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10-14-2022, 09:51 AM | #111 |
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I assumed that Mercer had massive reconstruction facial surgery and a name change because CC wanted him back BAD for some type of secret inside info he had.
that was my rationale. Guy wanted to live a normal life outside of Joe so they had to Witness Protection Program him. |
10-14-2022, 09:51 AM | #112 |
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I assumed that Mercer had massive reconstruction facial surgery and a name change because CC wanted him back BAD for some type of secret inside info he had.
that was my rationale. Guy wanted to live a normal life outside of Joe so they had to Witness Protection Program him. I dig it
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10-14-2022, 10:46 AM | #113 |
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i didnt care enough to make up a story. he was still the same guy.
i was aware that hasbro would make mistakes like this when i was a kid, not so much that this example is a mistake but reusing molds for other figures was a "oh hey, this is a hasbro thing, not a gijoe thing" and is what led me on that path that not everything under that hasbro (or any toy company) umbrella is going to be 100% checked. so at 1991, i didnt care. 2006 and 2011 he went back to felix, but then went to "mercenary" rather than "mercer" so thinking into it is just a waste of energy for me. "hasbro thing. that's mercer." done. it's hard for me to pick between the first two versions of mercer because they're both pretty bad ass. the other two, i dont have, dont even think about them. BUT. the second version, i do think of him more of an older out of renegades gig, doing solo mercenary missions for gijoe, like firefly et all do for cobra. |
10-14-2022, 11:55 AM | #114 |
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Plus V2 reminded me of Voltar, and that just wasn't working for me. Unless I used both Mercers, then V2 was a reformed Voltar.
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10-14-2022, 03:22 PM | #115 |
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I think v2 Low-Light's changes bothered me more than Mercer's.
Semi-related, but the only thing I really hope Hasbro does do when they start making the '91-'94 characters is giving them normal-sized and realistic weapons and to either tone down the neon colors a bit and also change the color deco to more realistic colors when it is needed. So for instance, Mercer v2 would have real weapons that are not oversized and are normal colors and his bright orange on him would be a deeper crimson red instead.
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10-14-2022, 03:24 PM | #116 |
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10-14-2022, 03:29 PM | #117 |
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I can totally see why some people may not like that design, but I always kind of liked that one arm is covered in armor and the other is not a la major Bludd style.
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10-14-2022, 03:42 PM | #118 |
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man at arms style. that one arm that's armored is awesome.
but looking at the upper arm, it aint the same shaped muscle on each arm. |
10-14-2022, 03:45 PM | #119 |
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As a kid there were things that jarred. The jump the sea legs from issue9?
Zartsn was the first one that freaked me a bit in the comic but the figure was ok Serpentor was the big one. Joes? It was probably quick kick or battle force 2000. Sgt slaughter was out there too for me. A ?real life? character? Eco warriors ninja force etc. way too much
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10-15-2022, 02:20 AM | #120 |
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So we were talking about Mercer v2 earlier and his asymmetrical arms and how one was covered and the other was not. Here is the story WHY that was!
Was reading through my Volume 4 of 'Creating GI Joe' book and came across '91 Mercer. So apparently the Joe brand team decided to name Mercer v2 after a former Hasbro engineer. '91 Mercer's designer also used that engineer's face and facial hair features on him, hence why his look was so drastically different from v1 Mercer. The engineer also happened to have a large tiger tattoo on his right arm and wore long sleeves to cover it up at work. So the designer decided to also mimic the inspirational engineer's covered tattoo by covering up Mercer's right arm up with chainmail! And the reason why Mercer covered his arm? Because his old Cobra Viper tattoo was on that arm! Thought that was a really cool BTS story. So now you know why Mercer has only one arm covered up with armor.
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