I've always been a realist until recently. I'm in the midst of some customizing on several vehicles including the RHINO, the IceSabre and several other of the recent additions.

The trouble I have now is that with the new Striker vehicles that the USMC started using, that once clear line between fact and scifi has been blurred big time. When I was a kid, the Awe Striker was the closest to real that I had. The Mauler looked a bit like the Abrams MBT, and the Tomahawk looked a lot like the Chinnok. But they were always stylized and limited my realist attitudes toward play.

Now companies like 21st Century Toys, Lanard, and Big Blue Toys are marketing vehicles closely based on the real thing. I have quite a few of these vehicles for the Joes and the other major world powers (Britain, Russia, Israel) but now find myself limited in Cobra/bad guy equipment. I also have some special gear coming up for my "First String" team.