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Subject: 
Re: Scorpion Infantry Support Vehicle
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
Date: 
Sat, 17 Mar 2001 03:39:12 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Rick Hallman writes:
In lugnet.space, Joel Jacobsen writes:
The Scorpion is a nod to my childhood and the 3 & 3/4" GI JOE series Cobra
vehicle called the HISS Tank.

Nice rendition of it! (Had to haul his out from the depths of the Closet Cave

Thanks, Rick. Since I don't have my GI JOE fig's anymore (sigh), I went off
of memory. I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

The idea came about when playing around with the treads from my Arctic sets
and realizing they would work perfectly for the triangular shaped treads of
a HISS tank. Between that and the realization the trans blue canopy would
also work well, I knew I had to build a couple.

Never thought of that!

I've chosen to deviate from the actual design in that the Hasbro version was
not capable of transporting troops internally

I hated that. I mean, a HISS should be capable of holding 6 troops.

Yeah - the back of the Hasbo version had what *I* thought looked like troop
doors molded into the shape but that's all they were... =/ Annoyed the tar
out of me. Cobra always seemed to have second rate stuff I thought.

Comments, cheers or jeers welcome. But uh.. no "G.I. Joel" jokes, please.
Got enough of those 15 years ago. =P

Okay GI*Jacobson

Gah!!

s-E-n! E! E! ;P

Rick
"Cobra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-LA!!!"

Ew... I hated those guys... about the time that Battleforce 2000 and the
rest of the silliness began, I was getting out of GI Joe. The days of the
MOBAT, Sky Striker and Dragonfly were long past as were the best days of the
toyline. Though, I've noticed in the past year or so that they're slowly
bringing these classics back at TRU in small numbers and in different colors
schemes.. the more things change, eh?

Joel "A Real American Hero" Jacobsen



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  Re: Scorpion Infantry Support Vehicle
 
(...) Nice rendition of it! (Had to haul his out from the depths of the Closet Caves (...) Never thought of that! (...) I hated that. I mean, a HISS should be capable of holding 6 troops. (...) Okay GI*Jacobson Rick "Cobra-la-la-la-la-l...-la-LA!!!" (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)

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