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09-07-2009, 08:36 AM

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The question that should be asked is "Why did you make Spc. Altitude in the AOCI 7 pack, couldn't you have just made Ripcord and used the proper Marlon Wayans head? Is classic black Ripcord something that would have negatively effected sales?"

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* What were the motivations behind the changing of Dial-Tone from male to female in the new IDW, Resolute and Rise Of Cobra continuities? Is there any reason the established female GIJoe computer technician Firewall couldn't be used instead?

Dial Tone becoming a woman wasn't a Hasbro decision, the dude writing the comic came up with a female tech character as a new character Hasbro said "No new characters, take a name off this list" the writer chose Dial Tone, and no one cared because Dial Tone sucks

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* With wave 4 of Rise Of Cobra on its way, I must ask... why has Hasbro consistently added flamethrowers to the Joe ranks since 1984 in spite of the fact that flamethrowers were banned from use by the US military in 1978?

G.I. Joe is a fictional toyline with a target demographic of 7 year old boys, proper military protocol doesn't even factor. I know your a big fan of martial arts figures, I don't remember the US army ever having a unit of ninjas, maybe ask Hasbro that!

09-07-2009, 12:23 PM	#12
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	I sent these in on Monday as not to miss the deadline since I'll be at work. 1. In the original toy line, why was the Alley Viper given such a odd color scheme? The Night-Viper and a few of his other fellow Cobras from that year had less "outlandish" colors, so why did the urban specialists wear orange and blue? 2. Why were some of the 25th Anniversary figures, such as Roadblock, Bazooka and Pilot Scarlett, lacking the double-jointed knee that had been standard at that point? 3. Will we ever see low-light made?

09-18-2009, 03:12 PM	#13
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	We got the answers! Hi Graham, Here you go... In all honesty, none of us were here when those figures were originally designed so it is hard to say for sure. One theory is that G.I. Joe has always been a reflection of Pop culture of the time. In 1989 when the Alley Viper was released, bright neon colors were very cool. From a military standpoint it could be inferred that as these were Cobra urban specialists they were not meant to blend in, but rather to be so obvious as to be intimidating. Early on, some figures did not have double jointed knees by design, But later on it became the standard for all figures to have double jointed knees. Low-Light is a character that comes up often in discussion. While there are no current plans, he is definitely on our radar.

09-18-2009, 03:31 PM	#14
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09-18-2009, 04:59 PM	#15
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09-18-2009, 09:19 PM

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In all honesty, none of us were here when those figures were originally
designed so it is hard to say for sure. One theory is that G.I. Joe has
always been a reflection of Pop culture of the time. In 1989 when the
Alley Viper was released, bright neon colors were very cool. From a
military standpoint it could be inferred that as these were Cobra urban
specialists they were not meant to blend in, but rather to be so obvious
as to be intimidating.

and that's exactly what I said.

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09-19-2009, 06:05 AM	#17
Scuba Steve lives in armored pinapple Offline --> Posts: 2,840 --> Join Date: Jan 2009	not to be argumentitive but I don't find bright orange to be intimidating! The Nazi SS uniforms were intimidating! __________________

09-19-2009, 06:48 AM	#18
troopsofdoom Troops of Doom Offline --> Posts: 7,603 --> Join Date: Apr 2008	Anybody who wears hunter-orange into combat has got to be totally fearless. __________________ My JoeDios photos \| Flickr

09-19-2009, 07:01 AM

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Anybody who wears hunter-orange into combat has got to be totally fearless.

OR BRAINLESS

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09-19-2009, 07:48 AM	#20
Death_at_Midnight Cobra R & D Offline --> Posts: 4,001 --> Join Date: Nov 2008	Maybe they think the ally-vipers will blend in with a background full of flames. Like.. they light the city on fire and it's flames everywhere. __________________ ~~~{==========- Death at Midnight -==========}~~~