The Battleforce 2000 vehicles really never caught my interest, but now, as I was looking for drivers, the BF2K figures were lined up for acquiring.
I believe I bought Blocker at the 2005 GIJOE convention in Minneapolis, MN. But, I can't say for absolute sure, though.
Originally, Blocker became a generic driver of sorts, but as I started to dwindle down my vehicle collection, I had a lot of figures that became less used. Then, I started to make up my departments, and Blocker became a member of my light vehicle patrol, or cavalry scouts, of sorts.
When I started to trim my collection, I wanted to keep that "vehicle specialist" aspect of my larger force as it became much smaller. I could have easily have picked Crankcase, but he was almost a little too plain. I actually chose Blocker, the 4W.D. driver from Bf2K.
Blocker is my teams main driver when it comes to the basics. Right now, I was leaning on having him take ownership of either the VAMP or AWE Striker. But these are both vehicles that can be driven by anyone if you the reader really thinks about it.
Where Blocker stood out was with his MOS of Mechanized Recon. To me, that says Blocker is a road warrior, and off-road warrior. I can imagine Blocker zipping into battle in just about any wheeled vehicle and owning the field.
Plus the overall design of the figure fits (in my view) fairly well alongside any foot infantry type imaginary adventure (versatility). And unlike Skidmark, who really has a great sculpt, Blocker has nice military-feeling colors.
Blocker's pistol has a futuristic look to it. I like the loop on it, it acts a little like a stock to keep the pistol looking like it should look in a pose.
