Interesting. I am completely opposite of that. I jumped into JOE in '82 and Major Bludd was my first mailaway figure (followed by Hooded Cobra Commander).
I got a couple of figures in '82 (Short Fuze and Cobra Officer), but I wasn't in full force until '83. I don't know how I acquired my CC figures at all. I never did a mail-in for Joes (did every Star Wars one though). The friend who got me into it in the first place had Bludd. I had Destro, and that's who I identified with. My brother and my friend's brother were always the Joes, and we were always Cobra.
Because of that, my favorite year was '84. Baroness, Storm Shadow, Firefly, Scrap Iron, Zartan, and Wild Weasel, all at once. '85 was a great follow up with the Crimson Guard, Tomax & Xamot, Snow Serpents, Eels, and Tele-Vipers.
I never read the comic because I had no consistent access to them. I got one in a birthday grab bag, read it, and never gave it a second thought because I knew I would never come across the rest of the story. I watched the cartoon, but of the four of us, I liked it least. Maybe because I was the oldest. I don't know. What I do know is that my love of the franchise is anchored in the figures. File cards, card art, and plastic.
I will read the comics. Atleast the first 4-5 volumes. Sounds like a great story.
IrishJedi said:
Bludd was a great and instrumental RAH character. If Sideshow doesn't make him it's a clear FAIL.
It would be. And it would make sense if he was announced before Scrap Iron. I still want the missle launcher first.
