I did a small (for fun) project a while back where my end goal was to put figures into departments, or their own groups of like figures. As a team, there are a lot of GIJoe figures. I wanted to see if I could really break down all these specialists into more limited environments, mostly to make it easy to get a bunch of figures set up at once that made sense together. The Arctic team was the easier to pick out. Most of this I posted at JOESIGHTINGS with PICs, so take a look there for the bulk of this little project.
I think I had the most fun with the vehicle teams. At one point in my collection, vehicles outnumbered figures, as such vehicle driver figures became a collecting goal. As I scaled way back on vehicles, I felt empty. There was less vehicles, but more drivers left that needed something to do. So, the MOTOR POOL sort of started to take on its own team aspect for me after I started trying to over-categorize and assign figures.
I guess in the very same vehicle department, I ended up with a sort of artillery team that in some ways could be its own department, but somehow they need to get where they need to go (towed). The Mountain Howitzer helped keep Long Range and Thunder employed, as did the MMS for Fast Draw. Some figures, while back in the day would have gone anywhere and everywhere,...nowadays, they just seem more mission oriented. Like a diver or pilot; a costume that would seem out of place with a bunch of soldiers in BDU's.
The Motor Pool almost gets another "division" between armor and speed. The Scouts are the Awe Striker light assault and recon guys. I would like to add several RAMs along side the AWE's. I've been on the fence as to whether or not to have a VAMP with them, 4WD being nice, but, perhaps too slow?
Either way, the armor catches up pretty fast in the way of the Night Rhino, the Mean Dog, and the Equalizer.
Major Storm takes the command of this vehicle group. Much like HAWK, here's a guy that's out in the field, and being well versed in all ground tactics brings that experience to help this small group overcome huge battles with limited resources.
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