial art aficionado will say that kali/eskrima is the martial arts system to learn for practical edged weapons fighting. It's the official lethal force hand-to-hand combat system of the Philippine Scout Rangers (the country's premier spec-ops unit) and I know for a fact that USSOCOM units often cross-train in kali/eskrima in the Philippines (I watched a demo back when the US and the Philippines participated in Exercise Balikatan back in 2001) to supplement their MAC (Modern Army Combatives) training, which is more appropriate for non-lethal hand-to-hand subjugation of hostiles. Anyway, some pictures to illustrate my point: traditional pinute short sword 1985 Snake-Eyes short sword 2008/2009 Snake-Eyes short sword |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Please Help! Need filecards! | RockinHard | G.I. Joe Buy Sell Trade | 2 | 10-26-2008 06:14 PM |
Need filecards! | RockinHard | G.I. Joe Buy Sell Trade | 18 | 10-24-2008 09:17 PM |
Filecards Wanted!!!! | RockinHard | G.I. Joe Buy Sell Trade | 5 | 10-17-2008 10:25 PM |
Filecards Wanted! | RockinHard | G.I. Joe Buy Sell Trade | 5 | 10-05-2008 04:15 PM |
Quaid Spills Secrets on "G.I. Joe" | HissCommander | G.I. Joe News and Rumors | 108 | 10-01-2008 11:23 AM |
|
|