{"id":1594,"date":"2009-02-13T17:10:40","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2011-02-16T21:41:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T02:41:03","slug":"a-real-life-gi-joe-more-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/a-real-life-gi-joe-more-or-less\/","title":{"rendered":"A real-life GI Joe - more or less"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today's review of the GI Joe Plague Troopers vs. Steel Brigade<\/a> set, you learned that one of the figures, Red Zone, was based on a real-life fan. Luke Ellison entered a contest in FHM<\/i> magazine (yes, I know the \"M\" stands for \"magazine,\" I just don't care), and won the chance to be scaled down and become a Real American Hero. Here's the winning entry:<\/p>\n

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Hasbro will be creating a new GI Joe action figure - and it's going to look like some dude from Toledo, OH. \"Oh, I'm in shock,\" says Luke Ellison, winner of FHM<\/i>'s I am<\/i> a GI Joe! contest. \"I always thought it would be cool to be famous for something odd.\"<\/p>\n

The contest rules were simple: entrants had to dress up as a Joe character and deal with everyday life. For his entry, Ellison chose to be the character Shipwreck, clumsily handling a baby. Hasbro will now fly him to their headquarters, digitally scan his face and slap it on an upcoming toy.<\/p>\n

So how did Ellison dream up his entry? \"I hadn't shaved for a while, and I was like, 'who could I be?'\" he says. \"I went to an Army surplus store and got the actual patches that Shipwreck wears in the comicbook. Then I got a parrot from a pirate Halloween costume set. It was red, but I painted it green.\" A nice touch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blah blah blah, etc. Pretty cool, huh? For more information (straight from the source, no less), you can check out this interview with Ellison on Toy Bender<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>