[rob]

I will say that the update made me do a little jig.

[733]

Looking at the Vietnam rifleman I realized that he could also be used for later representations. In the early 1980?s the US Army reissued those green jungle fatigues in a few places like Fort Polk, Loosiana. The fatigues, LBE, steel pot and of course M16 could be used from the 60?s to the 80?s and of course the jungle boots went on until the army went to the non black ones. I?m looking forward to getting these in hand and seeing how they look with my M48 Patton and M113 apc. Not to mention, more Germans!

[Jinx723]

The site restocked some stickers yesterday.
https://www.marauderinc.com/category-s/1875.htm

[Steel Brigade]

I just dropped 5 more NEW RECRUITS over in "My MTF Universe" thread! 375 figure milestone! I hope you will check them out!

https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-j...iverse-79.html

[jlw515]

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Originally Posted by 733

Looking at the Vietnam rifleman I realized that he could also be used for later representations. In the early 1980?s the US Army reissued those green jungle fatigues in a few places like Fort Polk, Loosiana. The fatigues, LBE, steel pot and of course M16 could be used from the 60?s to the 80?s and of course the jungle boots went on until the army went to the non black ones. I?m looking forward to getting these in hand and seeing how they look with my M48 Patton and M113 apc. Not to mention, more Germans!

Yeah, I can see a lot of 80s Joe customs from the Army Rifleman figure alone. I know that the 3D digital model doesn't necessarily represent the final sculpt, but one thing I hope they do (or have done - I'm sure the sculpts have been finalized by now) is give the Army torso the shorter collar like in the 2D drawings. The 3D digital model has a more wider (flap-looking) collar, which is closer to the WW2 Marine and Army jacket designs; whereas the Vietnam-era fatigue shirt (with bloused pockets) had a shorter collar.

I mentioned this in my prior post, but one thing I noticed with the 3D models is that the Rifleman and Green Beret have similar shirt designs with a more open collar. The 2D drawing of the Green Beret has a button-up shirt with the top (collar) unbuttoned. From the original 2D drawings, it appears that (originally) there were 4 basic, US Vietnam shirt-torso designs: Army Rifleman (angled pockets), Marine Rifleman (straight pockets), Seal (buttoned collar), LRRP/Green Beret (unbuttoned collar). Honestly, I didn't/don't expect Marauders to have 4 distinctive torsos for basically the same uniform. I would like to see some variety in sculpting though (not just in paint schemes). So, I am hoping that Marauder at least gives us two different (basic) shirt designs: angled/bloused pockets (Army) and straight pockets (Marine) [I'm not counting the Sailor, Pilots, etc.]

Likewise, from the original KS 2D drawings, it appears that there are 4 different camouflage designs: SEAL (light green, brown, black), LRRP (light green, tan, grey), Green Beret (green, light green, black), and ERDL. I wouldn't be surprised somewhere through the process if one or two of these color schemes were dropped (remember each mock-up specifies "colors may vary"); but I really hope we get at least three different camo designs/color schemes (SEAL, Green Beret, & ERDL).

I know MJ has been secretive on releasing images, but at this stage in the project, I think we are beyond worrying about anyone stealing his design ideas (I mean the 2D designs were detailed enough). The secrecy is getting a little bit "Willie Wonka" with the Everlasting Gobstopper. So, I am hoping that we get some actual prototype pics soon and some more 3D digital models.

One last thing, once the KS products are released, anyone who is a WW2 fan and would like to work a trade for a German Paratrooper, just shoot me a PM. I'll be keeping the US Airborne figure to make a custom Duke Tiger Force, but I'm not interested at all with the German Paratrooper and I'll be looking to trade him off for another Vietnam figure.

Jason