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Originally Posted by ender098
The Raider. I Liked it too, I just hated the "2 in 1" vehicle thing that plagued GI Joe in the late 80's.
That's another good point, who LIKES the "2 in 1" or "3 in 1" concept vehicles in the late 80's? (Like the Maggot, the Mean Dog, the MAmba, etc) and what vehicles do you NOT classifiy in that group?
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I don't mind it to a point. It really started with the HAVOC, that vehicle was the launching point of the 2-in-1 and overarmed vehicle and glass canopied armored vehicle trends. Well, the HISS started that last one.
I like the Maggot's split feature, but only in front and back. Seperating the gun from the rear treads was dumb.
Likewise with the Mean Dog, the gatling cannon cannot stand up by itself no matter what the instructions say.
Mamba's pods were okay...I suppose.
Sea Ray was already odd, making it a sub and a metal glider (?) made no sense and it always seemed like splitting it would break the toy.
The Condor's split was wholly unrealistic.
Raider's feature sucked and made no sense. A big cannon between the treads, leaving the main vehicle immobile. HUH??
Bugg's removable vehicles were okay. Removing the Hammerhead's made it look empty and underarmed.
The Avalanche's hoverpod looked silly, and that vehicle was already too much of a single stamp, hollow on bottom.
Overlord's Dictator wasn't really 2-in-1, it just had part that could detact and escape leaving the chasis behind.
BF 2000 vehicles had some of these. The Dominator's armor with skis was supposed to a be a ice sled vehicle or some junk. Marauder's tracked half was remote controlled I guess. Vinidcator had a sled of some sort that I can't figure out what it did. Trying to justify the parts being more than just parts of the Future Fotress, I suppose.
Even recent releases suffer from parts not equalling a great whole. The copter part of the Rhino limits the APC aspects. I'd rather have a great apc and a seperate copter.