[Yeet]

CapBritain, that is AMAZING. If Hasbro did that I'll be all over it. It's about time they do something new (as long as its not stupid )

[Mud Wasp]

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GI Joe is a captain in the US Army Special Forces, selected to lead the hunt for the terrorist organisation RUIN, global force bent on anarchy ... RUIN includes the pyromaniac Melter, the anti-tank specialist Scrapper, Knife-nut psycho Cut-throat, sociopathic assassin Onslaught, sniper Deadeye, officer Overlord, the mercenary Gravedigger and Head-hunters members Buzzer, Ripper, Heartbreaker, Machete, Burnout, Thrasher and the despicable twins Zandar and Zarana.

What does RUIN stand for, btw? And is Zarana the leader? Although, from a psychological perspective*, RUIN would clearly struggle to attain any degree of "group cohesion" whatsoever. (Regardless of who was, technically, in a position of authority.)

* based on your descriptions of those new(?) characters

[CapBritain]

RUIN is the Revolutionary United International Network, a loose group of anarchists and ne'er-do-wells who are interested in revolution merely for the sake of destroying stuff. Zandar and Zarana lead the Head-hunters biker gang, but the leaders of RUIN itself are more elusive. They're kinda like Extinction Rebellion in that they're a banner for a series of cells causing trouble around the world. Some are affiliated with pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, some are connected to Islamist groups in Syria *fighting* Russian forces, some are linked to Menshivikista rebels in Sierra Gordo, others to the Kalinga Rouge in Kalingaland, others to Shining Path in Peru, others to the Lower Darklonia Separatist Front or the rebels in Yemen, the pro-Sharif loyalists in Trucial Abysmia or the Taliban.

[Mud Wasp]

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RUIN is the Revolutionary United International Network, a loose group of anarchists and ne'er-do-wells who are interested in revolution merely for the sake of destroying stuff.

Are you absolutely wedded to that specific acronym? Or have you considered any alternatives? Perhaps something slightly stronger? IMO, "RUIN" seems a bit too tame. I'm imagining a stern parent scolding a small child. (As in "Must you ruin everything with your negative attitude?")

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Zandar and Zarana lead the Head-hunters biker gang, but the leaders of RUIN itself are more elusive.

Bill Gates and George Soros? (Joking.) Though why would Zarana require a co-chair? Zandar should be there solely to lend assistance when asked.

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Head-hunters members Buzzer, Ripper, Heartbreaker, Machete, Burnout, Thrasher and the despicable twins Zandar and Zarana.

Did you mean to say, "Heartwrencher"? (However, Heartbreaker sounds better, actually.) The post-ARAH Dreadnoks are a rather lame lot, aren't they? (Except for Zanya, who at least looks really cool.)

Oh, and is there anyone representing Africa (on either side)? It is quite a large continent, after all.

[CapBritain]

No, RUIN was a name I just came up with but I could easily live with something more ... better.

I'll admit, Zandar and Zarana is thrown in to please the Dreadnok Twins fella who's obsessed with them. Other than Overlord, another PID leader is a man known as The Black Major...

Yeah, Heartbreaker is a rename of Heartwrencher because that's a stupid-ass name.

Any number of "RUIN" members would be from former Com-bloc nations, Africa, South and Central America, the Mid-east or SE Asia. Battle Corps are intended to be more of a NATO force with certain Global Partners thrown in.

[firmpulse]

Hot. Toys. I think I would (unfortunately) have to start collecting a 1/6th scale figures.