That's maybe the only thing I really hold against the cartoons. Hasbro went so far to make sure most everyone had unique weapons and Joes got the Snow Job "laser rifle" (power cell in the stock?!) and Cobras got the only recently produced German-submachinegun-laser rifle (at least it has a clip, er... power pack).

The DIC cartoons came after my time, so I was checking them out on the 'Net. I won't get started about my disappointment in the origins of the Python Patrol (which I otherwise like), but the writing and voicing are far inferior to the Sunbow series. This helped: in Episode 2 (DIC, remember), when Stalker kayaks down the creek to attack Destro and the Alley Vipers, I opened another tab of a random M-60 YouTube video in the background. FINALLY, Stalker laying down some .50cal hurt! (still gotta look at the "laser" bolts, though)

The S6 Duke actually made me like DUKE! It was like, "THAT IS HOW DUKE SHOULD BE!!!" This was based on the miniseries. HOw he was later on, I dunno.
Because of that, I LIKE how the Resolute is playing out. Recycling voices, that's normal. And at least it's Roadblock, not Heavy Duty, right? And yea, I think it's by Gonzo still.

Well, back in the 80s you couldn't show real guns on kids' cartoons. In fact, for the most part you still can't now. I was amazed that Batman: The Animated Series got away with it!

I always did think it was strange that the folks behind the show gave everyone Snow Job's rifle, though -- I was thinking maybe it was for simplicity's sake, but all the Autobots and Decepticons on Transformers (also made by Sunbow) had their own individual weapons right out of the gate. I guess they figured using a weapon identified as a laser rifle on its figure's filecard would go over better than giving everyone their individual weapons and having them shoot laser blasts. Can you imagine Flint carrying a laser-firing shotgun?!?

However, in the second season, some of the characters were given their unique weapons. For example, Roadblock has his machine gun (but it fires lasers) and Low-Light has his sniper rifle (but it fires lasers). At least they tried... Anyway, my Joe display is pretty cartoon-oriented these days since the 25th line seems to embrace that aspect of the mythos more than any other. So all my 25th Joes are holding Snow Job rifles (with a few exceptions -- Scarlett has her crossbow, for example).

__________________

is on indefinite hiatus...

Why not, Chewbacca had a laser firing crossbow. Laser shotgun would be cool, a bolt would spread out into a couple hundred tiny little bolts. Bad-ass!

__________________

Would it make you guys feel better if it was plasma energy rounds? I know, they ACTUALLY say lasers in the cartoon. But in the old WildCATs comic, they said plasma rounds. I go with that myself. Errrrr, I'd use those myself but I go with the standard 10mm tipless caseless explosive rounds.

Y'know as a kid, the Sunbow cartoons were a staple for me, I never collected the comics, or read them until much more recently. I can sit and watch the cartoon now, and yes, I see them as quite silly at times (come on F-14's in space), but I still get enjoyment out of it. Heck I still like Masters of the Universe, probably, one of the cheesiest cartoons ever made. Guess it's just the kid in me.

I cannot, however, watch the movie, terrible, terrible, even though Falcon is still one of my favorite characters.

Never watched the DIC seasons, probably never will, absolute garbage. GI Joe Extreme more of the same crap. SIGMA 6 however, I actually kind of liked.

__________________
SILENT DUSTY

"...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him."
- General Ulysses S. Grant

SD, I enjoyed the Sigma 6 toon as well.

Everyone talks about the comics, please see my question HERE

__________________

Wow! I didn't even know that! Learn something new everyday!

I found a site that has all the episodes to view.

I tired to watch some of DIC and it was bad, very very bad. At least S6 could be serviceable, but DIC was just unwatchable crap. Even Dragonfire, which I've heard claims of being half-decent is bogged down by crappy animation, horrible voice acting, and a story that is a pale imitation to the Sunbow formula. Meh.

For my money, Revenge of Cobra was the best Sunbow mini-series. PoD was the worst. MASS was good, but not as good as Revenge. All the two parters are good.