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Duke's "Double Collar"????

10-11-2011, 09:03 AM	#1
80s Child Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,852 --> Join Date: Jul 2011	Duke's "Double Collar"???? Can anyone tell me why (has anyone else noticed?) the 1983/84 Duke action figure appears to have TWO collars? http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/83images/duke.shtml It appears that he is wearing an olive green short-sleeved polo-type collared shirt UNDERNEATH his tan long-sleeved-button-up collarded shirt (with the tan shirt's sleeve's rolled up to just below his elbows). I have NEVER heard of or seen anyone wear a polo or golf shirt UNDER a collared long-sleeved shirt (most people wear T-shirts under that type of shirt if they wear anything under it at all). It always looked very uncomfortable, scratchy, and way too hot and cumbersome. Is this a military thing? Or did Hasbro designers just drop acid before they did the Duke V1 sculpt? Always bothered me and I figured maybe someone on these boards would have some insight as to WHY?!??

Duke version 2, "Tiger Force".

10-11-2011, 10:22 AM	#2
neapolitan joe G.I.JOE ITALIAN COLLECTOR Offline --> Posts: 27,808 --> Join Date: Jan 2007	Duke version 2, "Tiger Force". This fact, in Duke "Tiger Force" version, is more evident: http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/duke2.shtml . I always think he has a regular man shirt under a military light Jacket. __________________ My collection: http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/bro...r&imageuser=444

10-11-2011, 11:17 AM	#3
80s Child Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,852 --> Join Date: Jul 2011	Oh, that's a good explanation NJ. Sort of like Hannibal's tan lightweight jacket he always wore on the A-Team? The only thing with that would be, I'd expect them to show some of the "jacket" below the belt a-la Recondo. http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/84images/recondo.shtml However, they didn't on Duke, so it always looked more like a shirt tucked-in, than a jacket.... Your idea has good logic behind it - it's just that if that IS in fact the reason, I would think Hasbro could have materialized that better if they did his outfit more like Recondo's jacket. Instead, they left me scratching my head. Good reasoning though!

10-11-2011, 01:13 PM	#4
neapolitan joe G.I.JOE ITALIAN COLLECTOR Offline --> Posts: 27,808 --> Join Date: Jan 2007	http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/allgearedup/duke2.shtml http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/83images/duke.shtml http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/allgearedup/duke.shtml A shirt under a Vietnam Era jacket like: http://rallypointmilitaria.com/wp-c...ray_group_1.jpg http://rallypointmilitaria.com/tag/jungle-jacket http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/-imag...5-09-101609.jpg __________________ My collection: http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/bro...r&imageuser=444

10-11-2011, 02:08 PM	#5
80s Child Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,852 --> Join Date: Jul 2011	well, if it is military based, then it is relavent I suppose, I was always fearing it was something like this though:

10-11-2011, 03:53 PM	#6
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	I had to get up to check my 25th Duke, lol. Maybe Duke is just that cool that he needs two collars to "pop".

10-28-2011, 10:26 PM	#7
80s Child Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,852 --> Join Date: Jul 2011	This also got me thinking - why was he named "Duke"? Was it as in European Royalty - King, Earl, Barron, Duke, etc. Or was he named after "The Duke" - John Wayne? Anyone know Hasbro/Larry Hama's official reasoning for his name choice?

10-29-2011, 03:16 AM	#8
neapolitan joe G.I.JOE ITALIAN COLLECTOR Offline --> Posts: 27,808 --> Join Date: Jan 2007	Duke, John Wayne. __________________ My collection: http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/bro...r&imageuser=444

10-29-2011, 05:55 AM	#9
yorktownjoe Enjoying the season Offline --> Posts: 5,106 --> Join Date: Nov 2005	I'm pretty sure it was for the Duke - John Wayne. A distant second would by the less known Duke - QB Fran Tarkenton who finished his playing years in 1978, just a few years prior.

10-31-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by yorktownjoe

I'm pretty sure it was for the Duke - John Wayne.

A distant second would by the less known Duke - QB Fran Tarkenton who finished his playing years in 1978, just a few years prior.

Interesting, I also found this:

http://bestnicknametees.com/nicknames/duke/