{"id":34225,"date":"2021-04-16T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=34225"},"modified":"2021-04-18T01:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T05:09:20","slug":"zartan-addendum-dreadnok-logos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/zartan-addendum-dreadnok-logos\/","title":{"rendered":"Zartan addendum: Dreadnok logos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today's review of GI Joe Classified<\/i> Zartan<\/a> said the set introduced a new Dreadnok logo. Let's look at them all.<\/p>\n

The first logo is a skull and dagger engulfed by flame.<\/p>\n

\"2004<\/p>\n

That appeared on the hubcaps on the Dreadnok Stun vehicle, a 2004 release. It was a convention exclusive and thus very obscure, which is probably why a different logo was used in the Devil's Due Productions comicbooks; this one still has a skull, but it's wearing Zartan's hood.<\/p>\n

\"2005<\/p>\n

That one appeared on several toys, but Hasbro kept reverting to the other version. Now the Classified Series<\/i> has introduced another new one, similar to the first but more ornate and with more obvious ties to Cobra.<\/p>\n

\"2021<\/p>\n

Of the three, the \"hooded\" version is the best graphic design, but also looks too much like an intentional logo, and features Zartan too heavily; the \"fire\" version is okay, but a bit plain, and would never have a clear meaning without the name underneath it; the new one uses the strengths of the flame one but improves them, adding Zartan's eye-patches on the skull and definite Cobra imagery, so you could guess what it's for even without the text. Hopefully Hasbro doesn't sweep this one away again.<\/p>\n

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