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10-06-2016, 01:54 PM | #11 |
Crimson Guard
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Cobra Commander is crazy and/or color blind. Destro can sell Cobra ridiculous concepts to see what works and what doesn't.
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10-06-2016, 02:02 PM | #12 |
Soldier of Misfortune
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10-06-2016, 04:59 PM | #13 |
Shabba
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In my joeverse, Storm Shadow wears the white outfit of the "Ghost Shadow" and will do until he avenges the Hard Master's death. It's an Arashikage tradition whereby if any of the family are killed, the clan's champion is charged with getting revenge above everything else. The white outfit will be turned the red clan colour by the blood of those responsible.
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10-06-2016, 07:33 PM | #14 |
Crimson Guard
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In my joeverse, Storm Shadow wears the white outfit of the "Ghost Shadow" and will do until he avenges the Hard Master's death. It's an Arashikage tradition whereby if any of the family are killed, the clan's champion is charged with getting revenge above everything else. The white outfit will be turned the red clan colour by the blood of those responsible.
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10-06-2016, 10:54 PM | #15 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Houston
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I always wrote off the bright orange of the Alley Vipers as being, "Here we are! We are here to subdue this city! Either get in line or get the hell out of the way". They are shock-troopers that want to be seen marching down the street.
Never could think of a way to explain the bright yellow of the HEAT Viper, though. |
10-06-2016, 11:58 PM | #16 |
Iron Grenadier
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I always wrote off the bright orange of the Alley Vipers as being, "Here we are! We are here to subdue this city! Either get in line or get the hell out of the way". They are shock-troopers that want to be seen marching down the street.
Never could think of a way to explain the bright yellow of the HEAT Viper, though. |
10-07-2016, 12:31 PM | #17 |
Crimson Guard
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The explanation for the red Night Vipers is about as good as anything I can come up with. I realize they wouldn't want to do green 2 waves in a row, but red? I mean, yeah, it looks cool, but seems counterproductive. Deep blue? Too cliche. Dark gray? Kid's stuff. Bold red? HELL YES, apparently.
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10-07-2016, 02:37 PM | #18 |
Soldier of Misfortune
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I just realized I could probably gauge the effectiveness of the red suit by waiting until nightfall, standing the figure on my dresser, and turning all the lights off.
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10-07-2016, 04:41 PM | #19 |
Iron Grenadier
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Could the suit have something to do with infared? Perhaps it makes them invisible flir?
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10-07-2016, 06:05 PM | #20 |
I.O. SpecOps
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The 7 Most Unintentionally Hilarious G.I. Joe Characters
Captain Grid Iron At first glance Captain Terrence Lydon's resume seems pretty solid. Top 10 at West Point? Check. Passed over appointment at U.S. Army War College to get in on the real action? Check. Took the code name Grid Iron and wears battle gear specifically designed to remind everyone that he was the quarterback of the West Point football team like a decade ago? Check fucking plus. That's right, Grid Iron's entire gimmick is letting people know how awesome he used to be at football. This somehow translates into success on the battlefield. ...Yeah, this can't miss. It's like if Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite had the lives of actual soldiers resting under his whim. Most Telling Quote From File Card: "If he would only stop trying so hard to be likable . . . they might let him play quarterback at the annual G.I. Joe Fish Fry Football Game!" That's right -- the Joes don't even let him play football. Pathetic Weapon of Choice: Football-shaped grenades. Outfitted as he is, it's only a matter of time before Grid Iron relapses into his glory days, drops back in the pocket and fires one deep to an unwitting Duke or Scarlett, giving the surviving Joes yet another reason to hate his guts. Crowning Moment (of Ignominy): Umm... After leading the Joes to victory in a Cobra/G.I. Joe football game against the comically inept Range-Viper, Grid Iron rescues Sergeant Slaughter, flirts with Lady Jaye and destroys half the Cobra armada. As a reward for a hard day's work, Lady Jaye invites him to the uber-exclusive Studio 55, where he shows up in the same ridiculous football-themed outfit he wore all day. Let it go man, let it go. Quote:
To be fair, other than the facemask on his helmet and the football-shaped bombs, Gridiron is fairly standard in his equipment, and one of the more, relatively, realistic figures from that time period. You can easily explain the facemask as a replacement for typical riot-gear-style facemasks. Perhaps, as a former football player, he kept helmets, and he switched out the facemasks as a simple preference that also displays his passions. Also, the shape of the footballs may be a coincidence he seized on, hence prompting him to paint lacing on the grenades as a sort of in-joke. Fairly standard. You see flight crews paint messages and teeth or faces on bombs all the time.
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Captain Grid iron: He often trains new recruits on how to accurately place a thrown grenade in pill box slits, tank weak spots, etc. Michael Jordan trained with a larger than regulation ball, the thought being that if he could master sinking a larger ball through the hoop, a regulation size ball would be easy once the time came when it really counts. Grid Iron employs the the same training method. If a trainee can get a larger football shaped grenade through a pill box slit or tank engine cover, with much less tolerance for error than a smaller real grenade (both are weighted the same) then in combat making the throw will be much easier.
Quarterbacks do the trashcan drill. Imagine dropping a football grenade into the turret of a HISS or the roof of a Stinger. Get rid of the handles on the grenades and everything else is pretty practical.
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