That's maybe the only thing I really hold against the cartoons. Hasbro went so far to make sure most everyone had unique weapons and Joes got the Snow Job "laser rifle" (power cell in the stock?!) and Cobras got the only recently produced German-submachinegun-laser rifle (at least it has a clip, er... power pack).

The DIC cartoons came after my time, so I was checking them out on the 'Net. I won't get started about my disappointment in the origins of the Python Patrol (which I otherwise like), but the writing and voicing are far inferior to the Sunbow series. This helped: in Episode 2 (DIC, remember), when Stalker kayaks down the creek to attack Destro and the Alley Vipers, I opened another tab of a random M-60 YouTube video in the background. FINALLY, Stalker laying down some .50cal hurt! (still gotta look at the "laser" bolts, though)