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11-17-2008, 05:16 PM | #501 |
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And that, sir, make 500 posts to this thread.
Again, congratulations to you, Troynos, for a job well done and a great idea for a thread.
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11-17-2008, 05:20 PM | #502 |
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All very good and valid points. I'd lean towards making 'em all Marines. The Joe team needs more marines. And thanks to everyone for making this such a great thread.
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11-17-2008, 05:37 PM | #503 |
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OK, last post and then I'm turning in for the night...
I've always thought a great name for an Intelligence Officer would be "Owl". Other birds of prey have worked well: Hawk, Falcon. I also think "Condor" would work well, sort of in honor of that C.I.A. movie with Robert Redford, "Three Days of the Condor". Didn't DDP have a character named "Raven" in it's WW3 storyline? Hawk and Falcon have both been officers, so it seems fitting that any Joe named after a bird of prey should be an officer of some kind. Sometimes it seems hard to think of good code names, but there are tons of animal names that haven't been touched, and they've used animal names in the UK version of G.I. Joe, Action Force, for years. |
11-17-2008, 05:43 PM | #504 |
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I always found it cool on Snake-Eyes 91 filecard that, "The bad guys would like to see my declared illegal under the Geneva Convention. On the other hand he is kind to small animals."
The biggest badass on the Joe team is an animal person, always found that cool. I remember as a kid I would always be Snake-Eyes cause I was into martial arts and I had a big old Husky that looked like a wolf and she would follow me everywhere. I would call her Timber even though she was a girl and her name was Holly, LOL. |
11-17-2008, 05:52 PM | #505 |
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Here's my argument for Blast-off and Mirage.
They make their debut as Joes in the "Mega Marines". In the case of Mirage and Blast-off, their service branches are not given or explained in their file cards. However, by virtue of the fact that they debuted as "Mega Marines" and there is nothing in their file cards to preclude their affiliation with the Marine Corps as the branch from which they were selected for G.I. Joe, it seems the most logical choice that these guys are U.S. Marines. So, Blast-off was the best firefighter in Missouri and he joined the Marines - they have fire fighters in the military - and was selected because of his skills and courage for the G.I. Joe team... why else would he be a "Mega Marine"? Why else would Mirage be one? Mace's file card specifically mentions "to the shores of Tripoli", a line from the Marine Corps Batt4el Hymn. It's not a common phrase among members from other branches because it specifically references the Marines' battles with the Barberry Pirates. There is no mitigating evidence to prevent Mace from being listed as a Marine. No other branch is listed in the file card. He's an intelligence operative, and the Marine Corps has a very fine and diligent Intelligence section: anybody remember LTC. Oliver North USMC? There seems to be no issue at all with understanding Mace to be a member of the USMC. In fact, the evidence we have would lead one in that direction. Bull-Horn was trained at Quantico... that's a bit of question mark because Quantico, Virgina is home to the Marine Corps and the F.B.I. Those seem to be the two choices. However, every other federal agent in G.I. Joe is an officer. Bullet-Proof comes from the U.S. Marshals and is a Major (O-4). Sure-Fire is a former F.B.I. Agent, and he's a LTC (O-5). It rather begs the question: If Bull Horn were trained as an F.B.I. Agent, why isn't he an officer? Rather, with a rank of E-4, it seems evident that Bull Horn is a Marine. He's a sharpshooter... the Marine's Scout/Sniper School is at Quanitco. He's a SWAT negotiator... the Marines have excellent SWAT/HRT capabilities. As far as Mega Marines. My problem ...Clutch. Not a Marine. Plus I think the whole subteam was a cheesey marketing ploy to cash in off the Aliens movie. Why 5 years later I'm not sure. But the similarities are there. The APC seemed like the one in the movie. Flamethrowers were a big deal in the movie. They were called Colonial Marines. Plus the colors were silly and I just can't take it seriously. |
11-17-2008, 05:56 PM | #506 |
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11-17-2008, 05:59 PM | #507 |
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Nice one. I haven't used that one yet and it's so Obvious. I need to list all the ones I have.
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11-17-2008, 06:16 PM | #508 |
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Thank you, sir. It took me a little while to work it all out in my head and on paper... then it was a matter of collecting all the right figures... which, as we all know, is a matter of money.
I'd be very interested to hear what the rest of you guys think? See any flaws? Any Problems? Troynos, I would like to hear about your rescue helicoper set-up. Did you make custom figures for your Pararescue men? Did you use a Tomahawk? |
11-17-2008, 06:25 PM | #509 |
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11-17-2008, 06:43 PM | #510 |
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