My favorite Joe is Falcon, which should be obvious as he's been in all of my dio stories so far. I actually liked his character in the movie, he started off as a jerk in the beginning but grew over the course and I began to like him. I think issue 109 of the Marvel comic was one of the best representations of him. When the SAW Viper opened fire in the trench, Falcon threw the knife that stopped the SAW Viper, and then he was the first one out of the trench to fight even though he was the leader and could have ordered someone else out. When the Rage blew up at the end of the issue and Cross Country and Duke were pulling him from the wreckage, he told them to put him down and get the others out, sadly, there were no others.

He was also the first Joe figure I got, so he got a lot of use back in the day. I'm a little worried that something might happen to the figure (like a broken thumb or missing knife) while I'm doing my stories, but I also think it's cool that the same Falcon of my childhood is also the star of my dio stories.

Got to be Mainframe for the simple reason that hes the first one i ever got.

its that simple.

Sure there are cooler looking ones, ones with more gear but mainframe just does it for me.

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I will say Shipwreck, the original.

I put him in that top tier of iconic Joes, with Snake Eyes, Duke, Lady Jaye, Scarlett, Flint, etc. Shipwreck was just a fun character and had a simple, but cool look.

I remember an interview with one of the Buzz Dixon. "Write him like Popeye, but play him like Jack Nicholson." I don't know how he can be summed up any better than that. He also had arguably the most memorable pet of all time, Polly. I don't think Neil Ross gets enough props for his voice work (as well as Dusty, Hector Ramirez... there were some great episodes where he's basically playing off himself because his characters are talking to one another).

It saddens me that the Devils Due look is getting the nod in the S6 toyline.

A lot of people have said that they like the original version of Low Light but I personally like the second version where he's so hairy you can barely see his face. That weird wool mesh stuff he wears too is really cool, I forgot where I've seen it elsewhere but I think it's pretty sweet. As for Cobra I'm really a huge fan of the Night Viper's, they're so sneaky and cool and the Black/Purple version of Sand Viper was really sweet too.

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