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09-18-2009, 04:12 PM	#1
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, 04:31 PM	#2
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09-18-2009, 05:59 PM	#3
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09-18-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonneilon

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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, 07:05 AM	#5
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! __________________