Tag: G.I.Joe

Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at a G.I. Joe figure from 1987, Fast Draw. In my opinion this is an under appreciated figure. I had Fast Draw as a kid and this was a cool unique figure back in the day. He has 2 missiles ready to fire at his target. Maybe not the most realistic military concept, but I love the futuristic concept figures. This color scheme is unique and I could have seen him sliding into the Slaughters Marauders lineup…

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Today’s focus is the G.I. Joe character Rock-n-Roll. He is possibly the simplest of all the OG13 to figure out as he only has “Infantry” listed as his PMS and “PT Instructor” as his SMS. So going with that he is an 11B Infantryman who may have attained a Special Qualifications Identifier (SQI) H of Instructor. It is very possible he went to classes for it and attained this SQI and briefly was an instructor. Years ago the US Army had a program where those who couldn’t meet the minimum…

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Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at a 1987 G.I. Joe figure that I feel is under appreciated. I love Gung-Ho in dress blues and had this figure as a kid. For me I would love to see a modern version and a Classified version of Gung-Ho. It goes further for me, I thought it would have been cool to see other characters in dress uniforms. Duke, Roadblock, and Ace are just a few characters that would have looked cool in dress uniform.…

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Shipwreck’s Journal Entry Date: September 14, 1985 Ahoy there, shipmates! Shipwreck here, and I’ve decided to put pen to paper today to spill the beans about a little somethin’ that’s been on my mind for quite some time now. It’s not often that a sailor like me finds himself in a situation like this, but heck, if it ain’t a tale worth tellin’, then I don’t know what is. Now, I reckon y’all know me as the wisecrackin’, parrot-totin’ sailor who’s always up for an adventure with the G.I. Joe…

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Today we look at the G.I. Joe Cobra Officer, whose PMS is “Infantry” and SMS is “Artillery, Intelligence”. From a military perspective that is three branches, which would be difficult to achieve. But maybe Cobra trains their officers just enough that they are “jack of all trades” and not necessarily a master of any. It also lists on the officer filecard that they are martial arts experts, masters of disguise, deceit, and demolitions. So three options come to mind: do officers come from the regular trooper ranks (since both have…

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Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at a 1988 G.I. Joe figure that I feel is under appreciated, “Hard Ball“. Hardball was part of the yearly sports figure that Hasbro started doing in 1985 with Bazooka. I did not have a Hardball back in the day, but this is a really cool figure. I did play baseball in high school and much like Hardball I played centerfield and no scouts were looking at me. All jokes aside I don’t remember Hardball in the cartoon and I couldn’t…

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