Did they ever do Tomax and Xamot in a suit?

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I like Firefly. (Though I'm not 100% behind his name)

I would be able to do it this year, since I already have urban BDU's as a good starting point, but I'd want to have a flamethrower, and I'm pretty sure I can't get that on the budget I'd be working with.

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

Firefly was a saboteur. he didn't have a flamethrower. Just a machine pistol and a cellphone.

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Is that what that is?

http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/84card/firefly.jpg

I'll level with you, I didn't watch enough of the show to know these things. The tiny images I'm dealing with here aren't a lot of help.

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

Yeah the gun looks much cooler for the 25th anniversary version.

Besides we dont get too weapon specific.

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Google Image Search isn't being a whole lot of help in my research endeavour.

I'll see how my funds look after I've finished paying off all my USCM stuff, but I don't think I'll be able to build the backpack and procure some sort of similar weapon in the time frame.

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

Remember that a backpack is secondary. Urban camo and a cobra patch... gets the point across.

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Right, right.

Sometimes I have to slow down and remember that most people aren't the costuming uber-perfectionist I am.

*breathes deep* It will be okay. No one will laugh if everything isn't perfect. **

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

Oh I'm not encouraging you to do anything half-assed... take your time.

On a related note... yes people are planning on doing Joe/Cobra costumes for D*con... and yes it's the Off topic section, but could we start a new thread about this?

I'm just think what with it getting much closer we need to work on our things like the parade and colony sweep, etc.

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Yay parade! Yay colony sweep!

And yes, yay Joe/Cobra too, hehe.

If I may, I'd like to start that segue off with a suggestion I made a while ago for the sweep. We're gonna have a metric butt-ton of Marines here this year, and a 60 Marine colony sweep is going to have all the grace and coordination of a pack of monkeys trying to f*** a football.

I wanted to suggest maybe breaking up into smaller squads and each sweeping different parts of the convention halls, and all meeting up in a central area for the dramatic whatever at the end. Thoughts?

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CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

I think it would be cool to have mutliple colony sweeps throughout the weekend.

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Figures? No. In the toon and comic, all the time.

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http://www.tentaclechris.com

So find my twin and cut his face. got it.

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I'd be up for a second sweep on Sunday... I don't have a video guy for this year. Any volunteers?

Will we really have 60+ marines this year? I seem to only recall 20ish last year. But, my count is nowhere near official, as I wasn't around a lot, and wasn't counting.

Multiple sweeps seems like a good idea. Leaving the question of how we're going to divvy it up.

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

FWIW I'll have the mini HD camera and at least 10 gigs of free space on memory cards and find a way to mount it on the NERF Longshot for more FPS goodness. Heaven forbid the NERF is a no go in the checked luggage I won't have a weapon prop and would likely be able to take footage and then easily send it back through megaupload or something.

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Sid, that Jayne Cobb (Firefly) & Snake-Eyes (GIJoe) costumer & member of
"Baldwin's Badasses" UAS MacDonald - A07/TQ1.0.12147E1 Rank PFC

Dude! I love Firefly!!!

But I'm a bit of a purist myself I guess- I only like the appearance of the 3 3/4" figures.

Back in the 80s I had over 40 of the figures including the original straight arm Cobra Commander. In 1996 I ran into financial trouble and sold all of them to a scumbag comic shop for $47.50.

But if I could buy my favourites back they would be (in no particular order)...

Storm Shadow
Fire Fly
Recondo
Gung Ho
Airborne
'82 Cobra Commander
'82 Cobra Officer
'82 Cobra Soldier
Baroness
Hooded Cobra Commander
Rip Cord
Footloose
Snow Serpent
Leatherneck



Dammit I AM going to buy them back!!

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

So much for disposable income....

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

Well it looks like I will be there. hehe
Slight SNAFU with airline so I will not be hitting ground until 1700 atlanta time friday

Think first thing after check in I will have a drink or 3 hehe.

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SFC
Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

A03/TQ1.0.92141E1

Kev's going to spend it on props, costumes, wine, women, sex, drugs and rock & roll.....


........and waste the rest.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

I think you can count the UKCM guys out of the sweeps as #1 it might be tea-time and #2 we'd look silly with not having our guns.

SAS

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Alan T. Alien
1st Lt Smith, SA "Sidewinder"
A13/TQ1.4.19720EX CMA
Founder of UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters
Founder of Special Armaments Section (Heavy Weapons)
"People don't understand. people like me"

I'm guessing/hoping there might be a few flamers and/or VP70s for us to borrow, as I'd like to do at least one sweep.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

I have already offered my PR to Pete for his use most of the time, however, if he doesn't need it or is doing a different costume and I don't need it. Someone else is welcome to it.

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I'll have my Flamer and a spare VP with me for you guys.
But no fighting over them or I'll take them away

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I think a teatime sweep, with our UK brothers toting cups, saucers and crumpets would be splendid!

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Jay Pennington