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05-05-2010, 07:00 AM | #13181 |
80's Civil Air Patrol Cdt
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I'm always glad when we get a new contributor. But It's hard to just join in. But I know most people don't give the filecards much thought, but deep down they have to realize the importance of the filecards. And occasionally they realize hey these things are starting to suck. My angle to fix it is to get Hasbro to give them some more attention by first just adding something as simple as the Birthplace. Hopefully it will improve from there.
Ever since 1988, editting previous filecards, they tend to edit the wrong information on the filecards to make them either sound super-human, or it makes even bigger logistical problems. My personal perception of ranks, was largely molded by my dad and Civil Air Patrol, not by Hollywood. When I would see a movie most of the time a squad, platoon, or company was led by a Colonel and I would think to myself, Shouldnt he flying a desk? So when I heard that Hawk was a Colonel and everyone else was a Sergeant or below it was hard to believe. Then, last year when I read that GI JOE was started in the SHIELD universe. Fury Force led by the son of Nick Fury. It reinforced my believe that Hawk was originally a lower rank. Since he was the son of Colonel Nick Fury, Hawk would have been a Captain or a Major. I wonder if Hasbro pressed Hawk into being a Bird Colonel. If that were the case, if Hawk was intended to be a Major or a Captain that would have not created the hole for a company or platoon officer level position. When I finally got the comic-books from issue 1-22. I accepted Hawk as the Company Commander, and Stalker as the Top Sergeant. I wonder if the ranks changed that much from Fury Force to GI JOE. Steeler, has a page where it says Sergeant on his back of the comic files and I believe Hama took that from his Fury Force notes. Just like Breaker had a rank of PFC. I hope the filecards will improve, but I think its up to us. Btw, errors on filecards. Is it just my Reactive Armor Ripcord that has the "Grade: E-4 (Sergeant)"?
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05-05-2010, 08:28 AM | #13182 |
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05-05-2010, 08:49 AM | #13183 |
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05-05-2010, 09:04 AM | #13184 |
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There's really no need to reply, he's just looking for a straight list of what you want.
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05-05-2010, 09:18 AM | #13185 |
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Oooh filecards. Budo's UK GI Joe filecard lists his birthplace as Osaka, Japan. Lt. Falcon's birthplace is Glastonbury, Somerset, UK and Shockwave's birthplace is Manchester, UK, according to their UK version filecards. According to Shockwave's filecard, he was a SWAT team member with the Greater Manchester Police Force, before joining GI Joe.
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05-05-2010, 09:23 AM | #13186 |
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What are some other differences?
Since the Green Berets are an American Unit, what unit did Falcon get reassigned to for the UK Card?
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05-05-2010, 10:23 AM | #13187 |
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Maybe his family emigrated to the US when he was a baby! |
05-05-2010, 10:26 AM | #13188 |
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That is odd, lol
Sounds like just Hasbro giving him an English birthplace for the fans over there and not bothering with details. Were any of the Joes given revised military training to reflect England?
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05-05-2010, 11:28 AM | #13189 |
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Were any of the Joes given revised military training to reflect England?
I don't remember Falcon's filecard listing him as coming from the UK mind you, I wonder if that was from the Battlefiles collection or similar? |
05-05-2010, 11:54 AM | #13190 |
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I remember someting about his grandfather(mother's side) being a Green Beret and his father SAS. So he somehow Joined the US military but came back to work with Action Force. Maybe BattleFiles. I've never seen the card.
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