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06-02-2009, 08:07 AM | #6331 |
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You guys see the "new" filecards in the 7-packs, posted on the front page. They rewrote them all, instead of re-using the existing cards like had been happening in the rest of the line. The new ones are CRAP!! No military qualifications (SPC. Altitude comes the closest but is a SPC really an E-5???) and really bad quotes.
Horrible... Very disappointed.
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06-02-2009, 08:13 AM | #6332 |
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As a Muskrat fan, I didn't mind the change to a marine, but this update looks exactly like his original figure. Good job.
I really really really like Big Lob. Got the face from an action shot huh? It looks a little odd in comparasion to the rest that are just posing shots. I like how you used the shirt. Great job. If there was a figure like that, I'd grab it in a heartbeat. Wish I had a figure to use as Big Lob since your update is so damn cool. Never had Major Storm, so it's a "new" character to me. But Storm looks cool. What's pashto?
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06-02-2009, 08:14 AM | #6333 |
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I don't think Storm's codename works as good without the Major in front of it.
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06-02-2009, 09:10 AM | #6334 |
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So the 7-pack "Ripcord"
-it looks like Ripcord -it has the filename of Freefall -it has the codename of Sky Patrol's Altitude Now, if that's not weird enough. It's listed as SPC, which is a specialist right? Can a specialist be an E-5 (which is what the card says). I think this is a bit much to appease the fans, which is the only reason this figure exists, because the fans couldn't accept the "black" Ripcord from the movie. Should have just made Freefall, named it Freefall, made it look like Freefall, and called it a day.
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06-02-2009, 09:15 AM | #6335 |
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Pashto is what certain Tribes in Afghanistan and SWAT valley Pakistan speak.
Yeah I was going to comment on the filecards from the 7 packs. Overall not bad I'd say. They're not exact replicas of the originals. Wet-Suit is now an E-6 which he wasn't at first. And he's missing the part about how tough the NAVY SEALS are vs Marines and Rangers. But there is just the one elephant in the room. SPC Altitude who is a E-5 (Come on Hasbro?! does anyone edit these things) At first I was like wow he's a Ranger now, but then I realize they just gave him Freefall's filecard. Damn I was hoping to get Freefall one day. Still holding out hope for Sky Patrol! |
06-02-2009, 09:20 AM | #6336 |
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Brad Sanders played Big Lob in the GI Joe Movie. The face or the jersey probably has something to do with Omar, but I got here kinda late.
I love the changes, and I'm cool with the Muskrat change. Big Lob went to Sapper Leader Course. Nice. Rock n Roll is a band member under electric bass. Very cool. Glad to see you worked being the vehicle qualifications in there for Storm. |
06-02-2009, 09:23 AM | #6337 |
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Zulu, Big Lob is growing on me. I never liked the guy for one second in 20 years until 1 hour ago.
Hell if you're going to start pulling together filecards for uncarded unmade figures, how about Mariner and Mayday and Firewall and Mangler and Coolbreeze? I'm just kidding. Especially about Coolbreeze. Seriously though Big Lob looks great and he may be one of the most deserving. ***Major Storm is badass too if I didn't mention that already! |
06-02-2009, 09:29 AM | #6338 |
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But there is just the one elephant in the room. SPC Altitude who is a E-5 (Come on Hasbro?! does anyone edit these things) At first I was like wow he's a Ranger now, but then I realize they just gave him Freefall's filecard. Damn I was hoping to get Freefall one day.
Still holding out hope for Sky Patrol! So because the fans couldn't accept a "black" Ripcord, it causes 3-4 characters to get messed up.
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06-02-2009, 10:14 AM | #6339 |
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As for the face and jersey, it's based on a picture of Canadian basketball player David Thomas. He played on the Michigan State team that won the 2000 NCAA Tournament, is a member of the Canadian national basketball team training pool, and currently plays shooting guard/small forward for the Melbourne Tigers of Australia's National Basketball League. The jersey I used is actually a Melbourne Tigers jersey. In my mind, I imagine Big Lob's pro basketball career as being similar to how a lot of undrafted college basketball prospects' careers play out: they don't get into the NBA (for whatever reason) and end up playing a few years overseas in the Euroleague/Euroleague-affiliated minor leagues, or in Australia, China, Mexico, or the Philippines before coming home for good and settling for a "real" job. It's one of Afghanistan's official languages (the other being the Dari variant of Persian) and is also a very widely spoken first/second language in Pakistan, Iran, and India. Last edited by zuludelta; 06-02-2009 at 10:21 AM.. |
06-02-2009, 10:25 AM | #6340 |
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I imagine Big Lob's pro basketball career as being similar to how a lot of undrafted college basketball prospects' careers play out: they don't get into the NBA (for whatever reason) and end up playing a few years in the Euroleague/Euroleague-affiliated minor leagues, or in Australia, China, Mexico, or the Philippines before coming home for good and settling for a "real" job.
EDIT: I think it'd be interesting if you gave Jinx a real name since she's not an Arashikage anymore (and she's now Chinese American). And IDW were to ever give her a name, you could swap it out (although they might not have a whole lot of incentive to do it now) Last edited by Master Thespian; 06-02-2009 at 10:37 AM.. |
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