The only reason Dodger survived is because of his Sonic Fighters figure. BF 2000 dies in the June 1991 issue of GI JOE, Sonic Fighters first appeared in late 1990 (some guides list them as 1991 releases, though their cardbacks indicate they are early 1991 releases IMHO).

Take away that Sonic Fighter, set the story a year earlier, and Dee-Jay (still in cirulation) would've been the survivor.

I never thought Dodger was barrel chested. Avalanche and Knock-Down, those guys were thick.

I was never a huge BF2000 fan...the vehicles mostly sucked. I didn't even get the last of them until well after RAH ended.

I like the Idea of having a force that tests prototype weapons. It would be cool if they made a BF3000, just kill the lame Vehicles and weird ass guns! Something futuristic, but not so "out there" it isn't plausible! Have them carry weapons like the Military has on the drawing boards now, NOT an Anti-Aircraft Missile Pistol! (Yes, I'm talking to you Knockdown!)

A vehicle similar to the "Tumbler" from Batman Begins would be sweet. Prototype motorcycles (that Don't have treads and are like 35 feet long) would be sweet...or a Locust type chopper (the Army prototype, not the GI Joe Locusts!) A tank similar to the Armadillo but with a Gauss railgun so it would be small and manuverable but packs a punch greater than an M-1! And a Stealth hovercraft/Boat or catamaran..like the Sea Shadow!

Well, my own Joeverse doesn't look a thing like any of the "official" continuity-stricken ones, toon or comic. I've pulled a few things out of each for my Joe-verse (like Cross Country's fisticuffs tussel with Stormshadow and the introduction of Zanya to the Dreadnok roster) but 98% of the Marvel, DDP, Blackthorne, Dic, Sunbow, whatever is just ignored. Yeah, I'm another one of those who just can't let my creativity be hindered but what other writers do. [And anyone who may have seen my customs and/or read the bios I do for each over at Good To Go is aware of how different my 'verse is.]

The Battle Force 2000 isn't dead to me, nor are any of its members. Hell, their official gov't-designated team name isn't even BF2K and the "2000" doesn't refer to a year all, it's a joke by the team's OIC referring to the number of ideas he has for new cutting edge technology military equpiment only GIJoe will ever have the budget to design, engineer, develop, and put to use.

Captain Joesph Marrone is that OIC, Richard Renwick is the first shirt, and the rest of the 6 roster members are all just having fun. They fight Cobra, IGs, and Coil forces using some of this experiemental equipment every once in awhile but most the time they deploy as a unit using conventional weapons with high tech tweaks for superb new efficiency... As qualified Airborne Special Forces (green berets) and multi-tiered training at Benning, Jackson, AGP, Gordon, Lewis, and NTC (White Sands) on most standard issue US Army procedures and equipment under normal combat situations, they fall back on their Army Infantry training as battle-hardened NCOs, defeating enemy units the old fashion way but all the while wishing their "toys" could become necessary.

BF2K had too much potential to be wasted like they were.



P.S. * And when I say "experimental" up there, I mean plausible and possible [someday] but extremely new, innovative, and sometimes dangerous... Some of the designs might be a bit overboard and impractical but I don't mean whacked-out futuristic stuff like a lot of their rifles and a few of those vehicles were.

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