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07-06-2009, 09:52 PM | #7281 |
Iron Grenadier
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Snow Storm looks awesome. Hollow Point looks decidedly NOT like Rock n Roll. And since I have a sneaking suspicion that Hollow Point was supposed to be RnR, that's commendable.
I guess we have no takers on the Airborne v.2 -> Airlift name change? |
07-06-2009, 09:56 PM | #7282 |
#voteblackjack
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I like it.
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07-06-2009, 10:25 PM | #7283 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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That's actually perfect. I've been calling him Sgt Six this whole time. I might be using that. What is the name for your Combat Controller Troynos? I made a custom so i want to use yours since it sounded good.
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07-06-2009, 10:33 PM | #7284 |
Hog Driver
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Two new additions:
Snow Storm & Hollow Point Design notes: - I subbed in Hollow Point for Sure Fire at the last minute as the Joe team's force protection platoon's spotter/observer. I hadn't realized that Sure Fire was a lieutenant colonel(!) in his original filecard, and demoting him all the way down to sergeant just to make him "fit" seemed like too drastic of a change. To read the full filecards, click on the Filecard Project link in my signature. |
07-07-2009, 01:09 AM | #7285 |
I Ride with Claymore!!!
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Well I just picked up 5 of the new ROC figures this evening: Desert Duke, Shipwreck, Deep Six, Cover Girl, and Sgt. Stone.
I'm pleased. Just as expected, they fit perfectly with the 25th figures and they're pretty good, except for the missile launchers that come with all of them... but we've dealt with that before. I'm excited. We're getting some good new characters like Stone and Helix, and some characters we've been asking for like Cover Girl. We're also getting some really tactical versions of Deep Six and Shipwreck that I think work really well. Now to two figures that I want y'alls opinions about... Desert Duke and Zartan. They're listing Duke as a Major. He's no longer a First Sgt., he's an officer. And the figure looks a lot like Channing Tatum, that is to say: he doesn't look like any Duke I've ever seen. Now don't get me wrong, it's a great figure. But it doesn't seem like Duke. I'm torn. On the one hand, I'm a little disappointed that they didn't make this Duke a little more like classic Duke. On the other hand, I'm really impressed with the figure, and we need more combat/Special Forces Officers, and in honor of John Wayne's character, maybe Striker should be a Recon Marine Officer. Opinions? So here's what I think: Maybe this is a new character in my Joeverse. Coming up with a reasonable code name is going to be a challenge, but I was thinking of "Striker". Here's why: We all know that Duke's name was an homage to John Wayne. John Wayne's character in "The Sands of Iwo Jima" is Sgt. Striker. This movie figure is wearing Desert Camo, so he'll blend in with the Sand... anyway, it makes sense to me. And there's never been a character named Striker. So I think Major Striker will work OK, but what do you guys think? About Zartan, this new figure has some of the same problems for me. It looks like a neat figure, but it doesn't really say "Zartan" to me. I'm thinking of troop building this figure, and using it as the MP's of my Joe base. What do y'all think? If I use his disguise head, I think it would work pretty well. Well, I'm very interested in what you guys think. These ROC file cards are the pits, but the toys aren't bad at all. We could have ended up with a lot worse. I'm thankful and counting my blessings.
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07-07-2009, 01:14 AM | #7286 |
I Ride with Claymore!!!
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Zulu, I have a question for you. But first let me say that I'm really enjoying all the art work you've done for the characters. It's really great, and a wonderfully realistic update. So thanks for that.
Alright, here's my question... you've stated that you'd like to see more Marines on the Team, and you've specifically changed the Branch of some of the Joes to be Marines. I can understand those changes. However, when you turn Hollowpoint into an Air Force serviceman, I just don't understand it. He's one of the few Marines the Joes had. I think he's one of about 5 characters who were clearly stated to be Marines... there were about 4 others who were plausible Marines, but we won't get into that debate here. Anyway, if you want more Marines, why would you change the Marines we have and turn them into Airmen? Thanks. By the way, I really liked your Low-Light. I'm a big fan of Low-Light, and I think you did him very well... one thing, you might think about including his qualifications as in Intelligence operative. Hama thought of him as a Delta Operator, and with his "CID" qualifications, there's a lot more there than a mere sniper. You might consider changing his MOS to Special Force Intelligence Sgt. He would certainly have started as an 18B, but as he's become a more senior NCO, he is probably the type of guy who went towards the black ops side of SF. Just my opinion.
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07-07-2009, 01:54 AM | #7287 |
EQ-Viper
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Alright, here's my question... you've stated that you'd like to see more Marines on the Team, and you've specifically changed the Branch of some of the Joes to be Marines. I can understand those changes. However, when you turn Hollowpoint into an Air Force serviceman, I just don't understand it. He's one of the few Marines the Joes had. I think he's one of about 5 characters who were clearly stated to be Marines... there were about 4 others who were plausible Marines, but we won't get into that debate here. Anyway, if you want more Marines, why would you change the Marines we have and turn them into Airmen? Thanks.
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07-07-2009, 02:52 AM | #7288 |
I Ride with Claymore!!!
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My bad. As I mentioned in my prior post, the decision to include Hollow Point in lieu of Sure Fire was quite literally a last minute decision, and I basically just glossed over his filecard and missed the Quantico reference (I basically just transposed his personal info over the filecard I'd already written for Sure Fire). After 70+ filecards and composite photographs, I was bound to slip up in a major way. I'll correct it soon enough.
Just kidding. You're doing a great job. I'm not surprised that it was Troynos and I who jumped on that one.
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07-07-2009, 09:19 AM | #7289 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Well I just picked up 5 of the new ROC figures this evening: Desert Duke, Shipwreck, Deep Six, Cover Girl, and Sgt. Stone.
I'm pleased. Just as expected, they fit perfectly with the 25th figures and they're pretty good, except for the missile launchers that come with all of them... but we've dealt with that before. I'm excited. We're getting some good new characters like Stone and Helix, and some characters we've been asking for like Cover Girl. We're also getting some really tactical versions of Deep Six and Shipwreck that I think work really well. Now to two figures that I want y'alls opinions about... Desert Duke and Zartan. They're listing Duke as a Major. He's no longer a First Sgt., he's an officer. And the figure looks a lot like Channing Tatum, that is to say: he doesn't look like any Duke I've ever seen. Now don't get me wrong, it's a great figure. But it doesn't seem like Duke. I'm torn. On the one hand, I'm a little disappointed that they didn't make this Duke a little more like classic Duke. On the other hand, I'm really impressed with the figure, and we need more combat/Special Forces Officers, and in honor of John Wayne's character, maybe Striker should be a Recon Marine Officer. Opinions? So here's what I think: Maybe this is a new character in my Joeverse. Coming up with a reasonable code name is going to be a challenge, but I was thinking of "Striker". Here's why: We all know that Duke's name was an homage to John Wayne. John Wayne's character in "The Sands of Iwo Jima" is Sgt. Striker. This movie figure is wearing Desert Camo, so he'll blend in with the Sand... anyway, it makes sense to me. And there's never been a character named Striker. So I think Major Striker will work OK, but what do you guys think? About Zartan, this new figure has some of the same problems for me. It looks like a neat figure, but it doesn't really say "Zartan" to me. I'm thinking of troop building this figure, and using it as the MP's of my Joe base. What do y'all think? If I use his disguise head, I think it would work pretty well. Well, I'm very interested in what you guys think. These ROC file cards are the pits, but the toys aren't bad at all. We could have ended up with a lot worse. I'm thankful and counting my blessings. I've only picked up a few. Sgt Stone I really want. Are you hitting up the Bailey's Crossroads TRU Oliver? Great now I have competition. Anyway. I've decided to rename mostly everyone from the ROC line. I haven't seen Duke yet, but I intend to make him Rapid-Fire. But Major Striker sounds good. I plan on making Ripcord into Rampage. I bought both Heavy Dutys and one should be HD but I plan on making one Hardball. Just can't decide. The Reactive armor one comes with a multi-barreled grenade launcher. I wish they looked a little different but Oh well. Zartan. Well he's just an MP although he might make a good Sure-Fire. Depends if I can Army build him. I assume there may be a more recognizable Zartan later. Shipwreck Is my favorite so far. I predict I may have problems with Flash as he looks almost Cobra. Plus I feel like one of those Scarletts should be a Mayday. Undecided if I want to call Covergirl Vorona or not. I passed on Deep-Six. |
07-07-2009, 09:24 AM | #7290 |
#voteblackjack
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I using the Desert Ambush Duke as a new character, named Dune, who will be part of my desert forces. It's the only RoC Duke I'll be getting.
I was going to troop build the PIT Commando, but due to lack of funds, I'll be getting just one and that will become Rapid Fire. I may get more just to have the parts for customs. The Zartan, are the marks on the face really noticable? Was going to use it as a generic PIT MP/Technician kind of thing. Deep-Six becomes Scuttle (part of the VBSS team) and the Shipwreck becomes Hammerhead (one of my SEaL team). Loose, my combat controller is named Airstrike. I had a Forward Observer named Airraid but will need to change that since we're getting an Airraid with the Skysweeper jet (which I'm undecided if I'm going to get or not). RoC Scarlett is going to be Mayday and RoC Cover Girl is going to be Vorona.
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