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03-21-2023, 06:35 AM | #1 |
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I was looking through Creating GI Joe vol4 by Dan Klingensmith and was reminded of Steam Roller.
This guy is, himself, a tank. He has a great look, like a lot of the forgotten vehicle drivers, and I was surprised to see he only ever had the one release, in ARAH. Is there a reason why he was never released again in the subsequent toy lines? He is a prime example for a Classified Road Pig tooling reuse (if anyone from HASBRO is reading). |
03-21-2023, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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I was looking through Creating GI Joe vol4 by Dan Klingensmith and was reminded of Steam Roller.
This guy is, himself, a tank. He has a great look, like a lot of the forgotten vehicle drivers, and I was surprised to see he only ever had the one release, in ARAH. Is there a reason why he was never released again in the subsequent toy lines? He is a prime example for a Classified Road Pig tooling reuse (if anyone from HASBRO is reading). |
03-21-2023, 07:31 AM | #3 |
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I agree, Steam Roller only was on the market for a couple of years when sold with the Mobile Command Center, and then failed to ever show up again. When the Mobile Command Center returned to market once more in 2003 as a Toys R Us exclusive, Steam Roller was replaced with a repeat of the strangely built Leatherneck action figure from 2001.
Over the years, truck drivers have been recognized as heroes, whether that be during the recent global pandemic supply shortages, or the Freedom Convoy protests and blockades. There were a number of motion pictures which focused on them as the hero, such as Steel Cowboy (1976), Breaker, Breaker (1977), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Convoy (1978), Maximum Overdrive (1986), Thunder Run (1986), Over the Top (1987), Trucks (1997), Black Dog (1998), and Big Rig (2007) to name a few. Unfortunately, Steam Roller suffers the same fate that many other G.I. Joe vehicle drivers do, such as Armadillo, Cold Front, Gears, Hot Seat, Long Range, Major Altitude, Rumbler, T'Gin-Zu, Updraft, and Wildcard.
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03-21-2023, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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Would love to see a Classified Steam-Roller eventually. But I have to be honest, he isn't very high up on my want list right now.
While I don't thing he should look like Road Pig (RP will probably be more beefy/fat muscle, a lot thicker and less ripped), Steam-Roller would look great using the Gung-Ho buck.
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03-21-2023, 12:19 PM | #5 |
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I wonder if the tooling/sprue for vehicle drivers are some how connected with the vehicle tooling meaning that once that particular vehicle is no longer available/shelved, the tooling for the driver is likewise shelved?
There are some instances, like Keel-Haul v. 2, where a vehicle driver shows up again, but I think these are few and far between. Jason
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03-21-2023, 12:29 PM | #6 |
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The real question is why couldn't he find a vest that actually fit him?
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03-21-2023, 12:57 PM | #7 |
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It was the '80s. lol
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03-21-2023, 01:02 PM | #8 |
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I loved the MCC as a kid and made an MTF Version of Steam Roller (I’ll update it with the muscle chest when it’s finally released in the VN KS). He’s a trucker version of a Joe (just like Shockwave is a JOE version of a SWAT officer) - complete with chain wallet, Skoal tobacco ring on his back pocket and DOG (instead of CAT workwear brand) trucker cap. Fun figure. Last edited by Dod Ear; 03-21-2023 at 01:05 PM.. |
03-21-2023, 03:51 PM | #9 |
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According to Mark Bellomo, the prototype file card written by Larry Hama indicated that Steam-Roller was driving a M25 Dragon Wagon Tank Transporter (an armored 6x6 M26 tank recovery truck) pulling a M15A2 semi-trailer for a combined 50 tons, before he was picked up for the Joe team. The file card printed on the toy package had condensed some of this information.
Obviously, someone had to move Heavy Metal's Mauler M.B.T. tank whenever it got damaged in 1985-86, and I imagine that soldier might have been Steam Roller, (although the WWII M25 Tank Transporter shouldn't be on a battlefield in the eighties).
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03-21-2023, 05:02 PM | #10 |
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They had Steamroller's molds in the early 2000's, the collector's club used his body for Dreadnok Demolisher.
Then...nothing, because Hasbro was lazy and the collector's club didn't ask the fans/club members what they wanted. Also, why no WORMS, Long Range, Dogfight etc... |
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