Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lame G.I. Joe Week: Part 4

In honor of the upcoming G.I. Joe movie looking terrible, I'm going to spend the week profiling the lamest G.I. Joe figures. Lameness will be based on Looks, Specialty, and Character. This is Part 4.

Tracker is today's subject.



First, a note. I've tried to limit this list to toys I actually own. There are actually quite a few Joes much worse than the ones I'm listing here. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a whole bunch of them, Tracker included. So, to compensate, I searched the net trying to find a pic and had to settle for this stock photo of Tracker (the version sold in India, no less).

Looks: You'll notice he's wearing what appear to be yellow capri pants, really high socks, and some super funky sneakers. He also has a silly looking visor, as you can see on the card art. As for the rest of the card art...the less said the better.

Specialty: Tracker is a Navy S.E.A.L. and is not surprisingly good at tracking things. Oh, and he has a raft. The S.E.A.L. part makes sense, but I doubt G.I. Joe had many missions where a white water rafting specialist is needed.

Character: His file card mentions that no one was able to find him during his initial training, which is impressive considering his uniforms color scheme. Even more impressive is that he was able to hunt down Spirit and Snake Eyes, which in the context of the G.I. Joe universe is actually kind of awesome. Clearly, he's meant to be the teams top tracker...it's a shame about his uniform though.

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