What was the point of Tiger Force?

Caliburn · 03-29-2008, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DPrime

Plain and simple, make money on molds that were already done.

100% correct!

Johnnyakiba · 03-29-2008, 11:51 PM

To make money....now pay me...

Wylde Weezle · 03-30-2008, 02:54 AM

It worked, since I missed out on figures like Duke and Tripwire I was able to get them in the TigerForce releases.

cyclonus8 · 03-30-2008, 03:58 PM

We despise repaints now, but loved them as kids.

So did Tiger Force ever appear in the comics at all?

Onslaught Six · 03-30-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cyclonus8

Python Patrol was in the DIC cartoon and a couple of comic issues. I think they explained the color scheme as a way to hide from radar, but it was debunked in the comic. They actually bribed some guy to turn off the radar. Anyway, what was the point of Tiger Force? Did that paint scheme actually help them in any way? Did they ever show up in the comic or the cartoon?

The point was to sell toys by repainting existing figures and selling them as if they were new.

That is all.

Soundwave Viper · 03-30-2008, 09:11 PM

Tiger Force Rules!!!!!!

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photoga...TigerForce.JPG

crock master · 03-31-2008, 10:15 PM

i always assumed it was just a cheap way of using old plates to re issue the old toys. luckily i got the t f snowcat tf cobra ferret and the tf dragonfly

GI Guppy the third · 04-01-2008, 12:19 AM

I thought I read somewhere that they came out to commemorate some anniversary with GI Joe, not the 3 3/4 line but the entire line in general. On like a spur of the moment kind of thing, Hasbro just repainted popular figures of the current line, not wanting to invest too much into a little personal celebration the company was having.

MAJOR WOLF · 04-01-2008, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Soundwave Viper

Tiger Force Rules!!!!!!

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photoga...TigerForce.JPG

I agree 100%. Tiger Force Rules!

Sort Kwik · 04-01-2008, 11:15 AM

Yes I love the cool tiger stripes on their cammies. I hope Hasbro does them all again. But I had no idea what the real Tiger Force was and my sympathy goes out to anyone touched by such an atrocity. Do you suppose that Hasbro...nah, nevermind. This is why it's always a good idea to research names you might give your product. Can you imagine an American kid in the 80's being told why his Vietnamese grandparents would not buy him Tigerforce Joes?