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09-27-2008, 02:52 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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I have always wondered. Does Destro have on a yellow shirt under his black suite or is that supposed to be his bare chest? And if it is his bare chest why the heck is it yellow and not skin color like everyone else’s skin? What's the deal, yellow shirt or yellow skin?
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09-27-2008, 02:59 AM | #2 |
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You know I sometimes wondered the same thing. Which version of Destro and what year do you refer to? Because the original 83 version it is similar to caucasion skin. The current version too, but that pimp version is a bit yellow. I know that it is his bare chest though. I think it just depends on the paint skeem.
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09-27-2008, 06:55 AM | #3 |
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It should be in flesh tone. They probably mixed paint.
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09-28-2008, 03:24 AM | #4 |
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I think it was originally supposed to be skin, but then either due to a paint mixing error or fear that parents would dislike the idea of a chest bearing bad guy that their tykes are playing with they went with yellow...or tan/yellow.
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09-28-2008, 03:38 AM | #5 |
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It's definitely got a flesh color to it, but it looks as though it could also be a skin tight shirt. Funny, if you think of it is as being his chest it makes him look like a Dreadnok or like Crystal Ball. In the comic it appears to be his actual chest, so I'd say the artist who did the artwork was basing the character design off of the comic (first full Destro appearance - Aug '83). I think the figure color was just an error or the factory thinking it was suppose to be more beige. I don't think they made it yellow because they were afraid of what parents might think (I mean we had Dreadnoks, Mindbender, Slaughter, the Crimson Twins, Big Boa, Raptor, Croc Master and Crystal Ball exposing their chests, not to mention He-Man and wrestling figures were in full force back then; so that can't explain it)
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09-28-2008, 04:30 AM | #6 |
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........you realize ALL the dreadnocks are showing alot of skin right?
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09-28-2008, 05:28 AM | #7 |
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If you watch the GI Joe cartoon, it is very yellow/orange there as well. I do look at the comics as more off a "true" look at GI Joe though. So if they had it as skin, then I guess that is what it is supposed to be.
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09-28-2008, 05:47 AM | #8 |
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It is his skin, he is buff, so he wants you to know it! And he would whoop your tail for doubting his mascalinity...
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09-28-2008, 05:49 AM | #9 |
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but when it's skin it looks so tacky. but then again, it's Destro and he can get away with a big red collar and metal mask and still get with the freakiest girl on the team.
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09-28-2008, 09:50 AM | #10 |
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In the UK Action Force comic I saw Destro with chest hair, so I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be skin
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