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G.I. Joe June Fan First Friday To Be Held On June 4th
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06-07-2021, 06:10 PM
PanzerKrake
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That's a bit misleading. Cobra definitely trended towards the fanciful in terms of their arsenal (though never exclusively; see Rock Viper's PSG-1, for example), but a very large number of G.I. Joe weapons were, in fact, based quite directly on obscure or unusual real-world firearms (Beachhead's rather exotic-looking Demro XF-7 "Wasp" SMG being one such example) and even in the neon 90s, the selection of weaponry on the parts tree was such that for every laser gun, you'd generally also get a Colt 635, FN GPMG, H&K MP5K, etc, with the same figure.
Not really, just like how these new guns are similar but not with SE, many of the weapons packed with even Joes were simply "inspired by" real guns. Many were so off base it isn't even funny. Outback's goofy rifle for example in design notes is noted as being a G3, yet it's some frankenstein representation of a G3. Rock N Roll with his not quite a M60, etc. As I said, the early years had lot of inspired guns, but it got further away each year until the modern era brought back more realistic guns for a while.
It's just goofy fans whining about this when the line was always packed with make believe and gun nuts crying foul when the original toys were almost never accurate to the real things either. There was a few spot on guns sure, but more so than not most were toyified simplified and altered versions of sort of real guns.
It's like folks whining about the MP5K looking gun with Baroness upcoming figure, cause it's not totally accurate. It's close enough, and lets not dig out some of the goofy looking MP5 wanna-bees from the old ARAH lines.
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