View Full Version : Whats your favorite Joe (Except Snake Eyes)
Trench-Viper
10-22-2008, 02:44 PM
I got to go with Shockwave when I first saw the figure as a child I was suprised a such cool figure could be a good guy. There never were sold any Beachheads where I grew ups so this was the first masked figure on the good guy side. And the bright blue and blocky camoflage did not look so bad back then as it does now LoL.
Who is your favorite Joe?
Self-Modifier
10-22-2008, 03:21 PM
<-------- See my avatar!
(...And in case you're blinded by his all-consuming awesomeness, it's Duke.)
nando
10-22-2008, 03:26 PM
let me see : beach head yep he rocks ( ARAH) , flint , shockwave , recoil , dusty (91) , heavy duty.
Sonneilon
10-22-2008, 04:40 PM
Falcon.
Tunnel Rat, Flash, Repeater and Muskrat get mixed up into it.
Flatline
10-22-2008, 04:48 PM
I Gotta Say This Is A Tough One For Me. I Tend To Always Lean On The Side Of Cobra. But That Beeing Said I Always Thought Beach Heads No Nonsense Was Kick A$$. The Idea Of Chuckles Leads To Tons Of Espionage Scenarios, But If Were Talking Figures He's Not It. Then There Is Roadblock A Huge Monster Of A Man With A Huge Gun.
lehsreh
10-22-2008, 10:07 PM
[COLOR=Red]uh, well first off snake eyes isnt even in the top 25. and i dont think as many on here would vote for him as on the other sites. but my fave is quick kick. hes number one, probably dusty and then sci-fi[/COLOR]
ender098
10-22-2008, 11:05 PM
MainFrame, I can relate to an old Nerd!
EasySimpleStuff
10-23-2008, 01:26 AM
Storm Shadow by far...
It dont matter for me if he was a Cobra or a Joe... as I've always considered him having his own agenda, like in the comics. He is neither all goody two shoes, nor is he all evil and twisted. He has his own ethics and moral code of which he lives by, so if needed he can be completely ruthless and dangerous, or not.
He is sort of an antihero for me...(you know, sort of enigmatic and neutral but his own agenda just happens to go along for the good guys, and he ends helping them... much like Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat) So basically hes not part of my Joe team, nor is he part of Cobra (anymore), he sort of is there for himself (and his friends, who happen to be mostly Joes).
Although the idea in comics of being brainwashed him back to cobra was the worst idea ever...but they did that for getting SE and SS on opposite sides again... I wish they would have made it some other way, cos' that was just stupid imo.
Lava Boss
10-23-2008, 07:28 AM
Hard to say.
I kinda like Grunt and his commando sweater wearing ugly mug. But the 1991 verison didn't cut it. To me the basic infantry man is the heart of the team, not the loose cannons, bad arses and grand standers. To that end, Crazylegs, Dusty and Footloose are cool, too.
Also, the niche specialists, Barbecue, Airtight...some of those are nice.
Low Light has a nice anti-hero air to him. But then, along comes the 1991 mold and it messed with my view of the character. Still, he hasn't been totally fanwanked to death the way Beach-Head, Flint and Snake-Eyes (well, he was officially beaten into the ground) have.
Honestly, I've often viewed the female characters as just window dressing. That's because they all have to be attached to a male joe. To that end, Cover-Girl is probably my fav of the lot because she's a "free agent' ;) and not an undercover/intell whatever type (no matter what Devil's Due thought).
But to get old school, 1982 crew aside, the ones I played with most in the day were probably Airtight, Recondo, Beach-Head, Lowlight, Duke, Crazylegs, Dusty, Crankcase, Dialtone and Roadblock V2 (i didn't have v1). Of course that based on what I had so...
Da Talent
10-23-2008, 07:36 AM
Hardball, I love Hardball.
guiltridden
10-23-2008, 10:19 AM
3 way tie Roadblock v.2, Shipwreck and Flint they were in the first 6 figures my grandma bought me when I was a kid.
Roland da Thompson Gunner
10-23-2008, 11:45 AM
I agree with Lava Boss about Grunt, however 1991 Grunt is awesome looking like he's Razor Ramon or something.
I think my favorite Joe is probably Stalker or Airborne if only for the fact they were my favorites too use as a kid. Stalker was different than all the other guys and Airborne was my first 83 Figure (Not counting Swivel arm 82's)
yorktownjoe
10-23-2008, 04:21 PM
I'll go with Recondo. Who knew? ;)
Mine is starting to yellow (EEK!) I should go to eBay and find a replacement...
silentdusty
10-23-2008, 04:24 PM
Gung Ho, Flint, Dusty
snakeeater
10-23-2008, 06:55 PM
Falcon, that should be kinda obvious from my dios. He was the first Joe figure I got, so I played with him a lot back in the day. I also think he's also one of the best sculpted figures from the RAH line.
Rambo
10-25-2008, 08:57 AM
For me...
Zandar, Quick Kick, Bigboa, Outback, Monkeywrench, Wetsuit, Sgt. Slaughter, B.A.T., CrocMaster. The ones I had as a kid.
Highwayman
10-25-2008, 09:50 PM
Storm Shadow. My first joes were Snakeeyes and Duke but I put them in an old tackle box. It wasn’t until I got Storm Shadow that the joes were great to me. Come home from school and hope one of the few episodes that had Stormy was on. I still have the VHS tape my mom bought me with the episode Satellite down. I knew it word for word. I also didn’t read the comics back then. In fact didn’t get my first joe comic till 106 only bought it because Stormy was on the cover. So I have to say my whole joe universe collecting and everything completely revolves around Storm Shadow. So I am probably one of the few people that doesn’t care how many Storm Shadow they make. :D
vBulletin v3.0.6, Copyright ©2000-2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.