Who shoulda been a Joe?

[gojira77]

This is intended to be a thoroughly hypothetical topic and, quite possibly a silly one, so consider yourself warned as you read on. Sgt. Slaughter and the Fridge began a trend of real-life characters joining the G.I. Joe team, and it is well known that Hasbro almost signed up Sly Stallone's Rocky Balboa. The revived 12'' line would later include great historical soldiers like Eisenhower and Washington, which I suppose you could say the same for the ARAH line if you count everybody the Cobras used to clone Serpentor! But I'd like to narrow the discussion to other 80s "Men of Action" from Sports, Movies, and TV that the Hasbro Execs could have comed to bulk up the Classic Joe roster with high profile personalities. Lets go back in time to the Golden Age of ARAH and put in our picks for the best "real world" larger-than-life characters who should have been drafted into G.I. Joe! And include pics, quotes, and stats if you got 'em in order to make your case.

 

To get things started, here are my top three:

 

1. Fool-Pitying Specialist Code Name: Mr. T

 

2. Karate Kommando Code Name: Chuck Norris

 

3. G.I. Joe Commander-in-Chief Code Name: President Ronald Reagan (attention customizers: I would buy two of these in a heart beat!)

 

So, what are yours...?

[hamsterboy]

1 & 2 already had their own toylines. Don't see how Hasbro could have used them.

[ARROW]

John Matrix--Commando

John Rambo

Megaforce--deeds, not words, baby!!

Airwolf

Blue Thunder

The Eliminators

Jackie Chan

Bruce Lee--if he'd have lived.

Joe Nammath

Hulk Hogan--seriously

Six Million Dollar Man

[Devilbat]

Rambo!! It's a no-brainer to me. Rocky?! Feh! It's Rambo all the way for me baby.

 

I love the notion of Mr. T and Chuck Norris being Joes. Makes perfect sense to me. I just can't think of anyone else just now though...

[PhoenixSword]

Chuck Norris and Rambo for sure!!

 

several characters from the movie Willow

i.e val kilmer and warwick davis

 

 

 

hamster boy, not seeing your point? i think he brought this up because matt trakker is being made. and that had its own toy line too so...?

[Lady Jaye]

Several characters from the movie Willow

i.e val kilmer and warwick davis

 

Willow?? Are you serious?? I hate to call you out like that, but come on, that'd be the dumbest thing ever. Medieval swords and sorcery have no place in GI JOE.

 

I've thought about this many a time, and thought so many characters could have done, had they wished, also if they did not have their own lines!!

 

Top Gun team. (Maverick, Iceman, Hollywood, and the rest of the Top Gun guys would be awesome!! Phoenix would get his Val Kilmer)

The Iron Eagle team ( These guys along with Top Gun guys could have been sweet pack ins for the Joe ships!!)

Rambo

The entire Predator team, I mean come on Blaine, Hawkins, Billy they would be awesome.

Delta Force Chuck Norris and well the entire Delta Force

Ripley (if somehow she could be integrated from the future!! Ha ha)

The A-Team (would be perfect for a more Stateside undercover team, hell Chuckles could be a member!!)

The Airwolf team

Magnum PI (also a member of the undercover team, two Hawaiian shirt wearing members would be awesome, LOL!!)

 

I'm sure there are others, but gotta think about it!!

[TommyGoth]

Dolph Lundgren - He-Joe!

 

Hulk Hogan is also a great idea. Wouldn't have happend though because LJN owned the rights to him.

[gojira77]

I think Hasbro might have been going for a "sports" theme, only picking a movie character like Rocky because the real-life Heavy Weight Champ wasn't much of a role model. Any other great athletes of the era that could comfortably fight beside Rock 'N Roll and Roadblock? Gymnastics Specialist Code Name: Mary Lou?

 

Maybe its just how my mind works but I could also see some MTV cross-overs, though perhaps not with stunning guitar attacks like Siverhawk Bluegrass or TFA Soundwave! Let's see a despot like Serpentor stand up to Bono, who I'm sure would get along fine with pacifists like Doc and 'Toon Life-Line. Somebody get Billy Idol a grenade launcher and a pair of dog tags!

 

And honorable mention should go to Dreadnok Moonshiner code name: Uncle Jesse.

[gojira77]

Chuck Norris and Rambo for sure!!

 

several characters from the movie Willow

i.e val kilmer and warwick davis

 

 

 

hamster boy, not seeing your point? i think he brought this up because matt trakker is being made. and that had its own toy line too so...?

 

Exactly! Chuch Norris will always have a place reserved for him on my Joe team, though I'm not sure Rambo was much of a 'team player', know what I mean?

[Blackmada]

The Greatest American Hero. How can you have a team of Real American Hero's without the Greatest one.

 

MacGyver

 

Crockett and Tubbs = DEF

 

Vicki from Small Wonder as the Decoy BAT.

 

George Wyner just needed to be in the Joe Universe somewhere.

[ARROW]

Our Man Flint

Mac Bolan

Remo Williams and Cheung

Simon Templar

Evel Knievel

The Magician ( Bill Bixby--trust me, it was a cool show)

[Blackmada]

Our Man Flint

Mac Bolan

Remo Williams and Cheung

Simon Templar

Evel Knievel

The Magician ( Bill Bixby--trust me, it was a cool show)

No cavemen allowed in the Joe team. @smilepunch@

 

Those would have made nice 12 inchers.

[gojira77]

The Greatest American Hero. How can you have a team of Real American Hero's without the Greatest one.

 

Very compelling argument! Though Starduster would have just HATED that guy...

 

Some great ideas coming from this thread, as well as a few pretty screwy ones (mine, too). Vicki, huh? I wonder if her ultimate attack mode has deathrays just like the Iron Giant, or if Mindbender would rebuild a Vicki 2.0 as a twenty-something wearing the same outfit... @hmmm@ On second thought, that probably wouldn't be Mindbender's thing, knowwhatamean?

 

How far into the future is the movie Alien set? Maybe the Joes could get Ripley's mom or grandmother, who just happens to be the future heroine's spittin' image.

[ARROW]

Our Man Flint

Mac Bolan

Remo Williams and Cheung

Simon Templar

Evel Knievel

The Magician ( Bill Bixby--trust me, it was a cool show)

No cavemen allowed in the Joe team. @smilepunch@

 

Those would have made nice 12 inchers.

 

 

You lost me with the "cavemen"--are you referring to the Intruders???

 

And they would have made great 12" characters.....and astonishingly, NONE of these characters ( or people) have been made as 12" figures to date.

[DPrime]

Predator and Major Dutch Schaeffer's spec ops team from the movie.

 

The Colonial Marines from Aliens.

[ARROW]

Here's some more:

 

-The Crew of the Seaview

-The Adventure Team--total no-brainer that one......but the Club is actually gonna make them.

 

-James Bond--let SMERSH side with COBRA.......or Hugo Drax. I can see Ernst Blofeld have a sit-down dinner with COBRA Commander.

-Man from Atlantis

-One that is perhaps a bit too far "out there"..........UFO, with the forces of SHADO and the UFO's against COBRA. ( and I'd love to find out how that series would have resolved itself--the "dark planet" was just too compelling to leave hanging.)

 

-The Sentinel--that guy with the heightened senses.

[PhoenixSword]

Several characters from the movie Willow

i.e val kilmer and warwick davis

 

Willow?? Are you serious?? I hate to call you out like that, but come on, that'd be the dumbest thing ever. Medieval swords and sorcery have no place in GI JOE.

 

I've thought about this many a time, and thought so many characters could have done, had they wished, also if they did not have their own lines!!

 

Top Gun team. (Maverick, Iceman, Hollywood, and the rest of the Top Gun guys would be awesome!! Phoenix would get his Val Kilmer)

The Iron Eagle team ( These guys along with Top Gun guys could have been sweet pack ins for the Joe ships!!)

Rambo

The entire Predator team, I mean come on Blaine, Hawkins, Billy they would be awesome.

Delta Force Chuck Norris and well the entire Delta Force

Ripley (if somehow she could be integrated from the future!! Ha ha)

The A-Team (would be perfect for a more Stateside undercover team, hell Chuckles could be a member!!)

The Airwolf team

Magnum PI (also a member of the undercover team, two Hawaiian shirt wearing members would be awesome, LOL!!)

 

I'm sure there are others, but gotta think about it!!

First off.... the joe team needs a little person. second off why not have that little person know a few magic tricks? @smilepunch@ i thought it was supposed to be what characters we wanted to see from the 80s made into a gi joe. i want some medieval stuff dammit! and obviously some people want some aliens

 

 

I also want Ender Wiggin from Orson Scott card's Ender series...and Bean on my joe team! go get him from the future!!

[Wheeljack35]

Our Man Flint

Mac Bolan

Remo Williams and Cheung

Simon Templar

Evel Knievel

The Magician ( Bill Bixby--trust me, it was a cool show)

 

The Magician?

 

Wow I forgot about that show.....and your right it was a good show

[DPrime]

-James Bond--let SMERSH side with COBRA.......or Hugo Drax. I can see Ernst Blofeld have a sit-down dinner with COBRA Commander.

 

Oh yeah, I'm all about that, and the more old-school, the better! New Daniel Craig type stuff would be alright, but I'd want so see a Connery figure at least and all the classic villains, not to mention some of those crazy vehicles and accessories from the old movies.

[Blackmada]

Our Man Flint

Mac Bolan

Remo Williams and Cheung

Simon Templar

Evel Knievel

The Magician ( Bill Bixby--trust me, it was a cool show)

No cavemen allowed in the Joe team. @smilepunch@

 

Those would have made nice 12 inchers.

 

 

You lost me with the "cavemen"--are you referring to the Intruders???

 

And they would have made great 12" characters.....and astonishingly, NONE of these characters ( or people) have been made as 12" figures to date.

@loll@ It was a reference to your age and how old those shows and characters are. Prehistoric like cavemen. That was why I followed it by this... @smilepunch@

[gojira77]

-James Bond--let SMERSH side with COBRA.......or Hugo Drax. I can see Ernst Blofeld have a sit-down dinner with COBRA Commander.

 

Oh yeah, I'm all about that, and the more old-school, the better! New Daniel Craig type stuff would be alright, but I'd want so see a Connery figure at least and all the classic villains, not to mention some of those crazy vehicles and accessories from the old movies.

 

Imagine: 007 and the Joes vs. The Oktober Guard (Take that, Commies!) while Cobra Commander pulls the strings.

Just say that Bond and Big Ben are old war-buddies-- instant back-story! And then afterwards, the secret agent and Clutch can go out clubbing together and hitting on chicks.

[hamsterboy]

Chuck Norris and Rambo for sure!!

 

several characters from the movie Willow

i.e val kilmer and warwick davis

 

 

 

hamster boy, not seeing your point? i think he brought this up because matt trakker is being made. and that had its own toy line too so...?

 

 

My point was it would have been harder back then to do those because we're talking about guys that belonged to toylines from other companies. Nowadays is a different story.

[gojira77]

Predator and Major Dutch Schaeffer's spec ops team from the movie.

 

The Colonial Marines from Aliens.

 

As a kid I used to switch out Roadpig's arms with one of my Joes to make a custom "Dutch". Remember the days when you only needed a couple Joes and a philips screw driver to make a completely passable custom? Ah, well! Some toy company like NECA totally needs to bake a 4" Predator to unleash on my Joe team-- Stalker and Tunnel Rat would have that guy for lunch! Afterall, why not? Can't be sillier than any special team the Joes had in the '90s...

[DPrime]

Predator and Major Dutch Schaeffer's spec ops team from the movie.

 

The Colonial Marines from Aliens.

 

As a kid I used to switch out Roadpig's arms with one of my Joes to make a custom "Dutch". Remember the days when you only needed a couple Joes and a philips screw driver to make a completely passable custom? Ah, well! Some toy company like NECA totally needs to bake a 4" Predator to unleash on my Joe team-- Stalker and Tunnel Rat would have that guy for lunch! Afterall, why not? Can't be sillier than any special team the Joes had in the '90s...

 

You can get an in-scale Predator from either Hot Toys or Takara if you're so inclined...

[drkngrusum]

maybe I'm the odd man out but what about Michael Knight and KITT or even The Highway Man?