{"id":22676,"date":"2016-06-17T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=22676"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:57:43","slug":"the-pythona-that-almost-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/the-pythona-that-almost-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pythona that almost was"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today's review of the GI Joe Collectors' Club member incentive figure Pythona<\/a>, we spoke briefly about the character's introduction in GI Joe: The Movie<\/a><\/i> and the fact that she didn't get an action figure<\/a>. But she almost did:<\/p>\n

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Between 1985 and 1986, Ron Rudat<\/a> worked on concepts for a character who was, at the time, known as \"Pythona.\"<\/p>\n

Given the timeframe, we can tell this wasn't the movie character - it was just a reused name. But look at the design elements:<\/p>\n

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Golden scales, big capes, the giant collar, the snake staff... this is the character that eventually became Serpentor<\/a>! Isn't that wild? The Cobra Emperor was almost a Cobra Empress. Clearly when that idea changed, the name was simply recycled for the movie.<\/p>\n

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