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10-22-2009, 12:53 PM | #9671 |
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What about Sgt Marauders Oliver? (The only subteam I don't own any of)
Do you add the other Airborne troops to Sky Patrol Oliver? Like Ripcord and Free Fall, Star Duster. And if Wild Bill is commander of the Helicopter Squads what about Updraft and Windmill? I took my Tundra Stalker Head and use that for Hollingsworth, who also happens to command the Arctic Troops, at the Arctic Research base. So it's basically a Quick Reaction Force Marine Unit stationed on the USS Flagg. Even though most of the members are Army, Slaughter is a Marine and so that works for me. They're on the Flagg and if the Joes in Armor in a hurry, Slaughter's Marauders are usually the fist Armor unit that's able to get there. Have you seen their vehicle? It's All Armor, and they're all pretty awesome. Additionally, as a dismounted unit, they work as an excellent Recon Team. Low-Light and Spirit - a Sniper and Tracker. Foot Loose and Sgt. Slaughter - Excellent Infantry skills. Bar-B-Q is in there, but he sort of fits in a a Tank Driver. His costume looks like armor AND it's nice to have a fire fighter aboard the Flagg. So they can be used as Quick Reaction Armor or dismount and work as Recon. They fall under Naval Special Warfare, but as elements stationed on the Flagg, they fall under the direct command of Keel Haul. However, if G-SOC needs to task them, that takes priority and Commander Magnum would go out to the Flagg and give them thier mission briefing. I sort of see this unit as "Special Operations Capable", like the Marine Expeditionary Units. They're capable of performing Special Ops Missions, but they're primarily used as Spearhead Armor.
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10-22-2009, 12:56 PM | #9672 |
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So I watched Transformers:RoTF last night. Contrary to popular opinion around the 'Tank, I liked the movie. There's alot I could have done without (the twin robots, Sam's roommate, Timmons overacting, Sam's parents overacting) but I liked it.
Anyways, something that occured in it got me thinking... The way they show the NEST unit (the human military) made me think, and how it's deployed at the last battle in the end. It's similar to how I've always wanted my Joe team set up. You have the forward unit, the ground pounders (Rangers/Marines) HALO drop in and start the mission. When/if it gets hairy, then the heavy units are brought in. And you have a hi-tech computer command center over seeing the whole thing. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie. I went and saw it in the theatre with my wife. We thought it was OK, but it wasn't fantastic. However, I couldn't agree with you more about NEST. Those guys were awesome. I wish Hasbro would make some 25th style/size NEST figures. I really thought NEST was more like the Joe I know than the Joes in the Joe movie were.
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10-22-2009, 01:33 PM | #9673 |
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Sometimes I wish Headman would come back and visit our thread again. That guy cracks me up.
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10-22-2009, 02:00 PM | #9674 |
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Slaughter's Marauders are a Special Operations Armor Unit... sound awesome? You bet.
So it's basically a Quick Reaction Force Marine Unit stationed on the USS Flagg. Even though most of the members are Army, Slaughter is a Marine and so that works for me. They're on the Flagg and if the Joes in Armor in a hurry, Slaughter's Marauders are usually the fist Armor unit that's able to get there. Have you seen their vehicle? It's All Armor, and they're all pretty awesome. Additionally, as a dismounted unit, they work as an excellent Recon Team. Low-Light and Spirit - a Sniper and Tracker. Foot Loose and Sgt. Slaughter - Excellent Infantry skills. Bar-B-Q is in there, but he sort of fits in a a Tank Driver. His costume looks like armor AND it's nice to have a fire fighter aboard the Flagg. So they can be used as Quick Reaction Armor or dismount and work as Recon. They fall under Naval Special Warfare, but as elements stationed on the Flagg, they fall under the direct command of Keel Haul. However, if G-SOC needs to task them, that takes priority and Commander Magnum would go out to the Flagg and give them thier mission briefing. I sort of see this unit as "Special Operations Capable", like the Marine Expeditionary Units. They're capable of performing Special Ops Missions, but they're primarily used as Spearhead Armor. Also what's the deal with the ODA team and its members that are on other teams as almost all of them are. |
10-22-2009, 04:00 PM | #9675 |
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So I watched Transformers:RoTF last night. Contrary to popular opinion around the 'Tank, I liked the movie. There's alot I could have done without (the twin robots, Sam's roommate, Timmons overacting, Sam's parents overacting) but I liked it.
Anyways, something that occured in it got me thinking... The way they show the NEST unit (the human military) made me think, and how it's deployed at the last battle in the end. It's similar to how I've always wanted my Joe team set up. You have the forward unit, the ground pounders (Rangers/Marines) HALO drop in and start the mission. When/if it gets hairy, then the heavy units are brought in. And you have a hi-tech computer command center over seeing the whole thing. |
10-22-2009, 04:59 PM | #9676 |
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Nice! I can see BBQ as a Marine. I've pretty much renamed my two ROC Flashes BBQ and Inferno. CQB/Firefighters. I might get another for Blast-Off. Do you have use any of the Mega Marines? Are the Marauders only the 5 guys? What about the Renegades?
Also what's the deal with the ODA team and its members that are on other teams as almost all of them are. The Marauders are 6 Joes - I forgot to mention Mutt earlier, but having Junkyard around to search and sniff during recons can be helpful. I use the Renegades for what they were intended for - an off the books unit for crazy missions like blowing stuff up in areas where we're really not supposed to blow stuff up. They get no support - they're little more than hired mercs who just happen to be decent guys and like to work for the good guys. The ODA Team... Well, they're probably going to take over as my new "Go To" Quick Reaction Force. I haven't really worked out all the details, but I'll probably use them for what an ODA Team really does. They'll Drop, Ruck, or boat into a remote area, train locals to fight for them, and run patrols and lead operations from a Forward Operating Base for as long as they need to in enemy territory. I'm going to use them like Green Berets - America's Best Weapon in the War on Terror. In that sense, this team sort of represents my idea of the Joes I would boil the team down to if I had to boil the team down to about 20 guys or so. Obviously there are some exceptions (for example, Hawk, Gung-Ho, Torpedo, and Leatherneck aren't on the team), but mostly these are the guys I would want to keep on the roster.
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10-22-2009, 05:09 PM | #9677 |
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According to Plaster's book, all SOG recon teams were led by Green Berets. A recon team typically had 3 SF men and 6-8 Nungs or Montagnards--South Vietnamese tribesman. LRRP/Rangers from non-Special Forces companies and platoons worked under MACV because this was the command for all of the US military forces, but only Green Berets, some SEALs, Air Force pilots, and CIA elements worked under SOG as far as I know. So if SE was in SOG, which is stated on the document, then he must have been a Green Beret, perhaps he signed up for SF before reupping for another tour. That's how I'm interpreting it anyway.
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10-22-2009, 05:14 PM | #9678 |
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Thanks, man. No, I don't own every O-Ring figure. I own about every O-Ring figure that I want, but there are quite a few that I don't own, and don't really have an interest in owning. I don't own any Street Fighter figures, except a few movie Guile figures and the M. Bison that came with the evil HQ. I don't own any Eco Warriors or Mega Marines and my Star Brigade is pretty lacking.
There are a lot of International figures from Brazil and Action Force that I don't own. I do own a lot of custom O-Ring figures made by Shakka85. He's a good friend. And I've kit bashed a few key characters in O-Ring form. You're right about PeterDB.net's need to update his site, but I do think the history on Tiger Force that it provides is pretty clutch. Lots of interesting stuff there. I had not thought of using BC Leatherneck with Tiger Force, but that's a great idea. I also use original Claymore with Tiger Force, and I have a Chinese version of Tiger Force Flint, which is a Falcon head with a v2 Dusty body painted like Tiger Force Flint - so he's my Tiger Force Falcon. I also use those convention figures - and the Tiger Force Tomahawk is pretty awesome. Great figure - and it's fun to have a Sub-Team version of Hawk. I imagine the General gets excited to put on his Tiger Force uniform and go down and check in with the guys in Sierra Gordo. |
10-22-2009, 05:14 PM | #9679 |
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According to Plaster's book, all SOG recon teams were led by Green Berets. A recon team typically had 3 SF men and 6-8 Nungs or Montagnards--South Vietnamese tribesman. LRRP/Rangers from non-Special Forces companies and platoons worked under MACV because this was the command for all of the US military forces, but only Green Berets, some SEALs, Air Force pilots, and CIA elements worked under SOG as far as I know. So if SE was in SOG, which is stated on the document, then he must have been a Green Beret, perhaps he signed up for SF before reupping for another tour. That's how I'm interpreting it anyway.
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10-22-2009, 05:16 PM | #9680 |
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Yeah, I have that Chinese Falcon/Flint figure and used him as my TF Falcon as well, but now that I have the '03 Convention Falcon with Tiger Stripe Camo, I'm not sure whether I should replace the Chinese version with Convention Falcon and put the former somewhere else. What do you think?
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