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Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 08 Jul 2008 13:42
by barto
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 -
Roadblock
Footloose
Snake eys-

Hit & Run
Tunnel Rat
Recondo
Cutter -
Torpedo
Wetsuit
Dialtone -
Ace
Fairly obvious I suppose, I'm intersted in hearing other suggestions...
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 08 Jul 2008 13:51
by The Baron
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.
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 08 Jul 2008 15:43
by Lady Jaye
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.
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 17:27
by Space Commander
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.

,

,

, and

), 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!

Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 17:33
by The Baron
Anyone in camo - Z Force.
Anyone in black - SAS
Anyone garish - Q force
Anyone Sci-fi - Space Force
Cobra - Red Shadow underdogs
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 17:42
by Space Commander
The Baron wrote:
Cobra - Red Shadow underdogs
Ha ha!
So...
Flash;
Camo with big red panels?

?
Or does he blast-off into orbit courtesy of

?

Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 18:39
by The Baron
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.
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 12 Jul 2008 09:53
by barto
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

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

joes just to see how many there'd be.
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 12 Jul 2008 10:23
by barto
Scanning the yo joe file cards archive I've found these potential

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'!
Re: Which force would a Joe be a member of...
Posted: 12 Jul 2008 10:29
by barto
Another thought was that z-force

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

but part of me wonders if

should have had an airborn division as well....