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08-06-2021, 09:07 AM
jlw515
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I'm surprised they even referred to the figure as a marine given it's the army infantryman repainted (I'm not complaining tho).
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I'm no expert on Vietnam history, but from what little bit of Google image searching I did, I don't see a whole lot of differences between some of the camo uniforms the Marine Recons wore and the Army OG-107. In fact, some of the pics look just like OG-107 camo uniforms. Looking at the KS mock-up drawings, it looks like the main difference in some of these figures is the pockets--OG-107 having bigger pockets at an angle vs the square straight pockets.
I'm kind of going off of a reply I made to someone's comment on the KS site, but, to me, it looks like with many of these specialty groups (Recon, LRRP, Green Beret, etc.) that there was a lot of cross-over of uniforms, gear, etc. Meaning, you should be able to slap a green beret on a LRRP action figure and have a variant Special Forces figure and vice versa.
Now concerning the Field Cap (mentioned in another post), MJ said on FB that they went with the field cap (1) to offer it in green through the KS and (2) because he's seen pics of Marine Recon wearing the field cap. Again, I'm no Vietnam historian, but from the approx. 100 photos I've seen on Google of "Marine Recon Vietnam" I can't find one photo of a Marine Recon wearing a field cap. In fact, there seems to be a pattern of Marine Recon wearing a boonie hat with the front flap pulled up--not sure if this was group "thang" or not. But honestly, if I were MJ, I'd swap that green field cap out with a new boonie hat in ERDL camo (whether the existing boonie available on their site, the new LRRP boonie, or an even newer boonie with just the front flap pulled up). I think the fans/supporters, especially Marine veterans, would appreciate a Marine Recon figure a little truer to its historical counterpart. And MJ can say that they'll offer a boonie in ERDL in the online store after the KS, but they could just as easily offer a green field cap in the online store. As we say down south, "it's six in one hand, and half a dozen in the other." Hopefully they change out the field cap with some type of boonie. I am excited about them offering a figure in an ERDL-type camo pattern. The variety from this KS alone will supply fodder for A LOT of GIJoe customs.
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