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Author:  Spin Doctor [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:17 am ]
Post subject:  Total Recoil?
True confession: I have really no familiarity with this character other than that he was one of several post-1988 Joes I happened to take notice of while perusing the YoJoe archives. He seemed like one of the few from that era I might actually want in my collection, so I decided to make one in 25th form.

Wasn't sure where to start until I got a hold of a Dusty with the "unreleased" wave of ROC vehicles, thanks to a certain Canadian bird-man. I think it's a near-perfect base figure.
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All the customization was really done on his accessories.
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What do you guys think?
Author:  JBYRDD [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:13 am ]
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Alright, Spin for the win.

He looks great, nice work on a not so Joe, i likes.
Author:  Spin Doctor [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:05 am ]
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Thanks, man.

Glad you dig him.
Author:  TigerClaw [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:07 am ]
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Awesome job Spin but he needs that big freak gun
Author:  Chief [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:08 am ]
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Perfect. Gotta find me some of those "unreleased" vehicles now...

How'd you do the hat?
Author:  Spin Doctor [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:16 pm ]
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Chief wrote:
How'd you do the hat?


The hat used to be the top half of a PTE figure's head. That was probably the hardest thing to do, though the grafting together of the Cobra Officer and Breaker harnesses was no picnic.
Author:  Tanstoys [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recoil?
good job on a not so great figure from the 80's.Looks better now actually cuz of you
Author:  PaidLoad [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:57 pm ]
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Other than that wacky gun and case Recoil came with...something feels off, might be the hat, but it reminds me more of Pathfinder than Recoil.
Author:  gunghojoe [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:04 pm ]
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pathfinder?.......have you ever seen pathfinder?.....or recoil?.....spin doc he is dead on in my opinion and also he looks nothing like any pathfinder i have ever seen...great job
Author:  lordnestor [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:13 pm ]
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PaidLoad wrote:
Other than that wacky gun and case Recoil came with...something feels off, might be the hat, but it reminds me more of Pathfinder than Recoil.


Nope, not very Pathfinderish. Great job Spin. Whats PTE? lol
Author:  Keenan [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:51 pm ]
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That's real sharp. Thumbs-up!
Author:  PaidLoad [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:51 am ]
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gunghojoe wrote:
pathfinder?.......have you ever seen pathfinder?.....or recoil?.....spin doc he is dead on in my opinion and also he looks nothing like any pathfinder i have ever seen...great job


Doesn't look dead on b/c the hat's different...reminded me of Pathfinder from having the boonie hat w/ sunglasses combo.
Author:  past nastification [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:52 am ]
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That is perfect.
Author:  Spin Doctor [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:37 pm ]
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Thanks again for all the kind words, guys.

PaidLoad wrote:
gunghojoe wrote:
Doesn't look dead on b/c the hat's different...reminded me of Pathfinder from having the boonie hat w/ sunglasses combo.


He's right, the hat isn't exact. It's just as close as I could find to the look of whatever that weird lid on the actual figure's head is supposed to be.

I'm open to alternative suggestions, if anyone's got any.
Author:  revsears [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recoil?
very nice figure. It is a shame that dusty and vehicle was not released here. I would have picked it up.

I had so forgot about that character, that when I saw your post I thought it might be a retake on Coil Crusher (wouldn't that be a great cobra name, ReCOIL?)
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