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05-30-2021, 02:32 AM | #21 |
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I added some new guys to the Joes as new characters for Dusty V3, Duke v3 and 4 , Shockwave V2, Ace v2 and Wet Suit v4. Dusty v3 = Dune Runner, Duke v3 is Sand Blast, Duke v4 is Sand Fox. Ace v2 is Warbird, Shockwave v2 is Siren and I forget what I named Wet Suit...
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05-30-2021, 06:27 AM | #22 |
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What do you use, Photoshop? Ahhh I miss my Photoshop, my Alienware laptop completely died with everything on it lol a year or so back, trying out Gimp but its a hard jog! Are you gonna be doing any Cobra or even any AF/Red Shadows type file cards as well? ;) Anyways, looking forward to what you do next. Lee. Last edited by LEEE777; 05-30-2021 at 06:29 AM.. |
05-30-2021, 02:12 PM | #23 |
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those are made - as it says - with the filecard creator on Joe Customs.
I have made AF/Shad cards and some for some of the Argentine and Brazilian characters, both Cobras and the "goodies". I have a bio for Sand Fox that I never got around to turning into a filecard, but for some reason, I never made a bio for Neptune, my Wet Suit v4 character. |
05-31-2021, 02:02 AM | #24 |
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Not long ago, I read there are over 500 characters on the Joe/Cobra roster. I wouldn't mind seeing them revisited and put to better use, with backgrounds that feature other areas of service. I liked how Resolute made use of characters. Renegades did the same and I liked that version of Flint & Lady Jaye above others. Chuck Dixon even managed to make Mainframe cool in the digital era. Talented writers can make the oldest, overlooked characters relevant and worthy of new figure models. Of course, I'd also like to see a comic or animated film done in the realistic style of the card/box art.
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Hey All,
I wonder when Hasbro and IDW are going to start creating new Joes. We occasionally get one of two but there haven't been a whole lot except for the new Snake Eyes (who isn't even in the military) and the new Army Military Police codenamed: Sherlock. (Not the best name IMHO). |
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05-31-2021, 05:03 AM | #25 |
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Just so you know, Snake-Eyes Dawn is in the military. She is one of the only people to score as high as Short-Fuze on "Escape and Evasion" in Ranger School, which is when the Ranger trainee is brutally bound and neglected to simulate POW experiences. Short-Fuze holds the military record for not breaking under pressure, as the trainers expect soldiers to snap after three days. His trainers called their supervisors for direction after seven days because they didn't know what to do anymore. There's a new Joe "Mongoose" who was transferred to the team as the result of a failed mission in Trucial Abysmia. He is a multilingual Arabic New Yorker. I think he functions as their Trucial Abysmia guide similarly to how Recondo was the jungle guide. Also Larry just introduced Caseload, a JAG Specialist. We are also going to meet Bottom Line, a data analyst who will be leading a Joe CID (United States Army Criminal Investigation Command) division.
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05-31-2021, 05:05 AM | #26 |
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This is a genius idea.
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05-31-2021, 08:36 AM | #27 |
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05-31-2021, 02:17 PM | #28 |
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If anyone's interested, I also added a bunch of Joes in my fan-fic, which is set in a version of comics continuity that includes:
Firebird, Wildfire and Crossblades - attack helo pilots, the latter two are US Marines, Firebird is US Army and an Apache instructor pilot. Eightball and Blackjack - US Navy helo pilots who fly transports Amazon, Slugger and Banshee, three fighter pilots; Amazon is a USN female aviator, Slugger and Banshee are US Marines. Swimfin and Splashdown, 2 US Coast Guard rescue swimmers, who haven't appeared in stories yet. Siren, Code Red, Flatfoot, Tailgate and Nightstick, a mixed service Special Response Team of Military Police types. Jarhead, a US Marine, Firebolt a Ranger, Alpha Dog a Delta operator and Lone Star, from Texas, a Navy SEAL. Marine Raiders - a 6-man sub-team specialising in amphibious recon: Devil Dog (team leader), Bullseye (sniper), Landmine (EOD), Longwave (signals/Radio Reconnaissance), First Aid (Navy Corpsman) and Buccaneer the machine gunner. Guardian Angel, the USAF pararescueman and Steel Rain, the forward air controller. I have full bios for the Raiders, they were created for a thing on another forum to create a sub-team. |
06-03-2021, 08:25 PM | #29 |
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GI Joe doesn't really tell a story that builds on itself anymore, like it did from '82 until '90-ish. Cobra Command was a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world, and somebody's got to stop them. It was a machine that fed itself.
Then things started to repeat themselves or Hasbro lost its direction. Space aliens, neon colors. Even by the end of the Marvel run, Hama seemed to be phoning it in. But at the beginning, Hama and Trimpe (both veterans), gave life and fire to the story that I doubt few other creators could have. During the NS era, the toy creators seems to actually be interested in telling stories with the figures again. Sure, some of it was human-animal hybrid themed, but the line did generate a lot of new characters. Most of which have drifted into obscurity, sadly. Hasbro doesn't appreciate what it has, and falls back on the same core characters over and over and over. From a return on investment standpoint, that's safe. They know a Snake-Eyes figure will sell. Make a new character and it might be a peg warmer. Hasbro needs to find people to run GI Joe that: 1. Understand how to craft a story, even one created to sell toys 2. That story has to organically need new characters added to it to grow 3. It wouldn't hurt for Hasbro to make an effort to try to add some military flavor back into GI Joe. The first wave of Classified figures didn't really look too military, especially with the Nerf arsenals. The newer figures seem to be drifting in the right direction, though. 4. A good start would be for Hasbro to hire military advisors for the line. Veterans and/or history enthusiasts who could draw from their own experiences or historical events, respectively, to world build. |
06-03-2021, 08:43 PM | #30 |
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EDIT: Ignore OG blurb
Two personal custom characters that I have had for a long time, are Viper commanders. One is the Leader of the Viper corps (Grizzly), and the other is his co-leader (Puma). They are brothers who own a chop shop that steals Joe, and civillian vehicles. They then sell them to different criminal gangs and even terrorist groups. They have also been known to "borrow" from Cobra and sell their hardware as well. However they personally cut Cobra Commander in on all the sales, so he allows it Last edited by Stormtrooper12; 06-03-2021 at 08:50 PM.. |
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