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GI Lore: What's Your Albatross?
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08-15-2022, 12:12 AM
Playful
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Hasbro's mishandling of the Oktober Guard:
When I was young, my favorite adversary for G.I. Joe was the Oktober Guard, introduced by Marvel Comics in December 1982 with G.I. Joe A Real American Hero issue number 6. From that day on, I could hardly wait until Hasbro released the action figures of that Soviet team.
But no, Hasbro waits almost nine years before making a new, not-Colonel Brekhov character named Red Star, and introduces him October 1990 with the first season of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero animated series by DIC Enterprises in which that character is a member of the G.I. Joe team? Why?!?
Then in 1991 Hasbro releases the first Oktober Guard action figure, and it is Red Star. Larry Hama wrote a great file card for him, possibly not knowing that he would be a G.I. Joe team member, and that is why there is no mention of him helping the G.I. Joe team. The factory gave him a red card back on the front, and a Cobra emblem on his file card, to indicate he is an enemy of G.I. Joe.
Confusion begins. Hasbro begins to cover the Cobra emblem with a blue G.I. Joe sticker, and least for a while until they could change to cardback to blue and create a G.I. Joe emblem for the file card.
Meanwhile, the referendum, an attempted coup, and the dissolution of the Soviet government is playing out on the world stage for all to see.
Hasbro doubles down and introduces a second season of the animated series with another Oktober Guard Anti-Armor Specialist named Big Bear in season two. An action figure is made, on a blue cardback, and even the file card mentions that he drives the G.I. Joe Attack Cruiser and Badger vehicles.
So, in 1991 while Ukraine asserts its independence, Hasbro releases a Ukrainian character as the leader of the Oktober Guard, saying the members of the Soviet Army are good guys and welcome members of the G.I. Joe team while they are at their most dangerously unstable period in their history. Yikes! Talk about lousy timing.
I just try to ignore the idea that the Soviets ever belonged on the G.I. Joe team. Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia... not a problem in my mind, but the Red Army?! Give me a break!
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