G.I. Joe Classified One-A-Day Beamish-Style Poll - #18 Daina (Oktober Guard)

docsilence said:
Part of me wants them to just do an October Guard boxed set and make a lot of us happy, but then I'm like "those bastards would make that an SDCC set wouldn't they."
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Man! I was going through all the "yes on Daina" posts and realized she is probably the only OG I would get... maaaaaaybe Horror Show, but definitely Daina. Having a Russian member of Special Counter-Terrorist Unit Delta would be really cool because my custom filecards show I have a few soviets already in Cobra. But then you say outloud exactly what is Hasbro's most likely route.
docsilence said:
But I do think unlike a lot of lines, once they start with October Guard they'd steady-stream out the rest like they did with the 'noks. We wouldn't have to wait ten years to get the whole team in solo releases.
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True true. I'm actually surprised they haven't done at least one yet.
 
Ru1977 said:
Man! I was going through all the "yes on Daina" posts and realized she is probably the only OG I would get... maaaaaaybe Horror Show, but definitely Daina. Having a Russian member of Special Counter-Terrorist Unit Delta would be really cool because my custom filecards show I have a few soviets already in Cobra. But then you say outloud exactly what is Hasbro's most likely route.

True true. I'm actually surprised they haven't done at least one yet.
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I bet they're on the road map. This team is smart; they know what we'll buy.
 
Ru1977 said:
True, definitely. I wonder if... there's any political reason behind their delay?
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I wouldn't be surprised if that's a factor. If this was 15 years ago? Probs. Right now, probs not. I think it was a bit different during the 80's Cold War era in that you could have quasi sympathetic characters from the USSR without it seeming like you where pandering or ignoring real world issues as there was very little active conflict going on. But today with them engaging in a conflict that is viewed by the majority of the world in a negative light, I can see where Hasbro doesn't want to get anywhere near it. Ain't sticking their toes in that mud. Personally, I think the characters need a total recon as far as their origins. Make them from the region, just not affiliated with any real world government.

Yes on Daina
Yes on Chameleon (More named female characters please, especially Cobra)
Yes on female Viper
 
The comics had some fictitious countries too, if they wanted to go that route.... Though the regular line of figures doesn't even have filecards so they don't have to say a word really.
 
Reiterating my wish for the Oktober Guard to be reconceived a la DC’s Blackhawks: expats from countries occupied by fascists who are joined up to fight for freedom from tyranny and oppression. There could absolutely be a U.S. member under current conditions: I wanna say a trans woman antifascist saboteur codenamed “Molotov”, to keep the Russian theme.
 
AceofKnaves said:
Reiterating my wish for the Oktober Guard to be reconceived a la DC’s Blackhawks: expats from countries occupied by fascists who are joined up to fight for freedom from tyranny and oppression. There could absolutely be a U.S. member under current conditions: I wanna say a trans woman antifascist saboteur codenamed “Molotov”, to keep the Russian theme.
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This is just wonderful and has single handedly gotten me interested in the whole team. Damn you.
 
Ru1977 said:
This is just wonderful and has single handedly gotten me interested in the whole team. Damn you.
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Heheheh.
Re: Molotov: she’s a redhead, of course, for the flame theme, but she’s also a hard-femme pint-sized pixie who no one would expect is an explosives/chemical warfare expert and also a tae kwon do master. Chaotic-good, queer anarcho-science!!
 
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