Which force would a Joe be a member of...

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This has probably been brought up before... but in my mind the joes will have been members of one of the teams at some point. Some that come to mind:

Trent - :zforce:
Roadblock
Footloose

Snake eys- :sas:
Hit & Run
Tunnel Rat
Recondo

Cutter - :qforce:
Torpedo
Wetsuit

Dialtone - :space:
Ace

Fairly obvious I suppose, I'm intersted in hearing other suggestions...

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I intend to get every single GI Joe and reassign them to the four squads. Ace is Q Force though, because the Skystriker goes with the USS Flagg.

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Two separate universes in my opinion. Joes are the heroic type of fighters that are capable of slaying an entire army single handed whilst retaining a perfect haircut. Action Force worked as a team, more dirty action and casualties.

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Lady Jaye wrote:Two separate universes in my opinion. Joes are the heroic type of fighters that are capable of slaying an entire army single handed whilst retaining a perfect haircut. Action Force worked as a team, more dirty action and casualties.

I mentioned something similar when I recently discovered GI Joe on DVD. Although I'm a big fan of the fanciful aspects of Action Force (ie. :muton: , :kraken: , :skeletron: , and :space: ), it seems that on the whole Battle Action Force was more realistic. That doesn't mean I don't like Gi Joe!!! http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/phpBB2/ ... =25&t=2103

As for Joes in Action Force, I know that Flash was introduced as a Rifleman ( third panel; http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/blood/S ... %2002.html ), but he carries a Laser Rifle for crivvens sakes! I nominate him for Space Force! :space:

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Anyone in camo - Z Force.
Anyone in black - SAS
Anyone garish - Q force
Anyone Sci-fi - Space Force
Cobra - Red Shadow underdogs

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The Baron wrote: Cobra - Red Shadow underdogs
Ha ha! :skyraider:

So... Flash;
Camo with big red panels? :zforce: ?
Or does he blast-off into orbit courtesy of :space: ?

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Definitely, the Cobra troops would be the main army, and the Shadows the sinister elite pulling their strings.

Hmmm, green and red? Flash would end up in Z Force for me. The goal here is to assing them without repainting, right?

Flint is tricky, camo and black, so I'd revise the SAS membership to being all-black, and make him another Z Forcer.

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I was thinking more based on whether the character was a "good fit" for the force... so flash would defo be space force

It'd make for some interesting customs, flint in :eagle2: style anti-terrorist gear anyone...

Recondo was supposed to be ex aussie sas, and I read in one of the marvel AF's last night (on the letters page!) that both flint and footloose where ex-sas. Strictly applying the no repaint rule most joes will end up in z-force won't they?

Think i might come up with list of :space: joes just to see how many there'd be.

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Scanning the yo joe file cards archive I've found these potential :space: candidates:

dialtone
sci-fi
slip-stream
starduster*
dee-jay*
countdown*

and a maybe with

psyche-out

not that many really! though beyond 1988 I haven't heard of most of them the * ones above I'd never heard of until I just did that bit of 'research'!

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Another thought was that z-force :zforce: might have evolved some sub-divisions:

artic warfare division: iceberg, snow job

medical corps headed up by the original z force medic: doc, lifeline


I guess the paras: ripcord, airborne, crazylegs, fit into :sas: but part of me wonders if :zforce: should have had an airborn division as well....

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