Parts used
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Head: 1984 Mutt
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Arms: 1983 Clutch
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Torso: 2004 Cobra Infantry Trooper
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Waist: 2004 Cobra Infantry Trooper
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Legs: 2004 Cobra Infantry Trooper
Weapons & Accessories
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Rifle: 1993 Destro
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Dog "Junkyard": 1984 Mutt
Paints
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Citadel Colour Chaos Black
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Citadel Colour Regal Blue
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Krylon Semi-Gloss clear coat
Description
Ah, who could forget the second G.I. Joe mini-series, "The Revenge of Cobra"?
The five-part story was decent enough, and introduced us to many new cool characters, such as Storm Shadow, Roadblock, Flint and Mutt (hey, he had a dog!)
In the second episode of "The Revenge of Cobra", you may remember Flint and Mutt crashing down in Cobra territory after building a makeshift helicopter to escape The Vines of Death (or whatever).
Of course to, ahem, blend in, Flint and Mutt steal the uniforms off of some Cobra soldiers they beat up, then head to town. Never mind the fact that they don't do the obvious thing of covering their faces with the black scarves that all Cobra soldiers wear. They further stand out by rolling up their sleeves "Fonzie-style". Oh, and let's not forget that they are followed around by Mutt's 100 lb. Rotweiler, Junkyard. So much for blending in.
But plotholes and silliness aside, this is an integral part of the G.I. Joe cartoon universe, because they head on over to the Cobra Cafe and subsequently meet Shipwreck, who joins them and eventually becomes the best G.I. Joe character ever.
Now, G.I. Joe had tons of characters to make action figures, but you may remember how Star Wars was always scraping the proverbial barrel-bottom to come up with more obscure droid or alien characters--as well as reduntant hero figures (i.e. Luke in Battle Poncho). Let's face it, if there were only 12 Joes ever--and not 12 new ones per year--then we'd get action figures of Snake-Eyes in 10 different uniforms ("Arctic Assault" Snake-Eyes, "Ninja Attack" Snake-Eyes--oh waitaminute!). Hell, Hasbro might have even made these two dudes disguised as Cobra soldiers--as well as a "Boy George" Snake-Eyes from "Pyramids of Darkness"--because espionage is a big part of a boys play pattern. How else do you explain Spy Kids? Or Spy Troops?
Check out the
Flint (Incognito) figure
that I made, 'cuz it was a helluva lot harder to
make than Mutt was.
Added February 22, 2005
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