Not sure how to go about this one.

A lot of us watch military movies. We get a lot of our ideas from them AND we try to push a certain amount of realism on the GI Joe team (and well, the GI Joe franchise in general which includes Cobra and all the bad guys). If we want to do pictures of our figures in the snow, we want winter troops out there. We'd want Dusty to be in winter camo and Quick Kick with a jacket on and preferably in white. If the teams are in the desert, we want them to be in a desert scheme. We don't want to see Snow Job or Frostbite running around in their usual gear!

BUT...

Reading the old comic (I have a few TPBs now that I get rid of the old singles) and watching the movie (as well as Thomas watching the original episodes), the colors of the armies don't seem that off to me for some reason. I have no problem with Dusty running around in sand colored BDUs in the snow (as per the movie). The Cobra Vipers are in blue with blue jackets as opposed to white? And then you get to the lil stuff like... Why would Bazooka be guarding Serpentor with a rocket launcher in such a close quartered space? Why does Alpine bother wearing those safety glasses and wearing the rope harness (during guard duty)?

Yet... It all seems fine. For some reason, I can see this all as working even though the real world would say, "You're at the north pole, the camo's supposed to be WHITE not black and green (yes, I'm picking on you Snake Eyes!). Like I've said before, even the original colors of the Alley Vipers (orange/blue) seem to work on some VERY strange psychological level. It won't for Outrider or Ender90210, but for me, there's something bold and cool about it.

Anyway... What's your take? YOU watched the cartoon and probably never thought TWICE about how half these people were dressed on the field in varying conditions! (AND Flint's shirt wasn't black in the cartoon???)