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04-30-2011, 01:18 AM | #16061 |
I Ride with Claymore!!!
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hoorah!
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Why aren't there more Joes from the Deep South? And would it kill Hasbro to give us a Marine Corps Officer? |
04-30-2011, 07:42 AM | #16062 |
EQ-Viper
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
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You guys know how we always talk about Hasbro letting their US federal trademark registration for certain codenames lapse? Hence why we have Joes getting re-named every so often (Shockwave --> Shockblast, Mainframe --> Dataframe, Heavy Metal --> Speed Metal, etc.)?
You ever wonder if the guys who end up taking over those federal trademark registrations are just "squatters" or if they actually make action figures that use those names? I think I just found one (somebody tell me if this is old news, cause this is the first time I've seen it). Chap Mei, the Chinese company that makes the Soldier Force toys and the TRU-exclusive True Heroes line, actually has a character called "Colonel Hawk" (he's the second guy from the right in this picture). Considering that Chap Mei has been making toys since the 1970s, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the ones who swept in and claimed the "Hawk" federal trademark registration for 1:18 figures back in the day (which led Hasbro to stop using the simple "Hawk" moniker for package labeling and resulted in toys based on the character being labeled on their package and advertising as "General Hawk" in 1991, "General Tomahawk" in 2000, "General Abernathy" in 2004, "GI Joe Hawk" in 2008, and "Clayton 'Hawk' Abernathy" in 2009). |
04-30-2011, 10:56 AM | #16063 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Location: Back in the US of A! (NoVA)
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You may be right Zulu. That guy is the quintissential Narco-Trafficer/Paramilitary/Guerillla Leiutenant in my book. I don't own onw yet but when I do he'll be more like Capt Carnicero instead of Hawk though.
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04-30-2011, 11:08 AM | #16064 |
Forever Ronin
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fayetteville, NC
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Hi gents, been busy as of late. When I get a chance, I'll return w/ my thoughts...
missed this thread. |
04-30-2011, 01:28 PM | #16065 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2007
Location: England
Posts: 1,230
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Absolutely, at least the club released Wet Suit in the right gear, and with the combination of the green Pit Trooper + various boonie hats one can make a Wet Suit (that looks better than the club version dare I say) and with the same basics + the Duke bandanna head a version of Torpedo (with wrong coloured hair to boot ;))
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04-30-2011, 01:32 PM | #16066 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
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I know you guys talked about Super Trooper awhile back, but can anyone elaborate on the figure originally going to be given the real name of Virgil M. Carmody.
Super Trooper - G.I. Joe Wiki - Joepedia - GI Joe, Cobra, toys It's in the trivia section. Why was it changed? Just to honor the Hasbro employee? |
04-30-2011, 01:35 PM | #16067 |
Iron Grenadier
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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I found that interesting. If one wanted, one could have four Super Troopers.
US Release: Lt. Paul Lattimer Action Force #12: Capt. Joe De Niro & Cpt. Glen Goddard & this guy 5 if you wanted to include Rapid-Fire Last edited by Darkhawk75; 04-30-2011 at 01:42 PM.. |
04-30-2011, 05:28 PM | #16068 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
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Wow, I leave the country for a week and miss out on pages of Budo's biographical history and training!
Last edited by Tanksmasher; 04-30-2011 at 05:30 PM.. |
04-30-2011, 05:46 PM | #16069 |
EQ-Viper
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
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Quote:
I know you guys talked about Super Trooper awhile back, but can anyone elaborate on the figure originally going to be given the real name of Virgil M. Carmody.
Super Trooper - G.I. Joe Wiki - Joepedia - GI Joe, Cobra, toys It's in the trivia section. Why was it changed? Just to honor the Hasbro employee? |
04-30-2011, 05:46 PM | #16070 |
EQ-Viper
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Welcome back!
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